This episode is an audio remembrance and tribute to our comrade and brother Malik Alim, who transcended this plane August 20, 2021. Thanks to all of the family and community members who shared their messages and memories.
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Welcome to One Million Experiments, a brand new podcast exploring how we define and create safety, wellness, and protection in a world without police and prisons. Through longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects, 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, and celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment.
On this first episode, hosts Dame and Kiss introduce the project alongside Interrupting Criminalization's Eva Nagao. Then the guys take a deep dive into the project with 1ME co-creator Mariame Kaba, who talks about the project's evolution, the limits of framing the projects as "alternatives" to police and prisons, and how she hopes the project moves people into movement and action.
SHOW NOTES
The podcast is brought to you by AirGo (airgoradio.com), Project Nia, and Interrupting Criminalization (www.interruptingcriminalization.com).
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Explore the One Million Experiments Virtual Encyclopedia -millionexperiments.com/
Paola Rojas - sfonline.barnard.edu/navigating-neo…s-and-hearts/#
Project NIA - project-nia.org/
adrienne maree brown - adriennemareebrown.net/
Shira Hassan - just-practice.org/about-shira
Ruthie Wilson Gilmore - www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/magazi…lson-gilmore.html
Mia Mingus - twitter.com/miamingus
Climate Changemakers is back for Season 2! And this year, hosts Damon and Kiss are reaching beyond Illinois and talking with environmental justice movement workers from across the land about what ideas guide their work, which strategies have been effective, and what advice they have for Elevate as the organization works to put people and the planet first in the fight to build equity through climate action.
On Episode 5, Dame and Kiss head east to talk Detroit with the inimitable Monica Lewis-Patrick. Known as the "Water Warrior," Monica is the cofounder of We The People Detroit, a community-based grassroots organization aiming to inform, educate, and empower Detroit residents on imperative issues surrounding civil rights, land, water, education, and the democratic process. She talks about the links between water access and austerity, the gender-based violence of water shutoffs, the regional coalition of water organizing across the Great Lakes, how her mother called her to action, and much more.
SHOW NOTES
Support We The People Detroit - www.wethepeopleofdetroit.com
Gloria House - snccdigital.org/people/gloria-house/
Rev. Dr. JoAnne Watson - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoAnn_Watson
ALEC - www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed
Charity Hicks - https://www.onthecommons.org/magazine/commoner/remembering-charity-hicks
Prof. Gwen Winston - https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/one-song-playlist/monica-lewis-patrick-gwen-9ZWG3l-kheD/
We the Youth Detroit - www.wethepeopleofdetroit.com/youth-leaders
The New “Water Barons”: Wall Street Mega-Banks are Buying up the World’s Water - https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-new-water-barons-wall-street-mega-banks-are-buying-up-the-worlds-water/5383274
Water Shutoffs During COVID-19 and Black Lives: Case Study Detroit -https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/env.2020.0064
Clean Water and Reproductive Justice - https://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/resources/repro/clean-water-and-reproductive-justice.pdf
Water insecurity and psychosocial distress: case study of the Detroit water shutoffs - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32930795/
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Climate Changemakers is back for Season 2! And this year, hosts Damon and Kiss are reaching beyond Illinois and talking with environmental justice movement workers from across the land about what ideas guide their work, which strategies have been effective, and what advice they have for Elevate as the organization works to put people and the planet first in the fight to build equity through climate action.
On this episode, the guys are joined by Neil Whitegull. Neil is the Executive Director of the Ho-Chunk Housing and Community Development Agency, a nonprofit organization on Ho-Chunk sovereign land in Wisconsin. He breaks down the history of trust responsibilities between the federal government and indigenous people, the contradictions and opportunities of federal funding, Ho-Chunk stories that go back three ice ages, the film Ice Age, and much more.
SHOW NOTES
Learn more about the HHCDA: hhcda.com/
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AirGo is partnering with UIC's Social Justice Initiative to present The Sawyer Seminar, a series of conversations hosted by UIC scholars entitled Radical Care, Real Alternatives. On this sixth and final episode, we dive deep into the dynamics, structures, and transformative possibilities of the fight for Environmental and Climate Justice. The conversation is hosted by Teresa Córdova, who is the Director of the Great Cities Institute and a Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at UIC. She is joined by José Bravo, the Executive Director of Just Transition Alliance, and José Acosta-Cordova, the Environmental Planning and Research Organizer at LVEJO. The trio breaks down how the work has shifted over the last thirty years, some of the false solutions to climate change that are being proposed, and the value of multigenerational organizing in the Environmental Justice movement. It's a great convo to wrap up the suite–enjoy!
