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This week on Race Capitol, tune in to our latest: "Reclamation East End: Resisting the Recreation Plantation", where we dive into an in-depth interview with Brian Palmer of the Friend of the East End, about his entry into the work of reclaiming East End Cemetery and archiving Richmond Black history. The cemetery has over 15,000 people buried there and is at risk of becoming a new bike lane and green space, per the Enrichmond plan. The Enrichmond master plan is lacking the critical preservation component that would ensure the evidence of Black existence and resistance isn’t buried under gentrification to come.

We discuss how the Enrichmond Foundation has exploited the labor and efforts of the descendants of East End Cemetery. The white led non-profit has now been given ownership of the land, as they are the sole recipient of the $400,000 grant from the Virginia Outdoor Association and now is planning what we call the “recreation plantation”, that includes construction but no preservation. Per usual, the nonprofit industrial complex has teamed up with Black elected officials who have lost the political will and moral courage to fight, and still, we rise. The resistance to our sacred spaces lives on through persistence of the Friends of the East End Cemetery.

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Resources:

Brain Palmer University of Richmond Visiting Professor Profile: https://journalism.richmond.edu/faculty/bpalmer/

New York Times East End Cemetery: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/07/opinion/sunday/for-the-forgotten-african-american-dead.html

In Need of Repair, richmond Magazine East End Cemetery: https://richmondmagazine.com/news/news/in-need-of-repair/

The Nation: Reclaiming Black History, One Grave At a Time: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/reclaiming-black-history-one-grave-at-a-time/

Style Weekly Brian Palmer Wins Peabody Award: https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/richmonds-brian-palmer-wins-peabody-award-for-investigation-into-spending-on-confederate-memorials/Content?oid=14579165

WRIC East End Cemetery Grant Voting Promotion: https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/friends-of-east-end-cemetery-competing-for-25k-grant/

Why Does this Old Cemetery Matter: https://www.readingthepictures.org/2016/05/brian-palmer-old-cemetery/

AtlaticBlackStar Black Leaders fight to Save and restore Black Cememtaries https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/02/16/jim-crow-is-embedded-into-the-landscape-leaders-fight-to-save-and-restore-black-cemeteries-in-richmond-after-years-of-neglect/

1708 East End Cemetery: https://www.1708gallery.org/exhibitions/exhibition-detail.php?id=99

VPR East end Article: https://www.vqronline.org/photography/2020/12/lives-east-end

Church Hill People’s News (CHPN) East End Cemetery: https://chpn.net/2020/11/14/friends-of-east-end-update/

Dumbarton Oaks East End Article: https://www.doaks.org/research/garden-landscape/project-grants/palmer-2017-2018

2016 Vimeo Timelapse video of East End Cemetery Clean Up: https://vimeo.com/190653055

This week, we start off Women’s History month by bringing you a remix of our Birth of a Nation episode from 2020. Montgomery’s own Michelle Browder, is an advocate working to honor our Mothers of Gynecology, Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey, who were the enslaved Afrikan women whose suffering and survival served as a fundamental part of reproductive medical science.

As always, tune into the top of the episode to catch up with the latest local, national, and international news with the Race Capitol reframe. Thanks for kicking back with us as we run back one of our favorites this week on Race Capitol. Be sure to become a monthly sustainer by visiting www.patreon.com/racecapitol and subscribe to our show wherever you listen to podcasts.

Resources:

https://www.anarchalucybetsey.org/

Michele Browder Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammorethan1/

NCIA Mid-Atlantic Equity Panel March 17: https://thecannabisindustry.org/event/ncia-committee-insights-no-time-to-waste-putting-equity-first-in-the-mid-atlantic-region/

Marijuana Justice CannaHour Friday March 5: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/marijuana-justice-32329528565

Justice Forward Legislative Recap: March 11th: https://forms.gle/K4YZt7eiNFJo6XYKA

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/11/27/virginia-portion-amazons-hq-should-acknowledge-what-lies-beneath/

GMU Arlington Plantation: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/abingdon-plantation-ruins

Was The Killing of Ahmad Erekat an Extrajudicial Execution? https://www.thenation.com/article/world/erekat-execution-israel/

Today on Race Capitol, are you ready for the #ReeferRevolution? Tune in to hear all the details of the new crimes in the "legalization" bills from our co-host Chelsea Higgs Wise of Marijuana Justice VA. We get some tips about applying for a license from DMV-based cannabis lawyer Sulee Stinson Clay.

