Join host, Marlon Peterson, in this studio-audience episode of Decarcerated, in conversation with Danielle Sered, author of Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair.

Recorded at the The Dweck Center of the Brooklyn Public Library on April 10, 2019, Marlon and Danielle speak about addressing violence in this era of criminal justice reform.  

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Thanks to Aseante Reneé and Meredith Walters for making this live recording happen.

Production credits: Andrew Stelzer

More info about Danielle Sered and restorative justice and transformative justice:

• https://www.commonjustice.org/
• https://transformharm.org/
• "Reckoning With Violence, by Michelle Alexander, New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/03/opinion/violence-criminal-justice.html

How Leigh Owens go from being an incarcerated person to being a mover and shaker in the political arena?

Leigh Owens is the Legislative Director at the SEIU Pennsylvania State Council.  He is also the Director of Community Engagement at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, under Larry Krasner.

Before all of that, Leigh was incarcerated in New York City's infamous Rikers Island.In this ep Leigh talks about going from being a college student at Drexel University to getting caught with a gun and drugs. He also says "pot" instead of weed.

Check out Leigh's political and social analysis at the Huff Post: https://www.huffpost.com/author/leigh-owens

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Darren Mack was sentenced to a term of 20-40 years in prison when he was 17-years old. Now at 43-years old Darren is one of the lead organizers of the effort to close New York City’s Rikers Island. In this episode he talks about having an older brother serve 32 years in prison, and having a brother as a co-defendant also serving 20-40 years in prison. You will find yourself hanging on to every word of Darren’s during this episode of DEcarcerated.

Oh, and Darren explains how he found NYC Mayor De Blasio on his knees...

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• Learn more about Darren here:  http://bit.ly/2wbWSan

• VIDEO: Mayor De Blasio Ambushed at Gym by 'Close Rikers' Protesters. DNA.com: http://bit.ly/2vQELHM

• VIDEO: Darren Mack Was Sent to ‘the Bridge of Pain’ as a Teenager:  http://bit.ly/2vQt1F3

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You are  in for a treat! MARCUS McAllister drops a freestyle, speaks about his work as international peace trainer, his ties to Suge Knight and the “real’ Rick Ross, and drops statistics about violence reduction in some of areas of the world where violence is an epidemic--all in one episode. Heads up: this episode was recorded in May 2018.

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More information about  this episode of Decarcerated:

• Learn more about Cure Violence: http://bit.ly/2OUoUQi

• Marcus in conversation with Debbie Allen and Maria Shriver: http://bit.ly/2M7WJ2G

• Marcus speaking at John Jay College of Criminal Justice: http://bit.ly/2OZ1RnE

• Statistics about Cure Violence gun violence prevention efficacy: http://bit.ly/2MwztHv

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Richard ‘Epic’ Wallace’s first claim to fame was

                        that Chance the Rapper used to open up

                       for hip hop crew, BBU (Bin Laden Blowin’ Up).

                       Trust me, I know, because he got me into

                       the V.I.P section of a Chance concert in South

                       Africa. In this episode, we talk about his

               days as going through the juvenile justice

                       system in Chicago to his work as a union

                  organizer in Chicago.

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More information about  this episode of Decarcerated:

• Check out his organization E.A.T. (Equity And Transformation) at www.eatchicago.org.  They are on Facebook at ‘ChicagoEat.’

• Political Party Rap:  https://bit.ly/2OaBxpk

• Madison.com  https://bit.ly/2Mh5S4Z

• MUSIC VIDEO:  BBU - Chi Don’t Dance: https://bit.ly/2AAQeA8

• MUSIC VIDEO:  BBU - The Hood ft. GLC (produced by Classick).  https://bit.ly/2LQ3i9S

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Mbongiseni ‘Bongi’ Mdakane was sentenced to  22 years in prison, and now he is a PhD candidate at the University of South Africa.

We talk about what it’s like being on parole in  South Africa, and barriers to employment. We also get to hear about his organization, Inside-out, Outside-in.

