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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – November 4: Election Day\, November 4th\, 2025: Reports From The Field in New Jersey\, Pennsylvania\, Virginia\, and More
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nNovember 4: Election Day\, November 4th\, 2025: Reports From The Field in New Jersey\, Pennsylvania\, Virginia\, and More\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nLarry Hamm: 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM ET\nChairman\, People’s Organization for Progress \nAnya Dillard: 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM ET\nTransformative Justice Coalition Fellow; Freedom Rider for TJC’s “Stay Woke\, Florida!” and “Hey Jersey! Let’s Vote!” GOTV Campaigns; Founder of the Next Gen Come Up and Jenevesque Media; Graduated from Rutgers University Newark; A Gucci Creative Fellow and an Academy Motion Pictures Gold Rising Fellow; Organizing since she was 10\, started first charity initiative for disability rights at age 5 for advocacy raising money to provide pajamas\, clothes\, toys\, and other things for youth living with physical and mental disabilities – an annual event in Brooklyn\, NY that happened every Christmas that lasted for 13 years \nPhiladelphia City Commissioners’ Chairman Omar Sabir: 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM ET\nChair of the Philadelphia City Commissioners (2024–present); Philadelphia City Commissioner (2019–2028); Founder of Vote Philly Vote (2020); Founder of the Octavius Catto Taskforce (2020); Founder of Platinum Voters (2024); Former Staff Member in the Office of Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes; Former Leader of the Nathaniel Sabir Memorial Scholarship Fund; Former Campaign Leader for Citizens for State Representative Louise Williams Bishop; Former Employee of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania; Graduate of Cheyney University (2006); Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s DiverseForce On Boards program (2019). \nSean Floyd: 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM ET\nManager for National Programs and Outreach for the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation \nGary Flowers: 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM ET\nNational Radio Host\, The Gary Flowers Show \nNew Jersey Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson: 12:45 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nAssemblywoman\, New Jersey Legislative District #15 (2/15/18 – current); “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is\, What are you doing for others” Martin Luther King\, Jr. Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson is a product of the Trenton public school system and has obtained advance degrees from Trenton State College/The College of New Jersey and earned a Master of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University. Her career as a Social Worker coupled with a commitment to public service led her to the elected position of East Ward Councilwoman\, where she became the 1st African American female to serve in that position. and Council Vice-President where she legislated laws for the City of Trenton. Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson proudly served 7 ½ years on City Council before being elected to fill the vacant New Jersey Assembly seat in the 15th Legislative District. Ms. Reynolds-Jackson is currently serving her 4th term in the New Jersey Assembly and has ascended to Senior Leadership where she serves as Constituent Outreach Chair\, Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Schools\, Chair of the Assembly Education Committee and Vice-Chairwoman of the Assembly Appropriations Committee. She is a member of the Assembly Budget Committee\, and the Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment. The Assemblywoman also serves as a Commissioner of the State of New Jersey Martin Luther King\, Jr. Commission\, the Amistad Commission and is Vice Chair of the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus. Since graduating from college\, the Assembly woman has continued her education through the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority and Rutgers University. She currently teaches Public Policy at Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City\, New Jersey.  For the past 10+ years\, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson has been committed to serving her constituents through public service. She has achieved great satisfaction working with various populations\, including her neighbors\, the homeless\, elderly\, children\, and people with disabilities. Her efforts have been dedicated to championing social justice causes\, bolstering minority\, women\, and veteran-owned businesses\, improving access to quality healthcare\, safeguarding our environment\, and creating pathways for student success. Verlina resides in the City of Trenton with her wonderful husband\, Lorenzo Jackson. Memberships & Affiliations: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority\, Inc.\, Trenton Alumnae Chapter; Government Finance Officers Association; Central Jersey (NJ) Chapter of The Links\, Inc.; and\, United Way of Greater Mercer County Board of Directors \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, November 4th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Election Day\, November 4th\, 2025: Reports From The Field in New Jersey\, Pennsylvania\, Virginia\, and More”\, will be live from New Jersey with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson; Commissioner Omar Sabir; Larry Hamm; Gary Flowers; Anya Dillard; and\, Sean Floyd. This show will continue the discussion on the ambitious TJC and Partners Good Trouble Tour in New Jersey- but will mainly focus on Election Day 2025 reports in New Jersey\, Virginia\, and Pennsylvania: what do people need to know? Has there been any problems at the polls? Has there been any positive stories at the polls? How has this Election Season at large been? \nThe best day of the year is here: Election Day! Today’s Igniting Change guests are all on-the-ground in various parts of New Jersey\, Virginia\, and Pennsylvania. It’s time for everyone to get their vote on; if you haven’t already voted early\, and if you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683). On This Election Day\, Be sure to reach out to report problems confronting you or other voters at the polls for us to help. Election Protection’s team of legal volunteers are here to help voters cast those ballots and make sure they are counted. \nTo give New Jersey Election Day reports are: the Chairman of the People’s Organization for Progress Larry Hamm from 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM Eastern Time and New Jersey Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson will be rounding out the show with more New Jersey Election updates from 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time. While our show is focused on the New Jersey state elections\, important state elections are happening nationwide. From 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM\, Philadelphia City Commissioners’ Chairman Omar Sabir will join the show to discuss Election Day reports from Pennsylvania and from 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM\, National Radio Show Host Gary Flowers will join to discuss Virginia Election Day reports. \nThe Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC)\, the American Federation of Teachers\, the NAACP\,  the People’s Organizing for Progress\, some local municipalities\, and our many partners are finishing up the final day today of an 11-day Get Out The Vote effort for the 2025 New Jersey General Election during Early Voting and today\, Election Day. We have been continuing our nationally acclaimed John Lewis “Make Good Trouble Vote!” Votercade GOTV concept. The “Hey New Jersey! Let’s Vote!” Good Trouble GOTV Campaign has already rolled through Camden\, Trenton\, Newark\, Bridgeton\, Pleasantville\, Atlantic City\, New Brunswick\, Paterson\, Plainfield\, Hackensack\, East Orange\, Orange\, and Jersey City\, with the last day of The Tour being today! \nThe goal of the “Hey Jersey Let’s Vote!” campaign has been to increase Black voter awareness\, participation in the November 2025 elections and to counteract identified voter barriers in New Jersey\, such as long lines\, accessibility\, and information deficits. The TJC GOTV programming is designed to make voting a fun and exciting experience while increasing voter knowledge and participation in the 2025 General Election. The focus of “Hey Jersey Let’s Vote!” is in communities and neighborhoods of color. Uniquely\, New Jersey is one of the only northern states where the African American population has increased between 2012 – 2020 (up six percent). From the 2020 Census\, the current percentage of Black Voting Age Population in New Jersey is 12.86% of the voters. (New Jersey Voting-age Population By Race and Ethnicity from Census 2020). New Jersey is renowned for historically being in the top 10 of Black voter participation nationwide. In 2024 Black voter turnout in New Jersey was 69.5%. Our plan has been to increase this number. \nThis New Jersey GOTV Campaign also includes TJC’s team of “Freedom Riders” composed of Gen Z and Young Millennials who helped to canvas\, wave signs\, activate other youth\, help with setting up voting celebrations\, help voters with voter questions\, and perform other activities at each stop. One of the many benefits of being a Freedom Rider is our purposeful scheduling of events in which they learn about major voting rights historical moments. On today’s show will be one of our Freedom Riders Anya Dillard\, a graduate from Rutgers University Newark and a New Jersey resident\, from 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM Eastern Time. \nMembers of partner organizations have also joined the John Lewis “Good Trouble Vote” bus as Freedom Riders. One such Freedom Rider\, Sean Floyd\, Manager for National Programs and Outreach for the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation\, will be on the show from 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM Eastern Time. \nProposed Questions \n\n12:00 PM – 12:15 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan) – GUESTS: Larry Hamm and Anya Dillard\n\n\n\nBarbara and Daryl: Welcome to our listeners. The time is 12:00 PM Eastern Time- and we are almost at the midway point of voting for Election Day 2025\, as many of the polls in New Jersey opened at 6:00 AM. Nationwide\, here are the polling times in alphabetical order by state (all times are local): \n\nAlabama: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nAlaska: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nArkansas: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.\nCalifornia: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nColorado: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nDelaware: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nDistrict of Columbia: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nFlorida: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nGeorgia: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nHawaii: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nIdaho: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nIowa: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nKansas: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nMaryland: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nMassachusetts: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nMichigan: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nMinnesota: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nMississippi: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nMontana: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nNebraska: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nNebraska (Central Time): 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nNevada: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nNew Mexico: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nNorth Carolina: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.\nOhio: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.\nOklahoma: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nOregon: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nPennsylvania: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nRhode Island: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nSouth Carolina: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nSouth Dakota: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nTexas: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nUtah: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nWest Virginia: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.\nWisconsin: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nWyoming: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\n\nIf you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683). \n\nAnya\, you are a resident in New Jersey and you have been a Freedom Rider for over a week. What has it meant to you to have been part of this GOTV Program?\nWhat have the major highlights been for you?\nWhat have you learned that was new?\nHow does it feel to be reconnected to your other Freedom Riders again and to meet new ones across cohorts?\nLarry\, you are an experienced political leader in the state of New Jersey. What has changed in the procedures for state elections in New Jersey? (no slates)\nAnya\, what’s at stake for young people in these 2025 New Jersey state elections?\nIf you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).\nLarry\, What do you think of turnout to date in New Jersey?\nAll Guests: Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you and find out more information about where to vote and their voting rights?\n\n12:15 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUEST: Philadelphia City Commissioners’ Chairman Omar Sabir \n\nCommissioner Sabir\, Thank you for joining us. You are one of the most amazing election officials in the country. Please tell us what is on the ballot today in Pennsylvania.\nCommissioner Sabir\, Why is the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court race in particular so important?\nCommissioner Sabir\, What has the turnout been so far in Pennsylvania\, according to early voting reports?\nIf you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).\nCommissioner Sabir\, How have things been going for voters at the polls today in Pennsylvania?\nCommissioner Sabir\, What is the number one thing you want Pennsylvania voters to know right now?\nCommissioner Sabir\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you and find out more information about where to vote and their voting rights?\n\n12:30 PM – 12:45 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUESTS:  Gary Flowers and Sean Floyd \n\nGary Flowers\, Thank you for joining us. Please tell us what is on the ballot today in Virginia.\nIf you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).\nSean Floyd\, You are with one of our partner organizations\, National Coalition for Black Civic Participation and you’ve been riding the bus as a Freedom Rider for the past two days. Tell people about what NCBCP does.\nWhat is your role in the organization?\nHow has it been being a Freedom Rider?\nGary Flowers\, what has the turnout been so far\, according to early voting reports in Virginia?\nGary Flowers\, How have things been going for voters at the polls today in Virginia?\nSean Floyd\, based on your extensive experience with elections\, why is this New Jersey election so important?\nGary Flowers\, What is the number one thing you want Virginia voters to know right now?\nIf you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).\nAll Guests\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you and find out more information about where to vote and their voting rights?\n\n12:45 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUEST: New Jersey Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson \n\nAssemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson\, Thank you for joining us for your inaugural Igniting Change appearance. Once again for our listeners it is almost the halfway point for Election Day 2025 for state elections in New Jersey. Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson\, How have things been going for voters at the polls so far today in New Jersey?\nAssemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson\, Please tell us what is on the ballot today in New Jersey.\nIf you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).\nAssemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson\, What has the turnout been so far\, according to early voting reports in New Jersey?\nAssemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson\, Voters in New Jersey have until 8:00 PM to vote tonight\, correct? What is the number one thing you want New Jersey voters to know and do right now?\nIf you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).\nBe sure to call your friends\, families\, and neighbors to see if they’ve voted. You have until 8:00 PM – be sure to go to your designated polling place!\nAssemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you and find out more information about where to vote and their voting rights?\n\n[While taking the show out\, Arnwine and Jones will discuss the Trump Administration’s announcement that they’re going to monitor November elections in California and New Jersey\, without any real stated reasons for their presence. They will talk about how this is voter intimidation and election subversion. And even though we weren’t able to give reports nationwide\, and especially in California\, New York\, North Carolina\, and Georgia\, we want to remind voters that there are elections everywhere; please\, DOUBLE CHECK\, to make sure that you don’t miss your opportunity to vote ] \n[ Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\nDecember 1st – 6th: 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Montgomery Bus Boycott\nWhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – October 28: Hey\, New Jersey! Let’s Vote!’ TJC GOTV Tour in New Jersey Off To A Great Start!
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nOctober 28: Hey\, New Jersey! Let’s Vote!’ TJC GOTV Tour in New Jersey Off To A Great Start!\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nMakayla Myers: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nMakayla Myers is a Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Fellow\, September 2024 class and is a Freedom Rider in the “Hey Jersey! Let’s Vote!” GOTV Campaign. She is a full-time student at Community College of Philadelphia\, pursuing her Associate’s Degree in Public Health\, and is a resident of Cumberland County\, New Jersey. She is the volunteer Youth Commissioner for the City of Philadelphia. She started advocating for voting rights at 20 years old when her sister’s vote was suppressed. \nCameron Barnes: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time\nNational Voting Rights Advocate; National Youth Director of Rainbow PUSH; TJC Fellow and Freedom Rider; Director of Youth & Young Adult Engagement\, New Faith MB Church Chicago \nAngel Edwards: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nTransformative Justice Coalition Voting Rights Alumni & Fellow\, April 2024 Class; Organizer\, TJC’s “I’ll Rise and Vote 2024 Voter Activations and GOTV Concert Series” for Jacksonville\, Florida; Freedom Rider for TJC’s “Hey Jersey! Let’s Vote!” GOTV Tour in New Jersey; received a degree in Political Science with a double concentration in History and Africana Social Sciences from Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach\, FL; a Black Voters Matter\, Liberators In Training student fellow’s 2024 Cohort; Former Research Fellow at the Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center; Community/ Campus Organizer Fellow at Dream Defenders\, a call center operator at the Andrew Gillum Campaign\, an Operations Fellow at the Museum of Science and History\, and an African American History Tutor at Bethune-Cookman University; has participated in several conferences\, including the Freedom of Speech Conference at Florida Southern College\, HBCU Climate Change Awareness Conferences hosted in Hampton\, GA\, Howard University\, and Xavier University.  Policies and Politics Convenings attended include Leesburg\, FL and Charleston\, SC; attended Leadership Trainings in Orlando\, Jacksonville\,Tallahassee and Phoenix; member of various organizations\, including Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.\, Red Alliance for Justice\, Jacksonville Leadership Coalition\, Metro Gardens Association\, and Black Voters Matter \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, October 28th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “ ‘Hey\, New Jersey! Let’s Vote!’ TJC GOTV Tour in New Jersey Off To A Great Start!”\, will be live from New Brunswick\, New Jersey with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Mayor Marty Small Sr.; Cameron Barnes; Anya Dillard; and\, Angel Edwards. \nThis show will discuss the ambitious TJC and Partners Good Trouble Tour in New Jersey\, including: TJC’s voter engagement activation in New Jersey: how people can get information about; The Tour’s Partners; where we’ve been since October 25th in the state of New Jersey; how important early voting is; where the next New Jersey stops will be; why TJC is in New Jersey; and\, more. The Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC)\, the People’s Organizing for Progress\, some local municipalities\, and our many partners are spearheading a Get Out The Vote effort for the 2025 New Jersey General Election during Early Voting. We are in New Jersey from October 25th through November 2nd\, 2025\, continuing our nationally acclaimed John Lewis “Make Good Trouble Vote!” Votercade GOTV concept. The “Hey New Jersey! Let’s Vote!” Good Trouble GOTV Campaign has already rolled through Camden\, Trenton\, Bridgeton\, Pleasantville\, and Atlantic City\, with more Good And Necessary Trouble on the way to rally voters! \nThe goal of the “Hey Jersey Let’s Vote!” campaign is to increase Black voter awareness\, participation in the November 2025 elections and to counteract identified voter barriers in New Jersey\, such as long lines\, accessibility\, and information deficits. The TJC GOTV programming is designed to make voting a fun and exciting experience while increasing voter knowledge and participation in the 2025 General Election. The focus of “Hey Jersey Let’s Vote!” is in communities and neighborhoods of color. \nA Votercade is a large procession of vehicles\, horns blowing\, lights flashing\, covered with John Lewis image signage educating and encouraging voters that voting season has arrived in New Jersey.  The Votercades create substantial “hoopla”\, anticipation\, media attention\, and community involvement all leading to greater voter awareness and turnout. \nOn Monday\, October 27th\, Igniting Change guest Mayor Marty Small Sr.\, the mayor of the City of Atlantic City\, led a 20+ car votercade through Atlantic City\, beginning at a popular fishing location near Seawall\, driving through middle class neighborhoods and around local schools\, through the city and residential neighborhoods\, and to a homeless shelter\, and then to Brown’s Park which featured rides to the polls for unhoused individuals. From 12:05 PM – 12:20 PM Eastern Time\, Mayor Marty Small Sr. will tell us about Atlantic City and why Atlantic City wanted TJC to come through with the John Lewis bus\, and the impact of our visit. \nSince 2020\, the Votercade concept has been successfully used by TJC and partners in over two hundred (200) communities and neighborhoods throughout America.  Every polling place at which a Votercade has been used to encourage voter participation has experienced a significant increase in voter turnout. The Votercades call attention to the GOTV activities and are most effective when coordinated with local Rides To The Polls/Souls to the Polls groups to generate mass grassroot public education to marginalized and targeted communities that the voting season is here!  Uniquely\, New Jersey is one of the only northern states where the African American population has increased between 2012 – 2020 (up six percent).  From the 2020 Census\, the current percentage of Black Voting Age Population in New Jersey is 12.86% of the voters. (New Jersey Voting-age Population By Race and Ethnicity from Census 2020).  New Jersey is renowned for historically being in the top 10 of Black voter participation nationwide.  In 2024 Black voter turnout in New Jersey was 69.5%. Our plan is to increase this number. \nVotercading is especially powerful during Souls to the Polls Sundays.  TJC has successfully used this strategy in partnership with ministerial alliances and churches/mosques and other religious institutions in Pennsylvania\, North Carolina\, Georgia\, Washington\, DC and other states. Clergy have joined our stops at polling places and engaged voters waiting in long lines in prayer\, song\, testimonials and comfort. As New Jersey will have 2 Sundays included in its early voting\, we will focus heavily on this strategy. \nVotercading has been used to combat voter suppression\, especially by encouraging voters confronting long lines throughout the voting period. \nThis GOTV Campaign also includes TJC’s team of “Freedom Riders” composed of Gen Z and Young Millennials who will help to canvas\, wave signs\, activate other youth\, help with setting up the Celebration Village\, and perform other activities at each stop. One of the many benefits of being a Freedom Rider is our purposeful scheduling of events in which they learn about major voting rights historical moments. For example\, the Atlantic City route included a stop to learn from Mr. Maddox\, whose family was close with Amelia Platts-Bonyton Robinson’s and whose father treated victims of Bloody Sunday including John Lewis. There was also a stop at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City to see Fannie Lou Hamer’s statue and rare historical pictures and learn more of her historical significance in the fight for voting rights. \nOn today’s show will be three of our Freedom Riders: Cameron Barnes\, our Freedom Rider Team Leader; Anya Dillard\, a graduate from Rutgers University Newark and a New Jersey resident; and\, Angel Edwards\, who organized an activation during our “I’ll Rise and Vote 2024 Voter Activations and GOTV Concert Series” for Jacksonville\, Florida and is on the bus again for New Jersey! \nMembers of partner organizations are encouraged to join the John Lewis “Good Trouble Vote” bus as Freedom Riders. \nProposed Questions \n\n\n\n\n\n[Barbara and Daryl will introduce the show\, LIVE from New Brunswick\, New Jersey] \n12:05 PM – 12:20 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan) – GUEST: Mayor Marty Small Sr. \n\nThank you Mayor Small for joining us today. Please tell our listeners about your background. When did you become mayor?\nWhen people think about Atlantic City\, they think about the casinos and the Boardwalk\, which are major parts of the city; but\, tell people what else they need to know about the city. (Strong clean energy and consciousness of the city)\n“ ‘It’s a GREAT Day here in the City of Atlantic City!’ CAN YOU SAY GREAT DAY?” Yesterday\, when you greeted us in Atlantic City\, you had us do this chant. Why is this your favorite chant?\nWe were really urged to go to Atlantic City; it was not originally on our schedule. But the NAACP urged us because South Jersey is often overlooked. When you first heard we were coming\, what was your reaction?\nHow did it feel to lead this 20+ car and our big John Lewis “Good Trouble” bus- our “Freedom Bus”?\nWhy did you choose for us to go to a homeless shelter? At this stop\, there was free food given both at the shelter and at Brown’s Park where rides to the polls were also offered. We found it fascinating as many people don’t focus on the voting rights of the unhoused population.\nOne of the major stops of the day was at the Boardwalk Hall of Atlantic City for our Freedom Riders to see the statue of Fannie Lou Hamer and learn about her impactful voting rights legacy. How did you feel speaking to these young modern-day Freedom Riders?\nMayor Marty Small Sr.\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you and find how out more information about where to vote and their voting rights in the GREAT Atlantic City?\n\n12:20 PM – 12:50 PM Guests: Cameron Barnes; Anya Dillard; and\, Angel Edwards \n\nCameron\, you are the Freedom Riders Team Leader and you have been on many activations for TJC. Why did you choose to come from Chicago to be part of this non-partisan New Jersey activation?\nAngel\, you were part of our non-partisan “I’ll Rise And Vote” Concert Series activation in 2024 in Jacksonville\, Florida. Why did you choose to come all the way from Florida to be a part of this non-partisan New Jersey activation?\nAnya\, you are from New Jersey- you graduated from Rutgers University Newark. You were a Freedom Rider during our non-partisan “Stay Woke\, Florida!” GOTV Activation in 2023. What does it mean for you that TJC is conducting this non-partisan 2025 activation in New Jersey?\nEveryone\, what’s at stake for young people in these 2025 New Jersey state elections?\nEveryone\, We’ve been here since early voting began in New Jersey since October 25th. How has this trip been for you so far?\nWhat have the major highlights been for each of you?\nWhat have you learned that was new?\nHow does it feel to be reconnected to your other Freedom Riders again and to meet new ones across cohorts?\nEveryone\, How can our listeners get involved with the GOTV Tour? [tjcoalition.org]\nEveryone\, thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[While taking the show out\, Arnwine and Jones will discuss the Trump Administration’s announcement that they’re going to monitor November elections in California and New Jersey\, without any real stated reasons for their presence. They will talk about how this is voter intimidation and election subversion.] \n[ Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\nDecember 1st – 6th: 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Montgomery Bus Boycott\nWhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – October 21: The People United! Hundreds Rally At Supreme Court and 7 Million Take To Streets to Declare NoKings!
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nOctober 21: The People United! Hundreds Rally At Supreme Court and 7 Million Take To Streets to Declare NoKings!\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nCliff Albright: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM ET\nCo-Founder\, Black Voters Matter Fund \nAlderperson Jessie Fuentes: 12:15 PM – 12:50 PM ET\nJessie Fuentes is the alderperson for Chicago’s 26th Ward and a queer Latina grassroots organizer\, educator\, and public policy advocate. Raised in Humboldt Park\, she overcame personal and systemic challenges\, later serving as Dean of Students at Roberto Clemente Community Academy and Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School. Before her election\, she was Director of Policy and Youth Advocacy at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center\, focusing on violence prevention\, housing affordability\, and re-entry support for formerly incarcerated individuals. \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, October 21st\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled\, “The People United! Hundreds Rally At Supreme Court and 7 Million Take To Streets to Declare NoKings!”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature Cliff Albright and Alderperson Jessie Fuentes. \nThis show will review last week’s rallies and conversation surrounding the national fight to save the Voting Rights Act of 1965 from the many attacks by state legislatures and individuals seeking to destroy our voting rights protections. On October 15th\, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais. In this case\, non-Black voters and the State of Louisiana seek to have majority minority districts declared unconstitutional and the Voting Rights Act itself declared unconstitutional!! In anticipation of the oral arguments in this critical case\, on October 15th\, NAACP LDF\, TJC\, Black Voters Matters and many other organizations rallied at the Supreme Court of the United States from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM during the Louisiana v. Callais oral argument to demonstrate in support of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and to say: “HANDS OFF OUR VOTING RIGHTS!” Our ancestors fought for this tirelessly so let us not grow tired protecting it! \nThere were several hundred people who participated\, creating a multiracial crowd with a lot of young people with high energy and high enthusiasm. TJC Co-leaders\, Attorneys\, and Igniting Change Co-hosts Daryl Jones and Barbara Arnwine spoke at the rally. TJC along with the League of Women Voters\, the Leadership Conference for Civil Rights\, and Black Voters Matters played a major role in planning the rally. The case was superbly argued by Janai Nelson\, Chief Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. The rally ended with a rousing cheer for her at the end of what was a contentious two-and-half hour court argument. Black Voters Matters brought 9 buses from 9 different states\, mostly from the Deep South ( Louisiana\, Virginia\, Florida\, South Carolina\, North Carolina\, Alabama\, Mississippi\, and more). Igniting Change guest Cliff Albright will discuss why Black Voters Matter invested so heavily in bringing hundreds of people to the Court to the rally. \nSimultaneously in Louisiana on October 15th\, a prayer vigil and minor rally was held at the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol. This rally is sponsored by the Louisiana NAACP\, the New National Christian Leadership Movement\, and TJC. Igniting Change Co-Host Daryl Jones played a major role in inspiring the prayer vigil and rally. \nAs a quick review of this case\, the hapless Supreme Court of the United States is at it again: This Time\, it’s denying Black people voting power! Enough Black people moved to Louisiana to merit a second congressional district per the 2020 Census. But the Louisiana State Legislature didn’t want to risk a second Black member of Congress\, so they refused to draw a district for a second majority-minority district. The Louisiana State Legislature’s attempt to not give up any power and underrepresent Black voters resulted in Black residents suing them and winning. This win prompted the Louisiana Federal Court to have to threaten that it would draw the second Black District if the State Legislature didn’t do it themselves. The Louisiana State Legislature\, most likely wanting to protect Representative Steve Scalise and House Speaker Mike Johnson\, drew a second Black district; however\, some White residents in Louisiana protested this and alleged that the new Black district is “reverse racism” and denied them equal protection rights under the 14th and 15th Amendments. If their “reverse discrimination” case succeeds\, then the Supreme Court of the United States would\, for all intents and purposes\, kill the Voting Rights Act’s purpose\, which was to protect Black and Brown voters in electing representatives. This is the basis of the Louisiana v. Callais case. \nDuring the October 15th\, 2025 oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais\, the Supreme Court justices and legal teams focused sharply on whether race-conscious redistricting—specifically Louisiana’s creation of a second majority-Black district under SB 8—violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendment. Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) is Louisiana’s 2024 redistricting law that redefined the boundaries of the state’s six congressional districts\, including the creation of a second majority-Black district\, and was enacted as Act No. 2 on January 22nd\, 2024.\nhttps://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245512). Louisiana’s legal team\, despite being the formal appellant\, declined to defend SB 8 and instead urged the Court to affirm the lower court’s injunction\, effectively opposing the map it had previously enacted (Editor\, 2025\, Redistricting Online\, https://redistrictingonline.org/2025/10/18/the-courts-second-look-inside-the-october-15-argument-in-louisiana-v-callais). \nJustice Clarence Thomas led the conservative wing in expressing deep skepticism about the constitutionality of race-based districting\, questioning whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act permits such remedies at all. Justice Samuel Alito echoed concerns about racial predominance\, suggesting that SB 8 may have failed strict scrutiny\, the highest standard of judicial review applied to race-based government actions. Justice Neil Gorsuch probed whether the map’s design was narrowly tailored to meet a compelling interest\, implying it may not be. Justice Brett Kavanaugh introduced the idea of temporal limits\, asking whether race-conscious remedies should expire after a certain period\, even if initially justified (Editor\, 2025\, Redistricting Online\, https://redistrictingonline.org/2025/10/18/the-courts-second-look-inside-the-october-15-argument-in-louisiana-v-callais). \nChief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett were more reserved\, though Roberts asked whether the state’s approach aligned with precedent from Allen v. Milligan\, which upheld race-conscious districting under specific conditions. Barrett inquired about the evidentiary basis for determining whether race predominated in the map’s design\, suggesting she may be weighing whether the lower court’s findings were sufficiently supported. \nJanai Nelson\, arguing for the appellees\, defended SB 8 as a lawful remedy under Section 2\, emphasizing that the district was drawn in response to proven vote dilution and not racial quotas. She argued that the map met the Thornburg v. Gingles preconditions and was narrowly tailored to address historical discrimination. Nelson also pushed back against the notion of temporal limits\, stating that enduring structural barriers to representation justify ongoing race-conscious remedies (Editor\, 2025\, Redistricting Online\, https://redistrictingonline.org/2025/10/18/the-courts-second-look-inside-the-october-15-argument-in-louisiana-v-callais). \nLater in the show\, Igniting Change will continue its coverage of another topic from a previous show and update its listeners on what’s happening in Chicago and the ICE Raids with Igniting Change guest Alderperson Jessie Fuentes. On October 3rd\, 2025\, Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes of the 26th Ward was handcuffed and briefly detained by agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) inside Humboldt Park Health hospital. Fuentes had arrived to check on a 37-year-old man who reportedly broke his leg while being chased by ICE agents. The man was receiving emergency medical care\, and Fuentes questioned the legality of ICE’s presence in the hospital\, repeatedly asking whether they had a “signed judicial warrant”—a specific type of warrant issued by a judge\, required for entry into private spaces under the Fourth Amendment. ICE agents refused to answer and instead accused Fuentes of “impeding\,” a term used to justify obstruction charges when someone is perceived to interfere with law enforcement operations. Cell phone footage captured the moment agents grabbed and handcuffed her as she asserted\, “That man has constitutional rights. I did not touch you. It is a public space. I am not trespassing” (Feurer\, 2025\, CBS News Chicago\, https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ald-jessie-fuentes-arrested-ice-agents-humboldt-park-hospital). \nFuentes was released shortly afterward and continued advocating for the injured man’s access to legal counsel and uninterrupted medical care. She stated\, “He deserves all the medical care without living in fear. He also has the right to an attorney” (Masterson\, 2025\, WTTW News\, https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/03/chicago-ald-jessie-fuentes-handcuffed-federal-agents-while-asking-about-patient-s-ice; Picture Source: https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/ald-jesse-fuentes-gears-up-to-sue-after-being-handcuffed-by-ice-agent ). Her arrest sparked immediate backlash from city officials. Mayor Brandon Johnson condemned the incident\, emphasizing that elected officials have a First Amendment right to document federal actions and inform constituents of their legal protections. He called the arrest “a direct attack on democratic accountability” (Masterson\, 2025\, WTTW News\, https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/03/chicago-ald-jessie-fuentes-handcuffed-federal-agents-while-asking-about-patient-s-ice). \nThe confrontation occurred amid heightened tensions over immigration enforcement in Chicago\, where ICE operations have increasingly drawn criticism for their aggressive tactics. Fuentes later announced plans to pursue legal action against the federal agents involved\, citing violations of her constitutional rights and the rights of the detained individual (Evans\, 2025\, Block Club Chicago\, https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/ald-jesse-fuentes-gears-up-to-sue-after-being-handcuffed-by-ice-agent). The incident has reignited debate over the limits of federal authority in local jurisdictions\, especially in sensitive spaces like hospitals\, which are traditionally considered sanctuaries under medical ethics and privacy laws. \nThis show will also discuss the hugely successful #NoKings Protests. On October 18th\, 2025\, nearly seven million people participated in the second nationwide “No Kings” Day of Action\, staging over 2\,700 peaceful protests across all 50 states to oppose President Donald Trump’s perceived authoritarianism and demand restoration of democratic norms. Organized by groups including Indivisible\, MoveOn\, and the ACLU\, the demonstrations featured clergy\, veterans\, students\, and small business owners united under the slogan “In America\, we don’t do kings\,” with organizers emphasizing the protests as a patriotic defense of the First Amendment and a rejection of executive overreach (No Kings Coalition\, 2025\, Nearly 7 million people attend overwhelmingly peaceful No Kings Day of Action\, https://www.nokings.org/news/nearly-7-million-people-attend-overwhelmingly-peaceful-no-kings-day-of-action). Representing the Transformative Justice Coalition\, TJC Co-Leaders Barbara Arnwine\, Esq\, and Daryl Jones\, Esq. sit on the No Kings Steering Committee. \nIn the last 10 minutes of the show\, Igniting Change Co-Hosts Daryl Jones\, Esq. and Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. will discuss Good Trouble Coming To New Jersey\, TJC’s upcoming voter engagement activation in New Jersey. The Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC)\, the People’s Organizing for Progress\, some local municipalities\, and our many partners will be spearheading a Get Out The Vote effort for the 2025 New Jersey General Election during Early Voting from October 25th through November 2nd\, 2025\, continuing its nationally acclaimed John Lewis “Make Good Trouble Vote!” Votercade GOTV concept.  A Votercade is a large procession of vehicles\, horns blowing\, lights flashing\, covered with John Lewis image signage educating and encouraging voters that voting season has arrived in New Jersey.  The Votercades create substantial “hoopla”\, anticipation\, media attention\, and community involvement all leading to greater voter awareness and turnout. \nSince 2020\, the Votercade concept has been successfully used by TJC and partners in over two hundred (200) communities and neighborhoods throughout America.  Every polling place at which a Votercade has been used to encourage voter participation has experienced a significant increase in voter turnout. The Votercades call attention to the GOTV activities and are most effective when coordinated with local Rides To The Polls/Souls to the Polls groups to generate mass grassroot public education to marginalized and targeted communities that the voting season is here!  Uniquely\, New Jersey is one of the only northern states where the African American population has increased between 2012 – 2020 (up six percent).  From the 2020 Census\, the current percentage of Black Voting Age Population in New Jersey is 12.86% of the voters. (New Jersey Voting-age Population By Race and Ethnicity from Census 2020).  New Jersey is renowned for historically being in the top 10 of Black voter participation nationwide.  In 2024 Black voter turnout in New Jersey was 69.5%. Our plan is to increase this number. \nVotercading is especially powerful during Souls to the Polls Sundays.  TJC has successfully used this strategy in partnership with ministerial alliances and churches/mosques and other religious institutions in Pennsylvania\, North Carolina\, Georgia\, Washington\, DC and other states. Clergy have joined our stops at polling places and engaged voters waiting in long lines in prayer\, song\, testimonials and comfort. As New Jersey will have 2 Sundays included in its early voting\, we will focus heavily on this strategy. \nVotercading has been used to combat voter suppression\, especially by encouraging voters confronting long lines throughout the voting period. \nIf available\, each Votercade concludes at an early voting center or at a polling station with a “Celebration Village.”  The “Celebration Village” is an area where free food trucks provide food for the community; a local deejay is playing music; voter status information is provided to attendees; Returning Citizens are advised by organizational voting rights lawyers regarding their ability to vote; and a Hoopbus is on site encouraging young voters to show off their basketball skills while attendees and/or their parents are encouraged to vote. Previous “Celebration Villages” have included free haircuts\, school supplies for students\, and free banned books.  The Votercade concept helps to make the voting process an enjoyable and inspirational experience for individuals and/or families and to celebrate voting. \nThis GOTV Campaign will also include TJC’s team of “Freedom Riders” composed of Gen Z and Young Millennials who will help to canvas\, wave signs\, activate other youth\, help with setting up the Celebration Village\, and perform other activities at each stop.  Members of partner organizations are encouraged to join the John Lewis “Good Trouble Vote” bus as Freedom Riders. \nProposed Questions \nThe questions included below are designed to provide a guide but are not the only possible questions\, nor may they be asked in the exact same order. If a question does not have a specific name\, then it is for everyone. \n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\n12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time – GUEST: Cliff Albright \n\nWelcome back to igniting Change.  Last week\, you served in 2 major leadership roles; one at the People’s Rally held at the Supreme Court of the United States during the Callais argument and the other during the DC NoKings phenomenal protest and rally.\nWhy did Black Voters Matter invest in providing buses for voters to attend the Supreme Court Rally?\nWhy did you pick these deeply Southern states for the bus rides?\nTell us about the people who rode the buses to attend the Rally?\nWhat for you were the highlights of the Rally?\nThe argument in the Supreme Court was highly contentious and ran 2 ½ hours\, Why was it important that Janai Nelson\, Chief Counsel\, NAACP argued this case?\nWhat should our listeners understand about the likely impact of the Court’s decision in this case?\nWhat is next in this fight for Black Political Power?\n\n12:15 PM – 12:30 PM Guests: Alderperson Jessie Fuentes and Cliff Albright \n\nCliff\, we have been joined by Alderperson Jessie Fuentes.\nAlderperson Fuentes\, Cliff has been talking about the Supreme Court of the United States. One case I want to mention while Cliff is still here is the Noem v. Perdomo case\, in which the Court has sanctioned racial profiling\, especially against Latinos. How has this affected your district and your fight against the illegal occupation of ICE?\n[Question info here for background: Is this Court particularly hostile to racial justice claims?\nSotomayor in her dissent in the Noem v. Perdomo case\, wrote that the decision to allow indiscriminate immigration related stops in California rubber stamping racial profiling is yet another grade misuse of our emergency docket” “We should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone who looks Latino\, speaks Spanish and appears to work a low wage job.”  Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost\, I dissent.”]\nBoth of you were involved in Saturday’s No Kings Protests.\nCliff\, you spoke before an estimated 200\,000 people in Washington\, DC NoKings historic protest and Rally\, what was your main message?\nAlderperson Fuentes\, tell us about your involvement? Because we saw the picture of you holding the banner!\nCliff\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:35 PM – 12:50 PM- Guest: Alderperson Jessie Fuentes \n\nAlderperson Fuentes\, Our show has featured the horrific abuses of the Trump Administration’s ICE which has been deployed to operate like a Gestapo across our nation. 2 weeks we discussed the horrific SouthShore invasion in Chicago.\nAnd the abuses continue\, please tell our audience about the horrid handcuffing arrest by ICE agents\, some masked\, at a hospital while checking on a constituent from your district.\nWhat excuse did ICE use for your arrest?\nWhat has been the reaction of your constituents to this arrest?\nCan you tell us about the current condition of your constituent of whom you sought to protect his Constitutional rights on October 3rd. How is he doing? Has he been able to get the needed medical treatment? How has this affected other people who may be targeted by racial profiling by ICE?\nTo the degree that you can\, tell us about the lawsuit that you are pursuing against ICE.\nMayor Brandon Johnson condemned the incident\, emphasizing that elected officials have a First Amendment right to document federal actions and inform constituents of their legal protections. He called the arrest “a direct attack on democratic accountability”. How do you feel about the support you’ve gotten from Mayor Johnson and other elected officials?\nWhat can our listeners do to express their opposition to this horrific deployment of ICE and the National Guard?\nWhat is your best advice for how people keep their and their followers’ and friends’ spirits uplifted at this time\, when there’s so much negativity?\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:50 PM – 12:57 PM: Daryl Jones and Barbara Arnwine will discuss how people can get information about TJC’s upcoming New Jersey GOTV Tour; will discuss the Tour’s partners; how important early voting is; where the New Jersey stops will be; why TJC is going to New Jersey; and\, more. \n\nDaryl\, As a recap of the beginning of the show\, Daryl tells people about your “Viral Voting Moment” video about the Louisiana v. Callias case and how people can watch the video. (People can watch the video by going to tjcoalition.org\, and click on the slider flyer about the rally that says “Learn More”)\nBarbara was at the Washington D.C. No Kings protest and Daryl was at the No Kings Protest in Atlanta\, Georgia. Barbara and Daryl will discuss the highlights\, how it differed from No Kings 1\, and what they hope for the future for No Kings 3 and other mass protests.\nWith so many things happening at the same time\, briefly state one thing you wish people would also focus on right now to help make a difference\, even if it wasn’t covered in today’s show.\nHow can our listeners get involved with the GOTV Tour?\nWith so many things happening at the same time\, briefly state one thing you wish people would be focused on right now to help make a difference\, even if it wasn’t covered in today’s show.\n\n[ Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\nDecember 1st – 6th: 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Montgomery Bus Boycott\nWhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – October 14: We Demand Justice: Join Us At Supreme Court to Decry Attack on the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais case
