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Welcome to Episode 17 of Roots Music Rambler! Join us – hosts Francesca Folinazzo (Frank) and Jason Falls (Falls) as we explore the real roots of the music we love. This week, folk music legend Si Kahn joins the program to celebrate his 80th birthday (April 23). He looks back on his over 50-year career of making music and talks about a new album coming out in September called “Labor Day.” Kahn is a long-time labor organizer and advocate whose songs are typically laced with political punditry and satire. His first album, New Wood, was recorded in the 1970s and chronicled electioneering and old boy's clubs of small mountain towns, among other themes. Kahn has recorded over 20 albums and written four books, the latter of those mostly focus on community organizing and grass-roots community building. He is the former leader of Grassroots Leadership and has served in various roles with songwriting unions and organizations over the years. In 1987, Kahn recorded Carry It On: Songs of America's Working People with Jane Sapp and legendary folk singer-songwriter Pete Seeger. He has also written several theatrical plays and musicals. Frank and Falls also discuss the ambiguous definition of Americana music and, of course, offer up another offering of Pickin' the Grinnin' – recommendations for you to discover new or rediscover older music this week. Don't forget you can now show your support of the show with Roots Music Rambler's new merch, now available at rootsmusicrambler.com/store. Authentic t-shirts, hats and stickers are now available. Buckle up for The Hoe-Down and the Throw-Down! It's a new episode of Roots Music Rambler. Notes and links: Americana Music Association's definition of Americana Si Kahn online Si Kahn on Spotify The Charlie Daniel's Band on Spotify Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen on Spotify Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen on Spotify John Prine's Paradise on Spotify Bob Dylan on Spotify Me and Bobby McGee by Kris Kristofferson on Spotify Harry Chapin's Cats in the Cradle on Spotify Musk Ox Flannels (Use RAMBLER for a discount) New Wood by Si Kahn on Spotify The Roots Music Rambler Store Roots Music Rambler on Instagram Roots Music Rambler on TikTok Roots Music Rambler on Facebook Jason Falls on Instagram Francesca Folinazzo on Instagram Pickin' the Grinnin' Recommendations Sierra Ferrell's Trail of Flowers on Spotify The Animals on Spotify And be sure to get your MuskOx premium flannel shirts just in time for fall. Use the code RAMBLER on checkout for a discount! - https://gomuskox.com/rambler Subscribe to Roots Music Rambler on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, GoodPods or wherever you get your podcasts. Theme Music: Sheepskin & Beeswax by Genticorum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As we shift our focus from Leading the Self into Leading Others, on this episode Dr. Shari Dade sits down with Dr. Maurice Endsley. Dr. Endsley is currently serving as the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program Manager for VA Northern California. He also serves in several roles to support the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, including Co-Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources Coordination Committee, as a Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion consultant. He is also a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Steering Committee member. This episode is sure to inspire those who may be answering the call of leadership by crafting innovative needs-based programming or initiatives. Listen in as we embark on the journey of MisStepping into success and celebrate the leaders who plant the seeds of change and nurture them with resilience, determination, and unwavering dedication. Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/TATF_S4E4.pdf ===============================Key Lessons: Listening for the needs, the feedback, and the is the pathway to success when developing a grassroots initiative. When leading others in grassroot initiatives be sure you are prioritizing your own self-care, especially when faced with significant challenges or opposition. Talk about your project with passion to create allies, building relationships, and sustain connections. Please check out additional services here: VHA National Center for Organization Development - Home (sharepoint.com)
This week, a handful of Louisiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers headed to Washington D.C. to advocate on behalf of the ag industry and issues they face on their farms. In this episode, Karl visits with Andy Brown who's helping lead this trip to the Capitol, as well as Josh Meeks, who's going to help cover the trip for Farm Bureau. We cover the issues they're going to be addressing, the value of these trips, and what Josh can expect on his first trip to the nation's capitol.Josh's recent crawfish story on This Week In Louisiana Agriculture.Avery's recent story about crawfish season for This Week In Louisiana Agriculture.Learn more about Louisiana Farm Bureau member benefits here. Become a member of Louisiana Farm Bureau today.
I invited educator, writer, artist and activist Tema Okun (she/her) to talk with us about holiday traditions, rituals, and cultural appropriation. What she offered was deep wisdom from her personal life and decades of work as a DEI facilitator, author and professor. I hope this episode prompts reflection and provides encouragement to keep healing and growing. Tema Okun has spent over 35 years working with and for organizations, schools, and community-based institutions as a trainer, facilitator, teacher, and mentor focused on issues of racial justice and equity. She got her start at Grassroots Leadership. For 12 years she worked with the late and beloved Kenneth Jones at ChangeWork and then for another decade with Michelle Johnson and many brilliant colleagues at Dismantling Racism Works. She recently completed 6 years of co-leading the Teaching for Equity Fellows Program at Duke University, which works with faculty seeking to develop stronger skills both teaching about race and racism and across lines of race, class, and gender. She also facilitates and support leaders and organizations with colleagues at Teach.Equity.Now., housed at the Pauli Murray Center in Durham, NC. She was a member of the Educational Leadership faculty at National Louis University in Chicago and has taught undergraduate, master's, and doctoral level students in educational leadership and education. She is the author of the award-winning The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching About Race and Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know (2010, IAP) and the widely used article White Supremacy Culture, which she is asking people to stop using and instead reference a website based on a revision and update of the article in May 2021: www.whitesupremacyculture.info. She publishes regularly on the pedagogy of racial and social justice. She is a member of the Bhumisphara Sangha under the leadership of Lama Rod Owens and a participant in The Infinite Circle at Breadloaf Mountain Zen Center. She is an artist, a poet, and a writer. She lives in Carrboro, NC where she is fortunate to reside among beloved community. Her current project is deepening her ability to love her neighbor as herself. She is finding the instruction easy and the follow through challenging, given how we live in a culture that is afraid to help us do either or both. RESOURCES Design Your Year Workshop Read: Divorcing White Supremacy Culture: Coming Home to Who We Really Are Dismantling Racism: A History Lesson White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race by Ian Haney Lopez Podcasts: Ruby Sales on the On Being podcast Tema Okun and Michelle Cassandra Johnson on All the F*ck In Organizations for education, community and action: Better Neighbor Lab We Are Finding Freedom The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond White Awake
Millard "Mitty" Owens is the Co-Director of The People's Solar Energy Fund. Mitty's thirty year public service career includes community development finance, philanthropy, arts and social change, and organizational and leadership development. Career highlights include the Ford Foundation (program officer in economic development and program related investments), the New York City Office of Financial Empowerment (Senior Deputy), NYU's Research Center for Leadership in Action (associate director and public policy adjunct), and Self-Help, the pioneering community development financial institution. The past three years have involved a special focus on impact investing aimed at exploring the opportunities and challenges in pairing social justice and finance. Mitty has lived in Zimbabwe and traveled extensively in the Global South. He has served on various economic and social justice boards (including the NC Minority Credit Union Support Center, Global Exchange, Grassroots Leadership, and the Lower East Side Peoples Federal Credit Union) and various arts boards stemming from his interest in art and social change, for which he earned a WK Kellogg National Leadership Fellowship. Mitty is a graduate of Yale University and holds an M.S. in Community Economic Development. He is a proud son of Brooklyn, and a proud and active single dad. Mitty's Slides A note from Lev:I am a high school teacher of history and economics at a public high school in NYC, and began the podcast to help demystify economics for teachers. The podcast is now within the top 2.5% of podcasts worldwide in terms of listeners (per Listen Notes) and individual episodes are frequently listed by The Syllabus (the-syllabus.com) as among the 10 best political economy podcasts of a particular week. The podcast is reaching thousands of listeners each month. The podcast seeks to provide a substantive alternative to mainstream economics media; to communicate information and ideas that contribute to equitable and peaceful solutions to political and economic issues; and to improve the teaching of high school and university political economy. Best, Lev
As the leader of the grassroots social media movement, Philly Girls Who Walk, Bianca Solari brings her community together to overcome mental health challenges, get outside, make new friends, and get those extra steps in. She quietly redefines the standards of leadership with walks that are open to all – including friends, babies, and furry companions (the real stars). Bianca has an amazing tenacity to show up, go first, and say: “F*ck it, why not?!” She encourages us to feel the fear… and do it anyway.If you've been feeling isolated and alone, this episode will give you that gentle nudge to put yourself out there. What are you being called to do? How can you lean into purpose and call in fulfillment? A lot of us are working from home. We miss that sense of community. Take it from Bianca. Join a mental health walk or start one in your local community. F*ck it. Why not?! See what happens! We talk about: Different leadership roles and finding yours Why the biggest risk is not trying Scaling a following with organic growth Marketing a grassroots movement with social media Moving forward even when people want to see you fail The pressure of cancel culture and social media Owning mistakes and being willing to put yourself out there Giving feedback using effective, compassionate communication skills Finding your purpose and identifying your mission Join the conversation in our FREE Facebook Community, The Sacred Leadership Circle: [facebook.com/groups/901057184506045] Get clarity and guidance for your path and purpose. Book a Soul Purpose Guidance Session with Amber HERE [https://amber-gordon.mykajabi.com/offers/zVv9Kcrv]Use code SACREDLEADER to get a discount! Connect with Bianca:Instagram: @phillygirlswhowalk [instagram.com/phillygirlswhowalk/]TikTok: @phillygirlswhowalk [tiktok.com/@phillygirlswhowalk]Facebook: @phillygirlswhowalk [facebook.com/phillygirlswhowalk]Website: [phillygirlswhowalk.com]GroupMe Chat: [groupme.com/join_group/86728600/SlCc5FZP]Check out City Girls Who Walk for walks by location: [instagram.com/citygirlswhowalk/] Info about your host, Amber Gordon:Book your free consultation with Amber: [bit.ly/AmberConsult]Sign up for the Email List: [bit.ly/AmberCoaching] Instagram: [instagram.com/letgo.and.lead]TikTok: [tiktok.com/@letgo.and.lead] Exceptional leaders share the wealth. Send this episode to someone who would benefit, leave a review to let others know about the show, and subscribe so you don't miss an episode! Join us every Tuesday for more honest conversations and powerful insights.
