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October 6, 2024 Dr. Marshall and the Street Soldiers team discuss the Tyree Nichols murder verdict with esteemed attorney John Burris. We also speak with Dorsey Nunn of LSPC about Prop 6 on the California ballot.

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Berkeley voters will elect 11 city officials in November, including a new Mayor. Today, how this election could reshape the policy and politics of their city. Then, what it's like helping someone you love escape the world of online conspiracies. And, a reading from East Menlo Park author and activist, Dorsey Nunn.

In this powerful episode of the Black and Raww Podcast, we sit down with Dorsey Nunn, a man whose journey from incarceration to advocacy is nothing short of inspiring. Dorsey opens up about his awakening in prison, where he first noticed the stark racial disparities in the criminal justice system. He shares his struggles with literacy and how transformative literature helped shape his worldview and consciousness. Dorsey also discusses the extreme violence he witnessed in prison and the difficult choices he had to make to survive. After his release, he dedicated himself to fighting for the rights of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, becoming the first formerly incarcerated director of a public interest law office. His work includes suing for voting rights, ending the shackling of pregnant women, and challenging solitary confinement. Join us as Dorsey reflects on building a movement for systemic change and offers advice for young people navigating the criminal justice system. This episode is a testament to resilience, education, and the power of advocacy. Tune in now to hear Dorsey Nunn's remarkable story and be inspired by his dedication to justice and reform. #BlackAndRaww #Podcast #Inspiration #Justice https://corioliscompany.com/a-new-coriolis-client-dorsey-nunn/ https://www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/what-kind-of-bird-cant-fly/#:~:text=What%20Kind%20of%20Bird%20Can,by%20Dorsey%20Nunn%2C%20Lee%20Romney My Links: https://www.blackandraww.co.uk/ https://www.tiktok.com/@tinotalk25 https://www.instagram.com/tinotalk25/

Advocate and author Dorsey Nunn, the founder of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, talks about his work keeping families together and his book "What Kind of Bird Can't Fly: A Memoir of Resilience and Resurrection."

Slavery still exists in California and several other states across the US, its not what we generally think of when we hear the word slavery, as in chattel slavery, but slavery inside prisons. What we are taught in history books is that slavery was abolished with the 13th amendment in the US which was ratified on December 6th, 1865. However, this did not apply to prisoners. Today on “Sojourner Truth”, we focus on the movement to finally abolish what is known as involuntary slavery in prisons in CA and other states. Our guests are Dorsey Nunn a founder of California Prisoners with Children and Stanley Thermidor with A New Way of Life.

Slavery still exists in California and several other states across the US, its not what we generally think of when we hear the word slavery, as in chattel slavery, but slavery inside prisons. What we are taught in history books is that slavery was abolished with the 13th amendment in the US which was ratified on December 6th, 1865. However, this did not apply to prisoners. Today on “Sojourner Truth”, we focus on the movement to finally abolish what is known as involuntary slavery in prisons in CA and other states. Our guests are Dorsey Nunn a founder of California Prisoners with Children and Stanley Thermidor with A New Way of Life.

Dorsey Nunn lives in East Menlo Park. He wrote "What Kind of Bird Can't Fly" with journalist Lee Romney. It's about the fight for the full restoration of civil and human rights of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people.

Being a 140-pound 19 year old, who had not yet had to shave is a daunting time to enter an American prison with a life sentence, especially when the system has no interest in rehabilitating you or helping you reintegrate into society. The greed of the prison industrial complex squeezing slave profits out of imprisoned people through the exploitation of the 13th amendment and the brutal system set up to limit opportunity usually leaves most who walk through the gates hopeless and abandoned.Dorsey Nunn, a formerly incarcerated individual, co-director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) and co-founder of All of Us or None (AOUON), a grassroots movement of formerly incarcerated people working to secure their civil and human rights, explains to host Robert Scheer how his prison experience is rare but demonstrates that it is possible to make it out of San Quentin's cells a changed person, with the hope of helping others.

In her introduction to Dorsey Nunn's book, Michelle Alexander quoted Toni Morrison: “Just remember that your real job is that if your free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.” Alexander notes, “I've known Dorsey for two decades. I've watched him grow and evolve into an extraordinary thinker and leader, someone who has helped to birth and shape movements that are changing the course of history.” Dorsey and others launched the “ban the box” movement, Alexander writes, “Because of the heroic work of Dorsey and all those in the organizations that he led or cofounded, and the powerful movements that he has helped to build, barrier to employment, housing, education and more have begun to fall away for millions of people…” This week on Everyday Injustice, we talk to Dorsey Nunn, who just released his memoirs, “What Kind of Bird Can't Fly,” and he describes his story of going from a life sentence to a leader in criminal justice reform.

 Today, Hunter is joined by the powerful Dorsey Nunn. At 19, Dorsey was given a life sentence. Over the next 11 years, Dorsey would be exposed to violence, abuse, and the political education that would awaken in him a lifelong desire to fight our prison system. Today, Hunter talks with Dorsey about his new book, What Kind of Bird Can't Fly to discuss his lifetime of organizing for the rights of the current and formerly incarcerated.    Guests: Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Co-Founder All of Us or None, Co-Founder Formerly Incarcerated Convicted People and Family Movement   Resources:  Order the Book Here https://www.amazon.com/What-Kind-Bird-Cant-Fly/dp/1597146323 Legal Services for Prisoners with Children https://prisonerswithchildren.org/staff-and-board/ All of Us or None https://prisonerswithchildren.org/about-aouon/     Contact Hunter Parnell:                                             Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter                                                                 @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patron www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN    

Before becoming a national leader in efforts to improve conditions for prisoners as well as people who've been recently released, Dorsey Nunn spent a decade behind bars. That experience spurred his fifty powerful years of political and legal battles for freedom and human rights, including as the founder of All of Us or None and the longtime Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners With Children. Nunn recently published his memoir, called What Kind of Bird Can't Fly: A Memoir of Resilience and Resurrection, and he joins us to discuss it. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post From Prisoner to Reform Movement Leader w/ Dorsey Nunn appeared first on KPFA.

