CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with Rashid Shabazz of the Campaign for Black Male Achievement about the assets that black men and boys are and the ways in which public narratives must be shifted to reflect their value.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with Digital Undivided’s Darlene Gillard Jones, Jerome Hardaway of Vets Who Code and BLOC’s Aminah Yamusah about the social justice hackathon they designed for young people and the role of technology in eradicating inequity.
CJSF goes to the Women’s March on Washington. And Allison R. Brown speaks with Joanne Smith and Kate McDonough of Girls for Gender Equity about how their work to ensure equitable education for girls of color connects to the broader women’s right movement.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with David Osher, Vice President and Institute Fellow at the American Institutes for Research, about social-emotional learning and its impact on students and teachers alike over the years.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with Jitu Brown, National Director of the Journey 4 Justice Alliance, and Albert Sykes, Executive Director of IDEA (Institute for Democratic Education in America), about the next chapter in education justice organizing.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown talks to Jacqueline Pata of the National Congress of American Indians about the protests at Standing Rock, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and what it all means for equity, sovereignty, and freedom.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown talks with Dr. Natalie Hopkinson, Assistant Professor at Howard University and Fellow at the Interactivity Foundation, about how slavery’s legacy manifests today.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with a roundtable of parent organizers about how parents and families are using their powers for good, working proactively to make their schools work for their children and the nation's children.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with Dr. John H. Jackson, President and CEO of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, about the recent elections and what the new state of the world will be on January 20, 2017.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with Andrew Grant-Thomas, co-founder of Embrace Race, an organization that helps equip parents with the tools they need to talk to their kids about race.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with Karyn Parsons who played wealthy Hilary on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Karyn and Allison talk about Karyn's latest project, Sweet Blackberry, and her passion to share with the world the wealth that is Black history.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with Jim Freeman and Ricardo Martinez about their new report The $3.4 Trillion Mistake exposing the money trail that created mass incarceration and about the concrete changes needed to fix the broken system.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with community leaders who describe protest actions of late walk-ins, 150-mile walks, a youth-led candidate forum to #ReclaimOurSchools.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with members of the Dignity in Schools Coalition, which recently released a set of recommendations for schools to remove law enforcement officers from school buildings.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with Marc Bayard of the Lee Bayard Group about putting a face to the racial justice movement through #SayTheirNames, a multimedia project working with grieving families to celebrate the lives of police brutality victims.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) about their instrumental role in the passage of a historic state law that makes suspensions and expulsions a last resort.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown chats with Rev. Starsky Wilson, President and CEO of the Deaconess Foundation in St. Louis, a pastor at St. John’s Church, and former co-chair of the Ferguson Commission, about faith and philanthropy in his radical giving.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown talks with Dr. Micah Gilmer, a Senior Partner at Frontline Solutions, and Riki Wilchins, Executive Director of True Child, about their report on society’s expectations of Black manhood and how they’re detrimental to men’s health.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with Deepa Iyer, author of We Too Sing America, and Fahd Ahmed, Executive Director of DRUM: Desis Rising Up & Moving, about the value in building solidarity as we charge toward authentic and long-lasting change.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with Eric Mann, Director of the Labor Community Strategy Center in L.A., and Ashley Franklin, the center’s Community Rights Organizer, about the 1033 program and divest-invest strategies used in L.A. and across the U.S.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown interviews Adam Levner, Founder and Executive Director of Critical Exposure, and Breianna, a student member, about Critical Exposure’s use of the arts to organize, advocate, and create long-lasting change.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with Dr. Monique W. Morris, about her book Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools which explores the individual and institutional forces that serve as barriers to opportunity for Black girls in school.
CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with Hiram Rivera, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Student Union, and Kyla, a student member, about the growing police presence in schools and the often tragic results.
