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• Engaging introduction of Imam Taymullah Abdur-Rahman, highlighting his transition from pop stardom to a figure of social change.
• Discussion on the role of faith and spirituality in the fight for social justice.
• Exploration of the Black Muslim American experience and its contemporary concerns.
• Insight into Imam Tay's philosophy on prison abolition and the importance of interreligious dialogue.
• Discussion on the impact of Imam Tay's book "American Imam" and his vision for the future of interfaith dialogue.
• Call-to-action for listeners to engage with Imam Tay’s work and the podcast.

This episode of RISE Urban Nation with Imam Taymullah Abdur-Rahman is not only an exploration of a unique journey but also a meaningful discussion on key social issues that resonate with today's social climate.

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This week jarrett and Tre’vell bring back FANTI veteran, Dr. Charles H.F. Davis III to discuss prison abolition, the beginnings of its movement and specifically how it differs from the idea of prison reform. They also discuss how proactivity in the prevention of crime is more beneficial than punishment after the fact. And later, our hosts get a visit from FANTI friend, Shar Jossell.

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Susan Burton 

Crashing Hip Hop’s 50th Birthday Party (ft Sesali Bowen & “Prince” Pierre Phipps)

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Jade & XD, “The DownfallLlist”

Nerdette, Yes, You’re An Activist 

Michael Colyar Morning Show this past Tuesday 

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BrownTown talks water access, water solidarity, and abolition as presence with Avalon Betts-Gatson and Tommy Hagan, organizers with the Coalition to Decarcerate Illinois (CDI). From indigenous land back struggles to fighting for clean drinking water for incarcerated peoples, water is the most basic human right. The gang gets meta discussing organizing strategies within coalitions of various ideologies, access points to abolition, and the role of prisons and carceral logics in current campaigns, recent events, and everyday life. Originally recorded September 11, 2023.

GUESTS
Avalon Betts-Gaston is a Chicago native, non-licensed attorney, ordained minister, and passionate advocate to dismantle, change and build a legal system focused on humane justice and harm reduction, not just punishment.  Avalon made her public debut as an advocate at a young age when she convinced her fellow Congressional pages to protest apartheid outside of the South African embassy in Washington, D.C.  This passion against various societal injustices continued throughout her life and was super-charged and focused on the criminal legal system after she was wrongfully convicted in 2015. She is the first known formerly incarcerated Board Chairperson for Community Renewal Society, and is also on the FreeHer Campaign Advisory Council, a board member of Chicago Votes, a 2022 JLUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow, and is currently the Project Manager at the Illinois Alliance for Reentry & Justice.

Tommy Hagan is the Co-Director of the REAL Youth Initiative. He has spent the last 8 years working to build power with currently incarcerated people in the United States. As a student at the University of Chicago, he helped launch the Bridge Writing Workshop, a weekly creative writing workshop at Cook County Jail. Tommy also participated in and co-wrote a published report on Northwestern University’s Children and Family Justice Center’s Reimagining Youth Justice Project. From this report, Tommy helped launch the Final 5 Campaign - a coalition fighting to close the 5 remaining youth prisons in Illinois. Part of the Irish diaspora, Tommy is dedicated to ending practices of settler colonialism, imperialism, and military occupation.

Learn more about CDI on their site and their SoapBox page; follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Mentioned in episode:

• #StopCopCity RICO charges & #NoCopAcademy
• The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave
• Ruth Wilson Gilmore - racism definition & "Abolition Geography"
• Bella BAHHS' January 6th article (TRiiBE)
• Dylan Rodríguez on Millennials Are Killing Capitalism
• “We can’t have #LandBack without #WaterBack” --Pueblo Action Alliance’s #WaterBack campaign
• Water access struggles (US): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Water access struggles (Internat'l): Honduras, Palestine, Bangladesh

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CREDITS: Intro from the SoapBox-produced Coalition to Decarcerate Illinois press conference video on April 21, 2022. Outro song Wavy by Tobe Nwigwe. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles.

