Enveonline Podcast Episode #7 - Jackson Mississippi Activist Brooke Floyd Discusses The Water Crisis
Jackson, Mississippi Activist Brooke Floyd took time out of schedule to educate us on what is exactly happening with the Water Crisis. During the discussion Brooke talks about the two organizations (Jackson Peoples Assembly, and People Advocacy Institute) that she works with two serve the community of Jackson. Floyd gives a detailed, historic account on how systematic racism has plagued the citizens on Jackson. As well as how systematic racism has contributed in the Water Crisis. Brooke Floyd also educates us on Brett Farve scamming the state of Mississippi.
About The Peoples Assembly of Jackson
What is a People’s Assembly?
A People’s Assembly is exactly how it sounds – an assembly or coming together of community members to share ideas about the city and let the city know what matters to us as residents. People’s Assemblies (PAs) happen all over the world. Some are very large and take on national issues. Some, like ours in Jackson, are focused on local issues. One of the first PAs took place in Lowndes County, Alabama in the 1960s and there have been a number of assemblies in Jackson and throughout the south ever since. Initiated by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement in coalition with Jackson residents and community groups, PAs are where community members make their voices heard. What kind of city do you want to live in? What can we do together to make Jackson a great place to live, work and worship? Join us and let us dream and work together.
https://jxnpeoplesassembly.org
About The Peoples Advocacy Institute
The People’s Advocacy Institute (PAI) is a non-profit community resource, training and capacity-building incubator for transformation justice in the South. PAI serves as a vehicle for true democracy, harnessing the collective wisdom of southern communities that have been directly impacted by a divestment from key community systems such as mass criminalization and incarceration and economic inequality. By engaging communities in electoral justice efforts, People's Assemblies, Alternatives to Incarceration Initiatives, and an intentional grassroots process for cultivating ideas and developing solutions PAI, builds community capacity, inspires self-determination and community-driven solutions to violence, punitive legal systems and social injustice facing far too many communities. We believe that community agency is what architects robust systems change and is what is needed to build new institutional power that paves the way for a more just system rooted in restoration, resilience and self-determination.
Get Invovoled https://www.peoplesadvocacyinstitute.com/get-involved