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nOctober 14: We Demand Justice: Join Us At Supreme Court to Decry Attack on the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais case\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nAlex Aronson\, Esq.: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM ET\nAuthor & Political Commentator; Executive Director of Court Accountability; Former\, Chief Counsel for US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); Former\, Staff for the Senate Judiciary Committee\, Federal Courts\, Oversight\, Agency Action and Federal Rights Subcommittee; Attorney\, US Department of Justice  and Associate\, Covington & Burling\, LLP. \nTanya Clay House\, Esq.: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nTanya Clay House\, CEO\, Clay House Consulting\, Inc. \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, October 14th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “We Demand Justice: Join Us At Supreme Court to Decry Attack on the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais case”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature Alex Aronson\, Esq.\, Tanya Clay House\, Esq.\, and other various guests related to the Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais. To view a video summary of this case\, check out Attorney Daryl Jones’ “Viral Voting Moment” on YouTube https://youtu.be/_PBHwTKMAHs?feature=shared. \nWe will begin our show with an overview of the Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS) operations and jurisprudence since the advent of the 2025 Trump Administration. Our guest Alex Aronson\, Esq. will discuss the major trendlines of this Court and why it is important for the public to seek reforms of the Court. \nThis show will cover the national fight to save the Voting Rights Act of 1965 from the many attacks by state legislatures and individuals seeking to destroy our voting rights protections.  The major battle is the upcoming oral argument on October 15th before the Supreme Court of the United States in the Louisiana v. Callais. In this case\, non-Black voters and the State of Louisiana seek to have majority minority districts declared unconstitutional and the Voting Rights Act itself declared unconstitutional!! \nThe hapless Supreme Court of the United States is at it again: This Time\, it’s denying Black people voting power! Enough Black people moved to Louisiana to merit a second congressional district per the 2020 Census. But the Louisiana State Legislature didn’t want to risk a second Black member of Congress\, so they refused to draw a district for a second majority-minority district. The Louisiana State Legislature’s attempt to not give up any power and underrepresent Black voters resulted in Black residents suing them and winning. This win prompted the Louisiana Federal Court to have to threaten that it would draw the second Black District if the State Legislature didn’t do it themselves. The Louisiana State Legislature\, most likely wanting to protect Representative Steve Scalise and House Speaker Mike Johnson\, drew a second Black district; however\, some White residents in Louisiana protested this and alleged that the new Black district is “reverse racism” and denied them equal protection rights under the 14th and 15th Amendments. If their “reverse discrimination” case succeeds\, then the Supreme Court of the United States would\, for all intents and purposes\, kill the Voting Rights Act’s purpose\, which was to protect Black and Brown voters in electing representatives. This is the basis of the Louisiana v. Callais case. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the argument on Wednesday\, October 15th\, 2025. \nOn October 15th\, please join NAACP LDF\, TJC\, Black Voters Matters and many other organizations at the Supreme Court of the United States at 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM during the Louisiana v. Callais oral argument to demonstrate in support of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. We will be gathering at 9:00 AM in front of the Supreme Court of the United States to say “HANDS OFF OUR VOTING RIGHTS!” Together\, let’s protect our vote- our ancestors fought for this tirelessly so let us not grow tired protecting it! \nIf you’re in Louisiana on October 15th\, join a prayer vigil and rally at the Louisiana State Capitol\, 900 North Third Street\, Baton Rouge\, Louisiana at 8:00 AM CST. This rally is sponsored by the Louisiana NAACP\, the New National Christian Leadership Movement\, and TJC. Download and share the general\, FB\, or Instagram versions of the prayer vigil flyer here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MP8HF-PVLkDcP4to8vJTaQKO7CmKroi5 \nProposed Questions \nThe questions included below are designed to provide a guide but are not the only possible questions\, nor may they be asked in the exact same order. If a question does not have a specific name\, then it is for everyone. \n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\n12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time- GUEST: Alex Aronson\, Esq. \n[In the beginning of the show\, Daryl and Barbara will: Urge everyone to please join NAACP LDF\, TJC\, Black Voters Matters and many other organizations at the Supreme Court of the United States at 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM on October 15th during the Louisiana v. Callais oral argument to demonstrate in support of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. \n\nWelcome back to igniting Change.  Since you last joined us on June 25\, 2024\, there have been many developments in the Supreme Court of the United States operations and jurisprudence.\nWhat are the trend lines that our audience needs to be most aware of at the Court?\nLast time you joined us\, we were all concerned about the decision in US v Trump which gave the President immense immunity. How has that decision affected the Court’s rulings on cases asserting presidential overreach and unconstitutional power grabs?\nDescribe how the use of the emergency shadow docket is impacting our rights but the nature of the federal judiciary itself.\nSotomayor in her dissent in the Noem v. Perdomo case\, wrote that the decision to allow indiscriminate immigration related stops in California rubber stamping racial profiling is yet another grade misuse of our emergency docket” “We should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone who looks Latino\, speaks Spanish and appears to work a low wage job.”  Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost\, I dissent.”\nWhat have you extrapolated from this decision about the threat this court poses to our constitutional protections?\nWhat are the implications of the growing criticism by the lower federal courts of the Court’s use of the emergency docket?\nIs this Court particularly hostile to racial justice claims?\nWhat have you surmised from the Court’s rescheduling of the argument in the Louisiana v. Callais case?\nYou are a proponent of Supreme Court reform? Which reforms are most critical in this moment?\nWhat do you recommend people do to stop the excesses of this Court?\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:30 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time- Guest: Tanya Clay House\, Esq and Various Guests \n\nCongratulations on your excellent Comcast interview in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the National Bar Association. Yesterday\, you held a meeting of the NBA Civil Rights Section. It was quite a serious meeting\, especially when we discussed the case of Louisiana v. Callais. Why did you think the membership of the Civil Rights Section was so concerned about this case? [20 to 23 Congressional Black Caucus Members could lose their seats if the Court rules very adversely.]\nTanya\, what were some of the recommendations lawyers were encouraged to do to help educate people and engage people in this case?\nTanya\, why should everyone be concerned about this case?\nTanya\, why is it important for people to show up on Wednesday Morning at 9:00 AM in front of the Supreme Court of the United States to participate in the rally?\nAll Guests: Beyond the rally\, what can everyone do?\nTanya\, how do people best educate themselves about this case?\nDaryl\, tell us about your video. (People can watch the video by going to tjcoalition.org\, and click on the slider flyer about the rally that says “Learn More”)\nAll Guests: What do you hope leaders will focus on in these times?\nAll Guests: What is your best advice for how people keep their and their followers’ and friends’ spirits uplifted at this time\, when there’s so much negativity?\nAll Guests: How can people fight back? (The U.S. Senate Switchboard Number is 202-224-3121 & you’ll be connected to your senators’ office and ask for the email addresses. If people have additional time\, TJC urges you to email your senators re-iterating your opposition.)\nAll Guests: How can our listeners get involved? What are the next steps for you?\nAll Guests: With so many things happening at the same time\, briefly state one thing you wish people would be focused on right now to help make a difference\, even if it wasn’t covered in today’s show.\nAll Guests: Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\nDecember 1st – 6th: 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Montgomery Bus Boycott\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act\nto stay in those streets!\nOctober 15th\, please join NAACP LDF\, TJC\, Black Voters Matters and many other organizations at the Supreme Court of the United States at 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM during the Louisiana v. Callais oral argument to demonstrate in support of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.\nMark Your Calendars Now for NOKINGS PART 2! ON OCTOBER 18TH. https://www.nokings.org/\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – October 7: President Trump’s ICE Forces Terrorize Chicago’s South Side: Fighting Racial Injustice and Restoring Constitutional Order
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nOctober 7: President Trump’s ICE Forces Terrorize Chicago’s South Side: Fighting Racial Injustice and Restoring Constitutional Order\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nCongressman Jonathan Jackson: 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM Eastern Time\nRepresents Illinois’s 1st Congressional District since January 3\, 2023; Born on January 7\, 1966\, in Chicago\, he is the son of civil rights leaders Rev. Jesse Jackson and Jacqueline Jackson\, and the godson of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Before entering Congress\, Jackson was a businessman\, professor\, and national spokesman for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; His activism spans decades\, including involvement in international negotiations for the release of American captives and advocacy for victims of police misconduct; In Congress\, he serves on the House Committees on Agriculture and Foreign Affairs and is a member of several caucuses\, including the Congressional Black Caucus and the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition \nRev. Ciera Bates Chamberlain: 12:15 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nRev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain was born and raised on the Southside of Chicago. She is committed to the fight for social and economic justice by strengthening communities through radical theology. As the Founder and Executive Director of Live Free Chicago-Live Free Illinois\, Ciera works with Black churches to create safe\, economically viable\, and self-sustained Black communities. Prior to Live Free Chicago\, Ciera served as the senior organizer at a faith-based organization. Ciera received her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Lamar University\, a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago\, and a Master’s in Theological Studies from McCormick Theological Seminary. She has worked as an adjunct professor at Northeastern University\, a mental health professional\, and a strategy consultant. In 2013\, Ciera was ordained as a minister through the Church of Jesus Christ House of Prayer Inc.\,  where she served as the church administrator for the Chicago congregation. Ciera is a proud wife and mother of three daughters\, one son\, and a blended family of 9. ciera@livefreeillinois.org https://livefreeillinois.org/staff \n\n\nINTRODUCTION:\n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, October 7th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “President Trump’s ICE Forces Terrorize Chicago’s South Side: Fighting Racial Injustice and Restoring Constitutional Order”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Congressman Jonathan Jackson and Rev. Ciera Bates Chamberlain. \nSince September 8th\, 2025\, Chicago has been the epicenter of Operation Midway Blitz\, a federal immigration enforcement campaign launched by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under President Donald Trump. The operation was named after a Chicago woman killed in a hit-and-run by an undocumented immigrant and has involved aggressive tactics including midnight raids\, flashbang grenades\, and aerial deployments using Black Hawk helicopters (Schmall\, 2025\, USA Today\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/03/chicago-area-immigration-raids-dhs/86497161007/). On September 30th\, federal agents raided a predominantly African-American South Shore apartment building\, zip-tying children as young as five and detaining residents without warrants. DHS claimed the building was frequented by members of the Tren de Aragua gang\, but local officials and civil rights groups disputed the necessity and legality of the operation (ABC7 Chicago\, 2025\, ABC7 Chicago\, https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-federal-agents-surround-south-shore-apartment-building-dhs-requests-military-deployment-illinois/17908911/). Out of the 37 arrests\, only two people arrested had any gang-affiliation whatsoever and NONE have been shown to be affiliated with the Tren de Aragua gang. \nOn October 5th\, 2025\, Congressman Jonathan Jackson led a delegation of federal lawmakers to the South Shore apartment building in Chicago that had been raided by ICE agents days earlier. Jackson condemned the raid as “terrorizing\,” describing how residents—including children and elderly individuals—were zip-tied and thrown to the ground without warning. He emphasized that the operation lacked transparency and accountability\, stating\, “This is not law enforcement. This is a military operation on civilians.” Jackson was joined by Reps. Chuy García\, Delia Ramirez\, and Jan Schakowsky\, all of whom echoed concerns about the militarized nature of the raid and its impact on immigrant communities. The lawmakers called for immediate federal oversight and demanded that DHS halt further operations until a full investigation is completed. Jackson also pledged to introduce legislation that would require federal agents to notify local governments before conducting enforcement actions in residential areas (Yin\, 2025\, Chicago Sun-Times\, https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/05/congress-members-rally-south-shore-apartment-ice-raid). \nOn October 4th\, a woman named Marimar Martinez was shot by Border Patrol agents in the Brighton Park neighborhood after allegedly ramming her vehicle into federal agents and brandishing a semi-automatic weapon. DHS labeled her a “domestic terrorist” and claimed she had previously doxxed agents online. Martinez was hospitalized\, then taken into FBI custody and charged with assaulting federal officers (Schmall\, 2025\, USA Today\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/05/chicago-shooting-protests-broadview-ice/86535431007/). The incident sparked protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview\, where federal agents deployed tear gas and pepper balls. Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling confirmed that 27 CPD officers were affected by chemical agents and denied claims that his department had refused to assist federal agents (CBS News Chicago\, 2025\, CBS News Chicago\, https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-agents-shoot-woman-broadview-ice-facility/). \nOn October 5th\, Pablo Manríquez posted on Twitter/X about an incident in Southside Chicago where\, without any violence\, “Windy City residents run off immigration agents to save a man mid-abduction at 63rd and Kostner Ave.” For more of his  immigration coverage\, subscribe at http://migrantinsider.com. (View full video and see more: https://x.com/PabloReports/status/1974882303211192750 ) \nThe Trump administration authorized the deployment of 700 National Guard troops—300 from Illinois and 400 from Texas—to support federal immigration agents in Chicago. On October 5th\, 2025\, Texas Governor Greg Abbott publicly authorized President Donald Trump to deploy 400 members of the Texas National Guard to cities outside the state\, including Chicago\, to “ensure safety for federal officials.” Abbott’s announcement followed a direct request from the White House\, which cited escalating threats to federal property and personnel amid ongoing protests and immigration enforcement clashes. Abbott posted on X\, “The elite Texas National Guard. Ever ready. Deploying now\,” signaling full cooperation with Trump’s federalization plan (Abbott\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/abbott-deploys-elite-texas-national-guard-after-trump-calls-for-reinforcements-ever-ready/ar-AA1NZCcU). He added that states must “either fully enforce protection for federal employees or get out of the way and let the Texas Guard do it\,” defending the move as necessary to uphold national security. \nPresident Trump’s deployment order came amid mounting resistance from Democratic governors\, including Illinois Governor JB Pritzker\, who condemned the action as an “unconstitutional invasion.” Trump bypassed state objections by invoking federal authority under Title 10\, and hinted at invoking the Insurrection Act if legal challenges continued to obstruct troop movements. According to a memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\, the deployment is “effective immediately for an initial period of 60 days\,” with potential extensions in cities like Portland and Chicago (Texas Tribune\, 2025\, Texas Tribune\, https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/05/greg-abbott-trump-texas-national-guard/). On October 5th\, 2025\, California Governor Gavin Newsom publicly condemned President Trump’s decision to deploy 300 California National Guard troops to Oregon\, calling it “a breathtaking abuse of the law and power.” Newsom stated that the troops had been federalized months earlier over his objections and were now being used as “political pawns” in defiance of a federal court order that had blocked the deployment of Oregon’s own Guard. He pledged to sue the Trump administration\, asserting that “the commander-in-chief is using the U.S. military as a political weapon against American citizens\,” and urged the public not to remain silent in the face of what he described as “reckless and authoritarian conduct” (Newsom\, 2025\, Office of the Governor of California\, https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/05/governor-newsom-to-sue-urges-americans-to-speak-out-on-trumps-breathtaking-abuse-of-power-with-cross-state-guard-deployment/). \nDespite ongoing lawsuits from Illinois and Oregon\, federal officials confirmed that Texas troops were already in transit to Chicago as of October 6th\, with 200 soldiers expected to arrive by midweek (MSN News\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-national-guard-is-headed-to-chicago-lawyers-say/ar-AA1NYwEl). \nThe deployment of the National Gaurd to Chicago prompted Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to file a federal lawsuit on October 6th\, arguing that the deployment violates the Posse Comitatus Act and exceeds presidential authority under 10 U.S.C. § 12406\, which allows federalization of the Guard only in cases of rebellion or invasion (Raymond & Knauth\, 2025\, Reuters\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/illinois-sues-to-halt-trump-s-deployment-of-national-guard-but-troops-on-the-way/ar-AA1NYKJF). The lawsuit also invokes the 10th Amendment\, asserting that the federal government is infringing on Illinois’s sovereign right to control its own law enforcement and National Guard (Illinois Attorney General\, 2025\, Office of the Attorney General\, https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/news/story/attorney-general-raoul-files-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-to-stop-unlawful-deployment-of-national-guard). The lawsuit also cites Trump’s social media posts\, including one on September 6th where he wrote\, “Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR\,” and another where he declared\, “I love the smell of deportations in the morning” (Schmall\, 2025\, USA Today\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/05/chicago-shooting-protests-broadview-ice/86535431007/ ). \nOn October 6th\, 2025\, during an emergency court session held in response to the lawsuit filed earlier that same day by the Illinois Attorney General and the City of Chicago\, U.S. District Judge April M. Perry declined to immediately block the deployment of National Guard troops but set oral arguments for October 9th at 11:00 a.m. (USA Today\, 2025\, USA Today\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/06/texas-illinois-national-guard-headed-to-chicago/86553931007/).  She expressed concern over the administration’s lack of clarity regarding troop locations and objectives\, urging the federal government to pause deployments until the hearing (Bloomberg News\, 2025\, Bloomberg\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-won-t-immediately-block-trump-troop-deployment-to-illinois/ar-AA1NX6rM). President Trump has continued threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807\, which would allow him to bypass state objections and deploy active-duty military forces for domestic law enforcement. He stated on October 6th that he would do so “if people were being killed and courts were holding us up” (Goodman\, 2025\, ABC News\, https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/illinois-files-lawsuit-block-deployment-national-guard-126253079). Legal experts warn that invoking the Insurrection Act would suspend the Posse Comitatus Act and set a precedent for federal militarization of cities under vague or politically motivated pretexts (Raymond & Knauth\, 2025\, Reuters\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/illinois-becomes-latest-battleground-in-court-fights-over-trump-s-use-of-national-guard/ar-AA1NYtsL). Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul emphasized that there is no insurrection or rebellion in Illinois and that the federal government is fully capable of enforcing its laws without military intervention (Illinois Attorney General\, 2025\, Office of the Attorney General\, https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/news/story/attorney-general-raoul-files-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-to-stop-unlawful-deployment-of-national-guard ). \nIn response to the escalating federal presence\, Mayor Johnson signed an executive order on October 6th declaring all city-owned properties—including school parking lots\, libraries\, and vacant lots—as “ICE-Free Zones.” The order prohibits federal immigration agents from using these spaces for staging or enforcement operations and encourages private property owners to deny access unless agents present a valid warrant (City of Chicago\, 2025\, Office of the Mayor\, https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2025/october/city-property-executive-order.html). \nCommunity organizations such as the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights have mobilized rapid response teams and legal hotlines to support affected residents. On October 3rd alone\, the coalition received over 800 calls—its highest daily volume this year—indicating widespread fear and confusion among immigrant communities (WTTW News\, 2025\, WTTW Chicago\, https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/06/chicago-community-groups-say-expected-troop-deployment-will-heighten-fears-create-chaos). Meanwhile\, federal agents have been accused of making false 911 calls to drain local police resources and deploying chemical agents near schools and businesses\, prompting further investigations by city officials (Newsweek\, 2025\, Newsweek\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ice-accidentally-tear-gases-chicago-police-during-clash-with-protesters/ar-AA1NWfzw). \nThe situation intensified when federal prosecutors announced the arrest of Juan Espinoza Martinez\, a suspected leader of the Latin Kings gang\, who allegedly placed a $10\,000 bounty on Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino. Martinez was charged with murder-for-hire after investigators traced Snapchat messages offering payment to “take him down” (Department of Homeland Security\, 2025\, DHS\, https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/06/latin-kings-gang-member-arrested-illinois-after-placing-hit-commander-large-border). \nAs of October 7th\, the legal battle over troop deployment continues\, with oral arguments scheduled for October 9th. The broader implications of Operation Midway Blitz—including its constitutionality\, impact on civil liberties\, and precedent for federal militarization—remain under intense scrutiny. Civil rights groups have filed parallel lawsuits alleging excessive force and First Amendment violations during protests (Leavitt\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-and-illinois-sue-to-stop-trump-s-guard-deployment-plan-after-portland-ruling/ar-AA1NZhFp). For example\, the ACLU of Illinois filed a separate lawsuit on October 7th alleging that federal agents used excessive force—including tear gas\, rubber bullets\, and flash grenades—against peaceful protesters and journalists outside the ICE facility in Broadview\, violating First Amendment rights (Leavitt\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-and-illinois-sue-to-stop-trump-s-guard-deployment-plan-after-portland-ruling/ar-AA1NZhFp ). \nThe federal government has until midnight on October 9th to respond to Illinois’s request for a temporary restraining order. If granted\, the order would halt troop deployments for two weeks while the court considers a longer-lasting injunction (JD Journal\, 2025\, JD Journal\, https://www.jdjournal.com/2025/10/06/illinois-launches-legal-challenge-to-trumps-plan-to-deploy-national-guard-in-chicago/ ). \nWhat is particularly concerning about what’s happening in Chicago is it is reflective of the President’s threats about his perceived enemies within during the unprecedented meeting of top military brass last week: President Donald Trump’s direct quote from his September 30th\, 2025 speech at Marine Corps Base Quantico: \n“I told Pete\, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military\, National Guard\, but military\, because we’re going into Chicago very soon.”\n— President Donald Trump\, Sept. 30\, 2025\, Marine Corps Base Quantico \nThis remark was made during a closed-door address to nearly 800 senior military officials\, including generals and admirals. Trump was referring to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and framed the proposal as part of a broader domestic security strategy. He also described cities like Portland\, Los Angeles\, and Chicago as “war zones” and emphasized the need to “handle the enemy from within before it gets out of control” (Sfondeles\, 2025\, NPR Illinois\, https://www.nprillinois.org/chicago-il/2025-09-30/trump-floats-using-chicago-other-democrat-led-cities-as-military-training-ground-troops-coming-very-soon). \nProposed Questions \nThe questions included below are designed to provide a guide but are not the only possible questions\, nor may they be asked in the exact same order. If a question does not have a specific name\, then it is for everyone. \n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\n12:00 PM – 12:15 PM Eastern Time- GUEST: Congressman Jonathan Jackson\n[In the beginning of the show\, Daryl and Barbara will: \n\n Urge everyone to please join NAACP LDF\, TJC\, Black Voters Matters and many other organizations at the Supreme Court of the United States at 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM on October 15th during the Louisiana v. Callais oral argument to demonstrate in support of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.\nBriefly highlight the following: On October 6th\, 2025\, the Kingdom of Eswatini confirmed the arrival of ten migrants deported from the United States\, marking the first confirmed deportation to Africa that month under the Trump administration’s third-country resettlement program. The group included third-country nationals\, with at least two identified as Vietnamese. According to Eswatini’s Ministry of Home Affairs\, the flight originated in Alexandria\, Louisiana\, and made stops in Puerto Rico\, Senegal\, and Angola before reaching its final destination. The deportation is part of a bilateral agreement in which Eswatini will accept up to 160 migrants in exchange for $5.1 million in U.S. funding. Human rights organizations have condemned the program\, citing concerns over indefinite detention\, lack of due process\, and the absence of legal representation for deportees. U.S. officials have defended the initiative as a “regional stabilization effort\,” though critics argue it violates international norms and disproportionately targets asylum seekers. (MSN News\, 2025\, MSN World News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ten-more-migrants-sent-from-us-to-eswatini-as-africa-deportation-pact-deepens/ar-AA1NYdqE)]\nCongressman Jackson\, you are providing essential leadership as we deal with the 10th Month of the Trump Administration unlawful attempts to subvert the Constitution to impose an Imperial and Fascistic Presidency.\nCan you please tell our audience what happened at the predominantly African-American (U.S. Citizens!) South Shore apartment building in Chicago on October 1st?\nWhy should people throughout the country be concerned?\nAt your press conference on October 5th with other elected officials and Chicago residents\, what was your main demand?\nIn addition to this horrific\, racist\, and overly aggressive ICE enforcement is sending 700 National Guard troops to Chicago. What has been your response to this deployment?\nHow do people learn more about their rights?\nHow can people throughout the country support Chicago in this moment?\nPlease tell our audience your final one-minute thoughts.\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:15 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time- GUEST: Rev. Ciera Bates Chamberlain\nWelcome\, Rev. Ciera Bates Chamberlain\, please tell us about your organization. \n\nChicago has been singled out by this Administration for an extremely aggressive form of allegedly ICE enforcement. What has been your experience to date with the impacts of the unwanted and unwarranted ICE occupation?\nHow is it affecting the people of Chicago?\nHow do people learn more about their rights?\nMany people question whether African-Americans should be concerned about ICE enforcement. How has the South Shore violation affected this thinking?\nWhat is the clergy doing?\nWhat are the most important things that people facing an ICE raid or confrontation need to know about their rights?\nTell our audience about the lawsuits pending against the Trump Administration and the attempted deployment of the National Guard.\nWhat do you hope leaders will focus on in these times?\nThe People of the United States rose up in mass to protest against the firing of Jimmy Kimmel and to demand his reinstatement. Disney TV subscriptions were cancelled by many customers and other factors caused a $5 billion market value loss. After Disney announced its reinstatement of Kimmel\, many complaints were filed against Sinclair and heat was felt by both Sinclair and Nexstar for not immediately airing the show. They also reversed course given the public anger.\nWhat should we learn from this entire controversy? Does it have any application to the situation in Chicago and other attempted national guard and ICE deployments around the country?\nThe Portland lawsuit has been successful in preventing the National Guard. What are your hopes for the Chicago lawsuits?\nWhat tips would you give to non-profit organizations to respond to this unlawful action?\nWhat is your best advice for how people keep their and their followers’ and friends’ spirits uplifted at this time\, when there’s so much negativity?\nHow can people fight back? (The U.S. Senate Switchboard Number is 202-224-3121 & you’ll be connected to your senators’ office and ask for the email addresses. If people have additional time\, TJC urges you to email your senators re-iterating your opposition.)\nHow can our listeners get involved? What are the next steps for each of you?\nWith so many things happening at the same time\, briefly state one thing you wish people would be focused on right now to help make a difference\, even if it wasn’t covered in today’s show.\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – September 30: Fascism Forward?: What You Need to Know About Trump’s Undermining of Constitutional Protections of Free Speech and Assembly with Jimmy Kimmel Attack\, Portland Militarization\, New EO Threatening Non-Profits and More!
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nSeptember 30: Fascism Forward?: What You Need to Know About Trump’s Undermining of Constitutional Protections of Free Speech and Assembly with Jimmy Kimmel Attack\, Portland Militarization\, New EO Threatening Non-Profits and More!\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nAtty. Terry O’Neill: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time\nCurrent Board Secretary of the Transformative Justice Coalition; former President of the National Organization for Women (NOW); Former Host of the podcast What Equality Looks Like; LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-o-neill-3076303/ \nJaheem McLaurin: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time\nJaheem J. McLaurin is a civic leader\, strategist\, and advocate committed to fighting for communities too often left behind and standing up against Trump’s extremist agenda. A proud Bennettsville\, South Carolina native\, he has worked across government\, campaigns\, and advocacy organizations—from serving as a Mayor’s Fellow to advancing democracy and justice as a national organizer. A former candidate for Marlboro County Council and 2024 Democratic National Convention Delegate\, Jaheem brings his lived experience and relentless commitment to people-centered change to every space he enters. \n\n\nINTRODUCTION:\n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, September 30th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Fascism Forward?: What You Need to Know About Trump’s Undermining of Constitutional Protections of Free Speech and Assembly with Jimmy Kimmel Attack\, Portland Militarization\, New EO Threatening Non-Profits and More!”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Atty. Terry O’Neill and Jaheem McLaurin. \nThank you to all of those who supported the 10th Anniversary Celebration FootSoldiers’ Reception held on September 24th hosted by Partner A. Scott Bolden and Reed Smith LLP!  Special Shoutouts to Bloody Sunday FootSoldiers Betty Boynton of Selma Alabama and Phil Hunter\, Attorney. This year marks several important anniversaries including the 70th Anniversary of the Montgomery Boycott\, the 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday\, the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965\, and the 10th Anniversary of the Transformative Justice Coalition! This weekend also marks the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Weekend. The Transformative Justice Coalition sponsored two major events last week: “It Ain’t Over” TJC’s 10th Anniversary Reception Honoring the Foot Soldiers of Bloody Sunday on Wednesday\, September 24th\, 4:00-7:00 PM ET\, Hosted by A. Scott Bolden and Reed Smith LLP\, 1301 K Street\, Washington\, DC. During this program\, attendees learned from the 1965 Foot Soldiers and from new Gen Z and Young Millennial Leaders including Dr. Kyler Wiltz\, Lamair Bryan and Johnnie Brooker III. The second event sponsored by TJC last week was on Saturday\, September 27th from 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM entitled “Do Something! Emerging Leaders’ Summit” hosted with the National Urban League (NUL). \nIn the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination on September 10\, 2025\, a series of statements and actions by President Donald Trump and his administration have sparked widespread concern over the erosion of First Amendment protections\, particularly surrounding free speech. Attorney General Pam Bondi\, speaking on The Katie Miller Podcast\, asserted that “there’s free speech and then there’s hate speech\,” suggesting that speech deemed hateful—especially if it “crosses the line into threats of violence”—should be criminalized. While the First Amendment does not protect “true threats\,” the ambiguity in Bondi’s framing raised alarms among constitutional scholars and conservative commentators alike\, who warned against conflating offensive or unpopular speech with criminal conduct (Newsweek\, September 25\, 2025\, https://www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-maga-charlie-kirk-free-speech-katie-miller-2130492). \nBondi’s remarks were part of a broader pattern of speech suppression following Kirk’s death\, which included President Trump’s public encouragement for Bondi to pursue legal cases against political opponents. In a social media post dated September 21\, Trump criticized the pace of investigations and demanded immediate action\, stating\, “JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED\, NOW!!!” This public pressure on the Attorney General to prosecute perceived enemies—such as New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey—was condemned by figures across the political spectrum\, including Republican Senator Rand Paul and Democratic Senator Chris Murphy\, who warned that such politicized prosecutions undermine democratic norms and violate constitutional boundaries (PBS NewsHour\, September 24\, 2025\, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-pushes-bondi-to-pursue-cases-against-his-foes-as-he-ramps-up-retribution-campaign). \nThe controversy intensified when Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr threatened to revoke broadcast licenses from ABC and its affiliates for airing “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following Kimmel’s controversial remarks about Kirk’s death. Trump applauded the suspension of Kimmel’s show and called for similar action against other late-night hosts. However\, prominent conservative voices such as Candace Owens\, Ben Shapiro\, and Senator Ted Cruz pushed back\, warning that federal censorship of media content—even if politically charged—sets a dangerous precedent. Owens stated\, “We never ever\, ever should be applauding federal action when it comes to speech. We’re all losing.” Shapiro added that while he personally disliked Kimmel’s content\, he opposed FCC intervention on principle (USA Today\, September 23\, 2025\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/23/trump-free-speech-charlie-kirk-kimmel/86290420007/). \nFollowing the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel from ABC on September 17\, 2025\, over his monologue referencing the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk\, Disney faced swift and severe backlash. Local ABC affiliates reported thousands of viewer calls demanding Kimmel’s reinstatement (Shaw\, L.\, 2025\, September 21\, Bloomberg\, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-21/the-end-of-jimmy-kimmel-at-abc). The backlash was amplified by protests outside ABC studios and mounting pressure from advertisers and unions. \nFollowing the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 17\, 2025\, Disney experienced immediate and measurable backlash. Over 1.7 million paid streaming cancellations were recorded across Disney+\, Hulu\, and ESPN+ between September 17 and 23\, according to internal estimates cited by journalist Marisa Kabas and confirmed by a Disney source (Kabas\, M.\, 2025\, September 29\, MSN News\, Millions of Disney\, ESPN subscribers canceled over Jimmy Kimmel suspension\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/millions-of-disney-espn-subscribers-canceled-over-jimmy-kimmel-suspension/ar-AA1Ny7Ps). Concurrently\, Disney’s stock dropped by at least 2.39%\, erasing nearly $5 billion in market value\, as reported by financial analysts tracking the fallout from the controversy (Economic Times\, 2025\, September 29\, Jimmy Kimmel returns to ABC: How many billions did Disney lose during his suspension\, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/jimmy-kimmel-returns-to-abc-how-many-billions-did-disney-lose-during-his-suspension-and-why-was-the-show-reinstated/articleshow/124072023.cms). The financial damage was compounded by shareholder unrest\, with groups including the American Federation of Teachers and Reporters Without Borders filing formal demands for internal documents related to the suspension. Their letter alleged that Disney’s board may have breached fiduciary duties by prioritizing political appeasement over shareholder interests\, citing brand damage and government pressure as contributing factors (Cho\, W.\, 2025\, September 24\, The Hollywood Reporter\, Disney Hit With Legal Salvo From Shareholders Over Jimmy Kimmel Suspension\, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-hit-legal-salvo-shareholders-jimmy-kimmel-suspension-1236379327/). \nThe reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 23 was catalyzed by mounting pressure from prominent actors and entertainers\, including Mark Ruffalo\, Kerry Washington\, Jon Stewart\, and Rosario Dawson\, who signed an open letter condemning what they described as “state-influenced censorship.” The letter was circulated by the Writers Guild of America (WGA)\, SAG-AFTRA\, and the American Federation of Musicians\, all of whom issued coordinated statements defending Kimmel’s right to free expression. The WGA wrote: \n“The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other – to disturb\, even – is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people… Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.”\nSAG-AFTRA added:\n“The decision to suspend airing Jimmy Kimmel Live! is the type of suppression and retaliation that endangers everyone’s freedoms.”\n(Dunn\, J.\, 2025\, September 25\, Variety\, https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/sag-wga-jimmy-kimmel-suspended-1236522863) \nPublic protests erupted outside ABC studios in Los Angeles and affiliate stations nationwide\, with demonstrators accusing Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar Media Group of capitulating to political pressure. Union leaders warned that the suspension was part of a “disturbing trend of increasing interference in creative expression\,” and called on media companies to “stand firm in defense of free expression and the First Amendment\, not capitulate to a policy of political appeasement.” \nSinclair\, which had preempted Kimmel’s show across dozens of its ABC affiliates\, reversed its decision on September 28\, citing “thoughtful feedback from viewers\, advertisers\, and community leaders representing a wide range of perspectives.” In its statement\, Sinclair acknowledged that advertiser pressure played a significant role in the reversal\, noting that “our decision to preempt this program was independent of any government interaction or influence\,” but also admitting that it had received “overwhelming input from stakeholders concerned about the precedent being set” (Sinclair Broadcast Group (2025\, September 26). Sinclair Statement on the Return of Jimmy Kimmel Live! https://sbgi.net/sinclair-statement-on-the-return-of-jimmy-kimmel-live ) \nDespite the reinstatement\, President Trump responded with renewed threats. In a Truth Social post dated September 29\, 2025\, he wrote: \n“DISNEY & ABC are back at it—platforming hate and lies through Jimmy Kimmel\, who should have been permanently removed. We’re reviewing ALL legal options. They’ve been warned before. This time\, they won’t get away with it. Lawsuits incoming. STAY TUNED.”\n(Trump\, D.\, 2025\, September 29\, Truth Social\, https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111943827462198947) \nThe post reignited concerns about executive overreach and the weaponization of regulatory threats against media entities. Legal scholars and civil liberties advocates warned that such rhetoric\, especially when paired with FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s earlier threats to revoke licenses\, represents a dangerous encroachment on First Amendment protections. (Brennan\, K.\, 2025\, September 29\, NPR\, https://www.npr.org/2025/09/29/trump-threatens-disney-over-kimmel-reinstatement-free-speech) \nThis episode echoes earlier controversies\, such as President Trump’s September 22\, 2025 executive order designating “antifa” as a domestic terrorist organization—a move that reignited constitutional concerns over the misuse of federal power to suppress ideological dissent (Politico\, September 22\, 2025\, Politico\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/22/trump-issues-terrorist-organization-antifa-00575921 ). “Antifa\,” short for “anti-fascist\,” is not a formal group but rather a loosely affiliated ideological movement composed of individuals and collectives opposing fascism\, white supremacy\, and authoritarianism (USA Today\, September 29\, 2025\, USA Today\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/09/29/what-is-antifa-president-donald-trump-calls-antifa-terrorist-organization/86420569007 ). Legal experts and civil liberties organizations immediately pointed out that the First Amendment protects ideological expression\, and that labeling a non-organized ideology as a terrorist entity lacks legal foundation and risks criminalizing dissent (Politico\, September 22\, 2025\, Politico\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/22/trump-issues-terrorist-organization-antifa-00575921 ). The USA PATRIOT Act\, often cited in terrorism-related designations\, applies to individuals and groups engaged in violent acts—not to abstract political beliefs. Critics\, including Representative Bennie Thompson\, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee\, warned that the designation “serves no purpose other than an excuse for the Trump administration to stifle dissent\, investigate anyone\, or any group\, they don’t like\, punish their enemies\, and potentially label any American they want as a terrorist” (Politico\, September 22\, 2025\, Politico\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/22/trump-issues-terrorist-organization-antifa-00575921 ). \nTaken together\, these actions reflect a pattern of conflating political opposition with criminality\, and of using federal power to suppress speech deemed unfavorable to the administration. While some of these efforts have been met with internal resistance from conservative figures\, the cumulative effect has been a chilling atmosphere for dissent and a redefinition of what constitutes protected speech. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of expression\, but its durability depends on the restraint of those in power. When federal agencies and top officials blur the line between criticism and criminality\, the constitutional guardrails that protect democratic discourse begin to erode. \nOur show will focus on these issues as well as the attacks on our right to assemble\, another guardrail that President Trump and his Administration are eroding. The latest flashpoint is Portland\, Oregon\, where Trump ordered the deployment of 200 National Guard troops on September 28\, 2025\, invoking Title 10 authority without prior notice to Governor Tina Kotek or local officials (Rush\, C.\, 2025\, September 28\, Politico\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/28/oregon-sues-block-trump-national-guard-portland-00583937). The stated justification was to protect federal property—specifically Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities—from what Trump described as “siege from attack by Antifa and other domestic terrorists” (CBS News\, 2025\, September 28\, CBS News\, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oregon-sues-trump-over-federal-troops-deployment). \nHowever\, Portland’s crime statistics tell a different story. According to the Portland Police Bureau\, the city is experiencing its lowest violent crime rates in over a decade\, and protests around ICE facilities have been small and largely peaceful\, with fewer than 30 participants and no arrests reported from June until the week of the deployment (OPB\, 2025\, September 28\, Oregon Public Broadcasting\, https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/28/oregon-portland-sue-trump-deployment). Governor Kotek and Attorney General Dan Rayfield immediately filed a federal lawsuit challenging the deployment as unconstitutional and politically motivated. “There is no insurrection\, no threat to national security\, and no need for military troops in our major city\,” Kotek stated during a press conference\, adding that the president’s actions were “an abuse of power” and “un-American” (Rush\, C.\, 2025\, September 28\, Politico\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/28/oregon-sues-block-trump-national-guard-portland-00583937). \nThe deployment sparked immediate protests\, with hundreds gathering outside Portland’s ICE facility and city hall. Federal agents reportedly used pepper spray to disperse demonstrators\, and Portland police made two arrests—one for fourth-degree assault and another described as a “targeted arrest” (KPTV\, 2025\, September 29\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/latest-updates-trump-orders-national-guard-troops-to-portland/ar-AA1NwBdY). More than a dozen Oregon mayors signed a joint letter condemning the militarization of local law enforcement and pledging to pursue legislative and legal remedies to block future federal interventions. \nThis escalation in Portland exemplifies a broader trend: the federal government’s increasing willingness to override local governance and suppress constitutionally protected assembly under the guise of national security. As with speech\, the right to peaceably assemble is enshrined in the First Amendment\, and its erosion signals a dangerous shift toward centralized control and punitive federalism. \nThis erosion of constitutional guardrails has now extended to the nonprofit sector. On September 25\, 2025\, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum directing federal agencies—including the FBI’s National Joint Terrorism Task Force\, the Department of Justice\, the Department of the Treasury\, and the Internal Revenue Service—to investigate and dismantle what he called “domestic terrorism networks\,” explicitly naming progressive nonprofit organizations as targets (Presidential Memorandum on Domestic Terrorism\, 2025\, September 25\, New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits\, https://www.nhnonprofits.org/news/presidential-memorandum-domestic-terrorism-threat-nonprofits; Democracy Docket\, 2025\, September 25\, Democracy Docket\, https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-order-terrorism-network-left-leaning-nonprofits). \nThe memorandum follows Trump’s earlier executive order designating “antifa” as a domestic terrorist organization\, despite longstanding FBI testimony that antifa is an ideology\, not a structured group. The administration has since directed U.S. attorneys to open investigations into organizations such as the Open Society Foundations and the Ford Foundation\, accusing them—without evidence—of funding political violence. Trump has repeatedly invoked George Soros by name\, stating in a press conference\, “Soros is a name certainly that I keep hearing… Soros must be jailed. He’s a bad guy” (Democracy Docket\, 2025\, September 25\, Democracy Docket\, https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-order-terrorism-network-left-leaning-nonprofits). \nLegal experts warn that this directive represents a dangerous misuse of executive power. Federal law prohibits senior executive officials from directing the IRS to audit specific taxpayers or organizations\, but the administration may attempt to trigger audits through indirect means\, such as redefining compliance standards or leveraging federal funding restrictions. Two executive orders—Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity—have already introduced vague and shifting criteria that could be used to penalize nonprofits engaged in diversity\, equity\, and inclusion work (Council of Nonprofits\, 2025\, September\, National Council of Nonprofits\, https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/files/media/documents/2025/faq-executive-orders-nonprofits.pdf). \nThe Open Society Foundations responded by calling the administration’s actions “politically motivated attacks on civil society\, meant to silence speech the administration disagrees with and undermine the First Amendment right to free speech.” Their statement concluded: “When power is abused to take away the rights of some people\, it puts the rights of all people at risk” (Democracy Docket\, 2025\, September 25\, Democracy Docket\, https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-order-terrorism-network-left-leaning-nonprofits). \nThis latest executive action signals a dramatic escalation in the administration’s campaign to redefine dissent as criminality\, and to weaponize federal agencies against ideological opponents. As with speech and assembly\, the nonprofit sector now finds itself on the front lines of a constitutional crisis. \nProposed Questions \nThe questions included below are designed to provide a guide but are not the only possible questions\, nor may they be asked in the exact same order. If a question does not have a specific name\, then it is for everyone. \n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\n[In the beginning of the show\, Daryl and Barbara will thank all of those who supported the 10th Anniversary Celebration FootSoldiers’ Reception held on September 24th hosted by Partner A. Scott Bolden and Reed Smith LLP.  Special Shoutouts to Bloody Sunday FootSoldiers Betty Boynton of Selma Alabama and Phil Hunter\, Attorney.] \nWelcome\, Guests\, you are providing essential leadership as we deal with the 9th Month of the Trump Administration unlawful attempts to subvert the Constitution to impose an Imperial and Fascistic Presidency. \n\nTerry: As the Secretary of the Board of TJC\, what did our 10th Anniversary milestone mean for you.\nJaheem: Welcome to Igniting Change. Last week you were able to participate in the CBCF ALC\, what for you were the highlights of this year’s Conference?\nJaheem: You were one of the presenters at Saturday’s TJC/NUL “Say Something! Emerging Leaders Summit along with Azadee and Jordan. Why was this convening needed? Besides your great workshop\, what was a highlight for you of the Summit?\nJaheem: What was the focus of your workshop?\nHow was it received by the attendees?\nJaheem: What do you hope young leaders will focus on in these times?\nTerry and Jaheem: Last week\, the People of the United States rose up in mass to protest against the firing of Jimmy Kimmel and to demand his reinstatement.  Disney TV subscriptions were cancelled by many customers and other factors caused a $5 billion market value loss .  After Disney announced its reinstatement of Kimmel\, many complaints were filed against Sinclair and heat was felt by Nexstar for not immediately airing the show. They also reversed course given the public anger.\nWhat should we learn from this entire controversy?\nTerry and Jaheem: On September 28th\, President Trump ordered 200 National Guard troops to Portland over the objections of the Governor\, Mayor and Portland Police.\nTerry: You lived in Portland for a number of years and even experienced Trump’s 2020 deployment of Federal troops. What was the impact of that Federal deployment?\nWhat are you hearing from people on the ground in Portland?\nJaheem: You live in DC and have seen the impact of the Trump Deployment. What is your advice to the people of Portland?\nTerry: On September 25th\, President Trump issued a new Executive Memorandum in which he targeted Non-Profits\, the Open Society Foundation and others who have opposed his policies for investigation and punishment.\nTerry: Please tell our audience why they need to know about the possible impact of this Executive action\,\nTerry and Jaheem: What tips would you give to non-profit organizations to respond to this unlawful action?\nTerry and Jaheem: With so many things happening at the same time\, briefly state one thing you wish people would be focused on right now to help make a difference\, even if it wasn’t covered in today’s show.\nTerry and Jaheem: Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: \n\nWhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump DC Takeover and Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nOctober 15th\, please join NAACP LDF\, TJC\, Black Voters Matters and many other organizations at the Supreme Court of the United States at 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM during the Louisiana v. Callais oral argument to demonstrate in support of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.\nMark Your Calendars Now for NOKINGS PART 2! ON OCTOBER 18TH.\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – September 23: Celebrating the Igniters of Change! TJC 10th Anniversary Reception\, Leaders of the New National Christian Leadership Movement\, Young Voices of Changes