After another disastrous midterm election Colorado GOP needs a massive change in leadership. Out with the establishment and in with true conservatives. With Rep. Dave Williams and Rich Wyatt.
Subscribe/Rate/Review to Up On Game Presents on the iHeartRadio App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! WATCH FULL EPISODES ON THE UP ON GAME NETWORK YOUTUBE CHANNEL JUST SEARCH UP ON GAME NETWORK “In my opinion, there's no such thing as failure. Everything is a blessing. And everything is a learning experience. And if you look at everything in that lens, then whatever blessing and lesson that you can take from that experience, you can utilize it as additional fuel in order to move in the correct path.” - Topeka K. Sam Welcome to Stay a While with Tommi Vincent! Imposter syndrome. Anxiety. Fear of growth. We have all faced opposition, within ourselves, at some point in our lives. Second-guessing yourself is the hallmark of an identity crisis. So how do you overcome self-doubt, and breakthrough to putting it all on the line to bet on yourself? Today's guest, Topeka K. Sam, takes her seat at the table to help us to tap into the queen within all of us. Topeka K. Sam is the Founder and Executive Director of The Ladies of Hope Ministries– The LOHM – whose mission is to help disenfranchised and marginalized women and girls transition back into society through resources and access to high-quality education, entrepreneurship, spiritual empowerment, advocacy and housing. She is also the co-founder of Hope House NYC - a safe housing space for women and girls. Topeka serves on the board of directors for Grassroots Leadership and is now the first formerly incarcerated person on the board of The Marshall Project. She is a Beyond the Bars 2015 Fellow and a 2016 Justice-In-Education Scholar both from Columbia University, a 2017 Soros Justice Advocacy Fellow working on Probation and Parole Accountability, a 2018 Unlocked Futures Inaugural Cohort Member, 2018 Opportunity Agenda Communications Institute Fellow, Director of #Dignity Campaign for #cut50, Host of “The Topeka K. Sam Show” on SiriusXM UrbanView Channel 126 Sundays 9am est., and has recently signed a development deal as Executive Producer for a scripted and unscripted series inspired by her fight to change the many problems that plague female incarceration with 44 Blue Productions. Topeka has been featured in Vogue, SalonTV, Vice, New York Times. She has been featured in Glamour Magazine and Black Enterprise for being “The Black Woman behind the video that led to the Trump Clemency of Alice Johnson.” She has spoken at the 2018 United States of the Woman Conference, 2018 Women in the World Conference, 2018 White House Prison Reform Summit and is a TedxMidAtlantic Superheros Presenter. She has worked and continues to work selflessly and relentlessly in her fight for the dignity, decriminalization, and decarceration of women and girls. Topeka hasaccomplished this and more since her release from Federal Prison in May 2015. In this episode we cover [00:01 - 04:15] Serving Up Self Care and Mental Wellness[04:16 - 12:08] Getting to Know Topeka K. Sam[12:09 - 25:31] Step Out of Fear and Reject World Worthiness[25:32 - 42:14] Break Away from the Prison of Our Own Minds[42:15 - 49:15] Closing Segment Key Quotes “When we're little girls who haven't gone through that healing process, we become grown women who are still living in that. And it just hurts, like it breaks my heart.” - Topeka K. Sam “There are times that we just don't know, because we're not exposed. But I also know because we are creatures of God, the Divine, the Creator, that there is something inevitable in our spirit that will tell us what feels good and what does not feel good, what feels right and what feels wrong. And that's when you smoke about fear. It's to decide whether or not you want to continually live in that mess.” - Topeka K. Sam “But if you know leaving with nothing will be better than staying with whatever you have been, that is your strength and you use your point, those obstacles as stepping stones and not barriers.”- Topeka K. Sam Connect with Topeka K. SamInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/topekaksam Website: https://thelohm.org/ Connect with Me! You can reach Tommi on Instagram @cheftommivVisit https://vincentcountry.com and get connected with us on Vincent Country's Instagram @vincentcountry Music By: Stichiz - Big T. Music /Roj&TwinkiE LEAVE A REVIEW + and SHARE this episode with someone who wants food for the soul, and the key ingredients to embracing their true, authentic self. Listen to previous episodes on the iHeartradio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Amber Richardson is running for Oregon Governor in 2022. She is a new era of Grassroots Leadership. As she says, " I am a Patriot, not a Politician and I am here to be inservice to all Oregonians."She is 37 years old, but her ability to network to create AMAZING changes within the State of Oregon is undeniable and sets her above the rest of many of her fellow colleagues. Throughout her entire campaign, she has been a "boots on the ground" activist for the Constitution, Veterans, and finding solutions to put an end to Human Trafficking. She is running a true Grassroots campaign, with minimal campaign financing because she truly believes it is The Establishment's "Pay to Play" agenda that corrupts so many political leaders and they fail to actually serve "We the People" when they took the oath to so.She is a breathe of fresh air in the World of Politics in Oregon.
The Hogg Foundation recently celebrated the 10th year of the Policy Academy and Policy Fellows initiative, a cornerstone initiative, which is still going strong. Hogg Policy Fellows have gone on to positions of leadership at all levels, and their collective expertise has changed mental health policy in Texas for the better. Later this month the Hogg Foundation will be releasing a report titled, "Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Policy Academy & Policy Fellow Initiative, A Retrospective on a Decade of Investment." To mark the occasion, we brought on David Johnson, criminal justice organizer for Grassroots Leadership of Texas, and an alum of the Policy Fellows program, and Colleen Horton, director of policy for the Hogg Foundation. Related links: Episode 75: Substance Use: A Public Health Approach https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-substance-use-policy Episode 79: Maternal Mental Health: Where Family Well-being Begins https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-maternal-mental-health Episode 108: Empowering Girls Through Policy https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-empowering-girls-through-policy Episode 116: Young and Invincible http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-young-and-invincible Episode 126: Vaccine Equity for the Incarcerated https://hogg.utexas.edu/vaccine-equity-for-the-incarcerated
1. What does branded by society mean to you?2. Who gets branded?3. Who does the branding?4. What are the results of this social stigma?5. How can we specifically deal with the social stigma poured on the formerly invarcerated?6. Darwin Hamilton's life. book and work.There are 38 more published episodes on varying topics!Click to listen or watch the youtube videos at www.laughzandlyrics.com.The audio is also on all podcasting platforms and available by googling The Zennurgy Podcast. Some links are here https://linktr.ee/zenase.Peace and blessings.Artists, entrepreneurs, educators and community leaders are also invited to become guests. Fill out the Would You Like to Be a Guest form found on both the links above. Darwin Hamilton is a fifth generation Austinite and was featured in the 2015 #IAMBLACKAUSTIN interactive campaign by The Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce. His ancestral home is the site of the historic Dedrick-Hamilton House and the African American Cultural and Heritage Facility. He's an author, senior accountant and co-founder of the Reentry Advocacy Project (RAP) and member of the Austin/Travis County Reentry Roundtable, Travis County's Public Defender Office oversight board and District Attorney's transition team. He serves as Co-Chair, Board of Directors for Grassroots Leadership.Since 2012, he has worked as an activist, advocate and strategist on state and local criminal justice policy reform and his testimony was integral in helping pass Austin's historic Fair Chance Hiring ordinance in 2016. He has provided technical assistance to colleges and universities classes, municipal agencies and a sought-after panelist and lecturer on a variety of topics ranging from criminal, racial, social and environmental justice issues to eminent domain and gentrification.His personal mission is to change criminal justice policies and practices and reduce the shame and stigma of formerly incarcerated people. He does this through his own example, and through his strategic, inspiring and powerful storytelling. He's delivered keynote speeches to social justice organizations. He has testified before Austin city council and House Committees of the Texas legislature.Mr. Hamilton is an alumnus of Leadership Austin's - Essential Class and JustLeadership USA 2018 cohorts. Also, in 2018, he self-published his memoir 25 Years Later: A Sentence from Crime to Redemption, Resilience, Advocacy and Leadership. His op-eds have been published by the Austin American Statesman and ACLU of Texas. And now serves on the Advisory Boards of Inside Literature and San Antonio's Trinity University and UTSAFacebook - @Darwin Hamilton & @DH25YearsLaterTwitter - @dham629Instagram - @dham629Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-zennurgy-podcast/exclusive-content
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by immigration attorney and returning guest Sophia Gurulé, policy counsel and staff attorney with the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project at the Bronx Defenders, a public defender nonprofit in New York City. Sophia was also involved in the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project in Dilley, Texas where she helped provide legal services to asylum-seeking women and children and advocated for an end to family detention. Sophia sheds light on the Biden administration's mass deportation of Haitian refugees and how right-wing judges anointed by the Federalist Society are keeping the most draconian Trump policies in place. The gang also picks up where Sophia's last interview left off, discussing Biden's immigration plan and its shortcomings, Bill Clinton's immigration legacy and the history of the prison-to-deportation pipeline, and why movements for climate justice, workers' rights and prison-industrial complex abolition can't shy away from the demand to abolish borders. You can follow Sophia on Twitter @s_phia_ and find out more about the work of organizations like Haitian Bridge Alliance, Grassroots Leadership and Black Alliance for Just Immigration. If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon page for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes. We can't do this show without your support!!!