Can’t wait till you hear Bongi’s answer to the question: “What does a Soweto look like in world without prisons?”

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More information about  this episode of Decarcerated:

• Real Talk with Anele

• Former offender aims for a PhD, Pretoria East Record.

http://bit.ly/PretoriaEast1

• Everything happens for a reason, including prison, University of South Africa

http://bit.ly/UNISABONGI

• Mbongiseni Mdakane. New Voices in Psychology, Sabinet Journal

http://bit.ly/SabinetBongi

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Mbongiseni ‘Bongi’ Mdakane was sentenced to  22 years in prison, and now he is a PhD candidate at the University of South Africa.  We talk about growing up in Soweto, the conditions of South African prisons, the gang structures in prisons he lived in, and the stigma of a record.  This episode was so powerful that we split it into two, so here’s part 1.

All the love to Ruth Hopkins of the Wits Justice Project and Katlego Mahlake of the Wits Radio Academy at the Witswatersand University in Johannesburg.  They let us use their studios, and stayed past work hours to accommodate us. They deserve all the love.

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More information about  this episode of Decarcerated:

• Former offender aims for a PhD, Pretoria East Record.

http://bit.ly/PretoriaEast1

• Everything happens for a reason, including prison, University of South Africa

http://bit.ly/UNISABONGI

• Mbongiseni Mdakane. New Voices in Psychology, Sabinet Journal

http://bit.ly/SabinetBongi

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Marlon, host of the Decarcerated Podcast, sits down with author and Black Lives Matter activist, Darnell L. Moore...with a splash of White Hennessy. Listen as Darnell answers the question, "What does a world without prisons look like?" He will also speak about the details of his new memoir, "No Fire in the Ashes."

Oh, and White Hennessy is involved!

• Purchase Darnell's memoir, :No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America" here: http://bit.ly/NoAshes
• See the full audio of this interview here: http://bit.ly/DEcarceratedDarnellMoore

Michelle Jones, is an NYU Ph.d candidate who spent 20 years in Indiana state prisons.   Michelle  is a formerly incarcerated historian who’s going to blown away.  She’s here to share the brilliance of her research around the history of Indiana prison, how she enrolled in NYU less than a year after her release from prison, and her adjustment to life in New York City after spending 20 years in prison in state is new to her. Will we be able to keep Michelle in NYC?  

We also have Darnell L. Moore, author of the critically acclaimed book, No Ashes in the Fire, stopping by in the final minutes of the podcast to answer the question, “what does a world without prisons look like?

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More information about  this episode of Decarcerated:

• Teen Vogue, This Former Inmate Is Pursuing Her PhD After Serving 20 Years in Prison:

https://bit.ly/2KS65Pd

• Journal of the Indiana Academy of Social Sciences, Magdalene Laundries: The First Prisons for Women in the https://bit.ly/2ugBEb5

• The Marshall Project, The Taxpayers and Michelle Jones

https://bit.ly/2gMKF4W

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If you’ve been to Miami and haven’t heard of Valencia Gunder, you haven’t been to Miami. Known as Vee, she talks about going to jail for college tuition.  That’s right college tuition! She raises awareness about being detained and not having access to feminine hygiene products.  Valencia is modern day Fannie Lou Hamer, tackling everything from climate change to gun violence.  She bares it all in this episode--even teasing about a political run in 2020...Vee has our vote!

More information about  this episode of Decarcerated:

• The Miami Foundation: https://miamifoundation.org/author/valenciagunder/

• The Root: Color of Climate: Meet a Power Player in Miami’s Fight Against Climate Gentrification,

https://www.theroot.com/color-of-climate-meet-a-power-player-in-miami-s-fight-1797702979

• Miami Herald: Hundreds at rally call on Jada Page’s killers to turn themselves in, https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article100107002.html

• aol.com: Holiday Heroes: Thanksgiving in Miami, https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyle/2017/11/21/holiday-heroes-thanksgiving-in-miami/23284288/

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