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In this episode, we discuss the story of Sundiata Jawanza, who has been in prison since 1995 on a life sentence. Sundiata has spent the last 28 years working towards self-development and has become a beacon of hope for others in prison; he's a selfless advocate for prisoners' rights, is a peer counselor where he supports the mental health of fellow incarcerated people, and provides legal aid and education through his work as a founder of the organization Jailhouse Lawyers Speak. He has also served as the Imam, providing spiritual guidance to the entire prison Muslim population.

Jay and Rock discuss the recent movement to free Sundiata, as his parole approaches, what his organizing and activism has looked like, who he is as a person, the role of jailhouse lawyers, and how the listeners can get involved to bring him home. 

Visit SundiataJawanza.com for more information and to get involved. 

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In this episode, poet and activist Too Black joins to discuss the incredible story of the Pendleton 2. We dive into the details of the 1985 uprising at the Pendleton Correctional Facility and explore the factors that led to this critical event: racial tensions and a violent prison environment created by guards who were part of a KKK splinter group, the "Sons of Light," pushed John 'Balagoon' Cole and Christopher 'Naeem' Trotter to take a courageous stand against racist prison abuse.

Too Black gives us a play-by-play of the day's events, highlighting the importance of unity among prisoners in making the rebellion, and we learn how Cole and Trotter managed to bring everyone together and prevent the situation from escalating into something much worse. We also discuss their decision to call Black radio stations and newspapers for help, warning them that their lives were in danger if they didn't intervene; examine the 14 demands  they issued which were eventually met; and why this event became known as "Indiana's Attica." Despite their heroic actions to save a Black man's life from racist prison guards, both Cole and Trotter remain incarcerated to this day. As we wrap up our conversation, we share resources for listeners who want to learn more about the Pendleton 2 and get involved in supporting their cause. 

Please visit Pendleton2.com to learn more, watch the new documentary, and get involved. 

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After missing an episode in February, I'm back with a juicy, chonky, three-hour epic tale for you all! I talk about serving on a jury for the first time - how it works (here in the U.S. and in California specifically), what the details of the case were, how we voted, my perception of this as a prison abolitionist, and my experience as an autistic juror. 

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This week Authentically Detroit discusses the experience of children with incarcerated parents. 

Southeastern graduate and soon to be Mississippi Valley State graduate TJ Edwards has a one-on-one discussion with Orlando about how growing up with an incarcerated parent helped shape his worldview. TJ goes into detail about how ECN’s Vault teen center and participation in football helped him find a healthy outlet for his grief and propelled him to enroll in college. 

Last year, TJ dressed up as Santa and passed out gifts to 16 kids with incarcerated parents. If you’re interested in helping TJ pass out gifts this year, please call/text him at 808-940-6287 or follow him on Instagram @nuvoshawn. 

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CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS WANT DETROIT TO STOP WATER SHUTOFFS, EXTEND MORATORIUM 

CORE CITY ORGANIZES OPPOSITION TO CONCRETE CRUSHING PLANT

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BrownTown sits down with Dyanna Winchester, Decarceration Organizer with Live Free Illinois. In Part Two of the "We Are More" series, BrownTown and Dyanna discuss organizing against and within institutions to disrupt dangerous policy, addressing intracommunal violence with interpersonal relationships, supporting re-entry after being incarcerated, and more. Watch the micro-docs, listen to the series, and take action at SoapBoxPO.com/We-Are-More and IllinoisPrisonProject.org.

Dyanna's shares her experience with incarceration before the team delves into policy-driven factors like the Truth in Sentencing Act and the barriers folks formerly incarcerated folks face upon re-integrating into society after being released. They also touch on the nuances and history of faith-based organizing, particularly in the Black community, as well as Live Free's full free campaign and clean state initiative. What does freedom really look like? Here's their take.

Full Transcription Here!

GUEST
Dyanna Winchester is a Chicago-born, formerly incarcerated organizer and mother of two boys, one of whom was tragically killed from gun violence within the city. She received her associates degree in Liberal arts from Lakeland College and is currently studying to get her Bachelor of Science in Business Management. Dyanna spent 20 years in the prison system and has worn many hats of employment while facing barriers to financial stability due to being system-impacted. Her most influential roles have been a Community Navigator/Case Manager/Career Coach at Howard Area Community Center. Now, she is passionate about her new role as Decarceration Organizer with Live Free Illinois where she can bring forth change both in our communities and at the policy level to help deliver the liberty and dignity we all deserve. When not in her Live Free Illinois role, she enjoys loving on her family, playing with dogs, exercising, and helping others.

