Juneteenth Productions

08/09/2025

Check out Reparations Media's Change Agents and 2 other great podcasts at XL Fest, Aug. 16!!

Join us in TWO WEEKS on August 16th from 12 pm- 2pm for the Podcast Salon! A Qube event hosted by Anna Deshawn of E3 Radio welcomes podcasts: CHANGE AGENTS, OUR ANCESTORS WERE MESSY and WEIGHT FOR IT

The salon will be hosted at XL Fest on the University of Chicago campus. More information to come!

05/09/2025

02/27/2024

Another WTTW Firsthand: Homeless MUST view - Nicole Bahena's ENCOURAGING Talk reveals that $$$, collaboration and political WILL are on the horizon to create affordable housing and END homelessness.
https://interactive.wttw.com/firsthand/homeless/watch?v=building-our-way-out

02/25/2024

Continuing my WTTW Firsthand: Homeless shoutout - DO watch Tracy Baim's inspiring Talk about one very innovative solution to the homeless and affordable housing crisis.....Thank YOU, Tracy!
https://interactive.wttw.com/firsthand/homeless/watch?v=tiny-homes-big-solutions

02/24/2024

Check out Shelly Tucciarelli's breakthrough Talk revealing a major step correcting the decades-long housing injustice against Chicago's Native community. Kudos Shelly!!

https://video.wttw.com/video/firsthand-talks-invisible-no-more-7ghc9c/

02/22/2024

If you haven't yet, DO check out Sharday's WTTW Firsthand: Homeless Talk. She's AMAZING!
https://interactive.wttw.com/firsthand/homeless/watch?v=finding-a-way-home

02/19/2024

Launched TODAY! WTTW Firsthand: Homeless digital series!
https://interactive.wttw.com/firsthand/homeless Special thanks and kudos to Sharday Hamilton, Tracy Baim, Shelly Tucciarelli, Bahena for their insightful, inspiring stories towards ending homelessness😍

In a series of documentaries, Firsthand: Homeless will go beyond the stereotypes society often assigns to unhoused individuals through the firsthand perspectives of real people who are navigating its complexities and hardships. And through expert talks, news reporting, and conversations with thought...

01/09/2024

Season 4 of Change Agents the podcast is NOW up and OUT!! Check out our 6 new episodes produced by amazing emerging journalists collaborating with trailblazing activists removing barriers to homeownership and full citizenship -

Change Agent is a podcasts series by Chicagoans trained to tell stories of their neighborhood transformations and the folks who make that happen.

07/02/2023

Sailing the high seas.......sunrise on Lake Michigan

06/20/2023

McCray's latest endeavor is a nonprofit that brings together emerging journalists of color and community activists and organizations to tell untold stories through a community lens.

06/13/2023

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06/13/2023

Deeply honored to be among 10 Leaders for a New Chicago representing the work of Juneteenth Productions and Reparations Media NFP!! Thanks to Field Foundation of Illinois and for your support!

These are the 2023 Leaders for a New Chicago. They are advocates, artists, educators, journalists, organizers, and storytellers. Together, they reflect the diversity of Chicago residents and the complex issues they face. Like our previous Leaders for a New Chicago awardees, ALL of them are advancing