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Leading from the Ground: Louisville, Minneapolis and Atlanta Affiliate CEOs in the Movement for Black Lives
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Leading from the Ground: Louisville, Minneapolis and Atlanta Affiliate CEOs in the Movement for Black Lives
FromFor The Movement
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Length:
91 minutes
Released:
Jun 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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In this episode, we are joined by Urban League affiliate CEOs who are leading during the 21st Century Movement for Black Lives…a historic time of great social unrest and possibility in the civil rights community! Louisville Urban League President & CEO Sadiqa Reynolds discusses the Breonna Taylor case; Urban League of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis) President & CEO Steven Belton discusses the George Floyd case; and Greater Atlanta Urban League President & CEO Nancy Flake Johnson discusses the Rayshard Brooks and Ahmaud Arbery cases. The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. **Please note: There may be some late-breaking developments in each of the cases discussed that were not known at the time of the podcast recording. Discussed in this episode: National Urban League Black Black America African-American News Information Advocacy Louisville Minneapolis Atlanta Movement for Black Lives Black Lives Matter New Brunswick Breonna Taylor Kenneth Walker David McAtee George Floyd Rayshard Brooks Ahmaud Arbery Eric Garner Rodney King Philando Castile Tamir Rice Trayvon Martin Emmitt Till Colin Kaepernick No Knock Warrant Chokehold Citizen Arrest Hate Crime Bill Lynching COVID-19 Coronavirus Essential Worker Justice Community Policing Protest Curfew Police Reform Defund Police Police Use of Force Excessive Force Police Killing Body Camera Redlining Justice in Policing Act Confederate Monuments Voter Suppression 2020 Election Georgia Primary Census
Released:
Jun 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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