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An Invitation to Become Podcast hosted by Ben McBride
Ben McBride is here because an enslaved African woman saw a future beyond the life she was forced into. That’s cathedral thinking — envisioning something beautiful you’ll never see yourself.
A fourth-generation Pentecostal preacher and direct descendent of the Jim Crow era, Ben tells us how love drove him out of his comfort zone and into a life of activism and why we all have to give up power and privilege to create a world where everyone belongs.
For a few years I’ve been saying that “The wrong first question is ‘what do we need to do?’ The right first question is ‘who do we need to become?’' Watch this message from Ben that outlines how belonging is the answer to our current moment of polarization.
On a panel with amazing leaders, Desmond Meade, Neil Volz, & Dr. Jennifer Martinez, Ben brings his message of bridging to the Othering & Belonging Conference hosted by Dr. john powell.
At a powderkeg moment in American policing, The Force goes deep inside the embattled Oakland Police Department as it struggles to confront federal demands for reform, the rise of Black Lives Matter and an explosive scandal. Winner of the Documentary Directing Award at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, filmmaker Peter Nicks (The Waiting Room) embedded with the department over the course of two years to follow its serial efforts to recast itself. The film focuses on the new chief brought in to effect reform at the very moment the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO sparks a popular uprising to demand police accountability and racial justice both in Oakland and across the nation.
Reflecting on the peacemaking work of violence reduction and policing reform, Ben shares with business, civic, community, and philanthropic leaders about mastering complex relationships at the LISC National Conference in Houston.