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nSeptember 23\, 2025: Celebrating the Igniters of Change! TJC 10th Anniversary Reception\, Leaders of the New National Christian Leadership Movement\, Young Voices of Changes\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nKathy Sykes: 12:00 PM – 12:25 PM ET\nThe Hon. Kathy Sykes was recently installed as National Chairman of the Board of the New National Christian Leadership Movement and is a consultant with Southern Echo. Kathy is Co-Coordinator of Helping Hands Outreach Services\, Inc. and serves as a MS State Director for the League of Women Voters. She serves on the Jackson Municipal and MS State Democratic Executive Committees. Kathy has worked as consultant for Oxfam America\, and Black Voters Matter since 2018. Recently she has done volunteer organizing work for Color of Change. She is a graduate of Jackson State University where she majored in Biology. She has worked for the VA\, and in Research at University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Physiology and Bio-Physics. Also\, she worked as a consultant for Strategic Systems. Kathy worked for the MS State Department of Health in Immunization and as a Service Coordinator for First Steps. Kathy Sykes was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 2015 to 2019. As a member she served as Vice Chair of the Interstate Cooperation Committee\, and on Banking and Finance\, Public Utilities\, Workforce Development\, Drug Policy\, Public Health and Technology Committees. She was an Inaugural Fellow of Future NOW\, MS State Director of Women Legislative Lobby – WiLL. She was a founding member of the State Innovation Exchange’s Reproductive Freedom Leadership Council. Kathy Sykes recently was appointed to serve as Political Action Chair for the Jackson State University Jackson-Hinds Alumni Chapter. Kathy was a member of MAFFAN (MS Alliance for Fairness at Nissan)\, a community based organization that supported workers as they fought for a fair UAW union election. She has done work with low-income workers in the poultry industry to assist workers as they learned about their rights. She worked as an organizer for the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance/ MIRA and is a founding member. She has assisted efforts to organize workers around the State. Kathy has attended training and participated in the AFL-CIO Organizer’s Institute\, Midwest Training Academy\, Center for Community Change Organizer Mentee Program. She served 6 terms (12 years) as secretary of the Jackson Branch NAACP and is a Silver Life member. \nRodreshia Russaw: 12:00 PM – 12:25 PM ET\nRodreshia Russaw is the Treasurer of the New National Christian Leadership Movement (NNCLM). She currently serves as the Executive Director of The Ordinary People Society (TOPS)\, where she is recognized as a feminist activist and human rights defender. Her work spans Criminal Justice and Voting Rights Reform\, Reproductive Justice\, Healing\, and Restorative Justice. Russaw is the visionary behind TOPS’ Voices for the Violated Reproductive Justice Project (VOV) and played a pivotal role in the 2019 liberation of Marshae Jones. Russaw co-founded the Alabama Election Protection Network (AEPN)\, and serves as a board member of Alabama Forward\, steering committee member of the Southern Power Fund (SPF)\, National Bail Out (NBO)\, and Saving Ourselves (SOS). She has formerly served with the Selma Jubilee\, Alabama Voting Rights Coalition\, New Justice Coalition\, and as a member of Alabamians for Fair Justice\, the Alabama Repro Justice Coalition. In 2021\, she was elected Vice Chair of the Alabama Democratic Conference (ADC) for the 2nd Congressional District. She also reaches and motivates thousands of listeners as a beloved Wiregrass radio personality on 99.1 FM’s “Good-Morning Ladies” broadcast\, aired through TOPS’ non-commercial radio station. \nPastor Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow: 12:00 PM – 12:25 PM ET\nPastor Kenneth Glasgow is an advocate for harm reduction\, prison reform\, and restoration of rights and opportunities for formerly incarcerated people\, and is the Founder/President of The Ordinary People Society (T.O.P.S) and the T.O.P.S Moma Tina’s Mission house has fed over 300\,000 people in the past 15 years. He is the Convener/Co-Convener of the National Criminal Justice Coalition\, and the Co-chairman of the Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People Family Movement\, State Partner for the New Bottom Line Campaign with DPA\, Chaplin for The Second Congressional District\, and Vice-Chairman of the Houston County A.D.C. Instrumental in registering over 120\,000 formerly incarcerated to vote in the State of Alabama\, he is the first to win a lawsuit where people convicted with felonies never lose their voting rights\, incarcerated or not. He has advocated and participated in the changing of 17 laws in Alabama\, 3 laws in Georgia\, 2 in Florida and 1 in West Virginia. His abilities to work for criminal justice reform were highlighted in his strategic work in the passage of the Sentencing Guidelines through the Alabama State Legislature in 2006. His current programs and projects include: The Criminal Rehabilitation and Reintegration Program\, Grassroots Organizing\, Early Intervention and Mentoring Program\, Drug Prevention and Addiction Assistance Program\, After School Program\, Adult Literacy Program\, Hunger and Homelessness Prevention\, Mentoring Program/ Big Brother Big Sister – Togetherhood\, City Prayer Watch\, Counseling Ministries\, Youth Ministry\, Widows’ Ministry\, Elderly Project\, Residential Discipleship Programs\, Tent Revivals\, Prison/Jail Ministry\, Ex-Felons Voters Rights Restored\, Domestic Violence Counseling\, Radio Ministry on WQLS 1210 AM\, Thedotonline.com News Website \nJohnnie Brooker III: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nJohnnie Brooker III is a cum laude graduate of Marquette University in Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, where he earned degrees in Journalism and Political Science. He currently works as a legal assistant at a New York law firm and will be attending law school next fall. In 2024\, Johnnie was selected as a TJC Fellow\, an experience he deeply values for the lessons learned and the meaningful connections gained. Passionate about advocacy\, he believes we are all called to build a more just and equitable world\, and he brings that commitment to everything he does. \nLamair Bryan: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nLamair Bryan is a North Carolina native and graduate of Fayetteville State and North Carolina Central University. He serves as Triangle Regional Organizing Manager and Digital Narrative Producer with Advance Carolina and the NC Black Alliance\, where he uses organizing and storytelling to educate and mobilize Black communities. A former producer with PBS North Carolina’s Black Issues Forum\, Lamair is dedicated to advancing justice\, equity\, and an inclusive democracy. Lamair is a Spring 2024 TJC fellow and he continues to do this work because he believes in empowering communities to have a real voice in shaping the policies and systems that affect their lives. \nDr. Kylar Wiltz: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nOver the past six years\, Dr. Kylar Wiltz has been able to pursue his educational aspirations at prestigious graduate and professional institutions that bear footprints in various corners of the United States\, having earned Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees from Howard University\, along with the Master of Public Administration (MPA)-Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree (double concentration program) from Eastern Illinois University. As a first generation physician with aims of becoming a surgeon\, Dr. Wiltz’s greatest motivations are being able to tackle\, dissect\, and solve various facets of healthcare disparities domestically and globally\, whilst serving as a community leader and mentor to those of the most significance to him. He understands and embraces the role and responsibility that his contribution to breaking such barriers serves for his family and for those who look similar to him. \n\n\nINTRODUCTION:\n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, September 23rd\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Celebrating the Igniters of Change! TJC 10th Anniversary Reception\, Leaders of the New National Christian Leadership Movement\, Young Voices of Changes”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Kathy Sykes; Rodreshia Russaw; Pastor Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow; Dr. Kylar Wiltz; Lamair Bryan; and\, Johnnie Brooker III. This year marks several important anniversaries including the 70th Anniversary of the Montgomery Boycott\, the 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday\, the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965\, and the 10th Anniversary of the Transformative Justice Coalition! \nOngoing Igniting Change Updates: \n\n\nFREE DC: https://freedcproject.org/occupation We need to do two things right now DC: keep each other safe\, and actively work to end the takeover. Here are actions\, resources\, and events to help do that. Residents can visit the new website and: make calls\, get visible\, make noise every night at 7:00 PM\, hold morning and afternoon support\, make a pledge to travel together\, adopt a curfew zone\, and become a legal monitor with Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. There are also actions for allies nationwide and specific actions for allies in Tennessee\, Mississippi\, Louisiana\, West Virginia\, Ohio\, and South Carolina. \n\n\n\n\nSeptember 17th\, 2025: “Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law\, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent protecting First Amendment access to ideas” https://theconversation.com/federal-judge-overturns-part-of-floridas-book-ban-law-drawing-on-nearly-100-years-of-precedent-protecting-first-amendment-access-to-ideas-263893 \n\n\nThis week’s show: \nOur show is designed to recognize these milestone anniversaries while celebrating the launch of new leadership formations including the recent Installation of Leaders for the New National Christian Leadership Movement (NNCLM) on September 18th in Hammond\, Louisiana. The Role of the Black Church in the fight for democracy has been a constant theme explored throughout the years on the Igniting Change Radio Show.  We will hear directly from its new installed leadership: Dr. Kenneth Glasgow\, President of the NNCLM\, Representative Kathy Sykes\, National Chair of the Board of the NNCLM\, and Rodreshia Russaw\, Treasurer of NNCLM. They will share perspectives regarding how this new organization of 2\,500 African American churches is seeking to reorder the engagement of these religious institutions during this age of White Christian Nationalism and the Trump Administration. \nThis week also marks the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Weekend. The Transformative Justice Coalition will be sponsoring 2 major events: “It Ain’t Over” TJC’s 10th Anniversary Reception Honoring the Foot Soldiers of Bloody Sunday on Wednesday\, September 24th\, 4:00-7:00 PM ET\, Hosted by A. Scott Bolden and Reed Smith LLP\, 1301 K Street\, Washington\, DC. During this program\, we will hear from the 1965 Foot Soldiers and from new Gen Z and Young Millennial Leaders including Dr. Kyler Wiltz\, Lamair Bryan and Johnnie Brooker III. \nThe second event sponsored by TJC this week will be on Saturday\, September 27th from 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM entitled “Do Something! Emerging Leaders’ Summit” hosted with the National Urban League (NUL). \nA Little History: Bloody Sunday and TJC Honors the Foot Soldiers \n“After the March on Washington\, in 1964\, the Civil Rights Act became law. However\, this did not make it easier for African Americans to vote in the South.” “In 1964\, John Lewis coordinated SNCC efforts to organize voter registration drives and community action programs during the Mississippi Freedom Summer.”  “SNCC supported the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in an effort to challenge the legitimacy of the state’s all-white Democratic Party.” \nSNCC “had been trying to register voters in Selma since 1963. They hadn’t gotten very far. At the time of the march\, only 383 of the 15\,000 black residents in Selma’s Dallas County were registered to vote. At 25\, [John] Lewis had already been arrested twenty times by white segregationists and badly beaten during Freedom Rides in South Carolina and Montgomery.” “The movement came to a head in the early part of 1965 when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was invited to Selma.” \n“Fellow activist Andrew Young…explained to the Michigan Chronicle\, [that Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson] approached Dr. Martin Luther King ‘just before Christmas in 1964 and said\, ‘You need to come and help us in Selma\,’ and that is where the Selma movement started.’ She inspired King and members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to take action in Selma.” \n“In January 1965\, while leading a voters’ drive at the courthouse in Selma\, Mrs. Boynton Robinson was charged with ‘criminal provocation’ and was arrested by the county’s notoriously race-baiting sheriff\, Jim Clark. ‘When she refused to leave the sidewalk in front of the courthouse\, Sheriff Clark grabbed her by the back of her collar and pushed her roughly and swiftly for half a block into a patrol car\,’ the New York Times reported. King\, who was watching from across the street\, immediately went to officials of the Justice Department to demand a court injunction against the sheriff. ‘It was one of the most brutal and unlawful acts I have seen an officer commit\,’ King said at the time.” \n“[King came] came the first week in January to speak at a mass meeting. Several hundred people came out to the rally…A few weeks later\, police ambushed a nighttime march to the courthouse in Marion\, Alabama. The streetlights were shot out and the beating began. A young Vietnam War veteran named Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot while trying to protect his mother. He died a few days later. Because of what happened to him\, a decision was made to march from Selma to Montgomery.” \n“SNCC decided not to participate in the march because they felt Dr. King’s presence might overshadow the years of organizing and protest they had invested in voting rights in Selma. But [Lewis] was determined to march and [he] told [SNCC]\, ‘If the people want to march\, I’m going to march with them.’ [SNCC] said [that he] could march as an individual\, but not as the chairman of SNCC. That was fine with [him].” \n“SNCC decided not to participate in the march because they felt Dr. King’s presence might overshadow the years of organizing and protest they had invested in voting rights in Selma. But [Lewis] was determined to march and [he] told [SNCC]\, ‘If the people want to march\, I’m going to march with them.’ [SNCC] said [that he] could march as an individual\, but not as the chairman of SNCC. That was fine with [him]. On March 6\, several of [SNCC’s members] drove from SNCC headquarters in Atlanta\, Georgia\, to Selma\, carrying [their] sleeping bags. [They] arrived at the SNCC Freedom House in Selma where we could stay and sleep. \n“Meanwhile\, at Dr. King’s organization\, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)\, Andy Young\, James Bevel\, and Hosea Williams drew straws to determine who would represent the organization in the march. The one who drew the shortest straw would be the leader. Hosea pulled the shortest one\, so he led the march on behalf of SCLC. The leaders of SCLC asked [Lewis] to lead with Hosea.” \n“On March 7\, 1965\, John Lewis threw an apple\, an orange\, a toothbrush\, some toothpaste and two books into his backpack\, and prepared to lead a fifty-four-mile march from Selma to Montgomery\, Alabama.” “On an overcast Sunday afternoon\, Lewis and Hosea Williams\, a top aide to Martin Luther King Jr.\, led some 600 local residents marching in two single-file lines. The streets of downtown Selma were eerily quiet… Lewis thought he would be arrested\, but he had no idea that the ensuing events would dramatically alter the arc of American history. \n“As they crossed the Alabama River on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge\, Alabama state troopers descended on the marchers with batons and bullwhips; some demonstrators were trampled by policemen on horseback\, and the air was choked with tear gas. Lewis\, who suffered a fractured skull from a clubbing\, thought he was going to die. That evening\, the prime-time network news played extensive footage of what came to be known as ‘Bloody Sunday.” \n“[Boynton] was [also among those] brutally beaten for helping to lead a 1965 civil rights march [The Selma-to-Montgomery March]\, which became known as Bloody Sunday and drew national attention to the Civil Rights Movement.” “The decision to march from Selma to Montgomery came after the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson in February 1965. Jackson was a young African-American teenager killed by the police in Marion\, Alabama\, after attending a rally.” “Some 600 protesters arrived to participate in the event.” \n“As [the] marchers walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge\, they were met by 200 state troopers\, plus posses of white men\, many on horseback\, deputized for the day by Sheriff Clark. The marchers were given two minutes to disperse. After one minute and five seconds\, the phalanx of troopers and vigilantes advanced. \n‘I saw them as we marched across the bridge\, some with gas masks on\, clubs and cattle prods in their hands\, some on horses\,’ Mrs. Boynton Robinson told The Crisis\, the official magazine of the NAACP\, in 2005. ‘They came from the right\, the left\, the front and started beating people.’ \nA trooper struck her on the shoulder with a billy club. \n‘I gave him a dirty look\,’ she told The Crisis\, ‘and the second time I was hit at the base of my neck. I fell unconscious. I woke up in a hospital.’ \n“A photographer captured the incident\, as a fellow marcher sought to comfort Mrs. Boynton Robinson\, who was 53 at the time. She was wearing a light-colored coat\, gloves and heels.” \n“Sheriff Clark reportedly told his officers not to offer any assistance to the nearly 70 marchers who were injured. As for Mrs. Boynton Robinson\, he said\, ‘Let the buzzards eat her.’ She was rescued by other marchers and taken to a segregated hospital\, where she recovered.” \n“Seventeen protesters were sent to the hospital\, including Boynton\, who had been beaten unconscious. A newspaper photo of Boynton lying bloody and beaten drew national attention to the cause.” \nBecause of Bloody Sunday\, “Dr. King made an appeal for all religious leaders to come to Selma to participate in a march. Movement lawyers of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund went to court\, assisted by Assistant Attorney General John Doar. [They] appeared before federal judge Frank M. Johnson in Alabama and got a federal order to march from Selma to Montgomery. \nOn March 15th\, only seven days after Bloody Sunday\, President Lyndon Johnson spoke to Congress and delivered one of the most meaningful and powerful speeches any modern president has made on civil and voting rights. In that speech he used the theme song of the movement\, saying\, ‘And we shall overcome.’ \n“Finally\, on March 21\, Dr. King led a march of thousands from Selma to Montgomery. Since Governor George Wallace could not assure [their] protection\, President Johnson commanded the National Guard to ensure [their] safety on the road. [They] arrived in Montgomery on March 25.” \n“Eight days [after Bloody Sunday]\, President Lyndon Johnson introduced the Voting Rights Act before a joint session of Congress. ‘It is wrong—deadly wrong—to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country\,’ Johnson said. On August 6\, 1965\, a hundred years after the end of the Civil War\, the VRA became law.” \nThose who crossed the bridge on Bloody Sunday are known today as “Foot Soliders”\, and TJC honors them and their courage because “Bloody Sunday prompted President Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the Voting Rights Act on August 6\, 1965\, with Boynton attending as the landmark event’s guest of honor.” “This new law put an end to such discriminatory measures as literacy tests that used to deny many African Americans the right to vote. The act also gave the federal government more oversight over state election practices.” \n20 years ago\, reflecting on the 40th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday\, Amelia Platts Boynton \nRobinson wrote “Can you imagine American citizens suffering all manner of repression for more than 60 years – just to be a citizen\, and not to be considered chattel? The struggle did not begin nor end with getting the right to vote as a first-class citizen in 1965. Strangely enough\, this freedom or privilege was purchased by people of all races who gave themselves: Blood\, sweat\, tears\, as well as death\, paying the supreme price for freedom. There are unsung heroes and heroines whom we will never know.” (source: https://archive.schillerinstitute.com/highlite/2005/bloody_sunday.html ) \nProposed Questions \nThe questions included below are designed to provide a guide but are not the only possible questions\, nor may they be asked in the exact same order. If a question does not have a specific name\, then it is for everyone. \n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\n12:00 PM – 12:25 PM ET- Kathy Sykes; Rodreshia Russaw; Pastor Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow \n\nWelcome\, Guests\, All of you are providing essential leadership throughout our nation as we deal with the 9th Month of the Trump Administration unlawful attempts to subvert the Constitution to impose an Imperial and Fascistic Presidency.\nDr. Kenneth Glasgow and Chair Kathy Skyes: Why has the New National Christian Leadership Movement been formed?\nAll Guests:  What is the current scope and reach of the NNCLM?\nRodreshia Russaw: What is different about the NNCLM and other existing existing church formations?\nDr. Glasgow\, Rep Sykes\, and Treasurer Russaw:  What for each of  you was the Highlight of the September 17th Installation program?\nAll Guests:  During my remarks when I mentioned the impact of the Military Occupation of DC\, the audience was clearly moved and troubled.  What word would you like to offer to our DC\, Chicago\, LA and other listeners whose cities are under Occupation?\nRep Sykes:  What is next for the NNCLM?\nAll Guests:  How do churches\, groups and individuals join the NNCLM?\nAll Guests:  Thanks for being on today’s show. How do people get in contact with you?\n\n12:30 PM – 12:57 PM: Dr. Kylar Wiltz; Lamair Bryan; and\, Johnnie Brooker III: \n\nWelcome Kylar\, Johnnie and Lamair!\nOn Wednesday\, September 24th\, TJC will hold its 10th Anniversary Celebration and FootSoldiers Reception.\nDr. Wiltz\, you will be speaking at this event honoring the Footsoldiers from the Edmund Pettus Bridge\, what do you hope to impart to them?\nAll panelists\, these times pose special challenges and opportunities for young leaders\, what have you made the focus of your work in this moment?\nKylar\, Lamair and Johnnie: What do you hope will happen during this year’s CBCF ALC?\nAll Guests:  On Saturday\, September 27th\, 9:30 AM–1:30PM\, TJC will be co-sponsoring with the National Urban League\, Howard University and Thurgood Marshall Center An “Emerging Leaders’ Summit” to educate\, activate\, and empower\, college\, and other youth leaders to take action for change!”\nAll Guests:  All three of you attended a TJC training\, why should young people attend these types of training events and forums?\nAll Guests:  Many of the questions for panelists during Saturday’s event will address the challenges of military occupation in DC and elsewhere; the threats to our Constitutional protections; and\, other major issues. What is your vision for youth leadership in these times?\nAll Guests:  With so many things happening at the same time\, briefly state one thing you wish people would be focused on right now to help make a difference\, even if it wasn’t covered in today’s show.\nAll Guests:  Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: \n\nabout the September 24th Reception in Washington\, D.C.\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump DC Takeover and Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nMark Your Calendars Now for NOKINGS PART 2! ON OCTOBER 18TH.\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – September 16: The U.S. Supreme Court Okays Second Class U.S. Residents & Citizens!
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nSeptember 16\, 2025: The U.S. Supreme Court Okays Second Class U.S. Residents & Citizens!\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nCarl Snowden: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nConvener\, Caucus of African American Leaders\, Civil Rights Activist\, Author\, Former Director\, Office of Maryland Attorney General Civil Rights Program \nAndres Cubillos: 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm ET\nDeputy Organizing Director\, People Power for Florida\, Graduate Student\, Florida State University\, Florida Democratic Party Campaign Committee Chair\, TJC Fellow & Freedom Rider \nDr. Karen McCrae 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET\nAuthor\, President & CEO\, Concerned Black Men of America\, Former Executive Director\, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation\, Former Fundraising Director\, Church World Services \n\n\nINTRODUCTION:\n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, September 16th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “The U.S. Supreme Court Okays Second Class U.S. Residents & Citizens!” will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Carl Snowden\, Andres Cubillos and Dr. Karen McRae. \nOur guests today will discuss two (2) interrelated matters; (1) the United States Supreme Court’s decision to allow race and other factors to be considered during immigration stops and raids; and (2) the creation of a mega-detention facility for Immigrant Detainees in  El Paso\, Texas. \nOn Monday\, September 8\, 2025\, the United States Supreme Court\, using the infamous “Shadow Docket\,” cleared the way for racial profiling during immigration raids\, sweeps and kidnappings.  In a 6-3 decision\, you can guess who the six (6) are\, the Supreme Court halted a federal judge’s order that barred “roving patrols” from snatching people off California streets and detaining them for questioning based on how they looked\, the language they spoke\, the type of work that they performed and where they happened to “encounter” ICE agents. \nJustice Sotomayor\, joined by Justice Kagan and Justice Brown-Jackson\, dissented from the court’s order and issued a blistering attack on the court’s decision.  Justice Sotomayor indicated that “rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost\, I dissent.” \nMoreover\, in August\, 2025 federal funding\, $1.24 Billion dollars\, allowed the building of an immigration facility with the capacity to hold 5\,000 Immigrants in a “giant tent city.”  Upon completion\, it will become the largest immigration holding facility in U.S. History.  Long white tents are the cornerstone of this El Paso\, TX facility.  The facility\, which opened in August\, 2025\, has hard floors and walls that do not go to the ceiling.  It is in the middle of sand dunes and scrub brush.  Some of the detainees from “Alligator Alcatraz” were moved to this facility.    Many elected officials have been denied access to the facility to see the conditions under which the detainees are being held…hmm\, this sounds like a violation of Eighth Amendment (cruel and unusual punishment claim waiting to be litigated – of course\, this U.S. Supreme Court may decide that only proven US Citizens are entitled to not be treated cruelly and unusually). \nArticles & Case of Discussion\n“Lone Star Lock Up: Ice Mega Detention Facility”\nhttps://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=f13b1b45a60bad860375a8ab0ebeec749d3d0f51a5044fc4e9125758683d0d20JmltdHM9MTc1Nzg5NDQwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=0fc93ee6-0bb2-6f38-3c2e-2deb0a706e66&psq=lone+star+lock+up+ice&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly90aW1lLmNvbS83MzEwNjU3L2ljZS1pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi1kZXRlbnRpb24tdGV4YXMtbG9uZS1zdGFyLWxvY2t1cC8 \n“New West Texas Immigration Detention Facility (Giant Tent City)”\nhttps://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=6d980b0717768c600cb31e519e9c638e8b80b269cddfd6eea7009d2ee31e9063JmltdHM9MTc1Nzg5NDQwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=0fc93ee6-0bb2-6f38-3c2e-2deb0a706e66&psq=new+west+texas+immigration+detention+facility&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuLmNvbS9lbi11cy9uZXdzL3VzL3RleGFzLWltbWlncmF0aW9uLWRldGVudGlvbi1mYWNpbGl0eS1pcy1hLWdpYW50LXRlbnQtY2l0eS1jb25ncmVzc3dvbWFuLXNheXMvYXItQUExTW5GbWk_b2NpZD1CaW5nTmV3c1NlcnA \n“Supreme Court Clears Way For ICE Agents to use race as a basis to stop people”\nhttps://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=aa216696dba6e29307d712e92074bc67b11ffd6ba4ecb215a3f75425fc384a77JmltdHM9MTc1Nzg5NDQwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=0fc93ee6-0bb2-6f38-3c2e-2deb0a706e66&psq=supreme+court+immigration+detention&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnByLm9yZy8yMDI1LzA5LzEzL254LXMxLTU1MDcxMjUvdGhlLXN1cHJlbWUtY291cnQtY2xlYXJzLXRoZS13YXktZm9yLWljZS1hZ2VudHMtdG8tdHJlYXQtcmFjZS1hcy1ncm91bmRzLWZvci1pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi1zdG9wcw \n“Supreme Court Allows Race to be used as sole factor to stop Latinos”\nhttps://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=2b177edc2d9aeabee47a850cf3fe93f3e970b2d3be8cab3039fee559a278b0acJmltdHM9MTc1Nzg5NDQwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=0fc93ee6-0bb2-6f38-3c2e-2deb0a706e66&psq=supreme+court+immigration+detention&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNS8wOS8wOC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9zdXByZW1lLWNvdXJ0LWltbWlncmF0aW9uLXJhY2lhbC1wcm9maWxpbmcuaHRtbA \nProposed Questions \nThe questions included below are designed to provide a guide but are not the only possible questions\, nor may they be asked in the exact same order. If a question does not have a specific name\, then it is for everyone. \n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\nWelcome\, Guests\, All of you are providing essential leadership in your cities and states as we deal with the question of immigration and its potential impact on all U.S. residents and citizens in every state of the union. \n\nCarl Snowden\,  you are the Convener of the Caucus of African American Leaders\, you are also a Civil Rights Activist\, after hearing and reading about the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Noem v. Perdomo to permit ICE Agents to stop\, detain and demand documents from people who look Latino\, work in certain areas of employment (like day laborers\, landscapers\, construction)\, or speak with an accent\, what was your reaction?\nAndres Cubillos\, you live and work in Florida\, a state with a significant Spanish  Speaking population\, what was your reaction to the Supreme Court decision?  What are members of the Spanish Community saying/feeling?\nKaren McRae\, this case could easily\, and I predict will soon\, spill over to other citizens and non-citizens on who ICE and can stop without reason to believe that they are illegally in the country and question them.  What impact will this decision have on African immigrants\, Asian  immigrants\, Dominican\, and everyone except white people?\nDoes the Perdomo decision create a “second class” citizen who is required to carry their documents with  them at all times and can be singled out and stopped at anytime because they are not white?\nWhat impact do you believe this decision will have on the business community across America?\nAndres\, you work for an organization\, People Power for America\, that encourages voter participation from the Black\, Brown and voter of color.  What impact do you believe this court decision will have in the next election?\nThe State of Texas of building\, what is targeted to be\, the largest immigration detention facility in the United States.  It will cost the taxpayers $1 billion dollars.  What are you thoughts about the building of a detention facility exclusively to hold immigrant inmates?\nOne of the largest\, if not the largest\, budget increase from the federal government has been for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement policing.  Considering the Supreme Court decision\, the construction of the largest ever immigration facility in the desert of Texas\, and the increase in ICE officer funding\, what does this indicate to you regarding US policy?\nWhat actions can people take to counter the movement against these bone-headed policies?  Are they bone-headed policies or good enforcement of immigration laws?\nWhat role\, if any\, does white supremacy and white Christian nationalism play in the creation of all these issues?\nWhat are parting words for our listeners?\nHow we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\nRecommended Book Reading\, “Dreaming of Home: How We Turn Fear Into Pride\, Power\, and Real Change” by Cristina Jimenez
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – September 9: Organizers and Fighters For Justice Unite! #FreeDC Protests\, NAACP Florida Recent Convention\, and Chicago Prepares!
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nSeptember 9\, 2025: Organizers and Fighters For Justice Unite! #FreeDC Protests\, NAACP Florida Recent Convention\, and Chicago Prepares!\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nRev. Dr. Janette Wilson\, Esq.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET (11:00 AM – 11:57 AM)\nCurrent COO of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition (RPC); served as Senior Advisor to Rev. Jesse L Jackson\, Sr.; and\, Special Assistant to the Chief Administrative Officer of the Chicago Public Schools \nEboni Jean-Charles: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nTransformative Justice Coalition Alumni; Hosted a John Lewis National Day of Action 2025 Event in Miami\, Florida at The Roots Bookstore & Market; Eboni Jean-Charles\, MBA\, MS is the Director of Programs at Amplify Community Resources; previously served as Chair of the NAACP Miami-Dade Branch Young Adults Committee\, where she mobilized young voters and advanced financial literacy and social justice programming. She holds an MBA\, a Master of Science\, and a Bachelor of Science in Health Education and Behavior\, and she is continuing her pursuit of a Doctor of Medicine degree. \nDonald Hart Sr.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nCurrent President of NAACP FL \nAlex Dodds: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nAlex Dodds is a co-founder of Free DC\, the renewed campaign to protect DC Home Rule and win lasting dignity for the people of the District of Columbia. \n\n\nINTRODUCTION:\n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, September 9th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Organizers and Fighters For Justice Unite! #FreeDC Protests\, NAACP Florida Recent Convention\, and Chicago Prepares!”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Alex Dodd; Rev. Dr. Janette Wilson\, Esq.; Eboni Jean-Charles; and\, Donald Hart Sr. \nOn August 11th\, 2025\, President Donald Trump invoked Section 740 of the Home Rule Act (1973) to assume federal control over Washington\, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department and deploy National Guard troops to the city\, citing a “crime emergency” (Markus & Cheney\, 2025\, POLITICO\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/04/washington-dc-national-guard-trump-lawsuit-00544008). The Home Rule Act\, signed by President Nixon\, was created to grant D.C. residents limited self-governance after nearly a century of direct congressional control. It established an elected mayor and council but retained congressional authority over the city’s budget and laws (Solly\, 2025\, Smithsonian Magazine\, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-1973-dc-home-rule-act-enabled-the-nations-capital-to-govern-itself-with-congressional-oversight-180987180/). Despite its sweeping implications\, no president had previously invoked this section of the Act\, largely due to its controversial nature and the political risks of overriding local governance in the nation’s capital (Wikipedia contributors\, 2025\, Wikipedia\, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Home_Rule_Act). \nBy September 4th\, 2025\, over 2\,300 National Guard troops had joined federal law enforcement agencies in nightly patrols across the city\, which is uniquely vulnerable to federal intervention due to its status as a federal district\, which is not a state (MacFarlane & Mosk\, 2025\, CBS News\, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-dc-national-guard-deployment-lawsuit/). These forces\, which are from Ohio\, West Virginia\, Tennessee\, Louisiana\, Mississippi\, South Carolina\, Georgia\, and South Dakota\, were not trained in local law enforcement and operated independently of D.C. officials (Slayton\, 2025\, Task & Purpose\, https://taskandpurpose.com/news/georgia-national-guard-washington-dc/; CBS News Staff\, 2025\, CBS News\, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/d-c-national-guard-deployment-in-the-capital-extended-to-nov-30/). The deployment\, initially expected to last 30 days\, was extended through November 30th by an order signed by Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and executed by Brig. Gen. Leland D. Blanchard II\, the interim commanding general of the D.C. National Guard. This extension was justified as necessary to “ensure everyone that walks these city streets is safe” and to qualify troops for military benefits such as housing allowances and health care\, which require deployments longer than 30 days (Flaherty & Boccia\, 2025\, ABC News\, https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/army-extends-orders-dc-national-guard-nov-30/story?id=125266247). \nThe White House claimed success\, citing over 1\,841 arrests and the seizure of 188 illegal firearms as of September 4th (Attorney General’s Office\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/attorney-general-schwalb-sues-to-stop-national-guard-federal-deployment-in-dc/ar-AA1LSAc9). However\, the racial breakdown of these arrests has drawn scrutiny. While full demographic data has not been released\, early reports indicate that a disproportionate number of arrests occurred in Wards 7 and 8—areas with predominantly Black populations—raising concerns about racial profiling and selective enforcement (NBC Washington Staff\, 2025\, NBC Washington\, https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/portion-of-arrests-in-dcs-ward-7-8-is-unchanged-since-police-takeover-mpd-data-says/3977512/). In addition to arrests\, federal agents have conducted searches and traffic stops\, often in high-crime areas\, though critics argue these actions lack transparency and oversight (Popli\, 2025\, TIME\, https://time.com/7309421/trump-dc-police-arrests-national-guard/). During a speech on September 8th\, 2025\, Trump suggested that domestic violence should not be counted in crime statistics\, stating\, “If a man has a little fight with the wife\, they say this was a crime\, see? So now I can’t claim 100%\,” implying that such incidents unfairly inflate crime numbers and undermine his narrative of a “crime-free zone” (Dorn\, 2025\, Forbes\, https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/09/08/trump-downplays-domestic-violence-as-a-much-lesser-crime/). \nOn September 4th\, 2025\, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration\, asserting that the deployment violates both the Home Rule Act (1973) and the Posse Comitatus Act (1878)\, which prohibits the use of federal military forces in domestic law enforcement unless explicitly authorized by Congress (Schwalb\, 2025\, CBS News\, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-dc-national-guard-deployment-lawsuit/). The suit names Trump\, the Pentagon\, the Department of Justice\, the Army\, and the U.S. Marshals Service as defendants and seeks a permanent injunction to halt the deployment (Doherty\, 2025\, CNBC\, https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/04/trump-national-guard-lawsuit-dc.html). This lawsuit echoes a similar legal battle in California\, where U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled on September 2nd\, 2025\, that Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June violated the Posse Comitatus Act. The judge emphasized that federal troops cannot engage in civilian law enforcement\, a ruling the Trump administration has appealed (MacFarlane & Mosk\, 2025\, CBS News\, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-dc-national-guard-deployment-lawsuit/). The D.C. case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb\, who is also presiding over a separate Trump-related lawsuit involving Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook (Markus & Cheney\, 2025\, POLITICO\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/04/washington-dc-national-guard-trump-lawsuit-00544008). \nMayor Muriel Bowser\, while initially sidelined by the federal takeover\, has taken steps to manage the situation. On September 2nd\, 2025\, she signed an executive order requiring maximum coordination between local and federal law enforcement “to the extent allowable by law\,” signaling a reluctant accommodation of the extended military presence (USA Today Staff\, 2025\, USA Today via MSN\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/dc-sues-trump-administration-to-halt-national-guard-deployment/ar-AA1LT60L). Bowser has publicly stated her focus is on “exiting the emergency\,” though her administration has not directly challenged the federal control in court\, deferring instead to the attorney general’s legal strategy (CBS News Staff\, 2025\, CBS News\, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-dc-national-guard-deployment-lawsuit/). \nThe broader implications of Trump’s actions in D.C. are profound. Critics argue that the federalization of local law enforcement and military deployment without local consent undermines democratic norms and sets a dangerous precedent for executive overreach. The economic impact has also been noted\, with business activity and tourism reportedly depressed due to the heightened military presence (Markus & Cheney\, 2025\, POLITICO\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/04/washington-dc-national-guard-trump-lawsuit-00544008). As legal proceedings unfold\, the outcome may redefine the boundaries of presidential power in domestic security operations. \nThe residents of D.C. have been vigorously opposing this military occupation with daily protests. Many people’s lives have been significantly disrupted: people are staying in their homes longer; they’re not driving or going to work; they feel trapped\, humiliated\, betrayed\, and feel as if they’ve lost their full citizenship. \nIn Washington\, D.C.\, protests have intensified in response to the ongoing federal occupation. On September 6th\, 2025\, thousands marched in the “We Are All D.C.” demonstration\, organized by Free DC and the American Civil Liberties Union\, demanding an end to the National Guard deployment and federal control of the Metropolitan Police Department (Calabrese\, 2025\, FOX 5 DC\, https://www.fox5dc.com/news/we-are-all-dc-march-washington-national-guard-protest-sept-6-2025). Protesters carried signs reading “Free DC\,” “Trump Must Go Now\,” and “Resist Tyranny\,” with chants echoing through Meridian Hill Park and Freedom Plaza. The protest included undocumented immigrants\, pro-Palestinian groups\, and longtime D.C. residents who described the federal presence as an affront to democracy (Mutikani & Spetalnick\, 2025\, Reuters via Yahoo News\, https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/washington-dc-residents-protest-against-173953281.html). Former diplomat Mark Fitzpatrick called the situation “authoritarian\,” while artist Jun Lee said she was “heartbroken” to see her city militarized. The demonstration marked the fourth week of federal control\, with over 2\,000 troops from six Republican-led states patrolling the city. Though Mayor Muriel Bowser signed an order to coordinate with federal law enforcement\, she has expressed hope that the National Guard’s mission will end soon. Nonetheless\, the Army extended the deployment through November 30th\, 2025 (Calabrese\, 2025\, FOX 5 DC\, https://www.fox5dc.com/news/we-are-all-dc-march-washington-national-guard-protest-sept-6-2025). \nTrump has signaled intentions to replicate this model in other cities\, including Chicago\, Baltimore\, and New Orleans. However\, legal experts warn that such actions would face greater resistance in sovereign states\, where the president lacks the same authority as in D.C. (VanLandingham & Nunn\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-prods-at-chicago-takeover-as-legal-political-challenges-loom/ar-AA1LRFwp). Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have both condemned the idea\, with Johnson calling it “tyranny.” Even conservative commentator Megyn Kelly\, typically a Trump ally\, broke ranks on September 3rd\, 2025\, stating on her SiriusXM show\, “It very clearly is not constitutionally permissible. He cannot do it… I really hope he doesn’t do it\, because I don’t want a world in which I’m siding with Gov. Pritzker over President Trump. But I will if he does it\, because he can’t do it legally” (Kelly\, 2025\, Media Matters\, https://www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/megyn-kelly-trump-possibly-sending-troops-chicago-it-very-clearly-not-constitutionally). \nOn September 6th\, 2025\, Trump posted a meme on Truth Social depicting himself as Lt. Col. Kilgore from Apocalypse Now\, with the caption “I love the smell of deportations in the morning. Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR\,” referencing his executive order rebranding the Department of Defense (Trump\, 2025\, Truth Social via Media Matters\, https://www.mediamatters.org/truth-social/trump-posts-apocalypse-now-meme-about-chicago-and-department-war). \nChicago has mounted a defiant and coordinated response to President Trump’s threats to deploy federal troops and immigration agents to the city. On September 6th\, 2025\, thousands of demonstrators gathered downtown at Congress Plaza Garden for a mass protest organized by the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda (CATA)\, joined by groups such as the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights\, the Chicago Teachers Union\, and GoodKids MadCity. The rally\, titled “Chicago Says No Trump\, No Troops\,” was a direct response to Trump’s September 6th Truth Social post. (Koch\, 2025\, Fox News\, https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-mayor-calls-trumps-federalization-threats-beneath-honor-our-nation-protests-planned; MSN Staff\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/chicago-trump-protest-march-groups-rally-downtown-against-deploying-federal-troops/ar-AA1M1vm9). Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson condemned the post\, with Pritzker calling Trump a “wannabe dictator” and Johnson stating the president’s threats were “beneath the honor of our nation” (Pereira et al.\, 2025\, ABC News\, https://abcnews.go.com/US/chicago-braces-expanded-immigration-enforcement-local-officials-push/story?id=125328501). Johnson also issued an executive order on August 30th\, 2025\, reinforcing Chicago’s commitment to the Illinois TRUST Act (2017)\, which limits local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement (Mendoza\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/chicago-vs-trump-s-takeover/ar-AA1M892o). The city has mobilized legal aid\, rapid response teams\, and community education campaigns to prepare residents for potential federal action. On Labor Day weekend\, organized labor—including SEIU\, UAW\, and CTU—joined thousands in a march that showcased Chicago’s resistance muscle. Veterans and activists have also called on Pritzker to use his authority as commander-in-chief of the Illinois National Guard to block Trump’s orders\, though the governor has not publicly endorsed that strategy (Mendoza\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/chicago-vs-trump-s-takeover/ar-AA1M892o). \nRead more about Chicago Mayor Johnson’s thoughts in his September 8th NY Times op-ed: Opinion | Chicago’s Mayor: The National Guard Isn’t What We Need – The New York Times \nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/opinion/trump-chicago-national-guard.html \n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\nWelcome\, Guests\, All of you are providing essential leadership in your cities and states as we deal with the 9th Month of the Trump Administration’s unlawful attempts to subvert the Constitution to impose an imperial and fascistic presidency. \n\nAlex: You are a co-founder of #FreeDC.  What has been your mission in this fight against the Trump Takeover and Military Occupation?\nAlex:  On Saturday\, at least 20\,000 people took to the streets of DC in a robust and peaceful “We Are All DC” March.  Did the March meet your expectations? What was your highlight of the Day?\nAlex:  As we broadcast today\, there is a major Student Walkout being held all day to protest against the DC occupation.Tell us about this protest.\nEboni:  As a young leader in the Miami Florida community\, what does it mean to you that the DC area students are taking this action today calling on all DC residents to resist the military occupation?\nDonald Hart:  The NAACP Florida held your Annual Convention; when Daryl and I finished our tribute to your outgoing leader\, Adora Obi Nweze\, folks were moved by our shouts of #FreeDC!  How did you feel in that moment\nRev. Wilson: In Protest of President Trump’s announcement that ICE is poised to launch “Operation Midway Blitz”\, there was major protests this weekend. You have been in the leadership of this opposition movement\, tell us why?\nAlex:  What lessons have you learned in DC that you want to share with Chicago\, New Orleans and other cities being threatened with Federal troop or pervasive ICE takeovers and operations?\nEVERYONE:  ALL 4 of you have stepped forward to provide needed leadership during this MAGA movement\, please tell our audience why it is so important to be leaders at this time?\nEVERYONE:  Any leadership tips you want to share or offer to our listeners?\nEVERYONE:  what is it that people are missing about the threat of authoritarianism and racism in TRUMP’S occupation STRATEGY?\nAlex: There has been a robust DC protest movement in opposition to the Takeover with nightly “Noise Every Night “Cacerolazos” on the streets of DC. What else can people do to show their opposition?\nRev Wilson: How would you rate the early responses to Trump’s threats of Takeover by Governor Wes Moore\, Mayor Brandon Johnson\, and others?\nIn particular\, what did you think of the New York Times OP ED by Mayor Johnson urging No Takeover in Chicago?\nEveryone\, we know that awareness and organizing is essential to fighting governmental overreach on the road to fascism.\nPresident Hart: Why did the NAACP Florida devote so much time to providing substantive voting rights training to your members during this weekend’s Convention?\nEboni: You help lead a 2 ½ hour training session at the NAACP Convention for 100 young members ages 5-26 of the Youth and College Division.  Why was this training important?  What was your highlight of the training?\nRev Wilson: You have been on this battlefield often alongside Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson\, What is different about this struggle?\nAlex:  #FreeDC has been brilliant in keeping up a constant resistance to the Takeover\, do you think the Congress will grant Trump’s request for an extension? What can our listeners across the country do to help?\nEveryone\, As we wrap up our show\, please in one minute provide your final thoughts and also let our audience know how to get in touch with you.\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: \n\nabout the September 24th Reception  in Washington\, D.C. against The Occupation\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump DC Takeover and Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act\nto stay in those streets!\nMark Your Calendars Now for NOKINGS PART 2! ON OCTOBER 18TH.\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – September 2: Tell The Truth: A Scott Bolden’s Challenge to Leadership Regarding DC Takeover\, Smithsonian Attack\, Voting Rights and more
