BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Igniting Change with Barbara Arnwine - ECPv6.15.13.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Igniting Change with Barbara Arnwine REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20230101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250520T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250520T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190722 CREATED:20250520T160704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T161436Z UID:2514-1747742400-1747746000@barbaraarnwine.com 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? URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-may-20-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/TJC-052025-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250513T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250513T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190722 CREATED:20250513T142321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250513T143814Z UID:2502-1747137600-1747141200@barbaraarnwine.com 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.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-may-13-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/TJC-051325-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250506T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250506T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190722 CREATED:20250505T230947Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T231756Z UID:2492-1746532800-1746536400@barbaraarnwine.com 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? URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-may-06-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/TJC-050625-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250429T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250429T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190722 CREATED:20250429T181742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250429T182720Z UID:2472-1745928000-1745931600@barbaraarnwine.com 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.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-april-29-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/TJC-042925-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250422T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250422T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190722 CREATED:20250424T134046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T134738Z UID:2456-1745323200-1745326800@barbaraarnwine.com 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.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-april-22-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/TJC-04225-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250415T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250415T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190722 CREATED:20250415T170417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T171616Z UID:2436-1744718400-1744722000@barbaraarnwine.com 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.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-april-15-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/TJC-041525-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250408T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250408T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190722 CREATED:20250408T160221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250408T162609Z UID:2419-1744113600-1744117200@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – April 8: Social Justice Uprising: HBCU All Stars Weekend Panels and Hands Off Protests DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n April 8\, 2025: Social Justice Uprising: HBCU All Stars Weekend Panels and Hands Off 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:\nProfessor Mario Marcel Salas: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETProfessor Salas was a member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in the 1960s. Professor Salas teaches at the University level\, and is the President of San Antonio Community Radio (KROV). Mr. Salas trains public school teachers in ethnic studies curriculum and wrote curriculum for the State of Texas at the State Board of Education. He has International experience which included the development of the economic program for the City of San Antonio establishing the first economic relationship between Mafeking\, South Africa and San Antonio\, and served as a member of the International Affairs Committee for the City of San Antonio while he was a District City Councilman. He has written historical municipal markers for the City of San Antonio and provides walking tours of historic areas on the city’s Black East Side. He is also a member of the Bexar County Historical Commission. As a professor\, he teaches African American Studies\, Political Theory\, Civil Rights\, American Politics\, Texas Politics\, Global Inequality\, and others. He has also taught classes on Native Americans\, slavery\, international conflicts\, the Civil War\, and others. He has delivered talks at museums\, colleges\, and professional organizations at the academic and business level. He has been interviewed by Washington Post on slavery in Texas\, the Alamo\, and other news outlets. \nHe served as a City Councilman for the City of San Antonio\, and was very active in the Civil Rights Movement for many years. He has authored several books including\, The Alamo: A Cradle of Lies Slavery and White Supremacy. He has also authored a chapter in a Texas Southern University (TSU) book titled Socio-Economic Crisis in Black and Brown Communities in the United States.  He championed the establishment of a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Texas State Holiday and served as Vice-President for the Judson Independent School Board of Trustees. He serves as a member of the Math Advisory Council for the San Antonio School District. He is also an amateur astronomer\, a Peace Laureate\, and has written op-ed articles for the San Antonio Express. He is also is a regular writer for the San Antonio Observer Newspaper\, the Artist Chateau Magazine\, and Black Life Texas- San Antonio and Austin\, Texas.  He maintains his historical archives at the University of Texas at San Antonio Special Collections Department\, at the University of North Texas (UNT)\, at the Robert W. Woodruff library located in the Atlanta University Center\, at the San Antonio African American Community Archive & Museum (SAAACAM)\, the Dallas JFK Sixth Floor Museum\, the Charles Williams Museum\, and at Michigan State University. \nAtty. April Albright: 12:00-12:57 PM ETLegal Director/Chief of Staff\, Black Voters Matter Fund; former Supervisory Civil Rights Attorney with the U.S. Department of Education; former Civil Rights Attorney at the Department of Education/Office for Civil Rights; Former Owner of Law Office of April England-Albright\, Law Office; and\, former Municipal Judge City of Selma \nAlex Svehla: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETOrganizer with Texas 50501 \nMawuli Davis\, Esq.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETCo-founder of the Davis Bozeman Law Firm and leads the Firm’s Criminal Defense and Trial Divisions; Co-host of The Black Man Lab: Live Session; United States Naval Academy graduate\, where he played varsity basketball and majored in Political Science; Graduate of Georgia State University’s College of Law\, where he was recognized in Who’s Who Among Colleges and Universities and awarded the Thurgood Marshall Award for his outstanding achievement as a law student; Among less than 3% of the lawyers in Georgia who receive the honor of being selected as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyer Magazine; Named “Civil Rights Attorney of the Year” by the Gate City Bar Association and Humanitarian of the Year by the Atlanta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma\, Incorporated; Co-founder of Let Us Make Man \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 8th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Social Justice Uprising: HBCU All Stars Weekend Panels and Hands Off Protests”\, with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. will feature special guests Mario Marcel Salas; Atty. Mawuli Davis; Atty. April Albright; and Alex Svehla. \nThe show will open with the co-hosts and guests giving a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. \nThis show will also open with a brief update on the North Carolina Supreme Court election battle. For more information on the latest\, see: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/elections/court-directive-to-locate-voters-in-close-north-carolina-election-blocked-for-now/ar-AA1CtoDN ; https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/north-carolina-supreme-court-halts-decision-verify-votes-tight-race-rcna200100 ; and\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/elections/court-directive-to-locate-voters-in-close-north-carolina-election-blocked-for-now/ar-AA1CtoDN. \nA major highlight of the 2025 HBCU All Stars Game Weekend held in San Antonio\, Texas was the Social Justice Panel Discussion and Mixer on Friday\, April 4th. As this programming was being held on the 57th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, it was especially poignant to our political moment.  This program consisted of two panels: one on “A Brave New Day: National Voting Rights Experts Discuss How To Continue Building Power in Today’s Political Climate” and the second one on “More Than A Game: The Importance of the HBCU All-Star Game Experience”. Today’s show will feature a discussion on many of the top messages shared during these panels. Attorney Mawuli Davis and Dr. Jana Davis co-moderated both panels. Mawuli Davis will join us to outline the importance of the social justice discussion being featured during the HBCU All Stars Weekend. Igniting Change hosts Daryl Jones and Barbara Arnwine\, along with our guest April Albright\, all participated on the first panel. This panel was extremely well-received by a packed house at Tony G.’s Restaurant. The second panel focused more on the history and culture of San Antonio\, the HBCU experience\, and the criticality of Black athletes in the fight for racial and social justice. Our guest Prof. Mario M. Salas riveted the audience as he shared highlights of the struggle for racial justice in our country’s history.  \nThe next day\, Saturday April 5th\, Attorney Mawuli Davis convened The Black Man’s Lab to focus on issues confronting African-American men in San Antonio and the nation. Co-Host Daryl Jones was a participant in this very spirited roundtable discussion by 20 men. All weekend long\, as Daryl Jones and Barbara Arnwine participated in events across the city\, attendees of the Friday and Saturday programs expressed their appreciation for the knowledge sharing and activism tips.  \nOur show will also thank those who joined millions in participating in the 1\,200 Hands Off Protests on April 5th and for those participating in the current Target and Wal-Mart Boycotts. Now is the time to amplify your impact.The momentum you have ignited is a force for lasting transformation. Keep using your voice\, your influence\, and your power.  \nCo-hosts Arnwine and Jones participated in the San Antonio\, Texas Hands Off Rally. https://x.com/barbs73/status/1908729038098575777 During this very well-organized protest\, Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones were able to meet today’s Igniting Change guest Alex Svehla\, an organizer with Texas 50501. The new 50501 Movement are the lead organizers of the Hands Off Protests around the county. Alex works with the Texas chapter who organized the San Antonio Protest.  \n“At least 1\,000 San Antonians participated Saturday in a peaceful downtown march as part of national day of protest against President Donald Trump and his billionaire advisor Elon Musk. The rally was one of roughly 1\,200 “Hands Off!” demonstrations planned nationwide by civil rights groups\, LGBTIA+ organizations\, labor unions and others angered by the administration’s dismantling of government programs\, its aggressive immigration crackdown\, its trampling of democratic norms and its chaotic economic policies. People crowded shoulder to shoulder in Main Plaza with San Fernando Cathedral in the background and listened as speakers called out grievances against the Trump White House and its enablers in the Republican Party. Laurel Jordan Swift\, a San Antonio native who ran an unsuccessful bid in November to represent District 121 in the Texas House of Representatives\, urged the crowd to stick together and win over allies to fight Trump’s policies. ‘We all love this country. We all love this state. We love all the people in this state and all the people in this country. We have to start taking care of each other\,” Swift told the crowd. “We’ve got to stop this hate and vitriol against people we think might be different. Because we’re all different — and we’re all the same. We’re all Americans.’ Kristin Hook\, a scientist affected by Musk’s deep cuts to government funding\, also spoke out against Trump’s agenda. Hook\, who ran against Republican U.S. Rep. Chip Roy last year\, shared three steps anyone can take to help reclaim their power: \n\n\n“Be an informed voter and make sure you’re registered to vote. \n\n\n\n\n“Hold elected representatives accountable by using tools such as the 5 Calls app to know who those representatives are and demand they address constituents’ concerns. \n\n\n\n\n“Get involved with one or two local organizations fighting for causes they care about by donating either time or money. \n\n\n“‘The most important point to take away today is that you — San Antonio — you have the power\,’ Hook said. ‘You have the power to take it back\, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do over the next four years. Let’s go\, San Antonio!’ \n“After the last speaker\, protesters took to the streets for one final march. Afterward\, they positioned themselves round the Main Plaza\, showing off signs to motorists with messages including ‘Hands off schools\, veterans and our bodies\,’ ‘Black lives matter\,’ ‘Orange lies matter\,’ ‘Protect kids\, not guns’ and ‘There is no LGB Without the T — protect trans rights.’ Someone dressed as Uncle Sam held a placard that read “Uncle Sam needs y’all to fight fascism.” (View source and the photo album: https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/hundreds-flood-downtown-san-antonio-for-hands-off-anti-trump-demonstration/Slideshow/37167586 ) \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n April 4th\, 2025 was the 57th Anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Very little notice of this was taken by the mainstream media. As you reflect on this Anniversary\, what is it that you want our audience to know? \n[Arnwine and Jones will update listeners on the North Carolina Supreme Court race: “The North Carolina Supreme Court issued a temporary stay on Monday\, halting a lower court’s decision that would have required verification of over 65\,000 ballots in the unresolved state Supreme Court race. This decision pauses the process while the court reviews the appeal filed by Democratic incumbent Justice Allison Riggs. Riggs leads Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin by 734 votes after recounts. The case remains contentious\, with Griffin’s challenges drawing criticism for potentially disenfranchising lawful voters. \n\nIt’s a tense situation\, with the outcome still hanging in the balance.]\nMawuli\, please tell our audience why you and Dr. Jana Davis conceived of the social justice programming as part of the HBCU All Stars Weekend.\nMawuli\, how would you describe the two panels that were held in San Antonio? How would you distinguish them from past panels?\nApril\, there was a seriousness in the audience during the social justice panels as people tried to discern what this moment in history means. What were your top messages that you wanted to be sure the audience heard and understood? \nDr. Salas\, during your panel it was remarked on how “the people perish for lack of knowledge”. Can you describe why Black History is so important in this moment?\nWhat can we do about the attacks on Black History?\nA major theme of the entire weekend in San Antonio was the need for activism to address the rising threat of racist facism. Alex\, what was it like for you to organize such a serious demonstration with the backdrop of the frivolity and frenzy of the Final Four?\nApril\, Black Voters Matters is kicking off a major “Black Futures Tour”. We also noticed you launched an online campaign combatting disinformation. Tell us about this major Tour that Black Voters Matter is kicking off on April 17th in New York. Tell us more about why Black Voters Matter launched this campaign against disinformation. \nAlex\, how do people get involved in the 50501 Movement? What are your next plans?\nDr. Salas\, you are a student of many of this nation’s Black Resistance Movements\, like the Black Panthers. What do you feel about this whole movement for African Americans to “sit out”\, “rest”\, and not be involved in this moment?\nMawuli\, What do our listeners need to know right now about what they should do? When and where will the next HBCU All Stars Game?\nApril\, 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?\nAlex\, What 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 Congressperson to pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement 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.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-april-08-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/TJC-040825-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250401T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250401T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190722 CREATED:20250401T143215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250401T151607Z UID:2401-1743508800-1743512400@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – April 1: The Big Pay Back! The Fight Against Revengeful Executive Orders DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n April 1\, 2025: The Big Pay Back! The Fight Against Revengeful Executive Orders\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:\nCarl O. Snowden : 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ETCarl Snowden is the originator and Covenor of the Caucus of African American Leaders (CAAL).   CAAL 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. \nVeronica Dunlap 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ETAttorney Veronica Dunlap  is the Deputy Executive Director of ACLU-Md.  Ms. Dunlap works to advance the ACLU of Maryland’s broad civil rights and civil liberties agenda and applies a race equity lens for internal operations and external programs.  Lead strategist for the legal policy engagement and communications teams.  Ms. Dunlap previously served as the director of strategic initiatives for the National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC).  She is a proud graduate of George Washington University where received her Bachelor of Arts and Fordham University School of Law where she received her Juris Doctor and Masters of Business Administration. \nMaykala Myers  12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ETMakayla 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. \nChristine Wood   12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ETChistine Wood is the Co-Director for the Declaration for American Democracy Coalition\, a non-partisan coalition of 260 organizations working to transform and strengthen U.S. Democracy.  She has led and supported organizing efforts to advance pro-democracy policies at the federal\, state and local levels. Her scope of work has included coalition building\, advocacy\, grassroots organizing and mobilization\, communications\, and policy analysis.  She graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego Liverpool\, New York.  Christine\, and DFAD\, have been long term social justice partners with 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\, April 1\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “The Big Pay Back! The Fight Against Revengeful Executive Orders\,” with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. will feature special guests Carl O. Snowden\, Attorney Veronica Dunlap\, Christine Wood\, and Makayla Myers. \nThis show continues Igniting Change’s focus on the Trump Administration’s destructive policies and actions. This show will discuss some of President Trump’s Executive Orders and the court challenges and activists responses that have been posed to those Executive Orders.  This show will also highlight grassroot planning for a national call to action on Saturday\, April 5\, 2025 throughout America. \nThe Trump Administration continues to dominate anti-democratic and controversial news at break-neck speed.  Since our last show\, many major political events have happened that have serious consequences for our democracy. President Trump has continued to issue more questionable\, and unconstitutional\, Executive Orders. The Department of Government Efficient (DOGE) has continued to wreak havoc with federal governmental agencies. \nThe Trump Administration imposes threats to judicial independence\, the rule of law\, and law firms\, prompting the National Bar Association to denounce the White House policy targeting legal professionals in a statement. “The National Bar Association (NBA) firmly opposes and condemns the recent memorandum issued by the White House to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. The directive calls on the Department of Justice to impose sanctions on attorneys and law firms representing clients in litigation against the federal government that the Trump administration considers ‘unreasonable’ or ‘frivolous.’  This action poses a serious threat to the independence of the legal profession and directly challenges the constitutional right to legal representation. It undermines the foundation of the American legal system and endangers the rule of law.” Read the full statement here: https://mailchi.mp/nationalbar/rsvptodayupcomingevents-13385916?e=cf0cc92ecf This show will open with Attorney Arnwine and Jones’ statements on this matter. \nExecutive Orders (EO) signed by President Donald Trump have threatened birthright citizenship; Re-sending visa status of Mahmoud Khalil on the basis of undesired political speech; deporting people believed to be part of a Venezuelan gang\, Tren de Aragua\, without a hearing to determine the accuracy of the allegation\, to prison camps in El Salvador; and restriction of sex designation on US Passports to male or female\, to name just a few. \nMany activists and civil rights organizations\, like the ACLU-Maryland\, Caucus of African American Leaders\, the Transformative Justice Coalition\, and the Declaration For American Democracy are standing up and fighting back against these unjust policies and Executive Orders.  President Trump is attempting to usurp the people’s representatives\, that is the U.S. House of Representatives\, to enact legislation through Executive Order.  This radio will feature the multifaceted response to those questionable Executive Orders. \nOur non-partisan show will look at all of these developments and many more through the lens of our special guests. \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n [Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones will open with a statement on the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders and the public’s response.] \n12:05 PM ET \n\nWelcome Carl Snowden back to Igniting Change! How would you describe the highly controversial developments surrounding the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders?\nGiven Project 2025’s playbook\, did you expect this Administration to take the actions that it has?\nWhat\, to you\, has been the most significant action?\nWhat do you say to the arguments that reducing the government employees are necessary actions to improving governmental efficiency and achieving local control of agencies?\nVeronica\, what are some of the Executive Orders that our audience should be made aware and what are the practical consequences of the actions?  I really  want to jump into Mahmoud Khalil case.  What the hell is going on?  Can you  explain to our audience what the Trump administration\, through Secretary of State Rubio\, has done to Mahmoud Khalil?\nHow has the ACLU responded to this injustice?\nWhat about birthright citizenship?  Can this be taken away by an Executive Order?\nSending people that have not been convicted of a crime\, nor proven to be members of a notorious Venezuelan gang\, to a prison in El Salvador…help me…..what’s going on here?\nHow do you think the federal courts will respond?  What about the conservative U.S. Supreme Court?\nWelcome back\, Christine Wood.   Your activist plate is full today.  Can you share how the Declaration For American Democracy (DFAD) is responding to the many of the challenges that we’ve spoken about.\nWhat is occurring on April 5\, 2025 and how do our listeners learn how to get involved?\nWhat is the goal of the “Hands Off Our Country” rally?\nMakayla\, from the GenZ perspective\, you see and hear all that is going on in our country today\, how would you describe the GenZ reaction to the policies being implemented by this Administration?\nMakayla\, are there actions that you believe GenZ and Young Millennials should be taking in response to what is going on with the Executive Orders?\n\nOpen questions to all panelists: \n\nWhat are your top recommendations right now for how our top\, very active listeners as to what they can do to address this assault on our democracy?\nCan you tell people what they can expect in the coming days from this administration\, the courts\, and all of the uncertainty that people are feeling?\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?\nCarl\, is there historical precedent for what our country is going through now?\nChristine\, thank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you and what are your closing words?\nMakayla\, thank you so much for joining us\, how do our listeners get in contact with you and what are your closing words?\nVeronica\, thank you so much for joining us and for all that the ACLU does to fight for civil liberties\, how do our listeners get  in contact with you and what are your closing words?\n\n[Barbara Arnwine and Daryl Jones will remind people to participate in the April 5th major National “Hands Off” Day of Action. The “Hands Off!” movement is organizing a nationwide mobilization on April 5\, 2025\, to protest against what they describe as a “billionaire power grab” by figures like Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The event aims to rally against issues such as cuts to social services\, rising healthcare costs\, and attacks on workers’ rights. Demonstrations are planned across the country\, including marches\, rallies\, and other nonviolent actions. There will be a large march in Washington D.C.. Learn more at HandsOff2025.com ] \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​ URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-april-01-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/TJC-040125-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250325T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250325T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190722 CREATED:20250325T145352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T154219Z UID:2379-1742904000-1742907600@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – March 25: Trump & DOGE vs US Department of Education: The People’s Fight & The 10th Anniversary of Her Dream Deferred DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2025: Trump & DOGE vs US Department of Education: The People’s Fight & The 10th Anniversary of Her Dream Deferred\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:\nChancellor John B. King\, Jr.: 12:10 PM – 12:30 PM ET (Welcome to stay for the whole show until 12:58 PM)John B. King Jr. is the 15th Chancellor of the State University of New York\, the largest comprehensive system of public higher education in the United States. In his two years as Chancellor\, SUNY has seen two consecutive years of increased enrollment across every sector\, its largest operating aid increase in five decades\, including double-digit percentage increases for every state-operated campus\, the first operating aid increase for community colleges in nearly a decade\, and dedicated recurring annual funding for expanding mental health services\, services for students with disabilities\, paid internships\, and research\, as well as addressing food insecurity. Prior to his appointment as Chancellor\, King served as president of The Education Trust and as the 10th United States Secretary of Education under President Barack Obama\, and as New York’s first Black and Hispanic state education commissioner. \nProf. Kimberlé Crenshaw\, Esq.: 12:20 PM – 12:40 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\, March 25th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Trump & DOGE vs US Department of Education: The People’s Fight & The 10th Anniversary of Her Dream Deferred”\, with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. will feature special guests Chancellor John B. King\, Jr. and Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw\, Esq. This show continues Igniting Change’s focus on the Trump Administration’s destructive policies and actions and our special features on Women History Month. This show will discuss President Trump’s Executive Order attempting to dismantle the Department of Education as well as the African-American Policy Forum’s “Her Dream Deferred” Programming. \nSince our last show\, many major political events have happened that have serious consequences for our democracy. President Trump has continued to issue more questionable and unconstitutional Executive Orders. DOGE has continued to wreak havoc with federal governmental agencies.  \nThe Trump Administration imposes threats to judicial independence\, the rule of law\, and law firms\, prompting the National Bar Association to denounce the White House policy targeting legal professionals in a statement. “The National Bar Association (NBA) firmly opposes and condemns the recent memorandum issued by the White House to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. The directive calls on the Department of Justice to impose sanctions on attorneys and law firms representing clients in litigation against the federal government that the Trump administration considers ‘unreasonable’ or ‘frivolous.’  This action poses a serious threat to the independence of the legal profession and directly challenges the constitutional right to legal representation. It undermines the foundation of the American legal system and endangers the rule of law.” Read the full statement here: https://mailchi.mp/nationalbar/rsvptodayupcomingevents-13385916?e=cf0cc92ecf This show will open with Attorney Arnwine and Jones’ statements on this matter. \nAn Executive Order (EO) signed by President Donald Trump on March 20\, 2025 aims to dismantle the Department of Education. This EO was issued following the assumption of duties by newly confirmed Secretary of Education\, Linda MacMahon on March 3\, 2025.  