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AirGo is partnering with friend of the show and self-appointed honorary cohost Eve Ewing to present Black Freedom Conversations, a suite featuring Eve in conversation with Black scholars toward collective Black liberation and learning. Each episode corresponds to lectures given by the featured scholar, which are available for free at https://www.blackfreedomlectures.org/. Episode four features Eve in conversation with Ashon Crawley, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and African American Studies at the University of Virginia. He is author of Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility (Fordham University Press) and The Lonely Letters (Duke University Press). His work is about alternatives to normative function and form, the practice of otherwise possibility. SHOW NOTES Watch the lecture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF5n2F2rwlU Follow the guest - twitter.com/ashoncrawley Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

AirGo is proud to share a suite of conversations led by the Chicago Torture Justice Center entitled "Where We’re Going, We Need Each Other," a 2021 celebration of the 6-year anniversary of the Reparations Ordinance for survivors of police torture, and the 4-year anniversary of the opening of the Chicago Torture Justice Center. On this episode, teachers, healing practitioners, and organizers Mark-Anthony Clayton-Johnson and Prentis Hemphill joined CTJC co-directors Aislinn Pulley and Cindy Eigler in a conversation rooted in Politicized Healing, organizing, and staying close to what we care about. SHOW NOTES Learn more about CTJC - chicagotorturejustice.org Support the work of CTJC - www.classy.org/give/337684/#!/donation/checkout Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

AirGo is proud to share a suite of conversations led by the Chicago Torture Justice Center entitled "Where We’re Going, We Need Each Other," a 2021 celebration of the 6-year anniversary of the Reparations Ordinance for survivors of police torture, and the 4-year anniversary of the opening of the Chicago Torture Justice Center. With reflections from CTJM members Anthony Holmes, Dorothy Burge, and Alice Kim on how art and culture played a central role in envisioning reparations, this event examined how far we've come, what it took to get here, and the importance of the memorial. It also gave attendees time with artists, writers, and educators in breakout rooms, where they focused on making and creating in a world where there is so much un-making and destruction. Workshops include: Writing Workshop with educator Bill Ayers & CTJM member Alice Kim Make a quilt patch for incarcerated survivors with artist and CTJM member Dorothy Burge Make a protest poster with artist Aaron Hughes Learn about teaching the Reparations Won Curriculum via history and art with CPS educators Jen Johnson & Dave Stieber SHOW NOTES Learn more about CTJC - http://chicagotorturejustice.org Support the work of CTJC - www.classy.org/give/337684/#!/donation/checkout Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

AirGo is partnering with UIC's Social Justice Initiative to present The Sawyer Seminar, a series of conversations hosted by UIC scholars entitled Radical Care, Real Alternatives. This episode, hosted by UIC professors Rachel Weber and Philip Ashton, explores how the public goods and services on which we rely have been commodified, packaged, and sold to the highest bidder. From the Chicago Skyway to the Green Line subway to the parking spots across the city, the municipal government has auctioned off the public infrastructure in an attempt to plug short-term budget holes, with often disastrous consequences. Dive deep into the weeds and emerge with a new lens to challenge the privatization of our lived environment in Chicago and beyond. SHOW NOTES Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091 Transcription by Ayinde Jean-Baptiste

AirGo is proud to share a suite of conversations led by the Chicago Torture Justice Center entitled "Where We’re Going, We Need Each Other," a 2021 celebration of the 6-year anniversary of the Reparations Ordinance for survivors of police torture, and the 4-year anniversary of the opening of the Chicago Torture Justice Center. This second episode features audio from an event honoring the mothers of survivors who continue to fight with and for their loved ones. Participants include: Armanda Shackelford, mother of Gerald Reed, who was recently released after nearly 31 years incarcerated Regina Russell, mother of Tamon Russell Rosemary Cade, mother of Antonio Porter Carolyn Johnson, mother of Marcus Wiggins, the youngest known survivor of police torture Co-moderated by Mark Clements, Survivor and Organizer at the Chicago Torture Justice Center and Alice Kim, co-founder of Chicago Torture Justice Memorials and Director of Human Rights Practice at the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights. SHOW NOTES Learn more about CTJC - http://chicagotorturejustice.org Support the work of CTJC - www.classy.org/give/337684/#!/donation/checkout Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

