Sojourner Truth Radio

Today on Sojourner Truth Radio, we continue our Black History Month coverage with a focus on this years BHM theme Black Health and Wellness. Discussing present day and historic challenges, our guest is Dr. Chandra Ford Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice and Health at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

And for our Weekly Earth Watch, environmentalist Dawn Chapman--co-founder of the grassroots group Just Moms STL (Just Moms St. Louis)joins us to discuss the latest on the toxic West Lake Landfill Superfund Site based in St Louis Missouri. She lives within miles of the site. She will share with us what the site is, its impact on her community, what the federal government has done thus far and the ongoing demands of campaigners to clean up the site. She

Finally, playwright, and Chicano movement activist David Trujillo joins us to discuss his latest play Legacy of a Garage Band.

Today on Sojourner Truth Radio, we continue our Black History Month coverage with a focus on this years BHM theme Black Health and Wellness. Discussing present day and historic challenges, our guest is Dr. Chandra Ford Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice and Health at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

And for our Weekly Earth Watch, environmentalist Dawn Chapman--co-founder of the grassroots group Just Moms STL (Just Moms St. Louis)joins us to discuss the latest on the toxic West Lake Landfill Superfund Site based in St Louis Missouri. She lives within miles of the site. She will share with us what the site is, its impact on her community, what the federal government has done thus far and the ongoing demands of campaigners to clean up the site. She

Finally, playwright, and Chicano movement activist David Trujillo joins us to discuss his latest play Legacy of a Garage Band.

Today on Sojourner Truth we kick off our Black History Month Coverage. We discuss challenges facing Black and Brown communities today including: on-going bomb threats against HBCUs; the latest on what is going on in Congress to protect certification of Presidential elections and community based work being done to encourage voters and to protect the vote; those on the right slamming President Biden’s announcement that he will select a Black woman to the US Supreme Court and the Dept of Justice has refused to reopen the federal investigation into the 2014 police killing of 12 year old Tamir Rice . Our first guest is Barbara Arnwine President and Founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition.

And racist and anti-Semitic vandalism at Queens College part of the City University of New York. Delany Hall is a building used by the SEEK Program and was recently vandalized. SEEK students while mixed race are primarily low income, ethnic and people of color students. SEEK Students and faculty alike are pressing the college administration to take action. The SEEK program grew out of the Civil Rights Movement in an effort led by the late Shirley Chisholm. What’s going on? We speak with Dr. Natanya Duncan, Director of Queens College Africana Studies.

Likely many of you are gearing up to relax and root for your favorite team during Superbowl 2022 which takes place at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Los Angeles on Sunday February 13th. Inglewood is a community facing gentrification with a large Black and other people of color population. But what is going on behind the scenes as law enforcement promises to crack down on those viewed as “undesirables”, houseless people and sex workers. For every Superbowl there is the claim promoted by law enforcement and anti-sex worker campaigners that the bowls are a haven for sex trafficking. Not so says a coalition of sex worker organizations. They are planning to expose racist and sexist trafficking and the superbowl misinformation, and the misinformation about trafficking generally. Our final guest is Alex Makulit an organizer with USPROStitutes Collective.

Today on Sojourner Truth we kick off our Black History Month Coverage. We discuss challenges facing Black and Brown communities today including: on-going bomb threats against HBCUs; the latest on what is going on in Congress to protect certification of Presidential elections and community based work being done to encourage voters and to protect the vote; those on the right slamming President Biden’s announcement that he will select a Black woman to the US Supreme Court and the Dept of Justice has refused to reopen the federal investigation into the 2014 police killing of 12 year old Tamir Rice . Our first guest is Barbara Arnwine President and Founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition.

And racist and anti-Semitic vandalism at Queens College part of the City University of New York. Delany Hall is a building used by the SEEK Program and was recently vandalized. SEEK students while mixed race are primarily low income, ethnic and people of color students. SEEK Students and faculty alike are pressing the college administration to take action. The SEEK program grew out of the Civil Rights Movement in an effort led by the late Shirley Chisholm. What’s going on? We speak with Dr. Natanya Duncan, Director of Queens College Africana Studies.