THE COLLECTIVE FREEDOM PROJECTThis episode is Part Two in the Collective Freedom Project four-part series with Bourbon 'n BrownTown. The Collective Freedom Project (CFP) is a movement media and resource hub that tells the stories of the local and regional efforts where people — both U.S. citizens and non U.S. citizens — are coming together to fight unique campaigns against criminalization in their communities. From Chicago to California, Atlanta to Texas, activists, organizers, and communities are rising up to fight against criminalization and violence in varied yet connected forms.GUESTSRebecca Sanchez is the daughter of Jose and Rosalia Sanchez, the youngest of 8 and a tia to 17; from a tiny town in East Texas. Rebecca is an artist, educator, and the organizing manager with Grassroots Leadership, a nonprofit working to end prison profiteering, mass incarceration, deportation, and criminalization. She is also a member of Communities of Color United; an intergenerational grassroots group pushing for racial equity in Austin. All of this work is guided by the lens of artivism, personal/familial struggles, and her experience as a former art teacher in a commitment to center intergenerational creativity, healing, and autonomy.David Johnson is an organizer and policy and research analyst who draws upon his personal experience with white supremacist culture to work towards a collective divestment from harmful and violent practices, policies, and systems, while expanding investment in people-centered responses to community needs. In addition to his role at Grassroots Leadership, he is a member of Texas Advocates for Justice, the Community Strategy Team for the University of Texas' Dell Medical School Department of Population Health, the Reimagine Public Safety Task Force for the City of Austin, the Mayor's Gun Violence Task Force for the City of Austin, and the board of BRAVE Communities. He is also a community ambassador for Solstice Recovery Foundation, and the co-founder of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery - Texas (CAST).OVERVIEWBrownTown links up with Rebecca Sanchez & David Johnson of Grassroots Leadership in Austin, Texas. In Part Three of the Collective Freedom Project series, they discuss the the socio-political climate in Austin, the #DefundAPD campaign(s); #ShutDownHutto and other campaigns to close or halt construction of new jails; and the intersections of technology, surveillance, and gentrification.BrownTown and guests cover several interrelated topics throughout the course of their time together. After Rebecca and David (or "DJ") share more about their backgrounds, they quickly debunk the myth of Austin as the liberal blue bubble in a sea of red Texas, explaining the history, the municipal political system (weak Mayor vs. strong Mayor), and the social facade. DJ likens the 1-35 interstate in Texas with the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago explaining how they were both built intentionally to subjugate Black people. The team continues to sift through various topics including the affect of the George Floyd uprisings on specifically budget campaigns, #NoCopAcademy (1, 2), academic institutions and private companies' relationship with police, and the role of technology in surveillance and furthering social control. BrownTown, Rebecca, and DJ close out the an introspective note that abolishing police is more than just the defunding and dismantling the local PD but abolishing the police in our heads, in our hearts, and creating new relationships between people and our natural environment.Through the CFP, Dani Marrero Hi created a micro-doc on the various campaigns throughout Texas, which you can find among other cities/regions' videos, podcast episodes, and a plethora of resources on CollectiveFreedomProject.org/Multimedia.--Mentioned in the episode:Moving Texas ForwardMichael Ramos (1, 2, 3)Austin City-Community Reimagining Public Safety Task Force#NoNewYouthJail in Seattle, WashingtonAustin's Big Secret: How Big Tech and Surveillance Are Increasing PolicingStrategic Decision Support Centers in ChicagoShot Spotter in Chicago (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)Dave Chappell, "Racism out in the open"Follow the Collective Freedom Project on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.Follow Grassroots Leadership on their site, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Follow Communities of Color United on their site, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.--CREDITS: Intro/outro music by Genta Tamashiro with excerpts from the Texas CFP video; outro song Crooked Officer by Z-Ro. Audio engineered by Genta Tamashiro and Kiera Battles.This series is sponsored by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) and the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF).--The Collective Freedom ProjectSite | Multimedia | Campaigns | ResourcesBourbon 'n BrownTownFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | PatreonSoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | Support
Cohosts Ryan Thompson, Kimiya Factory, Chad Hankins and Roy Aguillon learn more about what's going on at the Hutto Detention Center just outside of Austin and why attorneys at the Immigration Clinic at the UT School of Law, together with the Grassroots Leadership organization, are calling to shut the Center down now. Guests Alex Gras and Tiffany Campbell. Trigger Warning: contains detainee abuse stories. Music Excerpts by: Dig Infinity
“In my opinion, there's no such thing as failure. Everything is a blessing. And everything is a learning experience. And if you look at everything in that lens, then whatever blessing and lesson that you can take from that experience, you can utilize it as additional fuel in order to move in the correct path.” - Topeka K. SamWelcome to Stay a While with Tommi Vincent! Imposter syndrome. Anxiety. Fear of growth. We have all faced opposition, within ourselves, at some point in our lives. Second-guessing yourself is the hallmark of an identity crisis. So how do you overcome self-doubt, and breakthrough to putting it all on the line to bet on yourself? Today's guest, Topeka K. Sam, takes her seat at the table to help us to tap into the queen within all of us.Topeka K. Sam is the Founder and Executive Director of The Ladies of Hope Ministries– The LOHM – whose mission is to help disenfranchised and marginalized women andgirls transition back into society through resources and access to high-qualityeducation, entrepreneurship, spiritual empowerment, advocacy and housing. She isalso the co-founder of Hope House NYC - a safe housing space for women andgirls. Topeka serves on the board of directors for Grassroots Leadership and is nowthe first formerly incarcerated person on the board of The Marshall Project. She is a Beyond the Bars 2015 Fellow and a 2016 Justice-In-Education Scholar both fromColumbia University, a 2017 Soros Justice Advocacy Fellow working on Probation andParole Accountability, a 2018 Unlocked Futures Inaugural Cohort Member, 2018Opportunity Agenda Communications Institute Fellow, Director of #Dignity Campaignfor #cut50, Host of “The Topeka K. Sam Show” on SiriusXM UrbanView Channel 126Sundays 9am est., and has recently signed a development deal as ExecutiveProducer for a scripted and unscripted series inspired by her fight to change themany problems that plague female incarceration with 44 Blue Productions.Topeka has been featured in Vogue, SalonTV, Vice, New York Times. She has beenfeatured in Glamour Magazine and Black Enterprise for being “The Black Womanbehind the video that led to the Trump Clemency of Alice Johnson.” She has spokenat the 2018 United States of the Woman Conference, 2018 Women in the WorldConference, 2018 White House Prison Reform Summit and is a TedxMidAtlanticSuperheros Presenter.She has worked and continues to work selflessly and relentlessly in her fight for thedignity, decriminalization and decarceration of women and girls. Topeka hasaccomplished this and more since her release from Federal Prison May 2015.In this episode we cover[00:01 - 04:15] Serving Up Self Care and Mental Wellness[04:16 - 12:08] Getting to Know Topeka K. Sam[12:09 - 25:31] Step Out of Fear and Reject World Worthiness[25:32 - 42:14] Break Away from the Prison of Our Own Minds[42:15 - 49:15] Closing Segment Key Quotes“When we're little girls who haven't gone through that healing process, we become grown women who are still living in that. And it just hurts, like it breaks my heart.” - Topeka K. Sam“There are times that we just don't know, because we're not exposed. But I also know because we are creatures of God, the Divine, the Creator, that there is something inevitable in our spirit that will tell us what feels good and what does not feel good, what feels right and what feels wrong. And that's when you smoke about fear. It's to decide whether or not you want to continually live in that mess.” - Topeka K. Sam“But if you know leaving with nothing will be better than staying with whatever you have been, that is your strength and you use your point, those obstacles as stepping stones and not barriers.”- Topeka K. Sam Connect with Topeka K. SamInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/topekaksam Website: https://thelohm.org/ Connect with Me! You can reach Tommi on Instagram @cheftommivVisit https://vincentcountry.com and get connected with us on Vincent Country's Instagram @vincentcountry This episode was Produced By: Tommi Vincent, Tanner Vincent, and Skai Blue MediaMusic By: Stichiz - Big T. Music /Roj&TwinkiELEAVE A REVIEW + and SHARE this episode with someone who wants food for the soul, and the key ingredients to embracing their true, authentic self. Listen to previous episodes on Spotify, Spreaker, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts!