Sierra snowmelt is threatening significant floods in a Central Valley county that houses a prison and massive agricultural industry, which are all at risk from the flood threat. The current levee system in Corcoran is not up to par, and unease is setting in as fears of flooding could bring intense impacts to communities. Joining us to discuss is Kurtis Alexander, a reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle, where he frequently writes about water, impacts of drought, threats to public lands and wildlife, and the nation's widening rural-urban divide. Also joining us is Dorsey Nunn, is the executive director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and founder of that organization's policy advocacy arm All Of Us Or None. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Sierras Snowmelt Stokes Fears of Floods in Central Valley and Corcoran Prison w/ Kurtis Alexander & Dorsey Nunn appeared first on KPFA.

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!  1. Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. We close with a rebroadcast (10/29) of the interview with artists and co-founder, re: Bakanal de Afrique Nov. 6-20 (bakanaldeafrique.com).

“It is a Christian obligation to vote, and more than that, it is the church's responsibility to help get souls to the polls.”— Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, The Episcopal Church  The United States locks up more people per capita than any other nation, at the staggering rate of 698 per 100,000 residents. And the poor and people of color are dramatically overrepresented in our nation's prisons and jails. Once released from prison, former prisoners are punished again, discriminated against in housing, employment and in voting. Something needs to change.   Proposition 17, on the November ballot, would amend the California constitution to restore the right to vote to convicted felons who are released on parole from state or federal prison. Under current law such persons are not eligible to vote until the terms of their parole are completed. Can even narrow policy changes, like this one, meaningfully reduce our society's use of incarceration? And what else can we do?   Join us to hear from Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, co-founder of All of Us or None, in conversation with Dean Malcolm Clemens Young about Prop. 17, amending the 13th Amendment and the movement to win full restoration of human and civil rights for formerly and currently incarcerated people. 

Today on Sojourner Truth: As fires continue to ravage Western U.S. states (in particular California, Oregon and Washington), smoke from the fires have traveled across the country, including to New York City. Also, as far North as Canada and as far East as Europe. The pollutants and fine particles in the air are hazardous to those exposed to it. In particular, those with underlying conditions, children and the elderly. Western states now have the worst air quality in the world. Meanwhile, Donald Trump visited California where he yet again denied global warming, including its relationship to the fires. Our guest is Dr. Robert M. Gould, a medical doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility. As polls in swing states tighten, including in Florida, Biden and Trump are now neck-to-neck in Florida. The right of prisoners and former felons to vote has taken on new focus. In Florida, voters had approved the right of former felons to vote, but the voters' decision has been undermined again in a series of court rulings that have the impact of blocking people who have already served their time from voting. The Democratic Governor of Kentucky announced that former felons will be allowed to vote in that state, but in California, that right is still being fought for. There is a proposition on the ballot in California that would afford the right of those on parole to vote. Our guest is Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Dorsey has over twenty-five years experience working on prison related issues. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, we discuss gangs in the Los Angeles Sheriffs units. A federal investigation may be underway, but Black and Brown communities have known for quite some time that violent gangs exist in Sheriff's units in Black and Latinx communities. The LA Sheriff's Department is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. We speak with Mark Anthony, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Also, our weekly Earth Minute and a brand new series, Sojourner's Ballot Box Quiz, with S. Pearl Sharp.

Today on Sojourner Truth: As fires continue to ravage Western U.S. states (in particular California, Oregon and Washington), smoke from the fires have traveled across the country, including to New York City. Also, as far North as Canada and as far East as Europe. The pollutants and fine particles in the air are hazardous to those exposed to it. In particular, those with underlying conditions, children and the elderly. Western states now have the worst air quality in the world. Meanwhile, Donald Trump visited California where he yet again denied global warming, including its relationship to the fires. Our guest is Dr. Robert M. Gould, a medical doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility. As polls in swing states tighten, including in Florida, Biden and Trump are now neck-to-neck in Florida. The right of prisoners and former felons to vote has taken on new focus. In Florida, voters had approved the right of former felons to vote, but the voters' decision has been undermined again in a series of court rulings that have the impact of blocking people who have already served their time from voting. The Democratic Governor of Kentucky announced that former felons will be allowed to vote in that state, but in California, that right is still being fought for. There is a proposition on the ballot in California that would afford the right of those on parole to vote. Our guest is Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Dorsey has over twenty-five years experience working on prison related issues. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, we discuss gangs in the Los Angeles Sheriffs units. A federal investigation may be underway, but Black and Brown communities have known for quite some time that violent gangs exist in Sheriff's units in Black and Latinx communities. The LA Sheriff's Department is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. We speak with Mark Anthony, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Also, our weekly Earth Minute and a brand new series, Sojourner's Ballot Box Quiz, with S. Pearl Sharp.