The EO is part of a broader effort to reduce federal oversight and increase state control over education systems. The EO aligns with Project 2025\, a roadmap developed by the Heritage Foundation and other conservative organizations\, which calls for downsizing the federal government and fundamentally changing its operations. During his campaign\, Trump promised to dismantle the Department of Education\, emphasizing the need for more localized control over education policies. \nLinda McMahon was confirmed as the Secretary of Education on February 13\, 2025. Following her confirmation\, McMahon announced a significant reduction in the Department of Education’s staff\, cutting nearly 50% of its workforce. This reduction involved eliminating over 1\,300 positions\, with around 600 employees opting for voluntary buyouts. The downsizing is allegedly part of a broader effort to increase efficiency and accountability within the department as they claim this ensures that resources are directed where they matter most: to students\, parents\, and teachers. The affected employees were placed on administrative leave starting March 21\, 2025\, with full pay and benefits until June 9\, 2025. The National Education Association expressed concerns that these cuts would negatively impact education quality\, particularly for vulnerable students. \nDuring her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health\, Education\, Labor\, and Pensions Committee\, McMahon outlined her plans to dismantle the Department of Education\, in line with President Trump’s agenda. McMahon faced significant scrutiny during her confirmation hearing. One of the key points of concern was her apparent lack of knowledge about Title I\, a federal program that provides financial assistance to schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families. During the hearing\, McMahon was questioned about her understanding of Title I and other critical education programs. Her responses indicated a lack of familiarity with these programs\, which raised alarms among senators and education advocates. Even so\, despite this apparent ignorance\, she emphasized the need to reorient the department while preserving core initiatives such as Title I funding for low-income schools\, Pell Grants for low-income college students\, and Public Service Loan Forgiveness\, suggesting that some programs\, like the enforcement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)\, might be better managed by other agencies\, such as the Department of Health and Human Services. \nMcMahon’s confirmation hearing highlighted her support for dismantling the Department of Education and reallocating its functions to other departments. She suggested that programs like Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) could be better managed by other agencies\, such as the Department of Health and Human Services. Additionally\, McMahon proposed reducing the department’s staff by 50%\, “aiming to make it more cost-efficient and accountable to taxpayers” – a move she made immediately upon confirmation. \nThe United States Department of Education was created on October 17\, 1979\, when President Jimmy Carter signed the Department of Education Organization Act into law. The department began operating on May 4\, 1980. The primary reason for its creation was to separate the education functions from the Department of Health\, Education\, and Welfare\, thereby establishing a dedicated federal agency to oversee education policies and programs. \nAn act of Congress is required to dismantle the Department of Education. According to USA TODAY\, President Trump cannot abolish the Department of Education with an executive order alone because Congress created it by statute. [Jansen\, B. (2025\, March 15). Why Trump’s executive order can’t abolish Education Department. USA TODAY. Retrieved from https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/15/trump-abolish-education-department-executive-order-statutes/82401096007/ ) \nPresident Donald Trump announced that the handling of federal student loans will be moved to the Small Business Administration (SBA)\, and programs for students with disabilities will be shifted to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This move is part of the broader effort to dismantle the Department of Education and redistribute its functions to other federal agencies. \nThe Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)\, led by Elon Musk\, has been tasked with overseeing the dismantling of the Department of Education. DOGE’s team has obtained administrator-level access to the department’s email system and other sensitive information\, raising concerns among federal officials and employees. DOGE’s approach includes widespread staff cuts and budget reductions\, claiming to make the department more cost-efficient and accountable to taxpayers. The team has also taken over offices and equipment within the department\, creating tension and uncertainty among employees. \nThe dismantling of the Department of Education raises significant concerns about the future of federal student loans. The department currently administers federal student aid programs\, including grants\, loans\, and work-study funds to help students pay for college. If the department is dismantled\, there could be delays and disruptions in the processing of student loans and financial aid applications. Experts advise students to continue filling out the FAFSA and seeking financial aid\, but they warn of potential delays. \nThe Department of Education plays a crucial role in supporting students with special needs through programs like the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This law ensures that children with disabilities receive free public education and related services. The dismantling of the department could jeopardize these services and support systems\, leaving students with special needs without the necessary resources and assistance. \nThe Department of Education is responsible for overseeing education policy and administering funding for programs and individuals. Its functions include supporting state and local education systems\, promoting educational equity for all students\, and providing grants and loans to higher education institutions and students. The department also plays a role in collecting information on schools and teaching\, administering support for land-grant colleges and universities\, and providing vocational education. Despite its relatively small share of total education funding\, the department targets its funds to address critical national needs and fill gaps in state and local support. \nThose in favor of the dismantling of the Department of Education argue that these changes will allow a renewed focus on states’ rights and a reduction of federal oversight which would lead to more “localized” and “tailored” educational policies; cost savings\, citing the potential of saving billions of dollars in federal spending which would be redirected to other areas or used to reduce the national debt; and\, “increased efficiency”\, where proponents believe reducing bureaucracy could lead to increased efficiency in the administration of education programs and policies. Project 2025 wants education to be entirely state-controlled and free from federal oversight. This aligns with the long-standing GOP promise to reduce federal involvement in education\, a stance that dates back to President Ronald Reagan’s administration. \nCritics argue that dismantling the Department of Education could negatively impact low-income students\, students of color\, students with disabilities\, and rural students. The department plays a crucial role in ensuring equal access to education for these groups. The executive order could lead to a reduction in federal funding for education programs\, including Title I funding for schools with high proportions of low-income students. The dismantling of the department raises questions and concerns for students\, parents\, and educators about the future of education policies and programs. \nWe will kick this segment off with a discussion of the above mentioned controversy over the US Department of Education with Chancellor John B. King\, Jr. Professor Kim Crenshaw will join in this discussion of the myriad of devastating policies and actions happening at the Department of Education.   \n Professor Crenshaw will also lead a discussion on the 10th Anniversary of Her Dream Deferred 2025.  The African American Policy Forum (AAPF) is hosting Her Dream Deferred: A Week on the Status of Black Women from March 23 to 29\, 2025. Since 2015\, AAPF has hosted this annual\, week-long\, series in honor of Women’s History Month and the United Nations’ International Decade for People of African Descent\, to elevate the crisis facing Black women and girls.  \nBlack women\, girls\, and femmes have continually been on the front lines of progressive social movements\, yet\, the challenges they face at the intersection of race and gender have consistently been relegated to the margins of dominant racial and gender justice discourses. Since its inception\, Her Dream Deferred (HDD) week has countered that marginalization by amplifying the voices and narratives of Black women and girls and providing the tools to dismantle the structural barriers that plague them in their homes\, schools\, and communities.  \nThe 2025 iteration of Her Dream Deferred will continue to feature:  \n\n\nA digital retrospective examining the status of Black women in the workplace\, politics\, higher education\, health equity\, and youth leadership.  \n\n\nA Youth Summit in partnership with the Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy (BELA) to engage and equip young leaders. \n\n\nA Collaborative Calendar showcasing events and programs taking place during HDD week that uplift Black women and girls. \n\n\nOur non-partisan show will look at all of these developments and many more through the lens of our special guests. \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n [Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones will open with a statement on the Trump Administration’s attacks on judicial independence.] \n12:10 PM ET \n\n[Daryl Jones introduces Chancellor John B. King\, Jr.]\nWelcome Chancellor John B. King\, Jr. to Igniting Change! How would you describe the highly controversial developments surrounding the Trump Administration’s U.S. Department of Education?\nDespite Project 2025’s section on the Department of Education\, did you expect this Administration to take the actions that it has?\nWhat\, to you\, has been the most significant action?\nWhat do you say to the arguments that reducing the staff by 50%\, moving pell grants to the SBA\, moving Title 1 to Health and Human Services\, are necessary actions to improving governmental efficiency and achieving local control of education?\nWhat are the current consequences of the actions at the Department of Education? \nWhat do you think will be the long-term consequences?\n\n12:20 PM ET \n\n[Barbara introduces Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw\, Esq.]\nWelcome back\, Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw\, Esq.! We have been discussing the many changes at the Department of Education since Linda McMahon and the impact of President Trump’s Executive Order seeking to dismantle the Department of Education and more. How would you describe this period in history as we confront these attacks on public education?\nKim\, this is the 10th Anniversary of Her Dream Deferred. Can you please tell our audience about Her Dream Deferred and why it was created?\nKim\, what are some of your favorite programs that will be happening this week?\nKim\, this is a week-long program of events going on now. Can you please tell people what they can expect tonight and in the coming days?\nKim\, how can people get more information to participate in Her Dream Deferred?\n12:38 PM\nKim\, What is your final one-minute thought?\nKim\, Thank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\nChancellor King\, What are you hearing from other universities in regards to the freezing of funding\, anti-DEI measures\, and other actions?\nWhat are your top recommendations right now for how our top\, very active listeners as to what they can do to address this assault on the Department of Education\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?\nYesterday\, I spoke with a room full of young college students whose first question was about their concerns regarding the continuation of pell grants and other programs affecting their ability to stay in school. As Chancellor of SUNY\, how are you addressing these questions from your students?\nWhat do our listeners need to know right now about what they should do?\n\n[Barbara Arnwine and Daryl Jones will remind people to participate in the April 5th major National “Hands Off” Day of Action. The “Hands Off!” movement is organizing a nationwide mobilization on April 5\, 2025\, to protest against what they describe as a “billionaire power grab” by figures like Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The event aims to rally against issues such as cuts to social services\, rising healthcare costs\, and attacks on workers’ rights. Demonstrations are planned across the country\, including marches\, rallies\, and other nonviolent actions. There will be a large march in Washington D.C.. Learn more at HandsOff2025.com ] \n[Barbara Arnwine will mention to the audience of the March 5th re-introduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. To get more information\, people can go to sewell.house.gov. That’s S-E-W-E-L-L dot house dot G-O-V. And when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121\, be sure to tell your Congressperson to pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act!) \n[Arnwine and Jones will discuss the public support of the boycotts and Gen Z and Millennials leading the way and the international boycotts of U.S. products.] \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.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-march-25-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/TJC-032525-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250318T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250318T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20250318T144019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250318T145944Z UID:2361-1742299200-1742302800@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – March 18: Leadership Crisis? Trump\, The Courts\, The GOP\, & The Dems DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n March 18\, 2025: Leadership Crisis? Trump\, The Courts\, The GOP\, & The Dems\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:\nRev. Jesse Jackson\, Jr.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeCurrently\, hosts a podcast called “The Jesse Jackson Jr. Show” on KBLA Talk 1580;  He spent his 21st birthday in a District of Columbia jail cell after being arrested in an anti-apartheid protest at the South African Embassy in 1986; He was on the stage in Cape Town in 1990 when Nelson Mandela delivered his historic speech after his release from 27 years in a South African prison; Earned a Master of Arts degree in theology and then a law degree in 1993; served as national field director for the Rainbow PUSH Coalition\, a role that included leading the campaign to register millions of new voters; In 1995\, the 30-year-old Jackson became the 91st African-American elected to Congress. Until 2012\, he represented Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District\, which includes parts of Chicago’s South Side and Cook County suburbs.  \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\, March 18th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Leadership Crisis? Trump\, The Courts\, The GOP\, & The Dems”\, with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. will feature a special one-on-one interview with Rev. Jesse Jackson\, Jr.  \nSince our last show\, many major political events have happened that have serious consequences for our democracy. President Trump has continued to issue more questionable and unconstitutional Executive Orders. DOGE has continued to wreak havoc with federal governmental agencies. The GOP-controlled Congress continues to capitulate totally to the President. Indeed\, last week\, both the House (with oe democratic vote) and the Senate (with the help of Minority Leader Schumer and 8 other Democrats) passed a horrible 6-month continuing resolution (CR) averting a government shutdown. Among its many horrific provisions\, this continuing resolution actually expands Trump’s executive authority. The perceived defection of Senate Democrats in support of the CR has created a major division between the House Democrats and the Senate Democrats\, with many folks calling for the resignation of Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.  \nIn addition to all of these political developments\, on the legal front\, many have stated that the USA is headed towards a Constitutional Crisis as the Trump Administration seems on the verge of defying orders of the federal courts enjoining the implementation of Executive Orders and DOGE activity perceived as in contravention of the Constitution and federal statutes. Indeed\, on Friday\, President Trump announced that he would invoke the wartime powers of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to facilitate the deportation of alleged gang members and others considered as national security threats. This is on top of the public furor raised by the arrest and deportation of green card holder and legal permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil\, and others.  \nOur non-partisan show will look at all of these developments and many more through the lens of our very special guest\, former Congressman\, author\, political analyst\, and radio show host\, Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.  \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n [Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones and guests will begin the show discussing upcoming TJC events: thanking everyone who participated in the Amazon Economic Blackout through March 14th\, is participating in the Target Fast for Lent\, TJC’s #NoDEINoBUY Campaign\, and those who have taken even greater measures in their own individual boycotts\, call into Congress\, and march in the streets; and will thank recent donors and call for people be sure to donate to our voting rights work] \n\nWelcome back\, Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.! These are tumultuous times. Indeed\, one of my ACLU colleagues has called these “treacherous times”. To get underway\, how would YOU characterize this moment in history in which we find ourselves?\nAs a former Congressman\, what do you make of the way in which the House and Senate are acting in relationship to President Trump and to DOGE?\nWhat kind of reactions have you received from the public\, colleagues\, and associates regarding last week’s passage of the continuing resolution?\nWhat do you make of the dichotomy of the public resistance in the streets and the more moderate behaviour of the so-called opposition in the House and Senate?\nWhy do you think the Democrats in the latest NBC poll received a favorability rating of only 27% from the public? Note that a CNN poll found a 29% favorability rating. \nThe NBC poll also has bad news for the President\, finding his favorability rating being the lowest ever for any president at this time in their term except for President Trump in 2016. What does this public perception mean?\nWhat do you make out of Elon Musk and DOGE? \nWhat do you see as the impacts of this emerging oligarchy and its effects on US domestic and foreign policy?\nIn a post on X/Twitter\, Elon Musk supported the call for the impeachment of federal judges to be impeached after rulings overturning DOGE firings. Reuters noted that since the end of January\, “Musk has lashed out at judges in more than 30 posts on X calling them ‘corrupt\, radical\, and evil’ after the dealt DOGE legal blows. Some federal judges that spoke with Reuters said they have fears over their safety in light of Musk’s social media threats.” What do you make of this confluence of the richest man in the world using his platform that he purchased\, without any oversight as to truthfulness\, waging this kind of campaign against the judiciary on behalf of DOGE and President Trump? \nFederal judges issued 14 nationwide injunctions against the Biden administration during its first three years. In comparison\, the Obama administration faced 12 nationwide injunctions over its entire eight-year tenure. (Trump’s first administration faced 64 injunctions out of the total 127 nationwide injunctions issued since 1963. Trump’s return to the Oval Office in January has brought with it more than 120 lawsuits from activists\, government employees and others targeting his executive orders and actions as of March 17th\, 2025. The lawsuits have resulted in nationwide injunctions in some cases\, including 15 in February alone\, according to Trump’s acting solicitor general\, Sarah Harris.) How should racial and social justice advocates address the Constitutional Crisis?\nIf you were in Congress right now\, what would you be advocating that the House and the Senate do in this political moment?\nIn your opinion\, what should be done to best protect the social safety net?\nWhat are your top recommendations right now for how our listeners can get involved and be active in this moment?\nIn addition to activism\, what are the best resources that people should be using at this time- like listening to your podcast\, our radio show\, books\, Roland Martin’s show? How do people best be informed when there is so much misinformation and disinformation?\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[Barbara Arnwine and Daryl Jones will remind people to participate in the April 5th major National “Hands Off” Day of Action. The “Hands Off!” movement is organizing a nationwide mobilization on April 5\, 2025\, to protest against what they describe as a “billionaire power grab” by figures like Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The event aims to rally against issues such as cuts to social services\, rising healthcare costs\, and attacks on workers’ rights. Demonstrations are planned across the country\, including marches\, rallies\, and other nonviolent actions. There will be a large march in Washington D.C.. Learn more at HandsOff2025.com ] \n[Barbara Arnwine will mention to the audience of the March 5th re-introduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. To get more information\, people can go to sewell.house.gov. That’s S-E-W-E-L-L dot house dot G-O-V. And when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121\, be sure to tell your Congressperson to pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement 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.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-march-18-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/TJC-031825-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250311T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250311T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20250311T205616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250311T211449Z UID:2346-1741694400-1741698000@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – March 11: Righteous Incivility: Report on 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday\, Reintroduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and Rep. Al Green Protest DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n March 11\, 2025: Righteous Incivility: Report on 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday\, Reintroduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and Rep. Al Green Protest\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:\nJonnita Dockens: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeExecutive Assistant of the Transformative Justice Coalition \nEldric Coleman: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time (11:00 AM – 11:57 AM Central Time)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 \nAngel Edwards: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETTransformative 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; 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\, 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 \nErial Hunter: 12:15 PM – 12:28 PM ETCaterer for Transformative Justice Coalition’s 2025 Selma Events \nNile Blass: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM ETTransformative Justice Coalition-certified Voting Rights Advocate\, April 2023 Class; Strategist and Community Organizer; DMV Regional Organizer for the League of Women Voters \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\, March 11th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Righteous Incivility: Report on 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday\, Reintroduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act”\, and Rep. Al Green Protest”\, with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. will feature special guests Jonnita Dockens\, Eldric Coleman\, Erial Hunter\, Nile Blass\, and Angel Edwards. \n“This year marked the 60th year since Bloody Sunday\, and thousands still make the pilgrimage to Selma each year to honor their sacrifices. As marchers crossed the bridge at about noon\, rain began to fall while they sang ‘We Shall Overcome.’…Speakers after the bridge crossing urged today’s marchers to maintain the same courage as the marchers from 60 years ago….People need to be prepared to vote in elections this year\, said Barbara Arnwine\, the president and founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition.” (Source: https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/local/2025/03/09/original-selma-foot-soldiers-return-for-bloody-sunday-march/82006232007/ ) \nTJC was a major player in events held this past Friday\, Saturday and Sunday. This year\, we actually partnered strongly with the National Organization for Women (NOW) on an Invisible Giants program at Selma High School to honor women in Selma\, who are making a big difference in the lives of young people. TJC sponsored a very popular candy buffet for Selma High School students. Following the formal program\, TJC\, NOW\, and others sponsored a reception in honor of the Invisible Giant honorees. We also partnered with the National Urban League. Our  Saturday Gen Z & Young Millennial Luncheon was a major hit with a crowded standing-room-only audience and great presentations by our TJC Alumni\, Nile Blass\, Eldric Coleman\, Angel Edwards and Ja’Nise Gentry. Indeed\, our sessions drew national civil rights leaders who addressed our workshop including Marc Morial of the National Urban League and Derrick Johnson of the NAACP. On Sunday\, we attended the Unity Breakfast and the Tabernacle Baptist Church service\, attended by scores of Congressional members where Rev Jesse Jackson was honored. During the Sunday March\, hundreds of people proudly marched with our TJC “Protect the Vote” signs (designed by Daryl Jones).  In a sea of thousands\, the TJC signs were highly visible. Daryl Jones provided essential leadership and direction for every event. Jonnita Dockens\, TJC Executive Assistant\, made everything happen with creativity\, professionalism and grace. She was ably assisted by her talented sister\, Jensen Lewis. And TC Muhammad of the Hip Hop Caucus provided valuable leadership and assistance for Saturday’s programs. We are delighted that TJC “showed up and Showed Out” in honor of John Lewis\, Amelia Boynton\, and the 600 footsoldiers of the original Selma-To-Montgomery March. \n“To many [there]…this year’s march felt more somber than usual. It took place against the backdrop of intense attacks on voting rights\, education and fair housing laws by President Donald Trump and his allies. In his first two months in office\, Trump has also rolled back a litany of diversity\, equity and inclusion programs meant to correct age-old discrimination\, and he has sought to restore what the White House has described as ‘merit-based opportunity’ that will promote ‘national unity.’…And then there were more concrete signs of what critics call an attempt to diminish or “whitewash” the nation’s fraught racial history: the historic Montgomery bus station housing a museum honoring the ‘freedom riders’ who helped power the early civil rights movement was among the federal properties that the administration indicated could be sold — though that list was later taken offline. Worry that the country may be on the brink of eroding any progress it has made on issues of race and power hung like a cloud as thousands gathered in Selma and Montgomery in recent days to remember Bloody Sunday. They questioned not only what will happen now\, but also who will rise in the next generation to take on what many described as the biggest challenge to civil rights since the 1960s. \n“‘People are afraid\,’ Selma Mayor James Perkins Jr. (D) told a room of more than three dozen members of Congress and other elected officials\, mostly Democrats\, who had descended on his majority African American city\, where many residents live well below the poverty line. Perkins\, who grew up in Selma under segregation laws and is the city’s first Black mayor\, likened that fear to what he felt as a child when his grandparents shoved him under a bed to hide as members of the Ku Klux Klan drove through the city terrorizing Black residents. \n… \n“Just before he and others took to the bridge for the anniversary walk Sunday\, the Rev. Raphael G. Warnock\, the Democratic senator from Georgia\, spoke of a ‘dark pall’ shrouding the country and accused Trump of stirring up ‘old racial resentments’ while pursuing policies that will harm a wide swath of Americans\, including those who voted for him. Speaking at the historic Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma\, Warnock\, who leads Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta\, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached until his 1968 assassination\, acknowledged that even he sometimes felt ‘weary’ by what he described as the Trump administration’s ‘war against the poor’ and efforts to undo racial equity…Warnock spoke from the same place where civil rights leaders held their first mass meeting to encourage Black residents to register to vote in 1963 and where activists secretly met ahead of the original Bloody Sunday march. In a similar meeting as part of the 60th anniversary celebration\, many speakers not only nodded to the church’s activist history but likened those days to what is happening now. \n… \n“Part of the uncertainty is who will lead the movement going forward. Ahead of the anniversary celebration\, known as the Bridge Crossing Jubilee\, Faya Rose Toure\, a longtime Selma activist and one of the event’s founders\, announced this year’s celebration would be her last — citing her age\, 79\, and the need for younger leaders to step forward. Toure warned that the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute — which opened in 1993 at the eastern foot of the Pettus bridge — was running out of money and in danger of closing. Days earlier\, the building had been vandalized — one of its murals splashed by black paint\, which the museum could not afford to remove before the Jubilee because funds were tight. She pleaded with people ‘to keep the museum alive. Because if we don’t\, let me tell you what’s going to happen … they are going to rewrite the history of Bloody Sunday\,’ she said. \nUnlike recent years\, the annual march across the Pettus Bridge\, which is named after a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan\, did not attract members of the current administration or any former presidents or would-be presidential hopefuls. Instead\, many of the groups organizing events around the anniversary focused on cultivating a newer\, younger generation of activists. \n… \n“During a meeting at Tabernacle Baptist Church on Thursday\, Dr. Willie Francois III\, a New Jersey pastor\, bluntly acknowledged how Black Americans had witnessed progress — including the election of the country’s first Black president and its first female Black vice president and the confirmation of a Black woman to the Supreme Court. But he argued that the quality of life for many Black people has not improved over the past 60 years — pointing to high unemployment rates\, racial disparities in income and the higher rate at which people of color are shot or killed by police. ‘If I can be honest\, very little has changed since 1965\,” Francois\, 38\, said. But he argued for persistence. “Slavery failed. Jim Crow failed. The war on drugs failed\,’ he said. ‘Make America Great Again’ will fail if we keep on standing up and holding our heads high.’ “ (Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03/09/selmas-civil-rights-anniversary-fears-rise-about-way-forward/ ) \n“U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell\, D-Ala.\, said they are gathering in Selma for the 60th anniversary ‘at a time when the vote is in peril.’ Sewell noted the number of voting restrictions introduced since the U.S. Supreme Court effectively abolished a key part of the Voting Rights Act that required jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination to pre-clear new voting laws with the Justice Department. Sewell this week reintroduced legislation to restore the requirement. The proposal has repeatedly stalled in Congress. The legislation is named for John Lewis\, the late Georgia congressman who was at the lead of the Bloody Sunday march. (Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/bloody-sunday-60th-anniversary-marked-selma-remembrances-concerns-futu-rcna195537 ) \n“On March 5th\, 2025\, Sewell led every House Democrat in reintroducing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. “The bill would restore and modernize the protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA)\, addressing modern-day voter suppression and ensuring every voter\, regardless of race or background\, has equal access to the ballot box. It is cosponsored by every House Democrat and supported by more than 140 organizations across the nation. ‘Since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965\, we have seen state officials advance hundreds of new measures to make it harder for Americans to vote\,’ said Rep. Terri Sewell\, author and lead sponsor. ] As we prepare to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in my hometown of Selma\, Alabama\, it is clear; the fight for voting rights is just as urgent today as it was decades ago. I’m proud to be reintroducing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act with the support of every House Democrat. Our bill would give us the tools necessary to address modern-day voter suppression and ensure every American has equal access to the ballot box.’ [House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries stated\, ‘But] voting rights are under attack across America\, which is why the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act is so critical. House Democrats are thankful for the leadership of Rep. Terri Sewell in reintroducing this important legislation that will put an end to the era of voter suppression in America once and for all.’…On March 7\, 1965\, in Selma\, Alabama\, the late Congressman John Lewis and hundreds of Foot Soldiers were viciously attacked by police while peacefully demonstrating in support of the equal right of all Americans to vote. The brutality of Bloody Sunday galvanized the Civil Rights Movement and led to the passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). \nFor decades\, the VRA prevented states with a history of voter discrimination from erecting new barriers to the ballot box\, until it was gutted by the Supreme Court in the 2013 Shelby County v. Holder decision. Without its guardrails\, state officials have enacted at least 94 restrictive voting laws\, many in states with a history of racial voting discrimination. Subsequent Supreme Court decisions have further weakened the VRA\, making it more difficult to challenge voter discrimination in court. The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would restore and modernize the protections of the VRA. It would establish a modern-day framework to determine which states and localities have a recent history of voter discrimination and require those jurisdictions to pre-clear new voting laws with the Department of Justice. Bill text is available here.” (emphasis in original) (Source: https://sewell.house.gov/2025/3/rep-sewell-introduces-the-john-r-lewis-voting-rights-advancement-act-ahead-of-the-60th-anniversary-of-bloody-sunday ) \nRead more:  https://www.cbs42.com/news/60th-anniversary-of-bloody-sunday-draws-thousands-to-recreate-march-for-voting-rights/ \nSee photos: https://www.axios.com/2025/03/10/selma-marks-bloody-sunday-60th-anniversary-photos \nWatch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kn1r7nrad4 \nThe Transformative Justice Coalition supports the passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.  \nTJC also stands with Rep. Al Green. During President Trump’s 2025 State of the Union\, Rep. Al Green was thrown out of the speech and later censured. In former President Biden’s State of the Union\, he was interrupted repeatedly by Republicans\, and engaged in dialogue with those loudly and incessantly interrupting\, like Marjorie Taylor Greene. Watch more on Rep. Al Green defending his protest during President Trump’s joint address\, saying he was speaking out against Medicaid cuts and was and is prepared for the consequences\, therefore he doesn’t blame anyone who censured him: https://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/watch/rep-al-green-defends-medicaid-protest-warns-of-growing-party-divide-233876549743 \nOur show will also remind listeners that there is a current Economic Blackout of Amazon through March 14th. We encourage everyone to not watch anything on Amazon Prime\, Twitch (owned by Amazon)\, or buy anything on Amazon. Without current earnings reports\, trackers of the Blackouts’ impacts use website traffic data\, therefore TJC encourages everyone to not visit these websites either. Your united action sent a resounding message! By withholding your dollars\, you make an undeniable stand for Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion and Corporate Responsibility -creating a profound shift that cannot be ignored. Your sacrifice is more than a statement; it is a bold declaration of unwavering commitment to justice and fairness\, echoing far beyond a single day. \nCo-Hosts Arnwine and Jones will provide tips and explain the importance of this boycott. TJC deleted its Amazon account last month and in January moved from Amazon to other book sellers and have been going directly to store websites to make purchases. \nAccording to Isaac Hayes III’s tweet\, Target Corporation’s stock price has significantly decreased\, resulting in a roughly $12.4 billion reduction in market capitalization due to a drop of approximately $27.27 per share. Read his tweet: https://x.com/IsaacHayes3/status/1895658865255203244?s=19  \nCurrently\, there is also a 40-day Lent Fast of Target. https://www.targetfast.org/  \nNow is the time to amplify your impact.The momentum you have ignited is a force for lasting transformation. Keep using your voice\, your influence\, and your power. A sustained fight for DEI will ensure that the legacy of the Economic Blackout endures- and reshapes the future. \nBuy the t-shirt of all future economic boycotts: https://thepeoplesunionusa.creator-spring.com/listing/buy-the-comfort-tee?product=369&variation=6513  \nIgniting Change Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones and guest Jonnita Dockens will also discuss TJC’s #NoDEINoBUY Campaign. We applaud all entities that have announced their continued commitment to DEI. Our campaign will support and defend those who have aligned themselves with truth telling and needed change by standing on the promise of a diverse\, equitable and inclusive USA. We urge the people of America to take a stand to ensure fairness\, justice\, and equal opportunity for all\, rejecting systems that uphold exclusion and inequality. Your voice and engagement can make a difference! TJC will unite with others in a multi-phase campaign to support boycotts\, economic fasting\, protests\, litigation\, communications and other strategies to demand change\, following the profound and lasting spirit of our ancestors. \nJoin Us!! https://bit.ly/NoDEINoBUY  \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n [Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones and guests will begin the show discussing upcoming TJC events: thanking everyone who is participating in the Amazon Economic Blackout through March 14th and the Target Fast for Lent\, and those who have taken even greater measures in their own individual boycotts; and will thank recent donors and call for people be sure to donate to our voting rights work] \n\nWelcome Angel and Eldric. You were both panelists for the Gen Z and Young Millennial Luncheon that we held this past weekend in Selma. Please describe what that experience was like for you to present to a packed room.\nWhat was the main message that you wanted everyone to receive from your participation?\nJonnita\, this was your first time ever attending the Selma Jubilee. What\, for you\, was the highlight of the three days of activities?\nAs the Gen Z Luncheon and other TJC-sponsored sessions transpired\, a number of foot soldiers joined the audience. Indeed\, Foot Soldier Richard Bland actually sat at our registration table and offered his portrait and stories of his experiences in 1965. What did it mean to all of you to be in the presence of these foot soldiers?\n\n(~ 12:15 PM)  \n\nWelcome Ariel to Igniting Change. You provided the delicious food for the luncheon. A number of your staff were intensely watching and listening to the panel. What have you heard about their reactions to the panel discussions? What did you think?\nJonnita\, as you helped to register people for the sessions\, what to you were the most meaningful interactions from the attendees?\nWere you surprised by how many people came to this year’s Sunday bridge crossing?\nErial\, what does it mean to the people of Selma for the Jubilee to be held each year?\nErial\, Selma is a severely economically depressed city\, purposefully neglected by the state of Alabama for its history. What can our listeners do to help Selma throughout the year?\n\n(~ 12:26 PM)  \n\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you\, especially if they want to go to Selma and contract with your catering services for some delicious food?!\n\n(~ 12:30 PM)  \n\nWelcome to the show Nile. How many times has this represented for you to come to Selma?\nNile\, how did your experience this year differ from prior years?\nNile\, Eldric\, and Angel\, you are all TJC Alumni. During the panel\, you really mixed it up a lot. What did you find the highlight of each others’ remarks?\n[Barbara Arnwine will mention to the audience of the March 5th re-introduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. To get more information\, people can go to sewell.house.gov. That’s S-E-W-E-L-L dot house dot G-O-V. And when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121\, be sure to tell your Congressperson to pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act!)\nNile\, Eldric\, and Angel\, how have you utilized the lessons\, connections\, and guidance you acquired during TJC Voting Rights Leadership Training subsequently?\n[Daryl Jones will discuss Rep. Al Green’s protest and censure and what our audience can do about it]\nWhat were your reactions to Rep. Al Green’s protest and the aftermath?\n[TJC has recently unsubscribed from Amazon completely. Barbara and Daryl will share tips for how to participate in a complete Economic Blackout of Amazon or the week-long boycott March 7th – the 14th.]\nCLOSING NOTES: So far this year\, the government has cut 62\,530. Last year this time\, only 151 positions were cut. If the judges weren’t blocking various broad firings this year\, there would be more fired. Nearly all federal employees serve a one or two year probationary period. Don’t forget about the Economic Blackout of Amazon through March 14th and the Target Fast for Lent\, and thank you to those who have taken even greater measures in their own individual boycotts. Don’t forget to make your daily calls to your Congressperson at 202-224-3121 and to call Rep. Al Green’s office to express your gratitude. Please consider becoming a monthly donor to TJC.\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[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.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-march-11-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/TJC-031125-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250304T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250304T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20250304T154712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T160909Z UID:2325-1741089600-1741093200@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – March 4: State of Disunion & Our Resilience: Countering the Attacks on DEI in Education and Corporate America\, Commemorating 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n March 4\, 2025: State of Disunion & Our Resilience: Countering the Attacks on DEI in Education and Corporate America\, Commemorating 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday\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:\nPresident Stacy Davis Gates: 12:00 PM – 12:25 PM ETPresident of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) in July of 2022; national leader in the labor movement and progressive political organizing efforts; X/Twitter: https://x.com/stacydavisgates ; Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctulocal1/  \nTasha Dangerfield: 12:25 PM – 12:57 PM ET2024 Community Liaison/Arts Revive for Photographic Nights of Selma Festival where she was involved in educational workshops; visionary; community activist; Watch Tasha discuss the effects of SB1 in 2024 on displaced citizens in Alabama and her assistance to these individuals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzrkqCmlk1M ; Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dahairgoddess/ ; The Selma Social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theselmasocial ; The Selma Social Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/theselmasocial  \nJonnita Dockens: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeExecutive Assistant 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\, March 4th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “State of Disunion & Our Resilience: Countering the Attacks on DEI in Education and Corporate America\, Commemorating 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday”\, with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. will feature special guests President Davis Gates\, Tasha Dangerfield\, and Jonnita Dockens.  \nOur show will open with a thank you for those who participated in the Blackout Friday on February 28th. TJC Thanks all of the participants of the February 28\, 2025 Economic Blackout: your united action sent a resounding message! By withholding your dollars\, you made an undeniable stand for Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion and Corporate Responsibility -creating a profound shift that cannot be ignored. Your sacrifice was more than a statement; it was a bold declaration of unwavering commitment to justice and fairness\, echoing far beyond a single day.  \nNow is the time to amplify your impact.The momentum you have ignited is a force for lasting transformation. Keep using your voice\, your influence\, and your power. A sustained fight for DEI will ensure that the legacy of the Economic Blackout endures- and reshapes the future. \nBuy the t-shirt of all future economic boycotts: https://thepeoplesunionusa.creator-spring.com/listing/buy-the-comfort-tee?product=369&variation=6513  \nSee impact of Target Boycotts so far:  \n\n\nhttps://www.targetfast.org/  \n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2025/03/03/target-loses-and-costco-wins-in-web-traffic-on-feb-28-economic-blackout-day/ (Please note that the Forbes article tracks website traffic\, which – although insightful and valuable – can also be misleading as there were some calls to fill carts with regular everyday items and then abandon the carts; the quarterly earning reports\, which are not out yet for after companies began rolling back DEI as the article points out\, will be more telling.) \n\n\nThe show will then turn to President Davis Gate’s segment focusing on the Trump Education Department attack on DEI in Education and the Chicago Teachers Union’s stance. The Trump Administration recently issued a directive to schools\, giving them two weeks to comply with an anti-DEI (Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion) order. However\, after the deadline\, the Education Department walked back the order. The directive warned that schools might lose federal funding if they continued with DEI programs. This move has sparked significant controversy and legal challenges. \nThe American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has sued the Trump Administration over this directive\, arguing that it is unconstitutionally vague and violates the First Amendment’s free speech protections. The lawsuit\, filed in federal court in Maryland\, claims that the directive would hamper equal access to education and have devastating impacts on schools by denying students opportunities to hone their critical thinking skills and expand their worldview. \nThe Chicago Teachers Union\, along with other prominent teachers’ unions\, has taken a strong stance against the Trump Administration’s policy. They argue that DEI programs are essential for addressing historic inequities and uplifting marginalized communities. The unions are seeking to block the policy\, asserting that it misrepresents the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action and would constitute illegal discrimination in the eyes of the Department of Education. \nOur guest\, Stacy Davis Gates\, took office as President of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) in July of 2022 and is a national leader in the labor movement and progressive political organizing efforts.  \n President Davis Gates taught high school social studies in Chicago Public Schools before joining the CTU staff\, politicized and spurred to union activity by the 2008 closing of Englewood High School\, her workplace on Chicago’s South Side. Late CTU President Karen Lewis recognized Davis Gates’ bold strategic vision and political savvy\, tapping her to become the union’s Political and Legislative Director in 2011. In that position\, she built coalitions and spearheaded legislative campaigns that established an elected school board for Chicago\, the most substantial charter school accountability measures in the country\, restoration of bargaining rights denied to Chicago educators for nearly three decades\, and securing hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding for Chicago Public Schools. Her leadership greatly expanded the union’s political vision\, building political organizations like United Working Families and raising millions to elect progressive community leaders from Chicago to city\, county\, and state governments and the U.S. Congress\, culminating with the election of CTU organizer and middle school teacher Brandon Johnson as Mayor of Chicago in 2023.  \nAs CTU Vice President\, Davis Gates helped lead a successful 15-day strike in the fall of 2019. That united strike landed the negotiation of a historic contract providing smaller class sizes\, a nurse and social worker in every Chicago public school\, sanctuary protections for immigrant families\, and support for students and families experiencing homelessness.  \nDavis Gates’ focus on community outreach and CTU’s outspokenness about racism\, privatization\, democracy\, women’s rights and other causes under her leadership have gained a national audience and made her a regular target of right-wing media\, conservative activists and corporate lobbyists. In addition to her leadership at CTU\, President Davis Gates also serves as the Executive Vice President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers\, Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers\, Party Chair of United Working Families\, and board member of the Action Center on Race & the Economy (ACRE). She lives on the South Side of Chicago with her husband and three children. \nMarch 4th is a national day of action to “protect our kids – settle our contract” so President Davis Gates will also discuss how CTU is trying to build a forcefield around Chicago students to protect them from Trump’s attacks and lift up how educators are using their labor power to benefit Black\, Latino\, and broader school communities. \nNext\, Igniting Change will discuss TJC’s presence at the 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday with guests Tasha Dangerfield and Jonnita Dockens. Join TJC on March 8th\, 2025 from 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM for the 60th Annual Selma Jubilee Voting Rights Series. Transformative Justice Coalition presents “Fighting Forward from Selma 60th to the Future” A Voting Panel Series and Workshops. There will be free lunch at this event and the workshops will be held at the George Wallace Community College\, Hank Sanders Technology Center in Selma\, AL.  \nIgniting Change Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones and guest Jonnita Dockens will also discuss TJC’s #NoDEINoBUY Campaign. We applaud all entities that have announced their continued commitment to DEI. Our campaign will support and defend those who have aligned themselves with truth telling and needed change by standing on the promise of a diverse\, equitable and inclusive USA. We urge the people of America to take a stand to ensure fairness\, justice\, and equal opportunity for all\, rejecting systems that uphold exclusion and inequality. Your voice and engagement can make a difference! TJC will unite with others in a multi-phase campaign to support boycotts\, economic fasting\, protests\, litigation\, communications and other strategies to demand change\, following the profound and lasting spirit of our ancestors. \nJoin Us!! https://bit.ly/NoDEINoBUY  \nThe next boycott is of Amazon\, March 7th – 14th. Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones will provide tips and explain the importance of this boycott. \nLastly\, Arnwine will discuss her appearance on a special edition of the Roland Martin Unfiltered Show called the “State Of Our Union” on Tuesday\, March 4th\, 2025 7:00 PM-1:00 AM on March 5th\, 2025. \nReferences: \n\n American Federation of Teachers. (2025\, February 26). Teachers union sues Trump administration over DEI policy. USA Today. Retrieved from [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/02/26/teachers-union-sues-trump-administration-dei-policy/80466558007/ ]\nChicago Teachers Union. (2025\, March 3). Teachers union sues over Trump admin’s DEI warning to schools. MSN. Retrieved from [https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/teachers-union-sues-over-trump-admin-s-dei-warning-to-schools/ar-AA1zMXBn ]\nEducation Department. (2025\, March 3). Trump Education Department DEI FAQ. USA Today. Retrieved from [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/03/03/trump-education-department-dei-faq/81152789007/ ]\n\n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n [Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones and guests will begin the show discussing upcoming TJC events: thanking everyone who participated in the national economic blackout on February 28th; the  re-enactment of the Selma-to-Montgomery March; Barbara’s appearance on Roland Martin’s show tonight\, March 4th\, from 7;00 PM – 1:00 AM; a thank you to recent donors; and\, a call for people be sure to donate to our voting rights work] \nSEGMENT WITH GUEST PRESIDENT DAVIS GATES (ends at 12:25 PM Eastern Time) \n\nWelcome President Davis Gates to Igniting Change. Please tell our audience about the Chicago Teachers’ Union.\nHow many members are in the Union?\nWhat is the history of the Chicago Teachers’ Union?\nHow many students do the Chicago Teachers’ Union teach?\nWhy did you decide to seek the presidency of the Chicago Teachers’ Union in 2022?\nOn January 21st\, the CTU issued a statement on Trump’s Policy Threatening Schools. What do our listeners need to know about that statement?\nHow has the Trump Administration’s mass deportation push affected the students and teachers of the Chicago Public Schools?\nYou have not been silent about your opposition to the Trump Administration’s DEI Guidance. Tell us about your concerns about restrictions on diversity\, equity and inclusion for the Chicago Schools workforce?\nTell us about why you have publicly stated that “We will not be Florida where churches are teaching Black history on the weekend. Black history is going to stay and remain as a course of study in our public schools and we’re going to teach it during the school day too!” Wow!  What has been the reaction to your stance?\nToday\, March 4th is a national day of action to “protect our kids – settle our contract”. I know CTU is trying to build a forcefield around Chicago students to protect them from Trump’s attacks and lift up how educators are using their labor power to benefit Black\, Latino\, and broader school communities. Tell our audience about this.\nWhat do you want to say to our national audience about this time in history and all of our roles in addressing the threats of the Trump Administration?\nThank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\nSEGMENT ON Selma\, 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and TJC’s #NoDEINoBUY Campaign WITH guests Tasha Dangerfield and Jonnita Dockens (begins at 12:25 PM Eastern Time) \n\nWelcome to Igniting Change\, Tasha Dangerfield. You are an amazing community activist who has decided to make Selma\, Alabama your focus. Tell us why.\nTasha\, March 5th – 9th\, 2025 is the Selma Jubilee commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Tell people about Bloody Sunday.\nTasha\, tell us about The Invisible Giants program on Friday\, March 7th\, 2025.\nJonnita\, The Transformative Justice Coalition and the National Organization for Women are partnering with Tasha\, Faya Rose Sanders\, and the Selma Jubilee. Why is this programming important to national organizations?\nOn Saturday\, March 8th\, 2025\, TJC is sponsoring a luncheon and several workshops from 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM\, with a reception beginning at 5:00 PM and ending at 5:45 PM at the Hank Sanders Center at the George Wallace Community College. There is a Gen Z Luncheon that kicks off this program. Why is this important?\nJonnita\, tell us more about the highlights of the two workshops.\nTasha\, how many people do you think are going to come to this year’s Sunday bridge crossing?\nWhy is it important for people to show up for the re-enactment of Bloody Sunday by walking across the Edmund-Pettus Bridge?\nTasha\, if people want more information about the Jubilee\, what should they do?\nJonnita\, if people want more information about TJC’s programs on Saturday\, what should they do?\nTasha\, Selma is a severely economically depressed city\, purposefully neglected by the state of Alabama for its history. What can our listeners do to help Selma throughout the year?\nWe are now going to turn back to the subject of DEI\, this time focusing on the corporate sector. Since our last show\, TJC has added to its website more information on our #NoDEINoBUY Campaign. Jonnita\, tell people about the resources that they are going to find at tjcoalition.org?\nJonnita\, what has been the public reaction to this new campaign? On LinkedIn\, TJC’s post has had 13\,575 impressions since it was posted 4 days ago.\nJonnita\, private companies are capitulating to the MAGA’s demand to drop DEI programs. What is TJC recommending that people do in regards to these private companies that have dismantled their DEI programs?\nThis subject has brought out a whole lot of angry folks\, mainly White men in opposition to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\, calling it “racist”. How have you reacted to these trolls?\nOn the other hand\, interestingly\, some Black people are disappointed in DEI not being strong enough. How should we respond to them?\nWhat do you think should be the position towards the companies that have maintained their DEI programs?\nHow do we publicly support these companies\, such as Sharpton’s Costco “Buy In” and influencers putting out lists of local Black-owned businesses?\nJonnita\, what are some of your favorite resources that you found when curating TJC’s list of resources?\n\n[TJC has recently unsubscribed from Amazon completely. Barbara and Daryl will share tips for how to participate in a complete boycott of Amazon or the week-long boycott March 7th – the 14th.] \n\nTasha\, what 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[Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones and guests will end the show reminding listeners to watch Arnwine’s participation in Roland Martin’s show tonight; how to call the Congressional Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and to join upcoming TJC events: the  re-enactment of the  Selma-to-Montgomery March; a thank you to recent donors and call for people be sure to donate to our voting rights work] \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.