Why IT Matters Podcast with Leroy Barber
71 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsJoin Leroy Barber as he launches an all new podcast Why It Matters! This Podcast will breakdown subjects from current topics from pop culture, politics, economics and sports and explain Why It Matters!
Leroy (Former host of the SITUP Podcast) is the Co-Founder of the Voices Project and Adjunct professor at Multnomah University and Executive Director of Neighborhood Economics. Rev. Barber has served on the boards of The Simple Way, Missio Alliance, The Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN), and the Former Board Chair of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA).
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Episodes
Why It Matters: The Riverfront Resistance
August 09, 2023 01:01 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBJoin Leroy Barber as he breaks down the Alabama riverfront brawl. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Why The Supreme Court Decisions Matter?
July 20, 2023 20:20 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MBJoin Leroy Barber as he breaks down why the Supreme Court's decision matter. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Why It Matters with Leroy Barber: Preview Episode Why Does Juneteenth Matter?
June 17, 2023 02:01 - 11 minutes - 15.8 MBWelcome to the all-new podcast Why It Matters With Leroy Barber! In this preview episode Leroy explains why Juneteenth matters. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
S.I.T.U.P. LIVE: Pre-Juneteenth Show
June 11, 2022 22:28 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBJoin Leroy Barber as he talks about celebrating Juneteenth and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Episode 67:Meet Dea Jenkins
June 04, 2022 04:58 - 20 minutes - 28.5 MBDea Jenkins is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, Director of Inbreak, and founder of Dea Studios. Through a series of life twists, including deciding not to pursue a career as a professional track runner, Dea “accidentally” discovered an interest and a talent for art-making. As she discovered the world of painting, drawing, and graphic design, she ultimately chose to pursue an undergraduate degree in filmmaking from The Art Institute of Houston. Filmmaking taught her the value of produci...
Episode 66: Meet Carl Amouzou
June 04, 2022 01:57 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBJoin Host Leroy Barber and producer Andru Morgan for another road trip to the 2022 Inhabit Conference in Seattle Wa. On this Episode meet Carl Amouzou of FŌS --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
S.I.T.U.P. LIVE: Buffalo, Brittney Griner, and Anti-Blackness
May 28, 2022 20:29 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBJoin host Leroy Barber and producer Andru Morgan as they talk anti-blackness and other issues of the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
S.I.T.U.P Podcast Bonus Episode
March 21, 2022 21:36 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBJoin host Rev. Leroy Barber as he preaches a very special message. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
S.I.T.U.P Podcast: Super Bowl Live Show
February 17, 2022 21:47 - 25 minutes - 21.5 MBJoin Leroy Barber and producer ANDRU Morgan as they talk Super Bowl beyond football. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
S.I.T.U.P. PODCAST LIVE: Black History Month at Third Eye Books
February 03, 2022 07:38 - 19 minutes - 26.4 MBThird Eye Books Accessories & Gifts LLC was founded in 2019 in Portland Oregon by Michelle Lewis and Charles Hannah. Our vision is to be the number one supplier of African Centered books, accessories and gifts in the Portland Metro Area. We believe our products can be used as a tool to motivate, inspire, restore or enhance a persons cultural pride and to bring forth happiness and healing into the hearts of our customers. When you shop at Third Eye Books Accessories & Gifts LLC. You are purc...
S.I.T.U.P. PODCAST LIVE: MLK Day 2022
January 19, 2022 04:24 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBJoin Leroy Barber as he reflects on the life and teachings of MLK. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Episode 60: Live from CCDA: Meet Mayra
December 10, 2021 07:39 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MBMayra grew up in East Los Angeles, and currently lives in Pasadena, CA. She serves on the pastoral staff of Lake Avenue Church, a large congregation that has been at the same location for over 120 years. She has spent the past 18 years leading in her local community and casting vision for Kingdom-neighbor-loving. Her love for the local and global church fuels her speaking and teaching focus on issues related to leadership, race/ethnicity, gender, faith, justice, and the Church. Mayra spends ...
