In Our Own Defense Podcast

In Part II of the In Our Own Defense Podcast episode with Mr. Mbye Njie, Founder/CEO of Legal Equalizer Inc., co-hosts Dr. Dolores Tarver and Attorney A.D. Winters learn more about the creation and uses of the free app. Mr. Njie discusses how it can help alert friends and family if a person feels unsafe in potential domestic violence, sexual assault, or with issues related to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Download the free Legal Equalizer app from your app store today.

In Our Own Defense Podcast co-hosts Dr. Dolores Tarver and Attorney A.D. Winters are joined by Mr. Mbye Njie, Founder/CEO of Legal Equalizer Inc, who created a free app that will connect up to 5 contacts in your phone in real time when you are stopped by a police officer. Your contacts are able to record the interaction, applicable state laws are available for you to know your rights, and you have the option to pay for a real time legal consult. This app is great for your high school and college student drivers, as well as all adult drivers. Download the free Legal Equalizer app from your app store today.

May 10, 2019 Ronald Greene's family was informed that he died due to injuries from his car crashing while attempting to evade police.  April 2021, body cam video was leaked that showed what really happened at the hands of Louisiana State Police officers. In Our Own Defense co-hosts Dr. Dolores Tarver and Attorney A.D. Winters are joined by Attorney Ronald Haley who represents the Greene family to discuss the “cover up.”

It seems like there is different information everywhere. Some providers are electing not to get the vaccine. How do I know what information is accurate? We've got you. In Part III of the series on Vaccine Hesitancy, Dr. Dolores Tarver and Attorney A.D. Winters, co-hosts of the In Our Own Defense Podcast, are joined by two science driven providers Dr. Michelle Dennis and Dr. Leanne Fowler to discuss these different perspectives and accurate resources to consider in your vaccine decision.

You probably have questions about the vaccine. We did too. In Part II of the series on Vaccine Hesitancy, In Our Own Defense Podcast hosts Dr. Dolores Tarver and Attorney A.D. Winters interview nursing scholars Dr. Michelle Dennis and Dr. Leanne Fowler who answer questions about how the vaccine was developed, its effectiveness against COVID-19 and its variants, the side effects of the vaccine, and the disparities that contribute to lower vaccine rates in people of color.

You’ve got questions, and we have answers. In Part I of this series on vaccine hesitancy, In Our Own Defense Podcast hosts Dr. Dolores Tarver and Attorney A.D. Winters are joined by two scholar practitioners Dr. Michelle Dennis and Dr. Leanne Fowler to debunk myths and provide factual information about the coronavirus, COVID-19 disease, why people experience the COVID-19 differently, why the virus spreads rapidly, and virus mutation/variants.

In Our Own Defense co-hosts Dr. Dolores Tarver and Attorney A.D. Winters are on location at Mason Temple, the National Headquarters of the Church of God in Christ in Memphis, TN discussing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s final speech on economic empowerment and community investment.  “The question is not, if I stop to help this man in need, what will happen to me? The question is, if I do not stop to help the sanitation workers, what will happen to them? That’s the question.”

In Our Own Defense co-hosts Dr. Dolores Tarver and Attorney A.D. Winters are on location at the Lorraine Motel—National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN discussing the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We encourage you to consider the significance of this hotel not as just the place of Dr. King’s assassination, but as a representation of the type of economic empowerment that Dr. King encouraged in the black community. The hotel was purchased by a Walter Bailey, a black man business owner, in 1945. “Now these are some practical things that we can do. We begin the process of building a greater economic base. Be concerned about your brother. You may not be on strike. But either we go up together, or we go down together.”

In an attempt to overshadow the victories of newly elected Georgia Senators Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff and undermine Congress certifying Joe Biden as the president elect, protestors stormed the Capitol. In Our Own Defense Podcast co-hosts Dr. Dolores Tarver and Attorney A.D. Winters unpack the politics.

Happy New Year and Welcome to the 2nd Season of In Our Own Defense! We already have much to discuss in 2021. Co-hosts Dr. Dolores Tarver and Attorney A.D. Winters celebrate the victories of newly elected Senators Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff and the role of Stacey Abrams in those victories.