Joe Speak! Podcast
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Welcome to the JoeSpeak! Podcast. The platform where Host and Attorney Joe Richardson has the pleasure of having revolutionary conversations with many different people of distinct backgrounds. The JoeSpeak! Podcast seeks to build bridges and unite people. Welcome, we are glad you're joining us.
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Apr 14, 2023
Major Realities and Meager Resources - The State of our Courts with Toni Momberger
On this Joe Speak! Podcast, we are joined by Toni Momberger, Executive Editor of Follow Our Courts, a publication that covers legal industry happenings in the Inland Empire of Southern California. Toni is born and raised in the region, and previously spent two decades as a media reporter for local outlets, including the Redlands Daily Facts. Then, community needs and her willing pragmatism landed her, a “non-politician,” on a local City Council for several years. Common to all of her service endeavors is her passion for careful information gathering, and mobilizing data to identify serious problems. In the beginning of what will be a continuing conversation, Toni talks with us about information she has uncovered related to the lag in resources that continues to leave the Inland Empire behind in many categories. Specifically, she lays out some hard facts that demonstrate the glaring deficiencies in court resources that plague Inland county state courts when compared to courts in richer areas statewide. She shares the realities, and challenges, surrounding everything from hiring court staff, to appointing judges, to erecting courthouses to house judges and staff, even as the need is clear. More, she shares how these realities affects caseloads, court priorities, and ultimately the service provided to area citizens, who happen to be primarily of color. Finally, she foresees our additional conversations on other subjects of importance to the Inland Empire, including environmental issues.
Hosted by Joe Richardson.
Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/D_EVFShmjdk
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Mar 15, 2023
Thoughts on Justice, Accountability and Positivity with Joey Jackson, Esq.
Joey Jackson, Esq. is a well-known criminal defense attorney, principal of JOEY JACKSON LAW, PLLC in New York City, and a longtime CNN legal analyst who has been seen on local and national outlets for years. His expert commentary provides perspective that brilliantly takes complicated legal issues and makes them understandable for public consumption.
In this podcast, Mr. Jackson talks about how he was turned on to the prospect of practicing law, and shares how his father’s work as a police officer informed his evolution from prosecutions to Criminal and Labor Law advocacy for Civil Service employees. Mr. Jackson addresses recent police brutality cases, and while acknowledging the potential legal solutions being offered related to police accountability, he points out the key considerations (transcending law) which are at the root of the issue. Importantly, Mr. Jackson reminds that due process is for all of us (including police), offers thoughts on the responsibility of lawyers to make positive contributions (including with sound legal commentary), and displays a fundamental optimism that will energize and encourage listeners that the practice of law is in good hands.
Hosted by: Joe Richardson
Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ifph-CNR0tM
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Feb 16, 2023
Real Talk and Real Life: Police and People of Color with Brian Buckmire, Esq.
In this Joe Speak! Podcast, we are joined by attorney Brian G. Buckmire, criminal defense attorney, anchor for the nationally syndicated Law and Crime Daily, and legal contributor for ABC. He discusses his new novel, “Come Home Safe,” which uses a teenager’s police encounter to explore the pain, the truths, and the hopes that come with growing up as a person of color in America. Brian talks about how his experience as a lawyer, a black man, and a father figure to his younger brother inspired and shows up in this book. He shares why “the talk” and discussions about social justice are so important in the community, and connects the dots between the death of Tyre Nichols, his book, and what should be our value of all lives. Finally, Brian gives a call to action for anyone who wants to help move justice forward as it pertains to police brutality issues.
Presented by: Joe Richardson
Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rFKGx2wpriM
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Feb 2, 2023
The Stigma of Criminal Convictions | Choosing to Hope, Calling to Help w/ Sara Rodriguez
Sara Rodriguez has an incredible personal story which made the LA Times, as she was one of the thousands in San Bernardino County that automatic expungement of marijuana related convictions had not filtered down to. A drug possession charge sent her to jail many years ago, and after many ups and downs, she made a decision to rebuild her life. She did so, earning two degrees and dedicating herself to a career of social work on behalf of the formerly incarcerated. But, for all she has accomplished personally against enormous odds, in her heart, it’s not about her at all. In this podcast, you will hear her cite real world examples of the stigma of criminal convictions, with challenges in getting housing, internships in college, and participating in kids’ field trips, and how those challenges do not go away even for those that have “turned things around.” She will give a sense of the difficulties of dealing with the court system for people whose only exposure to the Courts has been negative, and why resources are so important. Ultimately, she is Exhibit 1 of how to make life’s lemons into tasty lemonade, and how “regular people” do extraordinary things toward the cause of justice.
