@LeslieMac & Ricky from @AUADOTORG are joined by Mikki Kendall, Roni Dean-Burren, Edith Campbell & Allyson Criner Brown to discuss #ReclaimMLK 2016 and the current, historical and on-going saga of the #SlaveryWithASmile narrative in children’s literature.

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Mikki Kendall

Show Notes – FRN Podcast Episode 27

#ReclaimMLK 2016

Movement 4 Black Lives Police Table Announcement:

Opening Song

A Fine Dessert

A Birthday Cake for George Washington

Summary Posts

Official Posts from Scholastic, Author & Editor

Storifies

Commentary

Alternative Book Lists for Black Children

@LeslieMac & Ricky from @AUADOTORG are joined by Jonathan Newsome, @AbsurdistWords, @VeryWhiteGuy & Komesia Umstead to talk all about the year that was 2015. Including: #TamirRice, #BlackXmas, Bree Newsome, #M4BL, #StoneMountain7, #ConcernedStudent1950, Freddie Gray & #BaltimoreUprising, #TransLiberationTuesday, #StayMadAbby, Women’s Freedom Conference and more. 

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Show Notes – FRN Podcast Episode 26

Opening Song

How To Discuss Race With Black People

@LeslieMac & Ricky from @AUADOTORG are joined by @BlackGirlNerds Founder Jamie Broadnax, @SanityThief & Hess Stinson to talk about #AssaultAtSpring Valley a roundtable about our experiences as Black Girls in school. Plus News on #RaiseTheDebate and the unfolding story in the death of Armonderez Green in St. Louis, MO.

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Show Notes – FRN Podcast Episode 25

Opening Song

@LeslieMac & Ricky from @AUADOTORG are joined by Jonathan Newton from NAAPB about #NatashaMcKenna, #IAmAhmed and the discourse surrounding the those of us working toward Prison Reform vs those of us working toward Prison Abolition.

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Show Notes – FRN Podcast Episode 24

Opening Song

Erika Totten Speech – NatashaMcKenna

#IAmAhmed – Kiera Wilmot

Police Reform vs Prison Abolition

@LeslieMac & Ricky from @AUADOTORG are joined by @AbsurdistWords to discuss the concept of Tone Policing in the time of Black Lives Matter including Fox News labeling the movement as a “hate group”, the white reaction to #BlackFair and Miley v Nicki. Plus updates on the case against the Baltimore police officers who killed #FreddieGray and the #FightforDyett Hunger Strike in Chicago.

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Show Notes – FRN Podcast Episode 23

Opening Song

Nikki vs Miley/Taylor

BLM as a Hate Group/Gaslighting

Defending the Movement (or not)

Absurdist Words – How to Discuss Race With Black People FAQ

@LeslieMac & Ricky from @AUADOTORG are joined by Larry Fellows III to discuss Baltimore PD lies in action, recent arsons at Black churches, SCOTUS upholds Fair Housing Act and creating space for building, healing & accountability within the movement.

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FRN Podcast Ep 22 – Show Notes

Opening Song

Feds says BPD’s claim that gangs formed pact to ‘take out’ officers was ‘non-credible’

Arson Suspected at Black Churches in NC & GA

SCOTUS upholds key tool to combat housing discrimination

Black People Aren’t Making Things Up: The Science Behind “Racial Battle Fatigue”

Self Care For People of Color After Emotional and Psychological Trauma

Surviving White Terrorism: Next Steps in the Struggle for Black Lives

The Fight For The Soul of the Black Lives Matter Movement

Solutions Emerging from the Movement for Black Lives

#BlackLivesMatter: “It’s about how we are together”

Movement Lie #5: It’s Either/Or

@LeslieMac & Ricky from @AUADOTORG are joined by William J Jackson, Kirsten & Junior Burchall to discuss our raw thoughts on the AME Massacre and delve deep into the Black Male defense of Rachel D.

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Show Notes – FRN Podcast Episode 21 – The Auction Block Stare

Opening Song

#StandWithCharleston

The Auction Black Stare – aka Don’t Cape for Miss Ann

@LeslieMac & Ricky from @AUADOTORG are joined by Camari Ellis Sr & Jonathan Newton from NAAPB discuss the Economics of White Supremacy. Don’t miss this invigorating and nuanced discussion.

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Ferguson Response Network – Ep 20 – Show Notes

Stats regarding economic standpoint

Wealth Gap

Unemployment Gap

More Data

Bias in hiring practices

Lack of protection from financial institutions

Exclusion from government benefits via practices such as redlining

Wealth Inequality

Prison Industrial Complex

Solutions To Black Economic Liberation

15 Things Black America Can Do To Close The Wealth Gap

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@LeslieMac & Ricky from @AUADOTORG are joined by Chris Crass, Anastasia & VeryWhiteGuy discuss White People  & the Black Lives Matter movement. Plus April Police violence stats, the myth of the absent black father & just announce The Movement for Black Lives National Convening.

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FRN Podcast Show Notes – Ep 18

The Movement for Black Lives National Convening

April Police Violence Report

The Myth of the Absent Black Father

Community forum set in response to #WhiteLivesMatter flyers

White People for Black Lives

Why White Folk Just Don’t See It

Statement from UU Religious Professional of Color RE: Baltimore

Unity from Below: White Racial Justice Organizing in the Time of #BlackLivesMatter

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism:

Yes Racism is a White Problem

@LeslieMac & Ricky from @AUADOTORG discuss #RekiaBoyd ruling makes zero sense, was the case against Servin rigged, SA Marilyn Mosby shuts it down. John & Molly from The Pennymon Doctrine join us to discuss #BaltimoreUprising, #BaltimoreLunch OpHelporHush, #BlackSpring & we declare it’s time for white people to pick a side.

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Show Notes – FRN EP 17 – #BaltimoreUprising

Opening Song

RekiaBoyd

BaltimoreUprising

Charges Filed in Freddie Gray case

Orioles Executive

Orioles Manager:

#BaltimoreLunch

#BlackSpring