For The Movement

This week, Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League and Joi Chaney, our Executive Director and Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, sits down with Karine Jean-Pierre, the first Black woman, Caribbean and open-LGBTQ+ Press Secretary of the White House. Together, they discuss some of the Biden administration’s priorities and accomplishments and what’s at stake in the midterm election. 

Discussed in this episode: Karine Jean-Pierre, White House, press secretary, civil rights, justice, infrastructure, Build Back Better, voting rights, midterms, November, Brittney Griner, WNBA, safe space, safety, health, Black community, Black America, African Americans, Race, Black Women, Black Families, State of Black America, For the Movement, National Urban League, Urban League Movement, Young Professionals  

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This week, Joi Chaney, our Executive Director and Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, sits down with Kerrie Johnson, Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force. Together they discuss the nation's reaction to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and its impact on the LGBTQ community and the importance of including the LGBTQ community's perspective and existing within different intersections as well updates on Brittney Griner's case.

Discussed in this episode: LGBTQIA+, LGBTQ, lesbian, gay, bisexual,  trans, transgender, queer, civil rights, justice, Brittney Griner, Russia, WNBA, safe space, safety, health, Black community, Black men, Black America, African Americans, Race, Black Women, Black Families, State of Black America, For the Movement, National Urban League, Urban League Movement, Young Professionals 

Contact and Follow our Guest(s) on Twitter @TaskForceAF. Visit: https://www.thetaskforceactionfund.org. Contact and Follow the National Urban League at: Web: www.nul.org
Email: [email protected] 
Twitter and Instagram: @NULpolicy | @NatUrbanLeague
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NULPolicy 

Kierra's Bio:

Executive Director, Kierra Johnson, joined the National LGBTQ Task Force in 2018 as Deputy Executive Director but was already engaged with the organization, previously serving on the National LGBTQ Task Force’s board of directors and its National Action Council. Johnson came to the Task Force after serving as (Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity) URGE’s Executive Director with a wealth of experience in organizational leadership and management, program development, youth leadership and reproductive justice. As a bisexual Black woman, Johnson is one of few out queer-identified women of color at the helm of a national LGBTQ organization.

She is recognized as a national expert on queer and reproductive rights issues and has testified in front of the U.S. House of Representatives and has appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times, Fox News, Feministing.com and National Public Radio. Johnson also serves on the boards of directors of the General Service Foundation, Groundswell Fund, and Guttmacher Institute.

Here are opinion pieces written by Kierra Johnson that were mentioned in this episode:

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/03/transgender-people-get-pregnant-sometimes-trans-people-need-abortions/   https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2022/6/29/how-scotuss-roe-decision-fails-todays-america

On this episode, we are joined by Democratic Texas State Representatives Jarvis Johnson and Sheryl Cole. Representatives Cole and Johnson were among the other Democrats in the State legislature who staged a national walk out to avoid voting on an anti-democratic and anti-voter legislation as part of the national pushback on voting rights across the country. They discuss the voter suppression bill in detail, the threat of arrest by Governor Abbott and how those on the ground can help mobilize around this issue.

Discussed in this episode:

HR 3 Texas House bill

For the People Act

John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

Voter Suppression

Voting Rights

National Urban League’s State of Black America Report: https://soba.iamempowered.com/

Follow our guests on social media:

Rep. Jarvis Johnson:

Twitter: @Jarvisjohnsontx

Instagram: @Repjarvisjohnson

 

Rep. Sheryl Cole:

Twitter: @sherylcole1

Instagram: @sherylfortexas

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On this episode, we are joined by Dr. Andre Perry, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. As one of the contributing authors of the National Urban League’s State of Black America report, Dr. Perry discusses the economic disparities in the Black community due to COVID, its impact on housing and potential solutions to alleviate these issues and help the Black community build generational wealth. The host of this episode is Joi Chaney, Executive Director of the National Urban League’s Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy of the National Urban League.

 

Joi Chaney:

Twitter: @joitweets

Instagram: @joigrams

 

Dr. Andre Perry on social media:

Twitter: @andreperryedu

Instagram: @andreperryedu

The State of Black America, co-hosted by National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Joi Chaney, Executive Director of the National Urban League’s Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy of the National Urban League, is aimed at elevating and discussing persistent policy, social and civil rights issues affecting African Americans and communities of color.

 

Marc Morial:

Twitter: marcmorial

Instagram: marcmorial

 

Joi Chaney:

Twitter: @joitweets

Instagram: @joigrams

On this episode, we are joined by Dr. Kary Stackelbeck, State Archaeologist for Oklahoma. Dr. Stackelbeck is currently conducting archaeological investigations and excavations into mass graves thought to contain the remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. She discusses the science, as well as the conscience of her work, and the role it will play in healing the deep racial wounds of the past. Host Clint Odom also draws parallels between the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the June 1, 1921 massacre in Tulsa.

The host for this episode is Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy.

From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.