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-march-04-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/TJC-030425-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250225T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250225T140000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20250225T152303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250225T153343Z UID:2308-1740488400-1740492000@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – February 25: Fighting the Attacks on DEI\, Constitutional Rights\, and American Democracy: North Carolina Supreme Court as A Case Study and February 28th National Blackout Day DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n February 25\, 2025: Fighting the Attacks on DEI\, Constitutional Rights\, and American Democracy: North Carolina Supreme Court as A Case Study and February 28th National Blackout Day\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:\nRev. Dr. Rodney Sadler: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETCo-Chair of the Reimagining America Project; Tri-Chair of the North Carolina Poor Peoples’ Campaign ; Personal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodney.sadler.9 ; FB Page: Center for Social Justice of Reconciliation: https://www.facebook.com/upsemcsjr  ; FB Page: North Carolina Poor Peoples’ Campaign: https://www.facebook.com/PPCNC  \nAtty. Brenda Ford Harding\, Esq. 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETFormer Transformative Justice Coalition Board Chair and prominent North Carolina Civil Rights Attorney \nAtty. Terry O’Neill: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeCurrent 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/  \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\, February 25th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Fighting the Attacks on DEI\, Constitutional Rights\, and American Democracy: North Carolina Supreme Court as A Case Study and February 28th National Blackout Day”\, with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. will feature special guests Rev. Dr. Rodney Sadler\, Atty. Brenda Ford Harding\, and Atty. Terry O’Neill. \nIn the one week since our last show\, there have been several major developments on the attacks on the governmental sector; angry public outrage during congressional townhalls; and\, massive calls for economic boycotts due to rollbacks of DEI programs and the corporate sector’s silence as our democracy is eroded. In addition\, the nation’s eye has been fixated on the struggle in North Carolina to disenfranchise voters in the North Carolina Supreme Court election. Our show will highlight all of these issues\, including MSNBC’s cancellation of the Joy Reid Show. \nErrors DOGE Has Done in the Past Week: \n1.  The DOGE team’s “wall of receipts” showed errors in tallying billions in savings. The initial accounting by DOGE of its estimated savings was overstated by billions of dollars.  MSN. (2025\, February 24). DOGE team’s “wall of receipts” shows errors in tallying billions in savings. Retrieved from https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/doge-teams-wall-of-receipts-shows-errors-in-tallying-billions-in-savings/ar-AA1zoc0N) \n2.      Jim Jordan mentioned that Trump’s and Musk’s DOGE has “maybe” made “some mistakes”. MSN. (2025\, February 24). Jim Jordan says Trump’s and Musk’s DOGE has “maybe” made “some mistakes”. Retrieved from https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jim-jordan-says-trumps-and-musks-doge-has-maybe-made-some-mistakes/ar-AA1zCDVV) \n3.  As errors pile up\, Musk and DOGE appear increasingly incompetent. MSN. (2025\, February 24). Maddow Blog: As errors pile up\, Musk and DOGE appear increasingly incompetent. Retrieved from [https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/cryptocurrencies/maddow-blog-as-errors-pile-up-musk-and-doge-appear-increasingly-incompetent/ar-AA1znRmV] \nTrump’s Approval Rating Being Low: \n\n\nPresident Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen marginally since he began his second term in January\, according to the latest Quinnipiac poll. MSN. (2025\, February 24). Donald Trump’s approval rating dips after first month. Retrieved from https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/donald-trump-s-approval-rating-dips-after-first-month/ar-AA1zsEUO) \n\n\n\n\n A Republican strategist described Trump’s approval rating slide as “significant\,” noting a 13-point drop just 33 days into his second term. Newsweek. (2025\, February 24). Donald Trump approval rating slide “significant”. Retrieved from https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-slide-significant-2035165) \n\n\n\nSurge of People Calling Congress: \n1.      DC-area congressional offices are getting flooded with phone calls about Trump and Musk’s efforts to slash federal government employment and spending. Washingtonian. (2025\, February 6). DC-area congressional offices say they’re getting flooded with phone calls about Trump. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonian.com/2025/02/06/dc-area-congressional-offices-say-theyre-getting-flooded-with-phone-calls-about-trump/ \n2. Capitol Hill lawmakers have experienced a surge of swatting calls and bomb threats in the wake of the November election. CBS News. (2025\, February 24). Congress lawmakers surge swatting calls bomb threats following November election. Retrieved from (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-lawmakers-surge-swatting-calls-bomb-threats-following-november-election/) \nNorth Carolina Supreme Court \nIn North Carolina\, there is an ongoing dispute regarding the 2025 state Supreme Court election. Judge Jefferson Griffin\, a Republican candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court\, is attempting to invalidate more than 60\,000 votes and overturn the electoral win of his opponent\, Justice Allison Riggs. Griffin lost the election by just 734 votes and claims that the state board of elections has been breaking state election law for decades by following an incorrect process for registering voters. \nGriffin’s argument centers on the claim that the board of elections has been wrongfully allowing certain overseas and absentee ballots to be submitted without photo identification. However\, Riggs and the state board of elections argue that voters are entitled to rely on the established election procedure and are protected by the U.S. Constitution’s Due Process Clause. \nThe dispute has led to multiple state and federal lawsuits\, including ongoing litigation over whether Griffin’s state litigation should be removed to federal court. The case has attracted national attention and raised concerns about the integrity of the electoral process. (source: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/north-carolina-attempt-overturn-state-supreme-court-election ) \nDEI Spurs Economic Boycotts:  \nFriday\, February 28th: National Economic Blackout Day \nLearn More: https://theonecalledjai.com/  \nBuy the t-shirt of all economic boycotts: https://thepeoplesunionusa.creator-spring.com/listing/buy-the-comfort-tee?product=369&variation=6513  \nSee impact of Target Boycotts so far: https://www.targetfast.org/  \nAs promised\, immediately upon taking office President Donald Trump issued executive orders banning diversity\, equity\, and inclusion (DEI) by the federal government; targeting contracts of anyone who has had a DEI program; and\, eliminating jobs\, positions\, and programs which have ever had DEI involvement. \nAs expected\, these Executive Orders have been overbroad\, confusing\, and have served to dismantle actual civil rights law enforcement. Indeed\, within the federal agencies\, particularly the DOJ\, there has been a complete dismantling of civil rights law enforcement. These DEI Bans have resulted in federal agencies refusing to acknowledge Black History Month\, Women’s History Month\, Pride programming\, Disability Awareness\, Hispanic Heritage Month\, and more.  \nMost recently\, the “…U.S. Department of Education has given colleges and schools with race-specific programs — including financial aid and racially themed dormitory floors and graduation ceremonies — until the end of the month to abolish them or risk losing federal funding as educators scrambled over the holiday weekend to interpret the sweeping scope of new guidelines. The ‘dear colleague’ letter from the department’s civil rights division and addressed to K-12 and higher education leaders lays out a new federal anti-discrimination enforcement policy that extends beyond the use of race in admissions\, a practice barred since 2023 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The guidelines\, signed by acting assistant secretary for civil rights Craig Trainor\, said schools using ‘race in decisions pertaining to admissions\, hiring\, promotion\, compensation\, financial aid\, scholarships\, prizes\, administrative support\, discipline\, housing\, graduation ceremonies\, and all other aspects of student\, academic\, and campus life’ were in violation of anti-discrimination laws and legal precedent set in the high court’s affirmative action case.” (See source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-17/education-department-will-cut-funding-unless-schools-abolish-dei ) \nFurthermore\, MAGA-ite attorneys continue to attack DEI programs in the public and private sector.  \nBizarrely\, Elon Musk and DOGE have also baselessly attacked DEI as a contributor to “governmental inefficiencies and waste”. Musk\, right-wing media\, and the Trump Administration  have even used Twitter/X\, media\, and press conferences to gaslight any disaster as being the result of DEI programming despite clear evidence to the contrary. Many critics have pointed out that Musk\, Trump\, and many others promoting anti-DEI programs are promoting a White Supremacist and Resegregationist agenda. \nFortunately\, there is a tremendous fightback to this overall assault on DEI by civil rights groups\, women’s groups\, protestors\, governmental employees\, and many public and private entities. Indeed\, a number of corporations have reasserted their support for DEI. These corporations have drawn the ire of the Trump Administration and threats of lawsuits from MAGA attorneys. \nTJC\, individuals\, influencers\, and many other racial justice and social justice organizations have stepped into this fight by not only countering the flawed narrative underlying anti-DEI assaults\, but have also urged the public to use its buying power to demand that the corporate sector support DEI. Indeed\, during the show we will discuss the NAACP’s recent Black Consumer Advisory publication. The NAACP recently released the Black Consumer Advisory\, a guide aimed at helping Black Americans make informed spending decisions by highlighting companies that have either maintained or abandoned their Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion (DEI) commitments. The guide encourages consumers to support businesses that prioritize DEI and to avoid those that have rolled back their initiatives. The advisory lists companies that have eliminated DEI roles\, reduced supplier diversity\, and cut investments in Black communities. It also praises companies that have stood by their DEI commitments\, such as Delta Airlines\, Apple\, and Ben & Jerry’s. The NAACP emphasizes the economic power of Black consumers\, which is projected to reach $1.7 trillion by 2030\, and urges them to use their dollars to hold corporations accountable. (Sources: https://naacp.org/campaigns/black-consumer-advisory?form=MG0AV3 ; https://naacp.org/sites/default/files/documents/Black%20Consumer%20Advisory%202025.pdf?form=MG0AV3 ; https://www.blackenterprise.com/naacp-spending-guide-companies-dropped-dei/?form=MG0AV3 )  \nTJC is promoting a #NoDEINoBUY program. These economic boycotts (or economic “fasting” or “blackouts”\, as some people call it) are having an impact. Our show will discuss strategies and tactics to deal with this onslaught of anti-DEI measures.  \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n [Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones and guests will begin the show discussing upcoming TJC events: the national economic blackout on February 28th; the  re-enactment of the  Selma-to-Montgomery March; a thank you to recent donors and call for people be sure to donate to our voting rights work and view our Black History Month Series on VotingRightsAlliance.org] \n\nLet’s start off this show by paying tribute to a major truth-teller\, Joy Reid. What do you want to say to our national audience about the impact of Joy Reid’s show being cancelled?\nRev. Sadler\, please explain what is going on with the aftermath of the North Carolina Supreme Court 2024 election?\nBrenda\, how has this legal fight affecting the legitimacy of the court and peoples’ respect for the court?\nRev. Sadler\, you have been on the front-lines of marches and protests regarding this effort to disenfranchise North Carolina voters. Tell us about these experiences. \nWho’s been organizing?\nWho’s showing up at these rallies?\nWhat has the response of the community been?\nTerry\, as a major civil rights leader\, how has this case been playing out in the national media? Why do our listeners really need to know what has been happening in North Carolina?\nWhat are the next steps in this fight?\nWhat do you think about the numerous townhalls at which angry White voters have chastised and confronted their elected officials\, especially Republicans\, about the attacks on the federal government; the freezing of funds; and\, the outlandish actions of Elon Musk and DOGE?\nTerry\, as one of the foremost employment lawyers\, how do you react to the latest DOGE confusion of having to respond to a random late-night email from DOGE requiring you to list 5 “accomplishments you’ve done” or be considered to have resigned?\nHow is this attack on DEI affecting people you know and the general public?\nWhat are the most significant concerns that you have about what is happening in the federal sector to the:– Federal workforce?– Federal programs like the SBA?– Federal agencies and programming?– Federal procurement and suppliers?\nAnother big story of last week and this week are more private companies capitulating to the MAGA demand to drop DEI programs. What would you say to all these private companies that have dismantled their DEI programs? \nWhat do you think should be the position towards the companies that have maintained their DEI programs? \nHow do we publicly support these companies\, such as Sharpton’s Costco “Buy In” and influencers putting out lists of local Black-owned businesses?\nLet’s discuss this Friday’s February 28th National Economic Boycott.\n\n[Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones and guests will end the show reminding listeners to participate in the February 28th Economic Boycott; to call the Congressional Switchboard at 202-224-3121; and to join upcoming TJC events: the national economic blackout on February 28th; the  re-enactment of the  Selma-to-Montgomery March; a thank you to recent donors and call for people be sure to donate to our voting rights work and view our Black History Month Series on VotingRightsAlliance.org] \n\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you for all of your hard work. 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.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-february-25-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TJC-022525-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250218T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250218T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20250218T171121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T172517Z UID:2294-1739880000-1739883600@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – February 18: #NoDEINoBUY: Countering the Attack by the Trump Administration and MAGA on DEI in the Federal and Private Sectors DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n February 18\, 2025: #NoDEINoBUY: Countering the Attack by the Trump Administration and MAGA on DEI in the Federal and Private Sectors\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:\nDianne Wilkerson: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETFirst African American Female to serve in the Massachusetts Senate and TJC Board Treasurer \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\, February 18th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “#NoDEINoBUY: Countering the Attack by the Trump Administration and MAGA on DEI in the Federal and Private Sectors”\, with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. will feature two TJC Board Members\, Dianne Wilkerson and Dr. Karen McRae\, as special guests. As promised\, immediately upon taking office President Donald Trump issued executive orders banning diversity\, equity\, and inclusion (DEI) by the federal government; targeting contracts of anyone who has had a DEI program; and\, eliminating jobs\, positions\, and programs which have ever had DEI involvement. \nAs expected\, these Executive Orders have been overbroad\, confusing\, and have served to dismantle actual civil rights law enforcement. Indeed\, within the federal agencies\, particularly the DOJ\, there has been a complete dismantling of civil rights law enforcement. These DEI Bans have resulted in federal agencies refusing to acknowledge Black History Month\, Women’s History Month\, Pride programming\, Disability Awareness\, Hispanic Heritage Month\, and more.  \nMost recently\, the “…U.S. Department of Education has given colleges and schools with race-specific programs — including financial aid and racially themed dormitory floors and graduation ceremonies — until the end of the month to abolish them or risk losing federal funding as educators scrambled over the holiday weekend to interpret the sweeping scope of new guidelines. The ‘dear colleague’ letter from the department’s civil rights division and addressed to K-12 and higher education leaders lays out a new federal anti-discrimination enforcement policy that extends beyond the use of race in admissions\, a practice barred since 2023 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The guidelines\, signed by acting assistant secretary for civil rights Craig Trainor\, said schools using ‘race in decisions pertaining to admissions\, hiring\, promotion\, compensation\, financial aid\, scholarships\, prizes\, administrative support\, discipline\, housing\, graduation ceremonies\, and all other aspects of student\, academic\, and campus life’ were in violation of anti-discrimination laws and legal precedent set in the high court’s affirmative action case.” (See source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-17/education-department-will-cut-funding-unless-schools-abolish-dei ) \nFurthermore\, MAGA-ite attorneys continue to attack DEI programs in the public and private sector. The HACER National Scholarship Program\, which is sponsored by McDonald’s\, was recently involved in a legal case. The American Alliance for Equal Rights\, led by conservative activist Edward Blum\, filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s\, claiming that the HACER program was discriminatory because it required applicants to have at least one Latino parent. In response to the lawsuit\, McDonald’s reached a settlement that will allow the program to be open to any student who can demonstrate an impact on or commitment to the Latino community. This means that applicants no longer need to have a Latino parent to be eligible for the scholarship. (See source: https://apnews.com/article/mcdonalds-hacer-scholarships-latinos-60da19c2de2f8ecb01b68a68ec581438?form=MG0AV3 ) \nBizarrely\, Elon Musk and DOGE have also baselessly attacked DEI as a contributor to “governmental inefficiencies and waste”. Musk\, right-wing media\, and the Trump Administration  have even used Twitter/X\, media\, and press conferences to gaslight any disaster as being the result of DEI programming despite clear evidence to the contrary. Many critics have pointed out that Musk\, Trump\, and many others promoting anti-DEI programs are promoting a White Supremacist and Resegregationist agenda. \nIn addition to these governmental cutbacks\, private corporations have voluntarily been dismantling their DEI programs. These cutbacks have led to significant harm for African Americans\, Latino’s\, all women – including White women-\, Asian Americans\, Native Americans\, the LGBTQIA community\, and other communities. Sadly\, programs assisting those with disabilities have been attacked straight up by President Trump and his Cabinet members. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.)\, who was recently confirmed as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\, has made controversial remarks about antidepressants\, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) like Lexapro. He has suggested that these medications are highly addictive and has compared their withdrawal to that of heroin. RFK Jr. has also proposed creating “wellness farms” to help people detox from SSRIs and other medications\, including those used to treat ADHD. However\, many medical experts have criticized his statements\, pointing out that SSRIs are generally considered safe and non-addictive. (Sources: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/kennedy-rfk-antidepressants-ssri-school-shootings/?form=MG0AV3 ; https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/medical-experts-react-to-rfk-jrs-antidepressant-drug-remarks/ar-AA1zevMb?form=MG0AV3 ) \nFortunately\, there is a tremendous fightback to this overall assault on DEI by civil rights groups\, women’s groups\, protestors\, governmental employees\, and many public and private entities. Indeed\, a number of corporations have reasserted their support for DEI. These corporations have drawn the ire of the Trump Administration and threats of lawsuits from MAGA attorneys. \nTJC\, individuals\, influencers\, and many other racial justice and social justice organizations have stepped into this fight by not only countering the flawed narrative underlying anti-DEI assaults\, but have also urged the public to use its buying power to demand that the corporate sector support DEI. Indeed\, during the show we will discuss the NAACP’s recent Black Consumer Advisory publication. The NAACP recently released the Black Consumer Advisory\, a guide aimed at helping Black Americans make informed spending decisions by highlighting companies that have either maintained or abandoned their Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion (DEI) commitments. The guide encourages consumers to support businesses that prioritize DEI and to avoid those that have rolled back their initiatives. The advisory lists companies that have eliminated DEI roles\, reduced supplier diversity\, and cut investments in Black communities. It also praises companies that have stood by their DEI commitments\, such as Delta Airlines\, Apple\, and Ben & Jerry’s. The NAACP emphasizes the economic power of Black consumers\, which is projected to reach $1.7 trillion by 2030\, and urges them to use their dollars to hold corporations accountable. (Sources: https://naacp.org/campaigns/black-consumer-advisory?form=MG0AV3 ; https://naacp.org/sites/default/files/documents/Black%20Consumer%20Advisory%202025.pdf?form=MG0AV3 ; https://www.blackenterprise.com/naacp-spending-guide-companies-dropped-dei/?form=MG0AV3 )  \nTJC is promoting a #NoDEINoBUY program. These economic boycotts (or economic “fasting” or “blackouts”\, as some people call it) are having an impact. Our show will discuss strategies and tactics to deal with this onslaught of anti-DEI measures.  \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n SEGMENT ONE \n\nIn one minute\, describe what our audience should know about your background.\nWhat was it like to be in Washington\, D.C.?\nWhat was the highlight for you during this Training?\n\nSEGMENT TWO \n\nWhat was new that you learned in this Training?\nWhat\, to you\, was the most valuable experience from this Training?\nWhy do you care so much about democracy?Final Questions:\nWhat do you think is the most important grassroots organizing that you think needs to happen in order to ensure strong voter protection and engagement in November 2023 and 2024?\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\nSEGMENT THREE \n\nThis segment will open with an 8-minute interview with Myles B. Caggins III\, who will a bring 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 Black farmers fund\, from the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program\, is being funded by the Inflation Reduction Act. The Inflation Reduction Act contains an assistance fund for farmers who were discriminated against. This fund has $2.2b to cover 75 million applicants and covers anyone who can provide proof that they were discriminated against by the federal government. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending the deadline for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program to January 13\, 2024\, to give eligible farmers\, ranchers and forest landowners more time to apply for assistance. The original deadline was October 31\, 2023.\nIn addition to the application deadline change\, the deadline to request records from USDA’s Farm Service Agency for use in applications has been extended to Friday\, Nov. 3\, 2023. The application process was designed so that FSA records are not required\, though relevant records may be attached to an application as additional evidence if they are available.\nTo learn more about the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program or receive assistance in English or Spanish\, visit www.22007apply.gov\, email info@22007apply.gov or contact the national call center at 1-800-721-0970 from 8 a.m. ET to 8 p.m. PT\, every day except federal holidays. If you use sign language to communicate\, you can use the 711 relay service to call. You may also email or contact the national call center if you have a disability and need another accommodation. Information about the program\, resources\, recent office openings and local events across the country is also available through a weekly e-newsletter.]\nMyles\, what is the new deadline?\nMyles\, How do people apply?\nWhat is it that people really need to know about applying for the program\, such as the November 3rd deadline for requesting records from the USDA’s Farm Service Agency for use in applications and how applicants should be describing their discrimination and the amounts they need?\nThank you for all of your hard work\, Myles. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\nQuincy and Candance\, during our Training\, we talked a lot about racial injustice and this USDA program is just a part addressing and recognizing the many forms of discrimination. Since the Houston Training\, both of you have been on several other engagements with TJC. How was your experience different being a Team Leader?\n\nSEGMENT FOUR \n\nAs Team Leaders\, what did you hear from your Team about their experiences?\nThe next Gen Z and Millennial Votes Matter Leadership Training will be held on April 3rd – 7th\, 2024 in Phoenix\, Arizona during the HBCU All-Stars 2024 games. What are your top arguments for why people should attend the next Training?\nThe Transformative Justice Coalition is rolling through Kentucky and Ohio November 1st – 8th\, 2023. Quincy\, tell everyone why the election in Kentucky is so important? (non-partisan)\nFinal Questions to guests:\nWhat do you think is the most important grassroots organizing that you think needs to happen in order to ensure strong voter protection and engagement in November 2023 and 2024?\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you? URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-february-18-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TJC-021825-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250211T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250211T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20250211T154255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T155323Z UID:2274-1739275200-1739278800@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – February 11: Confronting Hate\, Overcoming Adversity\, Stepping Out on Faith!: ‘Proud Boys' Trademark Now Owned By African American Church DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n February 11\, 2025: Confronting Hate\, Overcoming Adversity\, Stepping Out on Faith!: ‘Proud Boys’ Trademark Now Owned By African American Church\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:\nReverend William H. Lamar IV: 12:15 PM – 12:45 PM ETPastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington\, DC since 2014 \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\, February 11th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Confronting Hate\, Overcoming Adversity\, Stepping Out on Hate: ‘Proud Boys’ Trademark Now Owned By African American Church”\,\,  with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. will feature a one-on-one exclusive interview with Reverend William H. Lamar IV\, pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington\, DC since 2014. This show will discuss the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church gaining control over the Proud Boys trademark and delve into Metropolitan’s legal victory. \nCo-Hosts Arnwine and Jones will open the show with a focus on many current events affecting racial justice in our country\, including the status of fights against adverse actions by the Trump Administration. \nDecember 12th 2020\, the Proud Boys led a demonstration down the streets of Washington D.C. and attacked and vandalized Metropolitan AME Church and tore down its “Black Lives Matters” flag. This mob involved in this attack was led by Proud Boys’ then-National Chairman Henry “Enrique” Tarrio. On January 4th\, 2021\, the law firm of Paul\, Weiss and co-counsel the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a landmark lawsuit “on behalf of the church seeking to hold the Proud Boys accountable for their ‘violent and racist attack on the church’. In June 2023\, Superior Court Judge Kravitz issued an opinion finding the Proud Boys and their leaders acted with an evil\, discriminatory motive based on race and that their conduct was reprehensible to an extreme degree. Judge Kravitz awarded the church more than $2.8 million\, including $1 million in punitive damages against the Proud Boys entity and its leaders…” (Source: https://www.paulweiss.com/practices/pro-bono/news/paul-weiss-files-new-lawsuit-to-enforce-28-million-judgment-against-proud-boys?id=52131 ) Subsequently\, the law firm and co-counsel sued to enforce the judgement. \nOn February 3rd\, 2025\, Judge Tanya M. Jones Bosier of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia ruled that the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington\, D.C. was awarded the trademarked name and symbols of the Proud Boys. The judge’s ruling means that the Proud Boys can no longer use their name or symbols without the church’s permission\, and any profits from merchandise sales will go to the church. Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio\, who was pardoned by former President Trump\, criticized the ruling and called for the church’s nonprofit status to be revoked. (source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/proud-boys.