Episode 59: Live from CCDA: Meet Dominique Gilliard
November 21, 2021 19:51 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBDominique DuBois Gilliard is the Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the Love Mercy Do Justice(LMDJ) initiative of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC). He is the author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores, which won the 2018 Book of the Year Award for InterVarsity Press. Gilliard also serves on the board of directors for the Christian Community Development Association and Evangelicals for Justice. In 2015, he was selected as one of the ECC’...
Episode 58: Live From George Fox University: Meet D'Metri Mattocks
November 03, 2021 07:12 - 25 minutes - 34.4 MBJoin host Leroy Barber for the kick off of an all new season of the SITUP Podcast. This season Leroy will be taking SITUP to another level by asking each person about Sports, Innovation, Theology, the Ugly and what Public discourse they have been having. Episode one of the new season Leroy kick things off with D'Metri Mattocks the Director of Intercultural Life at George Fox University. This young black leader from Atlanta is making headlines and bringing fresh innovative biblical ideas to t...
SITUP Live: May 22nd 2021
May 23, 2021 00:46 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBThis week we talk NBA Playoffs, Landnrights, vaccine lottery, black-owned businesses and Leroy talks about Ronald Green in I'm Angry --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
SITUP LIVE: I AM ANGRY
April 24, 2021 23:53 - 1 hour - 96.4 MBJoin Leroy Barber as he talks about the latest going on in America! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Vote The Greater Good Tour: Meet The Activist Theology Project (Tennessee)
September 29, 2020 04:30 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MBJoin Leroy Barber as he welcomes back Dr. Robyn and first-time guest Rev. Anna of the Active Theology Project. The Activist Theology Project is a collaborative team passionate about our commitment to the ethics and politics of en conjunto (togetherness). We are public theologians, justice advocates, and strategy-minded people situated in the hybrid space of the church, social change, and the academy. We are a multiplicity of humans who have engaged one another to bridge radical differences...
Vote The Greater Good Tour: Meet Melvin Bray (SW ATL)
September 28, 2020 13:27 - 22 minutes - 31.5 MBThe SITUP Podcast is proud to have Melvin Bray back to talk SW ATL with us! Melvin Bray (melvinbray.com) is an Emmy® award-winning storyteller, social entrepreneur, and author who lives and gardens with his wife, three kids, and two dogs in southwest Atlanta, GA. Melvin is a student of how societal myths aid or block desired political outcomes. As such, he authored BETTER: Waking Up to Who We Could Be to demonstrate how our sacred narratives can either promote or subvert a beloved community...
Vote The Greater Good Tour: Meet Kiyomi Rollins (SW ATL)
September 28, 2020 12:27 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBCo-Founder of The Good Hair Store. Kiyomi Rollins is dedicated to loving on every coil while empowering the natural hair and skincare community to embrace the goodness of their kinks and skin. From its humble beginnings at a mall kiosk back in 2008 and a handful of locations since, The Good Hair Shop has grown exponentially while still keeping its heart. From the moment you walk into the shop, your natural hair and skin are celebrated and loved upon. Every kink, coil, loc, teeny-weeny afro...
