Guest-host Patricia Stansbury (AKA Sunny Gardener) shares interviews with 2 different guests. First up is Duron Chavis and building Resiliency Gardens is Duron’s life work. Learn local food systems & how they intertwine with justice, prudence and hard work. Part 2 is a visit with Joseph Rogers. He has been part of the Virginia Defenders of Freedom, Justice and Equality since the year a domestic terrorist killed a woman with his car on the streets of Charlottesville at a Unite the Right Rally. A 7th-Generation Virginian, his ancestor Martha Ann Fields was enslaved when she was born in Hanover County. Martha's son, James Apostle Fields, self-emancipated and years later served in the General Assembly. He saw the 60-foot statue of Robert E. Lee approved by the legislature and built. That same year, 1890, James Apostle Fields was the last Black legislator to put forth a bill in Virginia's General Assembly for 75 years. Joseph came to witness that same statue taken out of the public space 131 years later. Patricia Stansbury produces Lightly On The Ground and Groundswell shows on WRIR - Richmond Independent Radio.
Featured Music:
Green Garden - by Laura Mvula
A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
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