Today on Sojourner Truth: As fires continue to ravage Western U.S. states (in particular California, Oregon and Washington), smoke from the fires have traveled across the country, including to New York City. Also, as far North as Canada and as far East as Europe. The pollutants and fine particles in the air are hazardous to those exposed to it. In particular, those with underlying conditions, children and the elderly. Western states now have the worst air quality in the world. Meanwhile, Donald Trump visited California where he yet again denied global warming, including its relationship to the fires. Our guest is Dr. Robert M. Gould, a medical doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility. As polls in swing states tighten, including in Florida, Biden and Trump are now neck-to-neck in Florida. The right of prisoners and former felons to vote has taken on new focus. In Florida, voters had approved the right of former felons to vote, but the voters' decision has been undermined again in a series of court rulings that have the impact of blocking people who have already served their time from voting. The Democratic Governor of Kentucky announced that former felons will be allowed to vote in that state, but in California, that right is still being fought for. There is a proposition on the ballot in California that would afford the right of those on parole to vote. Our guest is Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Dorsey has over twenty-five years experience working on prison related issues. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, we discuss gangs in the Los Angeles Sheriffs units. A federal investigation may be underway, but Black and Brown communities have known for quite some time that violent gangs exist in Sheriff's units in Black and Latinx communities. The LA Sheriff's Department is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. We speak with Mark Anthony, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Also, our weekly Earth Minute and a brand new series, Sojourner's Ballot Box Quiz, with S. Pearl Sharp.

Today on Sojourner Truth: As fires continue to ravage Western U.S. states (in particular California, Oregon and Washington), smoke from the fires have traveled across the country, including to New York City. Also, as far North as Canada and as far East as Europe. The pollutants and fine particles in the air are hazardous to those exposed to it. In particular, those with underlying conditions, children and the elderly. Western states now have the worst air quality in the world. Meanwhile, Donald Trump visited California where he yet again denied global warming, including its relationship to the fires. Our guest is Dr. Robert M. Gould, a medical doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility. As polls in swing states tighten, including in Florida, Biden and Trump are now neck-to-neck in Florida. The right of prisoners and former felons to vote has taken on new focus. In Florida, voters had approved the right of former felons to vote, but the voters' decision has been undermined again in a series of court rulings that have the impact of blocking people who have already served their time from voting. The Democratic Governor of Kentucky announced that former felons will be allowed to vote in that state, but in California, that right is still being fought for. There is a proposition on the ballot in California that would afford the right of those on parole to vote. Our guest is Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Dorsey has over twenty-five years experience working on prison related issues. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, we discuss gangs in the Los Angeles Sheriffs units. A federal investigation may be underway, but Black and Brown communities have known for quite some time that violent gangs exist in Sheriff's units in Black and Latinx communities. The LA Sheriff's Department is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. We speak with Mark Anthony, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Also, our weekly Earth Minute and a brand new series, Sojourner's Ballot Box Quiz, with S. Pearl Sharp.

Today on Sojourner Truth: As fires continue to ravage Western U.S. states (in particular California, Oregon and Washington), smoke from the fires have traveled across the country, including to New York City. Also, as far North as Canada and as far East as Europe. The pollutants and fine particles in the air are hazardous to those exposed to it. In particular, those with underlying conditions, children and the elderly. Western states now have the worst air quality in the world. Meanwhile, Donald Trump visited California where he yet again denied global warming, including its relationship to the fires. Our guest is Dr. Robert M. Gould, a medical doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility. As polls in swing states tighten, including in Florida, Biden and Trump are now neck-to-neck in Florida. The right of prisoners and former felons to vote has taken on new focus. In Florida, voters had approved the right of former felons to vote, but the voters' decision has been undermined again in a series of court rulings that have the impact of blocking people who have already served their time from voting. The Democratic Governor of Kentucky announced that former felons will be allowed to vote in that state, but in California, that right is still being fought for. There is a proposition on the ballot in California that would afford the right of those on parole to vote. Our guest is Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Dorsey has over twenty-five years experience working on prison related issues. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, we discuss gangs in the Los Angeles Sheriffs units. A federal investigation may be underway, but Black and Brown communities have known for quite some time that violent gangs exist in Sheriff's units in Black and Latinx communities. The LA Sheriff's Department is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. We speak with Mark Anthony, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Also, our weekly Earth Minute and a brand new series, Sojourner's Ballot Box Quiz, with S. Pearl Sharp.

Today on Sojourner Truth: As fires continue to ravage Western U.S. states (in particular California, Oregon and Washington), smoke from the fires have traveled across the country, including to New York City. Also, as far North as Canada and as far East as Europe. The pollutants and fine particles in the air are hazardous to those exposed to it. In particular, those with underlying conditions, children and the elderly. Western states now have the worst air quality in the world. Meanwhile, Donald Trump visited California where he yet again denied global warming, including its relationship to the fires. Our guest is Dr. Robert M. Gould, a medical doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility. As polls in swing states tighten, including in Florida, Biden and Trump are now neck-to-neck in Florida. The right of prisoners and former felons to vote has taken on new focus. In Florida, voters had approved the right of former felons to vote, but the voters' decision has been undermined again in a series of court rulings that have the impact of blocking people who have already served their time from voting. The Democratic Governor of Kentucky announced that former felons will be allowed to vote in that state, but in California, that right is still being fought for. There is a proposition on the ballot in California that would afford the right of those on parole to vote. Our guest is Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Dorsey has over twenty-five years experience working on prison related issues. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, we discuss gangs in the Los Angeles Sheriffs units. A federal investigation may be underway, but Black and Brown communities have known for quite some time that violent gangs exist in Sheriff's units in Black and Latinx communities. The LA Sheriff's Department is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. We speak with Mark Anthony, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Also, our weekly Earth Minute and a brand new series, Sojourner's Ballot Box Quiz, with S. Pearl Sharp.

