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- The Civics of COVID-19
At this week's Round Table, Inica Kotasthane, Julianna Davis, and Riya Mehta discuss—surprise!—COVID19. But it’s a more expansive conversation than many are, discussing the impact it’s having on young people and exploring the far-ranging civic implications of this pandemic. We'd love to hear how YOU are holding up and making sense of this moment and your thoughts about what lies ahead. Thank you for joining us!
41 min - Most people don’t think about the courts but they influence everythingJanna Adelstein of the Brennan Center for Justice underscores how crucial the decisions made by courts are to every aspect of society and our lives, and notes that despite the attention given to the Supreme Court and federal courts, state courts make 95% of decisions in the U.S.1 min
- #JudiciarySoWhite: Towards A Fair and Just Judicial System
At this week's Round Table, Sara Chough, Julianna Davis, Inica Kotasthane, and Riya Mehta speak with the Brennan Center for Justice’s Alicia Bannon, Managing Director for the Democracy Program and leader of the Fair Courts team, and Janna Adelstein, Research and Program Associate with the Fair Courts team, exploring what’s most important for young people to understand about the courts today. Judicial decisions influence so much in our society but the courts are often a black box to us--or should we say a white box--so we discuss issues of diversity, the consequences of not having a diverse judiciary, and what it would really take to create more diversity on a broad level. Thank you for joining us!
Background Resources:
- Where’s the Line When Criticizing Judges?
- State Supreme Court Diversity--Feb 2020 Update
- State Supreme Courts See Progress on Diversity but Still Fall Short
- Promoting Diversity Among Federal Bankruptcy Judges
- Why we Need a Code of Ethics for the Supreme Court
- The Nation’s Top State Courts Face a Crisis of Legitimacy
25 min - India does not have a very robust health system in placeAmrutha explains the vulnerabilities of the India health care system, which is far less robust than China’s, and how much trouble the country will be in if covid-19 spreads in India as it has elsewhere1 min
- Corona virus is the only thing the news is talking about in IndiaIndia journalist Amrutha Pagad provides context about how the pandemic is playing out in India1 min
- All About India--and Covid-19
At this week's Round Table, Inica Kotasthane, Riya Mehta, and Sara Chough spoke with Amrutha Pagad-- journalist, blogger, and podcaster from Bengaluru, India who hosts the podcast "India Off the Record: A Reporter’s Diary," covering REAL life in India. Amrutha gave us great perspective on how Covid-19 is playing out in India--a country with one of the lowest reported rates of the virus yet one of the highest populations in the world and that could be hugely imperiled should there be a major outbreak --as well as on youth engagement in India’s political and civic spheres. We think you’ll enjoy this in-depth glimpse into the world’s biggest democracy!
47 min - Stand up if you know what the president does?Lisa Solomon discusses the importance of unpacking the job to be done in order for prospective voters to weigh things like personality vs policies, and the characteristics and experiences that matter most to us as individuals1 min
- Vote--By Design
At this week's Round Table, Sara Chough, Inica Kotasthane, and Riya Mehta spoke with Lisa Kay Solomon-- educator, best-selling author, Designer in Residence at Stanford University’s Institute for Design, and creator of Vote by Design, an innovative curriculum and set of workshops to help teens reflect on the personal qualities and political values that are most important to US when it comes to electing leaders. We think you’ll be as fascinated and inspired by the approach as we are. Thank you for joining us!
Some additional resources from Lisa Solomon
Vote by Design Leadership Criteria and Debate Worksheet
Knowledge is Power: Rebooting Schoolhouse Rock to Fix our Civics Education
Super Tuesday: What does the future need from us?
25 min - The Democratic Party itself is incredibly dividedInica shares concerns about how divided the party is—candidates AND voters—and the degree to which this evokes 2016, and shared concerns about the Bernie (or Biden) or Bust mindset1 min
- To put it simply, the American people—we’re sort of stupidInica debunks the idea that voters vote based on ideology and references the dynamism of our times, compounded by social media, and how it makes it hard to know what’s true and what’s propaganda.1 min
About The Round Table: A YVote Podcast
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The Round Table provides a platform for conversation and engagement of civically-minded young people from different parts of the country. We strive to model civil dialogue across various divides--socioeconomic, racial, ethnic, political, and regional. We aim to challenge norms and represent all kinds of diversity--especially of perspective and ideas--enabling listeners to “hear” our thinking.
The Round Table is 100% created and edited by young people committed to building a more just and joyous world.