Radical Ones

With 2.3 million Americans in prison, there's no question that we're a carceral state relying on policing to oversee public health and safety. It's been the hard work of nonprofits and philanthropists to fund services to combat this. Still, this week's guest, Alex Duran, tells Xander about how he’s changing the approach of philanthropy to be more inclusive to those directly impacted and why it's essential to the future of ending mass incarceration and underfunded programs.

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Many people want police reform, defunding, and an end to police brutality, but how do we go from marches into action? Despite a long history of poor police relations with communities of color, there has been little data tracked to inform us on how to improve in this area. This week's guest, Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Professor at Yale University and CEO at Center For Policing Equity, chats with Xander to discuss how merely trying to end racism through individuals' hearts and minds is not enough to push forward towards equity and end police harm.

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One challenging aspect of social change is getting young people to take action, and that's exactly the problem that this week's guest Octavia Abell is solving. Octavia was featured in Forbes' prestigious 30 Under 30 for 2020 due to her work at the non-profit Govern for America. In this episode, she talks with Xander about her mission to recruit, train, and mobilize young people and encourage them to get involved in the government.

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This week's guest, Martin Luther King III, sits down with Xander to talk about his father's legacy and his varied human rights work. King promotes his father's nonviolent, communicative methods and shares the pillar of his parent's mission to eradicate the "Triple Evils": Poverty, Racism, and Violence. 

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Our right to organize and assemble is one of the foundations of the United States, and the 2017 Women's March was a shining example as thousands of women gathered in Washington D.C. This week, Xander talks to the co-founder of the Women's March, Vanessa Wruble. In this episode, Vanessa discusses her passion for ending inequality and how she's organizing with other leaders to make change happen around the world.

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One of the primary missions of President Biden is to pass the American Jobs Plan, which is looking to create new jobs with better wages, offer unions, fix infrastructure, and upgrade transit and schools. This is long overdue for domestic workers, which is why we're talking to Jess Morales Rocketto in this week's episode. Jess is the Civic Engagement Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, where she advocates and organizes electoral campaigns for over 2.5 million domestic workers.

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Criminal justice reform has been a major topic in recent years, and to make a positive change, we need more advocacy from public defenders. This week's guest is defense attorney Scott Hechinger, and he discusses his work with Brookly Defenders as well as his organization Zealous. Scott and Zealous are dedicated to creating and implementing media communication policy, advocacy trainings, educational tools, and more for public defenders to move advocacy out of court.

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This week's guest, venture capitalist, author, and nonprofit CEO Jacqueline Novogratz. She's the founder and CEO of Acumen, an organization dedicated to helping solve the global issue of poverty. Jacqueline explains how those in poverty just want dignity, and in this episode, we learn how she helps make that happen.

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The COVID pandemic affected millions of people throughout the United States, and impoverished children were affected greatly. This week, Xander is joined by Nick Melvoin, the youngest member of the Los Angeles Unified School Board, and his goal is to defeat childhood poverty. Nick explains how the system can work with families to create a better situation for the children who need it the most.

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When someone commits a crime, most people believe that justice should be served. But what about when the punishment is much harsher than the crime? This week, Xander talks to Adnan Khan about his organization Re:Store Justice and how they're trying to end extreme sentencing.

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