Today on Sojourner Truth: As fires continue to ravage Western U.S. states (in particular California, Oregon and Washington), smoke from the fires have traveled across the country, including to New York City. Also, as far North as Canada and as far East as Europe. The pollutants and fine particles in the air are hazardous to those exposed to it. In particular, those with underlying conditions, children and the elderly. Western states now have the worst air quality in the world. Meanwhile, Donald Trump visited California where he yet again denied global warming, including its relationship to the fires. Our guest is Dr. Robert M. Gould, a medical doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility. As polls in swing states tighten, including in Florida, Biden and Trump are now neck-to-neck in Florida. The right of prisoners and former felons to vote has taken on new focus. In Florida, voters had approved the right of former felons to vote, but the voters' decision has been undermined again in a series of court rulings that have the impact of blocking people who have already served their time from voting. The Democratic Governor of Kentucky announced that former felons will be allowed to vote in that state, but in California, that right is still being fought for. There is a proposition on the ballot in California that would afford the right of those on parole to vote. Our guest is Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Dorsey has over twenty-five years experience working on prison related issues. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, we discuss gangs in the Los Angeles Sheriffs units. A federal investigation may be underway, but Black and Brown communities have known for quite some time that violent gangs exist in Sheriff's units in Black and Latinx communities. The LA Sheriff's Department is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. We speak with Mark Anthony, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Also, our weekly Earth Minute and a brand new series, Sojourner's Ballot Box Quiz, with S. Pearl Sharp.

Today on Sojourner Truth: As fires continue to ravage Western U.S. states (in particular California, Oregon and Washington), smoke from the fires have traveled across the country, including to New York City. Also, as far North as Canada and as far East as Europe. The pollutants and fine particles in the air are hazardous to those exposed to it. In particular, those with underlying conditions, children and the elderly. Western states now have the worst air quality in the world. Meanwhile, Donald Trump visited California where he yet again denied global warming, including its relationship to the fires. Our guest is Dr. Robert M. Gould, a medical doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility. As polls in swing states tighten, including in Florida, Biden and Trump are now neck-to-neck in Florida. The right of prisoners and former felons to vote has taken on new focus. In Florida, voters had approved the right of former felons to vote, but the voters' decision has been undermined again in a series of court rulings that have the impact of blocking people who have already served their time from voting. The Democratic Governor of Kentucky announced that former felons will be allowed to vote in that state, but in California, that right is still being fought for. There is a proposition on the ballot in California that would afford the right of those on parole to vote. Our guest is Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Dorsey has over twenty-five years experience working on prison related issues. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, we discuss gangs in the Los Angeles Sheriffs units. A federal investigation may be underway, but Black and Brown communities have known for quite some time that violent gangs exist in Sheriff's units in Black and Latinx communities. The LA Sheriff's Department is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. We speak with Mark Anthony, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Also, our weekly Earth Minute and a brand new series, Sojourner's Ballot Box Quiz, with S. Pearl Sharp.

Today on Sojourner Truth: As fires continue to ravage Western U.S. states (in particular California, Oregon and Washington), smoke from the fires have traveled across the country, including to New York City. Also, as far North as Canada and as far East as Europe. The pollutants and fine particles in the air are hazardous to those exposed to it. In particular, those with underlying conditions, children and the elderly. Western states now have the worst air quality in the world. Meanwhile, Donald Trump visited California where he yet again denied global warming, including its relationship to the fires. Our guest is Dr. Robert M. Gould, a medical doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility. As polls in swing states tighten, including in Florida, Biden and Trump are now neck-to-neck in Florida. The right of prisoners and former felons to vote has taken on new focus. In Florida, voters had approved the right of former felons to vote, but the voters' decision has been undermined again in a series of court rulings that have the impact of blocking people who have already served their time from voting. The Democratic Governor of Kentucky announced that former felons will be allowed to vote in that state, but in California, that right is still being fought for. There is a proposition on the ballot in California that would afford the right of those on parole to vote. Our guest is Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Dorsey has over twenty-five years experience working on prison related issues. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, we discuss gangs in the Los Angeles Sheriffs units. A federal investigation may be underway, but Black and Brown communities have known for quite some time that violent gangs exist in Sheriff's units in Black and Latinx communities. The LA Sheriff's Department is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. We speak with Mark Anthony, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Also, our weekly Earth Minute and a brand new series, Sojourner's Ballot Box Quiz, with S. Pearl Sharp.

Today on Sojourner Truth: As fires continue to ravage Western U.S. states (in particular California, Oregon and Washington), smoke from the fires have traveled across the country, including to New York City. Also, as far North as Canada and as far East as Europe. The pollutants and fine particles in the air are hazardous to those exposed to it. In particular, those with underlying conditions, children and the elderly. Western states now have the worst air quality in the world. Meanwhile, Donald Trump visited California where he yet again denied global warming, including its relationship to the fires. Our guest is Dr. Robert M. Gould, a medical doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility. As polls in swing states tighten, including in Florida, Biden and Trump are now neck-to-neck in Florida. The right of prisoners and former felons to vote has taken on new focus. In Florida, voters had approved the right of former felons to vote, but the voters' decision has been undermined again in a series of court rulings that have the impact of blocking people who have already served their time from voting. The Democratic Governor of Kentucky announced that former felons will be allowed to vote in that state, but in California, that right is still being fought for. There is a proposition on the ballot in California that would afford the right of those on parole to vote. Our guest is Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Dorsey has over twenty-five years experience working on prison related issues. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, we discuss gangs in the Los Angeles Sheriffs units. A federal investigation may be underway, but Black and Brown communities have known for quite some time that violent gangs exist in Sheriff's units in Black and Latinx communities. The LA Sheriff's Department is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. We speak with Mark Anthony, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Also, our weekly Earth Minute and a brand new series, Sojourner's Ballot Box Quiz, with S. Pearl Sharp.

