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We are incredibly honored to host Marlene Sanchez, the Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. As the Executive Director of theElla Baker Center for Human Rights, Marlene is a proud San Francisco native, and Chicana, where she has spent more than 20 years building power with youth and formerly incarcerated people. Through her work, Marlene has created pathways to invest in the leadership of people directly impacted by the criminal legal system and helped center the voices of young people to bring youth justice. For the past decade, she has helped pass policies focused on youth justice, reproductive justice, LGBTQ discrimination, police accountability, and sentencing reform. Marlene came to community work at age 15 looking for employment and a way out of the juvenile justice system. She is the result of change through a resourced community.  In this episode, we discuss how incarceration breaks families and communities apart and it's not the answer to keeping communities safe.  The United States prison system has the highest incarcerated population of brown and black men, and the legacy of prison systems stems from slavery and economic exploitation that this country was built upon. (Author, Nicole Hannah Jones mentions within the first chapters of her book, The 1619 project,) By holding accountability of elected officials, for housing, jobs and healthcare, instead of increasing funding to police and prison job creations, the Ella Baker Center has created impactful policy reform, recognizing their instrumental role in the passage of the Racial Justice Act. As we transition to the crucial topic of voting rights, we spotlight the advocacy groups like All of Us or None and Initiate Justice, tirelessly championing the electoral voice of the incarcerated. Ella Baker herself was the champion of civil rights and justice by fighting racisim and organizing the first non-violent youth movements, for the civil rights movement and championing our power to vote.  Marlene shares with us an open invitation to join the Ella Baker Center's newly launched membership program, starting May 22nd, here in Oakland California and online, to provide opportunities for you to participate or support their upcoming political organizing initiative and “Get The Vote Out” training programs for the summer of 2024. Marlene is a testament to the power of community activism in shaping a democracy that truly represents us all. Gracias Marlene. 

In April, an unprecedented lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court of California challenging the state's death penalty statute as racially discriminatory and unconstitutional under the Equal Protection guarantees of the California Constitution. The filers which include the ACLU, LDF (Legal Defense Fund), and the Office of the State Public Defender on behalf of OSPD, Witness to Innocence, LatinoJustice PRLDEF (Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund), the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and Eva Paterson, co-founder of the Equal Justice Society, claim, “This is the first time a petition of this nature has been filed with the court.” “Numerous empirical studies by leading social science experts reveal troubling disparities: Black people are about five times more likely to be sentenced to death when compared to similarly situated non-Black defendants, while Latino people are at least three times more likely to be sentenced to death.” The 95-page complaint stated, “The parties agree that persistent and pervasive racial disparities infect California's death penalty system.” The Vanguard recently hosted a webinar to discuss this historic suit. Panelists: Avi Frey, Counsel from ACLU of Northern California Lisa Romo, Office of State Public Defender (OSPD) Morgan Zamora, prison advocacy coordinator at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Karen Munoz, from LatinoJustice Moderators: Madison Whittemore, Vanguard News Sophie Yoakum, Vanguard News

New elements of California's Racial Justice Act for All went into effect on January 1st of this year. The new state law could have tremendous impact on the criminal justice system by empowering individuals serving felony convictions in the state to challenge racist conduct against them in criminal court proceedings. To discuss, we're joined by Chesa Boudin as well as Morgan Zamora. Chesa is the Executive Director of UC Berkeley's new Criminal Law & Justice Center, as well as the former District Attorney of San Francisco. Morgan is the Prison Advocacy Coordinator at the Ella Baker Center says in-prison and community education on the Racial Justice for All Act are some of the ways that advocates like herself are helping defendants access the relief promised by the new law. The Ella Baker Center has also produced this free guide in English and Spanish, which the organization plans to continue updating: https://ellabakercenter.org/rja-info/ —- 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 Challenging Racist Conduct in CA Criminal Courts w/ Morgan Zamora & Chesa Boudin appeared first on KPFA.

A new Ella Baker Center-led survey of more than 500 people incarcerated in California state prisons warns that large numbers of people have been subjected to extreme heat, dangerous cold, flooding, and wildfires. The report is called Hidden Hazards: The Impacts of Climate Change on Incarcerated People in California State Prisons. The report was produced by Master of Public Policy Graduate Students from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs on behalf of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. We're joined by Emily Harris, Co-Director of Programs at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights along with Maura O'Neill, one of the researchers and co-authors of the Hidden Hazards report and a UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Graduate. Check out the report: https://ellabakercenter.org/reports/hiddenhazards/ Check out Ella Baker Center for Human Rights website: ellabakercenter.org  —- 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 Climate Change's Impact on Incarcerated people w/ Emily Harris and Maura O'Neill appeared first on KPFA.

Marisa and Guy Marzorati react to Governor Gavin Newsom's proposal for a 28th amendment on gun safety and talk to KQED politics editor Tyche Hendricks about the political and legal fallout from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' flights carrying migrants to California. Then, Marlene Sanchez, executive director of the Ella Baker Center, joins to talk about getting arrested at age 11, her work bringing the voices of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated Californians to the halls of power, her views on the appropriate policy response to the fentanyl crisis and her support of Senate Bill 94, a controversial bill to allow the review of some older life sentences.

An Ella Baker Center for Human Rights' 2020 study found that people of color accounted for 99% of the youth under probation supervision in Alameda County. Youth who become entangled in the criminal legal system often find themselves stuck in a web of carceral violence for the rest of their lives. That report also found that Black youth in Oakland were 113 times more likely than white youth to be criminalized and arrested. Joining us to discuss some of those efforts are Jasmine Frye the Director of Young Women's Freedom Center – Oakland, along with Tae Thomas, a 17 year old Community Organizing Intern with the Young Women's Freedom Center. She is herself a system-impacted young woman. She's from SF and lives in Richmond. Check out the Young Women's Freedom Center website: https://youngwomenfree.org/ Continuing our conversation about closing youth jails – we are joined by Dr. Frankie Free Ramos – the Director of Campaigns and Organizing of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) to talk about their latest efforts with the grassroots Dreams Beyond Bars campaign and the legislative effort of the PROMYSE Act. Check out CURYJ's website: https://curyj.org/ —- 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 Grassroots Work to Undo The Harm of Incarcerating Young People w/ Jasmine Frye, Tae Thomas, and Dr Frankie Free Ramos appeared first on KPFA.