How to Tap Into Collective Wisdom: Glain Roberts-McCabe......Our guest is Glain Roberts-McCabe. Glain is the founder and President of The Roundtable Community. The Roundtable was awarded a Gold Award by the Canadian Awards for Training Excellence in partnership with PepsiCo Canada. In 2018 Glain was named one of the top women entrepreneurs in Canada. She's helped thousands of leaders connect to their purpose, build their community and live their legacy every day. Glain has written articles for publications like The Globe and Mail and Canadian Manager Magazine as well as spoken to audiences around the globe. She is also the bestselling author of ‘The Grassroots Leadership Revolution.’ More about Glain Roberts-McCabe: www.goroundtable.com Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/goroundtable https://twitter.com/HeyRoundtable https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-executive-roundtable-inc- https://www.linkedin.com/in/glain/ https://www.instagram.com/go_roundtable/ https://www.youtube.com/user/TheERTvideos
How to Tap Into Collective Wisdom: Glain Roberts-McCabe......Our guest is Glain Roberts-McCabe. Glain is the founder and President of The Roundtable Community. The Roundtable was awarded a Gold Award by the Canadian Awards for Training Excellence in partnership with PepsiCo Canada. In 2018 Glain was named one of the top women entrepreneurs in Canada. She's helped thousands of leaders connect to their purpose, build their community and live their legacy every day. Glain has written articles for publications like The Globe and Mail and Canadian Manager Magazine as well as spoken to audiences around the globe. She is also the bestselling author of ‘The Grassroots Leadership Revolution.’ More about Glain Roberts-McCabe: www.goroundtable.com Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/goroundtable https://twitter.com/HeyRoundtable https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-executive-roundtable-inc- https://www.linkedin.com/in/glain/ https://www.instagram.com/go_roundtable/ https://www.youtube.com/user/TheERTvideos......To find out how you can hire Dov Baron as a speaker or strategist for your organization: DovBaron.com Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Clarence and Kevin have the honor of sitting down with Annette Price:Annette Price was raised in a small town in Indiana and the last child of a single mother who had ten children. Annett is the mother of two children and has three grandchildren. At the age of 20, she was convicted for Murder and sentenced to 75 years in prison. Her sentence was reduced to 40 years and she served 20 years. While incarcerated, she obtained several degrees and earned master’s in Professional Counseling and Substance Abuse Counseling after incarceration.Today, Annette is the Co- Executive Director of Grassroots Leadership and member of Texas Advocates for Justice. She served a fellowship term with Austin/Travis County Reentry Roundtable. As part of her fellowship, she participated in writing a Housing Guide for Apartment Managers, which was released in April 2018. She facilitated a class called “Jail 2 Community” Reentry Program at Del Valle Correctional Complex. She is the founder of Annette’s Behind Me: Transitional Living a non profit Transitional home for women returning to the community for prison in Austin, Texas.Content discussed:Grassroots LeadershipFriends and Family of Incarcerated PersonsVoting rights for prisoners in Maine and VermontThe loophole in the 13th AmendmentKalief BrowderSlavery by Another Name (the phenomena of mass incarceration)Incarceration statistics'The New Jim Crow'Likelihood of going to prisonHow race impacts pre-trial detainmentWhy do inmates return to prison?Racism in everyday life , Racism in everyday life link 2Post - incarceration syndromePrisoners fighting wild firesUnpaid labor in Texas prisonsBarriers in loans for POC
Glain launched the Roundtable in 2007 in order to provide a space for leaders where they can cultivate their leadership skills together. The Roundtable received a Gold Award from the Canadian Awards for Training Excellence in 2014 for its peer coaching and mentoring program. In 2016, it was named the Best External Consulting Advisory in Canada by the Canadian HR Awards.With over 25 years of experience in executive roles and helping groups of leaders take control of their careers, Glain is a multiple-time nominee for the RBC Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. She also writes columns for The Globe and Mail and Realizing Leadership magazines, and was a former Leadership Guru for BizTV Canada and Arlene Dickinson's "YouInc." She holds a Diploma in Creative Advertising and completed advanced Improv Training through The Second City, and is a volunteer mentor with the Institute for Performance and Learning.Glain is the author of several books: "Did I REALLY Sign For This?!: #leadershiptruths on How to Drive, Thrive... and Survive" and “The Grassroots Leadership Revolution.”Glain cites that adaptability, agility and long-term thinking are some of the behaviors that leaders need to cultivate in navigating instability and uncertainty. She says leadership is all about self-awareness, which means knowing our tendencies and which ways we are leaning so that we can find the balance to become effective.Glain emphasizes that instead of being hung up on the “little stuff” such as performance reports, it is better to step back and find the opportunity now to impact someone's life. She says it is important to recognize our derailing behavior and to know when our “right approach'' is not working in the current situation.“Your role as a leader is to keep the team functioning without you,” she says. If you want to know more about how your team can together unpack values that align with your organization, then this episode is for you!Find out more about Glain's work at her company's website: https://goroundtable.com/Connect with her through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glain/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goroundtableTwitter:@HeyRoundtableInstagram:go_roundtable
***I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC PLAYED IN THIS EPISODE***Monica Raye Simpson, a queer, black, NC native, has organized extensively against human rights abuse, the prison industry, racism, and systemic violence against Southern black women and LBGTQ people. A proud graduate of the historically black Johnson C. Smith University, she earned a bachelor’s in Communications and organized for LGBTQ rights on and off campus. She then became the Operations Director and the first person of color at the Charlotte Lesbian & Gay Community Center. Next, she trained black youth in activism, philanthropy, and fundraising as the Ujamaa Coordinator for Grassroots Leadership. In 2010, she moved to GA to be our Development Coordinator; she was promoted to Deputy Coordinator in 2011, Interim Executive Director in 2012, and Executive Director in 2013.Monica is a nationally sought-after facilitator, speaker, and organizer, constantly called upon to travel the country for appearances. She is the only woman among the 4 founders of Charlotte, NC's Black Gay Pride Celebration, the first in the Bible Belt, which received awards from the National Black Justice Coalition and the Human Rights Coalition for its incredible launch with 7,000 participants. She has been featured in many publications for her activism, and has written many articles on LGBTQ issues, RJ, over-policing of black/brown communities, philanthropy, and Southern activism. In 2014 she was named a New Civil Rights Leader by Essence Magazine, and in 2015 was chosen as a panelist for the Women of the World Summit. Also a full circle doula certified through the International Center for Traditional Childbirth, she serves on the boards of the Fund for Southern Communities and the legendary Highlander Center.A singer and spoken word artist who infuses art into her activism, Monica has appeared in theatrical productions such as For the Love of Harlem, Words the Isms, Walk Like a Man, The Vagina Monologues, and For Colored Girls. She released her first solo album, Revolutionary Love, in 2015, and she has performed at events across the country, including singing the National Anthem and the National Black Anthem for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. march and rally in Atlanta, GA. Monica created Artists United for Reproductive Justice as a project of SisterSong in order to create a platform for artists to collaborate on replicable artwork that furthers the Reproductive Justice movement.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iamlovereigns/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/iamlovereigns/support
David Johnson is a criminal justice organizer with Grassroots Leadership in Austin, TX. We discuss racial inequality during the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd and the global Covid19 pandemic. Email David at djohnson@grassrootsleadership.org and visit http://grassrootsleadership.org/. Thanks to Jenna Neasbitt @RecoveryATX. Thanks to our sponsor www.apphemp.com, promo code "TAP15". Learn more about syringe exchange in South Carolina at www.challengesinc.org .
Go Help Yourself: A Comedy Self-help Podcast to Make Life Suck Less
This week, Misty & Lisa review the Businessweek, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times business bestseller It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff, former commander, USS Benfold. Captain D. Michael Abrashoff is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, and was a military assistant to the former secretary of defense, the Honorable Dr. William J. Perry. Abrashoff left the Navy in 2001 and became the founder and CEO of Grassroots Leadership, Inc., in Boston. We cover each of the chapters in this It's Your Ship Book Review, including: Take Command Lead by Example Listen Aggressively Communicate Purpose and Meaning Create a Climate of Trust Look for Results, Not Salutes Take Calculated Risks Go Beyond Standard Procedure Build Up Your People Generate Unity Improve Your People’s Quality of Life If you like what you're hearing, you can purchase the book here. You can also visit the author's website here. And don't forget to subscribe to, rate, and review Go Help Yourself!