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare ) \nAs pastor at Metropolitan\, Rev. Lamar has extended the church’s historic legacy into the contemporary moment. Under his leadership\, the congregation has grown\, and its ministries’ have achieved significant impact in the local communities it serves. Most recently\, Rev. Lamar helped to design Metropolitan’s Sankofa Christian Parenting project\, an initiative funded by the Lilly Endowment\, to promote parenting practices that are rooted in Black faith and cultural traditions. \nA native of Macon\, Georgia\, Lamar earned the bachelor of science degree in public management with a minor in philosophy and religion and a certificate in human resource management (magna cum laude) from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 1996. In 1999\, he earned the master of divinity degree from Duke University Divinity School. Lamar is currently a doctoral candidate in African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric at Christian Theological Seminary\, one of the oldest seminaries in the country. \nPrior to his tenure at Metropolitan\, Lamar served congregations in Florida and Maryland; and from 2008 to 2011\, he was the managing director of Leadership Education at Duke University Divinity School in Durham\, North Carolina\, where he convened and resourced executive pastors of large churches\, denominational finance executives\, young denominational leaders\, Methodist bishops\, and the constituency of the Lilly Endowment’s Sustaining Pastoral Excellence Program. \nLamar has long been actively involved in community organizing and currently serves as the founding board chair of the Just Power Alliance\, a collective of organizations from the Midwest to the east coast that focuses on building multi-racial\, multi-class\, multi-generational\, and multi-faith world that is joyful and just for all. Rev. Lamar has also collaborated with Repairers of the Breach\, Poor People’s Campaign – A National Call for Moral Revival\, Center for Community Change (CCC)\, and People Improving Communities through Organization (PICO) to enact social and economic justice and to exhibit a real embrace of the beloved community. \nAn avid reader and writer\, Lamar has published essays and chapters in outlets from peer-reviewed journals and books to articles and essays in the public sphere. His Washington Post op-ed from December 15\, 2020\, published after the Proud Boys desecrated Metropolitan by vandalizing church property\, was a clarion call that culminated in a $1 million judgment for punitive damages against the white supremacist group for their criminality. His efforts to embody justice in community have been featured in The Washington Post\, The New York Times\, The Los Angeles Times\, US News and World Report\, and the Afro-American and on WNYC’s “The Takeaway\,” NPR’s “1A\,” NPR’s “All Things Considered\,” MSNBC’s “The Reid Out\,” and PBS’s “News Hour.” Lamar has preached\, lectured\, and facilitated peer learning groups for denominations\, judicatories\, universities\, seminaries\, colleges\, and local churches. He is the former Cohost of the Can These Bones podcast; and his book\, Ancestors: The Names That Bless Us\, Curse Us\, and Hold Us\, will be published by Broadleaf Books in June 2025. \nLamar is honored to serve Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church\, where he seeks daily to extend Metropolitan’s nearly two centuries-long legacy of bearing witness to and ushering into this world the reign of the living God. Under his leadership\, Metropolitan remains committed to worship\, liberation\, and service. He is married to Dr. Dana A. Williams\, Dean of the Graduate School at Howard University. \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n CURRENT EVENTS SEGMENT- 12:00 PM – 12:13 PM EASTERN TIME \n[The show will begin with Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones discussing many current events affecting racial justice in our country\, including the status of fights against adverse actions by the Trump Administration.] \n12:15 PM – 12:45 PM EASTERN TIME- Reverend Lamar \n\nWelcome to Igniting Change! The nation has been abuzz about your church’s\, the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Washington\, D.C.\, recent victory regarding the Proud Boys trademark. It’s Black History Month! Both Frederick Douglass and Rosa Parks have connections to the AME Church. Tell us about the unique history and philosophy of your church. \nLet’s go back to December 12th\, 2020. Tell our audience what happened.\nThere was another church also attacked that day but they did not sue. What made your church decide to sue?\nAt the time of the judgement in 2023\, the judge ruled that the Proud Boys had engaged in “acts of terror with the intent to intimidate members of the church”. What did those findings mean to your church?\nHow difficult has this 5-year battle been?\nEven though you won a judgement in 2023\, everything was not over\, correct?! What happened that you had to file to enforce the judgement? \nWhat has the judge’s ruling last week awarding you the Proud Boys trademark meant to you and the church congregation?\nWhat are some of your thoughts about what to do with this trademark?\nHow have the Proud Boys responded and how do you think they’ll continue to respond?\nNationwide\, African Americans and justice-loving people everywhere have been celebrating your church’s victory. How has this elevation into this new national spotlight affected you?\nWhat are the next steps?\nI hear you have a new t-shirt. Tell our audience about the t-shirt and how they can buy it.\nHow do people join your church?\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:45 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time \n[Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones will discuss upcoming TJC events\, like the re-enactment of the  Selma-to-Montgomery March; updates on the Arbery case that have occurred since the last show; a thank you to recent donors and call for people be sure to donate and view our Black History Month Series on VotingRightsAlliance.org] \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 and Barbara may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-february-11-2025/ CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TJC-021125-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250204T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250204T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20250204T152933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T155113Z UID:2252-1738670400-1738674000@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – February 4: #WeWillToo: Practicing Black History; Advancing DEI; and\, 100% Justice for Ahmaud Arbery Update DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n February 4\, 2025: #WeWillToo: Practicing Black History; Advancing DEI; and\, 100% Justice for Ahmaud Arbery Update\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) 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 \nCaitlyn Arnwine: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETAuthor and Creator of theTransformative Justice Coalition’s #VRABlackHistory Series; Professional poker player\, Team 100k Pro\, and organizer for women in poker; Current Consultant and former Social Media Director and Executive Assistant for the Transformative Justice Coalition; Current Speaker and former Coordinator of Public Education for the National Coalition for the Homeless; Twitter/X: @TheCaitlynBot; BlueSky: @queenfive.bsky.social \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\, February 4th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “#WeWillToo: Practicing Black History; Advancing DEI; and\, 100% Justice for Ahmaud Arbery Update”\,  will be live from Brunswick with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and feature Dr. Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead\, Caitlyn Arnwine\, and other special guests. This show will discuss the Trump Administration’s attack on DEI and why it is so important for people to practice Black History Month\, as well as updates on the Jackie Johnson trial. \nSadly\, the Transformative Justice Coalition has been tracking the airplane and helicopter collision disaster at DCA airport. Circumstances permitting we may have a last minute special guest briefly join the show to discuss critical steps needed to ensure our national air safety. \nTJC has been on the ground in Brunswick\, Georgia for the majority of the past two weeks\, continuing to ensure 100% justice for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Jackie Johnson\, the former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney\, is standing trial for allegedly obstructing the investigation into Ahmaud Arbery’s killing. Johnson faces charges of violating her oath of office and hindering law enforcement officers. The trial comes more than four years after Arbery’s death\, which sparked nationwide protests over racial injustice. Johnson is accused of interfering with the investigation to protect Gregory McMichael\, a former investigator in her office\, and his son\, Travis McMichael\, who were involved in Arbery’s death. \nAs of February 3rd\, 2025\, Former Georgia prosecutor Jackie Johnson was acquitted of one misconduct charge related to the Ahmaud Arbery case due to lack of evidence presented by prosecutors. Johnson still faces a felony charge of violating her oath of office in connection to the handling of the Arbery case. Prosecutors have accused Johnson of working behind the scenes to protect Travis McMichael and his father\, despite her office being recused from the case\, but a directed verdict was granted on the misdemeanor obstruction charge. Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-orders-acquittal-ex-prosecutor-214636163.html \nThe Transformative Justice Coalition and the Voting Rights Alliance\, in honor of Black History Month\, are continuing the annual tradition of our daily special series devoted to sharing the legacies and stories of the sheroes\, heroes\, and events in the fight for Black suffrage. This series was created in 2017 and will introduce many new articles this year. In addition to these daily newsletters all February long\, this series also incorporates daily social media posts; an interactive calendar; and\, website blog posts to spread the word broadly. This year\, the Transformative Justice Coalition and Voting Rights Alliance’s #VRABlackHistory Series will take readers through the most difficult fights for our African-American voting rights- and how we won. \nThe 2025 #VRABlackHistory Series #WeWillToo Edition will connect our history to modern times to show just how our ancestors beat the odds. Every day\, this series will detail in chronological order the fights for Black suffrage\, and will feature articles on the Fugitive Slave Laws and the parallels to the present day mass deportation raids conducted by ICE; the fight for same day voter registration; how our ancestors worked with hostile presidencies and courts to achieve rights; how Juneteenth has been used to mobilize voters; the amazing achievements of the Reconstruction Era; why birthright citizenship began and how the 14th Amendment has been interpreted throughout history; how DEI initiatives started in the 1860’s; the 15th Amendment; how we achieved the first anti-lynching laws in Georgia and how lynching was used to suppress the vote; how we moved past the Jim Crow Era; how Black youth mobilized to lower the voting age to 18; how the Tuskegee Airmen went on to fight for voting rights after their service; how boycotts were used to fight for voting rights; the “Souls To The Polls” voting initiatives of the Black churches in the 1950’s- 1990’s; how Black people fought for voting rights for disabled people; how Black people fought for equal access to the ballot for the LGBTQIA community; how the Brunswick\, Georgia community banded together after the murder of Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 to vote out their District Attorney; the history of voting rights for Black women and how Black women continue to vote and lead voter efforts at amazing rates; how we have historically used the Black press to fight for our right to vote; and\, more. \nAs author Caitlyn Arnwine writes\, “Our ancestors faced much greater opposition than we do today\, even as we face a new hostile federal Administration- and they persevered. The sentiment felt by some African-Americans post-election is to sit back\, sit out\, and a general feeling of frustration and hopelessness. This Series targets those feelings: we can win! This Edition of the Series is also a tribute to all of those fighting back\, especially against efforts to ban DEI and our history. “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it” – so let us learn from our history\, our beautiful\, strong\, resilient\, Black History.” \nThe show will also cover Trump’s ongoing attacks on DEI. As anticipated\, President Trump in the first weeks of his Administration has launched a vicious and hateful attack on our civil rights and voting rights\, reproductive freedom and other constitutional rights through blatantly unconstitutional and abusive Executive Orders and agency actions. His numerous wrongful anti-DEIA measures\, hiring freezes\, bans on teaching Black History\, Ethnic Studies\, Women Studies and attempted purges are undermining our federal government’s necessary ability to teach truth and represent the totality of America. \nAll of these actions and so many more parallel the agenda of Project 2025. TJC is launching a #NoDEI-NoBuy Campaign to address the cowardly companies engaging in “anticipatory obedience ” who have dropped\, suspended or curtailed their private DEI programs. \nWE refuse to be silent nor acquiescent! Already\, we have stopped the unconstitutional Executive Order seeking to ban birthright citizenship and the widely unpopular and dangerous freeze on federal funding and grants. Our thanks to the State Attorney Generals\, organizations\, lawyers and plaintiffs who have stepped up in this moment to Fight Forward for Justice. We are prepared to fight and win more victories in the Courts. Governors\, mayors\, school leaders\, religious leaders and more have organized to protect the innocent who are undocumented in our nation. When the Trump Administration’s overreach resulted in the Air Force banning the showing of the Tuskegee Airman Black History video\, WE all raised our voices in strong protest and they reversed course!!  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/national-outcry-leads-to-restoration-of-tuskegee-airmen-legacy-in-military-training-which-was-cut-over-trump-s-dei-policy-video/ar-AA1xXSbw?ocid=BingNewsSerp \nPresident Donald Trump’s administration issued a proclamation on Friday\, Jan. 31\, recognizing Black History Month and simultaneously announced the end of cultural observances at the Defense Department.” (Trump Issues Black History Month Proclamation While Administration Goes after DEI | Kgw.Com\, 2025) “The conflicting messages came as President Donald Trump has been targeting diversity\, equity and inclusion programs for removal in the first weeks of his administration. He has referred to DEI initiatives as ‘discrimination’ and insisted that the country must instead move toward a merit-based society. A news release from the Defense Department titled ‘Identity Months Dead at DOD’ says official resources\, including working hours\, will no longer be used to mark cultural awareness months. Black History Month\, Women’s History Month and National Disability Employment Awareness Month were among the events listed as now barred.” \n“In his first two weeks in office\, Trump has moved to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal DEI workers be put on paid leave before eventually being laid off. On Thursday\, hours after a midair collision between a military helicopter and an American Airlines plane killed 67 people just miles from the White House\, Trump baselessly blamed diversity initiatives for undermining air safety\, despite no evidence of that. \n“Gerald Ford in 1976 became the first president to issue a message recognizing February as Black History Month. Since then\, presidents have made annual proclamations marking the month as a celebration of Black history\, culture and education. \n“Trump’s proclamation Friday specifically noted the contributions of abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman\, conservative economist Thomas Sowell and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. It said their achievements ‘have monumentally advanced the tradition of equality under the law in our great country’ and are a continued inspiration. \n“The declaration also listed golfer Tiger Woods as an American great\, saying he was among those who have ‘pushed the boundaries of excellence in their respective fields\, paving the way for others to follow.'” (Trump White House Marks Black History Month While Defense Department Declares “Identity Months Dead\,” 2025\, AP) \n“The presidential proclamations from Trump and his predecessor\, Joe Biden\, reveal stark differences in approach. Biden’s 2024 proclamation extensively discussed systemic racism\, policy initiatives targeting racial inequities\, and specific achievements like record-low Black unemployment. He emphasized that ‘Black history is American history’ while acknowledging the country’s ongoing struggle with ‘the moral stain and vestiges of slavery.’ \nIn contrast\, Trump’s shorter 2025 proclamation focused on individual achievements\, highlighting figures like Clarence Thomas and Tiger Woods. While following the traditional format established when President Gerald Ford first recognized Black History Month in 1976\, Trump’s proclamation avoided discussing systemic issues or specific policies\, instead speaking broadly about entering ‘a historic Golden Age.’ Trump also did not capitalize Black Americans\, instead choosing to only capitalize Americans. \nBoth proclamations concluded with similar formal language calling for Americans to ‘observe this month with appropriate programs\, ceremonies\, and activities.’ However\, the Defense Department’s new guidance effectively bars such observances within the military\, marking a significant departure from previous practices.” (Trump Issues Black History Month Proclamation While Administration Goes after DEI | Kgw.Com\, 2025) \nTo see a more exhaustive\, but still incomplete list of President Trump’s Day One actions\, see here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-DtS8tbIdRH_zKZZ24mSiNoVwukd7UkD/view?usp=sharing \nFor more news concerning DEI and immigration\, see the links below: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/drjacquelineking_i-will-always-stand-up-for-justice-and-equality-ugcPost-7289335047470428161-ym6Y \nhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/jenniferswayne_mondays-inauguration-makes-it-clear-we-activity-7288556194992979969-B3tG \nhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/nancy-levine-stearns-a753782_dei-activity-7285290582636204033-qMqv \nhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/vu-le-b395a69_nonprofit-and-philanthropy-and-our-white-activity-7284856575037526016-_r4V \nhttps://www.newsbreak.com/share/3779639849776-what-about-white-undocumented-immigrants-critics-claim-ice-raids-are-racist \nThis show will be one of many in which we will highlight TJC’s affirmative agenda for 2025 and 2026. \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n [The show will begin by encouraging people to: go to VotingRightsAlliance.org/2025Pledge to sign onto our 2025 Voting Rights Pledge] \n\nCaitlyn\, quickly tell people about TJC’s 2025 daily #VRABlackHistory Series.\nDr. Whitehead\, as one of the leading experts of the nation on African American History\, Women’s Studies\, and DEI\, thank you for joining us today. This year\, Black History is in the national spotlight because of the bizarre\, contradictory\, and absolutely wrong-headed position of the new Trump Administration.\nFirst of all\, tell us about the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).\nHow is ASALH responding to the mass confusion and diminution of Black History Month resulting from the Trump Administration’s attacks on DEI and contradictory policy announcements?\nCaitlyn\, you notice that I’m not talking about celebrating Black History Month; but\, about Practicing Black History Month. What does that mean to each of you?\nBy the way everyone\, we are in the midst of practicing and making Black History right here in Brunswick\, Georgia. We have\, of course\, been very disappointed in the ruling yesterday dismissing one count 2 of the charges against Jackie Johnson\, the former Glynn County DA. Daryl\, please tell everyone what happened.\nMarcus\, our fight for 100% justice for your youngest son isn’t over! What do you want everybody to know and what can everyone do?\nDr. Whitehead\, can you explain what DEI is and why it’s so necessary?\nDr. Whitehead\, what are the major actions people should be taking right now to respond to the Trump Administration’s attacks on DEI?\nDr. Whitehead\, you are the former head of the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA).  How has the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders attacking DEI affected Women’s Studies?\nHas these attacks on DEI and Women’s Studies awakened White Women\, one of the major hidden beneficiaries of DEI? [Interestingly\, they have been attacked by the Administration and are being fired and likewise frozen out of the workplace. Generally\, this is not seen by the public.]\nEvilly\, there have been a number of leading American corporations that have taken their lead from the federal government and have rushed to dismantle their DEI programs. Dianne\, how should we respond to their abandonment of DEI policies?\nWhat do you think about TJC’s “No DEI\, No Buy!” proposed campaign?\nDr. Whitehead\, What else can we do and what are some of your favorite actions that ASALH are taking?\nEvilly and wrongly\, DEI has been blamed as the culprit for the American Airlines crash in DC\, claiming that there’s a shortage of air traffic controllers because “no one will hire men”. People have also glossed over the fact that the third person in the helicopter was a woman\, because her family didn’t want it mentioned for fear of attacks. At a time when division is the instrument of choice by this Administration\, how do we create greater unity\, promote greater truth\, and best fight back while advancing the changes needed in our society?\nProf. Crunk was recently saying that people need to point out that anti-DEI is actually re-segregation. What’s your response to her recommendation that people really call anti-DEI attacks “resegregation” to put them on the offensive to have to explain why they want division?\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you for all of your hard work. 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 and Barbara may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-february-04-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://barbaraarnwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TJC-020425-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250128T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250128T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20250128T155900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250128T162735Z UID:2233-1738065600-1738069200@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – January 28: Making Good Trouble 2025! Fighting Unconstitutional and Other Wrongful Acts of Trump Administration! DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n January 28\, 2025: Making Good Trouble 2025! Fighting Unconstitutional and Other Wrongful Acts of Trump Administration!\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 Bacot: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeJohn Bacot (pronounced “Baco”)\, a highly decorated and distinguished federal agent spanning two decades with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)\, retiring as a Supervisory Special Agent.  Over the span of his career he worked and supervised criminal & violent crimes\, counterterrorism\, domestic terrorism\, and counterintelligence matters. He is also a Disabled Veteran\, United States Navy\, entrepreneur\, author\, a former cohost on 1580 AM. Today he’s a sought after public speaker sharing his insights on Afrocentric ideologies\, geopolitics\, health\, unity\, and community. \nDianne Wilkerson: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETFirst African American Female to serve in the Massachusetts Senate and TJC Board Treasurer \nEdward Ward: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETTJC Fellow; Restorative Justice Policy Advocate; a Youth Crisis Interventionist; and\, Dean of Sherman School of Excellence \nBryson Powers: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETTransformative Justice Coalition Fellow and Freedom Rider; Alabama State University Student Leader \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\, January 28th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Making Good Trouble 2025! Fighting Unconstitutional and Other Wrongful Acts of Trump Administration!” Co-Host Daryl Jones\, Esq. will moderate the show. Co-Host Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. will be live from Brunswick where she will be representing the Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) during the Jackie Johnson trial. This show will feature special guests John Bacot\, Dianne Wilkerson\, Prof. Edward Ward\, and Bryson Powers. \nJackie Johnson\, the former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney\, is set to stand trial for allegedly obstructing the investigation into Ahmaud Arbery’s killing. Johnson faces charges of violating her oath of office and hindering law enforcement officers. The trial comes more than four years after Arbery’s death\, which sparked nationwide protests over racial injustice. Johnson is accused of interfering with the investigation to protect Gregory McMichael\, a former investigator in her office\, and his son\, Travis McMichael\, who were involved in Arbery’s death. After several days of jury selection\, the trial is slated to start with opening statements on Tuesday\, October 28th.  Read more here: https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/ahmaud-arbery/jury-selection-continues-for-trial-prosecutor-ahmaud-arberys-death/77-218342d9-048a-466f-a855-08909151716f  \nThe show will open with a discussion of the Trump’s Administration’s assault on our constitutional rights\, civil rights\, and voting rights. Our statement below summarizes TJC’s position on some\, but not all\, of President Trump’s most egregious actions: \n“After an ugly week of Trump Administration Executive Orders\, agency rollbacks and confirmations by the Senate of woefully underqualified nominees\, many are standing strong and fighting back in the pulpits\, in courts and through multiple forms of resistance. TJC applauds everyone who has gotten in the way and got into “Good Trouble” in these times. Your voice and your action will determine the future of our nation.  \nAs anticipated\, President Trump in the first week of his Administration has launched a vicious and hateful attack on our civil rights and voting rights\, reproductive freedom and other constitutional rights through blatantly unconstitutional and abusive Executive Orders and agency actions. His numerous wrongful anti-DEIA measures\, hiring freezes\, bans on teaching Black History\, Ethnic Studies\, Women Studies and attempted purges are undermining our federal government’s necessary ability to teach truth and represent the totality of America.  His orders affecting the National Institutes of Health and other medical providers jeopardizes our healthcare system.   \nMost evilly\, in a media attention grabbing frenzy\, he has declared illegal immigration a national emergency and initiated a sweeping and highly politicized mass deportation effort characterized by extreme racial profiling. Indeed\, even Native Americans have been illegally detained or arrested!  The entire purpose of these raids are to villainize the most vulnerable on the basis of race while dividing the American people.   \nHe has pardoned those who violently assaulted law enforcement\, threatened congressional members and defaced the US Capitol on January 6th.  Already\, those pardoned have threatened acts of retribution. Sadly\, one has already been rearrested for unlawful gun possession and another killed resisting a police officer.   \nAll of these actions and so many more parallel the agenda of Project 2025. \nYet\, WE have not been silent nor acquiescent.  Already\, we have stopped the unconstitutional Executive Order seeking to ban birthright citizenship. Our thanks to the State Attorney Generals\, organizations\, lawyers and plaintiffs who have stepped up in this moment to Fight Forward for Justice.  We are prepared to fight and win more victories in the Courts.  Governors\, mayors\, school leaders\, religious leaders and more have organized to protect the innocent who are undocumented in our nation. When the Trump Administration’s overreach resulted in the Air Force banning the showing of the Tuskegee Airman Black History video\, WE all raised our voices in strong protest and they reversed course!!   \nTJC is launching a #NoDEI-NoBuy Campaign to address the cowardly companies engaging in “anticipatory obedience ” who have dropped\, suspended or curtailed their private DEI programs.   \nTJC is joining forces with those throughout the nation in opposition to the mass deportations.   \nOur Thanks to everyone of you who has signed the 2025 Voting Rights Pledge.   \nAs we announced in our 2025 Statement\, Unity\, Courage and Commitment to build an inclusive and just Multiracial Democracy is an imperative in this moment of extreme threat.  We are unrelenting in our dedication to Fighting Forward Against the Injustice of this Trump Administration!  Join Us!!” \nTo see a more exhaustive\, but still incomplete list of President Trump’s Day One actions\, see here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-DtS8tbIdRH_zKZZ24mSiNoVwukd7UkD/view?usp=sharing  \nFor more news concerning DEI and immigration\, see the links below: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/drjacquelineking_i-will-always-stand-up-for-justice-and-equality-ugcPost-7289335047470428161-ym6Y  \nhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/jenniferswayne_mondays-inauguration-makes-it-clear-we-activity-7288556194992979969-B3tG \nhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/nancy-levine-stearns-a753782_dei-activity-7285290582636204033-qMqv \nhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/vu-le-b395a69_nonprofit-and-philanthropy-and-our-white-activity-7284856575037526016-_r4V \nhttps://www.newsbreak.com/share/3779639849776-what-about-white-undocumented-immigrants-critics-claim-ice-raids-are-racist \nThis show will be one of many in which we will highlight TJC’s affirmative agenda for 2025 and 2026.  \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM Eastern Time- PARDONS \n\nReportedly\, last weekend\, now President Trump went back and forth with his advisors regarding his pledge to pardon all of the January 6th insurrectionists. Many in his inner circle have claimed to have been caught off guard by the actual announcement. Mr. Bacot\, how did you react when you heard this announcement? Had you been expecting it?\nMr. Bacot\, how has this announcement affected others in law enforcement\, especially those that work with the U.S. Capitol Police?\nWhat about the Black officers\, in particular\, who were assaulted\, physically maimed\, and called the “N-word” and other slurs during the insurrection?