San Quentin is the oldest and most notorious prison in California. It's home to the largest death row in the nation, housing infamous criminals including Charles Manson. But Governor Gavin Newsom has a new vision for the institution, renamed the “San Quentin Rehabilitation Center”. Under his plan the nearly 550 condemned inmates would move to other maximum security facilities in the state. With a proposed initial infusion of $20 million San Quentin would aim to increase its rehabilitation programming 10 fold and incorporate methods used in Scandinavian countries to normalize life, emphasize support over punishment and prepare inmates for their eventual return to society. Forum talks about the governor's transformative vision and the challenges in making it happen. Guests: Anita Chabria, columnist, Los Angeles Times Tinisch Hollins, executive director, Californians for Safety and Justice; co-founder, SF Black Wall Street; Vice Chair, SF African-Americans Reparations Advisory Committee Thanh Tran, policy associate, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

Meet Lyle Wildes, the real life Breaking Bad / Walter White, a philosophy professor that acquired a brain injury crashing his truck into a bridge, losing all empathy, becoming a drug dealer making synthetic cocaine, being arrested and spending twenty years in jail, enabling him to discover the key to reducing recidivism;85% of inmates have 3 or more ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) factors, compared with 7% of the general population that have 3 or less.  And we can fix it before kids get to jail.Join us in this deep-dive into humanity, the brain and the link between Adverse Childhood Experience (ACEs), as well as:- changing the culture of prisons- the 500 year old, failed model of incarceration- why it's an antiquated way of treating people who attack the power structure- domestic violence, neuroplasticity, Positive Attitude classes and ending cycles of trauma- the rolling door of the US prison population, with 25% being released each year and 25% being arrested (700,000 people) - how this creates the legal vehicle for slaveryI greatly appreciate those in our criminal justice systems who give so much to the safety and cohesion of our society, this conversation asks 'could we do it better?'Thanks to the ACLU, Anti-Recidivism Coalition, Amnesty International USA, Center for Court Innovation, Charles Hamilton Houston Foundation, Inc., Color Of Change, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, FWD.us, Right On Crime, The Marshall Project, Southern Center for Human Rights, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ), The Gault Center, InsideOUT Writers, Californians for Safety and Justice, Coalition for Public Safety, Critical Resistance, Dream.Org, Prison Fellowship International, Prison Policy Initiative, Right On Crime, The Sentencing Project, Survived and Punished, Vera Institute of Justice.If you found this valuable, you are welcome to support the show on PatreonSupport the show

This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Elliot Hosman, the Prison Advocacy Coordinator at Ella Baker Center on their work on behalf of resentencing. California has some of the most severe sentence enhancements in the nation. But with the help of some key legislation, including SB 1393, the Fair and Just Sentencing Reform Act, and 1170(d), the Recall of Sentence and Resentencing there are mechanisms now in place to allow for a reconsideration of those overly harsh sentences. In 2018, Governor Brown signed into law AB 2942, which empowered DA's to make resentencing referrals and signed AB 1812, to give trial courts guidance into what post-conviction factors may be relevant to the resentencing decision. Listen as Elliot Hosman tells their story, and discusses the need for resentencing as well as the work of the Ella Baker Center.

On October 13, James King will receive a Vanguard Justice Award as a formerly incarcerated individual. James King is the Campaign Manager for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Prior to joining the organization, James worked to build recognition of the value of people who are being held in carceral spaces. In 2016, he organized a symposium at San Quentin, where he and other incarcerated students made specific policy recommendations concerning the implementation of Prop 57. In attendance were the Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, various officials from the California Governor's office, numerous social justice advocates, and many of his incarcerated peers. James is also a writer and organizer, having written numerous op-eds, and a weekly blog that gave a first person perspective of the true impact of mass criminalization and living within the prison industrial complex. As an organizer, he founded a think tank of incarcerated people who were passionate about criminal justice policy and built relationships with multiple California criminal justice reform organizations. Upon returning to society in December, 2019, James co-wrote and presented a TEDx Talk called “From Proximity to Power,” at California Polytechnic State University that advocated for recognizing the value and expertise of people who come from marginalized communities. His current policy interests include decarceration and improving the living conditions for incarcerated people, with the ultimate goal of creating alternatives to incarceration based upon investing in under-resourced communities. Join us on October 13 at 6 pm as James King and numerous other individuals receive their Vanguard Justice Awards. Tickets and sponsorships can be purchased online: http://tiny.cc/vanguard_2022

In this episode, we dive into this week's breaking local story about the violence of the Alameda County Sheriff Department – this is the department that oversees Santa Rita County Jail as well as a variety of other policing activities in the county. Forty-seven Alameda County sheriff deputies have been relieved of their duties after an internal audit revealed they had failed psychological exams required to be an officer. Some of the deputies had failed as far back as 2016 but were allowed to continue working. This revelation comes as a result of an investigation into a sheriff deputy murdering a couple in their home the previous week – that deputy was allegedly having an affair with a woman in that couple. We are joined by James Burch of the Anti-Police Terror Project and then by Jose Bernal with the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights to discuss. Follow the Anti-Police Terror Project on Twitter: https://twitter.com/APTPaction Check out the Anti-Police Terror Project's website: https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/ Follow the Ella Baker Center on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ellabakercenter Check out the Ella Baker Center's website: https://ellabakercenter.org/ —- 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 47 Alameda Co Sheriff Deputies On Leave For Failed Psych Evals w/ James Burch from APTP & Jose Bernal from the Ella Baker Center appeared first on KPFA.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Fix Prison Telecom, published by Benj Azose on August 13, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Summary People in prisons and jails pay extremely high rates to stay in contact with their family in many parts of the country. 32 states had an average cost for a 15 minute phone call from a county jail of more than $5, and only 2 states had a cost less than $2. Families spend $1.4 billion a year on calls. Around 10 million people in the US are affected by poor prison and jail communication systems: ~2 million incarcerated, ~6 million spouses and parents, ~3 million children. The effect on families is large. One in three families with an incarcerated parent go into debt to pay for prison communication. Solutions are surprisingly reasonably priced, when areas have uptake. Ameelio (a non-profit working in this area) estimates deployment costs at ~$500k per state. Considering a current estimate of the prison telecom industry making $1.4b a year in profit, a comparatively very small amount of money here could have huge effects on millions of Americans. Importance People in prisons and jails pay extremely high rates to stay in contact with their family in many parts of the country. 32 states had an average cost for a 15 minute phone call from a county jail of more than $5, and only 2 states had a cost less than $2, according to the latest data from Prison Policy Initiative. In addition, federal prisoners are paid sub-minimum-wage rates: $0.12 - $0.40 for jobs paid by the prison system, $0.23 - $1.15 for jobs for companies outside of the prison system. This can mean that people in prison pay their entire day's wages for a 15 minute phone call! In aggregate, families pay $1.4 billion a year, according to Business Insider. There are three main constituencies that are affected by the high cost of prison communications: incarcerated people, their adult support network, and their children. Note that I will not attempt DALY estimates here, because it's not clear of a principled way to estimate them. There are good estimates on the population sizes (which I have included) and I also speak to some of the effects on those populations. Incarcerated People 1.9 million people are currently in prison or jail in the US in 2022, according to the Prison Policy Initiative. Numerous studies suggest that closer contact with family and outside support networks reduces rates of recidivism or violating parole. Communication with family members also makes the experience more tolerable. Parents and Spouses 6.5 million adults have an immediate family member currently in jail or prison, according to the Equal Justice Initiative. They are also the ones who most directly bear the high cost of communication. “The high cost of maintaining contact with incarcerated family members led more than one in three families (34%) into debt to pay for phone calls and visits alone,” according to the Ella Baker Center. Children 2.7 million children currently have an incarcerated parent, according to the Urban Institute. Phone calls, and other virtual communication methods, are essential for keeping in touch with an absent parent. “Over half of parents in state prisons (59%) and just under half (45%) of parents in federal prisons did not have any personal visits with their minor children while in prison in 2004,” reported The Sentencing Project based on data from the US Bureau of Justice Statistics. Neglectedness (Note: some material in this section is from the policy paper “Improving Outcomes for Incarcerated People by Reducing Unjust Communication Costs” that I previously published with the Day One Project.) This is a particularly interesting angle for this problem. Prison telecommunication is publicly bid on, and the cost of equivalent services outside of correctional facilities is free or nearly free. Why is this mar...