Today on Sojourner Truth: As fires continue to ravage Western U.S. states (in particular California, Oregon and Washington), smoke from the fires have traveled across the country, including to New York City. Also, as far North as Canada and as far East as Europe. The pollutants and fine particles in the air are hazardous to those exposed to it. In particular, those with underlying conditions, children and the elderly. Western states now have the worst air quality in the world. Meanwhile, Donald Trump visited California where he yet again denied global warming, including its relationship to the fires. Our guest is Dr. Robert M. Gould, a medical doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility. As polls in swing states tighten, including in Florida, Biden and Trump are now neck-to-neck in Florida. The right of prisoners and former felons to vote has taken on new focus. In Florida, voters had approved the right of former felons to vote, but the voters' decision has been undermined again in a series of court rulings that have the impact of blocking people who have already served their time from voting. The Democratic Governor of Kentucky announced that former felons will be allowed to vote in that state, but in California, that right is still being fought for. There is a proposition on the ballot in California that would afford the right of those on parole to vote. Our guest is Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Dorsey has over twenty-five years experience working on prison related issues. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, we discuss gangs in the Los Angeles Sheriffs units. A federal investigation may be underway, but Black and Brown communities have known for quite some time that violent gangs exist in Sheriff's units in Black and Latinx communities. The LA Sheriff's Department is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. We speak with Mark Anthony, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Also, our weekly Earth Minute and a brand new series, Sojourner's Ballot Box Quiz, with S. Pearl Sharp.

Today on Sojourner Truth: As fires continue to ravage Western U.S. states (in particular California, Oregon and Washington), smoke from the fires have traveled across the country, including to New York City. Also, as far North as Canada and as far East as Europe. The pollutants and fine particles in the air are hazardous to those exposed to it. In particular, those with underlying conditions, children and the elderly. Western states now have the worst air quality in the world. Meanwhile, Donald Trump visited California where he yet again denied global warming, including its relationship to the fires. Our guest is Dr. Robert M. Gould, a medical doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility. As polls in swing states tighten, including in Florida, Biden and Trump are now neck-to-neck in Florida. The right of prisoners and former felons to vote has taken on new focus. In Florida, voters had approved the right of former felons to vote, but the voters' decision has been undermined again in a series of court rulings that have the impact of blocking people who have already served their time from voting. The Democratic Governor of Kentucky announced that former felons will be allowed to vote in that state, but in California, that right is still being fought for. There is a proposition on the ballot in California that would afford the right of those on parole to vote. Our guest is Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Dorsey has over twenty-five years experience working on prison related issues. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, we discuss gangs in the Los Angeles Sheriffs units. A federal investigation may be underway, but Black and Brown communities have known for quite some time that violent gangs exist in Sheriff's units in Black and Latinx communities. The LA Sheriff's Department is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. We speak with Mark Anthony, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Also, our weekly Earth Minute and a brand new series, Sojourner's Ballot Box Quiz, with S. Pearl Sharp.

Today on Sojourner Truth: As fires continue to ravage Western U.S. states (in particular California, Oregon and Washington), smoke from the fires have traveled across the country, including to New York City. Also, as far North as Canada and as far East as Europe. The pollutants and fine particles in the air are hazardous to those exposed to it. In particular, those with underlying conditions, children and the elderly. Western states now have the worst air quality in the world. Meanwhile, Donald Trump visited California where he yet again denied global warming, including its relationship to the fires. Our guest is Dr. Robert M. Gould, a medical doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility. As polls in swing states tighten, including in Florida, Biden and Trump are now neck-to-neck in Florida. The right of prisoners and former felons to vote has taken on new focus. In Florida, voters had approved the right of former felons to vote, but the voters' decision has been undermined again in a series of court rulings that have the impact of blocking people who have already served their time from voting. The Democratic Governor of Kentucky announced that former felons will be allowed to vote in that state, but in California, that right is still being fought for. There is a proposition on the ballot in California that would afford the right of those on parole to vote. Our guest is Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Dorsey has over twenty-five years experience working on prison related issues. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, we discuss gangs in the Los Angeles Sheriffs units. A federal investigation may be underway, but Black and Brown communities have known for quite some time that violent gangs exist in Sheriff's units in Black and Latinx communities. The LA Sheriff's Department is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. We speak with Mark Anthony, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Also, our weekly Earth Minute and a brand new series, Sojourner's Ballot Box Quiz, with S. Pearl Sharp.

Today on Sojourner Truth: As fires continue to ravage Western U.S. states (in particular California, Oregon and Washington), smoke from the fires have traveled across the country, including to New York City. Also, as far North as Canada and as far East as Europe. The pollutants and fine particles in the air are hazardous to those exposed to it. In particular, those with underlying conditions, children and the elderly. Western states now have the worst air quality in the world. Meanwhile, Donald Trump visited California where he yet again denied global warming, including its relationship to the fires. Our guest is Dr. Robert M. Gould, a medical doctor with Physicians for Social Responsibility. As polls in swing states tighten, including in Florida, Biden and Trump are now neck-to-neck in Florida. The right of prisoners and former felons to vote has taken on new focus. In Florida, voters had approved the right of former felons to vote, but the voters' decision has been undermined again in a series of court rulings that have the impact of blocking people who have already served their time from voting. The Democratic Governor of Kentucky announced that former felons will be allowed to vote in that state, but in California, that right is still being fought for. There is a proposition on the ballot in California that would afford the right of those on parole to vote. Our guest is Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Dorsey has over twenty-five years experience working on prison related issues. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, we discuss gangs in the Los Angeles Sheriffs units. A federal investigation may be underway, but Black and Brown communities have known for quite some time that violent gangs exist in Sheriff's units in Black and Latinx communities. The LA Sheriff's Department is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. We speak with Mark Anthony, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Also, our weekly Earth Minute and a brand new series, Sojourner's Ballot Box Quiz, with S. Pearl Sharp.