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nSeptember 2\, 2025: Tell The Truth: A Scott Bolden’s Challenge to Leadership Regarding DC Takeover\, Smithsonian Attack\, Voting Rights and more\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nA. Scott Bolden\, Esq.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nA. Scott Bolden is the powerful voice at the intersection of race\, law\, and politics. Scott is a nationally acclaimed attorney and partner at a large international law firm\, NewsNation contributor\, a former New York state prosecutor\, and former Chair of the D.C. Democratic Party. He was inducted into the Washington Bar Association Hall of Fame\, was the recipient of its 2021 Ollie May Cooper Award\, was named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in law and business by Savoy magazine and the American Business Journals\, and Rainmaker of Year by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. This year he was given the 2025 Tae Lifetime Achievement Award. You’ll regularly see Scott on NewsNation or other networks sharing his expert analysis and passionate insights on high-profile cases and hot-button issues\, such as civil rights\, police reform\, voter rights\, and national policy. Also\, here are Scott’s social media handles to follow or tag him: \nTwitter:  https://twitter.com/asbthelaw \nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/asbthelaw/\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-scott-bolden-a225023/ \nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/asbthelaw/\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@attorney.a.scott.bolden  \nPersonal Website: https://ascottbolden.com  \n\n\nINTRODUCTION:\n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, September 2nd\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Tell The Truth: A Scott Bolden’s Challenge to Leadership Regarding DC Takeover\, Smithsonian Attack\, Voting Rights and more”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature a special one-on-one interview with A. Scott Bolden\, Esq. We know our local\, national\, and international audience will find Attorney Bolden’s unique and expert perspectives illuminating on many pressing matters confronting our nation including President Trump’s D.C. Takeover; Trump’s threat of National Guard deployment in other predominantly African American Democratic cities; the Redistricting Crisis; the Congress; the attack on Black History; preparation for the 2026 Mid-Term Elections; and\, other matters. \n\n\nLabor Day Protests and Rallies\nOn September 1\, 2025\, thousands of workers across more than 50 U.S. cities rallied under the slogan “Workers Over Billionaires\,” demanding stronger labor protections\, union rights\, and economic justice. The coordinated Labor Day actions were organized by a coalition of labor unions\, progressive lawmakers\, and grassroots groups\, with support from striking auto workers\, nurses\, hotel staff\, and teachers. \nProtesters targeted symbols of wealth inequality\, marching past the homes of Jeff Bezos\, Jamie Dimon\, and Elon Musk. In Los Angeles\, demonstrators staged a “billionaire eviction” outside Musk’s residence\, while New York marchers chanted outside Dimon’s and Bezos’s homes. Organizers said these actions were meant to highlight how concentrated wealth undermines democracy and worker power. \nThe rallies also called attention to legislative efforts\, including renewed support for the PRO Act (Protecting the Right to Organize)\, and criticized corporate lobbying against union expansion. In Detroit\, striking auto workers joined the march\, demanding fair contracts and an end to tiered wage systems. In Chicago\, teachers and nurses emphasized the link between labor rights and public service quality. \nSpeakers across cities emphasized that while corporate profits have soared\, wages for frontline workers have stagnated. Many pointed to the recent rollback of pandemic-era protections and the rise of gig work as evidence of worsening conditions. Organizers framed the day not just as a celebration of labor\, but as a call to action against economic injustice and political inaction. (Source: (Guardian staff\, September 1\, 2025\, The Guardian\, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/01/workers-over-billionaires-labor-day-rallies). \nUnemployment rates of Black Women\nAs of September 1\, 2025\, Black women continue—since March 2025—to face the highest unemployment rates of any demographic group\, with over 306\,000 pushed out of the workforce since February. According to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics\, Black women’s unemployment rose from 5.1% in March to 6.2% in May\, before dipping slightly to 5.8% in June—still nearly double the rate for White and Asian women\, which hovered around 3% during the same period (Carrazana\, July 3\, 2025\, The 19th\, https://19thnews.org/2025/07/black-women-unemployment-jobs-warning-sign/). Economists attribute this disparity to federal job cuts under the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)\, which disproportionately impacted agencies where Black women are overrepresented\, including the Departments of Education\, Health and Human Services\, and Housing and Urban Development. Between February and March alone\, 266\,000 Black women lost jobs due to these cuts (Carrazana\, July 3\, 2025\, The 19th\, https://19thnews.org/2025/07/black-women-unemployment-jobs-warning-sign/). \nA separate analysis by ProPublica found that Black women made up 28% of the Department of Education workforce and were heavily concentrated in DEI-related roles targeted for elimination (Smith\, July 29\, 2025\, The Root\, https://www.theroot.com/terrifying-reasons-300k-black-women-lost-jobs-in-2025-2000053167). \nA USA Today analysis published August 5\, 2025 notes that federal layoffs have disproportionately affected Black women in states with high concentrations of public sector employment\, and that many are now facing long-term unemployment without access to retraining programs. These retraining barriers stem from the elimination of federally funded workforce development grants and the closure of regional career centers in majority-Black districts. In some states\, such as Michigan\, the unemployment rate for Black women has approached 10%\, with similar trends emerging in Georgia and Mississippi—regions where federal employment is high and DEI rollbacks have been most aggressive (Schulz\, August 5\, 2025\, USA Today\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/05/black-unemployment-up-slower-labor-market-economy/85467628007/). \nA special report from WABE titled Laid Off or Pushed Out: The Impact of More Than 300\,000 Black Women Leaving the Workforce estimates that more than 300\,000 Black women are no longer a part of the workforce since the November 2024 election. While many were laid off due to federal job cuts and DEI rollbacks\, others have voluntarily exited the labor market\, citing exhaustion\, lack of support\, and the collapse of DEI infrastructure as reasons for disengagement.(Sack\, August 25\, 2025\, WABE\, https://www.wabe.org/laid-off-or-pushed-out-the-impact-of-more-than-300000-black-women-leaving-the-workforce/). \nThe Forbes study No Friends in the Pipeline attributes the mass exodus to the dismantling of corporate DEI programs\, including mentorship networks and employee resource groups that previously supported Black women’s career advancement. The study further found that the rollback of diversity\, equity\, and inclusion programs has further exacerbated the crisis\, dismantling corporate roles and mentorship pipelines that previously supported Black women’s career advancement. The study (No Friends in the Pipeline\, Gassam Asare\, August 4\, 2025\, Forbes\, https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2025/08/04/no-friends-in-the-pipeline-why-300000-black-women-were-pushed-out-of-the-workforce/). \nMeanwhile\, new research published in the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development—titled Breaking Barriers: The Economic Realities of Self-Employed Black Women With Disabilities—shows that 43.9% of Black women with disabilities are now self-employed. Among those surveyed\, 66.9% reported multiple mental health conditions\, 27.3% had visual impairments\, and 55.4% earned $50\,000 or more annually. The study also found that Black women with disabilities were twice as likely to hold graduate degrees compared to their nondisabled peers (Peterson\, August 29\, 2025\, Black Enterprise\, https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-women-with-disabilities-self-employment/; Peterson\, August 27\, 2025\, MSN\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/in-a-challenging-labor-market-black-women-with-disabilities-are-choosing-self-employment/ar-AA1Ll6JM). \nHowever\, this path is fraught with risk: under current Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) rules\, disabled individuals who earn more than $1\,620/month in 2025 are considered to be engaging in Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA)\, which can trigger loss of benefits (Social Security Administration\, January 2025\, https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10003.pdf). Even more punitive is the “marriage penalty\,” where disabled individuals risk losing aid entirely if they marry someone without a disability\, due to household income thresholds and asset tests (Heard\, April 14\, 2025\, AccessAbility Officer\, https://accessabilityofficer.com/blog/ssi-marriage-penalty-in-2025-why-disabled-couples-lose-benefits-for-saying-i-do). \nUnder the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Act—signed by President Trump on July 4\, 2025 and nicknamed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB)—disabled individuals must meet new Medicaid eligibility requirements\, including 80 hours/month of verified employment or community engagement. These provisions disproportionately threaten Black disabled women’s economic stability\, given systemic barriers to accessible work and the risk of losing benefits for exceeding income thresholds (Hinton\, Diana\, & Rudowitz\, July 30\, 2025\, KFF\, https://www.kff.org/medicaid/a-closer-look-at-the-work-requirement-provisions-in-the-2025-federal-budget-reconciliation-law/). While SSDI and SSI eligibility rules and how disability benefits are awarded or calculated remain unchanged\, the bill introduced a temporary $6\,000 federal income tax deduction for individuals aged 65+\, which may reduce taxable income for some SSDI recipients who are seniors. But this is a tax-side adjustment—not a change to benefit eligibility. And while those work conditions do not apply to SSDI or SSI directly\, but they do affect disabled individuals who rely on Medicaid alongside Social Security benefits (i.e.\, dual-eligibles). \nThis growing reliance on self-employment among Black disabled women despite all these barriers underscores broader systemic failures in the labor market—failures that are now reverberating across other sectors and demographics. \nExperts warn that Black women often serve as a “canary in the coal mine” for broader economic instability—a metaphor meaning they experience economic shocks first\, signaling deeper systemic problems that may later affect other groups. This is due to their high labor force participation and concentration in essential sectors like health care\, education\, and public service (Carrazana\, July 3\, 2025\, The 19th\, https://19thnews.org/2025/07/black-women-unemployment-jobs-warning-sign/). \nBased on a synthesis of multiple labor analyses cited in the report—including data from ProPublica\, Axios\, The 19th\, and the National Black Chamber of Commerce—the average duration of unemployment for Black women now exceeds six months\, longer than any other demographic group. This trend raises alarms about structural inequities and the long-term impact on household stability and national productivity (Smith\, July 29\, 2025\, The Root\, https://www.theroot.com/terrifying-reasons-300k-black-women-lost-jobs-in-2025-2000053167). \nPresident Trump’s D.C. Takeover\nAs of September 1\, 2025\, approximately 2\,300 National Guard troops are deployed in Washington\, D.C.\, including 800 from the D.C. National Guard and 1\,500 from six Republican-led states—Ohio\, South Carolina\, West Virginia\, Mississippi\, Tennessee\, and Louisiana—under Title 32 authority\, which allows federally funded Guard operations under state control\, though D.C.’s Guard remains under direct presidential command (Murillo\, 2025\, WTOP\, https://wtop.com/dc/2025/08/what-one-expert-says-makes-the-deployment-of-the-national-guard-into-dc-different-from-other-deployments). President Donald Trump initiated the deployment on August 11\, 2025\, invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to declare a “crime emergency” and assume control of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department for up to 30 days—after which congressional approval is required to extend federal control (Lazor\, 2025\, PolitiFact\, https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/aug/15/home-rule-act-emergency-power-congress-approval). On August 25\, Trump signed an executive order titled “Additional Measures to Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia\,” directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to create a specialized D.C. Guard unit deputized to enforce federal law and a nationwide “quick reaction force” trained to quell civil disturbances (Cohen\, Britzky\, & Judd\, 2025\, CNN\, https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/25/politics/trump-executive-order-national-guard-units-crime). While the order does not specify a deployment duration\, the Home Rule Act clearly limits federal control of local police to 30 days unless extended by Congress—contrary to Trump’s public suggestion that a national emergency could bypass this limit (Durkee\, 2025\, Forbes\, https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/08/13/trump-claims-he-can-extend-dc-police-control-without-congress-heres-why-thats-false). Trump has also threatened similar deployments in cities led by Black mayors—including Baltimore\, Chicago\, Oakland\, Los Angeles\, and New York—despite these cities reporting significant crime reductions\, such as Baltimore’s 29.5% drop in homicides and 21% decline in nonfatal shootings (Lockman\, 2025\, CBS News Baltimore\, https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/city-historic-low-violent-crime-homicides-shootings) and Chicago’s 32.3% drop in homicides and 37.4% decline in shootings (City of Chicago\,2025\, https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/mayor/Press%20Room/Press%20Releases/2025/August/FACT%20SHEET%20CITY%20OF%20CHICAGO%20CONTINUES%20TO%20SEE%20HISTORIC%20DECLINES%20IN%20VIOLENT%20CRIME%20UNDER%20MAYOR%20BRANDON%20JOHNSON.pdf). Critics argue these threats reflect racial and political targeting\, especially given that rural red counties—often overlooked—have a 76% higher rate of gun suicides than urban areas and lead in per capita gun deaths\, driven by domestic violence and firearm access (AAP News\, 2025\, https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/32993/Reports-detail-rising-rates-of-firearm-suicides). Civil rights leaders and Black mayors have condemned the deployments as racially motivated\, with USA Today reporting that Trump’s strategy “paints a false picture of the largest Black-majority cities” to exploit racial distrust for political gain (Berry & Collins\, 2025\, USA Today\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/16/trump-city-takeover-plans-black-mayor-racial-profiling/85670358007). \nA. Scott Bolden\, Esq. has been a fierce critic of the federal takeover based on his knowledge as a former New York state prosecutor. During the show\, he will share more of his perspectives regarding the results-to-date of The Takeover and the threats against other cities which are notably all run by Black mayors. \nBlack History: “Tell The Truth About Slavery!”\nOn August 28th\, 2025\, Attorney Bolden penned an op-ed in the Atlanta Daily World entitled “Trump Should Let African American Museum Tell the Truth About Slavery”. Below are excerpts from the article\, which you can read in full here: https://atlantadailyworld-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/atlantadailyworld.com/2025/08/28/trump-should-let-african-american-museum-tell-the-truth-about-slavery-2/?amp=1 \nPresident Donald Trump’s recent social media post complaining about how Smithsonian Institution museums portray slavery is inaccurate\, insulting and a national embarrassment. ‘The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL\, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is\, how bad Slavery was\, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success\, nothing about Brightness\, nothing about the Future\,’ Trump wrote. \n\n“ ‘We are not going to allow this to happen\, and I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums …\,’ the president continued. ‘This Country [sic] cannot be WOKE because WOKE IS BROKE.’\n“The president’s social media post followed an Aug. 12 letter to the Smithsonian by Trump administration officials demanding a ‘comprehensive internal review’ of eight Smithsonian museums by the White House ‘to ensure alignment with the President’s directive to celebrate American exceptionalism\, remove divisive or partisan narratives\, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions.’\n“The directive mentioned in the letter was an executive order Trump issued in March denouncing ‘a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our nation’s history … as inherently racist\, sexist\, oppressive\, or otherwise irredeemably flawed’ and ordering an effort to ‘remove improper ideology’ from Smithsonian museums\, research centers and the National Zoo.\n“ My view of the National Museum of African American History and Culture aligns with the view a visitor expressed in 2017 when he praised it as ‘a truly great museum’ that was ‘incredible\,’ ‘done with love’ and ‘a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry\, intolerance and hatred in all its very ugly forms.’ That visitor in 2017 was President Trump. Too bad his view has changed.\n“ To its credit\, Germany requires Holocaust education in schools. Trump would be wise to learn from the German example — not hiding from an ugly chapter of his nation’s history\, but shining a spotlight on it so later generations can learn from it.\n“We need to be honest about our past. There is simply no way to put a pretty face on slavery or downplay its barbarity and immorality.\n“Importantly\, Trump’s social media post saying Smithsonian museums concentrate on stories about ‘how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been’ is not true. The African American museum devotes much space to telling the story of Black people overcoming slavery\, systemic racism and poverty to rise to levels of great accomplishment in just about every field.\n“The many displays about Black abolitionists\, civil rights figures\, educators\, physicians\, scientists\, lawyers\, entertainers\, athletes\, government officials\, business executives and more are as inspiring as the stories of enslaved Black people are disheartening.\n“The fact that Black Americans could rise from slavery to the U.S. presidency of Barack Obama 144 years after emancipation is a testament to the justice of our system of government and the goodness of the American people. Racism has not disappeared\, but the great progress our nation has made on the road to equality is something all Americans should learn about and be proud of.\n“My own family has lived this story of Black success. My ancestors were enslaved. My late father\, Raymond A. Bolden\, who was born in 1933\, struggled through poverty\, racism and homelessness to become an exceptional student\, serve in the U.S. Air Force and go on to become a civil rights lawyer and judge. He inspired me to become a lawyer as well and follow in his and my mother’s footsteps by also becoming a crusader for racial justice.\n“As a lawyer\, I’ve often seen witnesses ‘solemnly swear to tell the truth\, the whole truth and nothing but the truth’ when they are called to testify in trials. We should expect our museums to do the same. President Trump should stop trying to prevent them from doing so.” (End of Excerpt)\n\nThere has been considerable aggravation in the African-American community regarding devastating data on Black women’s unemployment.  These and other related matters will constitute the subjects of Tuesday’s show. \nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\nWelcome\, Attorney A. Scott Bolden! \n\nScott\, before we get into the substance of the many recent high profile developments in our national landscape and here in Washington\, DC\, let’s talk about your personal background.\nScott\, Your parents were racial justice fighters and high achievers. How did that influence you?\nScott\, What do you consider to be the highlights of your education at Morehouse and Howard University School of Law?\nScott\, As a prosecutor\, what was the most important lesson you learned from those years?\nScott\, Why did you move from New York to Washington D.C.?\nScott\, You advanced rapidly at Reed Smith LLP serving as Managing Partner twice\, how has it been to be at the tip of the spear where very few Black lawyers have reigned?\nScott\, Yesterday was Labor Day\, and there were 1\,000 “WorkersOverBillionaires” protests held all over the nation. What is your perspective on the challenges that workers\, especially federal workers\, face in the US right now?\nScott\, There is much aggravation in the African American community about the devastating 2025 unemployment numbers for Black women\, 306\,000 and counting…\nWhat do you believe should be done to address this Crisis?\nScott\, as we are holding our show today\, DC remains under a federal occupation\, based on President Trump’s assertion that he seeks to “wipe out crime\, savagery\, filth and scum…” Why is this assertion wrong?\nScott\, The people of DC have not been silenced by these actions and have not only rallied but have issued several statements of opposition to Trump’s authoritarian actions including a Resolution by the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL) and its DC Chapter denouncing the federal takeover. There has been a robust DC protest movement in opposition to the Takeover with nightly “Noise Every Night “Cacerolazos” on the streets of DC. And on September 6th there will be a Major “WE ARE ALL DC March.” What else can people do to show their opposition?\nScott\, How would you rate the early responses to Trump’s threats of Takeover by Governor Wes Moore\, Mayor Brandon Johnson\, and others?\nScott\, Let’s turn our attention to the Trump attack on the Smithsonian\, particularly the National Museum for African American History and Culture. On August 21st\, 2025\, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) issued a statement on President Trump’s recent continued attacks on African-American history by whitewashing the Smithsonians. On August 28th\, you published a strong Op ED in the Atlanta Daily World entitled “Trump Should Let African American Museum Tell the Truth About Slavery”. What are the top points you make in this powerful piece?\nScott\, why is it so important that African-American history be taught?\nScott\, what is the injury that we all suffer from book-banning\, the banning of Black History\, and the White-washing of our history?\nScott\, right now the President has “his lawyers” combing through all the Smithsonian exhibits looking for material that does not conform with his version of U.S. History. What have been the consequences to date of this attempted White-washing?\nScott\, what is it that people are missing about the threat of authoritarianism and racism in this occupation?\nScott\, what are your top recommendations for what needs to be done in this moment by groups and individuals to address the federal takeovers\, rise in authoritarianism\, and the White-washing of Black History?\nScott\, Thank You for being on the show. How can our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: \n\nabout the September 6th Mass Mobilization in Washington\, D.C. against The Occupation\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump DC Takeover and Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – August 26: #FreeDC! #HandsOffOurHistory! President Trump’s Rising Racist Authoritarianism and New US Polling Data on Anti-Black Racism
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nAugust 26\, 2025: #FreeDC! #HandsOffOurHistory! President Trump’s Rising Racist Authoritarianism and New US Polling Data on Anti-Black Racism\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nDr. Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nNew Head of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH); immediate past president of the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA); Executive Director\, Karson Institute for Race\, Peace\, and Social Justice; Professor\, Communication for “African and African American Studies”\, Loyola University Maryland; Host\, Today With Dr. Kaye on WEAA 88.9 FM; twitter: @kayewhitehead @karsoninstitute \nAdjoa Aiyetoro\, Esq.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nRenowned civil rights attorney and reparations advocate; Professor of Law Emerita UALR William H. Bowen School of Law; Former Executive Director of National Conference of Black Lawyers (NBCL) \n\n\nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, August 25th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, Entitled “#FreeDC! #HandsOffOurHistory! President Trump’s Rising Racist Authoritarianism and New US Polling Data on Anti-Black Racism”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Dr. Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead and Adjoa Aiyetoro\, Esq. \nOn August 21st\, 2025\, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)\, led by Igniting Change guest Dr. Karsonya Wise-Whitehead\, issued a statement on President Trump’s recent continued attacks on African-American history by whitewashing the Smithsonians. The following excerpts are taken from that statement which can be read in full here: https://afro.com/preserving-black-history-threatened/ \nEarlier this week\, the president\, on his social media platform\, wrote a post openly attacking the Smithsonian Institution museums\, asserting they were “OUT OF CONTROL.” He wrongly claimed that they only focused on “how horrible our Country is\, how bad Slavery was and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been.” He also noted that “I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums\, and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities\, where tremendous progress has been made. This country cannot be WOKE\, because WOKE IS BROKE.” As a follow-up\, the White House released a directive calling for a full review of all archival materials to determine if said materials are aligned with the president’s plan to “Restore Truth and Sanity to American History” (Executive Order 14235). This plan aims to remove any exhibit or artifact that does not align with his definition of American exceptionalism. \nWhen the executive order was first released\, ASALH felt compelled to speak out and partnered with other civil rights organizations\, including the African American Policy Forum (AAPF)\, to lead the National Week of Action’s “Hands Off Our History” rally. We met in Washington\, D.C.\, and rallied around the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (our beloved Blacksonian) to call attention to what was happening and what people needed to do next. We also laid out our North Star\, providing our members with a blueprint for daily acts of resistance because we knew\, like Toni Morrison once told us\, “The move toward a final solution is not a jump. It takes one step\, then another\, then another.” \nAs you may be aware\, the first steps have already been taken. The first occurred in 2017 with the whitelash election; then in 2020 with the rise in anti-Blackness and White supremacy after the murder of George Floyd. The right wing conservatives took a third step in 2023 with the banning of over 10\,000 books\, a majority of which featured people and characters of color. And\, a fourth step occurred earlier this year when 47 issued multiple executive orders banning diversity\, equity and inclusion (DEI) in higher education\, medicine\, K-12th grade history courses\, research and science—to name just a few steps in the race toward fascism. The president and MAGA are now in full stride as they speed to defund libraries\, whitewash history curricula\, zero-base the Department of Education\, position the National Guard in Washington\, D.C.\, and dismantle the Black middle class. (It is not lost on us that the work that was done to push and remove 300\,000 Black women from the workforce was deliberate and intentional. It is also another step.) These steps are veiled attempts to rewrite and distort the narrative by removing any mention of the racist actions\, words and deeds that have shaped American history. This regime is actively seeking to erase the lived experiences of Black people. \nBut\, we knew that this moment would come. We have been preparing\, and we are ready. Our work to uphold the legacies of Dr. Carter G. Woodson\, W.E.B. Du Bois\, Mary McLeod Bethune\, Ella Baker\, Constance Baker Motley\, Derrick Bell\, Harriet Tubman\, Paul Robeson\, Dorothy I. Height\, Juanita Jackson Mitchell\, Vincent Harding and Barbara Jordan\, among many others\, demand that we stay ready. Our work as truth seekers obliges us to “speak the truth to the people” and demands that we stay ready. Our work to preserve the history of our experience and plant the seeds for future knowledge and resistance to sprout demands that we stay ready. \nASALH stands in fierce opposition to this latest directive and all efforts to erase or distort our history\, to silence our voices and to minimize our story. The history of the United States is written in blood and tears\, in cross burnings and lynchings\, in protesting and picketing\, in voting and in protesting\, in fear and in terror\, and in fighting for justice and for peace. (End of excerpt) \nIn another revealing development\, “[a]ccording to a new Gallup poll\, a majority of Americans—and a supermajority of Black Americans—believe that anti-Black racism is widespread in the United States. The 64% of Americans who think this particular brand of racism is widespread is tied with its polls from 2021 and is the highest figure recorded in its periodic polls since 2008…Despite the insistence of Donald Trump and his Republican Party in recent years that anti-white racism is prevalent\, most Americans do not share that view; only 29% of respondents in the latest poll believe that it’s widespread\, in contrast to the previous polling in 2016\, when it came in at 41%…As it relates to civil rights\, although the polling indicates that while the majority of white Americans believe that civil rights for Black people have improved during their lifetimes\, that figure is lower than it has been in the past. \n“However\, as a longer view of the public opinion regarding civil rights by Cornell University’s Roper Center points out\, over time\, the gap between Black and white sentiment regarding civil rights has been steadily narrowing. This has been driven in large part by the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, largely considered the most transformative piece of legislation for the lives of Americans\, in particular\, Black Americans\, over the last half-century.” (Source: https://www.blackenterprise.com/majority-americans-believe-anti-black-racism-widespread/ ) \nOn August 19th\, 2025\, the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL)\, whom our Igniting Change guest Attorney Adjoa Aiyetoro served as the former Executive Director\, and its D.C. Chapter denounced the federal takeover of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and the Militarization of the District of Columbia. Taken are excerpts from this statement: \nPresident Donald J. Trump has invoked powers under the District of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973 to effectuate an unprecedented federal takeover of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department\, that on its face appears racially motivated\, undermining local governance and the autonomy of the District’s elected leadership. President Trump\, in furtherance of his federal takeover\, has deployed federal military personnel and FBI agents across the District of Columbia under the clearly false pretext of addressing a purported surge in violent crime when there is clear and compelling evidence to the contrary. Official statistics from the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department indicate that violent crime has declined over the past two years\, including a 26% reduction in the current year; and\, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia reported in January 2025\, that overall crime in the District is at a 30-year low. \nThe National Conference of Black Lawyers and its D.C. Chapter unequivocally denounce the federal takeover of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and the militarization of the District of Columbia. NCBL and its D.C. Chapter calls upon all legal professionals\, civil rights organizations\, and elected officials to stand in defense of D.C.’s sovereignty and the rights of its residents. (End of excerpt) \nThese and other related matters will constitute the subjects of Tuesday’s show. \n\n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\nEveryone\, as we are holding our show today\, DC remains under a federal occupation\, based on President Trump’s assertion that he seeks to “wipe out crime\, savagery\, filth and scum…” Why is this assertion wrong? \n\nThe people of DC have not been silenced by these actions and have not only rallied but have issued several statements of opposition to Trump’s authoritarian actions. Neither one of your groups have been silenced!\nAdjoa\, tell us about the Resolution the the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL) and its DC Chapter just issued a Resolution directly denouncing the federal takeover. Can you please share with our audience some of the highlights of this Resolution?  How can people find the full resolution?\nDr. Kaye\, on August 21st\, 2025\, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) issued a statement on President Trump’s recent continued attacks on African-American history by whitewashing the Smithsonians. Can you tell our audience some highlights of this statement as well as where they can find the full statement?\nDr. Kaye\, why is it so important that African-American history be taught?\nDr. Kaye\, what is the injury that we all suffer from book-banning\, the banning of Black History\, and the White-washing of our history?\nEveryone\, in recent days President Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard in Baltimore\, Chicago\, New York and other noticeably African American governed cities. What do you think about how these jurisdictions have reacted? What else should they do?\nTo all our guests\, what are the implications of Trump’s D.C. Takeover for the nation?\nDr. Kaye\, right now the President has “his lawyers” combing through all the Smithsonian exhibits looking for material that does not conform with his version of U.S. History. What has been the consequences to date of this attempted White-washing?\nEveryone\, in another revealing development\, Black Enterprise has reported that “[a]ccording to a new Gallup poll\, a majority of Americans—and a supermajority of Black Americans—believe that anti-Black racism is widespread in the United States. The 64% of Americans who think this particular brand of racism is widespread is tied with its polls from 2021 and is the highest figure recorded in its periodic polls since 2008…Despite the insistence of Donald Trump and his Republican Party in recent years that anti-white racism is prevalent\, most Americans do not share that view; only 29% of respondents in the latest poll believe that it’s widespread\, in contrast to the previous polling in 2016\, when it came in at 41%…As it relates to civil rights\, although the polling indicates that while the majority of white Americans believe that civil rights for Black people have improved during their lifetimes\, that figure is lower than it has been in the past.” So how do these findings comport with the President’s attempted white-washing of not only our history but of current racism?\nEveryone\, what is it that people are missing about the threat of authoritarianism and racism in this occupation?\nEveryone\, back to The Takeovers\, what are you hearing and seeing in D.C. as a result of the armed national guard? I know that they have randomly set up checkpoints!\nEveryone\, what are your top recommendations for what needs to be done in this moment by groups and individuals to address the federal takeovers\, rise in authoritarianism\, and the White-washing of Black History?\nEveryone\, thank you for being on the show. How can our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: \n\nabout the September 6th Mass Mobilization in Washington\, D.C. against The Occupation\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to vote NO and protest the SAVE Act\nto stay in those streets!\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – August 19: #FreeDC! President Trump’s Rising Authoritarianism: Threats to D.C. Autonomy\, Democracy\, and Homeless People
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nAugust 19\, 2025: #FreeDC! President Trump’s Rising Authoritarianism: Threats to D.C. Autonomy\, Democracy\, and Homeless People\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nRep. Ron Reynolds: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nTexas State Representative of House District 27 who serves as Chair of the Black Caucus for the state of Texas. Rep. Ron Reynolds serves on the following committees: Environmental Regulation as Ranking Member; and\, Land & Resource Management. He also holds leadership roles as Chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus; Vice Chair of the Texas Energy & Climate Caucus; and\, Chair of the Texas HBCU Legislative Caucus; the first African American elected as state representative in Fort Bend County since Reconstruction. He is the Leader of the Black Legislative Caucus in Texas\, Former Associate Municipal Judge for the City of Houston\, Past President of the Houston Lawyers Association\, and Past President of the Missouri City & Vicinity NAACP. \nDr. Dibinga Omekongo\, CSP: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nAward-winning Leadership\, Diversity\, Inclusion\, & Antiracism Strategist; Certified Virtual Speaker; John Maxwell Top 30 Leader; Author of “Lies about Black People: How To Combat Racist Stereotypes and Why It Matters.” \nDonald Whitehead: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nExecutive Director of the National Coalition for the Homeless; Personal Twitter: @DWhitehead2020; Organization Twitter: @NationalHomeles \n\n\nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, August 19th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, Entitled “#FreeDC! President Trump’s Rising Authoritarianism: Threats to D.C. Autonomy\, Democracy\, and Homeless People”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Rep. Ron Reynolds; Donald Whitehead; and\, Dr. Dibinga Omekongo\, CSP. This week’s show will continue to highlight two of President Trump’s most egregious and impactful executive overreaches: 1) his move to stack the 2026 election by through mid-decade partisan redistricting\, intention to issue an illegal voter suppression executive order; and\, 2) his takeover of Washington\, D.C. law enforcement and criminalization of the homeless\, and the peoples’ fight against all of his unconstitutional and dictatorial actions. \nFrom August 3rd to August 18\, 2025\, fifty Texas House Democrats staged a walkout to block a mid-decade redistricting bill backed by Donald Trump and Governor Greg Abbott. The proposed map would add five GOP-leaning congressional seats despite Texas having redrawn its districts in 2021. This redistricting will reduce the number of African American congressional members by packing African Americans into fewer districts. By leaving the state\, Democrats denied quorum and shut down the first special session. \nRepublicans responded with civil arrest warrants\, attempted extraditions from Illinois\, and threats to vacate Democratic seats. The first special session adjourned on August 15 without passing any legislation. Abbott immediately called a second session\, which began August 18. \nThat morning\, most Democrats returned to the Capitol\, ending their 17-day protest. Their return was met with surveillance and restrictions: lawmakers were required to sign permission slips and accept Department of Public Safety escorts to leave the chamber. Representative Nicole Collier refused to sign and was effectively confined to the House floor\, later filing a habeas corpus petition challenging her detention. \nIgniting Change guest Representative Ron Reynolds posted a TikTok video on August 18\, 2025\, during an interview with News Nation about the Texas House ending the quorum break. In the video\, Rep. Reynolds\, responding to the anchor’s question “So\, you all were successful in stalling but only delaying the inevitable- how\, then\, is this a win in your mind?”\, responded: \n“Well\, it’s a win because we set out with two objectives: to kill the first call special session- which we did [as it] effectively ended this last Friday- and the second was to take this fight across the country to engage other states to respond in kind. California\, as you stated from per [sic] Governor Newsom\, when they reconvene today will introduce five Democratic seats that will nullify any five gains from Texas so basically it’s a wash. We also had great conversations with New York\, with Illinois\, with New Mexico\, uh\, with Maryland – so we believe that we’ve taken this fight out of Texas to the country. We’ve changed the narrative: most Americans are with us in terms of the polls\, uh\, that are against mid-decade redistricting and certainly against racial gerrymandering. So we believe that we’ve accomplished what we could\, given the means that we have\, and now we turn the fight to the legislate [sic]- to the legal end with our lawyers. We’re going to put up a\, put up the [sic]record on the floor to build the record to then litigate this matter because we believe it violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and therefore is unconstitutional.” \nWatch the full interview clip here: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BjtHJf/ \nThe Texas standoff has sparked a national response. On August 14\, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a November 4 special election to let voters decide whether to override the state’s independent redistricting commission and adopt a new map that could flip five seats to Democrats. Newsom called it a “five-alarm fire for democracy\,” asserting that California must “meet fire with fire” to counter Trump’s influence. \nAs of August 18\, the Texas House resumed business with quorum met\, and Republicans are expected to fast-track the redistricting bill. Democrats continue to challenge the process both legislatively and legally. According to the Courthouse News Service article on August 18th\, “Just outside the House Chamber\, supporters held signs and cheered as Democrats filed through the doors and headed to their desks. Many Republicans welcomed their colleagues with a smile and a hug\, mere days after voting to send state police after their colleagues who had absconded to Illinois\, California and New York.” Read more on everything surrounding their return here: https://api.courthousenews.com/texas-house-democrats-met-with-police-surveillance-upon-return-to-state-capitol-after-quorum-break/ \nAlso as of August 18\, 2025\, roughly 1\,500 National Guard troops are currently deployed in Washington\, D.C.\, with additional reinforcements expected. This includes approximately 800 personnel from the D.C. National Guard activated under federal authority\, along with units from West Virginia (approx. 350 troops)\, South Carolina (200 troops)\, and Ohio (150 troops)\, many of whom are assigned to military police roles. These troops are primarily stationed near federal buildings and tourist-heavy areas\, tasked with supporting law enforcement and protecting property. Most are currently unarmed\, but some units are expected to begin carrying firearms in the coming days. \nPresident Donald Trump has recently threatened and begun deploying a range of federal law enforcement agencies in Washington\, D.C.\, under the claim of combating violent crime—even though crime rates have been falling. Here’s a breakdown of the agencies and forces involved: \n? Trump’s Federal Law Enforcement Actions in Washington\, D.C. (2025)\nMarch 14\, 2025 \n\nEO 14288: “Restoring Safety and Order in the Nation’s Capital”\nCreated the “D.C. Safe and Beautiful” task force to address crime and homelessness\n\nAugust 8\, 2025 \n\nEO 14325: “Federal Surge Deployment for Urban Crime Prevention”\nDeployed 450 federal officers from FBI\, DEA\, Secret Service\, Park Police\, ATF\, and others\n\nAugust 10\, 2025 \n\nEO 14326: “Emergency Mobilization of the D.C. National Guard”\nAnnounced activation of up to 800 troops and intent to federalize MPD\n\nAugust 11\, 2025 \n\nEO 14327: “Temporary Federal Oversight of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department”\nDeclared a public safety emergency and placed MPD under federal control\nAppointed the U.S. Attorney General to oversee MPD operations\n\nAugust 11\, 2025 \n\nEO 14328: “Federal Protection of Government Continuity in the District of Columbia”\nCited embassy staff murders and threats to federal operations as justification\nFBI agents began street patrols and license plate scans\nFederal officers initiated removal of homeless encampments from federal areas\nDEA and Park Police began leading enforcement in designated zones\n\nMany homeless residents and advocates in Washington\, D.C. have condemned the Trump administration’s recent executive orders targeting homelessness\, describing them as punitive\, unlawful\, and ineffective. The orders authorize arrests and institutionalization of individuals for sleeping outside\, refusing shelter\, or declining social services\, despite the city having only 40 shelter beds for nearly 900 unsheltered residents. Advocacy groups such as Miriam’s Kitchen\, the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless\, and the National Homelessness Law Center argue that these actions violate constitutional rights and worsen homelessness by disconnecting individuals from community support. They emphasize that the only effective solution is housing first\, paired with supportive services. Critics also highlight the racial and authoritarian undertones of the crackdown\, noting that it disproportionately harms Black and Brown communities and diverts resources away from proven housing strategies. These concerns are compounded by the fact that most homeless individuals are already working: a University of Chicago study found that 53% of people in homeless shelters and 40% of unsheltered individuals were employed during the year they experienced homelessness\, though their earnings were far below what’s needed to afford housing (Pagaduan\, 2022). National organizations have denounced the orders as rooted in outdated myths and warned that they will exacerbate the crisis rather than resolve it (National Coalition for the Homeless\, 2025; National Homelessness Law Center\, 2025; Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless\, 2025). \nOn July 24\, 2025\, NCH released a statement titled “Trump administration issues executive orders that fundamentally misrepresent homelessness” ((read the full statement here: https://nationalhomeless.org/trump-administration-issues-executive-orders-that-fundamentally-misrepresent-homelessness/ ). The executive orders treat homelessness as a criminal issue rather than a societal challenge. Igniting Change guest and NCH Executive Director Donald Whitehead Jr. is quoted in the statement as saying that “[t]hese executive orders ignore decades of evidence-based housing and support services… They represent a punitive approach that has consistently failed.” NCH warns that the orders threaten due process and civil liberties\, especially for those with mental health challenges. The orders propose withholding HUD funding from states that protect individuals from involuntary institutionalization\, while paradoxically allowing Medicaid funding for mental health treatment. \nAlongside NCH\, on July 24\, 2025\, National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC) published a statement titled “National Homelessness Law Center condemns Trump’s misguided Executive Order” (read the full statement here: https://homelesslaw.org/statement7242025/ ). NHLC calls the order “backwards\, expensive\, and ineffective\,” warning it will worsen homelessness. NHLC objects to the expansion of the police and institutional responses to homelessness; how his new policies prioritize funding for states that criminalize homelessness while simultaneously cutting off support for harm-reduction and housing-first programs. Jesse Rabinowitz\, NHLC Communications Director\, says in the statement that “[a]rresting or ticketing people for sleeping outside makes homelessness worse\, wastes taxpayer money\, and simply does not work.” NHLC urges support for the Housing Not Handcuffs Act\, a legislative response to criminalization trends. \nNHLC also co-signed a joint press release with the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless and Miriam’s Kitchen warning of “unlawful arrests and forced displacement of homeless DC residents” expected under Trump’s directives. Read the joint statement here: https://www.legalclinic.org/press-release-unlawful-arrests-and-forced-displacement-of-homeless-dc-residents-expected-as-soon-as-tonight/ \n\n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\nLet’s start with an update on the Texas Gerrymandering and the ongoing redistricting war. Rep. Reynolds\, welcome back! You have now returned to Texas with all of the heroes and sheroes who led the revolt against this wrongful redistricting.  Please share with our audience what has happened after your return. \n\nRep. Reynolds\, Tell us about the permission slips\, escorts\, and other changes in the legislature.\nRep. Reynolds\, What do you want our audience to know about what was accomplished by the quorum breaking days of absence from the Texas Legislature?\nRep. Reynolds\, What has been the response of your constituents to this entire ordeal?\nRep. Reynolds\, How do you view the importance of California and other state’s responses to Trump’s efforts to rig the 2026 Elections?\nDr. Omekongo and Mr. Whitehead\, what has the Texas walk out meant to you?\nEveryone\, This past Saturday\, August 16th\, there were 300 activations across the nation under the title of FightTheTrumpTakeover.com.  What has that meant to each of you?\nEveryone\, This week\, President Trump has opened another front on his attempt to undermine the 2026 Elections by announcing his intent to issue a voter suppression Executive Order that will ban mail in balloting and other voting options.  The AG is threatening to sue California and other states that refuse to turnover their voter files.  How do we continue to educate voters and fight these actions?\nEveryone\, as we are holding our show today\, DC is under a federal occupation\, based on President Trump’s assertion that he seeks to “wipe out crime\, savagery\, filth and scum…” Why is this assertion just wrong?\nDr. Omekongo\, one of the stronger August 16th FightTheTrumpTakeover events were held in the streets of DC where you reside\, what has it meant to you to see this active resistance to this dangerous action by the President?\nDr. Omekongo\, interestingly\, some DC personalities have been advocating that they feel safer with the federal occupation and see this takeover as an opportunity to request President Trump work to expand into other more friendly anti-crime measures\, what has been your response?\nDonald\, besides threatening Black youth\, President Trump has also singled out the Homeless for targeted removal and punishment asserting that they are a blight on the city\, making it less beautiful.  What has happened since his executive order  criminalizing the homeless?\nDonald\, are there any legal challenges being brought to counteract these actions against the Homeless?\nDr. Omekongo\, what is it that people are missing about the threat of authoritarianism and racism in this occupation?\nTo all our guests\, what are the implications of Trump’s D.C. Takeover for the nation?\nDr. Omekongo \, how do we get out of this hole? A number of Congresspeople have railed against his actions. What do you see as the next steps to stop him from turning D.C. into a police state?\nDr. Omekongo and Mr. Whitehead\, what can our listeners do to help in D.C.?\nRepresentative Reynolds\, what can our audience do to help in Texas and what are your final one-minute thoughts to our audience?\nEveryone\, thank you for being on the show. How can our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: \n\nWhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to vote NO and protest the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – August 12: #FreeDC! The Perils of Presidential Overreach: The Trump Takeover of Texas and Washington\, D.C.