Thanh Tran called me from the phones of San Quentin Prison 9 months ago. In my 21 years of incarceration, I have never met a more policy-minded incarcerated person. I was impressed by his perspectives, his language, and the freedom he held on the inside, not to mention his brilliant accomplishments all before the age of 28! Episode 48 features Thanh Tran, a formerly incarcerated Filmmaker, Podcaster, and Organizer. He is the Co-Creator and Co-host of the Uncuffed Podcast. He is also Co-Creator of the incarcerated film crew Forward This Productions. He was released from prison almost 3 months ago and is now the Senior Policy and Comms Fellow with the Ella Baker Center. Thanh was incarcerated at the age of 18. He was sentenced to 17 years. He was commuted by Governor Newsom after serving over 10 years. He survived the horrific conditions of Covid 19 in San Quentin. He had Covid three times and had to scream for medical attention through his door before a nurse finally showed some humanity and got him desperately needed medicine that helped him when he was at his worst. He rang the bell for the fellas on the inside and shared the story of how correctional officers refused to serve the incarcerated food because of their fear of contracting Covid. He shared how he heard the shrieks of men who were dying of Covid in their cells without receiving help for a month. He shared how he saw the dead bodies of those who succumbed to Covid, due to the lack of medical attention at the prison. This is the real trauma that is hidden from the public eye everyday. We also covered how he transformed his life on the inside to become the podcaster, film producer, organizer, and policy minded man that he is today. Than shares the challenges of reentering society and how he's courageously facing them. I have full confidence that Thanh will lead from the front for prison reform for years to come. Thank you for watching this episode. Please hit the like button, subscribe, and leave a comment or ask us or Thanh a question in the comments. We respond to everyone! You can find Thanh Tran on Twitter at @RailroadedUnderground Learn more about how CROP Organization is reimagining reentry by investing in people over punishment on our website at: https://croporganization.org/ Apply to be in our Ready 4 Life Reentry Programs in Oakland and LA here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdE8zUyZCy2MzL--mnBjYwKgSdr8wZPZvYB5_WlgjnZurfKNA/viewform Learn more and reach out to The Ella Baker Center at https://ellabakercenter.org/ Ella Baker was a brilliant, black hero of the civil rights movement. Following in her footsteps, Ella Baker Center organizes with black, brown, and low-income people to shift resources away from prisons and punishment, and towards opportunities that make our communities safe, healthy, and strong.

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This week we have part one in a dive on the man, myth, and legend. (G. Soros) I look at who he funds, and who he's linked with, and try to let the evidence speak for itself instead of making grandiose statements. Join me as i dare try, and crawl down that rabbit hole that so many seem to sidestep, or say the same old same without actually getting in the mud. . Don't forget to share, and thank you for taking the time to listen!   Cheers, and Blessings   Show Notes   Soros 60 Minutes
https://youtu.be/RS5a2sXL5Ic   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Open_Society_and_Its_Enemies   I remained a socialist for several years, even after my rejection of Marxism; and if there could be such a thing as socialism combined with individual liberty, I would be a socialist still. For nothing could be better than living a modest, simple, and free life in an egalitarian society. It took some time before I recognized this as no more than a beautiful dream; that freedom is more important than equality; that the attempt to realize equality endangers freedom; and that, if freedom is lost, there will not even be equality among the unfree.
Karl R. Popper   George, & Johnathan CFR Members.
https://www.cfr.org/membership/roster   SOROS PLEDGES $100 MILLION IN CARLYLE FUND - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1993/12/08/soros-pledges-100-million-in-carlyle-fund/c679195a-cb3c-45fb-a5f2-4ba0cbf8a583/   Beck Says Ales Told Him, Play the game. Do not mention Soros!
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/09/19/glenn_beck_youre_not_allowed_to_mention_george_soros.html   ..he spearheaded the creation of the European Council on Foreign Relations..
George Soros: “I am proud of the enemies I have” – European Council on Foreign Relations   OSF Funding, and Alliances Open Society Chooses DGAP member 
Open Society Names Daniela Schwarzer as Executive Director for Europe and Eurasia - Open Society Foundations Open Society Funds Chatham House
Corporate members | Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank Chatham House Is Partnered With Open Society For The Open Society University Network (OSUN) 
About OSUN Chatham House Academy Fellowships Open Society Funds Aspen Institute
Supporters - The Aspen Institute Atlantic Council Open Society Funds CNAS
CNAS Supporters | Center for a New American Security (en-US) Open Society Funds Scholarship At LSE
Establish a Forum for Civil Society Practitioners and Grassroots Community Advocates in Europe
Open Society Foundations (OSF) Open Society Hosts Meeting on NATO 
EU, NATO and the SCO: Towards Rules of Engagement? - Open Society Foundations Open Society Hosts Think Tank Strategies
Communication Strategies for Think Tanks - Open Society Foundations The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in cooperation with the Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI
Voices on Values: How European Publics and Policy Actors Value an Open Society | DGAP Open Society Armenia
OSF Ford Foundation, & Open Society Team Up
Ford Foundation and Open Society Initiative for West Africa Launch New Fund to End Sexual Violence in West Africa / Ford Foundation Today the Open Society Foundations, Ford Foundation, and Atlantic Philanthropies announced the launch of a joint fund to support local organizations promoting and advancing constitutionalism in South Africa...
New $25 million fund for South African civil society groups working to advance constitutionalism / Ford Foundation Open Society, & UNICEF
Our partners | UNICEF Solar Radiation Management
Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative — General Support (2017) | Open Philanthropy in 2008, he donated approximately $750,000 to J Street, the American liberal Israel lobby.  https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/vice-media-250-million-debt-funding-george-soros-1203205076/ 
1994 On 17 November, Abromowitz's Carnegie Endowment publicly announces “a concerted effort to consider the launching of a new International Crisis Group” with three main functions: assessment, advice and advocacy. George Soros's Open Society Institute provides US$200,000 to finance continued planning activities.
https://www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/history George, & Alexander are on the Board of Directors  Open Society Director Lord Mark Malloch Brown is founder, & chairman emeritus 
https://www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/board 
The International Crisis Group: Do Its Funders Control The World On Behalf Of American-and-allied Billionaires?
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2104/S00096/the-international-crisis-group-do-its-funders-control-the-world-on-behalf-of-american-and-allied-billionaires.htm 
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft   BLM
Patrisse Cullers(BLM) is the director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. This organization also receives funds from the Open Society Foundation.
One of these founders, Alicia Garza (BLM), runs an organization called the National Domestic Workers Alliance, on whose board sits Alta Starr. Starr oversees a fund at the Ford Foundation. She is also on the board of a foundation backed by billionaire George Soros, the
Open Society Foundation's Southern Initiative. A leaked document from an October 2015 board meeting of the Soros-funded US Programs/Open Society revealed that the organization provided $650,000 “to invest in technical assistance and support for the groups at the core of the burgeoning #BlackLivesMatter movement.” The document notes that the board planned to discuss the difficulty of dealing with a de-centralized movement: “What happens when you want to throw a lot of money at a moment[sic], but there isn't any place for it to go?” It was also raised that the Soros name could discredit Black Lives Matter if the public became aware of his financial support.
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Marlene Sanchez grew up in San Francisco's Mission District and experienced the effects of the criminal justice system from an early age. She landed in juvenile detention after getting into a fight at school, an experience that led her to community organizing and activism by the time she was 15. Now she's the new executive director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, working to end mass incarceration. We'll talk with Sanchez, the first woman of color to lead the organization, about the fight for criminal justice reform, advocating for incarcerated women and what it means to invest in communities of color.