\nPost-release\, a couple of the insurrectionists have issued threats of retaliation\, but\, more strikingly\, some have been re-arrested for other unlawful acts\, and one\, after instigating a fight\, was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop. Was this predictable? What else can we expect?\n\n12:15 PM – 12:35 PM Eastern Time- MASS DEPORTATIONS \n\nHow have these mass deportations affected your state?\nWhat has been the response of your community to these attacks?\nUnlike past deportation raids\, this administration has targeted schools\, hospitals\, religious sanctuaries\, and other public spaces for these raids. People aren’t showing up to work\, school\, or to receive medical treatment. How have your local municipalities responded to this broadening of the sweep?\nA lot of the propaganda surrounding the mass deportations has surrounded this initial one thousand being accused of criminal actions; however\, people are missing that the number this administration has targeted for deportation is 12 million. How do we counter the propaganda?\nHow have people been able to get assistance to prevent being swept up in these roundups?\nHow does it feel to be told that you must carry your “papers” (passport\, proof of citizenship) with you?\nOne of the most brutal aspects of the mass deportations has been the mass racial profiling upon which it has relied\, whereas White undocumented communities are not being targeted despite many also being accused of criminal activities. Because of racial profiling\, even Native Americans have been swept up. How has this furthered racial stereotypes and racial divisions?\nHow do we stop the racial profiling?\n\n12:35 PM – 12:52 PM Eastern Time- DEI \n\nFirst of all\, before we talk about DEI\, let’s look at the freeze that this administration has placed on all civil rights enforcement. In addition\, this administration has repealed some of the best long-standing anti-discrimination executive orders (11246 and the EJR\, as examples).\nMost evilly and publicly\, they have attacked DEI. Dianne\, what is DEI?\nJohn\, how did DEI shape the law enforcement ranks on Capitol Hill?\nOne of the hidden beneficiaries of DEI has been white women\, and interestingly\, they have been attacked by the administration and are being fired and likewise frozen out of the workplace. Generally\, this is not seen by the public. Do they see themselves as being affected?\nEvilly\, there have been a number of leading American corporations that have taken their lead from the federal government and have rushed to dismantle their DEI programs. Dianne\, how should we respond to their abandonment of DEI policies?\nDianne\, what do you think about TJC’s “No DEI\, No Buy!” proposed campaign? (tell people to be on the outlook for this campaign!)\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you for all of your hard work. 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 and Barbara may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-january-28-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250121T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250121T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20250121T152424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T154632Z UID:2209-1737460800-1737464400@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – January 21: In the Spirit of Martin: Live from Brunswick and Trump Administration Begins & Our Opposition DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n January 21\, 2025: In the Spirit of Martin: Live from Brunswick and Trump Administration Begins & Our Opposition\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:\nCameron Barnes: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeNational Young Adult Policy Advocate; National Youth Director of Rainbow PUSH; TJC Fellow and Freedom Rider; Director of Youth & Young Adult Engagement\, New Faith MB Church Chicago \nMarcus Arbery: 12:00 PM – 12:25 PM Eastern TimeFather of Ahmaud Arbery and Glynn County Activist \nKimberly Cummings: 12:00 PM – 12:25 PM Eastern TimeAunt of Ahmaud Arbery and Glynn County Activist \nPorsché “Queen” Mitchell-Miller: 12:00 PM – 12:25 PM Eastern TimeCEO\, Embracing Ahmaud’s Pace \nDr. Karen McRae: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimePresident & CEO\, Concerned Black Men of 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 Part one of our show will feature guests Porsché “Queen” Mitchell-Miller\, and Kimberly Cummings\, and Marcus Arbery who will be recording live from Brunswick with Co-Hosts Jones and Arnwine at the jury selection for the Jackie Johnson trial. Cameron Barnes will also join this portion and the second part of the show. Jackie Johnson\, the former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney\, is set to stand trial for allegedly obstructing the investigation into Ahmaud Arbery’s killing. Johnson faces charges of violating her oath of office and hindering law enforcement officers. The trial comes more than four years after Arbery’s death\, which sparked nationwide protests over racial injustice. Johnson is accused of interfering with the investigation to protect Gregory McMichael\, a former investigator in her office\, and his son\, Travis McMichael\, who were involved in Arbery’s death. Jury selection for the trial is scheduled to begin soon\, with a larger-than-usual pool of 200 potential jurors due to the case’s notoriety. Read more here: https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/us/ahmaud-arbery-jackie-johnson-da/index.html \nKaren McRae will join as a Guest for Part 2. Part 2 will feature a discussion of the Biden Pardons\, the Trump Inauguration\, and the response to the threat of Mass Deportations in several states. \nPRESIDENT TRUMP’S DAY ONEOn Day One of his presidency\, President Trump signed executive orders freezing federal hiring and mandating a return to in-office work for government employees. The orders also reinstated Schedule F\, stripping some civil servants of employment protections. A new Department of Government Efficiency\, led by Elon Musk\, aims to reduce government spending and fire “rogue bureaucrats.” The hiring freeze applies to all executive branch positions except military\, national security\, public safety\, and immigration enforcement. Remote work arrangements are to end “as soon as practicable.” The freeze will not affect Social Security\, Medicare\, or Veterans’ benefits\, but remains for the IRS until deemed in the national interest to lift it. Additionally\, Trump dismantled some of Biden’s diversity\, equity\, and inclusion initiatives within the federal government. (source: https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/01/21/trump-executive-orders-federal-hiring-freeze-remote-work?stream=top&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts_dc ) \nSee the latest updates of President Trump’s executive orders here https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/20/us/trump-executive-orders and here  \, which include but are not limited to: \n\n\nPardoning nearly all of the 1\,600 Jan. 6th Rioters and commuting the sentences of several others\, including people accused of low-level\, non-violent offenses that day and those who committed violence. Just hours after Trump’s sweeping Jan. 6 pardons were issued\, his new U.S. attorney in Washington\, Ed Martin\, started dismissing some cases stemming from the Capitol attack\, court papers show. One of the cases that Martin has moved to dismiss is the trial of Jared Wise\, a former F.B.I. agent charged with felony civil disorder and assault. Prosecutors say that Wise confronted officers at the Capitol\, calling them Nazis and encouraging a mob of Trump supporters to kill them. “Republicans cannot claim to be the party of law and order while pardoning and commuting the sentences of individuals who brutally assaulted law enforcement officers in service of a violent insurrection\,” said Representative Jerrold Nadler\, Democrat of New York\, adding: “These defendants were convicted by a jury of their peers for participating in an attack that included direct assaults on law enforcement\, vandalism\, trespassing\, and an attempt to overturn a free and fair election through the use of force.” By including Enrique Tarrio\, the former leader of the Proud Boys\, in his extraordinary pardons for the events of Jan. 6\, 2021\, President Trump granted clemency on Monday to a man whom prosecutors have described as a savvy\, street-fighting extremist who helped his compatriots in “Trump’s army” initiate an assault on the Capitol. Even before Jan. 6\, Mr. Tarrio was among the best-known far-right figures in the country\, having been involved in violent protests going back to the deadly neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville\, Va.\, in August 2017. \n\n\n\n\nRevoking roughly 78 executive orders issued by President Biden\, including capping prescription drug prices. On the first day of his presidency in 2021\, Mr. Biden took an essentially opposite position than Trump did yesterday\, directing agencies to include sexual orientation and gender identity in any regulations and policies covering workplace discrimination\, formalizing protections for L.G.B.T.Q. workers. He extended those directions to schools and students last year. Elements of Mr. Trump’s orders were written to explicitly target education institutions\, rolling back actions taken during the Biden administration that extended protections under the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, incoming officials told reporters on Monday. The Biden administration had instructed schools that Title IX of the Civil Rights Act\, which protects students against discrimination based on sex\, afforded the same protections to transgender students against discrimination based on their gender identity. On his first day of office\, Mr. Biden unveiled a racial equity agenda after vowing during his inauguration speech to defeat “white supremacy.” Mr. Biden ordered agencies to take sweeping steps to address inequity in housing\, criminal justice\, voting rights\, health care\, education and economic mobility. His administration also created new offices\, like one dedicated to civil rights and environmental justice at the Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Trump’s order specifically targets Mr. Biden’s “environmental justice” office and personnel for review. Mr. Trump’s first act in office was to rescind executive orders issued by Mr. Biden included ones he signed on his first day in office in 2021\, “advancing racial equity and supporting underserved communities” and “preventing discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.” The Trump official said that it was fitting that the administration was taking measures on the King holiday to reinstitute equal treatment by eliminating racial “preferences” and diversity programming. See the list of Biden’s Executive Orders that President Trump rescinded here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/ \n\n\n\n\nRenaming the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America”; undid President Obama’s renaming of Mount McKinley; formed a “U.S. Board of Geographic Names”\, including circumventing Congressional approval by stating: “Where Congressional action is required to establish a renaming in public law\, following Board approval on renaming\, the Board shall provide guidance to all relevant Federal agencies to use the Board-approved name in the interim in federal documents and achieve consistency across the federal government.” https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/ \n\n\n\n\nWithdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization \n\n\n\n\nStalling the ban of Tik Tok for 75 days \n\n\n\n\nFederal officials shutting down a government app that allows migrants to schedule appointments to use ports of entry\, an option that almost a million immigrants used while it was active\, during Trump’s inaugural speech \n\n\n\n\nAn executive order defining birthright citizenship. The president cannot change the Constitution on his own\, but he has made it clear he wants to deny birthright citizenship\, which is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment\, to the children of noncitizens. The American Civil Liberties Union and other immigrant rights groups sued the Trump administration over its hours-old executive order to stop conferring citizenship to anyone born in the United States. The lawsuit was filed in New Hampshire. \n\n\n\n\nOrdering the head of the Department of Homeland Security to end a Biden-era program that allowed migrants fleeing from Cuba\, Nicaragua\, Haiti and Venezuela to fly into the United States and remain in the country temporarily\, part of a sweeping first-day crackdown on immigration. The program\, known as humanitarian parole and introduced by the Biden administration in early 2023\, allowed migrants from to fly into the United States if they had a financial sponsor and passed security checks. \n\n\n\n\nDeclaring a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday\, invoking special presidential powers that allow him to unilaterally unlock federal funding for border wall construction and potentially to deploy the military and National Guard to the border. Mr. Trump took a similar step during his first term as a way to circumvent Congress and access billions of dollars that lawmakers refused to approve to build a wall along the border with Mexico. He once again empowered the military to support the Border Patrol with logistical planning\, drone support and help procuring detention space. But in a separate order\, Mr. Trump appeared to go further by giving the military a specific responsibility over immigration enforcement. During Mr. Trump’s first term\, the military only supported immigration authorities but did not apprehend migrants. Mr. Trump now directed the Defense Department to come up with a plan in 30 days “to seal the borders and maintain the sovereignty\, territorial integrity\, and security of the United States by repelling forms of invasion\, including unlawful mass migration\, narcotics trafficking\, human smuggling and trafficking\, and other criminal activities.”   Congress is limited in what it can do to stop a president from using his emergency powers. Under the National Emergencies Act\, the House and the Senate can pass a joint resolution to end the emergency status if they believe that the president is acting irresponsibly or the threat has dissipated. The law says that if one chamber passes such a measure\, the other must bring it up in 18 days. But Republicans control both chambers of Congress\, making it extremely unlikely that Mr. Trump would face pushback from the legislative branch. He could also veto any joint congressional resolution terminating the national emergency. \n\n\n\n\nBeing in the process of removing “over a thousand” Biden administration appointees who had not already resigned\, President Trump stated in the first late-night social media post of his second term\, stating “YOU’RE FIRED”. \n\n\n\n\nPaul Ingrassia\, the newly appointed White House liaison to the Justice Department\, was outside the D.C. jail in a tuxedo and spoke to the crowd that had gathered in anticipation that Jan. 6 detainees could be released. \n\n\n\n\nOrdering his administration to gut policies instituted under the Biden administration to prevent sex discrimination and protect transgender Americans\, and dismantle federal programs that promote diversity\, equity and inclusion. Mr. Trump’s actions\, part of a blitz of orders that he signed on his first day in office\, assert that the government will now defend women against “gender ideology extremism” by reversing “efforts to eradicate the biological reality of sex.” They also call for ending D.E.I. programs and the “termination of all discriminatory programs” in the government\, including in federal employment practices. The executive orders included a mix of administrative measures\, such as changing government forms to include only two genders\, as well as assertions dismissing the validity of gender identity entirely. A gender identity other than the one assigned at birth\, an order said\, “reflects a fully internal and subjective sense of self” and “does not provide a meaningful basis for identification.” Under the orders\, the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Performance and Personnel Management will coordinate on changing hiring practices\, ending equity-focused programs and grants and terminating “chief diversity officer” positions designated during the Biden administration. The orders deliver on Mr. Trump’s promise to eradicate what his allies consider to be “wokeism” in the federal government\, a term that conservatives use to describe racial justice and civil rights advocacy. They are part of an effort that he took up in his first term by rolling back policies boosting affirmative action and transgender rights. He acknowledged that he was being inaugurated on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday and said he would “not forget” that he had gained support among Hispanic and Black voters in the November election. “We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based\,” Mr. Trump said. Mr. Trump ordered federal agencies to recognize a biological\, binary definition of sex — male or female and not interchangeable. The government will also eliminate references to gender identity in policy documents\, and will order that government-issued documents\, including passports and visas\, accurately reflect one’s biological sex. The order also prohibits the use of federal funds for any use promoting gender ideology through grants or other government programming\, as well as the use of public funding for transition-related medical procedures in prisons. Perhaps the most pointed part of the directive instructs agencies to protect “intimate single-sex spaces\,” such as prisons and rape shelters\, by denying access to transgender women. The Biden administration had instructed schools that Title IX of the Civil Rights Act\, which protects students against discrimination based on sex\, afforded the same protections to transgender students against discrimination based on their gender identity. Mr. Trump’s executive actions will undo that policy. The order directs his attorney general to release guidance stating that a Supreme Court decision in 2020 that cemented stronger civil rights protections to transgender workers does not apply to schools and their students\, echoing a ruling by a federal judge earlier this month. \n\n\n\n\nAt a rally on Sunday\, Mr. Trump reiterated his intent to minimize the role of the federal government in steering education policy\, saying that he instructed his pick for education secretary\, Linda McMahon\, to return much authority over the nation’s schools to state legislatures. In his previous administration\, Mr. Trump railed against efforts to teach children about slavery and his conservative allies supported the movement to remove books about race and gender from school libraries. He indicated on Monday that the enforcement power of the Education Department would be critical to bringing change to the nation’s schools. \n\n\n\n\nTerminating\, to the maximum extent allowed by law\, all DEI\, DEIA\, and “environmental justice” offices and positions (including but not limited to “Chief Diversity Officer” positions); all “equity action plans\,” “equity” actions\, initiatives\, or programs\, “equity-related” grants or contracts; and all DEI or DEIA performance requirements for employees\, contractors\, or grantees. This Order also requires an investigative report to see if any of these programs and positions become renamed “to preserve their pre-November 4th\, 2024 function”; all training materials; federal grantees who received Federal funding to provide or advance DEI\, DEIA\, or “environmental justice” programs\, services\, or activities since January 20\, 2021. Trump also seeks to keep informed and hear reports on the prevalence and the economic and social costs of DEI\, DEIA\, and “environmental justice” in agency or department programs\, activities\, policies\, regulations\, guidance\, employment practices\, enforcement activities\, contracts (including set-asides)\, grants\, consent orders\, and litigating positions. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing/ \n\n\n\n\nRestored the federal death penalty — although President Biden commuted the death sentences of all but three of the prisoners who were on the federal death row. Trump’s order also mandates the use of the death penalty in any case where someone is convicted of murdering a law enforcement officer or if an undocumented migrant is convicted of a crime that is eligible for the death penalty. \n\n\n\n\nCanada’s finance minister responded late Monday to President Trump’s statement that he was still planning to impose tariffs of 25 percent on Canadian goods on Feb. 1\, even though the new president did not immediately sign a tariff executive order after taking office earlier in the day. “Our country is absolutely ready to respond to any one of these scenarios\,” Dominic LeBlanc said. “We still continue to believe that it would be a mistake.” \n\n\n\n\nSigning an executive order to make border security a priority for the military\, a directive that could allow U.S. troops to assume a direct role in immigration enforcement and test longstanding legal limits on deploying armed forces on American soil. By declaring border security to be a priority for the military as a whole\, the president’s directive could put his administration on a collision course with laws intended to prevent presidents from using their power as commander in chief to turn the military against U.S. civilians. Mr. Trump’s order directs the defense secretary to make border security part of the mission of U.S. Northern Command\, sealing U.S. borders and “repelling forms of invasion including unlawful mass migration\, narcotics trafficking\, human smuggling and tracking\, and other criminal activities.” The order gives the defense secretary 30 days to come up with a plan for how to execute the mission. The directive does not specify exactly which branches of the armed forces ought to be deployed to aid in such a mission\, leaving those determinations to military leaders. The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 forbids the use of armed forces for law enforcement purposes on U.S. soil\, unless Congress or the Constitution expressly authorizes it. While the prohibition is seemingly straightforward\, some have argued that its limits would not apply if service members were deployed inside the country for military purposes\, as opposed to law enforcement ones. The main exception to the Posse Comitatus Act is the Insurrection Act. The  more than 200-year-old law grants the president power to deploy the military domestically when faced with “unlawful obstructions\, combinations\, or assemblages\, or rebellion” that prevent the execution of federal or state laws. That broad power has been invoked about 30 times in U.S. history\, including by President Abraham Lincoln when seven Confederate states seceded\, and President Dwight D. Eisenhower to enforce the desegregation of schools in Little Rock\, Ark. Most recently\, President George H.W. Bush used it in 1992 to send troops into Los Angeles at the request of California’s governor in an effort to quell race riots that followed the police beating of Rodney King. Mr. Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act during his first term to put down racial justice riots that broke out across the country after the killing of George Floyd\, an unarmed Black man\, by white police officers. The president also declared a national emergency on Monday to fund and outfit the military’s involvement in his deportation effort\, and augment the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to obtain “complete operational control of the southern border of the United States.” The effort to prosecute the violent mob that ransacked the Capitol on Jan. 6\, 2021\, and the leaders of far-right groups who egged them on\, represented the biggest and most logistically complex investigation in the history of the Justice Department. President Donald J. Trump erased it in an instant on Inauguration Day. \n\n\n\n\nSigned an executive order suspending refugee resettlement in the United States\, picking up where he left off in his first term with his efforts to kill a program that offers safe harbor to people around the world facing threats and persecution. The order directs top leaders in the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department to issue a report to him every 90 days thereafter to allow him to assess whether the refugee program “would be in the interests of the United States\,” according to the order. Presidents have the power to single-handedly determine the number of refugees allowed into the country. Every year\, the president\, in consultation with Congress\, sets a numerical cap for refugee admissions that year. Since the refugee program began in earnest in 1980\, the annual cap has been high\, regardless of the party holding the White House. For example\, in his final year as president\, George W. Bush admitted around 60\,000 refugees in 2008 after setting a cap of 80\,000. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. slowly restored the refugee resettlement operation during his four years in office\, hiring more officers and prompting the opening of offices across the country to serve them. Around 150 offices opened as of last year. By 2024\, the United States had allowed more than 100\,000 refugees to enter the country\, the highest total in three decades. \n\n\n\n\nSigning an executive order stripping the security clearances of former intelligence officials who in 2020 signed a letter that said the spread of emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop had “the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.” The order also revoked any security clearances held by John Bolton\, who served as a national security adviser in the first Trump administration\, but earned the president’s ire for publishing a book about his time in office. The executive order said Mr. Bolton wrote a “reckless” book that included sensitive information that should not have been published. The executive order\, first reported by Axios\, was the brainchild of John Ratcliffe\, Mr. Trump’s nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency\, according to two Trump administration officials. \n\n\n\n\nInvoking emergency power and national security\, Trump has issued an order barring asylum for people newly arriving at the Southern border. As a seemingly overlapping move\, it also says undocumented migrants are ineligible for asylum if they do not provide federal officials\, before entering the United States\, “with sufficient medical information and reliable criminal history and background information” for vetting. \n\n\n\n\nDirecting both the Department of Homeland Security secretary and the attorney general to make sure sanctuary jurisdictions are not given federal funds. The order also directs his leaders to encourage undocumented immigrants to leave the country and directs the Homeland Security Department to increase partnerships with local law enforcement on immigration enforcement. \n\n\n\n\nSigning an executive order challenging an international agreement the Biden administration had negotiated to try and stop large multinational corporations from booking profits in countries with low taxes. \n\n\n\n\nTrying to dramatically expand the use of expedited removal\, which does not afford full due-process hearings to undocumented migrants if they cannot prove they have been living in the United States for more than two years. Until now the government has used that authority only for people who were caught just after crossing the border\, and it is not clear if courts will deem it constitutional to use it much more extensively. \n\n\n\n\nDepartment of Government Efficiency has officially been established by executive order. The order changes the name of the United States Digital Service\, which was created in 2014 by former President Barack Obama to change the government’s approach to technology\, to the “United States DOGE Service.” The unit will have an administrator established in the executive office who will report to the White House chief of staff. In its first cuts\, Elon Musk’s non-governmental advisory group\, the Department of Government Efficiency\, or DOGE\, posted a screenshot on X of a deleted page for the Office of Personnel Management’s inter-agency council for chief diversity officers. The council advised agencies on diversity\, equity and inclusion programs. Trump on Monday promised the end of DEI practices in federal government and said hiring would be based on merit. “It begins\,” Musk said\, sharing the post by @DOGE on X. \n\n\n\n\nSetting in motion what is likely to be an eventual restoration of his first term ban on travel to the United States of citizens from several predominantly Muslim countries. He issued an order directing a 60-day study to come up with a list “identifying countries throughout the world for which vetting and screening information is so deficient as to warrant a partial or full suspension on the admission of nationals from those countries.” \n\n\n\n\nIssuing an order short-circuiting the security clearance vetting process for his White House staffers. Anyone on a list submitted by his White House counsel is to “immediately” be granted a Top Secret/Secure Compartmented Information-level clearance good for six months. \n\n\n\n\nFulfilling his promise to rescind former President Biden’s 2023 executive order on A.I. safety. The Biden order set safety standards for the use of artificial intelligence across the federal government. Trump’s executive order leaves a vacuum on federal A.I. regulations\, while some states and European nations have enacted laws to regulate the fast-growing technology that poses risks to national security and jobs. \n\n\n\n\nIssuing an executive order decrying the “weaponization” of the Justice Department instructs his attorney general to scour federal law enforcement agencies\, the Securities and Exchange Commission\, and the Federal Trade Commission for any indications of political bias in work conducted under the Biden administration. The same executive order instructs the director of national intelligence to conduct a similar review of intelligence agencies. Both reviews will culminate in a report to the White House and recommendations for “remedial action.” The executive order does not give a time frame for the reviews or reports. The order also makes unclear what type of review will be conducted — an ethics investigation like the kind often undertaken by the Justice Department’s inspector general\, or a criminal inquiry mounted by prosecutors. It also leaves vague what it means by the stated goal to “ensure accountability for the previous administration’s weaponization of the Federal government against the American people.” The executive order\, titled “ending the weaponization of the federal government\,” begins with a list of misleading accusations against the Biden administration for what Mr. Trump has long claimed to be unfair use of the criminal justice system against him\, his supporters and conservatives generally. The language of the document suggests — but does not explicitly state — that the Trump administration review will examine the actions of local district attorneys or state officials\, such as the district attorneys in Manhattan or Fulton County\, Ga.