Hosted by Joe Richardson.
Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pBIVc3Q3sOY
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Jan 13, 2023
Community Service: Evolved in Form but Unchanged in Substance with Senator Connie Leyva
Connie Leyva is probably best known for her years in the California State Senate. However, the bookends of her career show a consistent line of distinguished service that has included trailblazing union leadership, and which continues with her new post as Executive Director of KVCR, a public radio dual licensee that also operates First Nations Experience, a digital multicast channel for Native American and Indigenous programming. In this podcast, Connie will discuss her amazing journey, the highs and lows of being on the State Senate, and how her new job is a natural continuation of her service. She will give listeners a primer on KVCR including its current programming and talk about future plans her role is signed to support. She will add her observations on the Inland Empire as a region with still untapped potential, and how her new responsibilities will further the work of equity in our state and region which has always been a central goal in all of her endeavors.
Hosted by Joe Richardson.
Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Aqz9qOInGpQ
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Jan 21, 2022
Love, Rescue, and Finding Home with Leslie Ferguson
In this Joespeak Podcast, Author Leslie Ferguson shares thoughts on her memoir “When I Was Her Daughter, a compelling story of her difficult upbringing with a severely mentally ill mother who vacillated between harming herself and harming her children. She chronicles being homeless, and having things get worse in foster care when she finally spoke up for herself. Leslie discusses the duplicity and ironies that she saw around her, and how she had to make sense of it all, as if she was an adult, while being a child. Finally, Leslie talks about finding home with a grade school teacher (and her husband) who rescued her from the uncertain life that she had to live.
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Jul 23, 2021
Healing the Whole Person, Public Health, and Legal Connections with Dora Barilla
In this Joespeak! Podcast, Executive Dora Barilla shares her experience as a healthcare strategist, executive, educator, and entrepreneur. She is president and co-founder of HC2 Strategies Inc, a transformational leadership and strategic planning firm based in Southern California, and the newly designated Public Health Officer for McCune Wright Arevalo. Dora talks about public health as a cornerstone of community infrastructure, and how COVID-19 laid bare the progress yet to be made in availability of public health related services. Finally, Dora discusses the equity implications of public health, and, looking toward the future, makes the case for a legal services component to whole person health.
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Apr 6, 2021
Infertility, Racial Inequity, and Redefining Success With Candace Clark Trincieri
On this Joespeak! Podcast, Candace Clark Trincieri joins us, talking about her new book, “Dream Redefined: The Struggle and Success Through Infertility as a Woman of Color.” Candace talks transparently about her own infertility story, which starts many years before trying to have kids--with a diagnosis of Endometriosis as a young adult after years of symptoms. The daughter of parents active in the civil rights movement, and the granddaughter of one of first black mayors of a major southern city, Candace talks about finding her multigenerational activist voice providing the unique (and forgotten) perspective of women of color through infertility diagnosis and treatment. Now an ambassador for RESOLVE – The National Infertility Association, Candace talks about the stereotypes and stigmas that surround this issue, which both assume the fertility of black women and treat the infertility of white women with more sensitivity (and resources). She reminds that the already existing racial inequities of our health care system do not disappear, but intensify, when dealing with infertility issues, and discusses policies that would improve the situation. In sum, Candace gives us a window into a complex issue through her compelling story of finding peace in the midst of long personal storm.