ILLINOIS PRISON PROJECT (IPP)
Through advocacy, public education, and direct representation, the Illinois Prison Project brings hope to and fight in community with incarcerated people and their loved ones for a brighter, more humane, more just system for us all. Learn more about the IPP on their site; follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. 

CREDITS: Intro soundbite from Michael Penny of the "We Are More" micro-doc series and outro soundbite from Dyanna Winchester. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles. This series is sponsored by the Illinois Prison Project.

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BrownTown brings you the "We Are More" campaign series! The podcast extension of SoapBox's micro-doc video series with the Illinois Prison Project centers the experiences of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, and pushes back against fear-mongering “tough on crime” rhetoric and policies resurging in the 2022 election season. With the support of directly-impacted guests, BrownTown unpacks the revanchist history of these dangerous policies, recent media sensationalism, and the importance of media literacy through an abolitionist lens. Watch the micro-docs, listen to the series, and take action at SoapBoxPO.com/We-Are-More and IllinoisPrisonProject.org.

Full Transcriptions here!

ILLINOIS PRISON PROJECT (IPP)
Through advocacy, public education, and direct representation, the Illinois Prison Project brings hope to and fight in community with incarcerated people and their loved ones for a brighter, more humane, more just system for us all. Learn more about the IPP on their site; follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. 

CREDITS: Intro/outro soundbites from SoapBox "We Are More" micro-docs of Renaldo Hudson (intro) and Anthony Jones (outro), edited by James Edward Murray. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles. Episode photo by Aidan Kranz. This series is sponsored by the Illinois Prison Project.

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In today’s episode of our Someone's Daughter Podcast, we’ll continue discussing WOMEN AND JUSTICE. Narince Erkan, president of Durham Rebel Justice Society, will be speaking with Hema Vyas, Life Leadership Mentor and omnipreneurial psychologist; Sue Wheatcroft, Mental Health Activist and woman with lived experience in the justice system; Amanda Hawick, Shetland Councillor and independent business owner; and Susan Pease Banitt, an award-winning author, psychotherapist and pioneer in the field of alternative therapies in psychological healing. You will hear very powerful shares and solution oriented ideas from their fields of expertise.

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Nancy chats with Ashish Prashar about his time in prison for a non-violent crime, how the prison industrial complex discriminates against BIPOC, and how to move toward prison reform and abolition.

When you hear Ashish Prashar’s lovely soft spoken British accent, coupled with his intellectual stance on the flawed U.S. prison system, it's really hard to believe he spent an entire year of his life in a dark prison at the young age of 17 for a non-violent crime. 

Sadly, he’s one of thousands of BIPOCs whose lives will forever be impacted by a flawed justice system (minorities rep 80% of those with convictions). Incarceration has a profound effect that reaches far beyond prison itself: Millions of people are needlessly unemployed, underemployed or homeless just because they have a conviction. And did you know more than 75% of jail suicides involve people who had not been convicted of a crime?

But today, Ash is a transformational leader, innovator and justice reform activist who prides himself as the first formerly incarcerated individual to rise from reporter to press secretary for high-ranking politicians, to the c-suite of an iconic company (R/GA). 

Ashish fights the good fight: he’s campaigned for bail reform, ending solitary confinement, and the restoration of voting rights. He sits on the boards of Exodus Transitional Community, Getting Out and Staying Out NYC, Just Leadership USA, Leap Confronting Conflict, the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice. He champion’s R/GA’s second chance hiring programs across its 10+ offices globally. 

You can also check out his contributed articles to CNN, USA Today, Business Insider, Fast Company – all focused on prison advocacy. 

Ashish has a lengthy career in politics as Press Secretary to the former Mayor of London, campaign leader for former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, supported President Joe Biden's 2020 US Presidential Campaign, played an integral part of Obama's 2008 US Presidential Campaign, the 2018 Midterms for a variety of Democrat candidates, and much more).

