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Founder & Managing Partner, @blckaldr Communications & Media Strategist and Theologian @yaledivinityschool. Author of Fettered Access on Substack

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Legacy Media, new media and the work journalists and creators can do together to serve our communities.

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Welcome back to the @throughline.studios weekly culture and political download. This week we dig into performative politics and discuss Nikole Hannah-Jones and Kendrick Sampson. Let us know your thoughts below!

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This is the room.

Somebody’s blowing a kiss. Somebody’s got their hands folded in prayer. Somebody refused to smile on command. Every one of those choices is correct.

“CBC week” gathers Black people from every sector and asks us to be useful. What the program doesn’t capture is how much of the work happens exactly like this, standing close enough to hold each other up.

Nobody in this picture is shrinking, hiding, or separating important parts of what makes them whole. We show up as all of it at once, in the worlds we inhabit, in the clothes we chose on purpose.

Baldwin came with me this weekend. So did everybody here.

Shout out to our sister @michelelawjawando for creating this sacred space.

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Let’s discuss Jasmine Crockett, Chris Brown, and true cultural organizing for sociopolitical impact

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The final module of the Cashmere & Collard Greens Summer ‘26 Syllabus is out! If you’re thinking about going into business with your sister (or family), watch this first!

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#NABJ26 Reflections:

As I prepare this week for my final work trip of the summer (whew!) I am still reflecting on my first-time experience moderating a panel at this year’s @nabjofficial Convention & Career Fair in Atlanta! I absolutely love helping to steward important and timely discussions, especially ones that aim to strengthen the relationships between PR/Comms professionals and Journalists / The Press. Thanks again to the incredible @aaronlmorrison, @chelcglenn, @takara.mov and Khalil Cole for the brilliant and motivating dialogue.

What made it even more meaningful was looking up and seeing the woman who not only inspired but HIRED me for my first PR role as an intern at @nbcphiladelphia while I was in my junior year at @templeuniv. @viproject2030 gave me the most amazing surprise by showing up to support our panel and capturing photos. It was our first time reconnecting since 2006! It most certainly will not be our last. Another full-circle life and career moment for sure.

✨Not-So-Sidebar: If you are seeking a moderator for your next panel, let’s work!

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“The Black church carries a prophetic obligation to name harm and demand remedy.”

Chelsea Fuller and Takara Pierce issue this call as the Christian Nationalist Right uses America’s 250th anniversary to promote a White, heterosexual, wealthy, male, and Christian nation—while recruiting Black and brown Christians to support a vision that excludes them.

That recruitment is expanding because Christian Nationalism excels at making a exclusionary political project feel like an expression of communal faith.

Take, for example, a single working mother who has repeatedly heard that having children outside marriage is sinful. She may see her financial hardship as punishment for a moral failure—not as the result of low wages or unaffordable housing.

That explanation can obscure the structural forces shaping her life. It also can influence her beliefs about poverty, reproductive healthcare, immigration, and political leadership.

Fuller and Pierce argue that progressive narratives often focus on Christian Nationalism’s most extreme White evangelical expressions while missing how the ideology moves through Black and brown faith communities.

Christian Nationalism cannot be defeated only as a political ideology. It must also be confronted at its foundational storytelling about faith, suffering, and who belongs in America’s future.

✍🏽: Chelsea Fuller (@chelcglenn) and Takara Pierce (@takarapierce)
🔗: In bio and comments

#WeTheCivic #ChristianNationalism #BlackFaith

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We’re so grateful for a successful launch on Martha’s Vineyard. Many thanks to folks who joined us at @indiarosecollective for our Lead with Impact event in partnership with @12pmstudios. Our sponsors @blckaldr and @archive__vault helped to curate an amazing vibe. Follow @throughline.studios for more!

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It’s been 9 years since my last #NABJ convention and it exceeded my expectations. Grateful for the time spent reconnecting IRL with long time fam, and making new connections. Love seeing how we’ve all grown, how we’re moving and shaking, and navigating this insane industry. Left feeling full and really inspired. 🙏🏽

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Goodbye ATL! Another NABJ in the books. 🖤

My first NABJ Convention was in Orlando in 2013. At 27 years old, I had quit my full-time job to take a leap of faith- going back to grad school for journalism. Some people warned me the industry was changing; it would be tough to break in. But I just knew this was where I should’ve been all along. I felt like a late bloomer eager to make up for lost time and NABJ welcomed me with open arms.

Ten years later, even as the entire media industry shifts again, I know it was the right choice. What’s for you is for you. Your time is your time.

I needed this NABJ to remind me of the journey and to see so many of the people who helped me navigate the unknown.

Seeing journalists like @jimenezenoa- exiled for speaking truth in Cuba- get his flowers last night, moved me so deeply to keep striving to report truth fearlessly because it’s our job. A revolution indeed.

My cup is full- until next year @nabjofficial! 🖤

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✈️ Presently on a plane from Chicago headed to Atlanta to moderate this amazing panel today at #NABJ26! Not even tornados, downed power lines, a postponed flight and delayed takeoff can keep me from this important and timely conversation with such brilliant folks I’m proud to call colleagues and friends.

If you’re a registered attendee, this session will take place in Room M107. Hope to see you there!

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Today my oldest started Kindergarten. 🥹🎒

As excited as I am for him, today is also a little bittersweet. It feels like just yesterday you could barely walk and needed me to hold you, and now you’re a growing boy starting school and beginning a whole new chapter.

I’m so proud of you, son. Watching you grow has been one of the greatest blessings of my life, and I’m so excited to see where this new journey takes you.

Go be great, Kingston. Dad loves you always. ❤️

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