AirGo is proud to share a suite of conversations led by the Chicago Torture Justice Center entitled "Where We’re Going, We Need Each Other," a 2021 celebration of the 6-year anniversary of the Reparations Ordinance for survivors of police torture, and the 4-year anniversary of the opening of the Chicago Torture Justice Center. This first episode, entitled "how we got here, where we're going," explored the impact of early reporting about police torture in Chicago and journalism's important role in the continuing movement for justice for survivors and families. Participants include: Gregory Banks, torture survivor Mark Clements, torture survivor John Conroy, journalist and playwright, My Kind of Town Joey Mogul, attorney and author of the Reparations Ordinance Maurice Possley, journalist Co-moderated by: Trina Reynolds-Tyler, Invisible Institute Damon Williams, CTJC, #LetUsBreathe Collective, AirGo SHOW NOTES Learn more about CTJC - chicagotorturejustice.org Support the work of CTJC - https://www.classy.org/give/337684/#!/donation/checkout Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

Here's a lil status update on AirGo! We're taking our first summer break from regular original episodes, but will be releasing a couple of tremendous suites: first, a series of conversations entitled "Where We’re Going, We Need Each Other," celebrating of the 6-year anniversary of the Reparations Ordinance for survivors of police torture, and the 4-year anniversary of the opening of the Chicago Torture Justice Center. Then we're partnering with our old pal Eve Ewing for the Black Freedom Conversations, a suite of discussions that she hosted as part of the Black Freedom Lectures in May and June. Hope you have a restful and joyous summer, and keep an eye out for all kinds of new stuff coming from the AirGo crew. Thank you for such a successful year of growth, learning, and laughing together! Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

Climate Changemakers is back for Season 2! And this year, hosts Damon and Kiss are reaching beyond Illinois and talking with environmental justice movement workers from across the land about what ideas guide their work, which strategies have been effective, and what advice they have for Elevate as the organization works to put people and the planet first in the fight to build equity through climate action. On this episode, Damon and Daniel have the honor of talking with two of the leading voices in the fight to save the lives and communities of Centreville, Illinois, a community that has been living in raw sewage for decades. Nicole Nelson is an attorney with Equity Legal Services, where she litigates on behalf of and works with Centreville residents, and Valerie Marion is a lifelong Centreville resident who is one of the founders of Centreville Citizens for Change, a community group that provides bottled water and other resources to their neighbors. The duo talks about how their town was structurally neglected, the physical and emotional toll of the struggle for justice, and what you can do to support. SHOW NOTES Donate to the Home Repair Community Fund - charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/…community-fund Learn more and dive deeper into the fight - http://floodedandforgotten.com/

AirGo is partnering with UIC's Social Justice Initiative to present The Sawyer Seminar, a series of conversations hosted by UIC scholars entitled Radical Care, Real Alternatives. On this episode, we dig deep into the contemporary undocumented rights movement with UIC Professor Amalia Pallares and Mijente Political Director Tania Unzueta. The former mentor-mentee duo go through the timeline of Tania's involvement in the struggle, from her canceled appearance in front of Congress on September 11th, to the fight for DACA to be passed in the early 2010s, to her step into electoral politics over the last few years. Throughout the story, the love and appreciation between the old friends shines through, and the stories Tania shares illustrate what the future of this fight can look like. SHOW NOTES Mijente - https://mijente.net/ Coming out of the Shadows - https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/coming-out-of-the-shadows-undocumented-youth-art-and-activism-in-the-usa/ Radio Arte - https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/radio-arte-national-museum-of-mexican-art/Content?oid=3905398 Immigrant youth justice league - https://mydocumentedlife.org/immigrant-youth-justice-league-coming-out-of-the-shadows/ Undocuqueer - https://creativeresistance.org/i-am-undocuqueer/ #Not1More - http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/ Secure Communities - https://www.ice.gov/secure-communities NOLA Congress of Day Laborers - https://www.nowcrj.org/ Marisa Franco of Mijente - https://twitter.com/marisa_franco?lang=en Chicago Community and Workers Rights - https://chicagoworkersrights.org/about/ Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091 Transcription by Ayinde Jean-Baptiste

On this bonus episode we're sharing the audio from a virtual event that Dame and Kiss were invited to participate in, hosted by the Museum of Broadcast Communications. As part of their Happy Half Hour series, MBC Director Susy Schultz talked with the guys about the show, what they hope it is accomplishing, and the specific possibilities of radio. SHOW NOTES Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091