Elise Malary, a beloved LGBTQ leader here in Chicago is missing and we need to take action. Africans and people of color are attempting to leave Ukraine and are being faced with racism. Tevin Campbell comes out but I thought he was out & we salute Ella Baker in our Women's Herstory Spotlight.  00:00 - Welcome & Intro 00:31 - The Qube Ad, The one and only app curating the best of BIPOC & QTPOC podcasts & music. Be the first to know when the app drops. Sign up for the newsletter at https://theqube.app 01:09 - Intro Music by Aina Bre'Yon 01:49 - Elise Malary, a beloved LGBTQ leader here in Chicago is missing and we need to take action 03:49 - Africans and people of color are attempting to leave Ukraine and are being faced with racism 04:30 - Tevin Campbell comes out but I thought he was out  05:15 - We salute Ella Baker for Women's Herstory Month 8:00 - Anna's Got A Word    Things for you to check out  Petition: Provide safe passage for Africans and all People of Colour out of Ukraine https://www.change.org/p/10downingstreet-provide-safe-passage-for-africans-and-all-people-of-colour-out-of-ukraine?recruiter=8602016  Gaye Magazine - Tevin Campbell Story https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca5zGW9MZJJ/?utm_medium=copy_link Ella Baker Center for Human Rights https://ellabakercenter.org The Story of Ella Baker (1981) https://youtu.be/mmCuRbpf8J0  Sweet honey in the rock - Ella's Song https://youtu.be/U6Uus--gFrc   About Queer News An intersectional approach to daily news podcast where race & sexuality meet politics, entertainment and culture. Tune-in to reporting which centers & celebrates all of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & comrade communities. Hosted by Anna DeShawn. 7 minutes a day, 5 days a week, ready by 9 a.m. We want to hear from you. Tune in and tell us what you think. email us at info@e3radio.fm. follow anna deshawn on ig & twitter: @annadeshawn. and if you're interested in advertising with “queer news,” write to us at info@e3radio.fm.

Today, we talk to Marlene Sanchez the new head of the Ella Baker Center. She experienced incarceration before she was 15. Today, she heads one of the leading legal justice organizations in the Bay. Then, we go to one of the best places to escape the city without actually leaving the city. And, Oakland artist Marina Luz talks about her new book.

On this episode,  host Dr. Kesha Moore traces the history of fines and fees and outlines how localities are fining some of their poorest residents as a way to generate revenue for their budgets. Guests: Katurah Topps, LDF Policy Counsel, Emily Harris, Policy Director of the Ella Baker Center, and Cortney Sanders, Senior Manger of State and Policy Analysis at Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Produced by Keecee DeVenny and Jacqueline O'Neill Edited by Keecee DeVenny 

San Quentin State Prison | Image by Annette Teng is licensed under CC BY 3.0 On today's show: 0:08 – We continue our discussion of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai and its impact on the Tonga community here in the Bay with Sesilia Langi Pahulu, Operations Manager of SF Enterprises and Logistics in Oakland. 0:33 – James King, Campaign Manager with the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights joins us to discuss the COVID outbreak at San Quentin State Prison. 1:08 – We discuss who is funding the San Francisco School Board recall with Will Jarrett (@WillJarrettData), a Data Intern with Mission Local. 1:20 – Tim Redmond (@timredmondsf), long-time San Francisco politics and investigative reporter; and founder of 48 Hills joins us to discuss how the Assembly District 17 election is shaping up. 1:33 – Andrea Pritchett, co-founder of Berkeley Copwatch joins us to discuss the case of the 75-year-old Berkeley man who apparently died of alcohol poisoning shortly after being detained by Berkeley Police. @aptpresponse 1:45 – Alicia Saddler, the sister of Angel Ramos joins us to discuss an event organized by his Family this Saturday to honor his life and give back to the community on the eve of the 5th anniversary of his death at the hands of Vallejo Police Officer Zachary Jacobsen. The post Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption's impact on Bay Area Tonga community; COVID outbreak at San Quentin; More on the February 15th special election; Plus the family of Angel Ramos to commemorate the 5 year anniversary of his death with a community give back appeared first on KPFA.

The 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption recorded on 15 January 2022 by Japan's Himawari-8 weather satellite. | Image by Japan Meteorological Agency is licensed under CC BY 4.0. On today's show: 0:08 – We discuss the spectacular and devastating Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption with Jackie Caplan-Auerbach (@geophysichick) seismologist, volcanologist, and professor of Geology at Western Washington University. @nlgsf 0:33 – A court hearing in the Babu v. Alameda County case takes place this afternoon. Link to participate here. The hearing will determine approval of a settlement that over 100 Santa Rita Jail prisoners have objected to. Yolanda Huang, a longtime civil rights attorney who represents clients fighting institutionalized racism and abuses in the justice system; José Bernal (@Jose_Bernal415), Organizing Director at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; and Jefferey Bornstein, a partner at Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld, representing the plaintiffs in the case join us to discuss. 1:08 – Jane Kim, newly-hired Executive Director of the California Working Families Party (@CA_WFP), former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors joins us to discuss her new job. Kim also served as National Regional and California Political Director for Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign. 1:20 – Christina Aanestad brings us this report on the Oakland teachers' sickout this week and student-led solidarity walkouts taking place across the district. 1:33 – We discuss a progressive Oakland city business tax proposal with District 2 Councilmember and Council President Nikki Fortunado Bas (@nikki4oakland); Felipe Cuevas, Oakland resident, heavy equipment mechanic with the City of Oakland, and President of SEIU Local 1021 (@seiu1021) City of Oakland chapter; and Zac Unger, President of Oakland Firefighters / IAFF Local 55 (@OaklandFFs). The post Volcanologist on the Hunga Tonga eruption; Over 100 prisoners object to proposed settlement in Babu v. Alameda County; Jane Kim is newly-hired as Executive Director of the California Working Families Party; Plus Oakland's progressive tax to fund city services appeared first on KPFA.