We hear directly from Uhuru Rowe, ahead of the #JusticeForUhuru rally this Saturday at 12pm. He tells his story from inside Greensville correctional. As always, we kick off our episode with the latest local, national, and international headlines during our Race Capitol reframe. Be sure to become a monthly sustainer by visiting www.patreon.com/racecapitol and subscribe to our show wherever you listen to podcasts.

This week on Race Capitol, issa Reefer Revolution! Part 2! Our February 18th episode features Valerie Slater from RISE for Youth and first hand accounts of racist marijuana policing from Richmond Hip Hop legend Micheal Millions, VCU Grad and historian Asia Medley, plus Mike Thomas, Black Farmer and owner of Grow Your Own. Be sure to listen for the end with a quick word from our friend Mary Pryor of Cannaclusive.

Race Capitol gives you the Reframe to cover the local, national and international news then co-host and Executive Director of Marijuana Justice, Chelsea Higgs Wise gives an update on the legalization bills before we hear from our guest voices.

Check out our resources below for more information about the legislation and other important updates.

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Resources:

House Bill for Legalization: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?ses=212&typ=bil&val=hb2312

Senate Bill for Legalization: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?ses=212&typ=bil&val=SB1406

Letter to the Governor: https://acluva.org/en/press-releases/aclu-va-and-24-organizations-lay-out-criteria-legalize-marijuana-right

Virginia Is Moving Quickly on the Governor’s Cannabis Legalization Proposal. But What Happens Next? https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/article/virginia-adult-use-cannabis-legalization-governor-ralph-northam-proposal-bills/

Marijuana Justice YouTube Past CannaHours including Mary Pryor from @Cannaclusive: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_8zHUCyFURFoDDZjr_7-fA

Donate to Marijuana Justice: https://marijuanajustice.humanitru.com/donate

Legalize It Right Virginia website: https://www.marijuanajustice.org/legalize-it-right

RISE for Youth website: https://www.riseforyouth.org/

VPM reports: I’ve Dont time for this plant- Virginia aims to diversify marijuana industry, feature Mike Thomas https://vpm.org/news/articles/20129/ive-done-time-for-this-plant-virginia-aims-to-diversify-marijuana-industry

This Black history month, we will be focusing on the work that’s been done in the recent past for liberation and the present struggle to get free here in the fallen capitol of the confederacy. Today, we examine the work being done around police transparency and interrogating the relationship between VCU PD and RPD.

We go back into the archives and hear audio from the May 8th, 2019 Race Capitol episode where Adeola Ogunkeyede and Wyatt Rolla of LAJC plus, Dr. Eli Coston, all representing RTAP, joined to summarize the fight that started in 2017 to where they left off in 2019 resisting RMS.

Then, we will hear testimony from the June 10, 2019 public safety committee and look back to the Jan. 26, 2021 public safety committee hearing. Lastly, we will hear from Steven Ramlogan from VCU student power. We are joined by all three hosts as we analyze the upcoming records management MOU ordinance being heard in city council on Feb. 8.

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Episode Resources:

2019 RTAP Report: https://www.richmondvatap.org/reports.php

Local coverage of RTAP resistance to predictive policing records management system: https://www.nbc12.com/2019/04/04/group-raises-concern-over-rpds-record-management-system/

https://www.wtvr.com/2019/06/10/concerns-follow-richmond-police-plans-to-upgrade-record-management-system/?fbclid=IwAR3vPF3Jcfh8Qhf9oxyaS7NjFIRs1plfGAgZIdYVSEVgn4hrt2BTmeLauJk

This week on Race Capitol, we talk about the state of the police state. with members of Virginia Student Power Network, Mikey Ramlogan, Mikki Charles, and Sarandon Elliot about the youth anti-policing movement. Organizer and cultural critic Amber Starks joins us to dig deeper into policing under the new federal administration.