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				August 12\, 2025: #FreeDC! The Perils of Presidential Overreach: The Trump Takeover of Texas and Washington\, D.C.\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nRep. Jolanda Jones: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeJolanda Felicia Jones is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives\, representing District 147 since May 18\, 2022. She serves on the following committees: Criminal Jurisprudence; Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice as Vice Chair; and\, Public Health. She is an attorney\, former Houston City Council member\, school board trustee\, and nationally recognized heptathlete. Jones won multiple NCAA championships and was a U.S. track and field champion before earning her law degree from the University of Houston. She has built a career as a criminal defense attorney\, civil rights advocate\, and television personality\, appearing on shows like Sisters in Law and Survivor: Palau. Jones is openly LGBTQ and became the first Black LGBTQ member elected to the Texas Legislature. Her work has focused on justice reform\, healthcare access\, and protecting marginalized communities. \nRep. Ron Reynolds: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETTexas State Representative of House District 27 who serves as Chair of the Black Caucus for the state of Texas. Rep. Ron Reynolds serves on the following committees: Environmental Regulation as Ranking Member; and\, Land & Resource Management. He also holds leadership roles as Chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus; Vice Chair of the Texas Energy & Climate Caucus; and\, Chair of the Texas HBCU Legislative Caucus; the first African American elected as state representative in Fort Bend County since Reconstruction. He is the Leader of the Black Legislative Caucus in Texas\, Former Associate Municipal Judge for the City of Houston\, Past President of the Houston Lawyers Association\, and Past President of the Missouri City & Vicinity NAACP. \nDianne Wilkerson: 12:15 PM – 12:57 PM ETFirst African American Female to serve in the Massachusetts Senate and TJC Board Treasurer \nDr. Elsie Scott: 12:15 PM – 12:57 PM ETDr. Elsie L. Scott is a political scientist\, educator\, and public policy leader. Elsie L. Scott\, Ph.D. has served as the New York City Police Department Deputy Commissioner of Training\, as an executive in the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington\,DC and law enforcement specialist who consulted with a number of police departments across the country. She formerly served as President and CEO of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Beyond academia\, Dr. Scott has held influential roles in law enforcement and nonprofit leadership. She has worked with the Detroit Police Department and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE). Dr. Elsie L. Scott is also a writer. She has served as a special section editor for the Journal of Leadership published by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation\, contributing to thought leadership on public policy and civic engagement. Her writing often focuses on leadership development\, law enforcement reform\, and political participation within the Black community. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, August 12th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, Entitled “#FreeDC! The Perils of Presidential Overreach: The Trump Takeover of Texas and Washington\, D.C.”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Rep. Jolanda Jones; Rep. Rep. Ron Reynolds; Dr. Elsie Scott; and\, Dianne Wilkerson. \nTexas Redistricting DramaHere’s a detailed summary of the latest developments in the Texas redistricting standoff\, as of August 8–11\, 2025: \nTexas Republicans are attempting to pass a mid-decade redistricting plan that would add five GOP-leaning congressional districts\, potentially shifting control of the U.S. House in 2026. On August 11th\, Texas Republicans attempted again to convene the House for a vote on redrawing congressional maps that would favor their party\, but failed to reach quorum due to the ongoing Democratic walkout. Only 94 members were present—just short of the 100 needed. House Speaker Dustin Burrows issued civil arrest warrants for absent Democrats and set a Friday\, August 15 deadline for their return. Governor Greg Abbott has vowed to continue calling special sessions until the vote can proceed. The Texas Constitution (Article III\, Section 10) requires two-thirds of each chamber to be present to conduct official business. It also allows either chamber to compel attendance through civil arrest—but only within state lines. Lawmakers who flee Texas cannot be forcibly returned. \nDemocratic lawmakers remain out of state\, appearing at press events in Illinois and California alongside governors Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker. Abbott has stated that if they re-enter Texas\, they will be arrested and brought to the Capitol. \nTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit with the Texas Supreme Court on August 8th seeking to vacate the seats of 13 Democratic state representatives who fled the state to block a vote on a mid-decade redistricting plan. The proposed map would add five Republican-leaning congressional districts\, potentially shifting control of the U.S. House in the 2026 midterms. \nPaxton’s lawsuit argues that the lawmakers’ absence constitutes “abandonment of office\,” citing public statements they made affirming their refusal to return. Among those named are Reps. Gene Wu\, Ron Reynolds\, Jessica González\, Chris Turner\, Ana-Maria Ramos\, and others from North Texas\, Houston\, and Austin. Paxton claims their actions “sabotaged the constitutional process and violated the oath they swore to uphold.” \nGovernor Greg Abbott had previously filed a similar petition targeting Rep. Gene Wu\, which Paxton publicly disputed\, asserting that only the attorney general has standing to bring such a case under Texas law. Paxton also stated that if Democrats do not return by August 15th\, he will pursue additional filings. \nLegal experts widely question the legitimacy of Paxton’s argument. The Texas Constitution permits quorum-breaking as a legislative tactic\, and courts have historically upheld it. Constitutional law scholar Charles “Rocky” Rhodes stated that breaking quorum does not equate to abandoning office\, and that Paxton’s theory stretches legal precedent. Chad Dunn\, a former attorney for the Texas Democratic Party\, emphasized that lawmakers retain discretion over attendance and that intent to relinquish office must be proven—something not evident in this case. \nPaxton himself acknowledged the legal complexity\, noting in interviews that the process would require filing individual suits in each member’s district\, many of which are Democratic strongholds. If successful\, the seats would be filled via special elections\, but the timeline and legal hurdles make that outcome uncertain. \nIn parallel\, Paxton’s office filed a separate suit in Tarrant County against Beto O’Rourke’s organization\, Powered by People\, for allegedly fundraising to support the absent Democrats. A temporary restraining order was granted to halt further donations\, though legal analysts say the bribery allegations are unlikely to hold up without direct evidence of quid pro quo. \nThe Texas Supreme Court\, composed entirely of Republican justices\, has not yet ruled on Paxton’s petition. In 2021\, the court affirmed that the legislature can compel attendance but did not endorse expulsion for quorum-breaking. \nQuorum-breaking has a long history in Texas politics\, dating back to 1870. Notable examples include the 1979 “Killer Bees” incident\, the 2003 redistricting walkout\, and the 2021 voting rights protest. While these efforts rarely block legislation permanently\, they serve as high-profile messaging tactics. Political scientists describe the current walkout as symbolic but constitutionally valid\, with Democrats using it as a last resort to stall redistricting and other controversial bills. \nNotably\, Republicans themselves have used the tactic. In 2003\, Democrats fled the state to block a mid-decade redistricting plan\, and in 2021\, they left again to protest voting restrictions. At the time\, many Republicans—including then-Governor Rick Perry—acknowledged the legality of quorum-breaking\, even if they criticized its use. The Texas Tribune notes that while Republicans condemned the 2021 walkout\, they did not pursue legal removal of seats\, and some GOP lawmakers privately admitted it was a valid procedural tool. \nTexas Republicans\, led by Governor Greg Abbott and Senator John Cornyn\, have escalated efforts to locate and potentially arrest the over 50 Democratic state lawmakers by appealing to the FBI. On August 6th\, Cornyn sent a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel requesting federal assistance to track down the absent legislators. According to Cornyn\, the FBI agreed to assist\, though it remains unclear what resources or legal authority the agency is using. \nPresident Donald Trump publicly supported the move\, stating the FBI “may have to” get involved to locate the Democrats\, whom he accused of abandoning their constitutional duties. Abbott echoed this sentiment\, claiming the FBI would help identify and return the lawmakers to Texas\, where civil arrest warrants have already been issued. \nDemocrats and legal experts have strongly pushed back. According to Northeastern University law professor Dan Urman\, the FBI lacks jurisdiction in this case because quorum-breaking is not a criminal offense. Federal law allows FBI involvement only in cases involving fugitives from felony prosecution\, which does not apply here. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker\, where many Democrats are staying\, has stated he will not cooperate with any effort to forcibly return them. \nDemocratic leaders in Congress\, including Reps. Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia\, sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Patel expressing concern over the politicization of federal law enforcement. They cited past precedent\, including a 2003 Texas court ruling that the Department of Public Safety could not apprehend lawmakers for breaking quorum. They also referenced the 2003 incident when then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was reprimanded for involving federal agencies in tracking Democratic lawmakers. \nThe FBI has declined to comment publicly on its role\, and legal analysts note that any federal involvement in a state-level political dispute could raise serious constitutional questions. Democrats argue the move is an abuse of power and part of a broader effort to criminalize political protest. \nMeanwhile\, Democratic-led states are threatening retaliatory redistricting. California is preparing a special election in November to authorize new maps that could offset Texas’s proposed gains only if Texas goes through with its plan. Governor Newsom sent a formal letter to Trump on Monday\, August 11\, demanding that he call off the nationwide redistricting push led by Republican-controlled states. Newsom warned that the GOP’s effort to redraw congressional maps mid-decade—especially in Texas—was “playing with fire” and undermining democratic norms ahead of the 2026 elections. He pledged that California would stand down from its own retaliatory redistricting effort if red states did the same. \nNewsom’s letter came after Trump publicly endorsed the Texas redistricting plan and called for a new census to justify further map changes. In response\, Newsom announced that California would pursue a statewide ballot measure to temporarily bypass its independent redistricting commission and allow voters to approve a new map that could add five Democratic-leaning seats. He gave Trump until Tuesday\, August 12th\, to respond\, stating in a video: “We’re not going to sit back and watch you light democracy on fire. We will fight fire with fire.” \nThis move signals escalating redistricting warfare between blue and red states. Trump has not publicly responded to Newsom’s ultimatum\, though he is expected to address it during his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15th. \nThe standoff is intensifying\, with national implications for the 2026 midterms. Legal experts note that Democrats would need to remain out of state until November to block the vote entirely\, which is historically difficult to sustain. If the maps aren’t finalized soon\, Texas may face delays in its primary schedule. \nThe current special session is scheduled to end August 19th\, but Abbott has indicated he may call additional sessions. Without quorum\, the House cannot pass any legislation\, including the redistricting bill or other measures such as SB 7\, which would restrict bathroom access for transgender individuals in public buildings. \n“The Federal Takeover of the District of Columbia Police Department” – Article by Dr. Elsie Scott \nOn August 11\, 2025\, President Trump announced that the Federal government is “restoring law and order in the District of Columbia” by “mobilizing the District of Columbia National Guard”. The takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is reportedly justified based on the murders of two embassy staffers and a Congressional intern\, the beating of a former DOGE employee\, and the need to ensure the functioning of the government. \nAs a long-time resident of Washington\, DC\, a former employee of the MPD\, a former training director for the New York Police Department\, and a consultant to other police department\, the actions by the President are very disturbing. The crime statistics as documented by the FBI show that the crime rate in DC is declining\, not increasing. There is a need to keep reducing crime in the District and throughout the country\, but that is no justification exaggerating statistics.  \nHe announced that the Attorney General will be in charge. What expertise does this political appointee have that qualifies her to run the MPD? What will be the role of Chief Pamela Smith?  \nThe executive order states that “special conditions of an emergency nature exist that require the use of the Metropolitan Police Department…for Federal purposes.” If the MPD is being taken over for Federal purposes\, who will be responsible for protecting the citizens of the District? The National Guard officers have not been trained in local laws\, and they have no relationships with the communities in which they will be serving. They do not know the local statutes. They do not know our neighborhoods and our citizens. One of the best examples of the misuse of the National Guard was the deployment of soldiers to the campus of Kent State University in 1970. The untrained soldiers fired on unarmed students\, killing four and wounding another nine. \nWe\, the taxpaying citizens of the District\, have not asked for this deployment. The Executive Order states that “violence and crime hamper the recruitment and retention of essential Federal employees”. We\, the residents\, are more worried about crime increasing due to the loss of federal jobs than we are about the effects of crime on “recruitment and retention” of federal workers. Where are these jobs coming from? \nThe President has not focused on local victims of crime. Would there be this kind of attention if all the victims were poor DC residents? Some residents have praised the decision to deploy federal troops\, but will their praise continue if their friends and family become victims of abuse? There is also the question of whether citizens will be harassed and arrested for petty crimes such as drinking out of open containers on Federal property. If citizens who are praising the action by Trump do not see a decline in crime and violence in their communities\, will they continue to support the takeover? Another major factor is the length of the takeover and the action by Congress in the fall related to the Home Rule act. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\nWelcome\, guests\, this week’s show is highlighting two of President Trump’s most egregious and impactful executive overreaches: 1) his move to stack the 2026 election by gerrymandering Texas and to institute mid-decade gerrymandering despite the normal process requiring a 2030 Census; and\, 2) his takeover of Washington\, D.C. law enforcement and his criminalization of the homeless. \nLet’s start with the Texas Gerrymandering and the ongoing war. Rep. Reynolds\, welcome back! You are now in your second week of “refugee” status from the state of Texas. Please recap for our audience what has led to 50 Democratic members of the Texas legislature fleeing the state.\nRep. Jones\, welcome to your inaugural Igniting Change appearance!! Can you tell our audience what this experience has been like for you?\nDr. Scott\, besides your tremendous police experience\, you are also quite a political science expert- you’ve earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Atlanta University\, now known as Clark Atlanta University. How do you interpret this war that President Trump has started with the Texas gerrymandering? How do you see the long-range implications of this 2025 gerrymandering war?\nDianne\, you have served as a state senator and have seen many redistricting battles in the state of Massachusetts. What\, in your opinion\, is unique about this 2025 battle?\nRep. Jones\, how are your constituents back home reacting to all of this?\nEveryone\, how do you think President Trump is going to react to Governor Gavin Newsom’s letter demanding a “ceasefire”? [Governor Newsom sent a formal letter to Trump on Monday\, August 11\, demanding that he call off the nationwide redistricting push led by Republican-controlled states. Newsom warned that the GOP’s effort to redraw congressional maps mid-decade—especially in Texas—was “playing with fire” and undermining democratic norms ahead of the 2026 elections. He pledged that California would stand down from its own retaliatory redistricting effort if red states did the same.] \nRepresentatives Jones and Reynolds\, are you worried about the threats from Paxton and Abbott to seek the removal of you and others from office?\nRep. Reynolds\, how are you and everybody else reacting to Senator John Cornyn’s solicitation of the engagement of the FBI in facilitating the arrest of you and your compatriots?\nDr. Scott\, as we are holding our show today\, the streets of DC are being invaded. \nPresident Donald Trump has recently threatened and begun deploying a range of federal law enforcement agencies in Washington\, D.C.\, under the claim of combating violent crime—even though crime rates have been falling. Here’s a breakdown of the agencies and forces involved:\n? Trump’s Federal Law Enforcement Actions in Washington\, D.C. (2025)\n\nMarch 14\, 2025 \n\n\nEO 14288: “Restoring Safety and Order in the Nation’s Capital” \n\n\nCreated the “D.C. Safe and Beautiful” task force to address crime and homelessness \n\n\n\n\nAugust 8\, 2025 \n\n\nEO 14325: “Federal Surge Deployment for Urban Crime Prevention” \n\n\nDeployed 450 federal officers from FBI\, DEA\, Secret Service\, Park Police\, ATF\, and others \n\n\n\n\nAugust 10\, 2025EO 14326: “Emergency Mobilization of the D.C. National Guard” \n\n\nAnnounced activation of up to 800 troops and intent to federalize MPD \n\n\n\n\nAugust 11\, 2025 \n\n\nEO 14327: “Temporary Federal Oversight of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department” \n\n\nDeclared a public safety emergency and placed MPD under federal control \n\n\nAppointed the U.S. Attorney General to oversee MPD operations \n\n\n\n\nAugust 11\, 2025 \n\n\nEO 14328: “Federal Protection of Government Continuity in the District of Columbia” \n\n\nCited embassy staff murders and threats to federal operations as justification \n\n\nFBI agents began street patrols and license plate scans \n\n\nFederal officers initiated removal of homeless encampments from federal areas \n\n\nDEA and Park Police began leading enforcement in designated zones \n\n\n\nDr. Scott\, you have recently written an article on this. Can you summarize your top concerns about Trump’s recent three executive orders?\nTo all our guests\, what are the implications of Trump’s D.C. Takeover for the nation?\nDr. Scott\, how do we get out of this hole? A number of Congresspeople have railed against his actions. What do you see as the next steps to stop him from turning D.C. into a police state?\nDr. Scott and Dianne\, what can our listeners do to help in D.C.?\nRepresentatives Reynolds and Jones\, what can our audience do to help in Texas and what are your final one-minute thoughts to our audience?\nEveryone\, thank you for being on the show. How can our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to vote NO and protest the SAVE Act to stay in those streets! TJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – August 5: WANTED!: Texas Legislators Flee Unjust Redistricting and Alligator Alcatraz Protests
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				August 5\, 2025: WANTED!: Texas Legislators Flee Unjust Redistricting and Alligator Alcatraz Protests\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nJohn Nichols: 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM Eastern TimeNational Affairs correspondent for The Nation and associate editor of The Capital Times. Books authored or co-authored by Nichols include “The Genius of Impeachment” and “The Death and Life of American Journalism”\, and his latest\, co-written with Senator Bernie Sanders\, is the New York Times bestseller “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism” \nRep. Ron Reynolds: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETTexas State Representative of House District 27 who serves as Chair of the Black Caucus for the state of Texas; the first African American elected as state representative in Fort Bend County since Reconstruction; Leader of the Black Legislative Caucus in Texas; Former Associate Municipal Judge for the City of Houston\, Past President of the Houston Lawyers Association and Past President of the Missouri City & Vicinity NAACP \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, August 5th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, Entitled “WANTED!: Texas Legislators Flee Unjust Redistricting and Alligator Alcatraz Protests”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Rep. Ron Reynolds and John Nichols. \nTexas Redistricting DramaFor the first 20 minutes of the show\, our guest John Nichols will break down what’s happening with the Texas redistricting drama right now. Here’s the background behind what’s unfolding in Texas: \nGovernor Greg Abbott and the Republican-controlled legislature are pushing a new redistricting plan that aims to create five additional Republican-controlled congressional districts. This move is widely seen as a partisan gerrymander – redrawing voting maps to favor one party – especially after former President Trump reportedly encouraged the strategy. \nIn response\, Democratic lawmakers fled the state to block a quorum and delay the vote. Without the required number of legislators present\, the House couldn’t conduct official business\, essentially freezing the redistricting process. Texas House Republicans are unable to reach a quorum because more than 50 Democratic lawmakers have left the state. This walkout prevents the chamber from meeting the two-thirds attendance threshold required to conduct official business\, effectively halting a vote on a controversial redistricting plan that would add five Republican congressional seats.  \nTexas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu issued his statement on Sunday\, August 3\, 2025\, as part of a press release explaining why Democratic lawmakers left the state to break quorum and block the redistricting vote. He explained the decision by saying it was made with moral clarity and accused Governor Abbott of using a racist map that would silence Black and Latino Texans and that Democrats would not be complicit in undermining communities that have fought for representation. \nThe situation mirrors past episodes of partisan battles over voting rights and map-drawing in Texas but stands out because of the involvement of a former president and the unusually forceful measures being proposed to compel legislative attendance \nTexas Governor Greg Abbott issued a strongly worded ultimatum on August 4\, 2025\, regarding Democratic legislators who fled the state to block a redistricting vote. Abbott said: \n“The derelict Democrat House members must return to Texas and be in attendance when the House reconvenes at 3:00 PM on Monday\, August 4\, 2025. For any member who fails to do so\, I will invoke Texas Attorney General Opinion No. KP-0382 to remove the missing Democrats from membership in the Texas House.” \nTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton added more aggressive language\, posting: \n“Democrats in the Texas House who try and run away like cowards should be found\, arrested\, and brought back to the Capitol immediately. We should use every tool at our disposal to hunt down those who think they are above the law.” \nAbbott also threatened felony charges for lawmakers who accepted donations to cover fines from their absence\, saying they may have violated bribery laws and that he would use his full extradition authority to demand their return. \nHere’s a deeper dive into what the Texas redistricting plan is doing—and how it fits into the state’s long\, contentious history with gerrymandering: \n?️ What the Current Redistricting Plan Would Do\n\n\nAdds 5 new Republican-leaning congressional districts: These are strategically drawn in areas like Houston\, Austin\, Dallas\, and South Texas\, many of which have large Hispanic populations. \n\n\nTargets Democratic incumbents: Some districts now pit Democratic lawmakers against each other\, forcing tough primary battles or pushing them into less favorable territory. \n\n\nSolidifies GOP control: The new map is designed to reduce competitive races and protect Republican incumbents\, giving the party a buffer in the U.S. House ahead of the 2026 midterms. \n\n\nTriggers national ripple effects: Democratic governors in blue states like California are considering retaliatory redistricting to offset GOP gains. \n\n\n? Historical Context of Texas Redistricting\n\n\nRedistricting happens every 10 years after the census\, but Texas has a history of mid-decade redraws when politically convenient. \n\n\n1876 Constitution: Established the framework for Texas’s redistricting process\, including the “county line rule” for state House districts. \n\n\nFrequent legal challenges: Courts have struck down Texas maps repeatedly for racial and partisan gerrymandering—in the 1960s\, 70s\, 80s\, 90s\, and 2000s. \n\n\nVoting Rights Act of 1965: Historically required federal approval for changes in states with discriminatory histories\, including Texas. That oversight was weakened by the Supreme Court in 2013. \n\n\nRecent precedent: The 2021 maps were already criticized for diluting minority voting power. The current push is even more aggressive\, reportedly at the urging of former President Trump. \n\n\n⚖️ Legal and Political Implications\n\n\nFederal courts have limited power to intervene in partisan gerrymandering since the 2019 Rucho v. Common Cause decision. \n\n\nRace-based challenges are still possible under the Voting Rights Act\, especially if minority communities are “cracked” or “packed” to reduce their influence. \n\n\nDemocratic lawmakers have fled the state to block the vote\, risking fines and arrest\, echoing similar standoffs in 2003 and 2021. \n\n\n“Alligator Alcatraz” Protests \nOur second guest\, Rep\, Ron Reynolds will continue the discussion on the Texas Redistricting drama and will also discuss the protests at and around Alligator Alcatraz. There is an ongoing hunger strike at “Alligator Alcatraz” by the people detained there which has entered its 14th day\, as of the day of this show\, August 5th. The strike began on July 23\, as was confirmed by detainee Pedro Lorenzo Concepción\, with detainees refusing food to protest what they describe as inhumane and unsanitary conditions\, including lack of medical care\, poor hygiene\, and restricted access to legal counsel. \nOne detainee\, Pedro Hernández\, has been hospitalized but continues to refuse food. His wife has publicly expressed fear that he may die in custody or be deported alone back to Cuba. Meanwhile\, DHS officials deny the existence of the hunger strike\, calling the reports “false allegations” and “fake news”. \nFaith leaders and activists have held interfaith prayer vigils outside the facility and town halls\, and some religious groups have recently gained access to minister inside. The situation remains tense\, with conflicting narratives between detainees\, advocates\, and government officials. Despite repeated denials from the Department of Homeland Security\, multiple outlets continue to report that detainees are refusing food to protest unsanitary conditions\, lack of medical care\, and restricted legal access. The conflicting narratives haven’t slowed coverage\, and the detainees’ protest appears to be holding strong. \nKristi Noem announced plans to use Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz detention center as a blueprint for expanding state-run immigration facilities across the country. She proposed building similar centers near airport runways in states like Arizona\, Nebraska\, and Louisiana to increase deportation efficiency and lower costs. \nThe Florida facility\, built in eight days at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport\, houses thousands of detainees in tents and trailers surrounded by swampland. While it’s faced criticism over unsanitary conditions and legal challenges\, Noem argues it’s more cost-effective than traditional ICE contracts with private prisons. She believes it allows for quicker processing and shorter detention periods\, aligning with the Trump administration’s goal to double detention capacity and accelerate deportations. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SEGMENT WITH JOHN NICHOLS (12:00 PM – 12:20 PM Eastern Time) \n\nHi John\, welcome back to Igniting Change.  We now find ourselves in a redistricting war with President Trump successfully urging the Texas GOP legislature to use partisan gerrymandering to create 5 more Republican controlled congressional districts.  Why is this so wrong?  \nJohn\, Gov Abbott has announced that he is going to “remove the missing Democrats from membership in the Texas House.” The full quote in his strongly worded ultimatum on August 4\, 2025\, was: \n“The derelict Democrat House members must return to Texas and be in attendance when the House reconvenes at 3:00 PM on Monday\, August 4\, 2025. For any member who fails to do so\, I will invoke Texas Attorney General Opinion No. KP-0382 to remove the missing Democrats from membership in the Texas House.”\nJohn\, Additionally\, Abbott threatened felony charges for any lawmakers who accepted donations to cover fines incurred by their absence\, stating they may have “violated bribery laws” and that he would use his “full extradition authority” to demand their return to Texas.\nIs this legal?\nKen Paxton\, the Texas Attorney General\, used even more aggressive language—specifically the phrase “hunt down”— who posted:\n“Democrats in the Texas House who try and run away like cowards should be found\, arrested\, and brought back to the Capitol immediately. We should use every tool at our disposal to hunt down those who think they are above the law”\nWhat is your perspective of how the media is handling the reporting on this Texas ham-handed Partisan Gerrymandering at the behest of a sitting President?\nJohn\, What do you want to say to our audience? \nJohn\, Thank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\nSEGMENT WITH Chairman Reynolds (12:20 PM – 12:56 PM Eastern Time) \n\nChairman Reynolds\, we have been here before with the Texas GOP attacking our democracy with voter suppression.  How is this time different?  \nChairman Reynolds\, What can our listeners do to support the Texas legislators who have fled from the State?\nChairman Reynolds\, How can our listeners make their opposition to this Partisan gerrymandering known to the Texas GOP?\nChairman Reynolds\, What do you think about the urging of the Blue State Democrat Controlled States like California to respond with their own partisan gerrymandering?\nChairman Reynolds\, as Chair of the Black Caucus for the State of Texas\, What have the Democratic members done in response to this proposed legislative hijacking?  \nChairman Reynolds\, Let’s focus now on “Alligator Alcatraz”. What is Alligator Alcatraz?\nChairman Reynolds\, Why has it become a symbol of the heartless mass deportation policy of the Trump Administration?\nChairman Reynolds\, What do you think of the hunger strike over the alleged inhumane conditions at this facility?  \nChairman Reynolds\, Kristi Noem\, has announced that she wants Alligator Alcatraz to become a model for other detention centers in the nation. Why should our listeners be concerned about the impact of this model on their communities?\nChairman Reynolds\,  What should our listeners do to oppose these policies?  \nChairman Reynolds\, What do you hope will happen to rein in the abuses of this detention center?  \nChairman Reynolds\, Thank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: \n\n\nJoin the Social Media Storm for the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act\, happening now at 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, hosted by the Leadership Conference. View their website and social media to participate. \n\n\nAugust 6th\, 7:00 PM Eastern Time\, TJC National Teletown Hall commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. \n\n\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to vote NO and protest the SAVE Act \n\n\nto stay in those streets!  \n\n\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – July 29: Courting Justice: The Supreme Court\, State Courts\, and The Fight for Racial Justice
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				July 29\, 2025: Courting Justice: The Supreme Court\, State Courts\, and The Fight for Racial Justice\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nDamario Solomon-Simmons\, Esq.: 12:03 PM – 12:15 PM ET [11:03 AM – 11:15 AM Central Time]In addition to his law practice\, Damario is a nationally sought-after speaker and social commentator on civil rights\, the business of sports\, and public policy issues. He is co-founder of the MVP Foundation. \nDenise Leiberman\, Esq.: 12:15 PM – 12:55 PM ET  [11:15 AM – 11:55 AM Central Time]Director & General Counsel at Missouri Voter Protection Coalition; Civil rights attorney and nationally recognized voting rights expert and movement lawyer who has worked closely with non-profit and grass roots advocacy organizations in Missouri and around the country for the last 25 years \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, July 29th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, Entitled “Courting Justice: The Supreme Court\, State Courts\, and The Fight for Racial Justice”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. from Nashville and Maryland\, and will feature special guest Damario Solomon-Simmons\, Esq. and Denise Leiberman\, Esq. \nAt the beginning of the show we will pay tribute to the lives lost from the senseless killing from gun and knife violence that occurred this week across the nation. Our show will then feature a  discussion with civil rights Attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons regarding his groundbreaking litigation to force accountability among governmental entities for the Tulsa Massacre and its persisting inequalities; and\, the successful litigation to recognize Black Native Americans’ rights under treaty law.   \nThe 2024-2025 Supreme Court term has left a wave of disappointment in its wake. The Court issued major decisions which undermined personal freedoms and Constitutional rights including those for the LGBTQIA community\, especially people who are trans\, and the undermining of long-established law allowing parents to now opt out of lessons if they state a “religious belief” as a reason for not wanting their child\, in a public school setting\, to learn about diversity\, equity\, and inclusion. In addition\, the Court used the shadow docket\, also known as the emergency docket\, to allow President Trump to infringe upon congressional authority in the federal sector\, including firing agency commissioners\, workers\, and infringing upon the operations of independent US agencies. Most disturbingly\, the Court sided with the Trump Administration in limiting the power of federal district courts to issue “universal” injunctions. Fortunately\, the Court did issue some favorable opinions affecting criminal justice\, policing\, and governmental abuse. Indeed\, one of the major cases this year involved the Court’s injunction against the Trump Administration’s use of The Alien Enemies Act of 1798.  \nSpecial guest Attorney Denise Leiberman will discuss another critical development of the Court involving its issuance of an extended stay in the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Howe. This case centers on whether private individuals can use Section 1983 to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act\, which prohibits racial vote dilution. The plaintiffs—two Native American tribes and individual voters—challenged North Dakota’s 2021 redistricting plan\, arguing it diluted Native voting power. A federal district court agreed and imposed a fairer map\, which led to the election of three Native legislators in 2024. \nHowever\, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that private citizens cannot sue under Section 2\, making it the only circuit to block private enforcement of this key civil rights provision. The Plaintiffs entreated the Supreme Court to issue a stay\, warning that the ruling would lead to substantial and immediate irreparable harm.  \n**Supreme Court Stay Details**: \nOn July 24\, 2025\, the Supreme Court granted a stay of the Eighth Circuit’s mandate. This means: \n– The fairer map imposed by the district court remains in effect for now. \n– The stay will last until the Court decides whether to hear the case (via a petition for certiorari). \n– If the Court declines to hear it\, the stay ends automatically. \n– If the Court agrees to hear it\, the stay remains until a final decision is issued. \nJustice Brett Kavanaugh initially issued an administrative stay on July 16\, and the full Court later granted the formal stay. Justices Thomas\, Alito\, and Gorsuch dissented\, saying they would have denied the application. \nSources/More Reading: \n\n\nHowe\, A. (2025\, July 24). Supreme Court pauses ruling that potentially weakens the Voting Rights Act. SCOTUSblog. https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/07/supreme-court-pauses-ruling-that-potentially-weakens-the-voting-rights-act/ \n\n\n\n\nJustia. (2025\, May 14). Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Howe\, No. 23-3655 (8th Cir.). https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca8/23-3655/23-3655-2025-05-14.html \n\n\n\n\nDemocracy Docket. (2025\, July 24). Supreme Court blocks 8th Circuit’s anti-VRA ruling for now. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/supreme-court-blocks-8th-circuits-anti-vra-ruling-for-now/ \n\n\n\n\nCommon Cause. (2025\, May 14). Explainer: 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals makes it harder to protect voting rights in 7 states. https://www.commoncause.org/articles/explainer-8th-u-s-circuit-court-of-appeals-makes-it-harder-to-protect-voting-rights-in-7-states/ \n\n\n\n\nBrennan Center for Justice. (2025\, July 16). Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Howe. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/court-cases/turtle-mountain-band-chippewa-indians-v-howe \n\n\nOur discussion will look at the overall negative consequences of the 8th Circuit’s position that there is no private right of action under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Notably\, yesterday the 8th Circuit expanded its doctrine by finding no private right of action under Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act in a new case\, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. (2025\, July 28). Arkansas United v. John Thurston\, No. 22-2918. Justia. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca8/22-2918/22-2918-2025-07-28.html  \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				[At the beginning of the show\, Barbara and Daryl will pay tribute to the lives lost from the senseless killing from gun and knife violence that occurred this week across the nation.]  \nSEGMENT WITH Attorney Solomon-Simmons (11:03 AM – 11:15 AM Central Time) \n\nAttorney Solomon-Simmons\, please tell our audience how many years you have fought for justice for the Tulsa Massacre and the Greenwood Community.\nMost recently\, there was a new development by its new mayor. Can you tell our audience what has happened?\nThere is an unknown history regarding Black Native Americans and their fight for full official recognition and equal treatment under U.S. treaties by various First Nations\, including the Cherokee. Please tell our audience about your recent victory last week.\nThank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\nSEGMENT WITH Attorney Denise Leiberman (11:15 AM – 11:55 AM Central Time) \n\nAttorney Denise\, Daryl and I just finished a panel for the National Bar Association on the 2024-2025 Supreme Court term. Can you summarize for our audience in one word how you would describe the Supreme Court’s decision making in the last term.\n{Why did you choose that word?)\nWe are on the verge of the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act\, which TJC will be commemorating with a national TeleTown Hall at 7:00 PM Eastern Time on the Anniversary of August 6th. The Supreme Court issued a very important stay in Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Howe. Why is this case so important for all voters in our nation?\nWhat has been the impact of the 8th Circuit’s denial of the private right of action under the Voting Rights Act’s Section 2?\nAnd Now they have expanded that jurisdiction to Section 208- what does that mean?\nWhat can our listeners do to educate themselves and others about this very dangerous doctrine of no private right of action?\nDenise\, most voting rights advocates are extremely cautious and worried about the Supreme Court’s direction on voting rights\, including its bizarre rescheduling of the Louisiana v. Callais (Supreme Court of the United States. (2025\, June 27). Louisiana v. Callais\, No. 24-109. https://www.oyez.org/cases/2025/24-109 ). What are your hopes for this upcoming term?\nHow can our audience get involved if cert is sought and granted by the Supreme Court for the 2025-2026 term? \nYou have observed that the July 17th John Lewis “Good Trouble Lives On” Protests in your anchor city of St. Louis and across the country served in many ways as an antidote to the anti-democracy attacks on our voting rights. Tell our audience more.\nThank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: \n\n\nTomorrow’s\, Wednesday\, July 30th\, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM CST for an engaging Protect Our Vote fundraiser\, presented by The Transformative Justice Coalition in Chicago.  \n\n\nAugust 6th\, 7:00 PM Eastern Time\, TJC National Teletown Hall commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. \n\n\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to vote NO and protest the SAVE Act \n\n\nto stay in those streets!  \n\n\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – July 22: HISTORY MADE! July 17th John Lewis ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ Reaches Unprecedented Thursday Nationwide Turnout at 1700 Events!!
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				July 22\, 2025: HISTORY MADE! July 17th John Lewis ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ Reaches Unprecedented Thursday Nationwide Turnout at 1700 Events!!\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nDiane Arbery: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETEldest Aunt of Ahmaud Arbery; Major organizer in Brunswick\, Georgia; Lead Organizer of 2025 John Lewis “Good Trouble Lives On” Brunswick Event \nBetty Magness: 12:15 PM – 12:57 PM ET (11:15 AM – 11:57 AM Central Time)Illinois Political Director\, Rainbow PUSH Coalition; Lead Organizer for flagship 2025 John Lewis “Good Trouble Lives On” Chicago\, Illinois Event \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, July 22nd\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “HISTORY MADE! July 17th John Lewis ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ Reaches  Unprecedented Thursday Nationwide Turnout at 1700 Events!!”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. from Nashville and Maryland\, and will feature special guests Diane Arbery Jackson\, Betty Magness\, and other guests. This show will recap the national July 17th\, 2025 John Lewis “Good Trouble Lives On” Day of Action with lead organizers from various events nationwide. Diane Arbery Jackson was the Lead Organizer of 2025 John Lewis “Good Trouble Lives On” Brunswick\, Georgia Event and Betty Magness was the Lead Organizer for flagship 2025 John Lewis “Good Trouble Lives On” Chicago\, Illinois Event. View the livestream of the flagship Chicago event here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Wl5E_Uavfyg?si=B94hgD1dUnZKAopY. \nOn July 17th\, we honored the anniversary of the passing of civil rights icon John Lewis—not with ceremonies\, but with action. Across the country\, we took to the streets and into communities to uplift our non-violent struggle for justice\, voting rights\, just multiracial democracy\, and dignity for all. This was more than a nationwide protest movement—this was and is a moral reckoning; a fight against voter suppression; a fight against racial division; a fight against Medicare and Medicaid cuts and all other social safety net budget cuts and a fight to protect our Constitutional Freedoms a continuation for Congressman John Lewis’ legacy and a new front in the freedom struggle; this is a movement for Democracy! \nThrough the tremendous efforts of TJC\, Indivisible\, Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD)\, Public Citizen\, Black Voters Matters\, League of Women Voters\, Southern Poverty Law Center\, The Leadership Conference for Human and Civil Rights\, 50501\, and 170 other organizational partners\, the July 17th John Lewis “Good Trouble Lives On” Mass Mobilization  reached unprecedented heights with 1\,700 John Lewis National Day of Action events nationwide. This is undoubtedly the largest racial justice international and national gatherings since the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. A distinguishing characteristic of these events were their multiracial composition. Many have noted how celebratory these events have been while maintaining their fierce protests of injustice in this country and demanding justice. Despite the naysayers who maintained that African-Americans would not participate in protests\, these events were often LED by African-Americans in the spirit of John Lewis. \nBarbara Arnwine is in Nashville\, Tennessee co-hosting the African American Policy Forum’s Summer Camp\, being held July 19th – July 24th in Nashville\, TN. The 2025 AAPF Summer Camp is being co-sponsored by TJC\, which has recruited a cohort of eight TJC Alumni to attend. Barbara Arnwine and Jonnita Dockens will be among the speakers. The Summer School is open to all those who want to attend. People can still register to attend and get more information at AAPF.org. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Barbara and Daryl will take a moment of silence for the recent flooding that has happened nationwide\, most recently in Durham\, and a special thanks to everyone who has been helping the community of Durham\, North Carolina recover. \n\nBarbara\, Daryl\, and guests will give a remembrance tribute to Malcolm Jamal Warner\, who played Theo on the Cosby Show\,\nHeroes of the Week Award goes to all our Good Trouble Makers! Daryl will give special shout out to the 105-year-old woman who attended.]\nWelcome to your inaugural Igniting Change. Please share with our audience more about your background.\nWhy did you choose to become a leader of a July 17th John Lewis National Day of Action “Good Trouble Lives On” Event? \nPlease describe what it was like to lead an event.\nBetty\, please tell people about the uniqueness of the Chicago flagship event?\nBetty\, what was the significance of the National Broadcast\, which has been watched by thousands on the Transformative Justice Coalition’s Facebook page and YouTube channel?\nDianne\, your event was at Ahmaud Arbery Park\, named after your nephew who was so wrongfully slain for “Jogging While Black”. Give us an overview of how your event went and how did this teach the legacy of both Ahmaud Arbery and John Lewis?\n[Barbara comments on all of the TJC Alumni that hosted John Lewis events and the eight Alumni who was at the AAPF Summer Camp. Specifically she will discuss how they have been using their prior TJC Training to enhance the AAPF “Democracy Defenders” Summer Camp. Barbara will also highlight Jonnita Dockens’ strong guidance and molding of the Democracy Defenders Co-hort\, and how delighted TJC is that AAPF invited the eight TJC Alumni.] \nTell us about the demographic makeup of your events. \nThere were over 1\,700 John Lewis Day of Action hosted events across the country\, with 200 partners. This is our largest one ever since 2021. What subjects did people discuss during the events?\nHow did people voice their opposition to the wrongful policies of the Trump Administration and their support of multiculturalism and voting rights in the spirit of John Lewis?\nBased on your knowledge of historic Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s\, how do you compare the movements of the 1960’s that destroyed legally sanctioned racial segregation and fought for voting rights with today’s movements that seek to destroy this modern eugenics-based White Supremacy\, Oligarchy\, Authoritarianism\, and other Anti-Democracy forces? \nWhat are the next steps for everyone? (join call with TJC tonight for Next Steps]\n(Everyone\, What do you think should be the key demands of today’s protests?)\nEveryone\, What are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nEveryone\, How can our listeners get involved? (GoodTroubleLivesOn.org)\nEveryone\, Thank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: about AAPF’s Summer Camp\, taking place July 20th – 25th in Nashville\, Tennessee and to learn more at AAPF.org  when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to vote NO and protest the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!  \nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – July 15: On The Verge of Making History: July 17th John Lewis ‘Good Trouble Lives On!’ Reaches Unprecedented Heights
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				July 15\, 2025: On The Verge of Making History: July 17th John Lewis ‘Good Trouble Lives On!’ Reaches Unprecedented Heights\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nDane Culbreath: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time (9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Pacific Time)San Diego Unified Student Union would be the one I lead\, however I’m also apart of 50501SD\, and ActivistSD is also partnered \nJoshua Raby: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeTransformative Justice Coalition Alumni; Alabama Disability Caucus Chair;  Hosting Birmingham\, Alabama July 17th John Lewis National Day of Action and Candle Light Vigil Event; Hosting 2 John Lewis National Day of Action 2025 Events in Birmingham \nAdrian Consonery Jr.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETAdrian Consonery Jr. is a passionate community leader\, advocate\, and organizer dedicated to civic engagement and social impact and a Transformative Justice Coalition Voting Rights Alumni. He is the founder of Lyfeline Initiative Inc.\, a nonprofit focused on community development\, vocational rehabilitation\, and amplifying marginalized voices. With extensive experience in voter education\, registration\, and advocacy\, Adrian has worked with organizations such as Black Voters Matter\, the Transformative Justice Coalition\, and HOPE Worldwide. A current Business Management student at Grambling State University\, Adrian also serves as Young Adult Ministry Leader at Bridge Pointe Church in Marietta\, blending faith\, service\, and leadership to empower others. \nTimothy Jacob Wise: 12:10 PM – 12:20 PM ET (Joining between 12:10 and 12:20 for FIVE minutes)Tim Wise is a prominent author\, speaker\, and anti-racism educator whose work spans over three decades and includes nine influential books such as White Like Me and Dear White America. He has spoken at thousands of institutions\, offering tools for navigating racial dynamics and systemic inequality. As a Senior Fellow at the African American Policy Forum (AAPF)\, Wise contributes to public education and strategic dialogue on race\, power\, and institutional reform\, advancing the Forum’s mission to confront structural injustice through storytelling\, advocacy\, and truth-telling. \nMakayla Myers: 12:20 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeMakayla Myers is the Vice President of the NAACP PA State Conference\, Youth & College Division. Makayla is the Youth Commissioner for the City of Philadelphia.  Makayala is also the Founder and CEO at Stars of Giving Not For Profit Organization and she is the youngest Political Strategist & Consultant on the East Coast. Maykayla is a TJC Alumni from the Washington\, DC Class of 2024. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, July 15th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “On The Verge of Making History: July 17th John Lewis ‘Good Trouble Lives On!’ Reaches Unprecedented Heights”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Joshua Raby\, Dane Culbreath\, Timothy Jacob Wise\, Adrian Consonery Jr.\, and Makayla Myers. This show is going to focus on Gen Z and Young Millennial Leaders who are leading John Lewis “Good Trouble Lives On” July 17th\, 2025 Events. We will be exploring what this Day of Action means for the younger generations\, including Gen Alpha. \nOn July 17\, we honor the anniversary of the passing of civil rights icon John Lewis—not with ceremonies\, but with action. Across the country\, we will take to the streets and into communities to uplift our non-violent struggle for justice\, voting rights\, just multiracial democracy\, and dignity for all. This is more than a protest—this is a moral reckoning; a fight against voter suppression; a fight against racial division; a fight against Medicare and Medicaid cuts and all other social safety net budget cuts and a fight to protect our Constitutional Freedoms\, a continuation for Congressman John Lewis’ legacy and a new front in the freedom struggle; this is a movement for Democracy! \nThrough the tremendous efforts of TJC\, Indivisible\, Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD)\, Public Citizen\, Black Voters Matters\, League of Women Voters\, Southern Poverty Law Center\, The Leadership Conference for Human and Civil Rights\, 50501\, and 170 other organizational partners\, the July 17th John Lewis “Good Trouble Lives On” Mass Mobilization is reaching unprecedented heights. At the time of the writing of this show description\, there are 1\,600+ John Lewis National Day of Action events\, 1\,639 confirmed with another 77 pending\, with more to come. We urge all interested in hosting an event\, volunteering\, or participating in an event to please sign up at GoodTroubleLivesOn.org. Our show will feature the great organizing being done by many local organizers to make July 17th a major success. Our guests Joshua Raby\, Makayla Myers\, and Adrian Consonery Jr. are three of TJC’s Alumni and\, along with Dane Culbreath\, are hosting events throughout the country. \nFor a short five-minute segment\, Tim Wise will discuss the African American Policy Forum’s Summer Camp\, being held July 19th – July 24th in Nashville\, TN. The 2025 AAPF Summer Camp is being co-sponsored by TJC\, which has recruited a cohort of ten TJC Alumni to attend. Barbara Arnwine and Jonnita Dockens will be among the speakers. The Summer School is open to all those who want to attend. You can go to AAPF.org for more information. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				[Barbara and Daryl have two special announcements: how people can watch the National Broadcast and Tuesday night’s Host meeting] \n\nDane\, Welcome to your inaugural Igniting Change. Please share with our audience more about your background.\nEveryone\, why have you chosen to become a leader of a July 17th John Lewis National Day of Action “Good Trouble Lives On” Event? \nJoshua\, Why are you hosting two events?\nEveryone\, why is it important to host an event specifically in your states?\nTim\, you are Senior Fellow at the African American Policy Forum (AAPF)\, which is hosting its Summer Camp and is actively recruiting people to attend. \nWhat is AAPF’s Summer Camp\, taking place July 20th – 25th in Nashville\, Tennessee? \nWhy is it important for people to attend this year’s Summer Camp?\n(Tim\, this is the second time this Summer Camp is being held in-person in your hometown of Nashville\, TN. It will be held at the historic Scarritt Bennett Center. \nTell people more about the historic Scarritt Bennett Center. )* (optional)\nTim\, Thanks for being on the show. How do people get in contact with you and join AAPF’s Summer School July 20th – 25th in Nashville\, Tennessee?\n(12:20 PM ET) Welcome Makayla!\,  You are talking to us from Charlotte\, North Carolina where you are attending the NAACP Annual Convention. Tell us what has that experience been like!\\nMakayla\, Out of all our organizers you have an especially difficult task of helping to organize your session while out of town! What has that experience been like?\nMakayla\, Joshua\, and Adrian\, how has your TJC training helped you in organizing your John Lewis event?\nDane\, you are a member of 50501. How has that organizing experience – from the April 5th Hands Off mass mobilization to today- affected your life?\nEveryone\, you will be organizing GenZ and Millennials to participate in John Lewis Day\, what do you hope will happen that day? Why are you urging Gen Z’ers to be involved?\nWhat should people expect on July 17th at your events?\nNow there are over 1\,600 John Lewis Day of Action hosted events across the country\, with 200 partners. This is our largest one ever since 2021. How do people sign up to join the John Lewis Day of Action? (GoodTroubleLivesOn.org)\nEveryone\,  What should people expect at each of your events and please restate how people can join each of your events and where they’re being held.\nEveryone\, it is anticipated that on July 17th many of the people making Good Trouble with protests that day will be openly voicing opposition to this horrific bill. How do you think people will voice that opposition in the spirit of John Lewis?\nEveryone\, Based on your knowledge of historic Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s\, how do you compare the movements of the 1960’s that destroyed legally sanctioned racial segregation and fought for voting rights with today’s movements that seek to destroy this modern eugenics-based White Supremacy\, Oligarchy\, Authoritarianism\, and other Anti-Democracy forces? \nEveryone\, What do you think should be the key demands of today’s protests?\nEveryone\, What are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nEveryone\, How can our listeners get involved? (GoodTroubleLivesOn.org)\nEveryone\, Thank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\nArnwine will remind listeners: \n\n to sign up at GoodTroubleLivesOn.org to host or participate in a July 17th Event;\nabout AAPF’s Summer Camp\, taking place July 20th – 25th in Nashville\, Tennessee and to learn more at AAPF.org \nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to vote NO and protest the SAVE Act\nto stay in those streets! \nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – July 8: Lessons From the Legacy of John Lewis: What the Budget Bill Means for Black America and the AAPF Summer Camp Advances On-going Fight Against Racial Fascism!