In this episode, Zach Norris, the Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and the author of Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons and Punishment, shares his story. Born and bred in Oakland, California and trained as a lawyer, Zach shares personal insights on collective efforts to dismantle California's oppressive carceral system. We hear challenges and victories over 20 years organizing inside and outside of California prisons and working with youth, families and lawmakers. He centers a deep commitment to his hometown and a vision of love, liberation, and healing over fear and criminalization. 

For today's episode, Tyrell and Daphne welcome a very special guest, Zach Norris—the Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and the author of Defund Fear, which explores the concept of safety without policing and prisons. In addition to discussing Zach's journey to abolition (39:20), they discuss his collective campaign to close youth prisons (46:20) and his motivation for writing Defund Fear (51:30). Next, they discuss myths and misconceptions around the defund movement (57:00) and how Zach's personal experiences with harm informed his beliefs about and vision for public safety (1:04:10). They close the episode by discussing Zach's upcoming projects (1:10:25) and his advice for those interested in community advocacy (1:14:45).   Other Topics Include:  00:30 - Check in with Tyrell and Daphne  03:50 - BhD “Oh Lawd” News  32:20 - Introduction of the Topic   35:10 - Learn More about Zach Norris  1:21:00- Tyrell and Daphne Reflect on the Interview  Resources: BhD Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/bhdpodcast  Zach Norris - https://zachnorris.com | @ZachWNorris  Ella Baker Center - https://ellabakercenter.org  

For political strategies such as an "inside/outside" plan of action to be effective, the left needs strong movements, with organizational strength that has an ability to influence politicians to govern at the behest of the people rather than being courtiers for major corporations and special interest groups. How do we build this on a local level? How do we keep these institutions from being corrupted and becoming foundations that don't challenge power and simply protect partisan party interests? We'll ask these questions and more.   This is Revolution.   About Oakland Rising: Oakland Rising educates and mobilizes voters in the flatlands to speak up for and take charge of the issues impacting our lives. We are a multilingual, multiracial collaborative with deep roots in East and West Oakland's neighborhoods, proving that everyday residents working together have the power to change the way our city is run. With longtime Oakland families and our newest neighbors working shoulder to shoulder, we are building on Oakland's incredibly rich history to advance smart, community-first solutions for a thriving Town.   We develop key infrastructure necessary to build progressive power by: Flexing People Power: We build and exercise progressive political power through mass-based electoral organizing and integrated strategies, including base-building and policy advocacy.   Aligning Like-Minded Forces: We align and coordinate citywide and regional progressive forces through our collaborative model to build the power and profile of the social justice movement.   Leading With Values: We recruit, train, advance and support progressive leaders who lead in a collaborative, accountable and values-based way – that centers social justice.   Learn more about Oakland Rising Here: https://oaklandrising.org/about/   Thank you, guys, again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and every one of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!   Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents?   Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially YouTube!)   THANKS Y'ALL   YouTube: www.youtube.com/thisisrevolutionpodcast   Twitch: www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast www.twitch.tv/leftflankvets   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/   Twitter: @TIRShowOakland Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland   The Dispatch on Zero Books (video essay series): https://youtu.be/nSTpCvIoRgw   Medium: https://jasonmyles.medium.com/i-was-a-teenage-anarchist...   Pascal Robert's Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert   Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com   Get the music from the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/album/coronavirus-sessions

If you're interested in holding a Night Out for Safety and Liberation event in your neighborhood next August, and for more information, go to www.NOSL.us.

Van Jones is a TV host, author, attorney, and change maker known for his bridge-building approach to politics ... and his tireless fight for social justice. He's the host of The Van Jones Show and The Redemption Project on CNN, as well as a frequent CNN political contributor. He's been fighting for criminal and environmental justice for more than a quarter century. He's launched or helped launch a huge number of nonprofits and initiatives, including Color of Change, Green for All, Dream Corps, Rebuild the Dream, REFORM Alliance, and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. He's also the co-founder of Magic Labs Media, the production company behind “The Messy Truth,” a web series about the divides exposed by the 2016 presidential election. And Jones is the author of three bestselling books, including, most recently, Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together, a deep dive on how the country can learn and heal from 2016. Over the past year, he has helped put a major spotlight on the need to reform American policing; helped pass legislation to transform probation and parole laws in California, Louisiana, and Michigan; and won an Emmy Award for “The Messy Truth VR Experience.” And the list goes on. We are so excited for you to hear this conversation with Van Jones!

Van Jones is a TV host, author, attorney, and change maker known for his bridge-building approach to politics ... and his tireless fight for social justice. He's the host of The Van Jones Show and The Redemption Project on CNN, as well as a frequent CNN political contributor. He's been fighting for criminal and environmental justice for more than a quarter century. He's launched or helped launch a huge number of nonprofits and initiatives, including Color of Change, Green for All, Dream Corps, Rebuild the Dream, REFORM Alliance, and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. He's also the co-founder of Magic Labs Media, the production company behind “The Messy Truth,” a web series about the divides exposed by the 2016 presidential election. And Jones is the author of three bestselling books, including, most recently, Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together, a deep dive on how the country can learn and heal from 2016. Over the past year, he has helped put a major spotlight on the need to reform American policing; helped pass legislation to transform probation and parole laws in California, Louisiana, and Michigan; and won an Emmy Award for “The Messy Truth VR Experience.” And the list goes on. We are so excited for you to hear this conversation with Van Jones!

Van Jones is a TV host, author, attorney, and change maker known for his bridge-building approach to politics ... and his tireless fight for social justice. He's the host of The Van Jones Show and The Redemption Project on CNN, as well as a frequent CNN political contributor. He's been fighting for criminal and environmental justice for more than a quarter century. He's launched or helped launch a huge number of nonprofits and initiatives, including Color of Change, Green for All, Dream Corps, Rebuild the Dream, REFORM Alliance, and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. He's also the co-founder of Magic Labs Media, the production company behind “The Messy Truth,” a web series about the divides exposed by the 2016 presidential election. And Jones is the author of three bestselling books, including, most recently, Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together, a deep dive on how the country can learn and heal from 2016. Over the past year, he has helped put a major spotlight on the need to reform American policing; helped pass legislation to transform probation and parole laws in California, Louisiana, and Michigan; and won an Emmy Award for “The Messy Truth VR Experience.” And the list goes on. We are so excited for you to hear this conversation with Van Jones!