Vote The Greater Good Tour: Meet The Youth of Releigh North Carolina
September 26, 2020 15:10 - 19 minutes - 26.2 MBJoin Leroy Barber and the SitUp Podast crew as they talk with three Releigh youth about voting the greater good. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Vote The Greater Good Tour: Meet The People of Durham
September 26, 2020 14:28 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MBJoin Leroy Barber in Durham North Carolina as he talks with four college student about voting the greater good. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Vote The Greater Good Tour: Meet Gino Hayes (Canton)
September 25, 2020 21:07 - 21 minutes - 28.8 MBMeet Pastor Geno Hayes of Canton! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Vote The Greater Good Tour: Meet JT Huffer-Corn and Tonya Rogers (Canton)
September 25, 2020 17:53 - 26 minutes - 37 MBWhile doing our event in Canton Ohio we got the chance to meet Tonya Rogers and JT Huffer-Corn. The two community organizers have done some pretty inovative things to help drive out the vote in Stark County Ohio. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Vote The Greater Good Tour: Meet Pastor Santes Beatty (Detroit)
September 24, 2020 19:23 - 20 minutes - 27.5 MBPastor Santes Beatty serves as the Lead Pastor for Mosaic Midtown Church in Detroit, MI, and as the Multiethnic Multiplication Catalyst for the Wesleyan Church. He has a passion for seeing healthy, gospel-centered, multiethnic ministries grow as disciples make disciples and churches multiply themselves until there is a transforming presence in every zip code. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Vote The Greater Good Tour: Meet Pastor Phil Jackson (Chicago)
September 23, 2020 16:31 - 17 minutes - 23.7 MBPastor Phil Jackson has served God full-time on the front lines of urban youth ministry for over 30 years. Phil has served in North Lawndale since 1994 as a youth pastor and was associate Pastor of Lawndale Community Christian Church until 2017. In 2003, Pastor Phil started The House Covenant Church, a Christ-centered, hip-hop worship service. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Vote The Greater Good Tour: Meet Michelle Ferrigno Warren (Denver)
September 22, 2020 05:50 - 25 minutes - 35 MBMichelle Ferrigno Warren has committed her life to her community and advancing equity and democratic participation across the country. She is a nationally recognized leader, advocate, author. For over a decade, she has championed critical issues including immigration, mass incarceration and education. She is both a policy expert and knows how to build diverse coalitions that get things done. In her role as the Advocacy & Strategic Engagement Director for Christian Community Development Asso...
Episode 45: Meet Minister Onleilove Alston
April 02, 2020 17:35 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBFor more info on Onleilove and her book please go to https://propheticwhirlwind.com This episode features spoke word piece Nailed Hands by Amena Brown Owen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBi7MQNl14A&list=PLsg8KOmNODyn72qsCBSMdWRNv5kaQbHQX Minister Onleilove (pronounced Onlylove) Chika Alston, Founder of Prophetic Whirlwind was born and raised in East New York, Brooklyn. Onleilove is also a community organizer, speaker, and writer. Having experienced poverty and homelessness, she has dev...
Episode 44: Meet Presidential Candidate Mark Charles
March 12, 2020 20:30 - 52 minutes - 71.4 MBJoin Leroy Barber and the SitUP Podcast Crew as the hit the road to NYC to talk with presidential candidate Mark Charles. https://www.markcharles2020.com/about --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Episode 43: Meet the Parish Collective Canada
February 24, 2020 17:22 - 32 minutes - 44 MBJoin the SITUP crew as they head north to Toronto Canada to meet with some of the most innovative people making a difference in neighborhood. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Episode 42: Meet Velynn Brown!
February 17, 2020 18:31 - 39 minutes - 53.6 MBIts been a long time but we good things come to those who wait and Velynn Brown is well worth the wait! Join Leroy and the SITUP crew for a closer look at the work of equity and inclusion. As a native Northeast Oregonian Velynn understands the discomfort, disparities and complexities of growing up as a Black woman in one of the whitest cities in the nation. Despite the challenges she has also experienced and witnessed true healing and real change in hearts and institutions that chose to di...
Episode 41: Bread For The Resistance Live
December 17, 2019 14:46 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBJoin host Leroy Barber for a live listen in of Donna Baber reading from and talking about her book Bread for The Resistance. Donna Barber is cofounder of The Voices Project, an organization that influences culture through training and promoting leaders of color. She is also the director of Champions Academy, an initiative of the Portland Leadership Foundation that provides culturally responsive leadership development for student athletes. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, Le...
Episode 40: The Harriett Movie Talk
December 02, 2019 15:02 - 46 minutes - 64.5 MBFrom her escape from slavery through the dangerous missions she led to liberate hundreds of slaves through the Underground Railroad, the story of heroic abolitionist Harriet Tubman is told in this 2019 movie. Join Leroy and a predominantly white group of Portlanders as they have an open and honest talk about their feeling, challenges and the takeaways they got from this movie. Support the SIT UP Podcast and buy a SITUP T-Shirt: www.sgbtees.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podca...
