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Episode 9: Meet CJ Mehall, the GVSU Professor that Brought the White Privilege Conference to Grand Rapids

To Christopher “CJ” Mehall, issues of race, gender, sexuality, and able-bodiedness aren’t left wing or right wing issues: they’re human issues.

Having grown up with all the privileges one can have in America, he uses his position as a GVSU Professor in the Education Department to teach his students and our community how to be better humans. Find out how he managed to bring the renowned White Privilege Conference to Grand Rapids in April 2018 and how he dealt with the pushback and hate mail from those who opposed it … while we drink Taz IPA by New Holland Brewing!

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