BobbyRettew

Let’s just get back to the one consistent ranking system that has stood against the test of time! Dump the board room shenanigans and the flashy @ESPNCFB shows…just use @AP_Top25 as the ranking system to determine the @CFBPlayoff —> open.substack.com/pub/bobbyr…

Storytelling is performance. Story is presence. What happens when we stop telling stories and start being them? My new Substack essay explores the art of story — where empathy meets ethics and justice begins. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/bobbyr…

I’ve renamed my Substack Frames of Truth—a space for film, faith, and storytelling craft. It’s where I explore how images move us, shape memory, and reveal truth. Light. Story. Truth. This is where they meet. 🔗 bobbyrettew.substack.com

This is a false headline from @espn on their mobile app. After @DeAndreHopkins scored a touchdown, @Lj_era8 retaliated after someone slapped Nuk’s helmet. They were celebrating an amazing catch and were leading the game when this happened. FYI @ESPNPR

This is a master class in how to manage an online narrative…he went full on attack mode and turned around “their” words and quoted it himself…thus pouring gas on the fire! Why? So their words will piss off the team…so he can use those words - when written - as motivation in the locker room! #GoTigers #crisiscommunications

I would like to announce that since 2002, I am the only person to fall down “The Hill” on National Television in Death Valley at Frank Howard Memorial Field! FYI @LarryWilliamsTI @ClemsonFB @ClemsonTigers @GeoffHart7

Reuben Elrod was lynched in 1903. No grave. No photo. No justice. But we found his story. 📚 Finding Reuben Fridays starts 7/25. 21 weeks of storytelling, memory, and truth-telling. Because remembrance is resistance. Follow here: open.substack.com/pub/bobbyr… #FindingReuben #ReckonWithHistory #Substack

🎙️ I'm launching a new Substack: The Craft of Storytelling — a space to explore how stories build trust, change minds, and connect people. I'll be writing in public as I finish my book on the same topic. craftofstorytelling.substack… #storytelling #substack #narrative

On June 30, 1903, Reuben Elrod was lynched in his own home by a white mob in Anderson County, SC, for sheltering three Black women. This act of racial terror reminds us of the urgent need to confront and preserve the history of injustice in our communities. Click here to learn more: open.substack.com/pub/bobbyr… FYI @eji_org & @splcenter

Recently, I have been in search of where the phrase “Beloved Communty” originated. Many know this term from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s preaching. We know that MLK carried with him Howard Thurmond’s book called “Jesus and the Disinherited” where hints of this phrase emerged. We also know that Josiah Royce spoke and wrote of the phrase in his teachings. In the book “The Problem with Christianity” is a collection of Josiah Royce’s sermons from the early 1900’s. The phrase is used twenty five times, where this particular quote has resonated with me, “- the universal and beloved community is still hidden from our imperfect human view, and will remain so, how long we know not. Nevertheless, the principle of principles in all Christian morals remains this: — "Since you cannot find the universal and beloved community, — create it." With hope and determination…onward!

Passion alone doesn’t sustain documentary storytelling—intention does. Inspired by @Variety’s piece on We Are Guardians + @moviemakermag, I reflected on what it means to budget for justice-driven stories. #Filmmaking #Advocacy #IndieFilm open.substack.com/pub/bobbyr…

This #Juneteenth … it is my hope that we remember these names: • Edward Sullivan - 1894 • Elbert Harris - 1898 • John Laddison - 1901 • Reuben Elrod - 1903 • Willis Jackson - 1911 #AndersonCounty #remembrance #reconciliation