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Apr 6, 2021
Perspective on the Struggle for Civil Rights-Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Dr. Josie Johnson
In this Joespeak! Podcast, Dr. Josie Johnson, longtime civil rights leader, previews her book “Hope in the Struggle,” which gives us nearly a century of her lived perspective on the civil rights movement. Receiving a multigenerational legacy of servant leadership, she talks about walking precincts with her family as a child fighting to get rid of the poll tax. Dr. Johnson gives an account of events leading to the passage of a landmark housing bill in Minnesota, an effort for which she served as chief lobbyist and which served as a national blueprint for fair housing legislation. Dr. Johnson breaks down the commonalities in the movement, then and now, and reminds of the always prominent battleground of voting rights and its current urgency. She connects the dots between her generation and the current one, giving some advice on how to identify and embrace commonalties in the overarching goal to move us toward a more just society. Ultimately, Dr. Johnson reminds us all of the embrace of both the sacrifices and accomplishments of the ancestors that should keep us hoping, marching, and expecting.
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Mar 16, 2021
The State of Things in the Spirit and the Community With Pastor Sam Casey
In this Joespeak Podcast, we are joined by Pastor Sam Casey, the pastor of New Life Christian Church and Executive Director of Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement, a 501(c)3 faith-based organization. Pastor Sam talks about the convergence of his roles as pastor and community organizer over more than two decades, and explains how he approaches his advocacy for issues in communities of color. He makes clear that churches must be involved in justice issues to be true to their fundamental spiritual mission. He lets us know how the playing field changed with COVID-19 in both the church and the larger community, and how his organization is partnering with public and private entities to sound the alarm on available resources and deal with long held community distrust. Finally, Pastor Casey talks about why he remains optimistic and casts a wide net to encourage involvement of everyone, spiritually inclined and otherwise-- in today’s fight for justice.
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Mar 9, 2021
Communication, Comity, and Community, with Toni Momberger
In this Joespeak! Podcast, writer and former Redlands City Councilwoman Toni Momberger joins us. She discusses her upbringing as a person of color in Redlands, how she became the “Toni” that the community knows. and the multigenerational family heritage she continued to uncover as an adult. She talks about her extensive experiences in journalism, much of it as the editor of the Redlands Daily Facts. Toni points to equal moments of clarity in her life that led to both her resignation as editor, and her next destiny as a key member of the Redlands City Council. Toni gives transparent “real talk” about the challenges of being in elected office, (including the goal of being representative as opposed to political), and states why she did not seek re-election despite widespread popularity. Toni reveals the next frontier in her journey: sharing her children’s books with the world. Ultimately, she gives us all a lesson in approaching every endeavor with your whole heart and commu…
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Feb 28, 2021
Eric Woolridge, Founder of American Veteran, Inc.
In this Joespeak! Podcast, our guest is Eric Woolridge, who created American Veteran, a 501©(3) non-profit organization, to specifically address the overwhelming challenges plaguing military veterans throughout the country. Eric talks about how his reality as a veteran, and a licensed social worker whose work is connected to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, influence his desire to affect change for veterans. A “hands on” leader who has created a food bank for veterans, Woolridge shares plans to achieve specific objectives surrounding housing and wrap around services for veterans, and shows the connection between veteran’s issues and social justice issues. Most importantly, he explains how he uses his work to create listening opportunities between very different types of people, and build bridges for the future.
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Feb 28, 2021
The Intersection of Spirituality, Entrepreneurship and Activism with Pastor Frank C. Oliver Part 2
In this episode of the Joespeak! Podcast, Pastor Frank Oliver talks about coming up in a family involved in ministry for multiple generations, and his experiences as an educator, activist, and pastor. Frank talks about how his entrepreneurial ventures, from the restaurant business to the fitness space, reflect his desire to address health issues in the black community. From being a kid leading schoolyard prayer for his classmates' safety, to monitoring current day protests, Frank shares how he saw the tradition of spiritual leadership translating to activism show up in his life and educational career. Finally, Frank offers observations on what this time of COVID-19 and racial unrest means for us socially, politically, and spiritually.
