The last time Jeffery Robinson and Jacob Ivan Schmitt were in the room were under very different circumstances. Now, 26 years later and out of a courtroom, they sit and discuss the realities of the prison-industrial system, what makes someone vulnerable to hate groups, and if someone can truly change.

About Jacob: Jacob Ivan Schmitt is the founder and director of Just Us Solutions, LLC, where he leads with both vision and lived experience. A childhood trauma survivor who spent more than thirty years in institutional settings as an avowed white supremacist, Jacob transformed his life through self-education in law, strengthening his moral reasoning and cultivating a deep understanding of accountability. These hard-earned lessons now shape his work developing strategies that bring hope and structure to those who remain entangled in trauma and the criminal legal system. About The Who We Are Project: The Who We Are Project is a nonprofit organization challenging the dominant narrative of our nation’s founding, demonstrating how anti-Black racism was and remains a central part of U.S. history, and working to promote education, discourse, healing, and change.

The Who We Are Project produces media and educational resources about our history of anti-Black racism and how our past has shaped our present – so that we can know who we are.

Learn more at https://www.thewhoweareproject.org/

Photo Credit: Lauren Klain Carton Designed by: Juliette Hemingway

This week on All Roads, Jeffery Robinson sits down with Amanda Hollowell to discuss answering the moment, the importance of the American South to history and to the future, and where she finds hope.

About Amanda: Amanda Hollowell is a nationally recognized senior political strategist, community organizer, and advocate based in Savannah, Georgia. She has served as Managing Director for National Organizing at When We All Vote/Civic Nation, where she led major voter registration and community engagement initiatives. Her volunteer and professional career spans technology, health, politics, and culture, and she has served on the boards of Reform Georgia, the Georgia Alliance for Social Justice, and the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia. She is the mother of one son, Josh Cash, and lives in Savannah, Georgia. About The Who We Are Project: The Who We Are Project is a nonprofit organization challenging the dominant narrative of our nation’s founding, demonstrating how anti-Black racism was and remains a central part of U.S. history, and working to promote education, discourse, healing, and change.

The Who We Are Project produces media and educational resources about our history of anti-Black racism and how our past has shaped our present – so that we can know who we are.

Learn more at https://www.thewhoweareproject.org/

Photo Credit: Lauren Klain Carton Designed by: Juliette Hemingway

This week on All Roads, Jeffery Robinson sits down with Dallas Goldtooth to discuss the connection between activism and acting, the power of narrative, and how Goldtooth's Dakota identity informs it all.

About Dallas Goldtooth: Dallas Goldtooth is a Dakota actor, comedian, stage performer, and public speaker from the village of Cansayapi (Chan-shah-yah-pee) within the territory of the Oceti Sakowin (ow·cheh·tee shaa·kow·een) people. He has performed on Comedy Central and the BBC and an actor and writer on FX’s award-winning Reservation Dogs. He is a film writer, producer, playwright, and published poet. He is also a Dakota language activist, cultural teacher, dedicated father, and loving husband. Goldtooth was the Keep It In the Ground campaign organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network, an environmental justice organization led by his father. With IEN, Goldtooth led campaigns against the Keystone XLpipeline and the Dakota Access Pipeline. He was a water protector during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock Indian Reservation. About The Who We Are Project: The Who We Are Project is a nonprofit organization challenging the dominant narrative of our nation’s founding, demonstrating how anti-Black racism was and remains a central part of U.S. history, and working to promote education, discourse, healing, and change.

The Who We Are Project produces media and educational resources about our history of anti-Black racism and how our past has shaped our present – so that we can know who we are.

Learn more at https://www.thewhoweareproject.org/