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				July 8\, 2025: Lessons From the Legacy of John Lewis: What the Budget Bill Means for Black America and the AAPF Summer Camp Advances On-going Fight Against Racial Fascism!\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nEboni Jean-Charles: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeTransformative Justice Coalition Alumni; Hosting John Lewis National Day of Action 2025 Event in Miami\, Florida at The Roots Bookstore & Market \nDr. Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETNew Head of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH); immediate past president of the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA); Executive Director\, Karson Institute for Race\, Peace\, and Social Justice; Professor\, Communication for “African and African American Studies”\, Loyola University Maryland; Host\, Today With Dr. Kaye on WEAA 88.9 FM; twitter: @kayewhitehead @karsoninstitute \nDr. Karen McRae: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimePresident & CEO\, Concerned Black Men of America; Board Member of the Transformative Justice Coalition \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, July 8th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Lessons From the Legacy of John Lewis: What the Budget Bill Means for Black America and the AAPF Summer Camp Advances On-going Fight Against Racial Fascism!”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Eboni Jean-Charles; Dr. Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead; and\, Dr. Karen McRae.  \nOn July 17\, we honor the anniversary of the passing of civil rights icon John Lewis—not with ceremonies\, but with action. Across the country\, we will take to the streets and into communities to uplift our non-violent struggle for justice\, voting rights\, just multiracial democracy\, and dignity for all. This is more than a protest—this is a moral reckoning; a fight against voter suppression; a fight against racial division; a fight against Medicare and Medicaid cuts and all other social safety net budget cuts and a fight to protect our Constitutional Freedoms\, a continuation for Congressman John Lewis’ legacy and a new front in the freedom struggle; this is a movement for Democracy! \nThrough the tremendous efforts of TJC\, Indivisible\, Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD)\, Public Citizen\, Black Voters Matters\, League of Women Voters\, Southern Poverty Law Center\, The Leadership Conference for Human and Civil Rights\, 50501\, and 170 other organizational partners\, the July 17th John Lewis “Good Trouble Lives On” Mass Mobilization is reaching unprecedented heights. At the time of the writing of this show description\, there are 1\,259+ John Lewis National Day of Action events\, 1\,052 confirmed with another 207 pending\, with more to come. We urge all interested in hosting an event\, volunteering\, or participating in an event to please sign up at GoodTroubleLivesOn.org. Our show will feature the great organizing being done by many local organizers to make July 17th a major success. Our guest Eboni Jean-Charles is one of TJC’s Alumni and is hosting an event in Miami\, Florida at The Roots Bookstore & Market.  \nOur guest Dr. Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead is going to discuss the African-American Policy Forum’s Summer Camp\, being held July 19th – July 24th in Nashville\, TN. It has been famously stated by Toni Morrison during her 1995 speech at Howard University: \n“In 1995 racism may wear a new dress\, buy a new pair of boots\, but neither it nor its succubus twin fascism is new or can make anything new. It can only reproduce the environment that supports its own health: fear\, denial and an atmosphere in which its victims have lost the will to fight.” Morrison\, T. (1995). Racism and fascism. The Journal of Negro Education\, 64(3)\, 384–385.  \nYou can read Toni Morrison’s full essay Racism and Fascism as published in The Journal of Negro Education via this PDF hosted by Black Lives Matter at School: https://www.blacklivesmatteratschool.com/uploads/1/4/0/0/140009781/morrison-article.pdf  It includes the full text of her 1995 Howard University speech\, where she draws the chilling parallels between racism and fascism. The AAPF Summer Seminar and Summit will explore in depth the current threats in the US to voting rights and democracy by examining the Trump Administration push for authoritarianism.   \nThe 2025 AAPF Summer Camp is being co-sponsored by TJC\, which has recruited a cohort of ten TJC Alumni to attend. Barbara Arnwine and Jonnita Dockens will be among the speakers. The Summer School is open to all those who want to attend. You can go to AAPF.org for more information. \nOur guest Dr. Karen McRae will discuss “the Big Ugly Bill” and what it means for Black America. The misnomered “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) was signed into law on July 4\, 2025\, after a dramatic legislative journey through Congress. Here’s a breakdown of its passage timeline and key highlights: \n?️ Passage Timeline\n\n\nMay 22\, 2025: Passed the House by a narrow 215–214 vote. \n\n\nJuly 1\, 2025: Passed the Senate 51–50\, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. \n\n\nJuly 3\, 2025: House approved the Senate’s amended version. \n\n\nJuly 4\, 2025: Signed into law by President Trump\, meeting his self-imposed Independence Day deadline. \n\n\nThe OBBBA is a sweeping budget reconciliation package that permanently extends many provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act\, imposes new work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP\, phases out clean energy tax credits\, and allocates hundreds of billions toward border security and defense. While its proponents tout it as a pro-growth\, pro-security measure\, its implications for Black Americans are particularly significant and deeply concerning. \n? What the OBBBA Does\nThe OBBBA is a sweeping budget reconciliation bill that: \n\n\nPermanently extends many provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)\, including individual tax rate reductions and the standard deduction. \n\n\nRaises the estate and gift tax exemption to $15 million per individual\, indexed for inflation. \n\n\nImposes Medicaid and SNAP work requirements\, potentially affecting millions of low-income Americans. \n\n\nPhases out clean energy tax credits for wind\, solar\, and EVs\, while preserving incentives for nuclear and geothermal. \n\n\nAllocates $350 billion for border security\, including wall construction and ICE expansion. \n\n\nRaises the debt ceiling by $5 trillion to avoid default. \n\n\nEconomic and Tax Policy Impacts \nThe bill’s extension of tax cuts disproportionately benefits high-income households\, who are more likely to be white and own capital assets. A 2024 analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that corporate tax cuts overwhelmingly benefit white households due to their greater ownership of stocks and bonds. In contrast\, Black households—who hold less wealth and fewer capital assets—receive a smaller share of the benefits\, exacerbating the racial wealth gap (Halley\, 2025). \nMedicaid and Healthcare Access \nOBBBA introduces stricter Medicaid eligibility requirements\, including work mandates and co-payments. Black Americans\, who made up 21% of Medicaid recipients in 2020\, are likely to be disproportionately affected by these changes. The rollback of Affordable Care Act subsidies and reduced federal Medicaid contributions may lead to coverage losses\, particularly among low-income Black families and pregnant women\, further worsening health disparities and maternal mortality rates (Redd\, 2025). \nEducation and Pell Grants \nThe bill cuts $2.7 million in Pell Grant funding and increases the credit load required for eligibility. Since approximately 60% of Black college students rely on Pell Grants\, these changes could force many to reduce their course loads or drop out entirely\, undermining educational attainment and economic mobility (Halley\, 2025). \nSNAP and Food Security \nSNAP benefits are cut by 30%\, with new work requirements and reduced state flexibility. In 2023\, 27% of SNAP recipients were Black. These cuts are expected to increase food insecurity in Black communities\, particularly among single-parent households and the elderly (Spearman\, 2025). \nClimate and Environmental Justice \nThe rollback of clean energy incentives and the reallocation of subsidies toward fossil fuels will likely increase pollution in urban areas\, where Black communities are overrepresented. These areas are already more vulnerable to extreme weather events and environmental degradation. The bill’s climate provisions are expected to worsen these disparities by slowing the transition to clean energy and increasing exposure to harmful emissions (Turner\, 2025). \nReproductive Rights and Healthcare Autonomy \nThe bill bans federal funding for insurance plans that cover abortion care\, even in states where abortion remains legal. Black women\, who are more likely to rely on publicly funded healthcare\, will face increased barriers to reproductive services\, compounding existing inequities in maternal health outcomes (Halley\, 2025). \nCriminal Justice and Immigration Enforcement \nWith $350 billion allocated to border security and deportation infrastructure\, the bill expands ICE operations and detention capacity. Critics argue that this will disproportionately affect Black immigrants and asylum seekers from Africa and the Caribbean\, especially with the introduction of a $100 asylum application fee (Halley\, 2025). \n? Effective Dates\n\n\nMost tax provisions take effect January 1\, 2026. \n\n\nMedicaid and SNAP changes begin in late 2026. \n\n\nClean energy credit phase-outs start mid-2026. \n\n\nBorder and defense funding begins immediately upon enactment. \n\n\n\n\n  \nReferences for effects on Black America: \nHalley\, P. S. (2025\, July 3). 13 ways Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will impact Black Americans. HBCU News. https://hbcunews.com/2025/07/03/13-ways-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-will-impact-black-americans/ \nRedd\, K. (2025\, June 8). A reckoning in policy: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its global impact on Black communities. Dear Black Woman. https://www.dearblackwoman.me/post/a-reckoning-in-policy-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-and-its-global-impact-on-black-communities \nSpearman\, D. (2025\, July 1). The Big Beautiful Bill: A reckoning for Black communities. African Elements. https://www.africanelements.org/news/the-big-beautiful-bill-a-reckoning-for-black-communities/ \nTurner\, J. (2025\, June 30). These maps show where Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ bill will cancel clean energy. Newsweek. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/these-maps-show-where-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-will-cancel-clean-energy/ar-AA1HI6eT \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\nEboni\, Welcome to Igniting Change. You are a TJC Alumni from Florida. Please share with our audience more about your background.\nEboni\, why have you chosen to become a leader of a July 17th John Lewis National Day of Action “Good Trouble Lives On” Event?\nEboni\, why is it important to host an event specifically in Miami\, Florida?\nEboni\, What should people expect on July 17th at your event?\nEboni\, you will be organizing GenZ and Millennials to participate in John Lewis Day\, what do you hope will happen that day? Why are you urging Gen Z’ers to be involved?\nNow there are over 1\,200 John Lewis Day of Action hosted events across the country\, with 200 partners. This is our largest one ever since 2021. How do people sign up to join the John Lewis Day of Action? (GoodTroubleLivesOn.org)\nDr. Kaye\, you are President of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)\,\, which is also a sponsor of AAPF’s Summer Camp and is actively recruiting people to attend. \nWhat is AAPF’s Summer Camp\, taking place July 20th – 25th in Nashville\, Tennessee? \nWhy is it important for people to attend this year’s Summer Camp?\nWhat are some of the unique instructional aspects of this Summer Camp?\nDr. Kaye\, this is the second time this Summer Camp is being held in-person in Nashville\, TN. It will be held at the historic Scarritt Bennett Center. \nWhy Nashville\, Tennessee?\nTell people more about the historic Scarritt Bennett Center.\nDr. McRae\, everyone on today’s show will be impacted by the infamous “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”\, or as we call it\, “The Ugly Bill”. What are some of the worst aspects of this bill? \nDr. McRae\, they purposefully staggered some of the worst aspects of the bill to be effective after the midterm elections. Another deceptive part of the bill is that the tax cuts for the rich are permanent\, but the tax deductions and “no taxes on tips” are all temporary and have limitations and all the cuts to Medicaid and Medicare are permanent. Medicaid and SNAP cuts are roughly $1.1 Trillion in this bill; meanwhile\, the tax cuts for the rich total to $1.1 Trillion. According to the Congressional Budget Office\, by 2034\, sixteen million people will lose their health insurance. SNAP cuts are estimated to affect 40 Million people\, with some schools having to cut back on the free food and snacks they offer children. How do these cuts particularly impact Black America?\nEboni\, in your interactions with your colleagues\, how much discussion has focused on this bill?\nEveryone\, it is anticipated that on July 17th many of the people making Good Trouble with protests that day will be openly voicing opposition to this horrific bill. How do you think people will voice that opposition in the spirit of John Lewis?\nDr. Kaye and Dr. McRae\, How do you compare the movements of the 1960’s that destroyed legally sanctioned racial segregation and fought for voting rights with today’s movements that seek to destroy this modern eugenics-based White Supremacy\, Oligarchy\, Authoritarianism\, and other Anti-Democracy forces? \n(Everyone\, What do you think should be the key demands of today’s protests?)\nEveryone\, What are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nEveryone\, How can our listeners get involved? (GoodTroubleLivesOn.org; AAPF.org )\nEveryone\, Thank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to vote NO and protest the SAVE Act and remind people to stay in those streets! TJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.] \n 
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – July 1: Good Trouble Lives On: Standing Tall in Difficult Times
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				July 1\, 2025: Good Trouble Lives On: Standing Tall in Difficult Times\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nQuentin D. Pullen (Coach Q): 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeQuentin D. Pullen\, known as Coach Q (Quentin only to his momma)\, is an Athletic Performance Coach\, Movement Therapist\, and motivational speaker with a Marine Corps foundation and a master’s degree in GRIT earned through real life and real leadership. He holds a B.S. in Business Management (Telecommunications) and a degree in Physical Therapy\, but his true calling is helping people move better\, think stronger\, and live with purpose. \nBorn in Atlanta\, Coach Q spent 30 years in California sharpening his craft and expanding his civic reach\, even running for Mayor in 2020. In 2024\, he ran for Fayette County Commissioner and now serves as Vice President of the Fayette County NAACP\, a board member of 50501GA\, an active Kiwanian\, and a mentor in Fayette County Schools. He’s also a proud graduate of Leadership Fayette 2025. \nWith over 25 years in health and fitness and 20+ certifications\, Coach Q brings a unique mix of science\, soul\, and accountability to every client and audience. He’s coached competitive athletes\, mentored youth\, and helped everyday folks reclaim their health — all while living his own message (just ask about his honeymoon Sexy Legs Contest trophy). \nCoach Q’s mission is clear: build better humans to build better communities. \nAdrian Consonery Jr.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETAdrian Consonery Jr. is a passionate community leader\, advocate\, and organizer dedicated to civic engagement and social impact and a Transformative Justice Coalition Voting Rights Alumni. He is the founder of Lyfeline Initiative Inc.\, a nonprofit focused on community development\, vocational rehabilitation\, and amplifying marginalized voices. With extensive experience in voter education\, registration\, and advocacy\, Adrian has worked with organizations such as Black Voters Matter\, the Transformative Justice Coalition\, and HOPE Worldwide. A current Business Management student at Grambling State University\, Adrian also serves as Young Adult Ministry Leader at Bridge Pointe Church in Marietta\, blending faith\, service\, and leadership to empower others. \nDr. Bryon Clay: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETDr. Bryon Clay\, associated with the New National Christian Leadership Movement\, is a longtime civil rights advocate and former national president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He has deep roots in the civil rights movement\, having worked alongside figures like Ralph Abernathy\, John Lewis\, Coretta Scott King\, and Martin Luther King Jr. from a young age. \nClay has been active in voter mobilization efforts\, particularly in faith-based communities. In 2020\, he partnered with Dr. Derek King (nephew of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) on a multi-city tour across Louisiana to encourage early voting and civic engagement. His message emphasized prayer\, unity\, and peaceful participation in democracy \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, July 1st\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Good Trouble Lives On: Standing Tall in Difficult Times”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Quentin D. Pullen (Coach Q); Adrian Consonery Jr.; and\, Dr. Bryon Clay. \nOn July 17\, we honor the anniversary of the passing of civil rights icon John Lewis—not with ceremonies\, but with action. Across the country\, we will take to the streets and into communities to uplift our non-violent struggle for justice\, voting rights\, just multiracial democracy\, and dignity for all. This is more than a protest—this is a moral reckoning; a fight against voter suppression; a fight against racial division; a fight against Medicare and Medicaid cuts and all other social safety net budget cuts and a fight to protect our Constitutional Freedoms\, a continuation for Congressman John Lewis’ legacy and a new front in the freedom struggle; this is a movement for Democracy! \nThrough the tremendous efforts of TJC\, Indivisible\, Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD)\, Public Citizen\, Black Voters Matters\, League of Women Voters\, Southern Poverty Law Center\, The Leadership Conference for Human and Civil Rights\, 50501\, and 170 other organizational partners\, the July 17th John Lewis “Good Trouble Lives On” Mass Mobilization is reaching unprecedented heights. At the time of the writing of this show description\, there are 785+ John Lewis National Day of Action events\, confirmed (612) or pending (190\, with more to come). We urge all interested in hosting an event\, volunteering\, or participating in an event to please sign up at GoodTroubleLivesOn.org.  \nOur show will feature the great organizing being done by many local organizers to make July 17th a major success. For the beginning of the show\, we will welcome Dr. Bryon Clay\, a leader of the New National Christian Leadership Movement (NNCLM)\, who worked with former Congressman John Lewis throughout the decades. The NNCLM is comprised of 2\,500 churches in Alabama\, Louisiana\, and Mississippi. The NNCLM is one of the newest partners of the John Lewis “Good Trouble Lives On” National Day of Action. \nLast week\, our show featured the organizers from the July 17th flagship event that will be held in Chicago. This week\, we are happy to feature the organizers of the July 17th anchor event in Atlanta. It is our pleasure to welcome to the show for the first time Quentin D. Pullen (Coach Q)\, board member of 50501 Georgia. We also welcome fellow organizer and returning guest\, TJC Fellow\, and Founder of Lyfeline Initiative Inc\, Adrian Consonery Jr.  \nOn Thursday July 3rd at 7:00 PM Eastern Time\, TJC is holding its weekly “July 17th Organizing Meeting” for everyone who wants to participate. TJC is also offering a number of trainings to help people make their events as successful and impactful as possible. People can sign up at GoodTroubleLivesOn.org.  \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\nDr. Bryon Clay\, Thank you for joining our show. You are were formerly the national president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and now a leader of the New National Christian Leadership Movement. Tell us about your involvement with SCLC. \nGive us an overview of the New National Christian Leadership Movement.\nDr. Bryon Clay\, Please tell us about the many civil rights leaders you came to know over your career. Can you share with us some memories of John Lewis?\nDr. Bryon Clay\, Looking back to John Lewis and the history-changing march across the Edmund Pettus Bridger\, and the horrific response of the Alabama State Troopers which led to the Selma-to-Montgomery March resulting in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.  On this 60th Anniversary of the Act\, what are your perspectives on the immense challenges that we confront due to Shelby v\, Holder\, voter suppression\, and current efforts of the GOP Congress and the Trump Administration to curtail the right to vote?\nCoach Q\, you are a Board Member for 50501 Georgia. Please tell our audience about the mission of 50501\, one of the most powerful new organizing formations in our country. \nCoach Q and Adrian\, why is it important for Atlanta to be an anchor city on July 17th? \nCoach Q and Adrian\, why have you gotten involved with organizing for July 17th?\nDr. Bryon Clay\, you worked with John Lewis many times in your life. Why is it important that we once again return to the streets on July 17th for the John Lewis “GoodTroubleLivesOn” National Day of Action?\nCoach Q and Adrian\, What should people expect on July 17th in Atlanta?\nDr. Clay\, how do you hope churches will be involved throughout the country on July 17th?\nWhat are you urging members of New National Christian Leadership Movement to do on that day?\nAdrian\, you will be organizing GenZ and Millennials to participate in John Lewis Day\, what do you hope will happen that day? Why are you urging Gen Z’ers to be involved?\nNow there are almost 800 John Lewis Day of Action hosted events across the country\, with 115 partners. This is our largest one ever since 2021. How do people sign up to join the John Lewis Day of Action? (GoodTroubleLivesOn.org ; [On Thursday July 3rd at 7:00 PM Eastern Time\, TJC is holding its weekly “July 17th Organizing Meeting” for everyone who wants to participate. TJC is also offering a number of trainings to help people make their events as successful and impactful as possible. People can sign up at GoodTroubleLivesOn.org )\nDr. Clay\, How do you compare the movements of the 1960’s that destroyed legally sanctioned racial segregation and fought for voting rights with today’s movements that seek to destroy this modern eugenics-based White Supremacy\, Oligarchy\, Authoritarianism\, and other Anti-Democracy forces? \n(Everyone\, What do you think should be the key demands of today’s protests?)\nDr. Clay\, what do you want to say in this closing part of the show as to what each individual can do in these times? \nHow can our listeners get involved? (GoodTroubleLivesOn.org; [On Thursday July 3rd at 7:00 PM Eastern Time\, TJC is holding its weekly “July 17th Organizing Meeting” for everyone who wants to participate. TJC is also offering a number of trainings to help people make their events as successful and impactful as possible. People can sign up at GoodTroubleLivesOn.org] )\nEveryone\, Thank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121\, be sure to tell your Senator at their home office to say NO to the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and NO to the SAVE Act and remind people to stay in those streets! TJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – June 24: We Who Believe In Freedom Cannot Rest!: Marking the 12th Anniversary of Shelby v. Holder and Uplifting the July 17th John Lewis Day of Action
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				June 24\, 2025: We Who Believe In Freedom Cannot Rest!: Marking the 12th Anniversary of Shelby v. Holder and Uplifting the July 17th John Lewis Day of Action\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nCourtland Cox: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeCourtland Cox is a long-standing civil rights activist who played a pivotal role in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the 1960s. He worked alongside key figures like John Lewis and was deeply involved in organizing the 1964 Freedom Summer and the Selma to Montgomery marches. Courtland Cox currently serves as the Board Chair of the SNCC Legacy Project. In this role\, he works to preserve and amplify the history and lessons of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee\, supporting a new generation of activists in understanding the strategies and struggles of the Civil Rights Movement. He’s also a key organizer in contemporary efforts like the July 17th “GoodTroubleLivesOn” National Mass Mobilization\, continuing to advocate for voting rights and racial justice. His work bridges past and present—living proof that good trouble still needs stirring. \nEldric Coleman: 12:25 PM – 12:57 PM ET (will be listening in starting at 12:00 PM ET)Transformative Justice Coalition Voting Rights Alumni\,\, Sept. 2024 Class; currently serving as the President of the NAACP Alabama Youth and College Division and an Associate Justice of the Student Government Association (SGA); two-time State of Alabama NAACP Youth & College Division President; NAACP Trailblazer Award recipient; Registered over 1\,000 voters for November 2024 elections\, demonstrating his commitment to civic engagement and political empowerment. Democracy Fellow; TJC Fellow; Worked on TJC’s national “I’ll Rise and Vote” Voter Activation and GOTV Concert Series \nDonna Gutman: 12:25 PM – 12:57 PM ET (will be listening in starting at 12:00 PM ET)Donna Gutman serves on the Board of Directors for Chicago Women Take Action\, a civic organization that often collaborates with groups like the League of Women Voters of Chicago. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, June 24th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “We Who Believe In Freedom Cannot Rest!: Marking the 12th Anniversary of Shelby v. Holder and Uplifting the July 17th John Lewis Day of Action”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Courtland Cox\, Eldric Coleman\, and Donna Gutman.  \nThis show will discuss Courtland Cox’s amazing career\, his work with John Lewis\, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Legacy Project and the July 17th John Lewis “GoodTroubleLivesOn” National Mass Mobilization. Notably\, SNCC was instrumental in mobilizing the Freedom Riders and many of the transformative protests against racial segregation throughout the 1960’s – 1970’s. You can explore a detailed month-by-month timeline of over 500 SNCC actions from 1960 to 1970 through the Mapping American Social Movements Project at https://depts.washington.edu/moves/SNCC_database.shtml. Courtland Cox worked closely with John Lewis in SNCC and was an advisor to him during the March on Washington\, at which John Lewis spoke as the youngest speaker.  Courtland Cox held several key roles in SNCC during the 1960s. He served as program secretary in 1964\, helping coordinate major initiatives like the Freedom Summer Project in Mississippi. Earlier\, he represented the Nonviolent Action Group (NAG) on SNCC’s coordinating council\, and in 1963\, he was SNCC’s representative on the Steering Committee for the March on Washington. Courtland Cox was involved in SNCC’s organizing efforts in Selma\, Alabama. SNCC began working in Selma and Dallas County in early 1963\, and Cox\, as a key SNCC leader\, supported the broader campaign for voting rights there. While he wasn’t one of the front-line marchers on Bloody Sunday (March 7\, 1965)\, he was part of the strategic leadership that helped coordinate SNCC’s presence and response to the violence that day. His work spanned grassroots organizing\, political strategy\, and international advocacy—he even represented SNCC at the Vietnam War Crimes Tribunal in 1966.  \nAt 12:25 PM\, Donna Gutman and Eldric Coleman will join the discussion to discuss Courtland’s interview and the John Lewis Mobilization including Chicago as the flagship event.  \nNotoriously\, June 25th will mark the 12-Year Anniversary of the Shelby v\, Holder decision which infamously destroyed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 preclearance provisions that prevented racial discrimination in voting. The preclearance requirement was established by Congress in 1965 and required jurisdictions with a history of voting discrimination to seek preapproval of voting changes to ensure they were not discriminatory. The decision unleashed a torrent of voter restrictions that continue today to prevent our communities from fully participating in our democracy. On Wednesday\, June 25th from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Eastern Time\, please join our coalitions\, including The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights\, Declaration For American Democracy (DFAD)\, and Transformative Justice Coalition\, for a virtual Voting Rights Teach-In to highlight the urgent need for federal voting rights legislation to repair and strengthen our democracy\, to oppose bills like the SAVE Act which seeks to restrict our vote\, and to ensure states and localities are taking action to protect voting rights. \nRSVP here http://tiny.cc/Shelby \nWe will be joined by Senator Alex Padilla (CA)\, Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07)\, and Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25) to discuss our activities to promote our positive vision for democracy and ensure that everyone’s voice is heard in this incredibly challenging moment in history.  \nWe will also be planning for the John Lewis National Day of Action to be held around the country on July 17\, the anniversary of John Lewis’s passing\, to honor our hero and advance his lifelong mission to protect voting rights. \nOn July 17\, we honor the anniversary of the passing of civil rights icon John Lewis—not with ceremonies\, but with action. Across the country\, we will take to the streets and into communities to uplift our non-violent struggle for justice\, voting rights\, just multiracial democracy\, and dignity for all. This is more than a protest—this is a moral reckoning; a fight against voter suppression; a fight against racial division; a fight against Medicare and Medicaid cuts and all other social safety net budget cuts and a fight to protect our Constitutional Freedoms\, a continuation for Congressman John Lewis’ legacy and a new front in the freedom struggle; this is a movement for Democracy! \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				12:00 PM – 12:25 PM Eastern Time- Courtland Cox \n\nCourtland Cox\, Thank you for joining our show. You are now Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Legacy Project. How did you get involved with SNCC in the 1960’s?\nCourtland Cox\, The title of this show begins with “We Who Believe In Freedom Cannot Rest!” from “Ella’s Song” by Sweet Honey in the Rock. Bernice Johnson Reagon composed it as a tribute to civil rights leader Ella Baker\, drawing directly from Baker’s words and philosophy. The song became an anthem of resistance and empowerment\, especially within Black feminist and activist circles. Tell us about working with Ella Baker and her influence on SNCC. \nCourtland\, You played a heavy role in working in 1963 in coordinating the March on Washington. What was it like to work alongside of Bayard Rustin\, A. Philip Randolph\, Dorothy Irene Heights\, Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, John Lewis\, and so many others?\nCourtland\, As you reflect back on that march\, what do you think have been the most enduring legacies of that March?\nCourtland\, Let’s take it back to the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the fight for voting rights. The Selma-to-Montgomery March resulted in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.  On June 25th is the 12-year Anniversary of SCOTUS’ disastrous Shelby v Holder decision. \nHow did you feel when you saw what happened on the Edmund Pettus bridge in 1965?\nHow did you feel when the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed?\nHow did you feel in 2013 after SCOTUS’ disastrous and devastating Shelby v. Holder decision?\nCourtland\, As Chairman of the SNCC Legacy Project\, tell us about the goals of the project and how it speaks to the time we’re in?\n\n[Daryl and Barbara will remind listeners to participate in the June 25th Virtual Voting Rights Teach In on Shelby v. Holder. People can register at http://tiny.cc/Shelby ] \n12:25 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time- Courtland Cox\, Eldric Coleman\, and Donna Gutman \n\nCourtland\, you worked closely with John Lewis many times in your life\, while he was chairman of SNCC and long before he was a member of Congress. Why is it important that we once again return to the streets on July 17th for the John Lewis “GoodTroubleLivesOn” National Day of Action?\nEldric\, please tell us as a young college student at ASU\, what has the legacy of SNCC and John Lewis meant to you?\nDonna\, you have been there alongside TJC\, RPC\, and so many other organizations doing the John Lewis National Days of Action. Why have you been so invested in organizing for people in Chicago to turn out for these events?\nDonna\, you are part of the planning committee for our Flagship event in Chicago on the 17th\, What do you hope will happen on that day? How do people tune into the national broadcast?\nEldric\, you will be organizing GenZ and Millennials to participate in John Lewis Day\, what do you hope will happen that day? Why are you urging Gen Z’ers to be involved?\nDonna\, there are over 431 John Lewis Day of Action hosted events across the country\, with 115 partners. This is our largest one ever since 2021. How do people sign up to join the John Lewis Day of Action?\nCourtland\, SNCC was all about mobilizing young people.\, Why did SNCC have that focus and what advice do you have for the younger generations today? \nCourtland\, when you compare the movements with the 1960’s movement that destroyed legally sanctioned racial segregation and today’s movement that’s seeking to destroy this modern eugenics-based White Supremacy\, Oligarchy\, Authoritarianism\, and other Anti-Democracy forces? \n(Everyone\, What do you think should be the key demands of today’s protests?)\nCourtland\, what do you want to say in this closing part of the show as to what each individual can do in these times? \nEveryone\, Thank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121\, be sure to tell your Senator at their home office to say NO to the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and NO to the SAVE Act and remind people to stay in those streets! TJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – June 17: Ain’t No Stopping Us Now! Congress & the Trump Agenda\, NoKings Recap\, July 17th John Lewis Day\, and Next Steps!
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				June 17\, 2025: Ain’t No Stopping Us Now! Congress & the Trump Agenda\, NoKings Recap\, July 17th John Lewis Day\, and Next Steps!\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nCongressman Jonathan Jackson: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeRepresents Illinois’s 1st Congressional District since January 3\, 2023; Born on January 7\, 1966\, in Chicago\, he is the son of civil rights leaders Rev. Jesse Jackson and Jacqueline Jackson\, and the godson of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Before entering Congress\, Jackson was a businessman\, professor\, and national spokesman for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; His activism spans decades\, including involvement in international negotiations for the release of American captives and advocacy for victims of police misconduct; In Congress\, he serves on the House Committees on Agriculture and Foreign Affairs and is a member of several caucuses\, including the Congressional Black Caucus and the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition \nBetty Magness: 12:25 PM – 12:57 PM ETIllinois Political Director\, Rainbow PUSH Coalition \nDenise Poloyac: 12:25 PM – 12:57 PM ETIndivisible Chicago Board Member \nEdward Ward: 12:25 PM – 12:57 PM ETTJC Fellow; Millennial Leader; Restorative Justice Policy Advocate; a Youth Crisis Interventionist; and\, Dean of Sherman School of Excellence  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, June 17th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Ain’t No Stopping Us Now! Congress & the Trump Agenda\, NoKings Recap\, July 17th John Lewis Day\, and Next Steps!”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Congressman Jonathan Jackson\, Betty Magness\, Denise Poloyac\, and Edward Ward. \nOn Saturday\, June 14th\, 5 million people took to the streets of the USA in 2100 events throughout the nation\, in protest under the rubric of “NoKings” in opposition to the on-going unlawful and unconstitutional actions of the Trump Administration.  TJC was honored to be a cosponsor of these NoKings Day Protests. TJC Co-Leaders\, Barbara Arnwine and Daryl Jones traveled to Chicago last weekend\, where they were joined by TJC’s Executive Assistant Jonnita Dockens.  In Chicago\, TJC’s leadership attended the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s (RPC) Annual Convention and that Saturday’s NoKings Rally and March. Betty Magness\, RPC’s Illinois Voting Director\, arranged for TJC’s Founder and President Barbara Arnwine to speak 3 times at the RPC Convention. At every event and opportunity\, we promoted the upcoming July 17th John Lewis National Day of Action.  \nThe RPC Convention featured many prominent speakers.  Congressman Jonathan Jackson thrilled the conference attendees with his presence and inspiring remarks.  He connected the dots between everyone’s individual activism and the impact on Congress and the Executive Branch.   \nOn Saturday\, June 14th\,  as part of the National NoKings protests\, over 50\,000 people rallied at Daley Plaza for one hour and marched afterwards. TJC was honored to be 1 of 8 groups that spoke at the rally.  No article can capture the tremendous energy of the crowd that assembled. Congressman Jackson helped to lead the March alongside his father Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson\, Sr.  \nMonday night\, TJC Co-Leaders\, Daryl Jones and Barbara Arnwine addressed 60\,000 people on the NoKings Debrief Mass Mobilization Call to urge participation in the upcoming July 17th John Lewis “GoodTroubleLivesOn” National Day of Action.  In response\, over 50 new events\, a total of almost 90 events\, have already been posted to the mobilize.com and we are officially one month away!! We hope to have 100s of events throughout the nation on July 17th. On Wednesday at 7:00 PM ET\, TJC\, DFAD\, Indivisible\, Public Citizen\, Black Voters Matter and all our partners will convene the next John Lewis National Mobilization Call.  \nThe first part of our show today will feature an exclusive interview with Congressman Jonathan Jackson.   The show will focus on Congressman Jackson’s perspectives on what is required of everyone in our nation at this time to address the unlawful actions of the current Administration\, including the complicity of Congress.  We will discuss this past Saturday’s NoKings Mass Mobilization\, the RPC Convention\, opposition to the SAVE ACT and the Big Ugly Bill and more.    \nFollowing this interview\, our other guests\, Betty Magness of RPC\, Denise Poloyac\, Indivisible Chicago Vice Chair\,  and Edward Ward will join Congressman Jackson in conversation about the NoKings movement and the upcoming July 17th John Lewis “GoodTroubleLivesOn” National Day of Action.  \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				12:00 PM – 12:25 PM Eastern Time- Congressman Jackson \n\nThank you for joining our show.  You proudly represent the people of Chicago\, Illinois. During your years in Congress what have been your goals for this nation?\\nHow have you responded to these early months of the Trump Administration? \nWhat does Congress need to do?  How do we address this GOP Congress and its acquiescence to the Trump Agenda? \nHow do we defeat the SAVE Act and other attacks on voting rights from this GOP House and Trump Administration?  \nWhat do people need to know about the “Big Ugly Bill” that passed the House and is now pending in the Senate?\nWhat are your thoughts about the Rainbow PUSH Coalition 2025 Convention?\nNoKings saw 5 million people turn out in 2100 events in every state and 20 nations. What did you think of this Day of Action?  Why is it important for people to take to the streets in protest?  \nYour interaction with your Dad\, watching you March with him last Saturday during NoKings Day was particularly moving.  What keeps him moving? What is his message to this nation in this moment?\nWhat should we the people do in these times?\n\n12:25 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time- Congressman Jackson\, Betty Magness\, Denise Poloyac\, and Edward Ward \n\nDenise and Betty\, What are your top thoughts that you want to share with our audience about Chicago’s amazing NoKings Rally and March? \nDenise\, Indivisible has become one of our nation‘s most prominent organizations\, as a leader of the Chicago indivisible. What are your hopes for future mobilizations?\nSome people say that protests have no real impact. How do you respond?\nEdward\, as a young millennial what did it mean to you to be at the no King‘s protest?\nCongressman Jackson\, you met The Honorable John Lewis many times in your life\, Why is it important that we\, once again\, return to the streets on July 17th for the John Lewis “GoodTroubleLivesOn” National Day of Action?\nBetty and Denise\, you will be hosting our Flagship event in Chicago on the 17th\, What do you hope will happen on that day?\nEdward\, you will be organizing GenZ and Millennials to participate in John Lewis Day\, what do you hope will happen that day?\nHow can our listeners get involved?\nCongressman Jackson\, what are your final thoughts?\nThank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121\, be sure to tell your Senator at their home office to say NO to the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and NO to the SAVE Act and remind people to stay in those streets! TJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – June 10: June 14th Stand Up To Tyranny! No Kings! July 17th Make More Good Trouble!