You’ve got big plans and you know how to set them into motion. You are a woman that CAN. You’re all GO, GO, GO and PUSH, PUSH, PUSH! Until you’re burnt out. With the realisation that it’s time to find a new way of operating. The fact is, women are 60% more likely to burn out than men, and as a gender, are less happy, less fertile, and sicker. But we have opportunities. And the power that it took us to achieve these opportunities is not the same power that it will take to sustain them. My guest today talks about the challenges facing women in leadership, and the five different energies, that if accessed, make available a very strong yet feminine power, which bring with it a huge amount of sustainability. If one wants to transform the wealth and well-being of a community in the developing world all of the research points to the empowerment of women, and Dr Joanna Martin (founder of One of Many) had a calling to support these women and equip them with the tools they need to step into leadership and change their corner of the world. Because ultimately, if all of us made a small impact we could massively change things.
In the final days of the 115th Congress, Congress passed and President Trump signed into law the First Step Act, which made changes to the operation of the federal prison system. In this episode, learn every detail of this new law, including the big money interests who advocated for its passage and their possible motivations for doing so. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Click here to contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536 Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD176: Target Venezuela: Regime Change in Progress CD129: The Impeachment of John Koskinen Bills/Laws S.756 - First Step Act of 2018 Govtrack Link Committee Summary Bill Text House Final Vote Results Senate Final Vote Results Sponsor: Sen. Dan Sullivan (AK) Original bill numbers for the First Step Act were S.2795 and HR 5682 First Step Act Outline TITLE I - RECIDIVISM REDUCTION Sec. 101: Risk and needs assessment system Orders the Attorney General to conduct a review current and possible recidivism reduction programs, including a review of products manufactured overseas the could be produced by prisoners and would not compete with the domestic private sector Orders the Attorney General to create an assessment system for each prisoner to be conducted during the intake process that will classify each of them as having minimum, low, medium, or high risk of recidivism, the prisoner’s likelihood of violent or serious misconduct, and assign them to programs accordingly. This process must be published on the Department of Justice website by July 19, 2019 (210 days after enactment). Prerelease custody means home confinement with 24 hour electronic monitoring, with the possibility of being allowed to leave to go to work, to participate in a recidivism reduction program, perform community service, go to the doctor, attend religious services, attend weddings or funerals, or visit a seriously ill family member. Sec. 102: Implementation of Risk and Needs Assessment System By mid-January 2020, the Attorney General must implement the new risk assessment system and complete the initial intake risk assessments of each prisoner and expand the recidivism reduction programs The Attorney General “shall” develop polices for the warden of each prison to enter into partnerships with “non-profit and other private organizations including faith-based, art, and community-based organizations”, schools, and “private entities that will deliver vocational training and certifications, provide equipment to facilitate vocational training…employ prisoners, or assist prisoners in prerelease custody or supervised related in finding employment” and “industry sponsored organization that will deliver workforce development and training, on a paid or volunteer basis.” Priority for participation will be given to medium and high risk prisoners Sec. 104: Authorization of Appropriations Authorizes, but does not appropriate, $75 million per year from 2019 to 2023. Sec. 106: Faith-Based Considerations In considering “any entity of any kind” for contracts “the fact that it may be or is faith-based may not be a basis for any discrimination against it in any manner or for any purpose.” Entities “may not engage in explicitly religious activities using direct financial assistance made available under this title” Sec. 107: Independent Review Committee The National Institute of Justice will select a “nonpartisan and nonprofit organization… to host the Independent Review Committee" The Committee will have 6 members selected by the nonprofit organization, 2 of whom must have published peer-reviewed scholarship about the risk and needs assessments in both corrections and community settings, 2 corrections officers - 1 of whom must have experience working in the Bureau of Prisons, and 1 individual with expertise in risk assessment implementation. The Committee will assist the Attorney General in reviewing the current system and making recommendations for the new system. TITLE II - BUREAU OF PRISONS SECURE FIREARMS STORAGE Sec. 202: Secure Firearms Storage Requires secure storage areas for Bureau of Prisons employees to store their firearms on the outside of the prisoner area. Allows Bureau of Prison employees to store firearms lockboxes in their cars Allows Bureau of Prison employees “to carry concealed firearms on the premises outside of the secure perimeter of the institution” TITLE III - RESTRAINTS ON PREGNANT PRISONERS PROHIBITED Sec. 301: Use of Restraints on Prisoners During the Period of Pregnancy and Postpartum Recovery Prohibited From the day a prisoner’s pregnancy is confirmed and ending 12 weeks or longer after the birth, a “prisoner in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, or in the custody of the United States Marshals Service… shall not be placed in restraints” Will not apply to state prisons or local jails Exceptions include if the prisoner is an “immediate and credible flight risk” or if she poses an “immediate and serious threat of harm to herself or others” No matter what, a pregnant or recovering mother can’t: Have restraints placed around her ankles, legs, or waist Have her hands tied behind her back Be restrained using “4-point restraints" Be attached to another prisoner Within 48 hours of the pregnancy confirmation, the prisoner must be notified of the restraint restrictions (it doesn’t say how they must be notified) TITLE IV - SENTENCING REFORM Sec. 401: Reduces Sentencing for Prior Drug Felonies Changes the mandatory minimum for repeat offender with a previous “serious drug felony” (which is defined based on the length of the prison sentence: An offense for which they served more than 12 months) or a “serious violent felony” (added by this bill) from an automatic 20 year sentence to an automatic 15 year sentence. Changes the mandatory minimum for repeat offenders with two or more previous “serious drug felony or serious violent felony” convictions from a mandatory life sentence to a mandatory 25 years. Applies to cases that have not been sentenced as of the date of enactment and is not retroactive Sec. 402: "Broadening of Existing Safety Valve” Expands the criteria for leniency from mandatory minimums to include people with up to 4 prior non-volent convictions, not including minor misdemeanors. Applies to cases that have not been sentence as of the date of enactment and is not retroactive. Sec. 404: Appeals For Current Prisoners Convicted of Crack Related Crimes Allows people who were convicted of crack related crimes prior to August 3, 2010 (when the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 - which reduced the sentencing differences between crack and power cocaine - became law) to be eligible for reduced sentences. TITLE V - SECOND CHANCE ACT OF 2007 REAUTHORIZATION Sec. 502: Changes Existing Programs Creates an optional grant program for the Attorney General allowing him to provide grants to private entities along with governmental ones, for consulting services (to “evaluate methods”, “make recommendations”, etc). Authorizes, but doesn’t appropriate, $10 million per year from 2019 through 2023 ($50 million total) Sec. 503: Audits of Grantees Requires annual audits of entities receiving grants under the Second Chance Act of 2007 beginning in fiscal year 2019. Prohibits grantees from using grant money to lobby Department of Justice officials or government representatives, punishable by the full repayment of the grant and disqualification for grants for 5 years. TITLE VI- MISCELLANEOUS CRIMINAL JUSTICE Sec. 601: Placement of Prisoners Close to Families Requires that attempts be made to place a prisoners within 500 driving miles of the prisoner’s primary residence Adds “a designation of a place of imprisonment… is not reviewable by any court.” Sec. 603: Terminally Ill Prisoners Can Go Home Allows some terminally ill or elderly prisoners over the age of 60 to serve the rest of their sentences in home confinement Sec. 605: Expanding Prison Labor Allows Federal Prison Industries to sell products, except for office furniture, to government entities for use in prisons, government entities for use in disaster relief, the government of Washington DC, or “any organization” that is a 501(c)3 (charities and nonprofits), 501(c)4s (dark money “social welfare" organizations), or 501d (religious organizations). Requires an audit of Federal Prison Industries to begin within 90 days of enactment, but no due date. Sec. 611: Healthcare Products Requires the Bureau of Prisons to provide tampons and sanitary napkins to prisoners for free Sec. 613: Juvenile Solitary Confinement Prohibits juvenile solitary confinement to only when needed as a 3 hour temporary response to behavior that risks harming the juvenile or others, but it can not be used for “discipline, punishment, or retaliation” Federal Prison Industries: UNICOR UNICOR Index FPI is a “wholly-owned government corporation established by Congress on June 23, 1934. It’s mission is to protect society and reduce crime by preparing inmates for successful reentry through job training” UNICOR FAQs UNICOR 2018 Sales Report UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, Inc., Fiscal Year 2015, Annual Management Report, November 16, 2015 Shutdown Back-Pay Law -Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, signed January 16 2019. - Bill Text Additional Reading Article: Revolving door brings Trump-tied lobbying firm even closer to the White House by Anna Massoglia and Karl Evers-Hillstrom, OpenSecrets News, January 22, 2019. Article: Trump fails the first test of the First Step Act by Edward Chung, The Hill, January 10, 2019. Article: The