Resistance Radio is hosted by WHIV founder MarkAlain Dery and Kenny Francis, who discuss a range of local, national, and international social justice-related current event news stories. Resistance Radio airs live on WHIV and WBOK on Mondays at 6pm. Recent guests and topics include Vincenzo Pasquanto…
In this episode, Dr. Dery talks with Dr. Trivia Frazier, Ph.D. of Obatala Sciences. Dr. Frazier is the CEO and founder of Obatala Sciences and in this episode, Dr. Dery interviews Dr. Frazier about how she fell in love with science as a teenager, and how she parlayed that love for science into her success story of starting Obatala Sciences. Stay until the end of the show, where Dr. Obatala explains how her work is an inspiration for young women to seek a career in science.
Tonight we are broadcasting live from the Three Keys in the Ace Hotel. Dr. Dery’s co-host tonight is Ranord Darensburg and the topic is SeeHer; Criminal Justice System on Black Women and Girls in LA. We are joined by Judge Candace Anderson, Angel Harris, and Nandy Campbell.
Dr. MarkAlain Dery is joined by the co-founder of the Louisiana Himalaya Association Neil Guidry and event coordinator Eva Sohl to talk about their amazing work in Dharamshala in Northern India.
On today’s episode of resistance radio Dr. Déry and Ms. Kim Ford discuss current political topics including the amazing movie just Mercy based on the book by Bryon Stevenson.
On this weeks episode of Resistance Radio, Dr. Dery talks with Hip-Hop artist Unscripted and MACCNO representative Renard Bridgewater. The conversation surrounds the difficulties of musicians who play on the streets and the unacceptable levels of harassment they endure.
Resistance Radio with Dr. Dery and guest Rita Maran. On todays episode of Resistance Radio, Its HUMAN RIGHTS DAY! Dr. Dery has the privilege to interview Dr. Rita Maran, an expert on international law and human rights from Berkeley, California. The first 15 minutes are spent with Dr. Dery reading the Declaration of Human Rights, and Dr. Maran joins Dr. Dery about 15 minutes into the broadcast. Tune in as Dr. Maran schools us on all things human rights and social justice.
Resistance Radio with Dr. Dery and guest Rita Maran. On todays episode of Resistance Radio, Its HUMAN RIGHTS DAY! Dr. Dery has the privilege to interview Dr. Rita Maran, an expert on international law and human rights from Berkeley, California. The first 15 minutes are spent with Dr. Dery reading the Declaration of Human Rights, and Dr. Maran joins Dr. Dery about 15 minutes into the broadcast. Tune in as Dr. Maran schools us on all things human rights and social justice.
On this episode of Resistance Radio, Dr. MarkAlain Dery is joined by the Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins. Mr Hawkins spends the hour talking about his platform- one based on social, economic, environmental and racial justice. Tune in on Monday night from 6:00-7:00PM on WHIV FM or stream us at whivfm.org
On this episode of Resistance Radio, Dr. MArkALain Dery is very proud to spend the hour with Dr. Rebekah Gee and Dr. Alex Billioux from the Louisiana Department of Health. Dr Gee, the Health Secretary along with Dr. Billioux have created an innovative program to eliminate Hepatitis C in the State of Louisiana. Tune into to hear as the three of them discuss the origins of the Hepatitis C Elimination plan as well as how the roll out will be conducted. This plan is very innovative and puts Louisiana as the leader in curing Hepatitis C.
On this weeks Resistance Radio, MarkAlain is joined by Kevin Caldwell, the founder and executive director of CommonSense NOLA- an advocacy group for the legalization of cannabis. Together, MarkAlain and Kevin talk about the racist origins of drug laws, the war on drugs, and how harm reduction is the only way to really stem the rising tide of Hepatitis C. Tune in every week at 6:00PM or stream us at whivfm.org
On todays special edition of Resistance Radio, we are very proud to host Representative Rashida Tlaib live from the African American Museum of Art, Culture and History in the historic Treme. 102.3FM WHIV-LP show hosts' Kenny Francis and Jenny Yanez along with Indivisible-NOLA founder Joyce Vansean are the masters of ceremony as Representative Tlaib answers questions surrounding social, economic, environmental and racial justice. At her core, Representative Tlaib is an organizer and activist and her message to us is to continue organizing! Tune in to Resistance Radio, live on 102.3FM WHIV-LP on Mondays 6:00PM or stream us at whivfm.org.