Discussed in this episode:

National Urban League

Black

Black America

African-American

News

Information

Advocacy

Politics

History

Science

Tulsa Race Massacre

Tulsa OK

Black Wall Street

Dick Rowland

Sarah Page

Lynch mob

Greenwood

Oklahoma Archaeological Survey

University of Oklahoma

Mass graves

January 6 2021

Capitol riots

Oaklawn Cemetery

Burial

COVID-19

Geophysical survey

Truth and Reconciliation

Survivors

Victims

Memorialization

Sen. James Lankford

2020 Election

Electoral College Certification

Voter fraud

Voter suppression

Lovecraft Country

The Watchmen

White supremacy

Martial Law

Mass murder

On this episode, we are joined by U.S. Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL), who is a member of the freshman class of the 117th Congress. He is currently one of just three Black Republicans serving in Congress. Prior to Congress, U.S. Representative Donalds served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2016-2020. He discusses his role in the 2020 presidential electoral vote certification, caucus plans, and the next generation of Republicans in Congress.

The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy.

From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.

Discussed in this episode:

• National Urban League
• Black
• Black America
• African-American
• News
• Information
• Advocacy
• Politics
• 117th Congress
• History
• COVID-19
• Diverse
• House of Representatives
• GOP
• Conservative
• Tea Party
• Black Republican
• School choice
• Constitution
• PPP
• Dodd-Frank Act
• Small business
• Limited government
• Jim Crow
• Congressional Black Caucus
• Burgess Owens
• Tim Scott
• Vaccination
• Super spreader event
• School closing
• Nancy Pelosi
• Freedom Force
• The Squad
• AOC
• Rashida Tlaib
• Ayanna Pressley
• Ilhan Omar
• Jamaal Bowman
• Cori Bush
• Bernie Sanders
• Electoral college
• Electoral college certification
• Criminal Justice
• Rule of Law
• Electors
• Voter fraud
• 2020 Election

On this episode, we are joined by U.S. Representative-elect Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), who is a member of the freshman class of the 117th Congress. She holds the distinction of being the first member of Congress of both Korean and African-American heritage. Prior to Congress, U.S. Representative-elect Strickland was a prominent businesswoman and served as mayor of Tacoma, WA from 2010-2018. She discusses her journey to Capitol Hill, caucus plans, and her vision for serving the citizens of Washington’s 10thcongressional district and beyond.

The host for this episode is Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy.

From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.

Discussed in this episode:

National Urban League

Black

Black America

African-American

News

Information

Advocacy

Politics

117th Congress

History

Diverse

House of Representatives

Mayor

Tacoma WA

LGBTQ

Hot spot

COVID

2018 Financial Crisis

Kamala Harris

Black-Asian American

Military

Korea

Japanese occupation

Discrimination

Loving v Virginia

Civil Rights

Voting Rights

Women’s Rights

Environmental protection

Confederate

Military bases

Civil War

Renaming

National Defense Authorization Act

Progressive

Centrist

Afro-Latino

CBC

CAPAC

New Dems

DEI

Georgia Senate Race

Washington State Senate

Twina Nobles

Tacoma Urban League

 

Twitter: @stricklandforwa

Instagram: @stricklandforwa

Also tag on Twitter: @twinanobles, @tacurbanleague

 

On this episode, we are joined by U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), who currently serves on the Senate Committees on Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Budget, and Environment and Public Works. The senator explains that the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished most—but not all—slavery, permitting slavery or involuntary servitude “as a punishment for crime.” The punishment clause exception has led to the incarceration of millions of Black Americans since Reconstruction and continues to feed the current mass incarceration of people of color. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative William Lacy Clay (D-MO-1) have introduced bicameral legislation to strike this clause in order to finally abolish slavey in the United States.

The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy, and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy.

From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.

Discussed in this episode:

National Urban League

Black

Black America

African-American

News

Information

Advocacy

Politics

13th Amendment

Constitution

Ratify

Slavery

Imprisonment

Civil War

Black Codes

Reconstruction

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

Exploitation

Racism

Crime

Criminal Justice System

Mass Incarceration

Injustice

Families

Bigotry

Work conditions

Confederate monuments

Black Exclusionary Zone

Due Process

Voting Rights Restoration

Voter Suppression

For the People Act

Private Prison Industrial Complex

First Step Act

Ava DuVernay

13th

 

Twitter: @senjeffmerkley

Instagram: @senjeffmerkley

On this episode, we are joined by U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA), the current Assistant Whip of the Democratic Caucus and first vice president of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Representative Khanna discusses how the economy’s move towards cashless and contactless payments, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, could further widen the racial wealth gap and lock Black Americans out of the new tech economy.

The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy.

From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.

Discussed in this episode:

National Urban League

Black

Black America

African-American

News

Information

Advocacy

Politics

Cashless

Digital economy

Smart phone

Tech companies

Silicon Valley

Immigrant

Obama administration

Nina Turner

Traditional financial institutions

Banking

Commerce

Front-line workers

Working class

Progressive

Racial wealth gap

Cash options

Discrimination

Economic equality

Blacks in Tech

Wealth generation

Payment Choice Act

Cash tax

Touchless

COVID

Rural communities

Vulnerable

Broadband

Privacy

Innovation

Data collection

Internet Bill of Rights

Data manipulation

QAnon

Kamala Harris

Barbara Lee

Karen Bass

Nancy Pelosi

Cedric Richmond

 

Twitter: @reprokhanna @rokhanna

Instagram: @reprokhanna @rokhannausa

Website: www.rokhanna.com