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Beyond Voting

The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership

Welcome to Beyond Voting! In Season 2, we continue exploring the state of American democracy as it shifts under President Trump’s second term. With seasoned leaders, movement workers, and journalists- you’ll hear visions for a future rooted in care, radical imagination, and everyday people taking action to protect democracy- grounded in working-class solidarity and Indigenous leadership. We dig into what’s changing, who’s paying attention, and how people are fighting back. Because despite the

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47:16

Detroit Organizing and Building the Grace Lee Boggs...

Beyond Voting ·

2021/03/06

Shea Howell discusses everything Detroit. Shea has organized, as one of the founders of the Grace Lee Boggs Center, developing intergenerational relations, within the Council of Elders, and so much more. She is currently working in the water struggle in Detroit and celebrating the most recent win to pause the water bill during the covid-19 pandemic.

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53:28

Resistencia de mujeres Afrocolombianas con Luz Marina...

Beyond Voting ·

2021/02/27

En este episodio de Futuros Radicales Ahora entramos en conversación con Luz Marina Becerra, lideresa de AFRODES y la COMADRE de AFRODES, sobre experiencias de lxs Afrocolombianxs, la opresión por parte del Estado, y su resistencia. Este episodio está presentado por Marcos Ferguson Morales, y editado por Marcos Ferguson Morales y Paige Chung // In this episode of Radical Futures Now we discuss with Luz Marina Becerra, leader of AFRODES and la COMADRE de AFRODES, about the Afrocolombian experience,

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57:01

Up To Us: APIENC’s Community Survey with Samie & Yuan

Beyond Voting ·

2021/02/22

Sammie Ablaza Wills and Yuan Wang discuss trans-centered organizing, community based participatory research, and solidarity. APIENC is a grassroots organization building transgender, non-binary and queer API power in the Bay Area. APIENC recently conducted a community based participatory research called Up to Us that was conducted by and centered transgender API community members.

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39:13

Hip-Hop Culture and Black Movements with Msia Clark...

Beyond Voting ·

2021/02/12

Hip-Hop is more than just a genre of music; it is a form of resistance and storytelling. Hip-Hop also plays an integral role in Black Movements. We speak with Msia Kibona Clark, Associate Professor of African cultural & feminist studies in the Department of African Studies at Howard University. Her work examines hip-hop in Africa’s importance as social commentary, especially around Pan Africanism and African feminist thought. Msia describes the parallels and differences of Hip-Hop culture in the

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17:42

We're Back! Season Two of Radical Futures Now

Beyond Voting ·

2021/02/05

Welcome to Season 2 of Radical Futures Now. Get the inside scoop about our rebrand and the reasoning behind it. Listen and get to know the members of the Racial Futures Now team. Learn about our roles, passions, and why we love to do this work. Hear about what guests and topics we have in store for you.

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53:29

Transmasculinity and Being a Transformer with Willy...

Beyond Voting ·

2020/10/21

The transgender movement has come a long way in the last six decades, from very little visibility and support to growing awareness and acceptance. We speak with Willy Wilkinson, author of the Lambda Literary Award-winning book Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural Competency, about his journey coming out as a young trans child in the early sixties. Now a sought-after public health consultant who helps organizations and institutions develop LGBTQ-affirming services and systems,

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58:51

Movement Reflections and Pan-African from a Black...

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2020/09/04

As the Black Lives Matter uprisings continue, we look back at our history and invite Charlotte Hill O’neil Mama “C” to speak on her triumphs and journey as a former Black Panther. Currently at the United African Alliance Community Center in Tanzania, where Covid19 is not prevalent, Mama C is living her best life: writing her memoir Hard Head and spending time with the community. She shares her insights on the parallels between the Black Panther movement and Black Lives Matter movement today.Check

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50:40

Emergent Strategies and Pleasure Activism with...

Beyond Voting ·

2020/08/29

With American current socio-political climate, The Radical Zone podcast team had a conversation with Adrienne Maree Brown to discuss emergent strategies and pleasure activism. In this episode, Adrienne breaks down their life's work in activism with various communitiesAdrienne Maree Brown is the author of Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good,Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds and the co-editor of Octavia’s Brood: | Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements. She is

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55:42

Defunding Police & Black Lives Matter Organizing in...