This week we are diving into Part 5 of our series on New Orleans education and the reforms that have changed and shaped our local school system over the past 15 years. Now that we have covered what happened, Kenny and MarkAlain are looking forward and discuss their ideas about how New Orleans can move towards building a school system that ensures rigorous accountability, equity of access/resources and supports teachers, students and families better. Tune in to this episode of #ResistanceRadio!
This week it's part four of our series on New Orleans Education and the reforms that have transpired the past 15 years. Today we were joined by Aimee Grainer formerly of EnrollNola to have a conversation about school choice and OneApp, New Orleans' centralized enrollment system. Tune in this week to #ResistanceRadio!
Due to New Orleans becoming Atlantis, MarkAlain was unable to traverse the flood waters and make it to the studio so Kenny is riding solo. In this episode of #ResistanceRadio, he dives into part three of our series on New Orleans Education reform and discusses the impact of Act 91 and the reunification of New Orleans schools under the jurisdiction of the Orleans Parish School Board on July 1, 2018. Next week in part four, former EnrollNola administrator Aimee Granier joins us for a conversation about school choice and OneApp. Tune in!
This week it's Movement Mondays, our monthly live show in partnership with Ace Hotel New Orleans. Our guest this month is former Times Picayune journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Rose. Chris spends an uproarious hour with Kenny and MarkAlain talking about his life, the state of journalism, his new French Quarter true crime tour and much more. Tune in to this episode of #ResistanceRadio!
In this episode of #ResistanceRadio Kenny and MarkAlain begin a four part series on New Orleans Education and the reforms that led to Orleans Parish becoming the first all-charter school district in the country. In these first two hours we discuss the state of education in New Orleans pre-Katrina, the birth of charter schools, the mechanisms used by the state of Louisiana to wrestle control of schools from local authorities, the reforms enacted and the ramifications of what followed. Parts 3 and 4 will feature an explanation of the current governance structure of our local education system and a discussion on the biggest challenges still facing our city’s schools. Tune in !
On today's episode of Resistance Radio, Councilmember Jay Banks, from District B in New Orleans is interviewed. Councilmember Banks was asked about his thoughts on the gentrification of New Orleans, his position on short term rentals, climate change and sewage and water board. The conversation wraps up with his thoughts on Entergy. Lastly, because of Kenny being sick today, MarkAlain closes the show with a powerful statement by Kenny on White Supremacy in America and the relationship of mass murders due to gun violence.
Imagine you have been paying a mortgage on a house for years, and then one day your loved one gets sick and you find out that the house was built on a toxic dump that you were not previously told about. To make matters worse, your house is now worthless, because aforementioned toxic dump. Can you imagine the injustice? The indignation? The anger? That’s what 52 families in our city have been living through and fighting for restitution from our city government for 30 years. On this week’s episode of #ResistanceRadio we have an update about Gordon Plaza and where the fight for fully funded, fair and just relocation currently stands. We also talk about a few recently released HIV studies that potentially have far reaching public health implications. To kick things off, Kenny and
Why are white people allowed to use the Police as their personal attack dogs? This week we are joined in the studio by Megan Kiefer, the attorney representing Eugene Grant. Eugene is a black local musician who was arrested earlier this month by NOPD for playing music on Frenchmen Street in an incident that began after a complaint by a white business owner. Megan joins us to talk about the incident, where it stands now and we dive into a conversation about the relationship between Police and people of color in our city, and our country. Additionally, we talk about the rising tensions between England/Iran, the protests in Puerto Rico and Trump’s campaign of hate. Tune in this week to #ResistanceRadio!
