Podcast appearances and mentions of edna chavez

While gun violence has decreased in the city of Chicago over the past two years, the rates of violence are still high and disproportionately so in certain neighborhoods. In the United States as a whole, 2018 marked the deadliest year for gun violence in the past 50 years. But violence is not limited to guns, it takes the form of police brutality, economic injustice, segregation and gentrification. Amidst this violence, youth of color have been organizing to change Chicago and cities across the country to become more peaceful and just places. For this LIVE In The Thick show at DePaul University, Maria and Julio are joined by guests Edna Chavez, national activist and member of Community Coalition and Cosette Hampton, leader with BYP100 Chicago Chapter.  Special thanks to spoken word artist, Assata Lewis for sharing her powerful words in this live show.  ITT Staff Picks: The study Julio mentions by the Black Youth Project at the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University of Chicago that found the youth of color were more likely to support gun control than white youth Democrats have played it safe on gun reform for decades and the 2020 candidates are no different, via Vox Where the 2020 Democratic candidates stand on gun policies, from The Trace For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

At the end of May, IN THE THICK was in Chicago, recording two live shows at DePaul University. At the end of the day, the Futuro Media team did one last recording—with Isabella Gomez of One Day at a Time and activist Edna Chavez. Maria Hinojosa hosted the live conversation, along with our very own Julio Ricardo Varela. It was a special moment and we are honored to share it here. Photo by Jesus J. Montero

At the March for Our Lives, 17-year-old South Los Angeles native Edna Chavez shared her experience of growing up surrounded by violence. “I learned how to duck from bullets before I learned how to read!” she told the crowd of protestors. While FBI crime statistics for 2016 suggest violent crime is on the rise, a closer read reveals that the type of endemic violence that Edna spoke of is both hyper-localized and long-lasting, suggesting that current policy is missing the mark. To broaden our thinking and help us understand what we’re missing, we turn to Dr. Kalen Flynn, a triple alumnus of Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice and a new Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She applies her groundbreaking research on violence to old human development models, allowing us to see how words, biases, and punitive and discriminatory policy and funding models are, themselves, types of violence we too often ignore.

At the March for Our Lives, 17-year-old South Los Angeles native Edna Chavez shared her experience of growing up surrounded by violence. “I learned how to duck from bullets before I learned how to read!” she told the crowd of protestors. While FBI crime statistics for 2016 suggest violent crime is on the rise, a closer read reveals that the type of endemic violence that Edna spoke of is both hyper-localized and long-lasting, suggesting that current policy is missing the mark. To broaden our thinking and help us understand what we’re missing, we turn to Dr. Kalen Flynn, a triple alumnus of Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice and a new Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She applies her groundbreaking research on violence to old human development models, allowing us to see how words, biases, and punitive and discriminatory policy and funding models are, themselves, types of violence we too often ignore.

This week on Bag Ladiez we dragging some heavy bags sis! In “Currento Eventos” we talk about the Alton Sterlin non-indictment as well as the recent tragic loss of Stephon Clark at the hands of police gun violence. We also talk about the best speeches from the March for our Lives (shoutout to Naomi Wadler & Edna Chavez!) In “What’s Your Baggage” we talk about our individual relationships with words, reading, writing and self expression. Estephanie talks about her learning difference and the struggles it presented and Lina talks about the importance of words in her life as a legacy from her own grandmother’s illiteracy. This week in “Put it in your Bag” Estephanie brings us a scary ass Netflix movie “Veronica” and tells you NOT to put in your bag Netflix movie “Game Over Man.” Lina puts in her bag the Netflix original series “On My Block!” It’s diverse, its HILARIOUS, and it’s set in LA. (here’s praying for season 2!) Finally for our rotating theme we talk about a suuuuuuuper specific superpower we needed this week. We wrap up with an affirmation from Estephanie this week! Use #UnpackBG to let us know if you’ve seen On My Block or Veronica! As always thank you for listening and you can find all our links below! Comment, subscribe, leave an Itunes review, and tell a friend! You can listen to us on soundcloud, Itunes, and Googleplay! Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bgladies Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bgladiez/id1073190648?mt=2 Google Play:http://bit.ly/2D7bSJ5 You can Follow us @: Twitter: Bag_Ladiez Tumblr: bgladiez.tumblr.com Instagram: BgLadiez Gmail: bgladiez@gmail.com Alton Sterling: https://n.pr/2q0ugOs Stephon Clark: https://abcn.ws/2pZXQnM #MFOUL Best Speeches: http://bit.ly/2Ef70kL Veronica trailer: http://bit.ly/2JgPEaP On My Block trailer: http://bit.ly/2GsMqmX

This week we're discussing the disappointing conclusion to a disappointing villain, the merits of super-Buffy, and why so much of the season's budget went to one final explosion scene in Buffy 421, "Primeval" For more Hot Chicks with[out] Superpowers check out: Hannah just saw the band Lucius (Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe)and you should all check out their latest album Haley is reading "Pachinko" by Min Jan Lee and recommends it if you want an excellent novel about a Korean family living in Japan during WWII Emily attended the March for Our Lives this past weekend and recommends you all check out some of the amazing organizers such as Emma Gonzalez, Edna Chavez, and Naomi Wadler

Resources and links mentioned in this episode: We start this episode with a clip from Edna Chavez at the March for Our Lives, but the whole video is a must watch. Danny talks about “Taking on Gun Fundamentalism” [https://socialistworker.org/2018/02/27/how-do-socialists-take-on-gun-fundamentalism] in Socialist Worker, while Chicago activists Alex Vega-Byrnes and Todd St Hill talk about how Chicago high school students are Making the connections to stop gun violence. We quoted LA teacher, Gillian Russom, about the criminalizing and alienating impact of more cops in our schools. You can read her full article here. We talked about how important it is to bring the demands of #BlackLivesMatter into the debate on gun violence, particularly in the wake of the police murder of Stephon Clark. You can read Jesse Hagopian, one of the initiators of the Black Lives Matter in Schools week of action, discuss this and highlight the demands raised by students in Chicago, on his blog. We ended our intro segment with a tribute to Draylen Mason, a Black 17-year old high school student murdered by a package bomb in Austin, Texas. Draylen was a gifted musician who would have learned this week that he had been accepted into the highly selective conservatory at Oberlin. We ended with a clip of him playing bass in a performance of Vanhal’s Concerto and provide the link to the full video here. In our segment with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, we talk about the West Virginia teachers strike, and you won’t want to miss this inspiring solidarity meeting in New York City about the West Virginia teachers strike. You can read more coverage of the strike at Socialist Worker, including Khury Petersen-Smith on How West Virginia Put Class Struggle Back on the Map. In this interview we talk about race, class and Trump in West Virginia—a theme Pranav Jani discusses in more detail in an article about talking socialism in Trump country. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor also weighed in on the new movement against gun violence—and especially the many potential linkages with the Movement for Black Lives. This is a theme she took up in a piece on anti-racism and the uprising against guns. If you enjoyed listening to Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, you can hear her speak at this year’s Socialism 2018 conference, a gathering of nearly 2,000 radicals and activists, featuring more than 100 meetings on topics like those we take up. You can also order both of her books at Haymarket Books. Thank you so much for checking out our first episode. If you liked what you heard, please leave us a review and rating at iTunes, share with your friends and consider subscribing so that you don’t miss any future episodes.

We revisit the powerful speech of our own Edna Chavez, my trip to Colombia and a calendar section event that you don't want to miss.