April 9, 2024: Young Voters Leading The Way: The Transformative Justice Coalition Celebrates 2024 Phoenix Gen Z and Millennial Voting Rights Leadership ClassThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara […]
Today's show will focus on the issue of the naming of monuments and structures after slaveholders and racist Americans, that if funded by public taxpayer money. Maryland holds the fourth highest percentage of African American citizens in America. It is the only state in America with an African American Governor. Maryland also boasts an African American women as the Speaker of the House. Yet Maryland taxpayers have supported the naming of monuments after people who stood for slavery and against the advancement and inclusion of African Americans.
The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024, from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern Time, entitled, “Dignity For All: Johnson v. Grants Pass Rally and Oral Arguments Recap and Updates on the Fight to Rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge”, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine, Esq. and Daryl Jones, Esq. and will feature special guests Antonia Fasanelli, Donald Whitehead, and Caitlyn Arnwine. Today’s show will begin with an update to last week’s show in the developments of the fight to rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge in honor of former Congressman Parren J. Mitchell. After the update, this show will recap the rally held before the Supreme Court of the United States on April 23rd as the Court heard oral arguments in the City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson.
This week's show cover the important topics of the African American Policy Forum’s upcoming May 3rd National Day of Action and The Freedom To Learn movement and the relationship between this fight against book banning and the banning of teaching of African-American history and culture and its relevance to the 2024 elections.
Freedom to Learn Homeroom | May 2nd at 7:30pm ET On Thursday, May 2nd the final Freedom To Learn Homeroom, a virtual Call to Action Rally, will take place where guests will […]
Freedom to Learn March in DC | May 3rd at 10:15am ET The Freedom To Learn DC rally will convene at 10:15am ET at the Library of Congress, leading to […]
The Freedom To Learn NYC rally will take place at 4pm ET at Reverend T. Wendell Foster Recreation Center, 1020 Jerome Ave, Bronx, NY 10452 with speakers from city and state government, as well as leading civil and human rights organizations. In addition, an artist will perform an excerpt from Amanda Gorman’s book, The Hill We Climb. The Foster Recreation Center is home to SCAN-Harbor, a non-profit youth and family service center providing programming for families in Harlem, East Harlem, and the South Bronx under the leadership of executive director Lewis Zuchman, an original Freedom Rider. The event includes a banned book giveaway and speeches from Jumaane D. Williams, public advocate; Ashley Sharpton, NAN Youth Huddle; Dr. Canton Chloe; assembly Member Chantel Jackson, and more leaders.
The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024, from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern Time, entitled, “The Fight Against Voter Suppression in Alabama: TOPS, Transform Alabama & Young Activists to The Forefront!”, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine, Esq. and Daryl Jones, Esq. and will feature special guests Rodreisha Russaw, Dr. Adia Winfrey, Dominique Jenkins, and Eldric Coleman.
May 14, 2024: Breaking The Chains of Racial Gerrymandering: The Battle for Fair and Equitable Maps in LouisianaThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine, Esq. and Daryl Jones, […]
Today's show will also discuss the highly disturbing actions of Texas Governor Greg Abbott who, on May 16th “pardoned a man convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protester in the summer of 2020. Daniel Perry was serving a 25-year prison sentence for the murder of Garrett Foster, an armed white man who was attending a racial justice protest with his Black fiancee. Abbott had faced pressure to issue the pardon from conservative media figures. Stephanie Sy reports.
May 28, 2024: Supreme Injustice in Alexander Case Ruling and Evolving Technology and Its Impact on the African-American CommunityThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine, Esq. and Daryl […]
This week's show will feature special guests Christine Wood, Atty. Terry O’Neill, and Lynn Whitfield, Esq. This show will discuss how people throughout the nation can become part of this critical day of action and vigils.