“Most Americans are geographically challenged and learn their geography from who we’re bombing today.” This week we are live from the Three Keys venue at Ace Hotel for #MovementMondays! We were joined by the organizers of the New Orleans Lights for Liberty Vigil to end human detention camps that will take place this Friday, July 19th 7-9pm outside of the ICE field office (1250 Poydras). We talk about the concentration camps our government has set up near the southern border, how close the Trump administration has brought us to the endgame of “the ten steps to genocide,” and what you can do if ICE shows up at your neighbor’s door. Tune into this special episode of #ResistanceRadio.
WE’RE BACK! After a month-long hiatus, Kenny and MarkAlain are back on-air and we are joined by Councilwoman Kristin Palmer. The Councilwoman joined us to talk about recent actions the City Council took related to short-term rentals and a proposed outdoor entertainment study. Also, we discuss the youth curfew implemented by Mayor Cantrell's administration and the persistence of “Closed for Essence.” Tune in for this packed episode of #ResistanceRadio!
Of the six seats in the Louisiana House of Representatives that represent New Orleans, five of them are consistently held by Democrats. One, District 94 which consists of parts of Mid-City, Lakeview, Lakeshore, Bucktown and Metaire has been held historically by Republicans and currently is held by Stephanie Hilferty (R). Rep. Hilferty has consistently voted with her GOP colleagues as they deny progress and consistently pass draconian, regressive, bills. This week, on behalf of Indivisible New Orleans, Kenny announced that they will be endorsing and supporting Dr. Tammy Savoie (D) to be the next representative from District 94. Dr. Savoie joins us in studio to talk about what motivated her to run, her plans for the district and how you can get involved in flipping the Louisiana Legislature this fall. We were also joined by Amy Irvin, Executive Director of The New Orleans Abortion Fund to talk about the 6-week abortion ban that passed last week. Amy talks with us about what the GOP is trying to accomplish with this bill and the others like it that have passed in states like Alabama and Georgia, what advocates are doing to fight back and how you can get involved in the fight to protect a woman's right to bodily autonomy. All this an more on this week's episode of #ResistanceRadio! Tune in!
This week we are joined by Dr. Laura Cheever, Chief Medical Officer for the HIV/AIDS Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration who talked with us about her work to raise awareness and educate the public about Hepatitis C and the plan to eradicate the disease in Louisiana. We were also joined by Lydia Winkler, Founder of REEP Now a non-profit that provides free advocacy and representation during parole proceedings to folks impacted by the criminal justice system. We also have an update on the City Council’s deliberations on the New Orleans Short Term Rental Ordinance. All this and more on this week’s episode of #ResistanceRadio!
This week we are broadcasting live from the Three Keys venue in Ace Hotel New Orleans for our monthly series “MovementMondays.” Our guest this month was Ret. Lt General Russell Honoré. General Honoré joined us to talk about climate change, the Green Army, and his advocacy against the Bayou Bridge Pipeline. Don’t miss this episode of #ResistanceRadio!
This week we are joined by Kristine Breithaupt, Communications Director for Mayor Cantrell’s political action committee: Action New Orleans. Kristine stopped by the talk with us about the #FairShare deal recently reached that will bring almost $200 million in revenue for infrastructure investment to New Orleans over the next five years. We were also joined by Ursula Price, Executive Director for the New Orleans Worker’s Center for Racial Justice. Ursula stopped by to talk with us about Unleash New Orleans and “For All of us, By All of us” a new report by the Partnership for Working Families that details how state pre-emption laws are being by corporations used to influence housing and labor policies. And as always, our most vulnerable and blackest citizens are being harmed the most, because what’s more American than profiting off the suffering of black folks? All this and more on this week’s episode of #ResistanceRadio. Tune in!