\, or the New York attorney general\, all of whom filed cases against President Trump. \nMore reading: https://www.whitehouse.gov/news/  \nThis show will be one of many in which we will highlight TJC’s affirmative agenda for 2025 and 2026. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n PART 1 OF SHOW- 12:00 – 12:25 PM Eastern Time with guests Porsché “Queen” Mitchell-Miller\, Kimberly Cummings\, Marcus Arbery\, and Cameron Barnes \n[The show will begin with a short tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and by encouraging people to: go to VotingRightsAlliance.org/2025Pledge to sign onto our 2025 Voting Rights Pledge;”] \nPart one of our show will feature guests Porsché “Queen” Mitchell-Miller\, and Kimberly Cummings\, and Marcus Arbery who will be recording live from Brunswick with Co-Hosts Jones and Arnwine at the jury selection for the Jackie Johnson trial. Cameron Barnes will also join this portion and the second part of the show. Jackie Johnson\, the former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney\, is set to stand trial for allegedly obstructing the investigation into Ahmaud Arbery’s killing. Johnson faces charges of violating her oath of office and hindering law enforcement officers. The trial comes more than four years after Arbery’s death\, which sparked nationwide protests over racial injustice. Johnson is accused of interfering with the investigation to protect Gregory McMichael\, a former investigator in her office\, and his son\, Travis McMichael\, who were involved in Arbery’s death. Jury selection for the trial is scheduled to begin soon\, with a larger-than-usual pool of 200 potential jurors due to the case’s notoriety.  \n\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\nPART 2 OF SHOW- 12:30 – 12:57 PM Eastern Time with guests Cameron Barnes and Dr. Karen McRae \n[Karen McRae will join as a Guest for Part 2. Part 2 will feature a discussion of the Biden Pardons\, the Trump Inauguration\, and the response to the threat of Mass Deportations in several states. ] \nIn short summary of the nearly 48 executive orders Trump issues and the near 78 executive orders from President Biden that Trump revoked: \n\n\nJan. 6th Pardons and Case Dismissals: President Trump pardoned nearly all Jan. 6th rioters\, including Enrique Tarrio\, and commuted sentences for others\, leading to case dismissals by his new U.S. attorney in Washington. \n\n\nRevoking Biden’s Executive Orders: Trump revoked 78 executive orders from Biden’s administration\, including those related to racial equity\, LGBTQ protections\, and environmental justice. \n\n\nGeographic Renaming: Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and formed a U.S. Board of Geographic Names to manage such changes. \n\n\nParis Climate Agreement and WHO Withdrawal: Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization. \n\n\nImmigration Crackdown: Trump ended a Biden-era program allowing migrants from specific countries to temporarily stay in the U.S. and declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border to fund border wall construction. \n\n\nBirthright Citizenship and Refugee Resettlement: Trump issued an executive order to redefine birthright citizenship and suspended refugee resettlement in the U.S. \n\n\nFederal Death Penalty Restoration: Trump restored the federal death penalty\, mandating its use for crimes involving the murder of law enforcement officers or certain crimes by undocumented migrants. \n\n\nSecurity Clearance Revocations: Trump revoked security clearances of 51 former intelligence officials who signed a letter about Hunter Biden’s laptop and former national security adviser John Bolton. \n\n\nEnding DEI Programs: Trump terminated DEI\, DEIA\, and environmental justice programs and positions\, and ordered an investigation into their prevalence and costs. \n\n\nWeaponization of Federal Agencies: Trump issued an executive order to investigate political bias in federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies\, targeting actions taken under the Biden administration. \n\n\n[What’s your number one action that you would recommend that our listeners do to be involved in 2025? \nWhat are your favorite resources that you recommend that people utilize during this time? \nWhere do people go to get the best information? \nWhat activities are planned in 2025 that you hope our listeners will be engaged in?] \nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners? \nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you? \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 and Barbara may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-january-21-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:Martin Luther King Jr.,News Talk Radio1450 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250114T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250114T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20250113T211407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250113T220049Z UID:2188-1736856000-1736859600@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – January 14: The Changing Role of HBCUs in 2025 DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n January 14\, 2025: The Changing Role of HBCUs in 2025\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:\nJonnita Dockens: 12:05 PM – 12:10 PM Eastern TimeJonnita Dockens is a business consultant from Chicago\, Illinois.  She is deemed “Your Business Friend” because she is passionate about helping small businesses grow.  Jonnita joined the TJC family in 2016 as the Event Planner for the Millennial Votes Matter Convening.   She is a dedicated and dynamic leader with a passion for empowering youth and young adults to reach their full potential.  In 2023\, she joined the TJC team as Executive Assistant and is instrumental in the organization of the GenZ & Young Millennial Votes Matter Leadership Training.  \nDr. Rasheed Atwater: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeRasheed J. Atwater  is a TJC Alumni from September 2016 class. Rasheed J. Atwater is an Assistant Professor of New Social Justice Movements in the Department of African American and Diaspora Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana. He is a husband\, father\, son\, and brother from Saginaw\, MI. His research specialties include the Afrocentric Paradigm\,  African American Family Studies\, The Black Radical Tradition\, African American Manhood\, African American Environmental Philosophy\, and the praxis of Ma’at.Social:  Facebook – Rasheed Atwater \nTrinity Woodson: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeTrinity Woodson is a TJC Alumni from the September 2022 class. In 2023\, Trinity Woodson was honored as one of the HBCU Graduate Scholars selected by the White House! Trinity received her undergraduate degree from Hampton University with a concentration on Political Science. Her postgraduate education was completed at Fisk University\, where she concentrated on social justice.She has been certified by the Virginia Department of Elections as a coordinator for third-party voter registration efforts.  At present\, Trinity serves as the Civic Engagement Liaison for HBCUs at the Center for Common Ground.Social:  Instagram  – @http.trinityelise\,  LinkedIn – Trinity Woodson\, M.A. \nSavion Briggs: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETSavion Briggs  is a TJC Alumni from April 2024 class. Savion Briggs is an HBCU Scholar at Kentucky State University.  He has dedicated himself to advancing equity and civic engagement through leadership and service.  He is very active  in his college community working with the Student Government Association and being a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity\, Inc.   Additionally\, he recently received the AT & T Rising Future Maker Awards.  Social:  Instagram – @savionbriggs  Twitter – @savionbriggs \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\, January 14th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “The Changing Role of HBCUs in 2025”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and special guests Dr. Rasheed Atwater; Trinity Woodson; Jonnita Dockens; and\, Savion Briggs. \nIn June 2023\, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled to bar the use of race as a factor in college admissions. This decision significantly impacted the landscape of higher education\, particularly for minority students. According to Lexi Lonas from The Hill\, many Black students felt uncertain about their chances at predominantly white institutions (PWIs) and began to seek out HBCUs as a safer and more welcoming alternative [ 1 ]. \nFollowing the SCOTUS ruling\, HBCUs experienced a notable surge in enrollment. Bruce C.T. Wright from NewsOne reported that while enrollment at many top-ranked PWIs saw a decline in Black student numbers\, HBCUs saw a record number of applications and enrollments [ 2 ]. For instance\, Jackson State University welcomed nearly 1\,250 incoming freshmen and transfer students for the Fall 2024 semester [2]. Similarly\, Hampton University noted a significant increase in applications\, attributing this surge to the Supreme Court decision [ 2 ]. \nIn response to the increased interest and enrollment\, HBCUs have also seen a rise in grants and funding. These institutions have received various grants aimed at supporting their growth and enhancing educational opportunities for their students. Specific details on the grants received by HBCUs in 2025 are not readily available\, but the trend indicates a positive trajectory in funding support. \nSources: \n\n\nLonas\, Lexi. “HBCUs Become Safe Haven for Students Uncertain of Higher Ed Path after Affirmative Action Ruling.” The Hill\, 14 Feb. 2024\, https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4465905-hbcus-affirmative-action-supreme-court-ruling-diversity/. . \n\n\nWright\, Bruce C.T. “HBCU Enrollment Update: Surge Follows Affirmative Action End.” NewsOne\, 4 Sept. 2024\, https://newsone.com/5524573/hbcu-enrollment-update/ . \n\n\nThe article “When Mississippi Considered Closing Universities\, HBCU Grads Mobilized to Protect Their Alma Maters” from Reckon Media discusses the efforts of HBCU graduates to protect their institutions from potential closures. In 2024\, Mississippi proposed legislation to close three of its eight public universities\, including HBCUs\, by 2028. This proposal faced significant opposition from alumni and supporters who mobilized to protect their alma maters. \nThe article highlights a letter from the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Agriculture to governors\, emphasizing the importance of funding for HBCUs. “In September 2023\, the U.S. Departments of Education and Agriculture sent letters to 16 governors in states with land-grant HBCUs calculating a $12 billion disparity in funding from 1987 to 2020. Miss. Gov. Tate Reeves was on the list… Cardona and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack\, outlined in each letter that under the Second Morrill Act of 1890\, states opening land-grant universities serving Black students are required to provide an equitable distribution of state funds to institutions founded between 1862 and 1890. However\, of 18 states with HBCUs only two — Delaware and Ohio — are upholding the law.” \nThis quote underscores the federal government’s concern about the lack of compliance with funding laws for HBCUs and the need for states to support these vital institutions. \nThe mobilization efforts by HBCU graduates and supporters were crucial in raising awareness and pushing back against the proposed legislation\, ultimately helping to protect the future of these historically significant universities. \nRead more: Reckon Media. ‘When Mississippi Considered Closing Universities\, HBCU Grads Mobilized to Protect Their Alma Maters.’ Reckon News\, 8 Mar. 2024\, www.reckon.news/justice/2024/03/when-mississippi-considered-closing-universities-hbcu-grads-mobilized-to-protect-their-alma-maters.html. \nThe article from The Atlanta Voice discusses the funding challenges faced by Tennessee State University (TSU)\, a historically Black college and university (HBCU). It highlights the ongoing struggle for adequate funding and the impact of these financial constraints on the institution’s ability to provide quality education and resources to its students. The article also emphasizes the importance of diversity\, equity\, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in supporting HBCUs like TSU. Quoting from the article: \n“What’s more\, these are the same ones who are seeking to leverage their control over public education to attack diversity on all state college campuses in their states. Ten states — including Tennessee — have enacted 12 laws that ban diversity\, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies on college campuses. \n“Many of those states’ governors are also using their power to appoint as state university trustees MAGA loyalists who share their disdain for DEI. Take one of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent appointees\, who in a co-authored essay described ‘DEI ideology’ as being ‘inherently hostile to the mission of a university.’ \n“Or another\, who has called for ‘all DEI initiatives [to] be eliminated from higher education.’ By underfunding public HBCUs and denying the value of Black students on non-HBCU campuses\, these extremists are making very clear the kinds of students they do and don’t want to succeed. \n“They also are the same ones waging war on the teaching of our nation’s full history. But if we studied that history they seek to quash\, we would know that the news out of Tennessee is just the latest example of conservatives rejecting the notion that Black people possess the capacity for self-governance.” \nIt notes that DEI efforts are crucial in ensuring that HBCUs receive the necessary funding and support to thrive and continue their mission of educating Black students. \nThe article quotes various stakeholders\, including university officials and policymakers\, who stress the need for increased funding and support for HBCUs. It also discusses the broader implications of underfunding HBCUs\, including the potential negative impact on the educational and economic opportunities available to Black students \nRead more: “The Atlanta Voice. Opinion: Something’s rotten\, and not just in the state of Tennessee”.’ The Atlanta Voice\, 8 Mar. 2024\, www.theatlantavoice.com/hbcu-funding-tennessee-state \n“Black students are thriving at HBCUs\, and a recent study proves it. According to a report by Brown University\, Black students are 40% more likely to earn their bachelor’s degrees at HBCUs than Black students at other schools. A 2024 White House fact sheet further notes that HBCUs are responsible for producing a large percentage of all Black professionals in engineering (40%)\, teaching (50%)\, medicine (70%)\, and judicial careers (80%).” ( Read more and view source: https://www.parents.com/black-students-more-likely-to-graduate-at-hbcus-8678200 ) \nThis has been the same trend we’ve see since 2017 where “a study by The Education Trust\, a Washington\, D.C.-based nonprofit\, revealed that the nation’s HBCUs are doing a much better job than predominantly white schools in graduating low-income black students. The study\, entitled ‘A Look at Black Student Success\,’ concluded that at most of the nation’s four-year public and private colleges and universities\, a significant gap exists between the graduation rates of black students and white students. At the 676 public and private nonprofit institutions included in The Education Trust survey (not including HBCUs)\, the six-year graduation rate for black students was 45.4 percent — 19.3 points lower than the 64.7 percent graduation rate for white students.” (Read more and view the source: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/03/01/517770255/hbcus-graduate-more-poor-black-students-than-white-colleges ) \nOur guests have been intimately involved in many of these fights and will offer not only their perspectives but also their best recommendations of how people can unite to win in 2025 and 2026. \nThis show will be one of many in which we will highlight TJC’s affirmative agenda for 2025 and 2026. \n​ \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n [This show will begin by encouraging people to: go to VotingRightsAlliance.org/2025Pledge to sign onto our 2025 Voting Rights Pledge; boycott the establishments like Walmart and McDonald’s which have egregiously ended their DEI commitments\, promises\, funds\, and programs and support companies like Coscto and Apple who have kept them when facing the same pressure in the wake of the election of Donald Trump; and\, watch the Netflix Movie “The Six Triple Eight”] \n\nJonnita\, What did you think was the most remarkable part of “The Six Triple Eight” movie on Netflix?\nWhy do you recommend people should watch this movie?\nWhat is the most important lesson for Black women contained in this movie?\nJonnita\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\nWhy did you choose to go to a HBCU?\nWhat have been some of the highlights of your experience at your HBCU?\nAccording to articles published\, there are many unique aspects of HBCU’s. What are some of the top strengths of HBCU’s?\nAfter the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action decision in 2023\, there has been a  tremendous uptick in applications to HBCU’s. How has this trendline affected your school?\nUnder the Biden Administration\, “In September 2023\, the U.S. Departments of Education and Agriculture sent letters to 16 governors in states with land-grant HBCUs calculating a $12 billion disparity in funding from 1987 to 2020. Miss. Gov. Tate Reeves was on the list… Cardona and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack\, outlined in each letter that under the Second Morrill Act of 1890\, states opening land-grant universities serving Black students are required to provide an equitable distribution of state funds to institutions founded between 1862 and 1890. However\, of 18 states with HBCUs only two — Delaware and Ohio — are upholding the law.” Instead of correcting this injustice\, the states instead have been trying to propose the abolition of these colleges or a takeover of their governance. HBCU alumni have been very active in defending their alma maters. What do you think can be done to strengthen public support for HBCU’s?\nNotably\, students at HBCUs have been major voting rights activists\, why do you think voting rights are so important to your peers?\nWhat are your future hopes for your HBCU and all HBCUs in general?\nAs we look at the many issues that are confronting us in 2025\, what for you are your top three priorities that you hope our listeners will be paying attention to and will be willing to take action to help protect our democracy\, fellow citizens\, and the Constitution?\n[What’s your number one action that you would recommend that our listeners do to be involved in 2025?\nWhat are your favorite resources that you recommend that people utilize during this time?\nWhere do people go to get the best information?\nWhat activities are planned in 2025 that you hope our listeners will be engaged in?]\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\n\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you? \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 and Barbara may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-january-14-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250107T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250107T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20250107T154541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T162719Z UID:2169-1736251200-1736254800@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – January 7: Preparing To Win in 2025: Perspectives on the Year To Come DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n January 7\, 2025: Preparing To Win in 2025: Perspectives on the Year To Come\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:\nAtty. Terry O’Neill: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeCurrent 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/  \nProf. Ernest J. Quarles\, Esq: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeProfessor at John Hopkins University and African American Policy Forum Board Member \nAndres Cubillos: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETTJC Alumni and Fellow; Andres Cubillos is a Campus Organizer and Graduate of Florida State University. In 2020 Andres and the Student PIRGs team at Florida State University increased FSU’s voter registration rate to 90.3% and youth voter turnout to 76%. Now\, Andres works with a variety of organizations on community issues including Students Demand Action\, the Student PIRGs\, Campus Vote Project\,  and the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition. Instagram: Andres.Cubillos_ ; Twitter/X: Andres_Cub20 \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\, January 7th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Preparing To Win in 2025: Perspectives on the Year To Come”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and special guests Atty. Terry O’Neill; Prof. Ernest J. Quarles\, Esq.; and\, Andres Cubillos.  \nAt the advent of the new year our nation is confronting an era of unprecedented fear\, hatred\, and unbridled greed that threatened the foundation of our democracy. During this show we will hear from expert voices about the many challenges that we all will confront in 2025 and how do we best ensure that our vision of an inclusive and just multiracial democracy stands strong. We will explore the challenges in the federal and state legislatures\, the courts\, and in all sectors of our society as we grapple with this turbulent and critical historical moment. Throughout this show our guests will offer ideas for how our listeners can help combat destructive policies and promote positive outcomes. Among the issues to be discussed will be:  \n\n\nHow to address the many adverse policies articulated in Project 2025 that the new administration will seek to implement\, especially efforts to dismantle DEI\, the banning of books and the teaching of African American\, women\, LGBTQIA\, and other history \n\n\nThe real threat of mass deportation\, the disenfranchising provisions of the SAVE Act\,  the tax cuts to the rich\, and House Resolution 5 setting forth legislative priorities that also encompass anti-Trans\, restricting on doctors performing abortions\, and anit-environmental legislation (https://rules.house.gov/bill/119/h-res-5  ) – all of which are dominant portions of the massive bills that the GOP Congress is planning to take up in the first several weeks of the new administration (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-johnsons-push-pass-trumps-agenda-one-massive-bill-faces-big-hu-rcna186399?form=MG0AV3 ) \n\n\nThe nominees and the threat that has been made to primary senators that oppose any of these nominees \n\n\nHow this second Trump Administration will be different in that the corporate sector has shown less willingness to hold the administration accountable to democratic principles \n\n\nHow Social Security benefits are already being attacked publicly by leaders of members of “DOGE” \n\n\nThe substantial threat to the First Amendment by the Federal Government and the States over body cam footage and efforts to silence and limit the scope of work of 501(c)3 organizations \n\n\nOur guests have been intimately involved in many of these fights and will offer not only their perspectives but also their best recommendations of how people can unite to win in 2025 and 2026.  \nThis show will be one of many in which we will highlight TJC’s affirmative agenda for 2025 and 2026. \n \n \n \n \n \n [This show will begin by discussing the terrible terrorist attack in New Orleans and the bombing in Las Vegas] \n\nAs we look at the many issues that are confronting us in 2025\, what for you are your top three priorities that you hope our listeners will be paying attention to and will be willing to take action to help protect our democracy\, fellow citizens\, and the Constitution?\nWe note that of 12 pieces of legislation in House Resolution 5\, five had something to do with anti-immigrant and deportation. We know that mass deportation is going to be a huge issue. How can people be a positive force in protecting people who are targeted by the mass deportation hysteria?\nWhat’s your number one action that you would recommend that our listeners do to be involved in 2025?\nWhat are your favorite resources that you recommend that people utilize during this time?\nWhere do people go to get the best information?\nWhat activities are planned in 2025 that you hope our listeners will be engaged in?\nLet’s discuss some of TJC’s priorities for this first quarter of 2025 and how they will help in this battle. \nWe know that there are elections in 20 states being held this year\, two major ones in New Jersey and Virginia and major contests\, nonetheless\, in many other states at the critical mayoral and other electoral levels. How can our listeners help in these elections? (TJC intends to be on the ground to help outreach to voters; the importance at the local level of people having contacts and holding meetings\, chats\, and engagements to keep voters inspired)\nHow do people stay inspired during this time? There’s going to be a lot of misinformation\, lies\, and horrible actions by democracy opponents during the next year\, and a lot of people are already feeling checked out. How do WE stay inspired and re-engage people who are horribly disengaged and confused about what’s happening?\nWhat would you recommend our audience do to prepare for 2025?\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you for all of your hard work. 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 and Barbara may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.] \n \n \n \n \n \n SEGMENT ONE \n\nIn one minute\, describe what our audience should know about your background.\nWhat was it like to be in Washington\, D.C.?\nWhat was the highlight for you during this Training?\n\nSEGMENT TWO \n\nWhat was new that you learned in this Training?\nWhat\, to you\, was the most valuable experience from this Training?\nWhy do you care so much about democracy?Final Questions:\nWhat do you think is the most important grassroots organizing that you think needs to happen in order to ensure strong voter protection and engagement in November 2023 and 2024?\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\nSEGMENT THREE \n\nThis segment will open with an 8-minute interview with Myles B. Caggins III\, who will a bring 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 Black farmers fund\, from the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program\, is being funded by the Inflation Reduction Act. The Inflation Reduction Act contains an assistance fund for farmers who were discriminated against. This fund has $2.2b to cover 75 million applicants and covers anyone who can provide proof that they were discriminated against by the federal government. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending the deadline for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program to January 13\, 2024\, to give eligible farmers\, ranchers and forest landowners more time to apply for assistance. The original deadline was October 31\, 2023.\nIn addition to the application deadline change\, the deadline to request records from USDA’s Farm Service Agency for use in applications has been extended to Friday\, Nov. 3\, 2023. The application process was designed so that FSA records are not required\, though relevant records may be attached to an application as additional evidence if they are available.\nTo learn more about the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program or receive assistance in English or Spanish\, visit www.22007apply.gov\, email info@22007apply.gov or contact the national call center at 1-800-721-0970 from 8 a.m. ET to 8 p.m. PT\, every day except federal holidays. If you use sign language to communicate\, you can use the 711 relay service to call. You may also email or contact the national call center if you have a disability and need another accommodation. Information about the program\, resources\, recent office openings and local events across the country is also available through a weekly e-newsletter.]\nMyles\, what is the new deadline?\nMyles\, How do people apply?\nWhat is it that people really need to know about applying for the program\, such as the November 3rd deadline for requesting records from the USDA’s Farm Service Agency for use in applications and how applicants should be describing their discrimination and the amounts they need?\nThank you for all of your hard work\, Myles. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\nQuincy and Candance\, during our Training\, we talked a lot about racial injustice and this USDA program is just a part addressing and recognizing the many forms of discrimination. Since the Houston Training\, both of you have been on several other engagements with TJC. How was your experience different being a Team Leader?\n\nSEGMENT FOUR \n\nAs Team Leaders\, what did you hear from your Team about their experiences?\nThe next Gen Z and Millennial Votes Matter Leadership Training will be held on April 3rd – 7th\, 2024 in Phoenix\, Arizona during the HBCU All-Stars 2024 games. What are your top arguments for why people should attend the next Training?\nThe Transformative Justice Coalition is rolling through Kentucky and Ohio November 1st – 8th\, 2023. Quincy\, tell everyone why the election in Kentucky is so important? (non-partisan)\nFinal Questions to guests:\nWhat do you think is the most important grassroots organizing that you think needs to happen in order to ensure strong voter protection and engagement in November 2023 and 2024?