Athletes for Justice
By Sam Acho
Athletes for JusticeJul 13, 2021
Podcast Announcement
Sam shares an update on some news regarding the podcast.
Jason Romano
Welcome to Episode 28
- Today Sam talks to Jason Romano. Jason is a podcast host and the Director of Media for Sports Spectrum. He spent 17 years producing content at ESPN in Bristol, CT and has written two books, "The Uniform of Leadership" and "Live to Forgive."
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Order Sam Acho's book 'Let the World See You' here.
Order Jason's book 'Live to Forgive' here.
Order Jason's book 'The Uniform of Leadership' here.
Steve Carter
Welcome to Episode 27
- Today Sam talks to Steve Carter. Steve is a pastor, speaker, author, podcast host, and the former lead teaching pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago. His new book "The Thing Beneath the Thing" releases August 10, 2021
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Order Sam Acho's book 'Let the World See You' here.
Order Steve's book 'The Thing Beneath the Thing' here.
Josh Dotzler
Welcome to Episode 26
- Today Sam talks with Josh Dotzler, who is a Spiritual Leader, Justice Advocation, Communicator and the CEO of Abide, a nonprofit mission focused on revitalizing the inner city of Omaha, Nebraska.
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Order Sam Acho's book 'Let the World See You' here.
Check out the book Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth here.
Check out Josh's podcast Influence 2 Impact here.
Dr. Allissa V. Richardson
Welcome to Episode 25
- Today Sam talks with Dr. Allissa V. Richardson. She is an Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School. She researches how African Americans use mobile and social media to produce innovative forms of journalism — especially in times of crisis. Dr. Richardson is the author of Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones and the New Protest #Journalism. The book explores the lives of 15 mobile journalist-activists who documented the Black Lives Matter movement using only their smartphones and Twitter, from 2014 to 2018.
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Order Sam Acho's book 'Let the World See You' here.
Order Dr. Allissa V. Richardson's book 'Bearing Witness While Black' here.
Let the World See You
Welcome to Episode 24
-Today Sam shares from the heart about his new role and the importance of letting the world see who you really are.
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Order Sam Acho's book 'Let the World See You' here.
The Heart behind Athletes for Justice
Welcome to Episode 23
-Today Sam shares his heart for how Athletes for Justice was born.
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Dr. Sonny Acho
Welcome to Episode 22
-Dr. Sonny Acho is the Senior Pastor of Living Hope Bible Fellowship Church, a multicultural ministry located in North Dallas. He is also the founder and president of Living Hope Christian Ministries. A highly respect mental health professional, Dr. Acho also maintains a private practice in Dallas, where he ministers to a broader community of believers and non-believers. He's also Sam's father.
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Order Sam Acho's book 'Let the World See You' here.
Learn more about Living Hope Ministries here.
Latasha Morrison
Welcome to Episode 21
-Latasha Morrison is a New York Times Bestselling author of the book "Be the Bridge." Tasha has spoken across the country at events that include: IF Gathering, Justice Conference, Youth Specialties, Catalyst, Orange Conference, MOPS International and many others. In 2016 she founded Be the Bridge to inspire and equip ambassadors of racial reconciliation. In addition to equipping more than 1,000 sub-groups across five countries, Be the Bridge hosts a closed, moderated online community of bridge-builders on Facebook with more than 20,000 members.
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Order Sam Acho's book 'Let the World See You' here.
Order Tasha's book 'Be the Bridge' here.
Jennifer Maddox
Welcome to Episode 20
-Born in Chicago and raised on the South Side, Jennifer Maddox is the founder of Future Ties, a not-for-profit organization that provides a safe place where youth can come and experience love, support, and protection. A single mother of two African American males, and a new grandmother to a beautiful grandson, Jennifer holds multiple advanced degrees and has over 20 years of service with the Chicago Police Department, currently working in Restorative Justice Division. Jennifer has won multiple awards and honors, including being named one of CNN's top ten Heroes for 2017 and as "Someone You Should Know" by ABC 7.
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Learn more about Future Ties here
Order Sam Acho's book 'Let the World See You' here.
Tedashii
Welcome to Episode 19
-Tedashii is a musician, artist and creative featured on Reach Records and a member of hip hop collective 116 Clique.
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Order Sam Acho's book 'Let the World See You' here.
Ashlee Eiland
Welcome to Episode 18
-Ashlee Eiland serves as the formation and preaching pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church. She shares God's message of redemption and reconciliation at conferences, colleges, and events around the country. Ashlee earned a BA in international relations from the University of Southern California and completed her master's in organizational leadership at Judson University. She blogs regularly and has contributed articles to Relevant magazine. Ashlee and her husband, Delwin, have three children and live in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Order Sam Acho's book Let the World See You here.
Order Ashlee's book Human(Kind) here.
Jon Klinepeter
Welcome to Episode 17
-Jon Klinepeter is the CEO of Forest Bradshaw Inc and the founder of Better Good Group. He is guided by the foundational truth that every person has inherent worth and longs to contribute to the compelling cause of an organization. During his 22-year career, Jon has been able to learn from and bring new insights to both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.
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Order Sam Acho's book "Let the World See You" here.