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Transcription by Ayinde Jean-Baptiste
AirGo is partnering with UIC's Social Justice Initiative to present The Sawyer Seminar, a series of conversations hosted by UIC scholars entitled Radical Care, Real Alternatives. This episode, hosted by UIC professors Rachel Weber and Philip Ashton, explores how the public goods and services on which we rely have been commodified, packaged, and sold to the highest bidder. From the Chicago Skyway to the Green Line subway to the parking spots across the city, the municipal government has auctioned off the public infrastructure in an attempt to plug short-term budget holes, with often disastrous consequences. Dive deep into the weeds and emerge with a new lens to challenge the privatization of our lived environment in Chicago and beyond.
SHOW NOTES
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Transcription by Ayinde Jean-Baptiste
Climate Changemakers is back for Season 2! And this year, hosts Damon and Kiss are reaching beyond Illinois and talking with environmental justice movement workers from across the land about what ideas guide their work, which strategies have been effective, and what advice they have for Elevate as the organization works to put people and the planet first in the fight to build equity through climate action.
On this episode, Damon and Daniel have the honor of talking with two of the leading voices in the fight to save the lives and communities of Centreville, Illinois, a community that has been living in raw sewage for decades. Nicole Nelson is an attorney with Equity Legal Services, where she litigates on behalf of and works with Centreville residents, and Valerie Marion is a lifelong Centreville resident who is one of the founders of Centreville Citizens for Change, a community group that provides bottled water and other resources to their neighbors. The duo talks about how their town was structurally neglected, the physical and emotional toll of the struggle for justice, and what you can do to support.
SHOW NOTES
Donate to the Home Repair Community Fund - charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/…community-fund
Learn more and dive deeper into the fight - floodedandforgotten.com/
irGo is partnering with UIC's Social Justice Initiative to present The Sawyer Seminar, a series of conversations hosted by UIC scholars entitled Radical Care, Real Alternatives. On this episode, we dig deep into the contemporary undocumented rights movement with UIC Professor Amalia Pallares and Mijente Political Director Tania Unzueta. The former mentor-mentee duo go through the timeline of Tania's involvement in the struggle, from her canceled appearance in front of Congress on September 11th, to the fight for DACA to be passed in the early 2010s, to her step into electoral politics over the last few years. Throughout the story, the love and appreciation between the old friends shines through, and the stories Tania shares illustrate what the future of this fight can look like.
SHOW NOTES
Mijente - mijente.net/
Coming out of the Shadows - www.thesociologicalreview.com/coming-out…n-the-usa/
Radio Arte - www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/radio-…nt?oid=3905398
Immigrant youth justice league - mydocumentedlife.org/immigrant-yout…f-the-shadows/
Undocuqueer - creativeresistance.org/i-am-undocuqueer/
#Not1More - www.notonemoredeportation.com/
Secure Communities - www.ice.gov/secure-communities
NOLA Congress of Day Laborers - www.nowcrj.org/
Marisa Franco of Mijente - twitter.com/marisa_franco?lang=en
Chicago Community and Workers Rights - chicagoworkersrights.org/about/
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Transcription by Ayinde Jean-Baptiste
On 5/13/21, AirGo hosted Undocumented & Unafraid, a conversation as part of Allied Media Projects' Bloom Speakers Series. The guys had the privilege and honor of learning from: Jennicet Gutierrez, an organizer with queer and trans undocumented rights organization Famila TQLM; and Patrice Lawrence, the Co-Director of UndocuBlack Network (UBN) is a multigenerational network of currently and formerly undocumented Black people. The squad talks about what they've learned in the struggle, what needs to be centered in the conversation around borders and immigration, what their freedom dreams look like, and much more. Big shouts out to Allied Media for having us!
SHOW NOTES
Deadly Exchange campaign - deadlyexchange.org/
Freedom Dreams by Robin Kelley - www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/20617…-dg-kelley/
Undocublack Network - undocublack.org/
Familia: TQLM - familiatqlm.org/
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Climate Changemakers is back for Season 2! And this year, hosts Damon and Kiss are reaching beyond Illinois and talking with environmental justice movement workers from across the land about what ideas guide their work, which strategies have been effective, and what advice they have for Elevate as the organization works to put people and the planet first in the fight to build equity through climate action.
The season kicks off with Marnese Jackson, an advocate, organizer and mother from Pontiac, Michigan whose work lives at every scale from the personal to the global. She is a member of Michigan's State Climate Solutions Board, on the leadership team of the Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition, and a facilitator of BIPOC leadership programs in the climate justice movement. She talks about getting white folks to be self-reflective, bringing together multiracial coalition, and much more!
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AirGo is excited to present The Mentorship Suite, a series of episodes exploring the joys, contradictions, and radical possibilities of this often fraught term. We wrap up the suite in style with co-curator Jacinda Bullie of Kuumba Lynx. Jacinda shares what jumped out to her from the past episodes, goes in-depth into how she's wrestling with accountability's complexity, breaks down how her family life informs her mentorship, and much more!
