WELCOME to Season 5 of the ⁠⁠WE GOT US NOW Podcast⁠⁠ series POWERED by ⁠⁠RWJFoundation⁠⁠

HOSTED by ⁠Ebony Underwood⁠

For our 7th annual #KeepFamiliesConnected multimedia campaign series that runs from Mother's Day through Father's Day, WE spotlight voices from our community, and uplift our allies working across the field to create a just and equitable society that seeks to keep justice-impacted families connected.

Sibil Fox and Robert Richardson, affectionately known among their peers as FoxandRob, are a popular New Orleans-based couple who endured and survived twenty-one years as an incarcerated family. In 1997, Rob Rich, a first offender in Louisiana, was sentenced to 61-years as a result of overzealous prosecution. Not to be denied, after her release from prison in 2002, Fox Rich led a valiant charge to regain her husband’s freedom. In June 2018 Governor John Bel Edwards granted clemency to Rob. Ninety days later he was released. Their story is told in the acclaimed, award-winning documentary TIME, and the forthcoming sequel, TIME II: Unfinished Business.
In this episode, Fox and Rob give us an inside look into their timeless love story. Together a total of 38 years total and survived 21 of those years as an incarcerated family. They share their story of love, surviving the criminal justice system and raising six successful sons. Their work continues through their advocacy for incarcerated families through the NOLA chapter of Participatory Defense Movement, an initiative of Rich Family Ministries, which they founded with the vision of “changing lives and laws through love” and dedicated to empowering families and marriages to thrive.

Take a moment to absorb this Unforgettable Journey of Love, against all odds!

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WE GOT US NOW #KeepFamiliesConnected campaign series

WELCOME to Season 5 of the ⁠⁠WE GOT US NOW Podcast⁠⁠ series POWERED by ⁠⁠NBA Foundation⁠⁠

HOSTED by ⁠Ebony Underwood⁠

For our 7th annual #KeepFamiliesConnected multimedia campaign series that runs from Mother's Day through Father's Day, WE spotlight voices from our community, and uplift our allies working across the field to create a just and equitable society that seeks to keep justice-impacted families connected.

Bree Anderson is a WE GOT US NOW Actionist and the Co-Founder & Executive Director of A'sani Heartbeat Foundation. As a New Orleans, Louisiana native, her journey into social justice started as a daughter impacted by the wrongful conviction of her father, Robert Jones. This led her to empower women and girls as the Co-Founder of Daughters Beyond Incarceration. However, her passion and mission transformed to Reproductive Justice, fueled by her own direct experience of parenthood, preterm birth, prematurity, maternal health and infant mortality.

Today, Bree and her loving partner, Andre Apparicio, are co-founders of A'sani Heartbeat Foundation and Dad-A-Port dedicated to creating laws that will support infant mortality, maternal & paternal health, and neonatal infancy. Bree has served on several boards and transition teams dedicated to providing restorative healing to communities. Through her dedication to social justice, she has been called a Millenium Changemaker making a positive impact on the lives of countless children and families. She is the author of the book, In My Own Words, which has sold over 1000 copies and her work has been recognized and featured in The New York Times, Forbes 30 under 30, BBC, BET and other national outlets.

In this episode, Bree shares her story and gives our audience an up close and personal insight into what ignited her to become a Reproductive Justice Changemaker dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of families and communities. She shares her continued motivation to support children of incarcerated parents through WE GOT US NOW with mentorship, policy, and advocacy towards the goal of dismantling unjust systems and providing healing to those affected by them.

Bree continues to strive to make the world a better place. This Episode is Not to be Missed!

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WE GOT US NOW #KeepFamiliesConnected campaign series

WELCOME to Season 4 of the ⁠WE GOT US NOW Podcast⁠ series POWERED by ⁠The Just Trust⁠

HOSTED by Ebony Underwood

For our 6th annual #KeepFamiliesConnected multimedia campaign series that runs from Mother's Day through Father's Day, WE spotlight voices from our community, and uplift our allies working across the field to create a just and equitable society that seeks to keep justice-impacted families connected.

Dr. Nia Heard-Garris, MD, MBA | MSc | FAAP is a pediatrician and a physician-investigator at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and in the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She examines the influence of social adversities experienced in childhood and subsequent child and adolescent health. Dr. Heard-Garris is also interested in the factors that contribute to thriving and resilience despite these experiences. Dr. Heard-Garris completed a prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Fellowship at the University of Michigan. She earned her Master of Science in Health and Healthcare Research. She received her Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Howard University College of Medicine and helped to launch the student-run free clinic serving DC residents. Dr. Heard-Garris earned her Bachelor of Science in biology at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Heard-Garris is also an active member in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Dr. Heard-Garris has had numerous media appearances, including CNN/Sesame Street, NPR, NBC, and numerous others.

In this episode, she takes our listeners on a deep dive about the impacts of structural racism on the lives of children with incarcerated parents. She believes in using research to better inform clinical practice and policy that supports youth, their families, and their communities to become their healthiest selves and thrive. Don't Miss This Insightful Discussion!

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