Likely many of you are gearing up to relax and root for your favorite team during Superbowl 2022 which takes place at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Los Angeles on Sunday February 13th. Inglewood is a community facing gentrification with a large Black and other people of color population. But what is going on behind the scenes as law enforcement promises to crack down on those viewed as “undesirables”, houseless people and sex workers. For every Superbowl there is the claim promoted by law enforcement and anti-sex worker campaigners that the bowls are a haven for sex trafficking. Not so says a coalition of sex worker organizations. They are planning to expose racist and sexist trafficking and the superbowl misinformation, and the misinformation about trafficking generally. Our final guest is Alex Makulit an organizer with USPROStitutes Collective.

Last week, an 80 million acre oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico was invalidated after a federal judge ruled the auction did not properly analyze the impacts on climate change. The decision casts uncertainty over the future of U.S. federal offshore drilling.

The ruling, which cancels 1.7 million acres of oil and gas leases from that sale, comes after a lawsuit filed in March by the environmental group Earthjustice on behalf of a coalition of groups, including the Center for Biological Diversity, Healthy Gulf and Friends of the Earth.

According to an Earthjustice Senior Attorney, “We simply cannot continue to make investments in the fossil fuel industry to the peril of our communities and increasingly warming planet."

Vacating the lease sale is a step in the right direction, but systemic change requires stopping all oil and gas development, and looking for ways to dramatically decrease our energy consumption.

For the Earth Minute and the Sojourner Truth Show this is Theresa Church with Global Justice Ecology Project

Last week, an 80 million acre oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico was invalidated after a federal judge ruled the auction did not properly analyze the impacts on climate change. The decision casts uncertainty over the future of U.S. federal offshore drilling.

The ruling, which cancels 1.7 million acres of oil and gas leases from that sale, comes after a lawsuit filed in March by the environmental group Earthjustice on behalf of a coalition of groups, including the Center for Biological Diversity, Healthy Gulf and Friends of the Earth.

According to an Earthjustice Senior Attorney, “We simply cannot continue to make investments in the fossil fuel industry to the peril of our communities and increasingly warming planet."

Vacating the lease sale is a step in the right direction, but systemic change requires stopping all oil and gas development, and looking for ways to dramatically decrease our energy consumption.

For the Earth Minute and the Sojourner Truth Show this is Theresa Church with Global Justice Ecology Project

Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss the recent district court judgement to reject a plea bargain for one of the three men convicted of murdering 25 year old black man Ahmad Arbery, why did Judge Woods reject the plea? We will speak to attorney and educator, Nana Gyamfi, on this breaking news and her thoughts on how this federal trial could set historic precedent.

Plus on the anniversary of a militarized coup in Myanmar, over 130 trade unions and civil society organizations from around the world, have released a joint statement calling on international fashion brands to cease all production and pull out of Myanmar. Labor organizers and coalition groups are demanding mega fashion corporations end their sweatshop practices in Myanmar. We will speak to Khaing Zar Aung, labor union president of the Industrial Workers Federation of Myanmar (IWFM) to discuss conditions for the women working these exploitative jobs for these mega fashion corporations, and their negative response to this demand.

Our last guest is Virginia Harris, a member of the Coalition to Free Political Prisoner Ruchell Magee, who will give us an update on Magee's health and the precarious conditions he faces amidst this global pandemic in prison.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss the recent district court judgement to reject a plea bargain for one of the three men convicted of murdering 25 year old black man Ahmad Arbery, why did Judge Woods reject the plea? We will speak to attorney and educator, Nana Gyamfi, on this breaking news and her thoughts on how this federal trial could set historic precedent.

Plus on the anniversary of a militarized coup in Myanmar, over 130 trade unions and civil society organizations from around the world, have released a joint statement calling on international fashion brands to cease all production and pull out of Myanmar. Labor organizers and coalition groups are demanding mega fashion corporations end their sweatshop practices in Myanmar. We will speak to Khaing Zar Aung, labor union president of the Industrial Workers Federation of Myanmar (IWFM) to discuss conditions for the women working these exploitative jobs for these mega fashion corporations, and their negative response to this demand.

Our last guest is Virginia Harris, a member of the Coalition to Free Political Prisoner Ruchell Magee, who will give us an update on Magee's health and the precarious conditions he faces amidst this global pandemic in prison.

Earth Minute: Latest laws on GMO Food labeling.

Earth Minute: Latest laws on GMO Food labeling.