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Nov 18, 2020
"Gridiron Grind: Football, Entertainment, Youth Sports and Trophy Culture with Jon Nielsen"
Jon Nielsen, businessman and style consultant, talks about his journey rising from Division III college sports to playing pro football as a record breaking run and shoot quarterback. He shares how he utilized his positioning to create space for himself in sports marketing and acting, and was responsible for the hiring of the motion actors used for video games from Microsoft to Madden. Jon adds how his talent for lifestyle marketing led to work for music groups New Edition and Boyz II Men, as well as several pro athletes. Jon discusses his giving back through mentoring and coaching, including several eventual pro players, and family members that broke state passing records. Finally, he talks about trophy culture, travel ball, and avoiding mistakes of the coaches he grew up with.
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Oct 13, 2020
The Good Fight Against Police Brutality, Culture, and Racism with Carl Douglas, Esq.
In this episode, legendary Civil Rights attorney Carl Douglas of Douglas Hicks Law explains his front on the war for justice for nearly 40 years: bringing police brutality cases. A disciple of the late attorney Johnnie Cochran, Carl discusses how successful change has to do with dealing with police culture as much as diversity and recognizing institutional racism. He also discusses his latest high-profile case: that of Dijon Kizzee, a black man shot 15 times in the back by L.A. County sheriffs. Carl shares how he decides which cases to take, how he approaches jury selection, and calls the O.J. Simpson case the “elephant in the room” he has learned to embrace. Finally, he provides needed perspective that allows those working to end racism hope going forward.
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Sep 13, 2020
The Intersection of Spirituality, Entrepreneurship and Activism with Pastor Frank C. Oliver
In this episode of the Joespeak! Podcast, Pastor Frank Oliver talks about coming up in a family involved in ministry for multiple generations, and his experiences as an educator, activist, and pastor. Frank talks about how his entrepreneurial ventures, from the restaurant business to the fitness space, reflect his desire to address health issues in the black community. From being a kid leading schoolyard prayer for his classmates' safety, to monitoring current day protests, Frank shares how he saw the tradition of spiritual leadership translating to activism show up in his life and educational career. Finally, Frank offers observations on what this time of COVID-19 and racial unrest means for us socially, politically, and spiritually.
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Aug 11, 2020
Thoughts on Winning, Changing Culture, and Student Wellness, with Coach Kurt Bruich
In this episode, Kurt Bruich, teacher at Citrus Valley High School in Redlands, California, and state champion football coach, talks about his multigenerational family traditions of teaching and coaching, shares thoughts on the wellness of students in the COVID-19 era, and how football has improved the lives of many of his students off the field. He confesses his own early bumps in the road, and how his sincere desire to be the best teacher he could be actually fueled his coaching success. Kurt shares how he approaches coaching, the challenges of changing culture, and the connections he sees between the high school and college football spaces. Finally, he identifies traits from football that can be used to build bridges between very different people in all aspects of life.
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Aug 11, 2020
Community, Justice, and Service, with David Rabb, Esq.
In this episode, David Rabb talks about his journey of distinguished service, from his upbringing in Inland Southern California, to Stanford Law School, military deployment just after taking the bar and his landing back in the community of his birth. As a District Attorney in the Domestic Violence Unit, he discusses how cases come about in his unit, and doing justice through balancing protection of the public with thoughtful discretion related to defendants and potential defendants. He shares his inspiration for returning to his community and serving as a city councilman, and how his legal work and council work inform one another. Finally, he offers insight on legislation and common-sense problem solving, along with things ordinary citizens can do to better their communities.
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Jul 14, 2020
Public Defenders, the Criminal Justice System, and the Courtroom
In this episode, South-Central L.A. native, attorney Derrick Smith, Supervising Deputy Public Defender in San Bernardino County, talks about the origin of his passion for criminal defense work. He tells stories from the courtroom and puts expert eyes on the police situations playing out in society today. As an attorney who has tried cases ranging from misdemeanors to murder, Derrick provides perspective on the criminal justice system as an African-American man, father and husband, and reminds citizens not to neglect duties that can be the difference for his clients.
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Jun 25, 2020
Former National Police Foundation President and Police Chief Jim Bueermann Speaks on Police Brutality
Joe and Jim Bueermann talk about the state of policing in America and recent events, including the death of George Floyd, and discuss how police wellness greatly impacts what "policing" looks like in 2020. Jim analyzes the "Defund" movement and discusses the necessary measures policing needs to undertake for a better world moving forward.
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