Kica's Corner

Host Kica Matos has a conversation with Artist & Photographer Joe Standart about how he's blending photography with the immigration movement.

Host Kica Matos speaks with Sergio Ramirez, Junta For Progressive Action. They talk about the current political environment under Trump, and the safeguards being put in place to help the undocumented immigrants.
 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven_Black_Panther_trials

Host Kica Matos speaks with Leaders of the Immigration movement.
 

Today on " Kica's Corner" host Kica Matos talks with James Forman about his book "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America". 
James Forman Jr. is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He is a graduate of Atlanta’s Roosevelt High School, Brown University, and Yale Law School, and was a law clerk for Judge William Norris of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor of the United States Supreme Court. He teaches Constitutional Law, a seminar on Race and the Criminal Justice System, and a clinic called the Educational Opportunity and Juvenile Justice Clinic.

On today's episode of "Kica's Corner" Kika Matos speaks with Camelle Scott-Mujahid, Mary Elizabeth Smith, Jesus Morales Sanchez, New Haven advocates for social justice.

Description

On “Kica’s Corner,” host Kica Matos welcomes community activist Barbara Fair and lawyer Patricia Kane, who supported Corey Menafee earlier this year, to speak about two events happening on Friday, October 26 a rally at 3pm hosted by the Change the Name Coalition demanding that Yale rename Calhoun College, and a protest against police brutality outside of the New Haven Police Department at 5pm. During the show, the reasons for renaming Calhoun College are discussed, as is the case of Fair’s daughter Holly Tucker, who was stopped and allegedly assaulted by the police on September 10 of this year.

On this episode, legal powerhouse Patricia Kane, attorney for Yale cafeteria worker Corey Menafee, speaks to host Kica Matos about the Menafee case, the debate over renaming Yale's Calhoun College, and the gag order involved in Menafee's rehiring.