The Waiting Room with Nadine Graves

S4, E2 Re-Aired Episode! We do time, too!

Check out this episode with Alyssa Tamboura, an advocate for children impacted by the criminal justice system and founder of Walls to Bridges Project, which aired initially in Season 1. Alyssa shares about her organization and the book project created this past summer for system-impacted kids to maintain communication with their loved ones since in-person visits have been suspended due to COVID-19. Alyssa also shares a powerful poem about what it was it was like waiting while her dad was gone for most of her childhood as he served nearly 13 years in San Quentin Prison.

First Wednesdays S4, E1

Hey Visitors! After a nine-month hiatus, Nadine is back! In this episode, Nadine gives you a brief update on some of the things she's been focusing on in her "year of no." As mentioned in the show: Look out for new episodes on the first Wednesday of every month. In the last episode, Nadine mentioned she'd be moderating a conversation for the Minnesota Justice Research Center's Re-Imagining Conference. Here is a link [https://youtu.be/SQMlwq_M25A?si=5m-jfveWPUJS8U3_].  Nadine started a new job in a familiar place, the Hennepin County Public Defender's Office [https://www.hennepinpublicdefender.org/], and she was appointed to the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission [https://mn.gov/crc/].  Nadine recounts her experiences at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) conference [https://nabjconvention.com/index.cfm] in Chicago, a city she has now fallen in love with. She highlights the controversy surrounding former President Trump's appearance and her admiration for Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of the New York Times 1619 Project [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html].  If you are traveling to Chicago, Nadine highly recommends you book the Chicago Mohagany Tour [https://www.chicagomahogany.com/] with historian Dilla, also known as 6figga_dilla.

It's been a min...S3, E9

In this solo episode, Nadine shares some of the things she has been up to in the last few months as well as two upcoming conferences she’d love for you to attend.  Featured in this episode:  We Are All Criminals [https://www.weareallcriminals.org/] * Support  [https://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation?ApiKey=pub_a5caabde-bebf-11e4-b8ac-0a8b51b42b90&WidgetId=116736] The Great North Innocence Project [https://www.greatnorthinnocenceproject.org/]  * Support  [https://www.greatnorthinnocenceproject.org/donate] National Association of Public Defense Racial Justice [https://publicdefenders.us/] * Photos [https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMepA2-XfAgslW4kxjO6SQmW0zSHE8WtFi2c8Ptblp6_YIMjru7rnCfDCYZH0NKBA?pli=1&key=bnI5MlgzVEg3bXRYRDFyWUZJR2V6SElPNkdMZHhn] from the conference Book recommendations  * The Rage of Innocence [https://a.co/d/1FJzsl9] - How America Criminalizes Black Youth by Kristin Henning * Change is Possible [https://a.co/d/cDqARL8] - I Never Gave Up: a memoir by Eddie Ellis  * The Fear of Too Much Justice [https://a.co/d/jevbQy3]: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts by Stephen B. Bright & James Kwak  Equal Justice Initiative  [https://legacysites.eji.org/] Duluth Minnesota Lynching [https://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/lynchings]  Minnesota Justice Research Center Re-imagining Conference  [https://www.mnjrc.org/re-imagining-justice-conference] The Legal Revolution Criminal Justice Legislative Changes CLE  [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-legislative-changes-pathways-towards-justice-reform-cle-registration-698652146377?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl] TWR Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/twr_podcast/]!  Thanks for joining us in The Waiting Room!

Breaking the Cycle of Trauma Response S3, E8

Molly Bailey, therapist and founder of Minnesota Trauma Recovery Institute [http://mntri.org/] joins Nadine in the Waiting Room for an in-depth conversation about how trauma impacts human behavior and her passion for helping families impacted by the criminal legal system find healing. Molly is waiting for our legal system to catch up on the science of trauma, so it can be more reflective of how we now know how humans change and heal. Molly asks, “If we as a society say we value mental health, what is the evidence of that?”  Also mentioned in this episode: The 4 for WCCO news segment [https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/live/video/20230816211317-the-4-from-wcco-4-news-segment-2/#x] Antonio Williams' new book [https://dreamweaversread.com/], The Dream Weaver.  RS Eden [https://www.rseden.org/] TWR Instagram  [https://www.instagram.com/twr_podcast/]

Juneteenth; #BushFellow S3, E7

Hey Vistors!  In this episode, Nadine checks in briefly to highlight Juneteenth, Open Nexus Community Partners Open Road Fund, the Department of Justices report on the Minneapolis Police Department, and ends with the amazing news of being named one of the 2023 Bush Fellows! See the links below for more details on everything shared in this episode!  1. Juneteenth [https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-legacy-juneteenth] 2. The Open Road Fund [https://www.nexuscp.org/open-road-fund/] was created to serve Black descendants of the Atlantic Slave Trade, especially formerly incarcerated folks, single parents, senior citizens, those living with disabilities, LGBTQ+, and more. Through 2031, Nexus will award $50,000 in grants that can be used for wealth projects, including housing, education, financial well-being, healing, and economic justice. We want to be clear–these grants are not reparations but an opportunity to redistribute resources to our communities to build Black wealth. * Info session Thursday, June 22 from 6:30 - 7:30 CST  3. DOJ Report [https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/06/17/8-takeaways-from-the-justice-department-probe-of-minneapolis-police] - MPR takeaways  * Report [https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/23850091-minneapolis-findings-report-20230615/?embed=1&responsive=1&title=1] 4. Bush Fellowship [https://www.bushfoundation.org/fellows/nadine-tebeh-graves] The Bush Fellowship is a recognition of fellow's extraordinary accomplishments and support for their potential. It is an investment in fellows, so that they can make a difference in your community. The Fellowship is a flexible grant of up to $100,000 to help fellows strengthen and develop your leadership. As a Fellow, I get to define your own vision and create a unique Fellowship plan to learn the skills and build the relationships that will help me make your vision a reality.  * MPR Interview [https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2023/06/13/2023-bush-fellows-announced] w/ Emily Bright Minnesota Now at MPR News