Chris Singleton
Welcome to Episode 16
-Chris Singleton is an author and speaker. On June 17, 2015, nine people were murdered in a race motivated mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Chris' mother Sharonda Coleman Singleton was one of those people who were killed. You can learn more about how Chris is honoring his mother's memory at ChrisSingleton.com.
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Order Sam Acho's book "Let the World See You" here.
Order Chris' books here.
Albert Tate
Welcome to Episode 15
-Albert Tate is the founding pastor of Fellowship Church—one of the fastest-growing multiethnic churches in the United States. He began in ministry pastoring just a few families at Sweet Home Church in Mississippi before serving the historic Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, California. Hearing the call from God to plant a church, Albert and his wife, LaRosa, launched Fellowship Monrovia in January 2012.
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Simone Charley
Welcome to Episode 14
-Simone Charley is a professional soccer player with the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), and Canberra United in the Australian W-League.
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Mallory Weggemann
Welcome to Episode 13
-Mallory Weggemann is a record-setting, two-time Paralympic swimmer for Team USA. She joins Sam today to share her incredible story.
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Order Sam Acho's book "Let the World See You" here.
Order Mallory's book "Limitless" here.
Cindy Crofford
Welcome to Episode 12
-Professional Photographer Cindy Crofford is our guest today. She and Sam met just a few weeks ago on Instagram and Sam felt compelled to ask her to share her powerful story of hope and justice on the podcast today.
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Order Sam Acho's book "Let the World See You" here.
Learn more about Cindy at CindyCroffordPhotography.com.
Geremy Davis and De'Vante Bausby
Welcome to Episode 11
-Geremy Davis and De'Vante Bausby are professional football players who join Sam today to talk about justice, love and hope.
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Justin Forsett
Welcome to Episode 10
-Former NFL running back Justin Forsett joins Sam today to talk about leadership, entrepreneurship, justice, love and hope.
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Richard Lee
BONUS EPISODE
-Sam talks with Richard Lee, Global Officer of Public Engagement for International Justice Mission and the Director of Advancement at the Asian American Christian Collaborative.
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Order Sam Acho's book "Let the World See You" here.
Listen to Richard's podcast "The Pursuit with Richard Lee" here.
Keith Morse, a.k.a. Bossier
Welcome to Episode 9
-Keith Morse spent the last 27 years of his life in prison, seven of those years in solitary confinement. He was released in December of 2020 and talks with Sam today about justice, reform, faith and second chances.
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Juliann Johnson
Welcome to Episode 8
-Professional volleyball player and recording artist Juliann Johnson joins Sam today to talk about justice, love and hope.
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Annie F. Downs and Ben Higgins
Welcome to Episode 7
-Annie F. Downs is a New York Times Bestselling Author and host of the "That Sounds Fun Podcast."
-Ben Higgins is a former contestant on "The Bachelor" and recently released his first book.
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Order Sam Acho's book "Let the World See You" here.
Order Annie's new book "That Sounds Fun" here.
Order Ben's new book "Alone in Plain Sight" here.
Adam Thomason
Welcome to Episode 6
-Adam Thomason is a three time award winning filmmaker and Co-founder of 3Strandfilms. Adam is an adjunct professor at Kilns College where he teaches on the History of Human rights and justice, De-colonizing your faith, filmmaking and more.
He has spoken in over 15 countries including Sudan, Kenya, South Africa, China, Greece, and Palestine to name a few.
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Order Sam Acho's book "Let the World See You" here.
Order Adam's book "Permission to Be Black" here.
Azariah Baker and Donnita Travis
Welcome to Episode 5
-Donnita Travis is Founder and Executive Director of By The Hand Club For Kids
-Azariah Baker is a high school sophomore who helped start a food mart on the West Side of Chicago in the summer of 2020.
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Dr. Derwin Gray
Welcome to Episode 4
-Dr. Derwin Gray is the founding and lead pastor of Transformation Church near Charlotte, NC. He was a standout football player at BYU and was selected in the 4th round of the 1993 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts. He has written multiple books including his latest "The Good Life: What Jesus Teaches about Finding True Happiness."
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Order Sam Acho's book "Let the World See You" here.
Order Dr. Derwin Gray's latest book "The Good Life" here.
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Trey Burton and Steve Carter
Welcome to Episode 3
-Trey Burton is a Super Bowl champion and NFL tight end, most recently with the Indianapolis Colts.
-Steve Carter is a pastor, author and speaker
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Diamond DeShields and Jason Heyward
Welcome to Episode 2
- Diamond DeShields is a WNBA player with the Chicago Sky
- Jason Heyward is an outfielder with the Chicago Cubs
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Emmanuel Acho and Andy Mineo
Welcome to the debut episode of our podcast.
-Andy Mineo is a New York City-based rap and hip-hop artist.
-Emmanuel Acho is a former NFL linebacker, FOX Sports Analyst and New York Times Bestselling Author
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Resources mentioned in the podcast:
Sam Acho's book "Let the World See You."
Emmanuel's book "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man."
Andy's latest album "Happy Thoughts."
Michael Emerson's book "Divided by Faith"
Bob Goff's "Love Does."
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Introduction
Hosted by former NFL linebacker and best-selling author Sam Acho, the Athletes for Justice Podcast tells stories of justice and hope in a broken world.
We're launching on Friday January 29, 2021.