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Creating Better Community, People, and Places In Our Challenging World w/ Pierce Freelon
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Pierce Freelon is a musician, director, and Durham City Council Member. Pierce is the founder of Blackspace, an Afrofuturism digital maker space for teens in Durham. He is the writer, composer, and co-director of the PBS animated series, The History of White People in America. He is a co-founder of Beat Making Lab, a PBS web-series, which won Best Video Essay for its episode Heartbeats of Fiji at the 2015 Daytime Emmy Awards. His latest project is a children’s music album, titled D.a.D, which has been featured on NPR and Today Show.
In episode 8 of the Next Matters Most podcast, Nick Jordan sits down with Pierce Freelon about what is happening in the world today and what he wants to do about it. Pierce has always been a voice for change and does not have a stop sign in sight! Pierce talks about what everyone can do to help misunderstand and misrepresent groups in our businesses and community today.
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1. (00:00:00)
2. The Creative Realm (00:03:43)
3. The History of White People in America (00:04:08)
4. Emotional Wellness (00:25:27)
5. Garyvee (00:26:08)
6. What Is an Anchor (00:26:53)
7. Captain Marvel (00:49:00)
8. Star Trek Voyager (01:03:50)
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