Welcome to the launch episode of, "I Remember A Place Name," a podcast about erased, displaced, and under-threat Black community and space.

During this episode, the host Cheeraz Gormon (me) gives the background on why I decided to do a podcast on this topic. 

For images of the Slum Beautiful project go to: http://slumbeautiful.com

Podcast written, produced and edited by: Cheeraz Gormon 

Music produced and provided by: Brian Hughes

Episode 1: Introduction "The Reason and The Why" with Cheeraz Gormon

Welcome to episode two of "I Remember A Place Name..." a podcast about erased, displaced, and under-threat Black community and spaces-- hosted by Cheeraz Gormon featuring Dr. John A. Wright Sr. Author of the book, "St. Louis- Disappearing Black Communities." 

Episode written, produced, and edited by Cheeraz Gormon 

Music produced and provided by Brian Hughes 

You can purchase Dr. Wright's books at: https://www.left-bank.com/search/site/John%20A%20Wright

Episode 2: Documenting Disappearing Black St. Louis with Dr. John Wright, Sr.

Welcome to episode three of "I Remember A Place Name..." a podcast about erased, displaced, and under-threat Black community and spaces- hosted by Cheeraz Gormon featuring Alana Marie creator of The Kinloch Doc a story about Missouri's first Black Settlement. 

Episode written, produced, and edited by Cheeraz Gormon 

Music produced and provided by Brian Hughes 

Learn more, watch the trailer and support the Kinloch Doc at: http://thekinlochdoc.com

Episode 3: A Duty to Tell the Story/The Kinloch Doc with Alana Marie

Welcome to episode four of "I Remember A Place Name..." a podcast about erased, displaced, and under-threat Black community and spaces, hosted by Cheeraz Gormon featuring poet, author, teacher and activist Tongo Eisen-Martin of San Francisco, CA. 

Originally from San Francisco, Tongo Eisen-Martin is a poet, movement worker, and educator. His latest curriculum on extrajudicial killing of Black people, We Charge Genocide Again, has been used as an educational and organizing tool throughout the country. His book titled, "Someone's Dead Already" was nominated for a California Book Award. His latest book "Heaven Is All Goodbyes" was published by the City Lights Pocket Poets series, was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize and won a California Book Award and an American Book Award.

Purchase his book "Heaven Is All Goodbyes" at: http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100115800

Episode written, produced, and edited by Cheeraz Gormon

Music produced and provided by Brian Hughes

Episode 4: The Undeniable Blackness of San Francisco with Tongo Eisen-Martin

We've made it to the other side of the learning curve and are so happy to be back with episode five of, "I Remember A Place Name..." a podcast about erased, displaced and under-threat Black communities and space," with host Cheeraz Gormon featuring Dr. Geoff Ward of Washington University- St. Louis, MO. 

Geoff Ward is Professor of African and African-American Studies, Sociology and American Culture Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. His scholarship focuses on the racial politics of social control and pursuit of racial justice, historically and today.

His current projects examine broader histories of racist violence, the legacies of racist violence, and implications for repair. Ward is also a founding member of the Reparative Justice Coalition of St. Louis, a community-based organization working to commemorate histories of racist violence and to address their legacies in the St. Louis region.

In episode five, Cheeraz and Dr. Ward discuss the impacts of Black child incarceration on communities, how the legacies of racial violences continues to do harm, what redress and repair may require of us all, and how the untold story of racial violence in his own family influences his work.  

To learn more about Dr. Geoff Ward's work visit his website at: https://geoffkward.weebly.com/

Purchase his book "The Black Child-Savers- Racial Democracy and Juvenile Justice," at: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo3752802.html

Episode 5: Reconciling with Legacies of Historical Racial Violence with Dr. Geoff Ward

Cheeraz Gormon is an award-winning writer, storyteller and podcaster who creates poetry, essays, photography, film, and music as vehicles for her expression. She is a community- centered social entrepreneur devoted to the visibility, care and healing of underserved people. Read longer bio at: https://www.cheerazgormon.com/