SHOW NOTES
Kesho's 4 Stages of Mentorship:
Stages
1 - Entering Humbly
2 - Negotiating the dynamics and what is being asked and offered
3 - Showing that she was enabling growth - accountable to showing what had been learned from the last time
4 - Closing of the relationship
Kesho's Steps for Healing:
1. Awareness
2. Acceptance
3. Restitution (symbolic and repair)
4. Policy change
5. Shift in cultural norms
6. Celebration
7. Memorialize the cast of characters
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AirGo is partnering with UIC's Social Justice Initiative to present The Sawyer Seminar, a series of conversations hosted by UIC scholars entitled Radical Care, Real Alternatives. On this third episode we're treated to a conversation about structural care, hosted by UIC Professor Jennifer Brier and featuring longtime HIV/AIDS movement workers Charles Ryan Long, Valencia Robinson, and Kenyon Farrow. The squad talks about how they've learned to redefine care, what their work can teach us about how to respond to pandemics, and much more.
SHOW NOTES
Howard Brown Health - howardbrown.org/
Eyes on the Prize - www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperi…lms/eyesontheprize/
How the West Was Lost - variety.com/1995/film/reviews/h…as-lost-1200440212/
Tongues Untied - www.criterion.com/films/31182-tongues-untied
Credible Messengers - cmjcenter.org/
Violence Interrupters - www.violenceinterrupters.org/
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Transcription by Ayinde Jean-Baptiste
AirGo is excited to present The Mentorship Suite, a series of episodes exploring the joys, contradictions, and radical possibilities of this often fraught term. On this episode, we catch back up with an old friend–the excellent emcee and sturdy human Add-2. He's the founder and beating heart of Haven Studios, a recording space and meeting ground on the South Side. He talks about stepping away from the mic and into his purpose, the joys and pains of being a mentor, and the course he's attempting to chart for the young people about whom he cares so deeply.
SHOW NOTES
Haven Studios - www.havenstudios.org/
Listen to Add-2's first appearance on AirGo back in 2015 - airgoradio.com/airgo/2015/9/10/episode-10-add-2
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AirGo is excited to present The Mentorship Suite, a series of episodes exploring the joys, contradictions, and radical possibilities of this often fraught term. On this episode, we share Part II of our conversation with Kesho Scott, a former Black Panther, longtime professor of Sociology and American Studies at Grinnell College, and mentor to both Dame and Kiss. The trio talks about their memories of the times that Kesho created some levitation, the deep love and appreciation they have for each other, and the calling and commitment to mentorship that sustains.
SHOW NOTES
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl - www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.M…arch_for_Meaning
Message to the Grass Roots speech by Malcolm X - www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY39tp3LEKI
SDS - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_fo…mocratic_Society
Survived and Punished - survivedandpunished.org/
Assata’s Daughters - www.assatasdaughters.org/
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AirGo is excited to present The Mentorship Suite, a series of episodes exploring the joys, contradictions, and radical possibilities of this often fraught term. On this episode, we have the honor and privilege to talk with the person who most directly shaped our commitment to movement, humanity, and liberation: the inimitable Kesho Scott. A former Black Panther and longtime professor of Sociology and American Studies at Grinnell College, Kesho breaks down the stages of mentorship, the foundations of a humanizing mentorship relationship, her own experience being mentored by Grace Lee Boggs and Jimmy Boggs, and so much more. The conversation was too good to cut, so we're dropping the first half this week and will have the second half next week. Levitate with us!
SHOW NOTES
Grace Lee Boggs - www.ucpress.edu/book/978052027259…erican-revolution
Jimmy Boggs - www.goodreads.com/book/show/748147…wentieth_Century
Angela Davis - airgoradio.com/airgo/2021/1/14/e…-270-angela-davis
Stokely Carmichael - snccdigital.org/people/stokely-carmichael/
Walter Rodney - www.versobooks.com/books/2785-how-…eveloped-africa
Audre Lorde - www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lorde
Exterminate All the Brutes - www.hbo.com/exterminate-all-the-brutes
Republic of New Afrika - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_New_Afrika
League of Revolutionary Black Workers - www.revolutionaryblackworkers.org/
Gloria Anzaldúa - www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gloria-e-anzaldua
Huey Newton - www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/huey…p-newton-born/
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AirGo is partnering with UIC's Social Justice Initiative to present The Sawyer Seminar, a series of conversations hosted by UIC scholars entitled Radical Care, Real Alternatives. On this second episode, we hear from Nik Theodore, a professor at UIC and Director of the UIC Center for Urban Economic Development, and AirGo fam Rich Wallace, who is the Director of EAT (Equity and Transformation) Chicago. In conversation with Prof. Stacey Sutton, they break down the concept and implications of the informal economy, and dive deep into the stories they cultivated as part of their new report entitled Survival Economies (www.eatchicago.org/survival-economy-report).