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				June 10\, 2025: June 14th Stand Up To Tyranny! No Kings! July 17th Make More Good Trouble!\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nLeah Greenberg: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeLeah Greenberg is the co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible\, a grassroots movement focused on progressive activism. She co-authored *We Are Indivisible: A Blueprint for Democracy After Trump* and was recognized as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2019.  Greenberg has a background in policy and advocacy\, having worked as Policy Director for Tom Perriello’s gubernatorial campaign in Virginia. She also managed human trafficking grants at Humanity United and advised the State Department’s Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review.  She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College and a Master’s in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University. Let me know if you need refinements! \nDr. Karen McRae: 12:15 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimePresident & CEO\, Concerned Black Men of America; Board Member of the Transformative Justice Coalition \nJoshua Raby: 12:15 PM – 12:57 PM ETTJC Fellow; Alabama Disability Caucus Chair;  Hosting Birmingham\, Alabama July 17th John Lewis National Day of Action and Candle Light Vigil Event \nChristine Wood: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeChristine Wood is the Co-Director of the Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD). She previously served as the coalition’s Field Director\, leading grassroots organizing efforts. Her background includes issue-based advocacy and electoral campaigns\, including work on Public Citizen’s Democracy Is For People Campaign\, where she collaborated with coalitions in New York State to expand voting rights and ensure fair elections. She has also worked on municipal\, Congressional\, and Presidential campaigns\, as well as organizing for the Climate Reality Projects’ 100% Renewable campaigns in North Carolina. Through her work\, she has developed a passion for inspiring everyday people to take action. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, June 10th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “June 14th Stand Up To Tyranny! No Kings! July 17th Make More Good Trouble!”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Leah Greenberg\, Christine Wood\, Joshua Raby\, and Dr. Karen McRae. \nThe show will begin with guest Leah Greeberg\, the co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible. The No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance is a protest movement organized by Indivisible and other pro-democracy groups in response to Donald Trump’s military parade on June 14\, which coincides with Flag Day and the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday. The protests aim to reject authoritarianism and emphasize grassroots democracy\, with events planned across the country. \nHow people can get involved: attend a local protest\, with over 1\,500 events planned across the U.S. and internationally; host a protest using the No Kings Host Toolkit to set up events in their communities; spread awareness by sharing information and recruiting others to join; engage in nonviolent action\, emphasizing peaceful demonstrations and discouraging confrontation. \nAnchor cities include New York City\, Los Angeles\, Chicago\, Atlanta\, Seattle\, Austin\, Philadelphia\, San Francisco\, Boston\, and Minneapolis. The central anchor city will be Philadelphia\, PA.   \nThe protests are designed to counter Trump’s military parade\, which critics argue is a display of dominance rather than a celebration of democracy. Trump’s military parade\, scheduled for June 14\, 2025 on his birthday in Washington\, D.C.\, is estimated to cost between $30 million and $45 million. Earlier reports suggested that a similar parade proposed in 2018 could have cost up to $92 million\, but that event was ultimately canceled. Organizers emphasize that real power comes from the people\, not staged spectacles in Washington. The movement also seeks to reclaim patriotism\, ensuring that symbols like the flag represent pluralistic democracy rather than authoritarian rule. \nYou can find more details and a map of events at NoKings.org.  \nPresident Donald Trump ordered the deployment of 2\,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles on June 8\, 2025\, despite objections from California Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass. Trump justified the move by citing “lawlessness\,” though Newsom called it an unlawful federal takeover and vowed to sue the administration (BBC\, 2025). Historically\, National Guard deployments have been used to protect civil rights\, such as Abraham Lincoln’s use of federal troops during the Civil War\, whereas Trump’s deployment is about suppressing civil rights protests (NBC Los Angeles\, 2025). \nOn June 10\, 2025\, President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of an additional 2\,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles\, doubling the number of federalized personnel in the city. This decision followed his initial authorization of 2\,000 troops on June 7\, 2025\, and the deployment of 700 active-duty Marines on June 9\, 2025 (MSN\, 2025).  \nCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom criticized the move\, stating that many of the first 2\,000 troops were still sitting in federal buildings without orders. He further claimed that the troops had not been provided with food\, water\, or sleeping arrangements\, calling the deployment reckless and disrespectful to service members (ABC News\, 2025).  \nThe protests in Los Angeles began in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids conducted across the city on June 7\, 2025. Federal agents detained dozens of immigrants after summoning them to immigration offices under false pretenses\, telling them they needed to update their work authorization documents or complete routine immigration paperwork\, only to be detained upon arrival (CBS News\, 2025). The misleading circumstances surrounding these summonses have been widely condemned by advocacy groups and legal experts (USA Today\, 2025). \nOn June 8\, 2025\, demonstrations escalated as protesters gathered outside a federal detention center demanding the release of those arrested. The protests initially occupied a single block in downtown LA\, primarily around Boyle Heights and the federal courthouse\, before spreading to Paramount and Westlake (Fox 11 Los Angeles\, 2025). The demonstrations later extended to freeways near downtown\, where protesters blocked traffic (Fox News\, 2025). \nDuring a press conference on June 9\, 2025\, Trump threatened to arrest Newsom\, claiming that his “primary crime is running for governor because he’s done such a bad job\,” though he did not specify any legal basis for the claim (BBC\, 2025). \nMeanwhile\, the Senate is advancing the “Big Beautiful Bill\,” which includes expanded funding for ICE. Trump has repeatedly stated that ICE lacks sufficient funding\, including remarks at a rally in Phoenix on May 22\, 2025\, where he said\, “We need ICE to have the resources to do their job. Right now\, they are stretched thin\, and it’s unacceptable. We are going to give them the biggest budget increase in history—no more excuses” (KJZZ\, 2025). He reiterated his stance during a Fox News interview on June 3\, 2025\, stating\, “ICE is doing incredible work\, but they need more funding. We are pushing Congress to approve billions more so they can ramp up operations and remove illegal criminals faster than ever before” (Fox News\, 2025). \nTrump also announced a ban on protesters wearing masks on June 5\, 2025\, arguing that they “have something to hide.” However\, ICE agents continue to protect their identities\, raising concerns about double standards in law enforcement (Fox LA\, 2025). \nThe protests and federal response have raised due process concerns\, as many immigrants were detained after being misled into appearing at immigration offices under false pretenses. Legal experts argue that this violates constitutional protections against unlawful detention (USA Today\, 2025). \nOn June 9\, 2025\, the U.S. Northern Command confirmed the deployment of 700 active-duty Marines to Los Angeles to support National Guard troops amid escalating protests over ICE raids. The Marines\, primarily from Twentynine Palms\, were sent to protect federal personnel and buildings rather than engage directly with protesters (USA Today\, 2025). This marks the first domestic deployment of Marines for civil unrest since the 1992 LA riots\, sparking legal challenges from California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta\, who argue that the federal government overstepped its authority (NBC News\, 2025). Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth justified the deployment\, stating it was necessary to defend federal agents amid rising threats (Stars and Stripes\, 2025). However\, critics warn that the move sets a dangerous precedent\, with concerns over the use of military force against civilians (Global Nation Inquirer\, 2025). \nThe protests have been largely peaceful\, with thousands gathering near City Hall and federal buildings to demand an end to ICE operations. Demonstrators have engaged in singing\, speeches\, and nonviolent sit-ins (BBC\, 2025). However\, there have been isolated incidents of property damage\, including the burning of Waymo driverless cars and graffiti on federal buildings such as the LAPD Headquarters and the U.S. Courthouse (CBS News\, 2025). Reports indicate that some protesters threw objects at police\, including chunks of concrete and fireworks\, leading to law enforcement using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds (NBC News\, 2025). Despite these incidents\, the majority of demonstrations have remained peaceful\, with organizers emphasizing nonviolent resistance (USA Today\, 2025). \nReferences \nABC News\, 2025\, LA immigration protests: Trump deploys 2\,000 more National Guard troops\, Retrieved from https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/la-immigration-protests-live-updates-trump-deploys-2000?id=122621279&entryId=122667907 \nMSN\, 2025\, Trump administration mobilizing 2\,000 more National Guard troops for Los Angeles protests\, Retrieved from https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-admin-mobilizing-2000-more-national-guard-troops-for-la-protests/ar-AA1GoOSe \nBBC\, 2025\, LA protests die down overnight as mayor tells demonstrators ‘don’t engage in chaos’\, Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvg7vxx888kt \nCBS News\, 2025\, What to know about the Los Angeles immigration protests over ICE operations\, Retrieved from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-los-angeles-immigration-protests-trump/ \nGlobal Nation Inquirer\, 2025\, Los Angeles protests prompt US to deploy 700 Marines\, Retrieved from https://globalnation.inquirer.net/279863/us-deploying-700-marines-to-protest-hit-los-angeles \nNBC News\, 2025\, L.A. unrest live updates: 700 Marines will deploy as immigration protests continue\, Retrieved from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/la-unrest-live-updates-crowds-protesting-immigration-raids-rcna211757 \nStars and Stripes\, 2025\, More than 2\,000 National Guard troops\, 700 Marines sent to LA for immigration protests\, Retrieved from https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2025-06-09/marines-national-guard-la-protest-18068110.html \nUSA Today\, 2025\, Marines from Twentynine Palms being sent to Los Angeles amid protests\, Retrieved from https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/california/2025/06/09/los-angeles-protests-marines-national-guard-deployed-trump-newsom/84121568007/  \nBBC. (2025). Trump defends sending National Guard to LA as California governor to sue administration. Retrieved from [https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvg7vxx888kt?post=asset%3A73c38b4b-b49b-4357-8d0b-43430e550a85](https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvg7vxx888kt?post=asset%3A73c38b4b-b49b-4357-8d0b-43430e550a85) \nCBS News. (2025). What to know about the Los Angeles immigration protests over ICE operations. Retrieved from [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-los-angeles-immigration-protests-trump/](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-los-angeles-immigration-protests-trump/) \nFox 11 Los Angeles. (2025). LIVE: LA ICE protests\, Day 4: SoCal leaders condemn Trump ‘abusing his authority’. Retrieved from [https://www.foxla.com/news/los-angeles-ice-protests-day-4](https://www.foxla.com/news/los-angeles-ice-protests-day-4) \nFox News. (2025). President Trump sends National Guard as violent anti-ICE riots erupt in Los Angeles. Retrieved from [https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/president-trump-sends-national-guard-as-violent-anti-ice-riots-erupt-in-los-angeles](https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/president-trump-sends-national-guard-as-violent-anti-ice-riots-erupt-in-los-angeles) \nKJZZ. (2025). Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could supercharge ICE detention\, deportation funding. Retrieved from [https://www.kjzz.org/fronteras-desk/2025-05-28/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-could-supercharge-ice-detention-deportation-funding](https://www.kjzz.org/fronteras-desk/2025-05-28/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-could-supercharge-ice-detention-deportation-funding) \nNBC Los Angeles. (2025). The history of troop deployments during civil rights protests. Retrieved from [https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/national-guard-troops-la-protests-history/3719380/](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/national-guard-troops-la-protests-history/3719380/) \nUSA Today. (2025). What to know about tense immigration protests in Paramount\, LA. Retrieved from [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/08/la-protest-what-to-know-trump-national-guard/84102227007/](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/08/la-protest-what-to-know-trump-national-guard/84102227007/) \nThe show will then discuss not only what’s happening in Los Angeles but also TJC’s John Lewis Day of Action on July 17th\, 2025; Good Trouble Lives On: Mobilize. Organize. Vote.  \n “Get in good trouble\, necessary trouble\, and help redeem the soul of America.” – Congressman John Lewis. Our freedoms are under attack. Our democracy is being pushed to the brink by white supremacist\, oligarch\, and anti-democracy forces that are actively undermining the right to vote for millions. We’ve been here before—and we know what to do – we know how to “Make Good Trouble”! On July 17\, we honor the anniversary of the passing of civil rights icon John Lewis—not with ceremonies\, but with action. Across the country\, we will take to the streets and into communities to uplift his non-violent struggle for justice\, voting rights\, and dignity for all. This is more than a protest—this is a moral reckoning; a fight against voter suppression; a fight against Medicare and Medicaid and all other social safety net budget cuts and a fight to protect our Constitutional Freedoms\, a continuation of Congressman Lewis’ legacy and a new front in the freedom struggle; this is a movement for Democracy! \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\nLeah\, this Saturday\, June 14th is “No Kings Day”- The more we resist\, the more we can destroy this racial coup! Leah\, as the co-founder and co-Executive Director of Indivisible\, tell us more about No Kings Day.\nWhy did Indivisible and their partner organizations decide to hold this event and why on this Saturday\, June 14th?\nDidn’t President Trump\, during his first term\, try to also hold a military parade in 2018- but it ended up being canceled. What do you find the most troubling difference in Trump 2.0’s obsession with monarchy\, dictatorship\, facism and oligarchy?\nWe understand that there are 1\,800 events planned with over 100 more being posted since President Trump announced his troop occupation of Los Angeles. How can people join or volunteer to host their own?\nWhy is there purposefully nothing in Washington\, D.C. and why is that so important?\nWhat are the “anchor cities”?\nEveryone\, speaking of No Kings!\, what are we learning about the deployment of the troops in LA?\nEveryone\, former US Labor Secretary Robert Reich warned “Attacking unions is a hallmark of facism.” What does this statement mean to you?\nKaren\, tell our audience about the work you’ve been doing for July 17th- TJC’s John Lewis Day of Action: Good Trouble Lives On.\nLeah\, tell us again how people can join this Saturday\, June 14th\, for the No Kings Protests?\nChrstine\, as the Co-Director of Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD) and someone working with Public Citizen on their “Democracy Is For People Campaign”\, tell us not only more about the organizations but the work you’ve been doing for this Saturday’s June 14th No Kings Day protests and the July 17th John lewis Day of Action.\nEveryone\, What should people bring or be aware of when attending these protest\, and how should people dress? Trump has called for no masks at protests- what do people need to know?\nJoshua\, you helped volunteering and organizing in las year’s July 17th John Lewis Day of Action. Tell us more about that\, and are there any differences between last year and this year? \nIf someone wants to sign up to volunteer\, how can they go about doing so? Is it an easy process? \nChristina\, how do people host or join a protest for the July 17th John Lewis Day of Action? (Mobilize)\nJoshua\, why is the legacy of John Lewis as a cultural movement hero so important in this moment?\nJoshua\, what can young people learn from John Lewis?\nChristina and Karen\, Wednesday\, June 18th\, is the next organizing meeting for the July 17th John Lewis Day of Action. How can people join?\nLeah\, tell us again how people can join this Saturday\, June 14th\, for the No Kings Protests?\nLeah and Christine\, have you been surprised by how much protesting there has been in the streets- considering April 5th\, April 19th\, and now everything planned for this Saturday. What do you think is motivating peoples’ desire to protest?\nKaren\, Curtis Yarvin\, the guru for the “Silicon Valley Oligarchy”\, has declared that the only way they can win in imposing a corporate monarchy is if African-Americans are deactivated and not present in movement activism. Why is the July 17th John Lewis Day of Action important in mobilizing African-Americans in particular?\nLeah\, what is your parting word to everyone out there?\nHow can our listeners get involved?\nThank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[TJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – June 3: Race In the US 2025! Fighting Racism and Authoritarianism & Reparations Victories
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				June 3\, 2025: Race In the US 2025! Fighting Racism and Authoritarianism & Reparations Victories\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nDr. Karen McRae: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimePresident & CEO\, Concerned Black Men of America; Board Member of the Transformative Justice Coalition \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, June 3rd\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Race In the US 2025! Fighting Racism and Authoritarianism & Reparations Victories”\, with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. will be recording live from Santa Monica\, California and will feature special guest Dr. Karen McRae. \nOur show will begin with our condolences to the victims and families of the victims of yesterday’s terror attack in Boulder\, Colorado at the Pearl Street pedestrian mall. The suspect\, now in FBI custody and identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman\, a 45-year-old Egyptian national. yelled “Free Palestine” while using a makeshift flamethrower and throwing incendiary devices at a group advocating for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza. Reports indicate between 6 to 12 people suffered burns and other injuries\, with victims’ ages ranging from 52-88\, with some being airlifted to hospitals with severe burns. The FBI is treating this as a targeted terror attack and Colorado Governor Jared Polis condemned the attack as a hate crime. \nYou can read more from these sources: \n– [PBS](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/authorities-investigate-after-8-injured-in-colorado-attack-by-man-they-say-yelled-free-palestine) \n– [USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/01/boulder-colorado-pearl-street-attack/83980484007/) \n– [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/US/victims-attack-peal-street-mall-boulder-colorado-police/story?id=122401509) \nFollowing up on our show on reparations\, on the first official Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day\, Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols announced the creation of the Greenwood Trust\, a $105 million private charitable initiative aimed at repairing the generational harm caused by the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Justice For Greenwood welcomes this step forward and is encouraged to see several key proposals from its 13-point Project Greenwood reparations plan reflected in the mayor’s vision. Igniting Change is proud of Damario Solomon Simmons\, Mother Fletcher\, Mother Randall\, Justice For Greenwood and the spirits of all the ancestors who continue the fight for justice and reparations for the devastation of the Tulsa Massacre. Of course\, this battle is not over but Good to see this step of Tulsa finally acknowledging its role and making some recompense. Somewhere John Hope Franklin and his Dad and Charles Ogletree are saying “Well Done! Keep on Fighting!” \nHarvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement with one of the subjects’ descendants. The photos depict Renty and his daughter Delia and will be transferred from Harvard’s Peabody Museum to the International African American Museum in South Carolina. Tamara Lanier\, who identifies Renty as her great-great-great-grandfather\, sued Harvard in 2019\, arguing that the university wrongfully possessed and exploited the images. The daguerreotypes were originally commissioned by Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz\, whose theories on racial differences were used to justify slavery. In 2022\, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled in Lanier’s favor\, recognizing Harvard’s complicity in the creation of the images and its past abuses. The settlement includes an undisclosed financial agreement\, but Harvard has not publicly acknowledged Lanier’s connection to the subjects or its role in perpetuating slavery. Lanier and the museum plan to ensure the images are displayed in a way that honors the full story of Renty and Delia. (source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/after-15-year-battle-harvard-agrees-settlement-relinquish-122262582?cid=social_twitter_abcn ) \nMajor corporations\, including Oracle\, McDonald’s\, and Morgan Stanley\, are cutting ties with law firms that complied with Trump’s executive orders. These firms\, such as Paul Weiss\, Latham & Watkins\, and Skadden Arps\, had adjusted their policies to align with Trump’s directives but now face backlash from corporate clients who question their ability to stand firm in legal battles. Meanwhile\, law firms that challenged Trump’s orders in court\, including WilmerHale\, Jenner & Block\, Perkins Coie\, and Susman Godfrey\, are winning cases and gaining new business. Federal judges have struck down Trump’s executive orders\, ruling them unconstitutional acts of retaliation. These firms are now attracting clients who value their independence and willingness to fight. \nSources: \nMSN. (2025\, June 2). Major Corporations — Including Oracle\, McDonald’s\, and Morgan Stanley — Are Dumping Law Firms That Caved to Trump. Retrieved from [2](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/major-corporations-including-oracle-mcdonald-s-and-morgan-stanley-are-dumping-law-firms-that-caved-to-trump/ar-AA1FX04u). \nMSN. (2025\, June 2). Trouble for law firms that bent to Trump orders: Clients say firms \”don’t have a hard line.\” Retrieved from [3](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trouble-for-law-firms-that-bent-to-trump-orders-clients-say-firms-dont-have-a-hard-line/ar-AA1FWYDI). \nMSN. (2025\, June 2). Major Companies Abandon Law Firms That Signed Deals with Trump: Report. Retrieved from [4](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/major-companies-abandon-law-firms-that-signed-deals-with-trump-report/ar-AA1FVAfn). \nCurtis Yarvin\, also known by his former pseudonym Mencius Moldbug\, is a political theorist and software developer. He is best known for founding the neo-reactionary movement\, also called the Dark Enlightenment\, which advocates for replacing democracy with a CEO-style autocracy. His ideas have gained traction among some conservative circles\, particularly in Donald Trump’s second administration\, where figures like Vice President J.D. Vance and tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Elon Musk have echoed aspects of his philosophy. Yarvin argues that American democracy is a failed experiment and should be replaced with a monarchical system modeled after corporate governance. He has also coined the term “the Cathedral” to describe what he sees as a network of universities\, media\, and bureaucracies that enforce liberal ideology. His work has influenced Silicon Valley investors and Republican politicians\, including Michael Anton\, a senior member of Trump’s State Department. \nSources: \nMSN. (2025\, June 3). Who is Curtis Yarvin? Meet the ‘intellectual source code’ of the second Trump administration. Retrieved from [2](https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/who-is-curtis-yarvin-meet-the-intellectual-source-code-of-the-second-trump-administration/ar-AA1FZggV). \nThe American Conservative. (2025\, May 23). At Harvard\, the ‘Cathedral’ clashes with Curtis Yarvin. Retrieved from [3](https://www.theamericanconservative.com/at-harvard-the-cathedral-clashes-with-curtis-yarvin/). \nPolitico. (2025\, January 30). Curtis Yarvin’s ideas were fringe. Now they’re coursing through Trump’s Washington. Retrieved from [7](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/30/curtis-yarvins-ideas-00201552). \nThe influence of Elon Musk\, Peter Thiel\, and David Sachs – all South Africans- continues to also influence the Trump Administration with a double standard for immigration admissions. While this Administration is kidnapping people off the street and deporting them to countries they’ve never seen in slave labor camps\, White South Africans are being given special expedited processes. While Venezualeans are being deported\, so are White Ukranians\, highlighting a “preferred Whites” policy.  \nElon Musk’s cost-cutting efforts at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have largely failed to deliver the promised savings. Initially\, Musk claimed he could cut $2 trillion from the federal budget\, but that figure was later revised down to $1 trillion\, and eventually $150 billion. However\, independent analyses suggest that DOGE’s actual savings are far lower than reported\, with many figures being exaggerated or miscalculated. Some of the major issues with DOGE’s reported savings include counting contracts that were never awarded or had expired years ago\, triple-counting savings from the same government programs\, confusing millions with billions in financial reports\, and canceling scientific studies mid-way\, effectively wasting money already spent. Despite Musk’s claims that DOGE saved $175 billion\, experts estimate that implementation costs alone have exceeded $135 billion\, meaning the net savings may be negligible or even negative. Additionally\, overall government spending has increased by 6-7% compared to the same period last year. \nSources: \nDodds\, I. (2025\, May 31). Elon Musk’s cost-cutting at DOGE has been a colossal failure. But he has achieved something more dangerous. *The Independent*. Retrieved from [8](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-leaving-doge-impact-b2760276.html). \nKapula\, H. S. (2025\, May 30). Elon Musk’s DOGE Exit: Looking Back at His Major Contributions. *Analytics Insight*. Retrieved from [4](https://www.analyticsinsight.net/dogecoin/elon-musks-doge-exit-looking-back-at-his-major-contributions). \nFrancis\, M. (2025\, May 30). Elon Musk resigns from DOGE: What it means for stimulus checks 2025. *USA Today*. Retrieved from [10](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/05/30/why-elon-musk-left-doge-dividend-stimulus-check-2025-checks-status-update-how-much-money-doge-saved/83922254007/). \nTexas Senate Bill 13 was advanced by the Texas House on June 2\, 2025\, after final approval by lawmakers from both chambers. The bill now heads to Governor Greg Abbott for his signature. Senate Bill 13 gives parents and school boards more control over the books available in public school libraries. It allows parents to challenge books\, and school boards can remove books based on complaints. The bill also establishes advisory councils made up of parents to recommend books for school libraries. The House version of the bill required 20% of parents to sign a petition to form an advisory council\, but the final version agreed upon between chambers lowered the requirement to 50 parents or 10% of parents in the district\, whichever is less. The bill defines harmful materials as content that portrays sex organs or activities in a patently offensive way or includes grossly offensive language. Critics argue that the bill could lead to overzealous book bans\, restricting access to literature with diverse perspectives. Some lawmakers worry that books like Catcher in the Rye or Romeo and Juliet could be banned under vague interpretations of the law. \nSources: \nRed River Radio. (2025\, May 28). Latest Texas book ban bill advances in legislative session. Retrieved from [2](https://www.redriverradio.org/news/2025-05-28/latest-texas-book-ban-bill-advances-in-legislative-session). \nKERA News. (2025\, June 2). Bill giving Texas parents\, school boards more control over library books heads to Gov. Greg Abbott. Retrieved from [3](https://www.keranews.org/education/2025-06-02/bill-giving-texas-parents-school-boards-more-control-over-library-books-heads-to-gov-greg-abbott). \nMSN. (2025\, May 28). Bill advancing at Texas Capitol gives school boards\, parents process to remove books in public school libraries. Retrieved from [4](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/bill-advancing-at-texas-capitol-gives-school-boards-parents-process-to-remove-books-in-public-school-libraries/ar-AA1FBl3f). \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Our show will begin with our condolences to the victims and families of the victims of yesterday’s terror attack in Boulder\, Colorado. \n\nArnwine and Jones give the Heroes of the Week Award to the corporate general counsel who are withholding work from the law firms that capitulated and Harvard’s defiant graduation; and\, every community standing up to ICE to stop people from being “disappeared”.\nVillain of the Week goes to Curtis Yarvin and Elon Musk. Arnwine will remind listeners when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121\, be sure to tell your Senator at their home office to say NO to the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and NO to the SAVE Act and remind people to stay in those streets!]\nSince we had our last show\, the New York Times did a whole expose on Elon Musk’s heavy drug addiction\, which once again highlights the incompetence and his lasting influence of the destruction of the federal government. Despite 127 lawsuits obtaining victories\, we can’t run democracy on court injunctions; we need a competent administration. What do you think the lasting impact of Elon Musk’s influence will be on our democracy\, the federal government\, and American society?\nLet’s discuss the double standard for immigration admissions- that while this Administration is kidnapping people off the street and deporting them to countries they’ve never seen in slave labor camps\, White South Africans are being given special expedited processes.\nLet’s talk about the influence of Elon Musk\, Peter Thiel\, and David Sachs\, the three South African billionaires influencing this Administration’s policies.\nWhile Venezualeans are being deported\, so are White Ukranians\, highlighting a “preferred Whites” policy. Karen\, Daryl\, what does all this say about racism and the White Supremacist underpinnings of this Administration?\nWe want our audience to know that reparations are happening: during the 104th Anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre\, the new mayor has approved a new city trust that will serve to repair some of the damage caused by the Tulsa Massacre. This is one of only two incidents where the U.S. has bombed its own people\, as the police and others allowed Tulsa to be bombed. We will do a more in-depth show. Shout out to Miss Laneer’s q5 year battle against Harvard- showing how individuals can make a big difference during this time.\nJune 14th is “No Kings Day”- please join this and the July 17th John Lewis Day of Action. They can go to tjcoalition.org and sign up for events on mobilize. The more resist\, the more we can destroy this racial coup.\nLet’s talk about some of the horrific actions states are engaging in\, such as Texas’ new bill banning books and voter suppression\, which we will talk about also in a later show.\nHow can our listeners get involved?\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[TJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – May 27: Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around! The Fight for Reparations and In Defense of Black Museums
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				May 27\, 2025: Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around! The Fight for Reparations and In Defense of Black Museums\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\n​Dianne Wilkerson: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETFirst African American Female to serve in the Massachusetts State Senate; TJC Board Treasurer; and\, Boston Community Activist \nThe Honorable Jesse Wineberry\, Esq.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETU.S. Supreme Court licensed Atty. & former Washington State House Majority Whip; Co-Founder & Director of the Washington Equity Now Alliance (WENA). WENA is the statewide Pro-Equity\, non-profit organization which led 2022’s successful campaign for Governor Jay Inslee to sign Executive Order 22-02\, rescinding Governor’s Directive 98-01 and paving the way for race and gender conscious equity in Washington state. On October 31\, 2022\, Wineberry represented WENA in Washington\, D.C. at the U.S. Supreme Court hearings on affirmative action. On the eve of the High Court’s June 29th ruling limiting the use of race in college admissions\, Wineberry led WENA’s statewide DEI empowerment seminar\, which trained nearly 1\,000 state employees on how to keep the doors of opportunity open for women and BIPOC communities` while remaining in full compliance with the Supreme Court decision. A 2024 elected National Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago\, Attorney Wineberry is married to Attorney Richelle Harrison-Wineberry. They are proud parents of Jesse Wineberry\, Jr. & Mia Genesis Wineberry. Here’s a link to the Charles Mitchell Reparations Study budget language and a link to a recent News Tribune newspaper editorial which preceded the Governor’s signing the Reparations study into law on May 20\, 2025.  \nAdjoa Aiyetoro\, Esq.: 12:15 PM – 12:45 PM ETRenowned civil rights attorney and reparations advocate; Professor of Law Emerita UALR William H. Bowen School of Law; Former Executive Director of National Conference of Black Lawyers (NBCL)  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, May 27th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around! The Fight for Reparations and In Defense of Black Museums”\, with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. will feature special guests The Honorable Jesse Wineberry\, Esq.; Dianne Wilkerson; and\, Adjoa Aiyetoro\, Esq. \nSenate Bill 5167 focuses on a reparations study named for Charles Mitchell and George Washington Bush\, two historical Black figures in Washington State. The bill is part of a broader effort by the Washington Equity Now Alliance (WENA) to advocate for equity policies and reparations studies.  The Washington State Legislature has allocated $300\,000 to fund this study\, marking a significant step toward addressing historical injustices. WENA has been actively supporting this initiative and other equity-related policies in the state. For more details\, you can check the full text on the [Washington Equity Now Alliance website](https://waequitynow.org/senate-bill-5167-pl1-1 ).  \nWashington State is launching its first reparations study\, funded through Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill (ESSB) 5167. This bill\, part of a $78 billion biennial budget\, sets aside $300\,000 to assess reparations for descendants of U.S. chattel slavery. The study is named after Charles Mitchell and George Washington Bush\, two Black pioneers who experienced racial discrimination in early Washington history. Its goal is to analyze the lasting impact of slavery on Washington citizens and recommend policies to state and federal lawmakers. The article emphasizes the importance of maintaining this funding and points out that reparations have previously been granted to Japanese Americans for WWII internment and Indigenous nations for treaty violations. Washington joins California\, New York\, and Colorado in advancing reparative justice\, with support from leaders like Sen. Bob Hasegawa\, Rep. Chipalo Street\, and attorney Jesse Wineberry\, who has been involved in past reparations initiatives.  (Source: https://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/article306310591.html ) \nThe Trump administration has pulled federal funding for Boston’s Museum of African American History\, stating that the grant “no longer serves the interest of the United States.” The museum\, which has been a vital institution for over six decades\, had received a $500\,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to support school trips and educational programs. The funding cut is part of the wrongful and misguided efforts by the Trump Administration to combat what it calls “woke” ideology and “anti-American propaganda.” Museum director Dr. Noelle Trent expressed disbelief at the decision\, emphasizing the museum’s deep connection to key moments in American history\, including abolitionist movements and Black soldiers’ contributions during the Civil War. The museum now faces an uncertain future as it seeks alternative funding sources. (Source: https://chicago.binnews.com/content/2025-05-23-trump-admin-pulls-funding-for-bostons-african-american-history-museum/ ) \n“The City Council [of Boston] voted on a resolution Wednesday in solidarity with the museum and pledged to assist and advocate for replacement funding. This vote\, the sponsor noted\, ‘reflects our shared belief in the importance of preserving this history and supporting those who safeguard it.’ The Museum of African American History offers programs like the upcoming Emancipation Proclamation celebration\, which brings together friends\, families\, and communities to deepen their understanding of Boston’s shared history. These programs help ensure that Black history\, which is American history\, is preserved\, honored\, and passed on to future generations.” Read more on the City of Boston website: https://www.boston.gov/news/supporting-bostons-museum-african-american-history  \nYou can help support Boston’s Museum of African American History by becoming a member: “Preserve the Legacy: By becoming a member\, you have signaled your commitment in sustaining the Museum’s level of programming\, conservation and research. Thank you for your part in safeguarding the longstanding success of this institution and the significant history it represents.” Click the link here: https://joinmaah.humanitru.com/membership?page=landing-page-template-20fef2cd-1864-44b3-bccc-a9893738c2e6&address=optional&hsCtaTracking=80a664ac-2d64-4f50-a132-caf38d23b38b%7C0b035ff7-70da-405e-b39c-f39444cc9169  \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\nArnwine and Jones give the Heroes of the Week Award to Harvard for offering free online courses to all U.S. Citizens on the Constitution\, the federal government\, how to spot a dictator\, and other civics courses.\nVillain of the Week goes to the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”. Arnwine will remind listeners when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121\, be sure to tell your Senator at their home office to say NO to the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and NO to the SAVE Act and remind people to stay in those streets!] )\nThe Honorable Jesse Wineberry\, Esq.\, Congratulations on your recent victory. Please tell our audience what happened last Tuesday.\nAttorney Wineberry\, this legislation is named for Charles Mitchell and George Washington Bush. Please tell our audience about these two unknown heroes. \nAttorney Wineberry\, what are the most important elements\, highlights of this legislation that the Governor signed?\nAttorney Aiyetoro\, why are efforts to institute reparations committees nationwide so important?\nAttorney Wineberry\, why do you think that the efforts in Washington State were so successful?\nDianne\, in the state of Massachusetts there have been several bills introduced for a reparations study commission. As recently as last year\, activists have been calling on Boston to pay $15 Billion as reparations for slavery. What do you think this victory in Washington State will mean for the push for reparations en masse?\nAttorneys Aiyetoro and Wineberry\, you’re involved not only in the Washington State effort but also in the national push. Where do you have your highest hopes for new study commissions to be approved?\nAttorney Aiyetoro\, last week Governor Wes Moore vetoed the study commission. You are working with others to issue a statement regarding this veto and calling for the Maryland General Assembly to override this veto. Tell us why this is important.\nDianne\, all of this- on top of our fight for reparations- we are now actively fighting this Administration. Not only have they attacked the National Museum for African-American History and Culture\, they now are actually defunding African-American museums across the nation. Please tell us what’s happening in Boston with the Boston’s Museum of African American History\, which the Trump Administration claims “no longer serves the interest of the United States.” \nDianne\, how has the Boston community responded to this attack?\nAttorney Aiyetoro\, you have been leading a legal committee that has drafted a powerful resolution regarding the Trump Administration’s attacks on Black museums. Tell us about the status of this resolution. \nHow can people get involved?\nAttorney Aiyetoro\, Thank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\nAttorney Wineberry\, what are the next steps now in Washington State for the study commission?\nHow can people throughout the country support this commission’s work?\nDianne\, The City Council of Boston voted on a resolution Wednesday in solidarity with the museum and pledged to assist and advocate for replacement funding. This vote\, the sponsor noted\, “reflects our shared belief in the importance of preserving this history and supporting those who safeguard it.” What are your perspectives on this action?\nDianne\, what are the next steps in the fight to protect Boston’s Museum of African-American History?\nHow can our listeners get involved?\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[TJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – May 20: If You Want to Be On the Wall: Buy The Wall: The Fight Against History Removal
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				May 20\, 2025: If You Want to Be On the Wall: Buy The Wall: The Fight Against History Removal\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\n\nDr. Karsonya “Kaye” Whitehead\, 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETAssoc. Professor of Communications and African American Studies\, Loyola University; Founding Executive Director\, The Karson Institute for Race\, Peace & Social Justice; 2025 Who’s Who in Black Baltimore?  President\, ASALH (Association for the Study of African American Life And History)  Host of “Today with Dr. Kaye” on Morgan State University’s WEAA-FM (M-F 3pm – 6pm ET). \n\n\nHon. Carl O. Snowden\, 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETConvener\, Caucus of African American Leaders; former Director of Civil Rights\, Office of the Attorney General; former Annapolis City Alderman; Professor of History and Political Science\, President & Founder\, Carl Snowden & Associates; Civil Rights Activist\, Author\, and Frequent Newspaper Guest Columnist. \n\n\nFmr. Md. St. Sen. Michael B. Mitchell\, 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETFormer Maryland State Senator; Former Assistant State’s Attorney for Baltimore City; former Member\, Baltimore City Council Member of the prominent Baltimore family of the same name\, Michael Bowen Mitchell was born in Baltimore\, Maryland. His father\, Clarence Mitchell\, Jr.\, nicknamed the “101st U.S. Senator”  waged a tireless campaign on Capitol Hill\, helping to secure passage of civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s: the Civil Rights Act of 1957\, the Civil Rights Act of 1960\, the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act. Mitchell graduated from Lincoln University\, in Pennsylvania and earned his Juris Doctors from the University of Maryland School of Law. \n\n\nMs. Deborah Omowale Jarmon\, 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETSan Antonio African American Deborah Omowale Jarmon is the Executive Director for the San Antonio African American Community Archive & Museum (SAAACAM)\, with a mission to collect\, archive\, and tell the stories of the African American community in San Antonio. Director Omawale Jarmon is overseeing the privately funded 300\,000 square foot African American Museum in downtown San Antonio\, TX –  which upon completion will be one of the largest African American Museums in America. \n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hey Change Igniters! This week’s “Igniting Change” Radio Show on Tuesday\, May 20th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, is entitled “If You Want to Be on the Wall…Own The Wall!”  (Do The Right Thing). \nAs Sal said in Spike Lee’s movie “Do The Right Thing” when Sal\, an Italian American pizza shop owner\, was asked why Sal did not have Black people on the walls of his pizza shop that operated in a Black neighborhood\, Sal responded “If you want Brothers on walls\, get your place and you can put who you want to on the walls!” \nThe Trump Administration has initiated a continued strategic assault on African Americans and African American History to remove African Americans from the walls of U.S. History.  They have methodically and regularly used the power of the federal government to impose expanded Bans on African American Affirming Books.  The Administration has also sought to minimize and destroy the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC or “Black-Sonian”) in Washington\, DC.  President Trump issued an executive order on March 27\, 2025\, stating that the “Black-Sonian” exhibits unlawfully promote “divisive\, race-centered ideology.” \nOn Saturday\, May 3\, 2025 at the “Black-Sonian” hundreds of supporters got off the sidewalks and took to the streets.  Church congregations\, social organizations\, activists\, students and people who care about Black history rallied to demonstrate their displeasure with the contemplated removal and devaluation of African American history from the “Black-Sonian.” \nOn Sunday\, April 27th\, the African-American Policy Forum (AAPF)had a National Week of Action with faith leaders nationwide speaking out about the attacks on Black History across the country.  There was\, also\, a weeklong campaign led by civil rights leaders to protect the “Black-Sonian.” This campaign\, called “Hands Off Our History/Freedom to Learn National Week of Action\,” was intended to counter efforts by the Trump administration to diminish diversity\, equity\, and inclusion initiatives.  The museum\, described as the “crown jewel” of the Smithsonian system\, is facing criticism and executive orders targeting its narratives. \nThe “Hands Off Our History” campaign concluded with a march on May 3 with demands from the community for the administration to support Black museums and libraries throughout America! Organizers emphasized the importance of preserving Black history as a vital part of American history and democracy. Activists continue to urge communities to raise funds\, visit institutions\, and lobby Congress for support. The museum opened in 2016 and attracts millions of visitors annually.  \nThe “Black-Sonian” highlights the history of slavery\, segregation\, and the contributions of African Americans. Critics of Trump’s order argue that it attempts to erase or distort history. Meanwhile\, the museum has faced leadership changes\, with Kevin Young stepping down as director earlier this month. Democratic lawmakers have condemned the executive order\, calling it an attack on Black history and culture.   \nThe Smithsonian Institution has actively refuted claims that artifacts are being removed from the National Museum of African American History and Culture due to President Trump’s executive order targeting “improper ideology.” The Smithsonian claimed that returning artifacts is standard practice under loan agreements and emphasized that items are rotated to ensure preservation and exhibit variety. They denied allegations of removing significant artifacts\, such as the Greensboro sit-in lunch counter and stool\, stating that these items remain on display in their respective exhibits.  \nThe response to the attack on African American History\, African American Affirming Books\, and Black Museums must be a community-based attack to protect our history.   One such response was demonstrated by the Caucus of African American Leaders\, where its convener\, Carl Snowden\, led a protest against the banned book removal from the library shelves of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis\, Maryland. \nThe protest by the Caucus of African American Leaders was against an Executive Order by President Donald Trump which led to the removal of nearly 400 books from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library. These books\, authored by figures like Maya Angelou and others\, were removed for promoting diversity\, equity\, and inclusion. The protest took place at the Naval Academy in Annapolis\, Maryland\, and included attorneys\, clergy\, educators\, and local residents.  \nThe response to the systemic\, repeated\, and targeted attempts to erase African American history and significance must be addressed at the community level as well as the governmental levels.  Efforts must also be implemented for African American communities to erect privately funded museums and statues to tell their own history.  We must “build our own walls” to protect and tell our story. \nIn San Antonio\, TX the San Antonio African American Community Archive & Museum (SAAACAM) is a privately funded African American Museum that\, upon completion of its 100\,000 square foot building\, will become one of the largest African American Museums in America.   In Annapolis\, Maryland\, on May 28\, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.\, the construction of a privately funded Congressman Parren J. Mitchell Memorial\, celebrating the first African American elected to Congress below the Mason Dixon Line since 1898 (Civil War Reconstruction)\, will be unveiled and join the privately funded “Footsoldier Memorial\, Coretta Scott King Memorial\, and the Martin Luther King\, Jr. Memorial. \n “If you want Brothers on walls\, get your place and you can put who you want to on the walls!”  This philosophy should be a part of the preservation of African American history.  Taxpayer funded memorials and museums that provide the full and inclusive history of contributions to the building of America\,however\, should also be an essential part of displaying African American history. \nToday’s Igniting Change Radio will discuss the privately funded efforts to preserve African American History and the government’s responsibility to funding the full and complete story of American History.   Today’s panel represents experts in African American History as well as former elected officials that will discuss the community and governmental value of telling the whole story of American history. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The questions included below are designed to provide a guide but are not the only possible questions\, nor may they be asked in the exact same order. If a question does not have a specific name\, then it is for everyone. \n Dr. Whitehead \n\n\nDr. Whitehead\, welcome back to Igniting Change.  There was a March in Washington on Saturday\, May 3\, 2025 regarding protecting the Black Smithsonian.  Could you share with our audience what the march was all about? \n\n\nWhy is it important for Black people to become involved in the fight to preserve our museums and build monuments? \n\n\nMs. Omawale Jarmon \n\n\nMs. Omowale\, you are the CEO of what will be one of nation’s largest African American Museums.   What has been the community’s response to the SAAACAM? \n\n\nDo you believe that SAAACAM has made a difference in the community? \n\n\nWhy is SAAACAM important?  How is it funded? \n\n\nSenator Mitchell \n\n\nSenator Mitchell\, there is a monument being built and dedicated to your uncle\, the late Congressman Parren J. Mitchell.  Who was Congressman Mitchell and why is it important that there be a monument in his honor? \n\n\nCarl Snowden \n\n\nCarl Snowden\, you have been involved in building at least four different privately funded memorials that pay tribute to African Americans in your community and state.  Why not force the local\, state or federal government to pay to erect these memorials? \n\n\nCarl\, one of President Trump’s Executive Orders that has everyone upset is the EO on the National Museum for African American History and Culture. What does this Executive Order say? \n\n\n Dr. Whitehead \n\n\nDr. Whitehead\, do you believe that there should be educational programs instituted that require students to visit and write essays about various memorials around their state and country?  What impact would this have on their education? \n\n\n Ms. Omawale Jarmon \n\n\nMs. Omawale there are GenZ and Gen Alpha listening to this show\, what do yo suggest that they do to get involved in the struggle to preserve their history? \n\n\nGeneral Questions \n\n\nThe Trump Administration appears bent on suppressing and erasing African American contributions to American history.  What response should elected officials\, community members and other people have to this occurrence? \n\n\nFor our listeners that want to get involved\, what do you suggest that they do? How do they get involved in the movement to save Black history? \n\n\nDoes the action of the Trump administration demonstrate the importance of voting in America…he who has the money and the power calls the tunes? \n\n\nIf people want to learn more about your organization or want to become involved in the fight to preserve African American history\, how do you suggest that they get involved? \n\n\nIf our listeners have questions\, how can they contact you?
