TEARS: The Event Against Racism and Stereotyping - Is a meeting of the minds in an open session where we #defundthefear of speaking out. Join today's leaders in community activism, arts and entertainment, law enforcement and politics as we tell our stories in an un-varnished narrative that takes no prisoners - except maybe for racism. We can all learn from our TEARS - and we shed them without fear. We speak out candidly in six different episodes that truly speak truth to power. And what of it? It's all about awareness, action and change. We shall overcome. Please watch it, and then log your own narrative at mankinddream.com - you will be heard.
TEARS: The Event Against Racism & Stereotyping - Episode 1
Systemic racism has infected every area of our nation, and our world. Join moderator Anne-Marie Johnson, Ed Harris, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Clancy Brown, Amy Hill, Michael Dorn, JoNell Kennedy, Lisa Dinkins, Freda Payne and Alan Rosenberg in a frank and revealing discussion of personal reflection and pain. Defund the fear of speaking out. Please join our discussion with your own testimony at mankinddream.com
TEARS: The Event Against Racism & Stereotyping - Episode 2
Hosted by Man/Kind VP Anne-Marie Johnson, this episode includes riveting and personal testimonials against racism by Ted Lange, Cindy Luna, Beverly Johnson, Frances Fisher, Rain Valdez, Keith David and Lynne Whitfield from Greenleaf, Kevin Eubanks, Terri J. Vaughn, Mel Johnson Jr., 'Mo Kelly, Christopher B. Duncan, Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Louis Gossett, Jr. TEARS, The Event Against Racism and Stereotyping fired a power shot across the bow of racism and intolerance.
TEARS: Do We #DefundThePolice or #DefundTheFear
What happens when you get activists Sgt. Cheryl Dorsey (ret.) of the Los Angeles Police Dept., Najee Ali and LAPD Chief of Police Michel Moore, all talking about systemic racism, violence under the color of authority, bad cops and defunding the police? You get discussion. You get ideas. You get commitments. You even get the chief saying that he 'supports defunding the police 1000%', and a qualification that may make it palatable to everyone. What you don't get is a one note diatribe that caused one participant to bail out because their voice wasn't the only voice. We don't knuckle under to bullying. We #DefundTheFear - and all voices are welcome when the aim is to stop systemic racism, stereotyping, profiling and hate. Especially when it comes from within. Hosted by Man/Kind Exec. Vice President, actor and activist Anne-Marie Johnson.
TEARS: THE EVENT AGAINST RACISM & STEREOTYPING
TEARS: The Event Against Racism and Stereotyping demands that we #DefundTheFear in this fourth installment on 'faith'. The Man/Kind Project's Exec. VP and your host Anne-Marie Johnson brings together three leaders in a virtual dialog on fighting systemic racism through faith. Bishop Noel Jones, Elder Joe Paul and Dr. Leah Fortson talk faith as a weapon against racism in our community.. Hosted by Man/Kind Exec. Vice President, actor and activist Anne-Marie Johnson
#DefundTheFear With Listening
Five African-Americans who share the spotlight and share personal experiences of racial profiling, thoughts on police reform, and working together to find solutions. Hosted by TEARS producer and actor/activist Anne-Marie Johnson - Titus Makin from 'The Rookie', Erika Alexander from ‘Living Single', Actor and founder of CR8TheChange Kevin Welbeck, Lora King, founder of the Rodney King Foundation, and award winning actor Keith David - all speak without filters in this half hour episode of TEARS: The Event Against Racism and Stereotyping: #DefundTheFear With Listening.
TEARS: Wearing The Blue, While Black
TEARS: The Event Against Racism and Stereotyping - Wearing The Blue, While Black - Our focus on racism and stereotyping often doesn't address the challenges faced by minority law enforcement officers. In this episode, host Anne-Marie Johnson enables the voices of three LAPD (Los Angeles Police Dept.) officers. Emotional, vivid and blunt - the testimony of Capt. Aaron McCraney, Deputy Chief Emada Tingirides and Deputy Chief Regina Scott brings you within the struggles and challenges within the force and within the community. Featuring a performance of Bill Wither's "Lean On Me" by Freda Payne and the combined voices of the Spirit of David Choir and LAPD Choirs. Featuring an unforgettable appearance by Los Angeles artist Lil Joe. This sixth episode of TEARS: The Event Against Racism and Stereotyping goes within as we seek to build bridges of tolerance and understanding between the police and the communities that they serve. Defund The Police? No. Let's Defund The Fear of speaking out.
TEARS: THE CHANGE MAKERS
Three individuals who put aside their differences to talk about positive change in how it may affect the Los Angeles Police Dept. Join host Anne-Marie Johnson (daughter of an LAPD patrolman), Chief of Police Bernard Parks (ret.), Civil Rights Activist and Attorney Connie Rice, and Chief of Police Charlie Beck (ret.). Join us for a conversation that defunds the fear, and offers positive change.