Morethanisms Extra!

With rapidly changing world events it can be difficult to sift through the noise and ascertain what conversations are worth time, energy and resources and how to have them. This episode we did into strategies on how to better engage with the people we love and care about. Learn more (www.breakingthroughgridlock.com) and continue to support dynamic digital content from 540WMain (www.patreon.com/540WMain)

In this episode Calvin breaks down the timeline of events that ensued after the unceremonious firing of former Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Cephus Archie and what the college needs to do to repair the harm done and hold its President Dr. Heidi Macpherson accountable for maintaining white supremacist status quo under her tenure.

In this episode host Calvin Eaton provides insight on the challenges and internal burden and anxiety that working as a antiracism consultant sometimes elicits. Institutions that are not committed to true transformative change are doing more harm than they could ever know.

Morethanisms Extra Host Calvin Eaton sits down with Stevie Vargas Community Organizer (Citizen Action) and unpacks the systemic and institutional challenges that have plagued Rochester City School District for decades and lead the district to vote to layoff teachers in an effort to close a budget deficit of more than $30 million dollars days before Christmas Day 2020.

Did you know that 48% of every purchase at a local independent business is recirculated locally compared to 14% of purchases at chain stores? In this mini episode we talk about the importance of supporting local businesses and the interconnectedness of sustainability, justice, and shopping local. When making a new purchase always ask yourself how can I support a local business with my purchase?

In this episode we unpack the cultural construct of FOMO (fear of missing out) how you can be more mindful and less anxious about the inability to be everywhere and how those living with fibromyalgia and related chronic illnesses have to learn how to let go of the guilt that comes with missing out on life to manage the illness in order to embrace a new normal.

What is artwashing and how do corporations, developers, and city leaders work in tandem to exploit artists and art to displace, and gentrify divested neighborhoods? This episode unpacks the intersection of art, cultural erasure and gentrification with Rochester, NY art activist and organizer Ray Ray Mitrano.

In this episode Calvin sits down with cohost Laura Andino for the first time and they dish on the challenges faced by the latinx community and how we are all connected in this life of change.

Chris Thompson joins Calvin for a real recap and reading of this summer’s most racist and cringeworthy moments. Follow Chris on 540Blog as well as twitter and Instagram at chronsofnon

In this episode Calvin is joined by cohosts Jessika Whitehiuse and Chris Thompson and together they drag yt supremacy culture, national and local hot topics, the Fourth of July, and unpack the trash #notourariel movement after Disney hires Hallie Bailey to play Ariel in the live action remake of The Little Mermaid.

Why are our schools more segregated now than they were in the 1950s? Calvin dissects and calls out the obvious elephant in the room that white people rarely want to call out head on.

In this episode Calvin is joined by Twittervist and writer Chris Thompson to discuss the most black and brown topics of the final week of June 2019. So black so brown.

The debut episode of Morethanisms Extra!