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – May 13: You Have the Power to Save Lives: Addressing The Black overdose Crisis in America
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				May 13\, 2025: You Have the Power to Save Lives: Addressing The Black overdose Crisis in America\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nTracie Gardner: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETExecutive Director of the National Black Harm Prevention Network \nDr. Wanda Boone: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETCEO of Together for Resilient Youth and the lead of the You Have the Power to Save Lives campaign in North Carolina \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, May 13th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “You Have the Power to Save Lives: Addressing The Black overdose Crisis in America”\, with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. will feature special guests Tracie Gardner and Dr. Wanda Boone. \nAccording to the briefing paper by the National Black Harm Reduction Network and Vital Strategies entitled “Left Behind: Black Overdose Rates Surge as National Deaths Decline” (hereinafter cited as “Briefing Paper”)\, “[d]rug overdose is the leading cause of preventable death for Black adults in the United States\, more than gun violence or car crashes. Unpredictable drug supply and the presence of synthetics like fentanyl places everyone at risk regardless of frequency and type of drug use. The overdose crisis is often portrayed as a white issue. But overdose rates among Black individuals have been rising for a decade\, surpassed death rates in white communities in 2020\, and have surged over the last 5 years.”  \nAccording to a Vital Strategies article entitled “Q&A with Tracie Gardner\, Executive Director of the National Black Harm Reduction Network” by Kyli Rodriguez-Cayro further elaborates that in 2024\, “the United States witnessed a decline in overdose deaths for the first time in five years—an estimated 25% decrease through October 2024\, based on the most recent data available. While this overall trend is positive news\, it is not experienced equally: Black and Indigenous communities across the country remain disproportionately affected by fatal overdose. This pattern is reflected in the seven states where Vital Strategies’ Overdose Prevention team is currently working. For example\, in North Carolina\, overdose deaths declined by 27% overall from September 2023 to September 2024\, but increased in Black communities. Similarly\, fatal overdose in Kentucky fell by 10% in 2023\, but increased by 5% among Black Kentuckians.  \nAccording to the latest data that Vital Strategies has on overdoses in Baltimore and DC\, from January 1\, 2018\, through June 30\, 2024\, the DC Medical Examiner investigated 2\,515 opioid overdose deaths. Their study found that 84% or 2\,126 of those who died were Black. On average\, there were 17 opioid-related fatalities per month in 2018 and 23 opioid-related fatalities per month in 2019. This rate increased to 38 deaths per month in 2022 and 43 deaths per month in 2023.  The overdose crisis has also been devastating in Baltimore\, where overdoses were at the highest level for any major American city.  In the past six years\, nearly 6\,000 lives have been lost. The death rate from 2018 to 2022 was roughly double that of any other large city\, with a significant portion of these deaths occurring in the Black community. \nAccording to the Briefing Paper\, “[i]n the vast majority of states where recent data is available by race\, Black communities suffer higher fatal overdose rates than white populations. Black men age 54 to 73 years are four times more likely to die from overdose than other men in their age group. Structural racism\, manifesting through policies and practices that systematically disadvantage Black populations\, exacerbates these disparities. For instance\, from 2019 to 2020\, overdose death rates increased by 44% among non-Hispanic Black individuals\, surpassing the rate among non-Hispanic White individuals for the first time in over two decades. Traditional harm reduction and substance use disorder treatment programs often fail to effectively engage Black individuals due to a lack of cultural tailoring. The absence of culturally specific outreach results in lower utilization of these services by Black communities. Among those who died from overdose in 2020\, Black individuals were least likely to have ever participated in substance use disorder treatment\, although they were most likely to die in communities with a high availability of treatment providers. Misinformation and stigma surrounding substance use disorders contribute to reluctance within Black communities to seek help. Historical and ongoing experiences of discrimination and mistreatment in healthcare settings have fostered deep-seated distrust of providers among Black individuals. This distrust is compounded by fears of legal repercussions\, as drug policies have historically criminalized drug use in Black communities more harshly than in others. Consequently\, Black individuals may be less likely to seek life-saving interventions or participate in substance use health services and overdose prevention programs. The percentage of Black individuals who received substance use disorder treatment was lower compared with White individuals. Geographic disparities also exist\, with non-Hispanic Black individuals experiencing higher rates of drug overdose deaths in urban counties compared to rural ones. In 2020\, the rate of drug overdose deaths among non-Hispanic Black individuals in urban counties was nearly double that in rural counties. \n“Addressing these systemic barriers requires comprehensive strategies that include: \n\n\nDeveloping and implementing culturally specific outreach\, overdose prevention\, and treatment programs. \n\n\nBuilding trust between Black communities and healthcare providers. \n\n\nEnsuring equitable access to medication treatment and substance use health services. \n\n\nAddressing socioeconomic inequities that contribute to health disparities. \n\n\n“By acknowledging and actively working to dismantle these structural barriers\, we can move toward reducing overdose deaths and achieving health equity in Black communities.” \nImplementing these strategies is our guests. Wanda Boone wrote an op-ed in Indy Week entitled “Durham County’s Next Hurdle in the Opioid Battle: Reaching Every Community” outlining her work in Durham County\, North Carolina. Wanda’s organization\, “Together for Resilient Youth (TRY)\, contacted then–Attorney General Josh Stein to highlight the lack of opioid messaging for Black communities. Stein attended a meeting where we presented Durham-specific data\, and after seeing the disparities firsthand\, he updated and enhanced his public messaging to better reflect the crisis in Black communities. This shift helped ensure that the opioid epidemic was no longer discussed as solely a white issue\, but as one affecting all racial groups…Rather than relying solely on outside interventions\, my organization\, TRY\, a Durham-based coalition tackling substance use prevention\, trains trusted community  members—faith leaders\, educators\, business owners\, parents\, and those with lived experience—to spread awareness and distribute naloxone. We know that childhood adversity—abuse\, neglect\, parental incarceration—dramatically increases the risk of substance use later in life\, and the opioid crisis is emblematic of that. In Durham\, harm reduction isn’t just about reversing overdoses. It’s about preventing them in the first place. That means addressing social determinants of health and making sure residents have access to the full spectrum of care\, from prevention to recovery. One of the most promising alliances is with the Black church\, which has long served as a pillar of trust and support. On March 24 we held the first in a series of Zoom meetings with faith leaders to address substance use in their communities and congregations. The goal is simple but profound: make naloxone as commonplace as a first-aid kit in places of worship…Public awareness campaigns are another key piece of the puzzle.  Billboards\, social media campaigns\, and public service announcements have proven effective in other communities\, but they remain underfunded in Durham’s Black neighborhoods. North Carolina’s harm-reduction efforts have come a long way. Since 2017\, the number of substance-use programs statewide has grown from 29 to 50. Naloxone distribution has \n expanded. But the work is far from over. Every resident needs to understand it just takes one \n spray to save a life.” \nTracie Gardner is the Executive Director of the National Black Harm Reduction Network. Daliah Heller is Vice President of drug use initiatives at Vital Strategies. Together\, they wrote an article in the Washington Informer entitled “Preventing Overdose Deaths in Black Communities” describing the importance of Naloxone and are launching\, with community partners like TRY\, a seven-city “Naloxone in Black” media campaign in late March to promote access to the lifesaving medication. Their campaign will focus on Philadelphia\, Newark\, Milwaukee\, Detroit\, Louisville\, Durham\, and Albuquerque.  \nWe are not powerless in the opioid crisis\, as they reminded us at the end of their article: “Every overdose death is a preventable tragedy. With naloxone in hand\, you can save a life.” \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				12:00 PM – 12:15 PM ET[CURRENT EVENTS SEGMENT] \n12:15 PM ET \n\nSwitching now to today’s topic\, Tracie Gardner\, welcome to our show and thank you so much for being here to discuss this very serious issue of life and death for too many African-Americans. Please tell our audience what is the opioid crisis?\nTracie\, how does this crisis affect the African-American community in particular?\nDr. Wanda Boone\, welcome to the show. We know you have been doing some incredible work in Durham. How did you get involved with this work?\nTracie\, can you tell us more about the story of Kimberly Douglas and her son Bryce?\nTell us about your programs. What are some of the strategies you’re using\, respectively\, in your programs?\nTracie\, the You Have the Power to Save Lives campaign operates in seven cities – Newark\, Milwaukee\, Detroit\, Philadelphia\, Louisville\, Durham\, and Albuquerque. Tell us about those seven cities and why these are the priority cities.\nTell us about the different programs in each city. \nDr. Boone\, you lead the Durham program. Tell us specifically about that campaign. \nWe have a large part of our audience in Washington\, D.C. and Baltimore. What should they know about the opioid crisis in these areas?\nLet’s talk about the role of race in this hidden crisis. How do you believe the role of race accounts for the national neglect on this issue?\nPlease tell us why Naloxone is so critical to the protection of lives to those who are fighting opioid addiction. \nIf you are a parent or a friend of someone who you know is part of the opioidh crisis\, what do you need to know? How can people be prepared to protect lives?\nWe know about your work with the Black churches. How do you hope to amplify this campaign in the future? \nHow can our audience get involved in your campaigns?\nOne of the issues is the stigma- what are your best recommendations for how to address the stigma that prevents so many people from getting help?\nHow can our listeners get involved?\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[Let’s talk about what’s going on with the SAVE Act. Is voting a privilege or right?! Arnwine will remind listeners when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121\, be sure to tell your Senator to say NO to the SAVE Act and remind people to stay in those streets!] \n[TJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – May 6: If You Want to Be On the Wall: Buy The Wall: The Fight Against History Removal
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				May 6\, 2025: If You Want to Be On the Wall: Buy The Wall: The Fight Against History Removal\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nDr. Karsonya “Kaye” Whitehead\, 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETAssoc. Professor of Communications and African American Studies\, Loyola University; Founding Executive Director\, The Karson Institute for Race\, Peace & Social Justice; 2025 Who’s Who in Black Baltimore?  \nHon. Carl O. Snowden\, 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETConvener\, Caucus of African American Leaders; former Director of Civil Rights\, Office of the Attorney General; former Annapolis City Alderman; Professor of History and Political Science\, President & Founder\, Carl Snowden & Associates; Civil Rights Activist\, Author\, and Frequent Newspaper Guest Columnist. \nFmr. Md. St. Sen. Michael B. Mitchell\, 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETFormer Maryland State Senator; Former Assistant State’s Attorney for Baltimore City; former Member\, Baltimore City Council Member of the prominent Baltimore family of the same name\, Michael Bowen Mitchell was born in Baltimore\, Maryland. His father\, Clarence Mitchell\, Jr.\, nicknamed the “101st U.S. Senator” waged a tireless campaign on Capitol Hill\, helping to secure passage of civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s: the Civil Rights Act of 1957\, the Civil Rights Act of 1960\, the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act. Mitchell graduated from Lincoln University\, in Pennsylvania and earned his Juris Doctors from the University of Maryland School of Law. \nMs. Deborah Omawale Jarmon\, 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETSan Antonio African American Deborah Omowale Jarmon is the xecutive Director for the San Antonio African American Community Archive & Museum (SAAACAM)\, with a mission to collect\, archive\, and tell the stories of the African American community in San Antonio. Director Omawale Jarmon is overseeing the privately funded 300\,000 square foot African American Museum in downtown San Antonio\, TX – which upon completion will be one of the largest African American Museums in America. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, September 26th\, 2023\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled\, “Elevating Gen Z and Young Millennials to the Forefront of the Fight for a Multiracial Democracy”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and guests Myles B.Caggins; Bahram Mehretu; Stella McMillan; Andres Cubillos; Constance Crockett; Quincy Robinson; and\, Gemale A. Black. \nToday’s show will review the recent Gen Z and Millennial Votes Matter Leadership Training\, held September 20th – 24th in Washington\, D.C. during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference.  Today’s guests are all TJC Alumni who will be discussing their experiences from the Training. This paid training opportunity followed a train-the-trainer model and prepared 50 young people to go into their communities as voting rights advocates. Since 2016\, TJC has invested in trainings to enhance the leadership skills of those 18 – 35 years of age. This represented the 15th such training and activation for Gen Z’s and young Millennials. During this September 2023 4-day Training\, there was 22 panels from 47 experts\, as well as one of the panels being at the Congressional Black Caucus’ Annual Legislative Conference\, a community engagement project in Northern Virginia\, a reception\, an awards ceremony\, and a press conference on “Power on the Line: Alabama’s Defiance of the Supreme Court”. \nMyles B. Caggins III will also provide a brief and timely update about the US Department of Agriculture’s Discrimination Financial Assistance Program. This is his second time as a guest on our program this year. The application deadline for the Black Farmers’ Fund was just extended from October 31st\, 2023 to January 13th\, 2024. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\nThe questions included below are designed to provide a guide but are not the only possible questions\, nor may they be asked in the exact same order. If a question does not have a specific name\, then it is for everyone. \n Dr. Whitehead \n\n\nDr. Whitehead\, welcome back to Igniting Change.  There was a March in Washington on Saturday\, May 3\, 2025 regarding protecting the Black Smithsonian.  Could you share with our audience what the march was all about? \n\n\nWhy is it important for Black people to become involved in the fight to preserve our museums and build monuments? \n\n\n\n Ms. Omawale Jarmon\n\n\n\n\n\nMs. Omawale\, you are the CEO of what will be one of nation’s largest African American Museums.   What has been the community’s response to the SAAACAM? \n\n\nDo you believe that SAAACAM has made a difference in the community? \n\n\nWhy is SAAACAM important?  How is it funded? \n\n\nSenator Mitchell \n\n\nSenator Mitchell\, there is a monument being built and dedicated to your uncle\, the late Congressman Parren J. Mitchell.  Who was Congressman Mitchell and why is it important that there be a monument in his honor? \n\n\nCarl Snowden \n\n\nCarl Snowden\, you have been involved in building at least four different privately funded memorials that pay tribute to African Americans in your community and state.  Why not force the local\, state or federal government to pay to erect these memorials? \n\n\nCarl\, one of President Trump’s Executive Orders that has everyone upset is the EO on the National Museum for African American History and Culture. What does this Executive Order say? \n\n\n Dr. Whitehead \n\n\nDr. Whitehead\, do you believe that there should be educational programs instituted that require students to visit and write essays about various memorials around their state and country?  What impact would this have on their education? \n\n\n Ms. Omawale Jarmon \n\n\nMs. Omawale there are GenZ and Gen Alpha listening to this show\, what do yo suggest that they do to get involved in the struggle to preserve their history? \n\n\nGeneral Questions \n\n\nThe Trump Administration appears bent on suppressing and erasing African American contributions to American history.  What response should elected officials\, community members and other people have to this occurrence? \n\n\nFor our listeners that want to get involved\, what do you suggest that they do? How do they get involved in the movement to save Black history? \n\n\nDoes the action of the Trump administration demonstrate the importance of voting in America…he who has the money and the power calls the tunes? \n\n\nIf people want to learn more about your organization or want to become involved in the fight to preserve African American history\, how do you suggest that they get involved? \n\n\nIf our listeners have questions\, how can they contact you?
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – April 29: We Will Not Be Moved: Freedom to Learn and Celebrate Our History
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				April 29\, 2025: We Will Not Be Moved: Freedom to Learn and Celebrate Our History\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nShavon Airline Bradley\,: 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM ETShavon Arline-Bradley is the President and CEO of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). She brings over 21 years of experience in healthcare\, diversity\, equity\, inclusion\, government affairs\, and executive leadership. She is also the founding principal and CEO of R.E.A.C.H. Beyond Solutions\, a firm focused on public health\, advocacy\, and executive leadership. Before leading NCNW\, she served as senior advisor and director of external engagement during the Obama Administration in the Department of Health & Human Services for the 19th U.S. Surgeon General\, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy. She also held key roles at the NAACP\, including executive vice president of strategic planning and partnerships. A southern New Jersey native\, Shavon earned her undergraduate degree in exercise science and a master’s in public health from Tulane University. She also holds a Master of Divinity from Virginia Union University and has completed executive certificates in business management and diversity & inclusion from Howard University and Cornell University. Her leadership extends to various organizations\, including Delta Sigma Theta Sorority\, Inc.\, the NAACP Board of Directors Health Committee\, and the Oprah Winfrey Network initiative “OWN Your Health.” She is also an ordained minister and an advocate for health equity and social justice. \nCarl Snowden: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETCarl Snowden is the originator and Convenor of the Caucus of African American Leaders (CAAL). CAAL’s purpose is to fight for the human rights of African Americans and to create a just society. Mr. Snowden is a noted Civil Rights Activist\, Author\, Frequent Newspaper Guest Columnist\, Former Elected Official\, and Former Director for Civil Rights at the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland. \nProf. Kimberlé Crenshaw\, Esq.: 12:20 PM – 12:57 PM ETCo-founder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum; Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies at Columbia Law School; Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor at Columbia Law School and the Promise Institute Professor at UCLA Law School; A leading authority on civil rights\, Black feminist legal theory\, and race\, racism and the law\, popularly known for her development of “intersectionality”\,  “Critical Race Theory” and the #SayHerName campaign; Personal Twitter: @sandylocks; Organization Twitter: @AAPolicyForum \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, April 29th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “We Will Not Be Moved: Freedom to Learn and Celebrate Our History”\, with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. will feature special guests Shavon Airline Bradley\, Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw\, Esq.\, and Carl Snowden. \nOn Sunday\, April 27th\, the African-American Policy Forum (AAPF) kicked off the National Week of Action with faith leaders nationwide speaking out about the attacks on Black History across the country\, as well as a powerful op-ed from AAPF executive director Kimberlé Crenshaw calling for collective resistance! Your organization can show support or you can join us individually in the fight!  \nThroughout this week\, we want to know how you will show up for Black history! Check out five ways to get involved in detail at www.freedomtolearn.net and register to attend the May 3 National Day of Action here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/f2l-national-week-of-action-dc-activation-tickets-1331013530299?aff=oddtdtcreator  \nOn Wednesday\, April 30th at 7pm ET\, join AAPF for Beyond the First 100 Days: Centering Racial Justice and Black History in Our Fight for Democracy. AAPF\, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)\, will host a virtual webinar featuring Shavon Arline-Bradley\, Barbara Arnwine\, Melanie Campbell\, Kimberlé Crenshaw\, Marc Morial\, and Kaye Wise Whitehead. The conversation will also feature excerpts and poems performed by our artivists throughout the program. Find out more information and RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/under-the-blacklight-wasalh-beyond-the-first-100-days-tickets-1325849173569?aff=oddtdtcreator  \nThere will be a weeklong campaign led by civil rights leaders to protect the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington\, D.C. This campaign\, called #HandsOffOurHistory/Freedom to Learn National Week of Action\, aims to counter efforts by the Trump administration to diminish diversity\, equity\, and inclusion initiatives and to challenge the teaching of Black history. The museum\, described as the “crown jewel” of the Smithsonian system\, has faced criticism and executive orders targeting its narratives. \nThe campaign includes a march on May 3 and calls for community support for Black museums and libraries. Organizers emphasize the importance of preserving Black history as a vital part of American history and democracy. Activists are urging communities to raise funds\, visit institutions\, and lobby Congress for support. The museum has been a significant cultural site since its opening in 2016\, attracting millions of visitors annually. (Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/28/civil-rights-rally-museum-african-american-history/83324998007/ ) \nBlack churches are showing support for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture\, following criticism from former President Donald Trump. Trump issued an executive order on March 27\, 2025\, alleging that Smithsonian exhibits promote “divisive\, race-centered ideology.” In response\, Rev. Robert Turner and other clergy have rallied to defend the museum’s mission\, emphasizing its role in preserving Black history and culture. Turner\, pastor of Empowerment Temple AME Church in Baltimore\, has incorporated the museum into his monthly advocacy walks for reparations. Churches are also encouraging members to join the museum as supporters\, with memberships starting at $25 annually. \nThe museum\, which opened in 2016\, highlights the history of slavery\, segregation\, and the contributions of Black Americans. Critics of Trump’s order argue that it attempts to erase or distort history. Meanwhile\, the museum has faced leadership changes\, with Kevin Young stepping down as director earlier this month. Democratic lawmakers have condemned the executive order\, calling it an attack on Black history and culture. (Source: https://apnews.com/article/smithsonian-african-american-museum-black-churches-trump-93cb4969ecc77836b36e7083980d9e29 ) \nThe Smithsonian Institution has actively refuted claims that artifacts are being removed from the National Museum of African American History and Culture due to President Trump’s executive order targeting “improper ideology.” The Smithsonian claimed that returning artifacts is standard practice under loan agreements and emphasized that items are rotated to ensure preservation and exhibit variety. They denied allegations of removing significant artifacts\, such as the Greensboro sit-in lunch counter and stool\, stating that these items remain on display in their respective exhibits. (source: https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/04/28/smithsonian-african-american-museum-trump-dei ) \nA recent executive order signed by former President Donald Trump on April 23\, 2025 could significantly impact civil rights protections. The order aims to amend or deprioritize enforcement of provisions in the 1964 Civil Rights Act\, particularly those related to “disparate-impact liability.” This liability addresses policies that unintentionally lead to discrimination against specific groups. Trump argues that the changes promote meritocracy and a “colorblind society\,” but critics say the move undermines decades of progress in combating discrimination. \nCivil rights leaders and legal experts express concern that the order could weaken protections for marginalized groups\, create confusion\, and lead to extensive litigation. They also view it as a calculated rollback of civil rights laws\, benefiting the powerful while harming those the laws were designed to protect. Activists are calling for public action to defend the foundational principles of equality and justice.  \n“Lots of people\, including white men\, had also been discriminated against in the workplace because of issues like short stature and benefitted from protections in the law\, said Barbara Arnwine\, president and founder of Transformative Justice\, a national civil rights organization. Derrick Johnson\, president of the NAACP\, and Fatima Goss Graves\, president of the National Women’s Law Center\, join others at a gathering Jan. 22\, 2025 at the National Press Club in Washington\, D.C.\, to discuss concerns about efforts to eliminate diversity programs. ‘That’s something that people want to forget\,’ she said. \n… \nThe civil rights law has been in place through the presidencies of other Republicans\, including Ronald Reagan\, both Bushes and Trump’s first term\, advocates said. Arnwine called the issue an ‘ideological wedge’ that Trump wants to use to gain points with his political base. “‘He believes that racial resentment is an effective tool\,’ she said. ‘And it is. Whenever he’s unpopular\, his go-to is to go to two things where he continues to have massive popularity among his followers and that’s race and deportation\, which is the same thing. It’s all race\,’ she said. ‘And he plays that card over and over again.’ She and other activists said efforts to push back against the order will require a substantial public response. ‘It should be a call to action and a reminder that all of us have to join together and fight for those foundational ideas\,” Goss Graves said\, “the idea that we are all equal\, the idea that we can be safe in spaces like work or at school\, and the idea that no matter who you are\, you can be treated with dignity.’” (source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/24/trump-order-civil-rights-protections-at-risk/83249915007/ ) \nA protest by the Caucus of African American Leaders against an executive order by President Donald Trump led to the removal of nearly 400 books from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library. These books\, authored by figures like Maya Angelou and others\, were removed for promoting diversity\, equity\, and inclusion. The protest took place at the Naval Academy in Annapolis\, Maryland\, and included attorneys\, clergy\, educators\, and local residents. \n“’We’ve come today to announce our own executive order: that we collectively fight racism by any means necessary\,’ said Carl Snowden\, an activist. ‘We see the efforts to determine who can read what works and who can be allowed to speak to be very troubling for our society.’” \n“Daryl Jones is with the Transformative Justice Coalition\, which gives away banned books. ‘The Sum of Us\,’ which is banned\, talks about how racism hurts everybody\,’ Jones said. ‘It talks about\, if we have contributions from everyone\, it becomes that much easier to allow someone to use their abilities.’” \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				12:00 PM – 12:15 PM ET \n\nShavon\, welcome to your inaugural appearance on Igniting Change. TJC has enjoyed a long and productive relationship with the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)\, founded by the honorable Dorothy Height. We know there’s a lot on your plate. Tell us why it is so important to NCNW as a partner in this “Freedom to Learn” Week?\nHow can people get involved with NCNW? \nShavon\, you are a participant in AAPF’s “Under The Blacklight” program on Wednesday\, April 30th at 7pm ET entitled “Beyond the First 100 Days: Centering Racial Justice and Black History in Our Fight for Democracy”. AAPF\, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)\, will host a virtual webinar featuring Shavon Arline-Bradley\, Barbara Arnwine\, Melanie Campbell\, Kimberlé Crenshaw\, Marc Morial\, and Kaye Wise Whitehead. The conversation will also feature excerpts and poems performed by our artivists throughout the program. Why is it important that people watch this program?\nShavon\, what is the significance to Black women of this week?\nThank you so much for joining us today. Shavon\, what do you hope will be accomplished during the Freedom To Learn Week? \nKim\, what about you?\nShavon\, how do you people get in contact with you?\n\n12:15 PM ET \n\nKim\, give us an overview of the nationwide outlook on the entire “Freedom to Learn” Week.\nKim\, you have done this program before. How many times have you done this program and how is the program different this year?\nOne of President Trump’s Executive Orders that has everyone upset is the EO on the National Museum for African American History and Culture. \nKim\, what does this Executive Order say?\nKim and Carl\, Why is it so important for people to voice their opposition to this attack on the museum?\nKim\, there is another opportunity for people to show up and be involved this Saturday at a D.C. activation. How do people get involved?\n(Arnwine and Jones give the Heroes of the Week Award to the Caucus of African American Leaders and to the Universities signing a letter rebuking President Trump’s overreach and his violation to control universities and colleges in this country)\nCarl\, tell everyone listening throughout the country about last week’s protest that you had at the U.S. Naval Academy.\n(Barbara and Daryl will remind people throughout the country: “Don’t let them ban our history and the teaching of our history throughout the country)\nKim\, why is it important we be vigilant nationwide as they were in Maryland?\nHow do people get resources to be involved?\nCarl\, last week\, I was really moved by the Parren J. Mitchell Dinner which was organized by our own Daryl Jones which was so filled with history. Tell people about the Children’s Museum that was part of this program.\nKim\, is this model of the Children’s Museum to teach Black History one that can be replicated throughout our nation?\nBlack churches have been actively rallying around the African American Museum. What do you think about these new Black church leaders\, like Rev. Otis Moss III and others\, and this new Black church movement that we’re seeing supporting boycotts\, teaching Black history\, and taking other steps?\nThe 62nd Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr\,’s Letter from the Birmingham Jail just passed. Also this month\, the weekend of the Hands Off Protests\, was the Anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination. Unfortunately\, there hasn’t been a lot of discussion about either of these two events. Are Black leaders doing everything they should at this moment? What should they do more of?\nWhat do you feel about this whole movement for African Americans to “sit out”\, “rest”\, and not be involved in this moment?\nFreedom to Learn is every week\, right? How do people keep the Spirit of the “Freedom to Learn Week” going every week\, every month\, every day?\nWhat are your final one-minute thoughts?\nThank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[Let’s talk about what’s going on with the SAVE Act. Is voting a privilege or right?! Arnwine will remind listeners when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121\, be sure to tell your Senator to say NO to the SAVE Act and remind people to stay in those streets!] \n[TJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – April 22: The Trump Administration Attempts To Disappear Justice! Unconstitutional Border Detentions\, Unlawful Deportations and Student Visa Revocations
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				April 22\, 2025: The Trump Administration Attempts To Disappear Justice! Unconstitutional Border Detentions\, Unlawful Deportations and Student Visa Revocations\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nAmy Greer\, Esq.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETAmy Greer is the attorney representing Mahmoud Khalil\, a Columbia University graduate who is currently facing deportation. Amy Greer is an attorney with experience in both criminal defense and financial regulation. She is currently an associate at Dratel & Lewis\, where she has worked on cases involving international extradition\, RICO\, terrorism\, drug trafficking\, and sexual assault. Before joining Dratel & Lewis\, she was an assistant public defender in Alaska\, focusing on connecting clients with support services. She also worked on federal habeas claims for individuals sentenced to death in Florida. Greer earned her J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law in 2020 and is admitted to the New York\, New Jersey\, and District of Columbia bars. During law school\, she interned with various organizations defending individuals charged with capital crimes and was a published member of the Law Review. Before pursuing law\, she worked in university archives\, public libraries\, and nonprofits\, and served as adjunct faculty at Roger Williams University. Find more on her bio: https://dratellewis.com/team/amy-greer/ ; Amy Greer has a presence on Substack where she shares insights on legal matters and advocacy\, which can be viewed here: https://substack.com/@amygreer \nAttorney Amir Makled: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETAmir Makled is a trial lawyer specializing in civil rights\, personal injury\, and criminal defense. He is a partner at Hall Makled Law\, where he represents clients in state and federal courts. Makled has built a reputation as an aggressive and relentless advocate\, handling high-profile cases that have gained national and international attention. (https://www.hallmakled.com/attornies-bio/amir-makled ) \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, April 22nd\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “The Trump Administration Attempts To Disappear Justice! Unconstitutional Border Detentions\, Unlawful Deportations and Student Visa Revocations”\, with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. will feature special guests Amy Greer\, Esq. and Attorney Amir Makled. This show will continue our weekly exposé of the unconstitutional and unlawful actions by the Trump Administration and the national mobilization of opposition. Sadly\, one of the most-touted of the Administration’s policies has been focused on deportations\, accusations\, searches\, and detentions of anyone who wasn’t born in the United States. A special target of the Administration has been students\, especially those who have protested\, whether in person\, online\, or in other ways\, against the Administration’s policies- even if the protests occurred years ago. This last weekend\, there were massive “No Kings” protests\, organized by the 50501 Movement\, across the country\, a sequel to the April 5th “Hands Off” protests with significant growth and expansion in “Red States”. Today\, April 22nd\, there is a “Housing Now” Rally in D.C. with nationwide protests. \nOur first Igniting Change guest\, Amy Greer\, is the attorney representing Mahmoud Khalil\, a Columbia University graduate who is currently facing deportation. Khalil\, a lawful permanent U.S. resident\, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in March 2025\, despite not being charged with a crime. His legal team\, including Greer\, argues that his detention violates his First Amendment rights. Greer has been actively involved in challenging the government’s actions and advocating for Khalil’s release. \nMahmoud Khalil’s case has taken a dramatic turn. A Louisiana immigration judge recently ruled that Khalil\, a Columbia University graduate and legal permanent U.S. resident\, can be deported. His legal team has until April 23 to file applications for relief to stop his removal. (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/judge-rules-columbia-activist-mahmoud-khalil-can-be-deported/ar-AA1CLzsr ) \nThe government has justified his deportation under a rarely used provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act\, arguing that his presence poses “potentially serious foreign policy consequences”. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a memo stating that Khalil’s activism\, particularly his involvement in pro-Palestinian protests\, undermines U.S. policy to combat antisemitism (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-permits-trump-administration-to-deport-columbia-student-mahmoud-khalil/ar-AA1CLwYy ; https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mahmoud-khalil-case-ordered-to-show-evidence-government-asserts-rubios-authority/ar-AA1CHx5H ). However\, Khalil’s attorneys argue that the government has failed to provide substantial evidence to support its claims and that his deportation is an attempt to silence political dissent. (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/governments-case-against-mahmoud-khalil-shaky-and-reliant-on-tabloid-accounts-review-of-evidence-shows/ar-AA1CVPep ) \nKhalil\, who is married to an American citizen\, has been detained in Louisiana since his March 8 arrest at his Columbia University housing. His legal team is also pursuing a separate federal case in New Jersey\, challenging the legality of his detention. (https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/14/mahmoud_khalil_columbia_immigration_judge ) Mahmoud Khalil was denied temporary release from ICE detention to attend the birth of his first child. His attorneys requested a two-week furlough\, offering conditions such as a GPS ankle monitor and scheduled check-ins\, but ICE denied the request within 30 minutes. Khalil’s wife\, Noor Abdalla\, gave birth in New York City while Khalil remained detained in Louisiana\, over 1\,000 miles away. Abdalla condemned the decision\, stating that ICE and the Trump administration had stolen “precious moments” from their family. Khalil’s legal team continues to fight his deportation order\, arguing that his detention is politically motivated and lacks substantial evidence. (https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/21/us/mahmoud-khalil-denied-ice-release-son-birth/index.htm ) \nOur second Igniting Change guest\, Attorney Amir Makled\, was recently detained by federal immigration agents at Detroit Metro Airport while returning from a family vacation. He was questioned about his legal work and clients\, particularly his representation of a student protester involved in a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of Michigan. Makled refused to hand over his phone\, citing attorney-client privilege\, and was eventually released after 90 minutes of interrogation. (https://www.wcbe.org/npr-news/2025-04-09/attorney-representing-a-student-protester-detained-by-federal-immigration-agents ; https://arabamericannews.com/2025/04/11/dearborn-attorney-detained-at-detroit-metro-airport-after-family-vacation-cbp-questioned-him-about-clients-and-attempted-to-seize-his-phone/ ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isun457X4FI ) \nInternational Student Visas Revoked- Updated\, April 21st \nThe most recent data on international student visa revocations shows that over 1\,500 students from nearly 250 colleges have had their visas revoked (https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/international-students-us/2025/04/21/five-key-takeaways-tracking-student-visa). The revocations have disproportionately affected students involved in political activism\, particularly pro-Palestinian protests. (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/18/us-revokes-nearly-1500-student-visas-who-are-the-targets) The Trump administration has justified these actions by claiming that some students were using their visas to disrupt campus operations\, though legal experts argue that the policy is arbitrary and unconstitutional. (https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/international-students-us/2025/04/07/where-students-have-had-their-visas-revoked ) \nA map tracking affected institutions has been published\, showing that the majority of revocations have occurred at large public universities\, though private liberal arts colleges have also been impacted. The Inside Higher Ed database continues to grow as more colleges disclose information. \nThe Inside Higher Ed article reports that over 1\,680 international students from 250+ colleges and universities have had their visas revoked by the State Department as of April 21st. You can see the updated map here: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/international-students-us/2025/04/07/where-students-have-had-their-visas-revoked This number is significantly higher than the 300 students initially estimated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. \nThe revocations are part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration and alleged antisemitism\, though the exact reasons for most terminations remain unclear. Rubio has claimed that some students entered the U.S. not just to study but to participate in disruptive movements\, but legal experts argue that the policy is arbitrary and unconstitutional. \nStudents affected by the revocations are now filing lawsuits\, with at least 16 legal challenges arguing that the terminations violate due process and are an abuse of discretion. The article also includes a map and database tracking affected institutions\, which is updated twice daily. \nThe Supreme Court’s Late-Night Rebuke to Trump – Case: A.A.R.P. v. Trump\, No. 24-1098 (U.S. Apr. 19\, 2025). [AARP stands for Advocates for Asylum and Refugee Protection] (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/supreme-court-blocks-deportations-donald-trump-alito-dissent.html ; https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/a-a-r-p-v-trump/) \nIn addition to these 2 stories this show will highlight the Trump Administration’s Alien Enemies Act of 1789. On April 19\, 2025\, in a dramatic late‐night ruling\, the Supreme Court of the United States halted the Trump administration’s plan to deport a group of Venezuelan migrants who were in U.S. custody. The emergency order—issued shortly before 1 a.m.—blocked efforts to fly these individuals to a detention facility in El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798\, a law originally intended for times of war. \nThe case centered on reports that the government was preparing to deport the migrants almost immediately\, relying on terse\, English-only notices that gave them no effective opportunity to contest their removals in court. An urgent appeal had been filed by the ACLU\, arguing that such abrupt action flagrantly violated due process rights that had been reinforced by a prior Supreme Court directive just 12 days earlier. According to the emergency order\, the Government was directed not to remove any member of this group until further notice from the Court. \nThe decision was not without controversy. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented sharply. In their view\, the emergency relief was “hastily and prematurely granted\,” noting that the Court had received only the applicants’ filings without a substantive response from the government or lower courts. They argued that this unconventional late‑night intervention bypassed the usual procedural safeguards\, including a full consideration of all arguments and evidence. \nThis ruling underscores the judiciary’s increasingly assertive stance against what many see as the administration’s attempts to circumvent established legal processes—especially in cases involving high-stakes immigration actions under obscure wartime provisions. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The show will start off with: \n\n Arnwine giving a shout out condolence to Tenisha Evan’s family at the start of the radio show. C-Hosts Arnwine and Jones will announce that there will be a future show about the epidemic of Black maternal mortality in the US. https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/queens-mother-death-c-section/\nArnwine and Jones giving the Miscreants of the Week Award to Justices Thomas and Alito for their cruel dissents in the recent Supreme Court decision\, A.A.R.P. v. Trump\, No. 24-1098 (U.S. Apr. 19\, 2025). [AARP stands for Advocates for Asylum and Refugee Protection]\nAmy\, please tell us about Mahmoud Khalil and the Trump Administration’s detention of him. What is the current status of the case? What strain has this caused on his family?\nWhat can people do to help?\nAmir\, tell people what happened to you when you were detained by federal immigration agents at Detroit Metro Airport while returning from a family vacation.\nWhat can people do to help?\nFrom reading social media\, it’s clear that there is a lot of confusion about the rights people are entitled to under the U.S. Constitution and our statutes. Let’s go through the basic rights that all people residing within the United States are entitled to. The 14th Amendment and it’s due process clause is the one most people have been hearing about\, especially because of the Garcia case. How do these rights vary if you’re an international student on a visa\, if you’re a green card holder\, or a permanent resident?\nWhat about the First\, Fourth\, Fifth\, Sixth\, and Eighth Amendments (with a brief explanation of each amendment)?\nLet’s talk about some of the current misdeeds of this Administration and their revocation of SEVIS. The Inside Higher Ed article reports that over 1\,680 international students from 250+ colleges and universities have had their visas revoked by the State Department as of April 21. Why should every American be concerned about this?\nWhat do you think these colleges and universities should do to protect their international students?\nAs immigration lawyers\, what do you make out of Trump’s repeated statements that he wants to send American citizens to El Salvador prisons? Why is this unconstitutional?\nIs this the new U.S. Slave Trade?\nIn A.A.R.P. v. Trump\, No. 24-1098 (U.S. Apr. 19\, 2025)\, [For our listening audience\, AARP stands for Advocates for Asylum and Refugee Protection]\, on April 19\, 2025\, in a dramatic late‐night ruling\, the Supreme Court halted the Trump administration’s plan to deport a group of Venezuelan migrants who were in U.S. custody. The emergency order—issued shortly before 1 a.m.—blocked efforts to fly these individuals to a detention facility in El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798\, a law originally intended for times of war. What is your view of this case? What is your hope for this case?\nWhat do our listeners need to know right now about your cases and about what they can do to help?\nWhat are your final one-minute thoughts?\nThank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[Let’s talk about what’s going on with the SAVE Act. Is voting a privilege or right?! Arnwine will remind listeners when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121\, be sure to tell your Senator to say NO to the SAVE Act and remind people to stay in those streets!] \n[TJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – April 15: No Capitulating on U.S. Democracy: The U.N. Permanent Forum on People of African Descent\, Reparations\, and Fighting the SAVE Act in the Senate
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				April 15\, 2025: No Capitulating on U.S. Democracy: The U.N. Permanent Forum on People of African Descent\, Reparations\, and Fighting the SAVE Act in the Senate\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nAdjoa Aiyetoro\, Esq.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETRenowned civil rights attorney and reparations advocate \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, April 15th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “No Capitulating on U.S. Democracy: The U.N. Permanent Forum on People of African Descent\, Reparations\, and Fighting the SAVE Act in the Senate”\, with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. will feature special guests Adjoa Aiyetoro\, Esq. and others. \nThe fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent is currently taking place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from April 14 to April 17\, 2025. This year’s theme is “Africa and people of African descent: United for reparatory justice in the age of Artificial Intelligence”. The forum is focusing on reparations for historical injustices\, racial inequalities\, and the impact of AI on people of African descent. Guest Adjoa Aiyetoro\, Esq. and Co-Host Barbara Arnwine are currently attending the Forum and related events. \nKey discussions include: \n\n\nReparatory justice for the legacies of colonialism and enslavement. \n\n\nIntersectional racial violence affecting women and girls of African descent. \n\n\nHuman rights-based policymaking to combat systemic racism. \n\n\nArtificial Intelligence and racial bias\, addressing algorithmic discrimination. \n\n\nThe bicentennial anniversary of Haiti’s “independence debt”\, highlighting the lasting effects of colonization. \n\n\nThe sessions can be viewed live on webtv.un.org. Here is the link to the official schedule and side events: https://ohchrfourthsessionoftheperm.sched.com/list/simple.   \nThe forum has seen urgent calls for reparations\, with leaders emphasizing the need for legal\, material\, and institutional restitution. Colombia’s Vice President Francia Márquez has urged former colonial powers to take responsibility for their past actions. \n(Sources: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. (2025\, April 14). Fourth session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. Retrieved from https://www.ohchr.org/en/events/sessions/2025/fourth-session-permanent-forum-people-african-descent . \nUnited Nations News. (2025\, April 14). UN forum on People of African Descent examines reparations and AI challenge. Retrieved from https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/04/1162221 . \nUnited Nations Secretary-General. (2025\, April 14). Secretary-General’s remarks to the Fourth Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. Retrieved from https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statement/2025-04-14/secretary-generals-remarks-the-fourth-session-of-the-permanent-forum-people-of-african-descent-delivered)  \nThe SAVE ActThe Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act passed the House of Representatives on April 10\, 2025\, with a 220-208 vote. The bill\, introduced by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX)\, requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration. \nHowever\, the bill faces significant opposition in the Senate\, where it must clear a 60-vote threshold to pass. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has stated that the bill is “dead on arrival” in the Senate\, calling it a “how-to guide for voter suppression”. \nHere are the sources in APA format: \n\n\nABC News. (2025\, April 10). House passes bill to require proof of citizenship to register to vote\, drawing ire of voting rights groups. Retrieved from https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-passes-bill-require-proof-citizenship-register-vote/story?id=120691270  \n\n\nPolitico. (2025\, April 14). The House passed the SAVE Act. What comes next?. Retrieved from https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-score/2025/04/14/the-house-passed-the-save-act-what-comes-next-00288458.  \n\n\nMSN News. (2025\, April 13). What is the SAVE Act and why are married women concerned? Here’s what to know. Retrieved from https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-is-the-save-act-and-why-are-married-women-concerned-heres-what-to-know/ar-AA1CL59z.  \n\n\nThe Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act requires individuals registering to vote in federal elections to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship. According to the text of the bill\, acceptable documents include: \n\n\nA REAL ID-compliant identification card that explicitly states U.S. citizenship. \n\n\nA valid U.S. passport. \n\n\nA U.S. military identification card\, accompanied by a military record of service showing the applicant was born in the U.S. \n\n\nA government-issued photo ID from a Federal\, State\, or Tribal government that includes the applicant’s place of birth. \n\n\nA government-issued photo ID that does not indicate citizenship\, but is presented alongside one of the following: \n\n\nA certified birth certificate issued by a State\, local government\, or Tribal government. \n\n\nA naturalization certificate. \n\n\n\n\nThese requirements are outlined in Section 2(b) of the bill\, which amends Section 3 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20502).  \nSources: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/22/text/ih78 ; https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr22/text  \nInternational Student Visas RevokedAccording to a Linkedin post by Ashley Mowreader\, “A map update as of 5:30 p.m. EDT\, over 180 colleges and universities have confirmed at least 1\,179 students who have lost their legal standing in the U.S. See the full data set here: https://lnkd.in/eHYBiCAh \n \nI’m starting to pick through data on a student-by-student level (which is just as simple and easy as you think it might be)\, I’m continually shocked by the lack of disclosure / clarity as to why students have their visas revoked. \nA snippet of data\, of 200 individual students\, 86% have no clear reason or rationale attached to their SEVIS status change\, 4% were identified for a legal infraction\, 3% for political activism and 6% had “violated the terms of their visas.” Hoping to keep digging into this\, stay tuned.” (Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ashley-mowreader_a-map-update-as-of-530-pm-edt-over-180-activity-7317662997286461442-fJB9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAEgbFgBMHug6LvgdSGRnqEkyenrhaGCxqs ) \nLaw Firms v. TrumpRecently\, five major law firms reached agreements with President Trump’s administration to avoid potential executive orders targeting their operations. The agreements also included capitulations such as merit-based hiring practices and disavowing any diversity\, equity\, and inclusion considerations. In return\, the administration withdrew investigations and letters from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). These firms—Kirkland & Ellis LLP\, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP\, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP\, Latham & Watkins LLP\, and Cadwalader\, Wickersham & Taft LLP—committed to providing $600 million in pro bono legal services for causes supported by the administration. (sources: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-reaches-deals-with-5-law-firms-allowing-them-to-avoid-prospect-of-punishing-executive-orders/ar-AA1CL0qB ; https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-04-11/trump-reaches-deals-with-5-law-firms-allowing-them-to-avoid-prospect-of-punishing-executive-orders ; https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/trump-law-firms-pro-bono-work.html ) \nHarvard v. TrumpHarvard University has firmly rejected demands from the Trump administration. The administration’s demands included eliminating diversity\, equity\, and inclusion (DEI) programs\, adopting merit-based admissions\, and allowing audits of academic programs and governance. The Trump administration initially reviewed $9 billion in federal funding tied to Harvard and its affiliates\, including hospitals and research centers. However\, the administration later announced a freeze on $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts specifically for Harvard University. The discrepancy comes from the broader review versus the specific freeze. Harvard’s President\, Alan Garber\, stated that these demands exceed the lawful authority of the government and infringe on the university’s independence and constitutional rights. He emphasized that Harvard would not compromise its values or autonomy. (Sources: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/04/harvard-wont-comply-with-demands-from-trump-administration/ ; https://abcnews.go.com/US/harvard-university-rejects-trump-administrations-demands-risking-billions/story?id=120799115 ; https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/14/harvard-university-rejects-trump-demands/83085007007/ ; https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/harvard-university-rejects-trump-dei-demands-imperiling-9-billion-in-federal-funding/ar-AA1CUcAc ;  https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/04/harvard-wont-comply-with-demands-from-trump-administration/ ; https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/14/harvard-university-rejects-trump-demands/83085007007/ ; https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-administration-freezes-2-2-billion-in-grants-to-harvard-over-campus-activism/ar-AA1CUwiV  ) \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The show will start off with: \n\nArnwine giving a shout out of condolence to Tenisha Evan’s family at the start of the radio show. C-Hosts Arnwine and Jones will announce that there will be a future show about the epidemic of Black maternal mortality in the US. https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/queens-mother-death-c-section/  \nJones giving an update on the Karmelo Anthony case.\nArnwine giving a shout out to the activists in Louisiana for all their victories\nArnwine and Jones giving the Cowards of the Week Award to the five law firms that capitulated.\n\n  \n\nAdjoa\, welcome back to Igniting Change. Tell our audience about the work you’ve been doing recently.\nAdjoa\, Tell our audience about the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. \nAdjoa\, why was it important to attend this fourth session at the United Nations this week?\nAdjoa\, what are some of the issues that the forum is taking up this session?\nAdjoa\, something very special happened to you at the forum. Please share with our audience. \nAdjoa\, we were at Columbia University last night for Connecting Caribbean and African Students of New York Conference and we told the story of what happened to you at the forum. Afterwards\, you were surrounded by law and business school students. What did they ask you?\nAdjoa\, what do you hope will come out of the forum?\nAdjoa\, How can people watch the forum? (the sessions can be viewed live on webtv.un.org)\nDaryl\, let’s talk about some of the current misdeeds of this Administration and their revocation of 1\,179 SEVIS of over 180 colleges and universities across the U.S. “A snippet of data\, of 200 individual students\, 86% have no clear reason or rationale attached to their SEVIS status change\, 4% were identified for a legal infraction\, 3% for political activism and 6% had “violated the terms of their visas.” Why should every American be concerned about this?\nDaryl and Adjoa\, as criminal justice lawyers\, what do you make out of Trump’s repeated statements that he wants to send American citizens to El Salvador prisons? Why is this unconstitutional?\nIs this the new U.S. Slave Trade? \nDaryl\, let’s talk about what’s going on with the SAVE Act. Is voting a privilege or right? \nWhat should people know about the recent Executive Order on the Smithsonian\, particularly singling out the National Museum for African-American History and Culture? What does it mean for J.D. Vance to have this role of “overseeing” the NMAAHC?\nThe 62nd Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr\,’s Letter from the Birmingham Jail just passed. Also this month\, the weekend of the Hands Off Protests\, was the Anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination. Unfortunately\, there hasn’t been a lot of discussion about either of these two events. Are Black leaders doing everything they should at this moment? What should they do more of?\nWhat do you feel about this whole movement for African Americans to “sit out”\, “rest”\, and not be involved in this moment?\nWhat do our listeners need to know right now about what they should do?\nWhat is your best advice for how people keep their and their followers’ and friends’ spirits uplifted at this time\, when there’s so much negativity?\nWhat are your final one-minute thoughts?\nThank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[Arnwine will remind listeners when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121\, be sure to tell your Senator to say NO to the SAVE Act] \n[TJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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