Our 7 Neighbors: Diversifying the Narrative: Immigration and Religion in America

Season 4: Ep. 4 Organic Orbits

Our 7 Neighbors, Season 4: Diversifying the Narrative: Immigration and Religion in America, Hosted by Dr. José Francisco Morales Torres. Through an intersectional lens of Latinx voices, this season explores themes of immigration, mass migration and colonization and how diverse faith traditions can and do affect the story we tell. This episode features a conversation with Dr. Anandi Silva Knuppel who is a Salt Lake City-based independent scholar and the Strategic Initiatives and Projects Specialist for the American Institute of Indian Studies.

Season 4: Ep. 3 Where Do We Belong?

Our 7 Neighbors, Season 4: Diversifying the Narrative: Immigration and Religion in America, Hosted by Dr. José Francisco Morales Torres Through an intersectional lens of Latinx voices, this season explores themes of immigration, mass migration and colonization and how diverse faith traditions can and do affect the story we tell. This episode features a conversation with Dr. Laura Limonic, who discusses Jewishness, race, ethnicity, and immigration through the stories of Latinx Jews in the United States.

Season 4: Ep. 2 The Legal, the Political and the Ethical

Our 7 Neighbors, Season 4: Diversifying the Narrative: Immigration and Religion in America, Hosted by Dr. José Francisco Morales Torres Through an intersectional lens of Latinx voices, this season explores themes of immigration, mass migration and colonization and how diverse faith traditions can and do affect the story we tell. This episode features a conversation with Dr. Nichole M. Flores. Dr. Flores researches the constructive contributions of Catholic and Latinx theologies to notions of justice and aesthetics to the life of democracy.

Season 4: Ep. 1 I'm Trying to Be Nonviolent Here

Our 7 Neighbors, Season 4: Diversifying the Narrative: Immigration and Religion in America, Hosted by Dr. José Francisco Morales Torres. Through an intersectional lens of Latinx voices, this season explores themes of immigration, mass migration and colonization and how diverse faith traditions can and do affect the story we tell. This episode features a conversation with Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre – international scholar, documentarian, novelist, academic author, and scholar activist.

Our 7 Neighbors Season 4 Trailer

Sneak peek into season 4: Diversifying the Narrative: Immigration and Religion in America

Season 3: Episode 6 Legacy

Hosted by Rev. Brian E. Smith, this season centers stories gathered for our Rev. Jesse Jackson oral archive project. Each episode includes segments from our Chicago Civil rights leaders interviews, paired with voices from modern community, faith and social justice movements. This episode features a part of an interview with Rev. Jesse Jackson, leader in the Civil Rights Movement, Rainbow PUSH Coalition and the Chicago Breadbasket Movement. Then our host gets into conversation with the new leader of PUSH, Rev. Dr. Frederick Haynes, pastor, passionate leader and social activist.

Sneak Peek into Episode 6

Take a quick listen to this teaser for our 6th and final episode dropping next week. Producer Kim Schultz and host Rev. Brian Smith discuss favorite parts of the season and the upcoming episode featuring Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Dr. Frederick Haynes.

Season 3: Ep. 5 Media in the Movement

Hosted by Rev. Brian E. Smith, this season centers stories gathered for our Rev. Jesse Jackson oral archive project. Each episode includes segments from our Chicago Civil rights leaders interviews, paired with voices from modern community, faith and social justice movements. This episode features a part of an interview with Ms. Hermene Hartman, founder of Chicago's leading Black magapaper N'DIGO, host of N’DIGO studio. and one of the few African American women in publishing. Then our host gets into conversation with Brandis Friedman, co-anchor and correspondent for “Chicago Tonight” on WTTW.

Season 3: Ep. 4 Trailblazers

Hosted by Rev. Brian E. Smith, this season centers stories gathered for our Rev. Jesse Jackson oral archive project. Each episode includes segments from our Chicago Civil rights leaders interviews, paired with voices from modern community, faith and social justice movements. This episode features a part of an interview with Rev. Dr. Janette Wilson, Advisor to Rev. Jesse Jackson and Director of PUSH Excel. Then our host gets into conversation with Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, a retired bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 2000, McKenzie became the first woman to be elected as bishop in the denomination's history.

Season 3: Ep. 3 How a Grocery Store Can Create Equity

Hosted by Rev. Brian E. Smith, Season 3 centers stories gathered for our Rev. Jesse Jackson oral archive project. Each episode includes segments from our Chicago Civil rights leaders interviews, paired with voices from modern community, faith and social justice movements. This episode features a part of an interview with Rev. Martin Deppe. Deppe was instrumental in implementing the Chicago Breadbasket Movement. Then our host gets into conversation with Mr. Jim Seidler, Grocery Sales Manager for Jewel Foods. Brought to you by Chicago Theological Seminary.