Photo from Twitter user @LATUVyBe On this show: 0:08 – Mitch Jeserich, host of Letters and Politics weekdays at 10, joins us to talk about the versions of policing reforms being considered in the House and Senate. The main difference, Mitch says, is over the issue of “qualified immunity” for police officers. 0:18 – A boycott of Facebook by advertisers is growing, as the platform continues to host white nationalist and extremist conspiracy content. Meanwhile, Reddit has dumped 2,000 subreddits for violating its terms of service, including one for Trump supporters and another forum of leftist podcast fans, and Twitch has banned Donald Trump. We talk with Will Oremus (@WillOremus) of OneZero. 0:34 – July rent is due tomorrow. What do you do if you can't pay? Nirali Beri and Alexis Payne, tenant's rights staff attorneys at Centro Legal de la Raza, join us to answer questions and listener calls. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors is also considering extending its eviction protections today. Listeners who want to get involved can email tenantsrights@centrolegal.org. Listeners who have off-air questions about a specific eviction situation or landlord problem can call Centro Legal at 510-437-1554. 1:08 – There are now over 1,000 cases of the novel coronavirus inside San Quentin State Prison, and at least one death. Family members are unable to reach their loved ones inside, and they're frightened. Advocates warned of this possibility for months. James King, a campaigner with the Ella Baker Center who was incarcerated inside San Quentin until last year, talks about the dire circumstances inside and their calls for Governor Gavin Newsom to issue clemency and initiate mass releases for those trapped inside. 1:20 – Among the men inside San Quentin during the Covid-19 crisis are over a dozen members of the Society of Professional Journalists, who work with media organizations in the prison like the San Quentin News. Ben Trefny, news director at KALW and the head of the Northern California chapter of SPJ, penned a letter to Governor Newsom urging him to act on the crisis in the prison. Trefny says it's been nearly impossible to reach prisoners inside due to the lockdown because of Covid-19. 1:34 – Impacted families and formerly incarcerated leaders with All Of Us or None are planning a “Stop Killing Us” rally on Wednesday, July 1st at the state capitol in Sacramento, to call for the large-scale defunding of police and the end of police violence. George Galvis and Dorsey Nunn of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice and Legal Services for Prisoners with Children join us. Listeners can register for the rally here. 1:54 – Ada Perkins-Henderson is the mother of Richard Perkins Jr., who was killed by Oakland police in 2015. In the first part of a series from reporter Lucy Kang (@ThisIsLucyKang), we are talking with family members of people killed by police — to remember their lives in the words of those who love them, and to acknowledge what was taken from their families. The post What to do if you can't pay July rent; Advocates demand clemency for prisoners trapped in Covid-stricken San Quentin; Anti-police-violence rally planned in Sacramento July 1st appeared first on KPFA.