DA Boudin and Rachel are joined by Zach Norris, Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and the author of Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons and Punishment, to talk about all of the ways the legal system impacts kids.  They discuss the criminalization of kids of color; the impacts of juvenile incarceration; and the differences between the juvenile and adult systems—as well as how it all affects kids and their families.  Zach also discusses the ways in which prosecutors can effect change for kids in the system. For more information: Link to purchase Zach Norris’s book, Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment Website for Ella Baker Center KQED interview with Zach on “Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities” Forbes article on Zach’s book San Francisco Chronicle op-ed, “LA and SF Have It Right: No Children Should be Prosecuted as Adults” Research from Harvard about juvenile justice and the adolescent brain Justice Policy Report showing recidivism rates are higher for kids prosecuted as adults in the legal system CJCJ 2019 report on the violence and neglect in California’s Division of Juvenile Justice San Francisco Chronicle article on Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision to close the Division of Juvenile Justice Op-ed in the Sacramento Bee on the closure of DJJ and how it should have happened long before COVID

"Outside a window, against a tree, a man named Jim leaned into heavy sleep. Though he was a powerful man of great reach, his body bore baggy rags that made him look raggedy. Drool dripped through his beard and turned to mud as it mingled with the dust of day and the crusted muck of a meal of mush." - JIM HUCKLEBERRY // Michael Otieno Molina is the Head of School at the Bishop John T. Walker School for Boys in Washington D.C. He taught English at Gilman School from 2016-20 and recently published a book called JIM HUCKLEBERRY - "an antidote to the dehumanizing portrayal of Jim that stains Twain's most famous work." Mike is also a spoken word poet, Yale Law School graduate, and native of New Orleans, LA. // In Episode #35 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Mike discuss Bishop John T. Walker School for Boys, the unique character of Gilman School, becoming multi-dimensional, pursuing a career in education, teaching Mark Twain's HUCKLEBERRY FINN "the right way," writing JIM HUCKLEBERRY, the complexities and contradictions of Mark Twain, Toni Morrison's literary criticism and BELOVED, Benjamin Arthur Quarles, identifying satire, George Washington Cable, spoken word poetry, Van Jones and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, how Mike found Gilman, inspiring others, bus rides post-Hurricane Katrina, Mike's creative writing process, contagious intellectual curiosity, and overcoming tech difficulties (cheers, Cesare). // Enjoy the episode? Please spread the word and follow @pathtofollowpod on all platforms. More great ones to come! // Many, many thanks to Cesare Ciccanti for working technical wonders. //

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This week's episode of The Prison Post Policy Hour with CROP Organization's Director of Business Development, Ken Oliver features Marlene Sanchez, Deputy Director of The Ella Baker Center. Marlene is a proud San Francisco Native, Chicana, movement leader, organizer, and a formerly incarcerated woman. Marlene came to community work at the age of 15 looking for employment and a way out of streets and the juvenile justice system. She was hired as a community health outreach worker, providing HIV/STD education and harm reduction supplies and love to hundreds of young women who lived and worked in the underground street economies of San Francisco. She has since stepped into leadership at the Young Women's Freedom Center, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ), and recently served as the Interim Executive Director of Alliance for Girls, an organization she helped found. Marlene is a founding member of All of Us or None (AOUON); a movement building group working to restore the rights of – and fight against the discrimination of – incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people. #CROPOrganization #WorkingTogethertoRestoreLives #ThePrisonPost #ThePrisonPostPolicyHour #TheFourPillarsofSuccessful Reentry #TheEllaBakerCenter

In the US, as elsewhere, vast amounts of money are poured into mass incarceration and brutal and violent policing. What if instead that money was invested into the communities that bear the burnt of this approach to criminal justice, into healthcare, wellbeing, opportunity, safety?   Andrea J. Ritchie is a Black lesbian immigrant police misconduct attorney and organizer whose writing, litigation, and advocacy has focused on policing and criminalization of women and LGBT people of color for the past two decades. She is currently Researcher in Residence on Race, Gender, Sexuality and Criminalization at the Barnard Center for Research on Women, where she recently launched the Interrupting Criminalization: Research in Action initiative.   Zach Norris is the Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, author of We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities, and co-founder of Restore Oakland, a community advocacy and training center that will empower Bay Area community members to transform local economic and justice systems and make a safe and secure future possible for themselves and for their families.   I hope listening to this podcast moves you as much as it did to record it.   Please consider supporting the podcast by visiting www.patreon.com/fromwhatiftowhatnext and becoming a patron.

Activist groups have been hosting trainings and developing plans to mobilize residents, elected leaders and businesses to demand the results of the November 3 presidential election be recognized. Demonstrations calling for every vote nationwide to be counted are already planned for Nov. 4 in cities around the Bay Area, including San Francisco and Oakland. The activist network Bay Resistance has been calling on residents to get ready to defend democracy. We talk with Zachary Norris, director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, about what exactly that means and how people can hold government officials to account.

Read the Ella Baker Center 2020 voter guide.VOTE November 3rd!Count Every Vote: Defend Democracy rally in Oakland is on November 4th. More info on the Facebook page.Visit our website at www.EllaBakerCenter.org.

0:08 – Court orders 50% transferred or released from San Quentin Brad O'Connell is Assistant Director of the First District Appellate Project. 0:15 – What's happening inside James King is a state campaigner with the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and was formerly incarcerated in San Quentin. 0:34 – Local explainer: Berkeley Mayor's race Francis Dinkelspiel is co-founder and executive editor of Berkeleyside, where she's covering Berkeley elections. 0:46 – Vallejo mayoral candidate Hakeem Brown has a history of domestic violence Geoffrey King (goes by Geoff) is an attorney and journalist, and founder of Open Vallejo, a new non-profit newsroom. He just published an investigation into Vallejo City Council-member and Mayoral candidate Hakeem Brown, revealing his history of domestic violence and abuse. 1:08 – In California, a State Senator represents more people than the average member of Congress. And there's an open seat in the Bay: Senate District 15, covering big chunk of San Jose and the surrounding area. Voters will face a choice between two Democrats, which can make it hard to suss out the differences, so we walk them both through their positions on some of the biggest policy fights at the ballot and in the legislature. 1:09 – Ann Ravel is formerly an Obama Appointee on the Federal Election Commission. 1:34 – David Cortese is currently a member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. The post Appeals court: ‘Worst epidemiological disaster' San Quentin must release or transfer 50% of prisoners to combat COVID; Plus: Berkeley and Vallejo Mayor's races; and CA Senate District 15 candidates Ann Ravel vs Dave Cortese appeared first on KPFA.

Zach Norris, Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, author of We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities, and co-founder of Restore Oakland, visits the PolicyViz podcast to talk about working with and for people and families across the country. The post Episode #180: Zach Norris appeared first on PolicyViz.