This week on #ResistanceRadio, Kenny is back from Puerto Rico and we are continuing our City Council interview series. We are joined by Councilwoman Cyndi Nguyen who represents District E, which includes most of New Orleans East and the Lower 9th ward. District E was hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina and has often been left behind in the rebuilding efforts in the years since the storm. We talked with the Councilwoman about her background, the needs of her district, her 2019 priorities, the vote on the Entergy Power Plant and the upcoming council vote on short term rentals. Tune in!
On this weeks episode of Resistance Radio we spend the hour talking with Peter Robins-Brown from Unleash Local. We also spend some time talking on the phone with State Representative Royce Duplessis from District 93 about his bill HB 422 which would give cities and parishes authority to set their own minimum wage, repealing a 1997 law that forbids such local control. Tune in live at 6:00PM every Monday or stream at whivfm.org
This week on #ResistanceRadio we are joined by District A Councilman Joe Giarrusso. The councilman spent the hour talking with us about his background and his philosophy as a legislator. We also dove into the council’s vote on the Entergy power plant, issues at the Sewerage and Water Board and an upcoming council vote that will affect people experiencing homelessness in New Orleans. Tune in!
This week on #ResistanceRadio it's Movement Mondays! - our monthly collaboration with DJ Chinua and Ace Hotel New Orleans. We were joined by Rob Bell from Bike Easy New Orleans. Rob talked with us about changes in bike lanes and bike culture the organization has been a part of making for the past 15 years. We also talked about what the City of New Orleans is embarking upon with it's Moving New Orleans Bikes Initiative to build 75 miles of protected bikeways over the next two years and more. Tune in!
In New Orleans, the median household income is roughly $36,000 a year, or less than $3,000 a month, after taxes. Meanwhile, the average cost of a one-bedroom apartment in the city is $1,100 per month and rising, And most working class New Orleanians are paying more than 50% of their monthly income on rent. Financial best practices tell us that you should not spend more than 30% of your monthly income on rent. In line with the nationwide trends, costs of living have been rising exponentially in New Orleans while wages have been stagnant for decades. Put all this together and it doesn’t take a ton of brainpower to see why New Orleans is and has been mired in an ever deepening housing crisis. And as usual, its impacts are hitting the poorest and brownest of our citizens the hardest. In this episode, we’re talking about the affordable housing crisis in New Orleans and we do a deep dive on “inclusionary zoning” - one strategy in our arsenal to combat it. As always, we also have your weekly activism updates. Tune in to this week’s episode of #ResistanceRadio!
This week on #ResistanceRadio, Kenny and MarkAlain talk about the murder of Nipsey Hussle, the gun violence that continues to plague our communities and our inability to see each other as the multi-faceted and complicated individuals we each are. Lydia Winkler joins us to talk about Renter Rights, or rather the lack thereof, and how her company RentCheck is working to help both landlords and renters interact with more equity and fairness. We also discuss last weekend’s election results and have your weekly activism update. Tune in!
This week on #ResistanceRadio, local activist, community leader and host of WHIV's "Islam in the Crescent City" Jenny Yanez joins us to share her thoughts on the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, the continued rise of white supremacist violence and Jacinda Arden's example of leadership and humanity to the world. We are also joined by Logan Burke, Executive Director of the Alliance for Affordable Energy to talk about the proposed Entergy Power Plant in Michoud, New Orleans East, the fight for a fair, equitable, public process and to hold our City Council accountable to their responsibility as the regulators of Entergy.
Hey Y'all! We're back from our Mardi Gras hiatus! This week MarkAlain and Kenny are talking climate change and do a deep dive on "The Green New Deal", a resolution introduced by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey. The Green New Deal is an ambitious and extremely necessary plan to combat the effects of man-made climate change and global warming, to save ourselves and future generations before it's too late. As always, we also have your weekly activism updates. Tune in!
This week, John Sullivan of Enterprise Community Partners and Rashidah Williams from the Tulane Small Center for Collaborative Design stopped by to talk with Kenny and MarkAlain about Undesign The Redline, an interactive exhibit exploring the history of race, class and U.S. housing policy, and how this legacy of inequity and exclusion continues to shape our communities. Visitors to Undesign the Redline are left with a strong impression of the historical forces that made New Orleans and other cities the way they are now. The exhibit is on display at the Small Center until April 1. It is powerful, moving and incredible - make sure you check it out!
