The Just Communities Podcast is a storytelling and conversation platform from the Michigan Roundtable for Just Communities.

Hosted by Deputy Director, Community Facilitator, and Leadership Practitioner Joe Drew, the podcast explores the people, ideas, and movements working to build a more just and beloved society.

Each week, listeners will hear powerful conversations with organizers, educators, artists, business leaders, and community members who are doing the work — challenging inequity, building new systems, and creating pathways for belonging and opportunity.

Episodes will explore topics connected to MRJC’s Anchors of a Just and Beloved Community, including:

• Building Community Power
• Youth Leadership and Self-Determination
• Dismantling Stigmas and Creating Pathways
• Corporations for Community

Once a month, the podcast will also feature the First Friday Forum, a community conversation series that brings diverse voices together to reflect on the challenges and opportunities facing our communities today.

The Just Communities Podcast invites listeners not just to observe the work of justice — but to step into it.