First Step Act could be a big gift to CoreCivic and the private prison industry by Liliana Segura, The Intercept, December 22, 2018. Article: For-profit prisons strongly approve of bipartisan criminal justice reform bill by Karl Evers-Hillstrom, OpenSecrets News, December 20, 2018. Statement: SPLC statement on bipartisan passage of First Step Act criminal justice reform bill by Lisa Graybill, Southern Poverty Law Center, December 20, 2018. Article: The First Step Act is not sweeping criminal justice reform - and the risk is that it becomes the only step by Natasha Lennard, The Intercept, December 19, 2018. Article: Conservatives scramble to change criminal justice bill by Jordain Carney, The Hill, December 18, 2018. Article: The FIRST STEP Act will make us safer without the Cotton-Kennedy amendments by Tricia Forbes, The Hill, December 18, 2018. Article: Who no details about criminal justice 'reform'? by Thomas R. Ascik, The Hill, December 17, 2018. Letter: The ACLU and the Leadership Conference support S.756, and urge Senators to vote yes on Cloture and no on all amendments, The Leadership Conference, CivilRights.org, December 17, 2018. Article: Koch-backed criminal justice reform bill to reach Senate, All Things Considered, NPR, December 16, 2018. Article: The problem with the "First Step Act" by Peniel Ibe, American Friends Service Committee, December 14, 2018. Article: Why is a Florida for-profit prison company backing bipartisan criminal justice reform? by Steve Dontorno, Tampa Bay Times, December 7, 2018. Article: How the FIRST STEP Act moves criminal justice reform forward by Charlotte Resing, ACLU, December 3, 2018. Article: Private prison companies served with lawsuits over using detainee labor by Amanda Holpuch, The Guardian, November 25, 2018. Statement: GEO Group statement on federal legislation on prison reform (The FIRST STEP Act), GEO Group, November 19, 2018. Article: Karl Rove's crossroads GPS is dead, long live his multi-million dollar 'dark money' operation by Anna Massoglia and Karl Evers-Hillstrom, OpenSecrets News, November 16, 2018. Article: We are former attorneys general. We salute Jeff Sessions. by William P. Barr, Edwin Meese III, and Michael B. Mukasey, The Washington Post, November 7, 2018. Article: How the Koch brothers built the most powerful rightwing group you've never heard of by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Caroline Tervo, and Theda Skocpol, The Guardian, September 26, 2018. Article: U.S. prisoners' strike is a reminder how common inmate labor is by Ruben J. Garcia, CBS News, September 8, 2018. Article: Kim Kardashian, activist, visits White House to call for prisoner freedom by Amelia McDonell-Parry, Rolling Stone, September 6, 2018. Article: Who is Chris Young? Kim Kardashian West to meet with Donald Trump to try to get prisoner pardoned by Janice Williams, Newsweek, September 5, 2018. Article: Kim Kardashian West visits White House to talk prison reform by Brett Samuels, The Hill, September 5, 2018. Article: Kim Kardashian West to another convicted felon's case: report by Brett Samuels, The Hill, September 5, 2018. Article: 'Prison slavery': Inmates are paid cents while manufacturing products sold to government by Daniel Moritz-Rabson, Newsweek, August 28, 2018. Article: Turf war between Kushner and Sessions drove federal prison director to quit by Glenn Thrush and Danielle Ivory, The New York Times, May 24, 2018. Report: Attorney General Sessions announces Hugh Hurwitz as the Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, May 18, 2018. Article: Beware of big philanthropy's new enthusiasm for criminal justice reform by Michelle Chen, The Nation, March 16, 2018. Article: Corporations and governments collude in prison slavery racket by Mark Maxey, People's World, February 7, 2018. Article: Super PAC priorities USA plans to spend $50 million on digital ads for 2018 by Jessica Estepa, USA Today, November 2, 2017. Article: Private prisons firm to lobby, campaign against recidivism by Jonathan Mattise, AP News, October 31, 2017. Article: Slave labor widespread at ICE detention centers, lawyers say by Mia Steinle, POGO, September 7, 2017. Article: The sordid case behind Jared Kushner's grudge against Chris Christie by Byron York, The Washington Examiner, April 16, 2017. Report: How much do incarcerated people earn in each state? by Wendy Sawyer, Prison Policy Initiative, April 10, 2017. Press Release: The GEO Group closes $360 million acquisition of community education centers, Company Release, GEO Group, Inc., April 6, 2017. Article: How a private prison company used detained immigrants for free labor by Madison Pauly, Mother Jones, April 3, 2017. Article: Bias in criminal risk scores is mathematically inevitable, researchers say by Julia Angwin and Jeff Larson, ProPublica, December 30, 2016. Article: Jailed for ending a pregnancy: How prosecutors get inventive on abortion by Molly Redden, The Guardian, November 22, 2016. Article: Federal prison-owned 'factories with fences' facing increased scrutiny by Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, September 4, 2016. Investigative Summary: Findings of fraud and other irregularities related to the manufacture and sale of combat helmets by the Federal Prison Industries and ArmorSource, LLC, to the Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General, August 2016. Report: Federal prison industries: Background, debate, legislative history, and policy options, Congressional Research Service, May 11, 2016. Article: New Koch by Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, January 25, 2016. Article: Pregnant and behind bars: how the US prison system abuses mothers-to-be by Victoria Law, The Guardian, October 20, 2015. Article: American slavery, reinvented by Whitney Benns, The Atlantic, September 21, 2015. Article: Yes, prisoners used to sew lingerie for Victoria's Secret - just like in 'Orange is the New Black' season 3 by Emily Yahr, The Washington Post, June 17, 2015. Report: Treatment industrial complex: How for-profit prison corporations are undermining efforts to treat and rehabilitate prisoners for corporate gain by Caroline Isaacs, Grassroots Leadership, November 2014. Report: The prison indistries Enhancement Certification Program: A program history by Barbara Auerbach, National CIA, May 4, 2012. Article: The hidden history of ALEC and prison labor by Mike Elk and Bob Sloan, The Nation, August 1, 2011. Article: Slave labor - money trail leads to Koch brothers and conservatives who want your job! by Bob Sloan, Daily Kos, February 21, 2011. Article: The Legacy by Gabriel Sherman, New York Magazine, July 12, 2009. Hearing: Federal Prison Industries, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, C-SPAN, July 1, 2005. Article: Democratic donor receives two-year prison sentence by Ronald Smothers, The New York Times, March 5, 2005. Sound Clip Sources Discussion: Criminal Justice Reform and Senate Vote on First Step Act, C-SPAN, December 19, 2018. Speakers: - Mike Allen, Founder and Executive Editor of Axios - Mark Holden, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Koch Industries - Senator Amy Klobuchar Sound Clips: 22:27 Mike Allen: So, I have on NPR, “Koch-Backed Criminal Justice Reform to Reach Senate.” To some people, at least at first blush, there’s an incongruity to that. Tell us how Koch Industries got involved in this issue. Mark Holden: Yeah, well, I mean, Charles Koch and David Koch have been very focused on these issues forever, literally. They were early funders of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Institute for Justice, a lot of different groups. And from Charles’s perspective, the war on drugs, it’s been a failure. It doesn’t mean that you—there aren’t—it was in a criminal element within the war on drugs, but there are a lot of people in the war on drugs who don’t need to be incarcerated for so long. And so we’ve been very much in favor of proportional sentencing. You know, punishment must fit the crime. You break the law, you should pay a price, and then once you pay that price, you should be welcomed back into society, with all your rights. All your rights come back. That’s why we supported Amendment 4 down in Florida, the voting restoration rights for people with felonies in Florida. We don’t think it makes sense for people not to be able to participate once they’ve paid their debt to society. And for us, for Charles in particular, this is all about breaking barriers to opportunity. 24:10 Mark Holden: And last night, 87 to 12, that’s a curb stomping. And I will note, as a Patriots fan, Gronk is 87 and Brady’s 12, right? I mean, yeah. Something there. 49:00 Mike Allen: Watching last night, and the conversations today, it was clear there was a real sense of history, a sense of occasion on the Senate floor last night. Take us there. Tell us what that was like. Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN): Well, we haven’t had a lot of joyous moments in the Senate this year. Big-surprise-news item I gave you. And this was one of those because I think for one thing we’re coming to the end of the year. We were able to get some really important things done: the farm bill; the sex harassment bill that I led with Senator Blunt that had been really difficult to negotiate for the last year; and then of course the budget, which we hope to get done in the next two days; and then we’ve got this. And this was something that has been explained. It was five years in the making. It took people out of their comfort zones. You had people on both sides that never thought they’d be talking about reducing drug sentences. So in that way, it was kind of this Christmas miracle that people came together. But the second piece of it was just that we knew they were these bad amendments that you’ve heard about. Some of them we felt were maybe designed to put us in a bad place, only because politically the bill protected us from a lot of the things that were in the amendments. So what was the best part of the night for me was that it wasn’t Democrats fighting against Tom Cotton and these amendments; it was Chuck Grassley, in his festive-red holiday sweater, who went up there with that Iowa accent that maybe only I can understand, being from Minnesota, and was able to really effectively fight them down. And the second thing was just the final vote—I mean, we don’t get that many votes for a volleyball resolution—and that we had that strong of support for the reform was also really exciting. Senate Session: Senate floor First Step Act Debate and Vote, C-SPAN, December 18, 2018. Podcast: Wrongful Conviction Podcast: Kim Kardashian and Jason Flom join forces to advocate for Criminal Justice Reform and Clemency, September 5, 2018. Netflix