SHOW NOTES
Survival Economies Report - www.eatchicago.org/survival-economy-report
EAT Chicago - www.eatchicago.org
National Domestic Workers Alliance - www.domesticworkers.org/
National Day Laborer Organizing Network - ndlon.org/
UIC’s Great Cities Institute - greatcities.uic.edu/
UIC Scholars for Social Justice - sji.uic.edu/
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Transcription by Ayinde Jean-Baptiste
AirGo is excited to present The Mentorship Suite, a series of episodes exploring the joys, contradictions, and radical possibilities of this often fraught term. On this episode, we travel into the AirGo origin story to talk with the professor who brought us together–the brilliant Shanna Benjamin. An incredibly significant mentor for both Dame and Kiss, Shanna is the author of the recently published Half in Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay. She talks about being mentored by Nellie McKay, how she approaches her work in and out of the classroom, and her memories of young Damon and young Daniel.
SHOW NOTES
Norton Anthology of African American Literature - wwnorton.com/books/9780393911558
Half In Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y McKay - uncpress.org/book/9781469662534/half-in-shadow/
Henry Louis Gates - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates_Jr.
Barbara Ransby - hist.uic.edu/profiles/ransby-barbara/
Wanda Coleman - www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/wanda-coleman
Ken Warren - english.uchicago.edu/people/kenneth-warren
The Black Interior by Elizabeth Alexander - www.graywolfpress.org/books/black-interior
The Sovereignty of Quiet by Kevin Everod Quashie - www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-sover…813553108
Combahee River Collective - www.blackpast.org/african-american…-statement-1977/
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📸 by James Brown
AirGo is excited to present The Mentorship Suite, a series of episodes exploring the joys, contradictions, and radical possibilities of this often fraught term. On this episode, we talk with Tanji Harper, the Artistic Director of youth dance ensemble and organization The Happiness Club. Tanji breaks down how ego disrupts care for young folks, the ways that she's learned to support the people she's trying to serve, the exhaustion of this work and world, and the temporality of mentorship.
SHOW NOTES
Support the Happiness Club: www.thehappinessclub.com/donate.html
Book Blu Rhythm Collective: www.facebook.com/Blurhythmchicago/
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📷 by Tom Gavin for Vocalo
AirGo is excited to present The Mentorship Suite, a series of episodes exploring the joys, contradictions, and radical possibilities of this often fraught term. We kick it off with the suite's co-curator Jacinda Bullie, who is the co-founder of youth arts and healing organization Kuumba Lynx. Jacinda breaks down why she bristles at the term "mentor," what she's learned from the folks who have helped her grow, how she approaches her contribution to the youth at KL, and much more.
SHOW NOTES
Kuumba Lynx - www.kuumbalynx.com/
Healthy Hood Chi - www.healthyhoodchi.com/
Inipi Sweat Ceremony - aktalakota.stjo.org/site/News2?page…Article&id=8671
Assata: An Autobiography - www.goodreads.com/book/show/100322.Assata
A Taste of Power by Elaine Brown - www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/913…A_Taste_of_Power
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AirGo is partnering with UIC's Social Justice Initiative to present The Sawyer Seminar, a series of conversations hosted by UIC scholars entitled Radical Car, Real Alternatives. On the first episode, we're sharing a talk between Prof. Stacey Sutton and Prof. Barbara Ransby about the Social Justice Portal Project, a collaborative think tank that crosses disciplinary boundaries to address the urgent questions of social justice faced by our communities.
SHOW NOTES
Social Justice Portal Project - sji.uic.edu/
Arundhati Roy - www.ft.com/content/10d8f5e8-74…a-95fe-fcd274e920ca
Naomi Klein - naomiklein.org/
Ruthie Wilson Gilmore - www.gc.cuny.edu/Faculty/Core-Bios…th-Wilson-Gilmore
Cooperation Jackson - cooperationjackson.org/
Chi Fresh Kitchen - www.chifreshkitchen.com/
Rich Wallace - www.eatchicago.org/
Thomas Piketty - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Piketty
Pauli Murray - www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04…-of-pauli-murray
Angela Davis - airgoradio.com/airgo/2021/1/14/e…-270-angela-davis
Robin DG Kelley - airgoradio.com/airgo/2020/7/19/e…4-robin-dg-kelley
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor - airgoradio.com/airgo/2020/4/29/e…a-yamahtta-taylor
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Transcription by Ayinde Jean-Baptiste