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On this bonus burst of brilliance, we're excited to share this conversation between AirGo fam Tonika Lewis Johnson and renowned scholar and author Richard Rothstein about the racist history and legacy of land sale contracts in Chicago and beyond. Learn about this foundational element of structural inequity, and cop Richard's book The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. Thanks to Tonika for allowing us to share this conversation on AirGo!

On 5/13/21, AirGo hosted Undocumented & Unafraid, a conversation as part of Allied Media Projects' Bloom Speakers Series. The guys had the privilege and honor of learning from: Jennicet Gutierrez, an organizer with queer and trans undocumented rights organization Famila TQLM; and Patrice Lawrence, the Co-Director of UndocuBlack Network (UBN) is a multigenerational network of currently and formerly undocumented Black people. The squad talks about what they've learned in the struggle, what needs to be centered in the conversation around borders and immigration, what their freedom dreams look like, and much more. Big shouts out to Allied Media for having us! SHOW NOTES Deadly Exchange campaign - https://deadlyexchange.org/ Freedom Dreams by Robin Kelley - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/206173/freedom-dreams-by-robin-dg-kelley/ Undocublack Network - https://undocublack.org/ Familia: TQLM - https://familiatqlm.org/ 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. The season kicks off with Marnese Jackson, an advocate, organizer and mother from Pontiac, Michigan whose work lives at every scale from the personal to the global. She is a member of Michigan's State Climate Solutions Board, on the leadership team of the Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition, and a facilitator of BIPOC leadership programs in the climate justice movement. She talks about getting white folks to be self-reflective, bringing together multiracial coalition, and much more! Subscribe to, rate, and review Climate Changemakers on your podcast app: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clim…rs/id1503392646 Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

AirGo is excited to present The Mentorship Suite, a series of episodes exploring the joys, contradictions, and radical possibilities of this often fraught term. We wrap up the suite in style with co-curator Jacinda Bullie of Kuumba Lynx. Jacinda shares what jumped out to her from the past episodes, goes in-depth into how she's wrestling with accountability's complexity, breaks down how her family life informs her mentorship, and much more! SHOW NOTES Kesho's 4 Stages of Mentorship: Stages 1 - Entering Humbly 2 - Negotiating the dynamics and what is being asked and offered 3 - Showing that she was enabling growth - accountable to showing what had been learned from the last time 4 - Closing of the relationship Kesho's Steps for Healing: 1. Awareness 2. Acceptance 3. Restitution (symbolic and repair) 4. Policy change 5. Shift in cultural norms 6. Celebration 7. Memorialize the cast of characters 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. On this third episode we're treated to a conversation about structural care, hosted by UIC Professor Jennifer Brier and featuring longtime HIV/AIDS movement workers Charles Ryan Long, Valencia Robinson, and Kenyon Farrow. The squad talks about how they've learned to redefine care, what their work can teach us about how to respond to pandemics, and much more. SHOW NOTES Howard Brown Health - https://howardbrown.org/ Eyes on the Prize - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/eyesontheprize/ How the West Was Lost - https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/how-the-west-was-lost-1200440212/ Tongues Untied - https://www.criterion.com/films/31182-tongues-untied Credible Messengers - https://cmjcenter.org/ Violence Interrupters - https://www.violenceinterrupters.org/ 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 excited to present The Mentorship Suite, a series of episodes exploring the joys, contradictions, and radical possibilities of this often fraught term. On this episode, we catch back up with an old friend–the excellent emcee and sturdy human Add-2. He's the founder and beating heart of Haven Studios, a recording space and meeting ground on the South Side. He talks about stepping away from the mic and into his purpose, the joys and pains of being a mentor, and the course he's attempting to chart for the young people about whom he cares so deeply. SHOW NOTES Haven Studios - http://www.havenstudios.org/ Listen to Add-2's first appearance on AirGo back in 2015 - https://airgoradio.com/airgo/2015/9/10/episode-10-add-2 Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

AirGo is excited to present The Mentorship Suite, a series of episodes exploring the joys, contradictions, and radical possibilities of this often fraught term. On this episode, we share Part II of our conversation with Kesho Scott, a former Black Panther, longtime professor of Sociology and American Studies at Grinnell College, and mentor to both Dame and Kiss. The trio talks about their memories of the times that Kesho created some levitation, the deep love and appreciation they have for each other, and the calling and commitment to mentorship that sustains. SHOW NOTES Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning Message to the Grass Roots speech by Malcolm X - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY39tp3LEKI SDS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_a_Democratic_Society Survived and Punished - https://survivedandpunished.org/ Assata’s Daughters - https://www.assatasdaughters.org/ Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

AirGo is excited to present The Mentorship Suite, a series of episodes exploring the joys, contradictions, and radical possibilities of this often fraught term. On this episode, we have the honor and privilege to talk with the person who most directly shaped our commitment to movement, humanity, and liberation: the inimitable Kesho Scott. A former Black Panther and longtime professor of Sociology and American Studies at Grinnell College, Kesho breaks down the stages of mentorship, the foundations of a humanizing mentorship relationship, her own experience being mentored by Grace Lee Boggs and Jimmy Boggs, and so much more. The conversation was too good to cut, so we're dropping the first half this week and will have the second half next week. Levitate with us! SHOW NOTES Grace Lee Boggs - https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520272590/the-next-american-revolution Jimmy Boggs - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/748147.Revolution_And_Evolution_In_The_Twentieth_Century Angela Davis - https://airgoradio.com/airgo/2021/1/14/episode-270-angela-davis Stokely Carmichael - https://snccdigital.org/people/stokely-carmichael/ Walter Rodney - https://www.versobooks.com/books/2785-how-europe-underdeveloped-africa Audre Lorde - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lorde Exterminate All the Brutes - https://www.hbo.com/exterminate-all-the-brutes Republic of New Afrika - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_New_Afrika League of Revolutionary Black Workers - https://www.revolutionaryblackworkers.org/ Gloria Anzaldúa - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gloria-e-anzaldua Huey Newton - https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/huey-p-newton-born/ 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. On this second episode, we hear from Nik Theodore, a professor at UIC and Director of the UIC Center for Urban Economic Development, and AirGo fam Rich Wallace, who is the Director of EAT (Equity and Transformation) Chicago. In conversation with Prof. Stacey Sutton, they break down the concept and implications of the informal economy, and dive deep into the stories they cultivated as part of their new report entitled Survival Economies(https://www.eatchicago.org/survival-economy-report). SHOW NOTES Survival Economies Report - https://www.eatchicago.org/survival-economy-report EAT Chicago - https://www.eatchicago.org National Domestic Workers Alliance - https://www.domesticworkers.org/ National Day Laborer Organizing Network - https://ndlon.org/ UIC’s Great Cities Institute - https://greatcities.uic.edu/ UIC Scholars for Social Justice - sji.uic.edu/ Transcription by Ayinde Jean-Baptiste

We're very excited to announce that Climate Changemakers is returning for Season 2! A partnership between AirGo and Elevate, an organization that seeks to create a just and equitable world in which everyone has clean and affordable heat, power, and water in their homes and communities, Climate Changemakers features conversations with Environmental Justice workers from across the U.S. who are leading the fight against climate change and environmental racism. To get the podcast juices flowing, we've compiled our Season 1 guests' responses to the question "What should Elevate and its peers be doing differently to move the work forward?," and are sharing their reflections with you today. Stay tuned for a new episode every month and make sure to subscribe to, rate, and review Climate Changemakers!