Welcome to The Prison Post, this week we welcome Taina Vargas -Edmond. She is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Initiate Justice. She founded Initiate Justice in September of 2016 with the intention of activating the political power of people directly impacted by mass incarceration. Prior to creating Initiate Justice, she worked in the organizing and policy advocacy field as the Statewide Advocacy Coordinator with Essie Justice Group, as a State Campaigner with the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and a Field Representative for the California State Assembly. She is directly impacted by mass incarceration having a loved one serve over seven years in a CA state prison. Their mission is to end mass incarceration by activating the power of the people it directly impacts. They organize their members, both inside and outside of prisons, to advocate for their freedom and change criminal justice policy in California. They have more than 28,475 incarcerated members, 135 inside organizers, and hundreds more outside members and organizers throughout California. Initiate Justice is 100% led by people directly impacted by incarceration. Contact them at info@initiatejustice.org

Photo: Vote totals on the California Racial Justice Act (Kalra), AB 2542. From Ella Baker Center on Twitter On this show: 0:08 – Donald Trump is planning to visit Kenosha, Wisconsin, where unarmed father Jacob Blake was shot by police in the back seven times in August in front of his children. We talk about Trump's visit and Wisconsin politics with Ruth Conniff, editor in chief of the Wisconsin Examiner, a nonprofit newsroom. 0:34 – Gov. Newsom just signed an eviction prevention deal, but tenants' rights advocates say it's far from the rent and mortgage cancellation needed to keep people in their homes — and say that the measure is overly complicated and likely will leave renters behind, if they don't have legal representation to fight their evictions. Marc Janowitz is interim deputy director of the housing team at the East Bay Community Law Center, and Sara Hedgpeth-Harris is supervising attorney of the housing team at Central California Legal Services, based in Fresno. 1:08 – A cascade of bills on policing, prisons and racial justice passed — or failed — in the California state legislature Monday night, under a midnight deadline for the end of the legislative session. At stake were racism in sentencing, challenging “strikes” against Black jurors, a stalled effort to decertify police who commit misconduct, parole for elders, reducing jail fines and fees, and more. We talk about the policies with three guests: Derick Morgan is policy associate at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Amber-Rose Howard is executive director of CURB, Californians United for a Responsible Budget, and James Burch is director of policy at the Anti-Police Terror Project. 1:34 – Journalists Bernice Yeung and Michael Grabell join us to for an interview about the meatpacking industry and ProPublica's new investigation showing the industry knew for years that a respiratory illness like Covid-19 could have devastating consequences for its workforce and production. Read the piece here: Meatpacking Companies Dismissed Years of Warnings but Now Say Nobody Could Have Prepared for COVID-19 The post A look at the racial justice bills that passed or failed before California's legislative deadline; plus, new investigation shows meatpacking industry knew of dangers of respiratory illness for years appeared first on KPFA.

Federal agents lined up in Portland, Ore. Photo by Tuck Woodstock On this show: 0:08 – Trump's Postmaster General, a major donor to the Trump campaign, is cracking down on work hours by deliberately instructing USPS employees to cut their routes short and delay First Class mail. Why is the agency deliberately underfunded, and what does this mean for its future? Philip Rubio is professor of history at North Carolina A&T State University and author of the book Undelivered: From the Great Postal Strike of 1970 to the Manufactured Crisis of the U.S. Postal Service. 0:34 – Santa Rita is reporting over 100 cases of Covid-19. For more on the outbreak we talk with Jose Bernal of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Sikander Iqbal of Urban Peace Movement, who has a friend inside the jail, and Darby Aono (@darbyaono), a student at Berkeley Law who has been tracking the cases inside. 1:08 – Federal agents made national news for snatching protesters off of Portland, Oregon streets and tear gassing crowds at uprisings for racial justice and against police repression. But Portland independent journalist Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) says the frightening tactics of the federal agents are not that different from those of the Portland Police Bureau or Multnomah County Sheriffs, which residents have already been enduring. Woodstock, who has covered the protests since May, gives us an on-the-ground update.  1:20 – Ken Klippenstein is a D.C. correspondent with The Nation. He obtained an internal memo about the role of Border Patrol agents in cracking down on protesters in Portland. Read his recent reporting here. 1:45 – Tonight, Oakland's city council will finally vote on a possible significant reduction in the police budget. James Burch is Policy Coordinator with the Anti-Police Terror Project, he joins us to talk about the vote. Community members who want to attend the meeting can download the agenda here.   The post Protests continue in Portland under brutal police and federal repression; How the crisis at the U.S. Postal Service undermines elections by mail; Covid spreads at Santa Rita Jail appeared first on KPFA.

Christian Madrigal, in a photo shared by his family On this show: 0:13 – Home deaths have spiked in Houston, and a new ProPublica investigation tries to find out how many are attributable to Covid-19. Charles Ornstein, deputy managing editor at ProPublica, talks about the story. 0:34 – A massive trove of data leaked by the transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets from U.S. police departments has revealed police vitriol toward antifascist protesters, and more. We talk about some of the revelations from the documents, known as “Blueleaks,” with two journalists with The Intercept: Micah Lee, director of information security, and Ryan Deveraux, investigative reporter. You can read their pieces here: Hack of 251 law enforcement websites exposes personal data of 700,000 cops Leaked documents show police knew far-right extremists were the real threat at protests, not “Antifa” 1:08 – In June 2019, 20-year-old Christian Madrigal lost his life in Santa Rita Jail, after his family tried to seek mental health help for him while he was in crisis and he was taken to jail instead. Video of his death was just released. We are joined by his parents, Jose Jaime Covarrubias and Gabriela Covarrubias, to talk about their son and their fight for justice after his death, as well as Jose Bernal of the Ella Baker Center. The officer involved in Madrigal's death, Lt. Craig Cedergren, was fired this week. DA Nancy O'Malley has declined to charge the Alameda County Sheriff's employees involved in Madrigal's death, copying and pasting text from a letter she issued also declining to charge officers involved in Dujuan Armstrong's death. 1:33 – Sen. Nancy Skinner joins us to talk about her two new police reform bills, SB776, which would expand the types of police records subject to mandatory disclosure; and SB 773, which starts a process for directing 911 calls away from police if they involve mental health, public welfare, or homelessness. We also take calls from listeners.  The post Family seeks justice for Christian Madrigal, who lost his life in Santa Rita Jail; Massive “Blueleaks” data breach reveals data of over 700,000 police officers appeared first on KPFA.