Episode 39: The SOCAP Recap
November 01, 2019 04:38 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBThe week host Leroy Barber recaps his time at SOCAP 19. SOCAP (Social Capital Markets) is in the vanguard of the emerging global impact economy convening ideas and capital to catalyze world change. During his time at SOCAP Leroy had very brief sit down with one of the founding members of SOCAP Rosa Lee Harden. Rosa Lee was the Executive Producer of SOCAP throughout the growth of the conference from 600 people in 2008 to more than 3,100 in 2017. She is a successful serial entrepreneur and f...
Episode 38: Meet Pastor Rudy!
October 03, 2019 21:28 - 22 minutes - 31.5 MBJoin Leroy Barber as he sits down with his good friend Pastor Rudy! https://www.pastorrudy.net --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Sitting Up Against The Patriarchy
September 16, 2019 09:58 - 29 minutes - 40 MBWhat Up Folks! Welcome to season two of the S.I.T. U.P. Podcast with host Leroy Barber! This season promises to bring 20 exciting yet thought-provoking episodes surrounding the theme of sports, innovation, theology, ugliness (injustice), and (you) public discourse. Kicking off the second season Leroy issues a firm challenge to all men to do their part in upending the patriarchal system that dominates our culture. You don't want to miss this one. Let's begin! This episode contains the poem...
Summer Bonus Episode: The Jay-Z NFL deal
August 19, 2019 13:29 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MBJoin Leroy Barber and producer Andru Morgan as they talk the NFL and Jay-Z deal. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Episode 35: Meet Josè Humpherys
July 30, 2019 04:00 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBJosé Humphreys is a native New Yorker, social worker, consultant and minister with over 16 years of nonprofit experience. In this capacity he has organized neighborhood groups and faith leaders around social justice issues. José has also served as a consultant to many organizations providing technical assistance and training around culture building, organizational development, transformative dialogue and emotionally intelligent leadership. Together with his wife, Mayra, and a group of othe...
Episode 34: Meet Raquel Polanco
July 16, 2019 04:21 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBAlthough its summertime Leroy Barber and the SITUP Podcast crew is still working hard to bring you even more heat! Raquel Polanco is a brilliant artist that has a strong sense of culture that you will hear come alive the interview with producer Andru Morgan . Also be sure to check out the spoken-word piece “Corn, Cactus, Turtle” after the interview. Let's begin... https://anchor.fm/situppodcast/message --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatte...
Episode 33: Meet Melvin Bray
June 24, 2019 19:13 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MBMelvin Bray (melvinbray.com) is an Emmy® award-winning storyteller, social entrepreneur, and author who lives with his wife, three kids and two dogs in southwest Atlanta, GA. He is an active participant in vanguard networks seeking more beautiful, more just, more virtue-filled ways of showing up in the world. He is author of the soon to be bestselling BETTER: Waking Up to Who We Could Be, co-editor of Faith Forward, Vol 1 and Vol 2 (Copper House, 2013, 2015), which explore ways children’s an...
Episode 32: The Live Summer Kick off Show
June 11, 2019 19:47 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBJoin Leroy Barber and producer Andru Morgan as the kick off the Situp Podcast Summer with a few questions on summertime as well as a in depth discussion on the NBA Finals! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Episode 31: Leroy listens to the future of the church!
June 03, 2019 15:35 - 26 minutes - 36.8 MBJoin Leroy as he sits down with four young leaders at CCOYM and talk the future of the church and much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Episode 30: Leroy gets grilled
May 27, 2019 22:40 - 51 minutes - 48.1 MBJoin us for this very special edition of the SIT UP Podcast! As you know we interview a lot of dynamic leaders and today is no exception to the rule. SIT UP's very own Leroy Barber gets grilled by long time supporter and friend of the podcast Jess Bielman. Jess is a coworker of Leroy that is not scared to ask the tough questions and get great answers. On this episode Jess goes down the line and talks Sports, Innovation, Theology, the Ugly of injustice and even Public discourse with Leroy. T...
