Root Causes

Join the Root Causes team, as we talk about the intersections of Latinx identities, systemic inequalities, alternative forms of protest, and so much more with two amazing Latinx organizers: Ana Lemus and Andrea Gonalez.

On this week's episode of Root Causes, we are joined by Andrea Brown and Nia Jones from the Black Mental Health Alliance. We discuss the connection between slavery and our U.S. institutions, ways in which the State has broken down our communities, as well as ways to prioritize the wellbeing of your whole community.

The ways in which climate justice is intertwined with gun violence prevention is many, but do we talk about this enough? Join the Root Causes team with Shiv Goel and Rohan Arora, as we discuss the climate justice movement, systemic racism, capitalism, and so much more on this weeks episode of Root Causes.

Abolition, gun violence, and how we can bring about the collective liberation of all peoples. Both Elijah Nichols and Addison Moore strip back their guards and make it clear that the fight to end state violence is a cause that the gun violence prevention movement must boldly take on-- despite pushback.

At the root of movements, which focus on the call for specific legislative and systematic changes, we have a power struggle: those who need change and those who wish to keep power. Join the hosts of Root Causes, as they discuss voter suppression and engagement with two dedicated organizers: Henry Hicks and Monét Ballard.

The reality of class division and the breakdown of the community is how the ruling class win. Can you join Betsy Leondar-Wright from Class Action and the Root Causes team, as we explore how classism affects movement spaces and how we can ensure a multi-class, multi-race, multi-generational movement to end all forms of oppression?

Movement politics get's things done. Join the Root Causes team, as well as Aalayah Eastmond, a Team Enough Executive Council Member and the Concerned Citizens DC Co-Founder/ Co Organizer, as well as Ty Hobson-Powell, a lead organizer with Concerned Citizens DC and 51for51, as they discuss movement politics and it's power in the 21st century.

The need for Queer pride and safety is so deeply engrained in the fight to end gun violence. Without the liberation of LGBTQ+ folks, we will not see a day where we are free from gun violence. Join the hosts of Root Causes, as they discuss LGBTQ+ pride, resilience, and advocacy with two Queer progressive organizers: Jason Lamar Walker and Brandon Wolf.

While the fight for Puerto Rican liberation is often seen as seperate from the gun violence prevention movement, the Root Causes team and Marysol Fernandez-Harvey discuss the connections between colonialism and state santctioned violence to the fight to end gun violence in the United States.

The role that gender plays in the fight to end gun violence is immense. We must acknowledge the adversities that women and femme identifying individuals may have when trying to enter spaces of advocacy, as well as ensuring that there is an understanding of how differing identies are impacted by gun violence. Join the Root Causes team with Kathryn Fleisher, Executive Director of Not My Generation, and Madison Green, the Diversity and Inclusion co-Coordinator for the Maryland MFOL state team.