Motel rooms have become a stopgap measure in fighting the spread of COVID-19 during a housing crisis. Our reporter Lucy Kang follows one man's story through what it's like inside Santa Rita Jail during the pandemic – and what it's like to get out   What it's like inside Santa Rita Jail during the pandemic – and what it's like to get out April 30, 2020 – Darryl Geyer was in Santa Rita Jail when COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic. He says for most of the thirteen months he was there, he was in the Outpatient Housing Unit, or OPHU, which is where people with medical conditions are held. Geyer was there for a bad knee infection. “It's an extreme dirty jail,” he says. “It's overcrowded in a sense. There's a real lack of like cleaning and sanitation.” He described the conditions as dire even before the pandemic. “Conditions in the infirmary or the OPHU are a hundred times worse than the actual general population… There's limited access to showers. There was times when I would go a week and a half, two weeks without a shower. You'd have to like beg and beg and beg and ask for a shower.” “Not one time did they clean my cell.” Geyer says. “I had to use like shampoo or body wash to like clean the floor and the sink,” he says. “Not one time did they clean my cell. I had to use like shampoo or body wash to like clean the floor and the sink.” He says he also saw others with medical conditions being left in unsanitary conditions, even when they soiled themselves. Again, he says this before the pandemic struck. “When inmates first began getting tested positive for COVID-19, and then the suspected cases, they were all housing them back in the OPHU. And so I was housed with all of these other prisoners who either had COVID-19 or were suspected of having COVID-19.” “They said that I watch too much news when I'd ask them to like, you know, change their gloves before they come and give me my medication.” Some of the deputies and staff would wear masks, but some wouldn't, according to Geyer. “Some of them thought that the whole situation was being like blown out of proportion.They said that I watch too much news when I'd ask them to like, you know, change their gloves before they come in and give me my medication.” “They said that I watch too much news when I'd ask them to like, you know, change their gloves before they come in and give me my medication.” As of April 29, Santa Rita Jail had 35 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in incarcerated people, and three in staff members. The jail population has dropped by over 800 people since March 1st.  Darryl Geyer says he's immunocompromised because of his knee infection, so he was worried about getting COVID-19. Geyer spent over two decades incarcerated in various prisons. He says that the conditions in Santa Rita were the worst. Sergeant Ray Kelly is the Public Information Officer for the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, which manages Santa Rita Jail. He says the jail is following a Master Outbreak Control Plan to manage the spread of COVID-19 and denies Geyer's claims about conditions inside. “None of that's true, first off,” Kelly told KPFA. “And number two is I have been in the jail every week, constantly in and out of the jail. And I've seen the opposite of what your source is saying. We want to be in a safe space just like we want our inmates to be in a safe space. So I don't want to go in there and work in an environment that, that you've described. The environment that you've described through your source is one that I have never seen.” However, Santa Rita Jail has been the target of many complaints over what has been called unsanitary and inhumane conditions. Attorney Yolanda Huang is representing incarcerated people in several lawsuits, including one filed after last November's hunger strike at the jail. She's also been helping Geyer and says what he describes is in line with what she's heard from others. “That's been his experience, and that's what he's relayed to me over the last nine months that I've been in communication with him,” says Huang. “I understand that they basically only have one person, one medical person staffing it,” says Huang. “There's no shower. So the only way to shower is if you are escorted out of your cell to wherever that shower is. And if anybody has an infectious disease then everybody's exposed to it in that (one) shower. So there's a lot of issues with that. It's not like in a hospital room where you have a shower in that room.” “They basically only have one person, one medical person staffing it. And there's no shower. So the only way to shower is if you are escorted out of your cell to wherever that shower is. And if anybody has an infectious disease then everybody's exposed to it in that shower.” Wellpath is the for-profit company contracted to provide medical care in Santa Rita Jail. A recent CNN investigation found that Wellpath had been sued for over 70 deaths in jails and prisons across the country. KPFA reached out to Wellpath but didn't receive a response by broadcast time.  Under normal circumstances, Geyer would probably still be in Santa Rita Jail. But the Judicial Council of California adopted emergency rules and an emergency bail schedule in response to the pandemic. Which meant that Geyer could be released on bail.  “I was up all night, didn't get much sleep,” says Geyer remembering the day he got out. “I wanted so badly to get out of there.” “It was a kind of a surreal day,” Geyer says. He'd previously been arrested at 18, and incarcerated for 23 years. “I felt more excited and relieved getting out this time from that jail than I did after doing 23 years. That tells you how bad that jail was.” “I felt more excited and relieved getting out this time from that jail than I did after doing 23 years. That tells you how bad that jail was.” But then, there was the question of where he would go. Attorney Yolanda Huang tried to help him find housing. “I probably spent five hours on the phone trying to find housing for Darryl before he was released,” Huang explains. “I called everybody. I called the jail and I asked them to do a referral. I called my elected representatives. I call the county, I call the city. I called Oakland, I called Berkeley. And I got zero. Zero. The only organization that stepped up was Legal Services for Prisoners with Children.” Dorsey Nunn is the Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. He was the one who got Geyer into a motel room near the Oakland Airport. It's part of a stopgap measure his organization provided for people being released from Santa Rita Jail. “At the height of it, we had… about 45 people,” Nunn says. “When I checked my messages, my voicemail was full from people asking, can they get referred and get in on some house, or housing, because they also had got out of prison. But I only I had about $50,000 to work with. And that don't buy that much, when it comes to housing people.” “My voicemail was full from people asking, can they get referred and get in on some house, or housing, because they also had got out of prison.” Nunn says the pandemic is exposing the existing failings and lack of support for people getting out of jails and re-entering the community. “I think that what this pandemic has done so far was showed the shortcomings of, not necessarily investing wholeheartedly into people being refreed. You know, we put all of our investment in incarceration and we don't have a plan for what we do when we actually need to resource our people coming home. Because 90% of the people going to prison and jails are going to return back to our communities.” That's how Darryl Geyer ended up in a motel room where he's trying to rebuild his life – in the middle of a pandemic and its ensuing economic fallout.  To the question of how he was feeling now in the motel room, having gone through all this, Darryl laughs and replies, “Weird. This is the longest conversation I've had in over a year. No, I feel relieved. Nervous. You know, there's, I have a lot of responsibilities. I have a lot to do to get back on my feet. It's a little bit overwhelming, but like I said, there's people there to care, and, and help support me and want to see me do well. I want to see myself do well.” He says he actually feels lucky to be able to be in a motel room. Even though he's caught in a sort of limbo, for now.  Lucy Kang is a features reporter at KPFA. Follow her at @ThisIsLucyKang We are continuing to follow Darryl Geyer's case and what happens to him after landing in a motel room. Stay tuned for the next installment. Listen to Part 2 of Darryl Geyer's story Listen to Part 3 of Darryl Geyer's story Post has been edited for clarity.   The post Inside Santa Rita Jail during the COVID pandemic, and what it's like to get out appeared first on KPFA.

This show is the 4th in a special series of shows featuring healers who will leave us with tools we can use to strengthen ourselves during a time when isolation is encouraged while the soul cries for communion.  1. Wanda K. Whitaker, of Anchored In Spirit, is a certified hypnotherapist, spiritual life coach and visionary artist. She is the former owner of a cause-related marketing consultancy agency, Whitaker & Associates. Her purpose is to awaken people to their Higher Selves and greatest potential. http://www.anchoredinspirit.com/index.html African American Virtual Townhall 11-1 4/2/20 2. Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director, LSPC https://prisonerswithchildren.org/staff-and-board/ 3. Nathan Richardson, SC Publishing joins us to talk about Frederick Douglass-- rescheduled 4. Tajmal Payne, Zuni Designs Concepts, Inc. joins us to talk about Homeless Force Coalition. Oshalla Diane Marcus also joins us. She is Managing Director of Sekhmet Community Acupuncture Clinic in South Richmond.  https://wandasabir.blogspot.com/2020/04/wednesday-april-1-2020.html

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! Rebroadcast (from 9.21.2018): Zaccho's Picture This Bayview Hunter's Point; LSPC@40: A Conversation with Founder. Ellen Barry & Executive Dir. Dorsey Nunn

  Street Soldiers Radio interviews Dorsey Nunn of All of Us or None is a grassroots civil and human rights organization fighting for the rights of formerly- and currently- incarcerated people and our families. The post All Of Us Or None appeared first on Alive and Free.