Episode 29: Meet Dr.Randy Woodley
May 20, 2019 20:04 - 32 minutes - 44 MBDr. Woodley addresses a variety of issues concerning American culture, faith, justice, race, our relationship with the earth and Indigenous realities. His expertise has been sought in national venues as diverse as Time Magazine, Christianity Today, The Huffington Post and Planet Drum: A Voice for Bioregional, Sustainability, Education and Culture. Dr. Woodley currently serves as Distinguished Professor of Faith and Culture and Director of Intercultural and Indigenous Studies at George Fox Un...
Episode 28: Meet Rev. Shalom R. Agtarap
May 13, 2019 15:50 - 30 minutes - 42.5 MBShalom is an ordained United Methodist Elder currently supporting the innovative work of church planters. She has facilitated work in churches working to become more multicultural and multiethnic; better representatives of their neighborhoods. Using community organizing as a framework, she offers a more organic, relationship-based way of equipping disciples and transforming neighborhoods. Shalom’s formation as a Christ follower includes her time with the Upper Room's Two-Year Academy for Sp...
Episode 27: Meet Tom Wuest
May 06, 2019 04:00 - 26 minutes - 37 MBTom has been writing songs and planting gardens with faith communities for the past twenty years. His songs engage the biblical narrative and grow out of contexts of longing, vulnerability and hope. He lives with his wife, Karen, and their two sons, Isaiah and Arbutus, in the woodlands of Appalachia, where they grow the Eucharist elements, receive many pilgrims and are seeking to build community with neighbors along their gravel lane. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotif...
Episode 26: A Q&A with New Community Church Kansas City
April 29, 2019 07:00 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBThis week we have the pleasure to share with you a Q&A session with Leroy and a group of passionate believers that want to make a difference in their community. This is one you don't want to miss! Let's Begin... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyitmatterswithleroy/message
Episode 25: Meet Tim Soerens
April 22, 2019 17:13 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBWhat is church to you? What does church in the neighborhood look like? Whats ABCD or assets based community development? What is social capital? All of these questions and much more will be explored on this episode with guest Tim Soerens of the Parish Collective! Tim Soerens is an author, speaker, social entrepreneur, and co-founding director of the Parish Collective. As co-director of the Parish Collective he convenes ministry leaders, teaches, and consults with organizations seeking huma...
Episode 24: Meet the Answers
April 15, 2019 17:35 - 28 minutes - 39.1 MBWhat do you think about church planting? What does planting in community look like? What neighborhood connections and partnerships can be made with a church plant? Who funds a church plant and how do you go about getting funding? We explore all of these questions and more with Darryl and Stephanie Answer of New Community Church Kansas City. New Community Church began as a Bible study in the home of Darryl & Stephanie Answer. After a year of gathering in their home they moved to Hope Leade...
Episode 23: John Tramel
April 08, 2019 21:06 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBJohn Tramel has over 19 years of social work experience in the areas of community organizing, community development, mental health, domestic violence, and social justice education, organizing, and activism. He has spent years focused on creating and sustaining social service support for families in the education and child welfare arenas. John is a founding member of SURJ KC. He is committed to racial justice work because he believes that white people have a responsibility to deconstruct the ...
Episode 22: Joe Kim
April 01, 2019 23:13 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MBMeet Joe Kim of Bothell UMC, on this weeks episode Joe shares his experience as a leader of color leading a predominately white church. Lets Begin... Rev. Joseph D Kim ([email protected]) has served as Lead Pastor of Bothell United Methodist Church since April 2018. He has served in ministry as Associate Pastor of Bothell United Methodist and as Minister to Young People at Salem United Methodist Church in Harlem, New York. Before entering parish ministry, Joe was the Director of Chil...