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Welcome to Progressive Opinions of Color (POC), a podcast that creates space for people of color in conversations about economics, politics, and culture. Your host is Nancy Wu. Nancy is an Asian American woman, an economist, and a huge politics and policy nerd. Nancy triple majored in Economics, Government (Political Science) and Gender Studies at Dartmouth and has a Master’s in Development Economics from Oxford. She works as an Economist full time and has previously worked in economic policy at the White House (under Obama, of course) and progressive think tanks. 
 
The goal of this podcast is to engage the state of the economy, and other pressing topics in politics, economics, and culture, all through perspectives inclusive of the lived experiences of people of color. Whether you're new to politics or already a huge politics nerd, we hope this podcast inspires community and conversation among us. Join us in reimagining politics and economics with under

This week on Match Volume, Contributor Steven Vargas sits down with Suchi Branfman and Terry Sakamoto of the Dancing Through Prison Walls Project. Branfman started the project in 2016 as a five-year choreographic residency inside a medium-security prison in Norco, California. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, the project -- and the expression it allowed the people in prison -- was put at risk. However, Branfman was able to let it continue by having participants write dances from their bunks. The dances will premiere Saturday, November 13 at 3pm at Scripps College.

On this week’s Pop Culture Boner takes a look at Nicolas Cage’s performance in the 1997 classic Con Air? Why does John Cusack put all the baddies on one plane? Why is John Malkovich there? Can you redeem yourself by deciding to not murder a small girl in the desert? So many questions. So few answers.

Visit the website for episode notes and a full transcript: www.popcultureboner.com

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Visit the website for episode notes and a full transcript: www.popcultureboner.com

You can find May on Facebook at May Tiwamangkala or Instagram @philosomay

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Join Amber and Jason as they launch their second season of Amplified Voices with a guest you won't want to miss: Attorney Stefanie Mundhenk. In this episode, Stefanie talks about how her life was altered by an incident at Baylor University. Her journey takes us from Texas to Washington D.C., where she was a graduate law student at Georgetown, and ultimately to Kentucky where she studied for the bar and is now a practicing attorney.

Hear Stefanie explain why she believes the entire criminal legal system needs to be reformed, as she discusses Title IX and her experiences as a public defender.

Stefanie can be followed on Twitter  @philawsostef

Here's a link to an article that she wrote for The Appeal:
I Was Sexually Assaulted. And I Believe Incarcerating Rapists Doesn’t Help Victims Like Me. - The Appeal

Professor, writer, and activist Dr. Joy James joins the show to discuss her work around abolition. More specifically, we look at what Dr. James calls "academic abolitionism", the role that academics play in halting or co-opting revolutionary organizing, the current state of the prison abolition movement, and why it is revolutionary to start our political organizing with one simple question: what do Black children need?

Felicia Denaud joins as co-host. 

The beat you hear was produced by JayOhAye, and you can hear more here. 

The painting on the cover art is "J.D. McClain’s Day in Court" (1970) by Jeff Donaldson.

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In this episode we talk to Christian Boakye an SLT as Feltham Young Offenders Institution. It's a fascinating look into how speech and language therapy can help young offenders deal with custodial sentences and improve their chances of rehabilitation upon release. We also talk about prison abolition, diversity in the workforce and other issues related to criminal justice. 

The interview is conducted by Jacques Strauss, freelance digital producer.

Join herbalist, artist and comedian Melanie Griffin, and host Amanda Yates Garcia, as they discuss spiritual and herbal means for coping with the stress of 2020. This episode covers a lot of ground, ranging from overcoming the militaristic medical complex, to working with herbs to ameliorate depression. Plants are not just resources to exploit but beings to establish relationships with. Our spiritual practices connecting with the plant world can be a lifeline in troubled times. We talk about specific herbs you can work with to cope with stress, depression and frayed nerves, and other ways, besides ingesting them, to work with plants. Plant work is ancestral work, join us and find out why.

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Amanda Yates Garcia (host) & Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs (producer). Often with editing help from Jiha Lee. The BTW image was created by Maria Minnis (tinyparsnip.com / instagram.com/tinyparsnip ) with text designed by Leah Hayes. 

In this quick introduction episode, Amplified Voices Hosts, Amber and Jason talk about the origins of the podcast, its guiding concepts and what they hope to accomplish through their conversations with real people in real communities who have been affected by the criminal legal system.