Advocates hold a press conference outside San Quentin State Prison on Thursday. Photo from Ella Baker Center On this show: 0:08 – Thursday, activists with the #StopSanQuentinOutbreak campaign held a press conference outside of the prison to call on Gov. Gavin Newsom to release incarcerated people with nonviolent convictions to slow the spread of the virus inside the prison, which is dangerously overcrowded. We speak with two men formerly incarcerated at San Quentin: James King (@jamesking0314) of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and Ceasar McDowell, who is now working with Unite the People, a nonprofit organization promoting social justice and providing affordable legal services for disadvantaged communities.  0:34 – This weekend is a Black Lives Matter Sabbath Weekend led by the Live Free campaign of the Faith in Action Network, to continue to raise awareness and protest against racial injustice and police brutality. We speak with Michael McBride, Pastor of The Way church in Berkeley, who is leading the Live Free campaign. Read Jeannine Etter's piece in the Oaklandside: Pastor Mike McBride and W. Kamau Bell campaign to deliver ‘masks for the people' across the nation The post Formerly incarcerated activists demand Gov. Newsom visit San Quentin & see dangerous conditions himself; Plus, faith leaders plan Black Lives Matter Sabbath Weekend appeared first on KPFA.

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.

0:08 – Hours-long lines at the polls, scores of voters sent to nursing homes to cast their ballots, black voters not receiving confirmation of their registration, voting machines without cords, poll workers without the information necessary to operate the machines, police being called on voting rights observers  — these are just some of the stories from Georgia's election day failure on Tuesday, June 9. We hear eyewitness account from LaTosha Brown (@MsLaToshaBrown). 0:34 – Public health departments are now suggesting residents form “pods” or social bubbles to protect themselves from coronavirus. How would these work? Julia Marcus, infectious disease epidemiologist and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, talks about adopting a harm reduction approach to Covid-19 safety and takes listener calls.  1:08 – There are reportedly up to a dozen cases of Covid-19 inside San Quentin now. We talk to James King of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights about the conditions inside the prison, and what he is hearing from inside. King was incarcerated in San Quentin until last year. He also sounds the alarm over prisoners being put in solitary confinement as a form of “quarantine.” 1:34 – The California Assembly is about to vote on whether to put a measure on the state ballot in November that would allow voters to decide to repeal Proposition 209, a measure that banned all race-based decisionmaking and affirmative action programs in California. A broad coalition of civil rights, racial justice and community groups and labor unions is supporting the measure, but votes have been on party lines. Vincent Pan, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, talks about the fight to repeal 209. 1:47 – The Oakland Unified School District board will soon consider a “George Floyd Resolution” that would dissolve their special school police department. This is a fight that advocates have waged for over four years — we talk with Desiree Mims of the Black Organizing Project about why eliminating police in schools is a crucial component of dismantling the school to prison pipeline, and her own experience being policed and pushed out of schools. Photo from Twitter user @Aleetzia19 The post Will Oakland schools finally dissolve their police force? Plus, an eyewitness account of Georgia's election disaster; and affirmative action could go to CA ballot in fall appeared first on KPFA.

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Writers Tayari Jones and DaMaris B. Hill talk with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell in the second of two special episodes on the effects of mass incarceration on American communities and democracy. Jones, author of the New York Times bestseller An American Marriage, discusses the collateral effects of incarceration, the disproportionate financial burden on women, and allowing characters hope. Hill, a scholar and poet, talks about the link between poverty and incarceration, inspiration found in historical figures, Assata Shakur, and the need to acknowledge others' complex and multifaceted lives. Readings: • [An American Marriage](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781616201340), Leaving Atlanta, The Untelling, and Silver Sparrow, by Tayari Jones • “[Who Pays?: The True Cost of Incarceration on Families,](https://forwardtogether.app.box.com/s/1vtvbd8pa8ubtpg7ne9ped14primxkaz)” by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Forward Together, and Research Action Design • Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated, edited by Dave Eggers and Lola Vollen • Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond • The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander • [A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing](https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/a-bound-woman-is-a-dangerous-thing-9781635572629/) (forthcoming in 2019), Visible Textures, The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow: Staking Claims in the American Heartland, by DaMaris B. Hill • Colored Amazons, by Kali N. Gross • “[Stewing](http://www.splitthisrock.org/poetry-database/poem/stewing),” by DaMaris B. Hill • The comedy of Moms Mabley, Richard Pryor, and Redd Foxx • “This Granny Is a Gangster,” by DaMaris B. Hill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Nurse Rona and guests, Darris Young and Taina Vargas-Edmond, from the Ella Baker Center. We'll discuss mass incarceration and how it poses a serious public health crisis, and the health impact on prisoners and their families. The post Health Effects Of Imprisonment appeared first on KPFA.

In order to reduce prison over-crowding the Justice Department is releasing about 6,000 non-violent inmates early. Darris Young is working to make sure upon release individuals can successfully transition after incarceration. On the Next edition of Making Contact we'll meet more individuals like Darris who also went to prison, came out and dedicated their life to making a positive difference. Featuring: Frankie V. Guzman, Attorney at the National Center for Youth Law; Frederick Hutson, Founder/CEO Pigeonly; Clemmie Greenlee, founder of the Nashville Peacemakers; and Darris Young, Local Organizer at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Featuring Music by: Indian Wells: Alcantara The Gateless Gate: Endless Grey Steve Combs: Descent and March Cousin Silas / Black Hill: Cousin Silas & Black Hill – Sand of the South More information National Center for Youth Law Ella Baker Center Nashville Peace and Justice Center Pigeonly The post Resurrected: Formerly Incarcerated Change-Makers appeared first on KPFA.

Keith Wallace is a third year M.F.A. actor at UC San Diego. He joins us to talk about The Bitter Game, a new work debuting this weekend at LaJolla Playhouse in San Diego. The director was recently seen in the East Bay directing Ubuntu Theatre's Brothers Size.  Mr. Wallace holds a B.A. in Drama from Morehouse College and is an alumnus of The British American Drama Academy. Maurice Poplar, Los Angeles based writer & filmmaker, speaks about his essay, Frankenstein Was a Black Dude. He is also directing the film: Donovan Quixote which traces the story of a young man through adulthood as he deals with the realities of the difficulties of growing up as a black man in America. Azadeh Zohrabi is the National Campaigner at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights where she works with communities and policy makers on ending mass criminalization and incarceration. Azadeh previously worked as a Soros Justice Fellow at Legal Services for Prisoners with Children where she served on the litigation team representing Pelican Bay prisoners in the federal lawsuit which resulted in a landmark agreement to end indefinite solitary confinement in California. Zoe Willmott, Project WHAT! Program Manager is also an alumnus. A native of San Francisco, Ms. Willmott came to Community Works after graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Urban Studies and Race and Gender History of the United States from Barnard College of Columbia University. Tailani Crawford, Project WHAT! Youth Advocate is 16 years old and is a Junior at Castro Valley High School. The Oakland native has been a youth advocate at the agency for 3 years now, where she has trained to over 100 service providers on how to better support and empathize with youth with incarcerated parents. Tailani is a college-bound junior with plans to one day return to work as full-time staff at Project WHAT!, and is also interested in pursuing physical therapy for sports.