On this special LIVE episode of Native Land Pod, hosts Angela Rye, Andrew Gillum, and Bakari Sellers host a town hall in Minneapolis with local and national leaders to discuss the crisis brought by ICE and CBP agents flooding their streets. 

 

Donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund: https://mnfreedomfund.org/

 

Our show is partnering with State of the People to provide tangible support to Minneapolis residents–free legal support, grocery giveaway, and fundraising on the ActBlue Platform.

 

Guests Include: 

 

Derrick Johnson, President, NAACP

Juan Proaño, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), LULAC 

Georgia Fort, Independent Journalist

Elizabeth Booker Houston, Attorney and Viral Influencer

 

Peggy Flanagan, Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

Cedrick Frazier, Minnesota State Representative 

Zaynab Mohamed, Minnesota State Senate

Melvin Carter, SERVED as 46th Mayor of Saint Paul, MN

 

Gutu Chinksso, President University of Minnesota Black Student Union

Elizer (Eli) Darris, ED, MN Freedom Fund

Leslie E Redmond, Esq, Past President of the Minneapolis NAACP; Executive Director of Win Back Nonprofit

 

Rev. Dr. Karen McKinney, Professor & Community Liaison at Bethel University

Minister JaNaé Imari Bates, Co-Executive Director of Faith in Minnesota and ISAIAH

Wintana Melekin, Executive Director, Groundwork Action 

Resmaa Menakem, NYT Best Selling Author My Grandmother’s Hands

 

Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General

 

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Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media.

 

Thank you to the Native Land Pod team: 

 

Angela Rye as host, executive producer, and cofounder of Reasoned Choice Media; Andrew Gillum as host and producer, Bakari Sellers as host and producer, and Lauren Hansen as executive producer; LoLo Mychael is our research producer, and Nikolas Harter is our editor and producer. Special thanks  to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media. 

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