We’re excited to speak with education and civil rights activist Anjene “AJ” Davis! Hailing from Charleston, South Carolina, AJ is the founder of the Lowcountry Black Parents Association and co-founder of Pro-Truth South Carolina.

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Opening (0:00:00)Introduction (00:00:41)

• Tizzy Ent video about Elon Musk’s son & the Oval Office press conference (TikTok)
• Did Elon Musk’s 4-year-old son tell Trump to ‘shush your mouth’? The internet is divided (The Straits Times)
• Philadelphia Eagles Fight Song (N2B Goal Horns on YouTube)
• President Donald Trump visits with family of Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes at Super Bowl LIX (Miami Herald)
• WH Press Secretary calls Canada 51st state (DailyMail)
• Canada’s ice hockey win over Trump’s America was her soft power laid bare (The Guardian)

Your SC Representatives at Work (00:16:37)

• Rep Jeff Bradley: We spend too much on public schools and have terrible results (video from FABB Beaufort on Instagram)
• SC has 5.5 million people. Right next to us is Minnesota with 5.8 million. (Wikipedia)
• Minnesota spends $15.7B and is ranked #17 in education (US News & World Report)
• Trump order boosts school choice, but there’s little evidence vouchers lead to smarter students or better educational outcomes (The Conversation)

Interview with Anjene “AJ” Davis (00:33:03)

• AnJene Davis’s TikTok
• LowCountry Black Parents Association (thelbpa.org)
• ProTruth South Carolina (protruthsc.org)
• Democracy Forward (democracyforward.org)
• GoFundMe for AJ Davis heart transplant
• Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class by Lawrence Otis Graham (Goodreads)
• Certain People: America's Black Elite by Stephen Birmingham (Goodreads)
• South Carolina School Improvement Council (sc-sic.org)
• South Carolina's Corridor of Shame (ArcGIS StoryMaps)

Closing (1:15:20)

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