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!  1. Joanna Haigood, "Picture Bayview Hunters Point," at the Bayview Opera House "The Ruth", 4705 Third Street (Oakdale and Newcomb), Thurs.-Sun., Oct. 11-14 and 18-21, 2018, 8 PM. Visit zaccho.org for tickets (150 spots per show). Call in your dream for the Bayview Community: 628-333-5063 Since 1979 Joanna has been creating work that uses natural, architectural and cultural environments as points of departure for movement exploration and narrative. Her stages have included grain terminals, a clock tower, the pope’s palace, military forts, and a mile of urban neighborhood streets in the South Bronx. Her work has been commissioned by many arts institutions. Joanna has had the privilege to mentor many extraordinary young artists internationally at the National École des Arts du Cirque in France, the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in England, Spelman College, the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University, the San Francisco Circus Center and at Zaccho Studio.   2. 40th Anniversary of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC). Founder, Ellen Barry and Executive Director, Dorsey Nunn, share its history. LSPC Gala is Oct. 3, 2018, 6-9 PM in Oakland at the Scottish Rite Center. Visit prisonerswithchildren.org          

On today's episode, Tim sits in conversation with two of the nation’s most inspiring criminal justice and prison reform activists, Taina Vargas-Edmond and Dorsey Nunn, during the first-ever recording of the show in front of a live audience. Vargas-Edmond is the Executive Director and co-Founder of Initiate Justice and Dorsey Nunn is the Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners With Children/All of Us or None. In this public dialogue — a fundraiser for their respective groups sponsored by Bay Area SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) — they discuss a number of critical issues, including: -- The devastating impact of incarceration on families and communities; -- The importance of seeing the incarcerated as multi-dimensional human beings rather than broken and dangerous individuals incapable of restoration; -- Why it’s so important to involve the incarcerated and their families directly in advocacy work and to have them actually leading those efforts; -- The importance of some recent successes in California and elsewhere when it comes to criminal justice reform; and finally, the work that remains to be done to create a more just society for all.

Patrice Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, and Dorsey Nunn, executive director of All of Us or None, speaking at Drug Policy Alliance's "Not One Step Back" strategy session at Morehouse College of Medicine in Atlanta.

1. Safiya Fredericks, a Richmond native, most known for her work in IndepenDeandre Evans, playwright and Safiya Fredericks, director, join us to talk about a new play opening this weekend, May 6-7, 6-8 p.m., Richmond Renaissance at El Cerrito High School. Evans acted in four theatrical productions over the last three years: “Te's Harmony,” “Po'Boys Kitchen,” “The Adventure of Grief,” and “Bag Ladies' Butterfly Blues.” His poetry and raps have been featured in The Bigger Picture Campaign and the Off/Page Project's “This Is Home”—he is emerging as a well-respected voice in the important dialogue around food justice, low-income housing rights, mental health and other social justice issues in Richmond. Deandre teaches weekly spoken word workshops and helps to coordinate open mics at the RYSE Center, creating safe spaces for Richmond youth to express themselves. 2. Shifting Movement:Art Inspired by the Life &Work of Yuri Kochiyama (1921-2014) artists: Susan Almazol, Jocelyn Jackson, Lenore Chinn.  3. Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director, LSPWC, joins us to speak about Quest for Democracy Advocacy Day at the state capital,  Monday May 8. 4. George Spencer, Musician & Composer, Piano & Trumpet is being featured at City College of San Francisco Advanced Band Workshop, Tuesday, May 9, 8 p.m.-10 p.m. with Professor David Hardiman Jr. at Diego Rivera Auditorium, City College Ocean Campus, 50 Phelan Avenue, SF.   

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This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, updates us on current issues like the voting rights act for former prisoners and a conference Sept. 20-21 in Oakland.  prisonerswithchildren.org 2. The Brothers Size Cast, Terrance White, Deleon Dallas, William H.P., Umbuntu Theatre through Aug. 22 @ Dana Meyer Auto Care, Albany, CA ubuntutheaterproject.com 3. Michelle Jacques (Street Sounds, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, Founder/Director of CHELLE! and Friends, La Mission Band), joins us to talk about CHELLE'S JUKE JOINT A CAPPELLA QUINTET which has a concert coming up August 26 at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, CA. www.chellesjukejoint.com

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, updates us on current issues like the voting rights act for former prisoners and a conference Sept. 20-21 in Oakland.  prisonerswithchildren.org 2. The Brothers Size Cast, Terrance White, Deleon Dallas, William H.P., Umbuntu Theatre through Aug. 22 @ Dana Meyer Auto Care, Albany, CA ubuntutheaterproject.com 3. Michelle Jacques (Street Sounds, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, Founder/Director of CHELLE! and Friends, La Mission Band), joins us to talk about CHELLE'S JUKE JOINT A CAPPELLA QUINTET which has a concert coming up August 26 at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, CA. www.chellesjukejoint.com

Bay Area Playwrights Festival, July 22-31 at Thick House in San Francisco: http://playwrightsfoundation.org/ features the work of guests: Jackie Sibblies Drury, "We Are Proud to Present a Presentation..." & Chinaka Hodge, "700th & Int'l." Amy Mueller, Festival Artistic Director and Edris Cooper Anifowoshe, director of Hodge's work,join us. Next, Douglas Milton and Pat Baxter announce the National Black Cyclists Cycling Conference, AUG 4-7, 2011 in Oakland, CA. We close with a look at the hunger strike July 1-now @Pelican Bay and the Bring the Noise Protest this afternoon in San Francisco. Guests are: Dorsey Nunn, ED, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Dolores Canales, parent of a prisoner in the SHU, Deirdre Wilson & Manuel Manuel La Fontaine, All of Us or None, both fasting, as a part of "Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition," determined to amplify the voices of those on hunger strike, put and end to torture inside the Security Housing Units in Pelican Bay, & Corcoran, and win their 5 core demands. Samson from Revolution Book will speak about “Bring the Noise!” March In Support of Hunger Strikers at Pelican Bay and Beyond in downtown SF at Rush Hour @UN Plaza, today, Friday, July 15, 5 PM July 1, 2011, more than 500 inmates refused food at Pelican Bay State Prison and that 6,600 prisoners in 13 different prisons participated in the hunger strike on the weekend of July 2-3. This is an extremely significant and extraordinary development, something that challenges people on “the outside” to sit up and take notice. Many have been moved to support the prisoners in their just demands” (revcom.us) Sit-in or similar action planned for July 18, 2011 at Capital Bldg. targeting the head of CDCR and Gov. Brown http://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/)