Chandra Christmas-Rouse on how to envision and build the future you want to inhabit through thinking about your values, cultures, and traditions. In other words, what kind of ancestor do you want to be?

Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/.

This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. Music in this episode was "Stop the Clocks" by Anamorphic Orchestra (CC BY-NC 3.0) and "Ambience, Peaceful Synth.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org. Illustrations by Humberto Saldana.

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H Kapp-Klote envisions new futures through feelings.

Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/.

For more information about his podcast Working 2050, check out www.aytchkappklote.com/working-2050.

This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. Music in this episode was "Stop the Clocks" by Anamorphic Orchestra (CC BY-NC 3.0) and "Ambience, Peaceful Synth.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org. Illustration by Shane Tolentino.

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Interior architect Lorin Jackson shares her tool for envisioning new futures: deep observation.

Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/.

This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. Music in this episode was "Stop the Clocks" by Anamorphic Orchestra (CC BY-NC 3.0) and "Ambience, Peaceful Synth.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org. Illustration by Mell Montezuma.

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Malik Jackson interviews Lee Weiner about his memoir Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of One of the Chicago Seven. Weiner discusses his life of activism beyond the famous trial where he and seven other organizers were targeted and tried for conspiracy in federal court for their role in the demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Interview by Malik Jackson for South Side Weekly. Photo provided.

Two West Side youth organizers and friends—Destiny Harris and Kaleb Autman—discuss their work organizing on the West Side, why they bring historical context to the work being done today, and what they hope for themselves and their community in ten years.

Read Destiny and Kaleb’s written pieces in @injusticewatch:

https://www.injusticewatch.org/commentary/2020/essential-work-destiny-harris/

https://www.injusticewatch.org/commentary/2020/essential-work-kaleb-autman/

Read the transcript of the audio piece in South Side Weekly: https://southsideweekly.com/essential-work-west-side-youth-organizers-destiny-kaleb-conversation/

This piece was produced by Erisa Apantaku, Adeshina Emmanuel, Kaleb Autman, and Destiny Harris in partnership with Injustice Watch. This is the second installment of the “Essential Work” series, a collaboration between Injustice Watch and South Side Weekly. Stay tuned for more.

Protest sounds and songs captured by Grace Del Vecchio. Music heard in this episode: “Rain on Me” by JBlanked (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), “Send Me” by JBlanked (CC BY 4.0)), “Herbal” by JBlanked/Bastardboy (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), and “Roy” by JBlanked (CC BY 4.0). The bumper at the beginning was produced by Jed Lickerman.

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Two youth organizers with GoodKids MadCity—China Smith, 18, of Greater Grand Crossing and Miracle Boyd, 18, of Chicago Lawn—share what they’ve learned and what they strive to do as organizers trying to transform the city of Chicago.

Read China and Miracle’s written piece reflecting on their experiences since March in @injusticewatch: https://www.injusticewatch.org/commentary/2020/essential-work-china-and-miracle/

Read the transcript of the audio piece in South Side Weekly: https://southsideweekly.com/essential-work-china-miracle-goodkids-madcity-share-experiences-organizing/

This piece was produced by Erisa Apantaku, Adeshina Emmanuel, China Smith, and Miracle Boyd in partnership with Injustice Watch. Special thanks to Priska Neely for additional editing. Stay tuned for more in the “Essential Work” series.

Photo caption: Miracle Boyd, an organizer with GoodKids MadCity, addresses participants to kick off GKMC's Love March in Woodlawn, Saturday, July 11, 2020. Davon Clark/Injustice Watch. Music heard in this episode: “The Question” by JBlanked (CC BY 4.0), “Shoepop” by Royalty Freak Music (CC0 1.0), “Roy” by JBlanked (CC BY 4.0), and “Luanda” by petrochine (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). The bumper at the beginning was produced by Jed Lickerman.

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This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. These can be about anything. They can be produced audio pieces, or they can be voicemail dispatches (just dial 331-308-0773). They can be music, or they can be spoken word. For more information on how to submit, visit www.southsideweekly.com/peoples-media.

This week's episode features #TeensInQuarantine, a podcast from FreeSpiritMedia's teens program that explores youth reflections and reactions during this COVID-19 crisis. You can hear more of FreeSpiritMedia's work at www.soundcloud.com/freespiritmedia/.

This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. The bumper at the beginning was produced by Jed Lickerman. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.

This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. For more information on how to submit to the South Side Weekly People's Media initiative, visit www.southsideweekly.com/peoples-media or dial 331-308-0773.

This week's episode includes interviews from detainees at Cook County Jail, recorded on April 6 and April 7. Maira Khwaja of the Invisible Institute has been in touch with a detainee at Cook County who passed the phone around to several other detainees so they could share their stories with us. All of the inmates in this episode are being housed in the Residential Treatment Unit in Division 8, which means they each have medical conditions that require routine ongoing treatment that they aren't currently receiving. We don’t know their real names and can’t fact-check their backstories. They’ve used pseudonyms here to protect against retaliation from the jail.

"Michael Scott" at 1:32

"Ezell Parker" at 4:00

"Kingston" at 5:35

"Mike" at 6:58

"Marcus Anderson" at 9:00

"Earl" at 12:57

On April 7, there was a car caravan protest to demand the mass release of detainees from Cook County Jail. At the end of this episode, we included a voicemail submission we got from Matthew Nicolas, who attended that caravan.

Here's a list of groups that organized the caravan: A Just Harvest, All of Us Or None Chicago, American Friends Service Committee, Assata’s Daughters, Believers Bail Out, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Chicago Community Bond Fund, Circles & Ciphers, Community Renewal Society, Equity and Transformation (EAT), Liberation Library, Love & Protect, Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration, Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD), The People’s Lobby, Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL), South Side Workers Center, Trinity United Church of Christ – Chicago, Unitarian Universalist Prison Ministry of Illinois, Westside Justice Center, Women’s Justice Institute and Parole Illinois.

This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku and Maira Khwaja. The bumper at the beginning was produced by Jed Lickerman. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.

This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. These can be about anything. They can be produced audio pieces, or they can be voicemail dispatches (just dial 331-308-0773). They can be music, or they can be spoken word. For more information on how to submit, visit www.southsideweekly.com/peoples-media.

This week's episode featured the track "Superficial" by Lassai. You can find more of his music at www.soundcloud.com/lassai.

This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. The bumper at the beginning features SSW reporter Bridget Vaughn and the Chicago band Malafacha and was produced by Jed Lickerman. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.

This is South Side Weekly People's Radio. Each week, we'll post audio submissions we get from you. These can be about anything. They can be produced audio pieces, or they can be voicemail dispatches (just dial 331-308-0773). They can be music, or they can be spoken word. For more information on how to submit, visit www.southsideweekly.com/peoples-media.

This week's episode featured a poem by Wistar and a dispatch from Grecia.

This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. The bumper at the beginning was produced by Jed Lickerman. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.