As always, we kick off the episode with the latest local, national, and international headlines in our race capitol reframe. Tune in and be sure to share and subscribe on your favorite podcast platform.

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This week on Race Capitol, tune in to the #VaLeg updates. With special guests Luca Suede Connolly from the Richmond Bail Fund to discuss how to oppose the anti-bail fund bill in the house and omari al-qadaffi from Leaders of the New South. to talk about the multiple pieces of housing legislation that are crucial for virginia human rights. Plus, hear from co-hosts Kalia Harris as she discusses higher education legislation and Chelsea Higgs Wise with your HIGHER ed update on marijuana legalization. Tune in today at 10am on WRIR.

Guests:

Luca Suede Connolly Richmond Community Bail Fund

Twitter: @RVABailFund IG: @rvabailfund

Omari Al-Qadaffi Leaders of the New South, Legal Aid Justice Center

Twitter: @rvanewsouth IG: @leadersofthenewsouth

Resources:

Sabrina Moreno’s Virginia COVID-19 Reporting for Richmond Times Dispatch: https://richmond.com/news/local/a-day-after-hitting-nearly-10-000-new-covid-cases-va-records-7-245-more/article_7e4c7a5b-b60e-581a-b9b7-7e55160729a8.html

Legislative:

Bills can be found by searching the HB/ SB number on LIS Virginia. https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+men+BIL

Anti Bail Fund Bill: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB2152

To email the House Courts of Justice committee to oppose the anti-bail fund bill: https://tinyurl.com/NoToHB2152

Script for opposing the anti bail fund bill: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKPc0BqldFi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

To learn more about Marijuana Justice Virginia, visit: www.marijuanajustice.org

Register for Saturday CannaHour Updates with Marijuana Justice: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cannahour-updates-with-mary-pryor-tickets-137434874409

Sign Marijuana Justice Petition: http://bit.ly/legalizeitright

To learn more about the higher education legislation, follow @vastudentpower on all social media for the latest updates

For more on Omari’s interview:

Leaders of new south video: https://youtu.be/lP6ROdoAD-s , https://youtu.be/f479IKX7zMM

RRHA meetings: https://www.rrha.com/about/board/public-meetings/

You must sign up to speak in advance here: https://fs23.formsite.com/rrhaforms/form1/index.html

Join the RRHA meeting online at: https://www.gotomeeting.com/meeting/join-meeting and enter access code 609-564-741 Or by phone at: (646) 749-3122

This week on Race Capitol, we talk about 2021. The fascist insurrection, COVID-19 pandemic, mounting evictions, and an update on the GRTC complaint filed by community activist, Omari Al Qadaffi.

For the first episode of 2021, all three hosts talk about the latest news in our reframe and provide analysis on what’s happening in the fallen capitol of the confederacy, Richmond, VA.

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This week on Race Capitol, we talk about The Mothers of Gynecology, Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey who are being memorialized with a new monument being erected by Michelle Browder and her team “I am More Than” in Montgomery, Alabama. Our convo covers some history of racist medical research and the launch of space-making story-telling happening in the deep south.

We also cover the latest headlines in our Race Capitol Reframe segment, including highlights from our COVID-19 + Eviction watches.

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Learn more about the “I Am More Than” Project here: https://www.anarchalucybetsey.org/

This week on Race Capitol, we are talking about the REEFER REVOLUTION! join our hosts as we talk about how to #legalizeitright in Virginia with Mary Pryor, co-founder of Cannaclusive, and Chelsea Higgs Wise, show host and Executive Director of Marijuana Justice Virginia! Are you ready for the revolution?

Resources:

Independent Virginia JLARC study: http://jlarc.virginia.gov/landing-2020-marijuana-legalization.asp

Gov Workgroup Study Report: https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/governor-of-virginia/pdf/Final-Report-on-Marijuana-Legalization-11.30.20.pdf

Marijuana Justice website: www.marijuanjustice.org