Episode: Orange is the New Black, Season 3 Episode 5, Fake it Till You Make It Some More, June 11, 2015. Netflix Episode: Orange is the New Black, Season 3 Episode 6, Ching Chong, Chang, June 11, 2015. Video Clip: Whitney Houston 'Crack is Whack' Clip from 2002 Diane Sawyer Interview on ABC News, YouTube, February 11, 2012. Hearing: Federal Prison Industries, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, C-SPAN, July 1, 2005. Witnesses: - Phillip Glover - American Federation of Government Employees Prison Locals Council - President - Paul Miller - Independent Office Products & Furniture Dealers Association Sound Clips: 1:32 Former Representative Howard Coble: Prisoners who are physically able to work must labor in some capacity five days a week. FPI is a government corporation that operates the BOP’s correctional program and employs inmates of the federal prison population to manufacture goods for and provides services to federal agencies. About 20% of the inmates work in Federal Prison Industries’, FPI, factories. They generally work in factory operations such as metals, furniture, electronics, textiles, and graphic arts. FPI work assignments pay from $0.23 to $1.15 per hour. 6:19 Representative Bobby Scott (VA): FPI can only sell its products and services to federal agencies. The program was established in the 1930s, in the midst of the Great Depression, as a way to teach prisoners real work habits and skills so that when they are released from prison they’ll be able to find and hold jobs to support themselves and their families and be less likely to commit more crimes. It is clear that the program works to do just that. Followup studies covering as much as 16 years of data have shown that inmates who participate in Prison Industries are 14% more likely to be employed and 24% less likely to commit crimes than like prisoners who do not participate in the program. 1:39:58 Former Representative Pieter Hoekstra, current Ambassador to the Netherlands: Mandatory source was great for Federal Prison Industries during the 1990s and 2001 and 2002. But you know what? I think it was wrong that Federal Prison Industries was the fastest and probably the only growing office-furniture company in America during that time. As the industry was going through significant layoffs, Federal Prison Industries was growing by double digits each and every year. 1:46:40 Philip Glover: If you have someone serving at USP, Leavenworth, for instance, and they’re in for 45 years or 50 years, you can educate them, you can vo-tech them, but to keep them productive and occupied on a daily basis and feel like they have a little bit of worth, this program seems to do that. That’s where, at least as a correctional officer, that’s where I come from on this program is that it gives the inmate a sense of worth, and every day he goes down and does something productive. Resources About Page: Americans for Prosperity American Addiction Centers: Crack Cocaine & Cocaine: What's the Difference? Annual Report: The GEO Group, Inc. 2017 Annual Report Lobbying Report: Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) Media Statement: Statement from CoreCivic President and CEO Damon Hininger on the First Step Act OpenSecrets: Americans for Prosperity OpenSecrets: CoreCivic Inc. Lobbyists OpenSecrets: CoreCivic Inc Profile for 2018 Election Cycle OpenSecrets: GEO Group Lobbyists OpenSecrets: GEO Group Profile for 2018 Election Cycle OpenSecrets: Outside Spending of Political Nonprofits OpenSecrets: Trump 2017 Inauguration Donors Product Page: Pride Enterprises Ranker.com: 50 American Companies That Have Ties to Modern Slavery SPLC: Criminal Justice Reform Visual Resources Community Suggestions See more Community Suggestions HERE. Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)
The City of Austin passed an ordinance on November 15 creating the Office of Police Oversight. Even as this new police accountability goes into place, Austin Police Department, the deadliest in the state, faces several looming scandals. What safeguards does the city have in place against its cavalier police department, what remains to be accomplished, and how will this effect the shocking revelations that APD may have falsely cleared as many as 1,400 rape cases without an arrest or charge? We talk to Chris Harris, an organizer with Grassroots Leadership, for the full hour about police transparency and accountability policies throughout the nation.
The City of Austin passed an ordinance on November 15 creating the Office of Police Oversight. Even as this new police accountability goes into place, Austin Police Department, the deadliest in the state, faces several looming scandals. What safeguards does the city have in place against its cavalier police department, what remains to be accomplished, and how will this effect the shocking revelations that APD may have falsely cleared as many as 1,400 rape cases without an arrest or charge? We talk to Chris Harris, an organizer with Grassroots Leadership, for the full hour about police transparency and accountability policies throughout the nation.
We turn now to the fight to release Griselda Cruz Lopez, one of several hundred women being held at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center in Taylor, Texas. Griselda has been separated from her child, has not heard from her child in a month, and suffers complications from a skull fracture suffered in the care of Core Civic, which runs the detention center. Joining us is Sofia Casini, an organizer at Grassroots Leadership, fighting to end the abuses at Hutto Detention Center.The far-right candidate Bolsonaro has just surged to victory in Brazil, now putting the future of the Amazon in jeopardy and certainly spelling danger for Black and indigenous Brazilians. Meanwhile, a rash of far-right hate crimes has once again plagued the U.S. What can we expect out of a right-wing dominated Brazil and what can the left do to better prepare itself? For this segment, we speak with Jacqueline and Abdus Luqman, co-hosts of Luqman Nation.
We turn now to the fight to release Griselda Cruz Lopez, one of several hundred women being held at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center in Taylor, Texas. Griselda has been separated from her child, has not heard from her child in a month, and suffers complications from a skull fracture suffered in the care of Core Civic, which runs the detention center. Joining us is Sofia Casini, an organizer at Grassroots Leadership, fighting to end the abuses at Hutto Detention Center.The far-right candidate Bolsonaro has just surged to victory in Brazil, now putting the future of the Amazon in jeopardy and certainly spelling danger for Black and indigenous Brazilians. Meanwhile, a rash of far-right hate crimes has once again plagued the U.S. What can we expect out of a right-wing dominated Brazil and what can the left do to better prepare itself? For this segment, we speak with Jacqueline and Abdus Luqman, co-hosts of Luqman Nation.
Pleasure can be complicated, hunger can feel like a betrayal, but our bodies were built for pleasure and it's time for you to reconnect with what it means to feel good, to prioritize what brings you delight and joy, and to unpack the old stories that keep you stuck in shame and guilt. My new online course, Power in Pleasure: Reconnecting with Your Hunger, Desire, and Joy, will start enrolling soon, so join the notification list now and get first dibs on the course. Listener questions, pleasure, and reproductive justice with Monica Raye Simpson of SisterSong. DeeLo wrote in with an a-ha moment around Hannah Gadsby's "Nanette" and something I said a few weeks ago. Yay bodies and rewriting stories. Julie wanted to offer some thoughts around mindfulness, anxiety, PTSD, and working with a professional after hearing Dr. Lori Brotto's episode a few weeks ago. Co-signed! Anonymous needs help. Her new partner's erection lasted for hours. Is he just nervous or anxious? Maybe things will get better? Is there something she can do? I got help answering this question from Patreon supporter Crystal Force, and then weigh in myself. And then, there's Monica. The first time I saw Monica speak at Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit, I was moved to tears. Her clarity about the work she does, who she does it for, and how she wants to be in the world is extraordinary. She understands the importance of sexual freedom and the role that happiness, pleasure, and queer acceptance play in our overall lives, and how reproductive justice can be a gateway to freedom in so many aspects of our lives. I can't wait for you to hear it. Plus, Patreon supporters - If you support the show at the $3 level and above, this week's bonus is an exploration into a relationship charter. I'll offer you some questions to reflect on and even talk to a loved one about, as a jumping off point for being more deliberate and co-creative in the way you do relationship with each other. Listen and support the show at patreon.com/sgrpodcast Follow Sex Gets Real on Twitter and Facebook. It's true. Oh! And Dawn is on Instagram. About Monica Raye Simpson: Monica Raye Simpson, a queer, black, NC native, has organized extensively against human rights abuse, the prison industry, racism, and systemic violence against Southern black women and LBGTQ people. A proud graduate of the historically black Johnson C. Smith University, she earned a bachelor’s in Communications and organized for LGBTQ rights on and off campus. She then became the Operations Director and the first person of color at the Charlotte Lesbian & Gay Community Center. Next, she trained black youth in activism, philanthropy, and fundraising as the Ujamaa Coordinator for Grassroots Leadership. In 2010, she moved to GA to be SisterSong's Development Coordinator; she was promoted to Deputy Coordinator in 2011, Interim Executive Director in 2012, and Executive Director in 2013. Stay in touch at SisterSong's new website, and follow along at Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Listen and subscribe to Sex Gets Real Listen and subscribe on iTunes Check us out on Stitcher Don't forget about I Heart Radio's Spreaker Pop over to Google Play Use the player at the top of this page. Now available on Spotify. Search for "sex gets real". Find the Sex Gets Real channel on IHeartRadio. Hearing from you is the best Contact form: Click here (and it's anonymous)
This week, we talk to Lewis Conway, an organizer with Grassroots Leadership, author of two books, and candidate for Austin City Council District 1, about his campaign and life.Then, we discuss SESTA-FOSTA Rainny Daze, a representative with the Austin chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project.
