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Aug 4 8:37 am
  • The Word on Long Beach

Life after incarceration is difficult; Chelsie Nicholson is trying to make it easier

Jackie Rae

“The general public doesn’t understand how dehumanizing the system is and how traumatizing it is,” says Chelsie Nicholson co-chair of the Community Action Partners Alliance of Long Beach and the city’s new reentry coordinator.

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Jul 27 11:08 am
  • The Word on Long Beach

Meet the LBUSD students pushing for a greener tomorrow

Jackie Rae

We’ve seen Long Beach Unified students demand gun control laws, and now they are taking on climate change.

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Jul 14 10:48 am
  • The Word on Long Beach

Falsely called a cop killer: the life of Darnell Hicks 2 years after being wrongfully accused

Jackie Rae

On this episode of “The Word” Jackie Rae sits down with Darnell Hicks and learns what life is like after being wrongfully accused.

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Jun 30 1:21 pm
  • The Word on Long Beach

From prisoner to activist: Long Beach native Taryn Williams is fighting for second chances

Jackie Rae

Taryn Williams went from Long Beach honors student to robbing a store with a pocket knife. But her life changed in prison, and she wants to make sure others get the opportunities she did.

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Jun 16 10:26 am
  • The Word on Long Beach

‘A Long Beach-first whiskey company’: Business lessons from our local small-batch distiller

Jackie Rae

On today’s podcast, we will sit down with Dirty Prospector Whiskey co-founder Markus Biegel and hear about the lessons he learned from failed businesses and doubt.

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Jun 3 9:31 am
  • The Word on Long Beach

Long Beach high school students take a stand against gun violence

Jackie Rae

What’s it’s like to be a student in the age of school shooters? These Long Beach high schoolers say they felt compelled to demand change.

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May 26 10:00 am
  • Buffalo shooting

How the Black community can process stress and trauma from the Buffalo shooting

Jackie Rae

What can we do with the fears and concerns that are regularly reinforced by events like the murder of George Floyd or the killing of Black shoppers at a supermarket?

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May 12 11:27 am
  • The Word on Long Beach

This reverend says politicians continue to fail the Black community, so he’s running for Congress

Jackie Rae

Rev. William Moses Summerville says, in a time when politicians are clamoring for the Black vote, he sees most offering nothing more than lip service.

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May 6 10:00 am
  • The Word on Long Beach

Overturning Roe v. Wade: the impact on our nation and in California

Jackie Rae

On this episode of “The Word,” CSULB professor Jason Whitehead, who specializes in Supreme Court matters, helps sort out what a post-Roe v. Wade world means for California and Long Beach.

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Mar 24 1:25 pm
  • The Word on Long Beach

Twins in Long Beach are working to build community for Black lesbians

Jackie Rae

The sisters say they started a group called “Lesbians Are Life” to make sure people in their community had a place to go to learn about resources, and express their frustrations about the lack of acceptance they feel from the heterosexual Black community.  

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