Beyond Voting ·

2020/08/19

With everything on right during this pandemic of covid19, black people and people of color have to continue to fight for their rights and systemic injustice especially in America. In this BLM Mini series, we got a rare opportunity to talk with Toronto-based organizer of Black Lives Matter movement to share her thoughts about the contrast and similarities between Canada and United States Of America with regards to black people and systemic relations with the state. Sandy Hudson is a Toronto-based

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37:52

Grassroots Organizing & Student Activism with Majyck D

Beyond Voting ·

2020/08/12

This time around, we take time out to focus on localized grass root organizing & activism. we talked to Majyck D in our #BLM mini series to understand how what has been happening in Kalamazoo Michigan lately. The Killing of George Floyd resulted in protests and demonstrations in cities across the nation, with Kalamazoo Michigan being one of those cities. We also learned about the relationship between Kalamazoo Public Schools and the community? Discussed what measures are being considered to end

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48:40

Electoral Politics & Immigration Rights with Jason De...

Beyond Voting ·

2020/08/05

The COVID-19 pandemic has made things complicated around the world, and America has been equally affected by this global health crisis and the impact it has had on society. The radical Zone Podcast brought back professor Jason De Leon to help us understand and decipher immigration rights and electoral politics in America.In this episode, we dive deep into issues of diversity and differences between various minority groups in America in context of the political build up towards the upcoming

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50:20

Prison Resistance & Narrative Change with Amani Sawari

Beyond Voting ·

2020/07/29

The Radical Zone Podcast team got an opportunity to have a conversation with a special guest Amani Sawari to participate in our Black Lives Matter mini series and discuss the recent Uprising and its relation to Mass Incarceration in America. Amani Sawari is a writer, founder of the site sawarimi.org, coordinator for the Right2Vote Campaign, the Good Time Campaign to Repeal Truth In Sentencing and a 2019 Civil Rights Fellow with the Roddenberry Foundation. She graduated from the University of

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55:39

Indigenous Uprisings and Cross Movement Building with...

Beyond Voting ·

2020/07/22

The Radical Zone team had the pleasure to speak with Holly Bird to bring us to speed on critical issues facing Ingenious Movements parallels to Black movements, COVID-19 and its impact on the Indigenous Community in America. Hon. Bird graduated from DePaul University College of Law, where she served as the Native American Representative and President of the Latino Law Students Association. Most notably, however, Hon. Bird founded and served as Vice-President, President, and President-Emeritus of

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53:39

Movements & Master Narratives with Lisa Brock [BLM...

Beyond Voting ·

2020/07/15

In this special Black Lives Matter mini series, we brought back one of our favorite radical intellectuals, activists and the acting Executive Director of the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College, Dr. Lisa Brock to help us decipher the following questions/comments:1. What’s currently happening on the ground in Chicago?2. Discuss current brutal killings Black people like George Floyd, Ahmad Arbury, Breonna Taylor, and countless others.3. Shed light on the current racial

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54:06

Migration & US/Mexico Border conversations with Jason...

Beyond Voting ·

2020/07/08

In this Episode, TRZ is so excited to tap into great wisdom of Jason De Leon on issues Immigration and Migration.Jason De León is Professor of Anthropology and Chicana, Chicano, and Central American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is Executive Director of the Undocumented Migration Project, a 501 (c)(3) committed to documenting and raising awareness about the violent social process of clandestine migration through a combination of anthropological research, education, arts

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38:17

Babaluku in Conversation with The Radical Zone

Beyond Voting ·

2020/07/01

In our second episode, The Radical Zone had a social distancing conversation with a Hip Hop movement builder Babaluku to decipher the effect of Covid19 in Africa as well the creatives around the world.Silas Babaluku is the founder and executive director of The Foundation, creator of the Dynasty as well as an award-winning musician, producer, community youth activist and social entrepreneur. Being raised in Uganda and living in Canada during his late teens and early twenties has given Silas a

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Lisa Brock in conversation with TRZ

Beyond Voting ·

2020/06/02

Radical Zone Podcast got in a social distancing sit down with Lisa Brock & now we bring you full conversation with; Dr. Lisa Brock is currently the Academic Director of the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She is the senior editor of the Praxis Center, an online resource center for Scholars, Activists and Artists. She serves as a Trustee on the Davis Putter Scholarship fund for radical student activists. Since the early 1990s, Brock has been

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The Radical Zone Podcast

Beyond Voting ·

2020/05/12

The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership (ACSJL) is an initiative of Kalamazoo College whose mission is to develop and sustain leaders in human rights and social justice through education and capacity-building.We envision a world where:every person's life is equally valued,the inherent dignity of all people is recognized,the opportunity to develop one’s full potential is available to every person, andsystematic discrimination and structural inequities have been eradicated

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