This week we were live from the Three Keys venue for #MovementMondays, our monthly collaboration with DJ Chinua and Ace Hotel New Orleans. We were honored to have New Orleans City Council President Jason Williams join us to talk about his Black History Heroes and his 2019 priorities. We also discussed his decision to run for District Attorney in 2020 and what a “progressive DA” looks like. The Albert and Tina Small Center was our community partner and joined us to talk about the “Undesign The Redline” exhibit currently on display until March 1. Tune in to this special episode of #ResistanceRadio!
Hey Y'all! We were honored to be joined by hospitality activist Ashtin Berry. Ashtin is a food and beverage activist and beverage consultant committed to creating equitable spaces within the hospitality industry. She focuses on creating hospitality trainings that implement inclusive language that can be applied to everyday work. Ashtin joined us to talk about her work and the culture of abuse in the industry. Tune in to this special episode of Movement Mondays - and join us next Monday, Feb. 18th for the next installment with our special guest, New Orleans City Council President Jason Williams. 6-7pm at Ace Hotel New Orleans!
New Orleans attracts nearly 20 million visitors a year, putting us in the top 15 of most visited cities in the U.S. And we generate $200 million in revenue from those visitors every year. Pretty impressive for a city of only 400,000 people. Despite all this money flowing into our city, our streets flood every time it rains, we barely have a functional public transit system, our schools are underfunded, we are starved for access to affordable housing and the water isn't even safe to drink all the time. Our culture bearers, the working class people who make New Orleans what it is, who are the reason why 20 million people come to our little city on the river every year, are not seeing the benefits of the capital they are creating. What's up with that? Where's our money, man? In this episode, MarkAlain and Kenny continue the conversation we started with Mayor Cantrell a few episodes ago and dive into the history, context and complicated web of our local tax collection and how it exudes the systemic racism that has made New Orleans one of the consistent leaders in income inequality. Tune in to this episode of #ResistanceRadio and nerd out with us on tax policy!
This week MarkAlain and Kenny recap our recent interview with New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell and begin to wade into the deep waters that is our local tax collection. Tune in to this week’s episode of #ResistanceRadio
On this very special episode of Resistance Radio, Kenny and MarkAlain talk with Mayor Cantrell about her plans for tax dedications. What does tax dedication mean? Tune in to hear how, for the past several decades, New Orleans has been systematically oppressed through an unfair system of tax revenue distribution. Mayor Cantrell explains that her program, #FairShare, is meant to collect the fair share of revenues that are being generated to be more equitably distributed among all New Orleanians, in the form of improved infrastructure, fair housing and transportation.
This week we are joined by members from the Bourbon Alliance of Responsible Entertainers (BARE) and The Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans (MACCNO) to talk about proposed ordinance 32523, that has been brought forth by Council Members Kristin Palmer and Cyndi Nguyen. This ordinance, put simply, if enacted is yet another sexist and paternalistic law aimed at controlling a woman's right to do with their body whatever they so choose with scary 1984-esque government surveillance sprinkled on top. In this episode of #ResistanceRadio we dive into this terrible ordinance, talk through the implications if it is allowed to pass the New Orleans City Council and talk through what YOU can do to stop it. Tune in!
This edition of “Movement Monday” on RR NOLA features the Honorable Calvin Johnson, the first African-American elected to the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, who later became the first African-American chief judge of the court and was instrumental in reforming CDC, including establishing the first Mental Health Treatment Court.
This week Kenny and MarkAlain do a deep dive explanation of how marginal tax rates work and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's proposed 60-70% tax rate for the highest U.S. earners. We also talk about last week's City Council hearing and vote on Short Term Rentals and the ongoing federal government shutdown which has left 800,000 federal employees without pay and is now the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Tune in this week to #ResistanceRadio!
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