This week, we talk to Lewis Conway, an organizer with Grassroots Leadership, author of two books, and candidate for Austin City Council District 1, about his campaign and life.Then, we discuss SESTA-FOSTA Rainny Daze, a representative with the Austin chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project.
Do you hate the US Gastapo AKA ICE?! WELL SO DO WE. Shit gits rly real and rly INFORMATIVE and rly motivating with these incredible guests: Margaret McLaughlin of Metro DC DSA, Kristian Hernandez of North Texas DSA, and Olivia (joining us again!) from Portland, Oregon DSA. Calling out ICE as a terrorist organization: check Calling out liberals on their bullshit: check Outlining ideas and tools you can use in your area: YOU BETCHA Still managing to uplift one another and the work we do bc that's what we do on SotB: yaaaaaaas Resources: CIMA! https://www.facebook.com/CIMA-Compa%C3%B1eros-Inmigrantes-de-las-Monta%C3%B1as-en-Accion-129368210479514/ GoFundMe for the ICE occupation relief fund: https://www.gofundme.com/occupyicepdx North Texas Dream Team: http://www.northtexasdreamteam.org/donate/ They're also currently fundraising for an undocumented father who needs life-saving meds: http://immi.gr/josefund Workers Defense Project: http://www.workersdefense.org/donate/ Grassroots Leadership: http://grassrootsleadership.org/make-donation Music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo!
This week, our continuing coverage of the immigration crisis. We talk first with Roxana Norouzi, deputy director of OneAmerica, the nonprofit started by Rep. Pramila Jayapal that's become the largest immigrant rights organization in Washington. Then, Erin Albanese and Tahmina Watson, two principle figures with Lawyer Moms for America, about their campaign to deliver an open letter to every senator and member of Congress calling for an end to Trump's policies on immigrant asylum-seekers and their children. And a conversation with Indivisible Austin president Lisa Benjamin Goodgame about what advocacy groups are doing on behalf of immigrants at and around the Texas border. Find a Families Belong Together march or rally near you: https://www.familiesbelongtogether.org/ OneAmerica's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/weareoneamerica/ OneAmerica's Walk a Mile in Our Shoes Campaign: https://www.facebook.com/events/166981577494104/ For more on the Walk a Mile in Our Shoes Campaign, see #walkamileinourshoes Tahmina Talks Immigration: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tahmina-talks-immigration/id1350535670?mt=2 Sign on to Lawyer Moms of America's Open Letter: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdP_nwGuZ8-rAzkJqtUMzza55IJRQDUYmbFPo_i837v1z6knA/viewform Families Belong Together Rally at SeaTac Federal Detention Facility: https://www.facebook.com/events/220480778565945/ Hutto women's bond fund with Grassroots Leadership. https://grassrootsleadership.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=30 Austin Sanctuary Network address for tax-deductible donations: 14311 Wells Port Drive Austin, TX 78728
This week, Austin City Council will be voting on two resolutions pertaining to the fightback against Texas SB4, the draconian anti-immigration bill that made national news for its infringement on immigrant rights last year. What is at stake with the City Council vote on these items, and what precedent might that set for cities and organizations working to push back against attacks on immigrant communities at the local level?We are joined by Chris Harris, a data analyst and campaign coordinator; and Rebecca Sanchez, immigration organizer and visual projects coordinator. Both work with Grassroots Leadership. Grassroots Leadership is a non-profit that works for a more just society where prison profiteering, mass incarceration, deportation and criminalization are things of the past.
This week, Austin City Council will be voting on two resolutions pertaining to the fightback against Texas SB4, the draconian anti-immigration bill that made national news for its infringement on immigrant rights last year. What is at stake with the City Council vote on these items, and what precedent might that set for cities and organizations working to push back against attacks on immigrant communities at the local level?We are joined by Chris Harris, a data analyst and campaign coordinator; and Rebecca Sanchez, immigration organizer and visual projects coordinator. Both work with Grassroots Leadership. Grassroots Leadership is a non-profit that works for a more just society where prison profiteering, mass incarceration, deportation and criminalization are things of the past.
Israel has killed 18 protesters and injured over 1,500 after opening fire with live ammunition on the Gaza border. This happened during Land Day, an annual protest of Israel’s annexation of large tracts of Palestinian land in 1976. As Israel intensifies its Zionist settler-colonial project, could this signal another military assault on the Gaza strip? We are joined by Haithem el-Zabri, an Austin-based Palestinian activist and director of the Palestine Online Store (palestineonlinestore.com).Houston police are coming under scrutiny for the shooting of 34-year-old Danny Ray Thomas. Thomas was unarmed and experiencing a mental health crisis when he was shot and killed by officer Cameron Brewer. The officer was carrying a Taser at the time, but opted for lethal force instead. What does this mean for the state of police reform in Texas? Chris Harris of Grassroots Leadership weighs in on body cameras, the role of police in society, local response to the Austin bombings, and the state of Black Lives Matter and related movements for black liberation.
Kakenya Ntaiya, Founder and President of the Kakenya Center for Excellence, spoke about, “Empowering Girls, Transforming Communities: The Power of Grassroots Leadership,” on Thursday, March 8, 2018 – which also coincided with International Women’s Day. Dr. Ntaiya spoke about her organization’s “recipe” for transformative change within a community: educating a girl. The talk was moderated by Dr. Ana Langer.
As an organization the Hogg Foundation aims not just to advance mental health and wellness, but to make a positive impact on the world more generally, particularly in historically marginalized communities. Advocating for marginalized communities implies an ongoing relationship that takes time to grow. In this episode Latasha Taylor, mental health organizer for Grassroots Leadership of Texas and a peer policy fellow for the Hogg Foundation, offers up her thoughts on what it means to advocate for marginalized communities and why it matters.
This week, we speak to Chris Harris, data analyst with Grassroots Leadership and co-host of Hip Hop Hooray on KOOP. We discuss the intersections of social and economic oppression, city negotiations with Austin's police union, civilian oversight, immigration, and homelessness. Our main focus is on the racist outcomes of discretionary arrests by the Austin Police Department.
The private correctional industry has been in the news and pop culture recently, from Orange is the New Black's fourth season story line, to an expose in Mother Jones in which a reporter embedded in a private prison in Louisiana for four months as a correctional officer. I sat down with Bob Libal, Executive Director of Grassroots Leadership, to discuss corporate profits and the prison industry, and efforts toward reform.
Download Capt. Abrashoff's book It's Your Ship FREE from Audible! Go to www.audibletrial.com/utlradio.com UTLRadio welcomes you to this episode of Understanding Business, a weekly radio program focused around business and personal development topics. The program is hosted by nationally recognized business attorney Peter Lamont and is a service of the Law Offices of Peter J. Lamont and Associates. On this episode Host and Business Attorney Peter J. Lamont discusses leadership with Capt. Michael Abrashoff, former commander of the U.S. Benfold. Capt. Michael Abrashoff is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, and was a military assistant to the former secretary of defense, the Honorable Dr. William J. Perry. Abrashoff left the Navy in 2001 and became the founder and CEO of Grassroots Leadership, Inc., in Boston. You can visit his website at www.grassrootsleadership.com. As always, we welcome input and feedback from you the listener and we encourage you to join in the conversation by calling the live program at (347) 855-8831 or by contacting us via our social media sites. Links to our various sites are listed on our main website, UTLRadio.com
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Leadership comes from many sources and angles. Grassroot movements based on passion is one of those sources. Today we talk about grassroots organizing for scientists with Mary Canady.Mary Canady, Ph.D., is the founder of Comprendia, a firm specializing in helping biotechnology and life science companies grow through the creation, commercialization, and communication of value. Dr. Canady was a research scientist for ten years and worked for eight years in biotechnology marketing and business development at Life Technologies, EMD Millipore, and startup companies. In 2008, she founded Comprendia, leveraging social media to build an extensive network of 20,000 life science and biotechnology professionals. Comprendia relies on this social media expertise in working with more than 15 life science companies to help them engage with their customers, strengthen their online brand, and ultimately to thrive in the new media economy.
The fight against private prisons - an interview with Kimberly Charles of Grassroots Leadership / and, a discussion of the government shutdown and the disease of capitalism.
Speakers at this event reflect upon decades of work in a multiracial community organizing effort focusing on ending private prisons and immigrant family detention. Speakers: Si Kahn, Donna Red Wing, Ann Beeson. (Recorded: March 10, 2010)
President Je'Nen Chastain and Vice President Brett Roeth recap the 2009 AIAS Grassroots Leadership Conference in Washington, DC and interview two students who participated.
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