\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you? URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-january-07-2025/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241231T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241231T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20241230T225530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T230205Z UID:2150-1735646400-1735650000@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – December 31: Perspectives on The Year 2024 DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n December 31\, 2024: Perspectives on The Year 2024\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:\nThe Honorable Louis A. Elisa II: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeTransformative Justice Coalition Board Member; Boston Black Covid Coalition Member; National Black Emergency Alliance Member; served as the Executive Secretary of the Seaport Advisory Council\, Director of Port Development for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts\, Office of the Lieutenant Governor\, from 2007-2015; appointed the United States Permanent Representative to the Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee (SCEPC)\, North Atlantic Council and Advisor for Civil Emergency Planning (CEP) to the U.S. Ambassador at NATO\, Brussels Belgium \nAtty. Terry O’Neill: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeCurrent 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/  \nProf. Ernest J. Quarles\, Esq: 12:10 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeProfessor at John Hopkins University and African American Policy Forum Board Member \nMakayla Myers: 12:00 PM – 1257 PM Eastern TimeTransformative Justice Coalition-certified Voting Rights Advocate & Alumni\, September 2024 Class; Full time student\, Community College of Philadelphia\, Majoring in Public Health; Community Education as a Youth Commissioner (Mayoral Appointee) for City of Philadelphia’s Office of Youth Engagement; In Partnership with City Commissioners Office; Vice President & Political Action Chair of NAACP PA State Conference\, Youth & College Division; NAACP Fired Up 2024 Cohort; President of the Youth Council & Adult Branch Executive Committee Chair for NAACP Philadelphia; Black Voters Matter Partner; Canvassed in low-propensity neighborhoods\, door-knocked\, community education; Students Learn Students Vote; Phone bank & Canvass Volunteer w/ PA Democrats; President of Black Girls Vote\, Community College of Philadelphia Chapter; Young Black Voters for Harris\, volunteer/Policy & Social Media Committee Member #CCPVotes Volunteer; this includes tabling\, voter registration\, update/change registration\, voter education\, student engagement\, speaking/presenting to classes\, handing out literature\, requesting absentee ballots\, etc.; Founder of Stars of Giving\, an youth-led org focused on volunteerism\, education\, and mentorship; What I Wish I Knew Foundation x Students Demand Action “Motion Conference” Voter Education Keynote Speaker; African American Policy Forum \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\, December 31st\, 2024\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Central Time)\, entitled “Perspectives on The Year 2024”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and special guests Atty. Terry O’Neill; the Honorable Louis A. Elisa II; Prof. Ernest J. Quarles\, Esq.; and\, Makayla Myers. Our show will feature perspectives from some of our nation’s foremost thinkers regarding the challenges\, follies\, and achievements of 2024. We will discuss many of the major happenings during the year including race and Election 2024; the Supreme Court of the United States’ misadventures and horrible decisions\, such as the Grants Pass decision even in the face of rising homelessness; the fight for 100% Justice for Ahmaud Arbery; TJC’s “I’ll Rise and Vote” Voter Activation and Education initiatives; the impact of voter suppression; gun control and school shootings; the impact of natural disasters; Project 2025; the attacks on Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion (DEI); the rise of AI; the battle to rename the Francis Key Scott Bridge; Gen Z and Young Millennial leadership; the Black homeless man Jordan Neely being choked to death on the subway and his killer being set free; Body cam footage now showing NY prison guards brutally beating inmate Robert Brooks who later died; and\, so much more.  \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n [This show will start with a recognition of New Year’s Eve and Kwanzaa]  \n\nIf you could sum up the year in one word\, what would that word be?\nWhat did you think was the most significant development in 2024 and why?\nMakayla\, what do your peers think was the most significant development for 2024? \nWhat policies were enacted in 2024 that will have the most lasting impact?\nWhat do you think was the most egregious and the best US Supreme Court decision and why? (Grants Pass\, Presidential Immunity\, Chevron Doctrine\, etc)\nWhat do you think people paid too much attention to that will historically turn out to be insignificant? \nWhat do you think people didn’t pay enough attention to that will historically turn out to be incredibly significant?\nWho were the major figures that passed away this year and what do you think the impact of their presence no longer being with us means for our future? \nWho rose to prominence and what do they mean for our future?\nWho do you think should have been the Times Person of the Year?\nDespite the failure of the American media to cover this subject\, climate change was a major international issue. What were some of the most important international agreements reached to address climate change?\nOne major failing in 2024 was in the area of criminal justice reform. Indeed it caused severe miscarriages of justice\, such as the Black homeless man Jordan Neely being choked to death on the subway and his killer being set free; Body cam footage now showing NY prison guards brutally beating inmate Robert Brooks who later died; and\, others. What was the most significant\, affirmative development of racial justice? What was the worst?\nWhat would you recommend our audience do to prepare for 2025?\nWhat are your goals in 2025 and for the midterm elections?\nHow can our listeners get involved in your work? \nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you for all of your hard work. 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 and Barbara may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned books.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-december-31-2024/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:Martin Luther King Jr.,News Talk Radio1450 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241224T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241224T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20241226T152241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241226T153328Z UID:2131-1735041600-1735045200@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – December 24: Success Stories the Mass Media Missed: The Power of Young Black Voting Rights Organizers in 2024 DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n December 24\, 2024: Success Stories the Mass Media Missed: The Power of Young Black Voting Rights Organizers in 2024\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:\nEldric Coleman: 11:00 AM – 11:57 AM Central Time (12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET)Transformative Justice Coalition-certified Voting Rights Advocate & Fellow\, Sept. 2024 Class; Eldric Coleman is a dedicated advocate for social justice and community empowerment\, currently serving as the President of the NAACP Alabama Youth and College Division and an Associate Justice of the Student Government Association (SGA). A two-time State of Alabama NAACP Youth & College Division President\, Eldric has been recognized with the NAACP Trailblazer Award for his impactful work in advancing civil rights. Recently\, Eldric registered over 1\,000 voters for the upcoming November elections\, demonstrating his commitment to civic engagement and political empowerment. His advocacy efforts are further supported by his roles as a Democracy Fellow\, TJC Coalition Fellow\, and his involvement in environmental and healthcare initiatives. Eldric’s leadership continues to inspire and mobilize others to drive positive change. He is also working on TJC’s national “lI’ll Rise and Vote” Voter Activation and GOTV Concert Series \nJa’Nise Gentry: 11:00 AM – 11:57 AM Central Time (12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET)Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Fellow and Freedom Rider\, Class of Sept. 2022\, from Birmingham\, AL. She has been on 7 activations with TJC since 2022. She has always been passionate about voting rights and social justice. This has even led her to advocate for the rights of black and brown Millennials and Gen Z through her music. She loves to tell our rich history through the voice of her cello. Her work with TJC has also enabled her to gain her current role with Woke Vote\, as the Alabama Interim State Director\, promoting civic engagement and mobilization amongst black and brown people. Ja’Nise has said that because of TJC she has met prominent leaders and had experiences that she would not otherwise have had. \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\, December 24th\, 2024\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Central Time)\, entitled “Success Stories the Mass Media Missed: The Power of Young Black Voting Rights Organizers in 2024”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and special guests Ja’Nise Gentry and Eldric Coleman to talk about how much get out the vote work was done by African American young people for the recent election\, such as voter registration and on-the-ground organizing efforts. Why is this not known and not talked about by anybody? These actions should be uplifted\, elevated\, encouraged\, and further invested in. For example\, CD2 – the new majority-Black district in Alabama that was created after several years of litigation for racial gerrymandering by the AL State Legislature- was characterized by great organizing and considerable registration\, voter education\, voter mobilization\, and voter turnout done by young people once the primary was over which helped an African American candidate\, Shomari Figures\, be elected for the first time to represent this district with 54.6% of the vote\, marking the first time Alabama will have two African American congressional representatives in modern history. People thought it would be impossible to mobilize African American voters to turn out in significant numbers to vote for an African American candidate since the district was made only in 2023 and with so many who entered the field\, especially with “glitches” sending out the wrong voter information and deceptive practice campaigns calling and telling voters to vote on the wrong day during the primary (read more: https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/05/mapping-issue-causes-district-2-voters-in-montgomery-to-get-wrong-info/72853664007/ ). \nBoth of our guests were highly involved in organizing African American students and young people in educating voters and mobilizing voters to register and turn out for this election. This show will explore their experiences and the lessons they have learned. We will examine their views on African-American youth and the vote. We will also delve into why the media has not covered the amazing work done by Black Gen Z organizers in 2024. \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHow did you become involved in organizing for the 2024 elections and where do you focus your work on?\nWhat were your greatest lessons learned from organizing for this election?\nOf the many activities you were engaged in\, what do you feel was your most successful ones?\nYou are both TJC Alumni. How do you think your training helped you in your organizing efforts?\nWhat tactics did you use to outreach to voters\, especially young voters?\nWhat would have helped you to have even more success in what you accomplished? (funding\, communications assistance\, etc)\nWhat new skills do you think you gained from being involved in organizing in this election?\nWe know that a number of young people ran for office that you know. What were some of the results?\nWhat do you think about voter registration being up 175% among young Black women\, according to data reported by CBS News on August 30th\, 2024?\nWhat has the sentiment been among your peers post-election? (Are people discouraged\, ready to fight again\, etc)\nWhat are your goals in 2025 and for the midterm elections?\nHow can our listeners get involved? \nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you for all of your hard work. 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 and Barbara may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned books.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-december-24-2024/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241217T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241217T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20241217T152505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241217T154400Z UID:2110-1734436800-1734440400@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – December 17: We Will Rise: Shaping A Winning Agenda for 2025-26 DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n December 17\, 2024: We Will Rise: Shaping A Winning Agenda for 2025-26\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:\nJonah Minkoff-Zern: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETCampaign Co-Director\, Public Citizen’s Democracy Campaign \nAtty. Terry O’Neill: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM ETCurrent 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/  \nDr. Kylar Wiltz: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM ETTransformative Justice Coalition-certified Voting Rights Advocate & Alumni\, September 2024 Class; Over 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. \nMinnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison: (May come on at anytime)Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 30th Attorney General of Minnesota.  A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL)\, Elison was the U.S. Representative for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district from 2007 to 2019.  \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\, December 17th\, 2024\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “ “We Will Rise:Shaping A Winning Agenda for 2025-26”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and special guests Jonah Minkoff-Zern; Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (may be able to be on the show); Dr. Kylar Wiltz; and Atty. Terry O’Neill as they reprise TJC’s December 16th TeleTown Hall.  \nThis TeleTown Hall was held to have honest and bold talk and recommended actions\, with Daryl Jones as Moderator\, Keith Ellison as Opening Speaker\, Kimberle Crenshaw bringing profound insights\, Jonah Minkoff-Zern on organizing opposition\, Dr. Kylar Wiltz\, MD\, MBA\, MPA-MPP on GenZ Vote and looming healthcare battles and Marcus Arbery\, father of hashtag#AhmaudArbery. The “We Will Rise!! Shaping A Winning Agenda for 2025-2026 in the Face of Adversity” December 16th National TeleTown Hall offered some “unconventional” perspectives on the election through the lens of how we best organize to Fight Forward to Win!  You can watch on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TJC.DC/videos/557741530388023 or on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3P78pPsDP8.   \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n Everyone: \n\nWhat was the highlight for you of last night’s national teletown Hall?\nWho do you consider the most egregious nominees and how do we organize to oppose them?\nWhat do you see as the impact of President Elect Trump and Vice President Elect J.D.Vance attending the Army v. Navy Football game this past weekend and inviting a White man\, Daniel Perry\, who was acquitted of killing a young Black man on a subway train in New York? \nWhat is your thought on this being the most expensive Presidential campaign in American history\, but there being a lack of campaign funding in the African American community?  What should be the message received and how does the community gain the financial resources it deserves? \nThere appears to be an over obsession with White voters by the Democratic Party\, e.g. Soccer Moms\, White Suburban Moms\, White Working Class\, and White Independents. Why do you think that there is this obsession with a sect of voters that did not support the Democratic Party? Yet there is so little attention given to its base of Black voters?\nHow do you account for the six million difference between President Biden’s victory in 2020 and the lesser numbers of Vice President Harris voters in 2024?\n\nEnding for each guest: \n\nHow can our listeners get involved? What are the next steps?\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\nMinnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison \nWhat advice do you offer to Progressive members in the Congress?\nKeith\, how do we counter the concerted efforts of MAGA state attorney generals who are seeking to destroy the civil rights legal framework?\n\nTerry O’Neill: \n\nWhat is the message that you want to share with other White women in this time\, following the 2024 election performance?\nWhat\, if anything\, can we glean from this election performance by White women?\nWhat does the 2024 election indicate about racism\, sexism\, and misogynoir and how do we as a nation overcome this hurdle?\nIn 7 of 10 states with Reproductive Freedom on the ballot\, the measures were passed by the voters.  In one of those states\, Florida\, the measure would have passed\, but the legislature increased the needed percentage to pass a constitutional amendment to 60%\, rather than a simple majority vote.  However\, in those same seven states\, the Reproductive Freedom presidential candidate lost.  What do you think explains this split in the voting? Split voting was also seen across the nation in Senate\, House and even state governor and other races? \n\nJonah Minkoff Zern: \n\nPublic Citizen has been front and center in the battle for voting rights in America. The incoming administration has shown an adversity to making it easier for American citizens to exercise their franchise.  In fact\, the incoming President has issued a call for one day elections. How do we prepare for the incoming Administration and the flurry of issues that they are prioritizing?\nWhy is opposition to the nomination of Kash Patel as FBI Director so important?\n\nDr. Kylar Wiltz: \n\nBlack GenZ played a large role as community organizers and voter educators in the 2024 election.  Why do you think more acknowledgement has not been given to the role that Black GenZ played and how does this message get out regarding their successful efforts?\nYou have worked to develop a program to encourage younger voters to get to the polls and learn of their voting status.  Can you share in information about your program?\nThe incoming administration is set to nominate individuals to public health positions:  – Secretary of Health and Human Services – Robert F. Kennedy\, Jr.– Center for Disease Control – Dave Weldon– NIH Director – Jay Bhattacharya– Health Deputy – Jim O’Neill– Surgeon General – Jeanette Nesheiwat\nMany of these nominees are opposed to vaccinations or hold other strange viewpoints on the Affordable Care Act and health coverage.\nWhat should people do that oppose these nominees?  Is there a medical danger that exists with having vaccination deniers in high federal health positions?\nThroughout  2023 and 2024\, there was a concerted effort to mislead the  African American community\, especially its  GenZ members who were heavily targeted\, with deceptive disinformation and misinformation on social media to discourage voter turnout.  This campaign appeared to have been quite successful.  What can we do to best counter these disenfranchising practices?    \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 and Barbara may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned books.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-december-17-2024/ CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241210T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241210T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20241210T162600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241210T163840Z UID:2095-1733832000-1733835600@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – December 10: Power and Justice: The Jackie Johnson Hearing and Ahmaud Arbery; The False Equivalency of Pardon Power; and\, Upcoming TJC National TeleTown Hall DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n December 10\, 2024: Power and Justice: The Jackie Johnson Hearing and Ahmaud Arbery; The False Equivalency of Pardon Power; and\, Upcoming TJC National TeleTown Hall\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:\nNone at this moment\, stay tuned to the show for special guests. \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\, December 10th\, 2024\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Power and Justice: The Jackie Johnson Hearing and Ahmaud Arbery; The False Equivalency of Pardon Power; and\, Upcoming TJC National TeleTown Hall”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. \nAs we were writing this show description\, word broke of the passing of the amazing poet Nikki Giovanni. This show will begin with a tribute to her far ranging impact on the Black consciousness movement and the modern poetry movement. Daryl and Barbara will also share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned books \nThis broad ranging show will also examine the ongoing public debates about the use of presidential and prosecutorial power. We will start this discussion with a segment previewing the upcoming motions hearing on December 11th in Glynn County\, Georgia in the Jackie Johnson case regarding her alleged abuse of prosecutorial power by protecting the killers of Ahmaud Arbery. Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones will be in attendance in support of Marcus Arbery and family during these hearings. The major trial of the case is set to start on January 21st\, 2025. As promised four years ago\, TJC will continue to be in this fight until there is 100% Justice for Ahmaud Arbery.  \nThis radio show will also focus on the intriguing and often controversial topic of presidential pardons. We will explore this history of presidential pardons\, especially some of the most notable and contentious uses of this executive power\, starting with President Joe Biden and ending with the Confederacy and George Washington. To guide our discussion\, we will talk about the origin of the pardoning power which is a holdover from the English unilateral power of the monarchy to grant mercy. The President was never meant to be a king; still\, this regal power was bestowed upon the President. Some of the questions to be discussed include: \n\n\nWhy has the Biden pardon generated such heated controversy? \n\n\nWhat has been the history of U.S. presidential pardons? \n\n\nWhat have been some of the most controversial presidential pardons? \n\n\nThere have been many calls for President Biden to further exercise his presidential pardon power. What in the views of our Hosts are some of the most important pardons that should be granted by the President? \n\n\nThis topic will begin with the recent controversy surrounding President Joe Biden’s use of the pardon power to protect his son\, Hunter Biden. Biden’s decision has reignited discussions about the role of presidential pardons in the justice system and their potential for abuse (Politico\, December 4\, 2024)1. In looking at the background of presidential pardons\, we will look at past pardons of President-Elect Donald Trump. During his presidency\, Donald Trump granted clemency to several individuals. Here are some notable pardons: \n\n\nMichael Flynn – Former National Security Adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI over contacts with a Russian official. \n\n\nRoger Stone – Trump ally convicted of lying to Congress regarding his attempts to contact WikiLeaks after the website released damaging emails about Trump’s 2016 election rival Hillary Clinton \n\n\nPaul Manafort – Former Trump campaign chairman convicted of financial fraud\, alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election\, and conspiring to obstruct the investigation \n\n\nCharles Kushner – Father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner\, convicted of tax evasion and witness tampering \n\n\nSteve Bannon – Former Trump adviser charged with fraud related to a border wall fundraising campaign \n\n\nGeorge Papadopoulos – Former Trump campaign adviser convicted of lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian intermediaries prior to the 2016 election \n\n\nAlbert Pirro – The ex-husband of Trump ally Jeanine Pirro\, a Fox News Channel host\, convicted of conspiracy and tax evasion charges \n\n\nRod Blagojevich – Former Illinois governor convicted of corruption for trying to sell Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat. Trump commuted his sentence \n\n\nLil Wayne (Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.) – Rapper convicted on firearms charges \n\n\nJoe Arpaio – Former Arizona sheriff convicted of criminal contempt of court for defying a court order to stop racial profiling in detaining individuals suspected of being in the U.S. illegally \n\n\nThese pardons were part of the 237 acts of clemency Trump granted during his four years in office\, which included 143 pardons and 94 commutations12. \n(Sources on Trump’s Pardons: 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_Joe_Arpaio   2: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/controversial-arizona-sheriff-joe-arpaio-pardoned-president-trump/story?id=49426093 ) \nWe then look at President Barack Obama’s commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence. Manning\, a former Army intelligence analyst\, was convicted of leaking classified documents. Obama’s decision to commute Manning’s 35-year sentence after seven years in prison was seen as a significant and controversial use of his pardon power (NBC News\, January 17\, 2017)3. \nThe show will delve further into the historical context of presidential pardons by looking at the scandalous Iran-Contra affair which happened during the Ronald Reagan presidency. The scandal involved senior officials secretly facilitating the sale of arms to Iran\, which was under an arms embargo\, and using the proceeds to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua. The subsequent pardons issued by President George H.W. Bush for key figures in the scandal added another layer of complexity to the use of presidential pardons (PBS\, date not specified)4. \nWe will revisit the pardon of Richard Nixon by President Gerald Ford. This pardon\, granted shortly after Nixon’s resignation in the wake of the Watergate scandal\, remains one of the most controversial in American history. Ford’s decision was intended to help the nation heal\, but it also sparked a significant backlash and debate over the limits of presidential power (Constitution Center\, September 8\, 2024)5. \nAdditionally\, we will discuss the pardon of Roger Clinton\, the brother of President Bill Clinton. This pardon\, granted on the last day of Clinton’s presidency\, raised questions about nepotism and the ethical implications of pardoning close relatives (Washington Post\, December 4\, 2024)6. This was the first time a relative had been pardoned by a sitting president. \nWe will also explore the pardons issued to former Confederates after the Civil War. Both Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson extended pardons to ex-Confederates\, with Johnson issuing a blanket pardon to all Confederate soldiers on December 25\, 1868. These actions were aimed at promoting national reconciliation but were met with varying degrees of acceptance and criticism (Politico\, December 25\, 2018)7. Andrew Johnson’s pardon led to impeachment proceedings. \nFinally\, on the historical context of pardons\, we will examine the first presidential pardon issued by George Washington. In 1795\, Washington pardoned two men sentenced to hang for their involvement in the Whiskey Rebellion\, an early test of the new government’s authority. This pardon set a precedent for the use of executive clemency in the United States (Smithsonian\, August 29\, 2017)8. \nJoin us as we navigate the complex and often contentious history of presidential pardons\, exploring the motivations behind these decisions and their impact on American society. This is a show you won’t want to miss! \n1: Politico\, December 4\, 2024 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine /2024/12/04/biden-presidential-pardon -controversy-00192404  2: NorthJersey\, December 3\, 2024 https://www.northjersey.com/story/news /2024/12/03/who-did-donald-trump -pardon-jan-6-rioters/76730573007/ 3: NBC News\, January 17\, 2017 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news /president-obama-commutes-chelsea -manning-s-sentence-n708046  4: PBS\, date not specified https://www.pbs.org/wgbh /americanexperience/features/reagan-iran/  5: Constitution Center\, September 8\, 2024 https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the -nixon-pardon-in-retrospect  6: Washington Post\, December 4\, 2024 https://www.washingtonpost.com/history /2024/12/04/roger-clinton-pardon/  7: Politico\, December 25\, 2018 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/us-presidents-pardoned-family-members/  8: Smithsonian\, August 29\, 2017 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/full-list-of-us-presidents-who-have-pardoned-relatives/ar-AA1v7qsx  \nWe will conclude this segment with pardons Ci-Hosts Arnwine and Jones feel President Biden should make prior to his leaving office. \nLastly\, we will discuss the programming that the Transformative Justice Coalition is constituting to address and de-escalate this rising hateful violence. On Monday\, December 16th\, 2024\, TJC will sponsor its next National TeleTown Hall at 7:00 PM Eastern URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-december-10-2024/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:Martin Luther King Jr.,News Talk Radio1450 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241203T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241203T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20241203T155507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241203T160750Z UID:2078-1733227200-1733230800@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – December 3: Racism\, Sexism\, and Misogynoir: The Major Stories the Mass Media Missed in 2024\, Part 1 DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2024: Racism\, Sexism\, and Misogynoir: The Major Stories the Mass Media Missed in 2024\, Part 1\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:\nProf. Kimberlé Crenshaw\, Esq.: 12:00 PM – 12:30 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\, December 3rd\, 2024\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Racism\, Sexism\, and Misogynoir: The Major Stories the Mass Media Missed in 2024\, Part 1”\, 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 interview with Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw\, Esq. Following the results of the 2024 presidential elections\, there has been much analysis and discussion about the reasons for the outcome and the negative consequences for civil rights and voting rights platformed in the incoming Trump Administration. Despite all of these many media stories\, there has been a severe failure to cover the racism\, sexism\, and misogynoir that plagued this election. Without a proper analysis\, our nation will continue to repeat the errors of the past. Our special guest Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw\, Esq. will help to examine the reasons for the media’s inability to properly diagnose the 2024 presidential election.   \nProf. Kimberlé Crenshaw\, Esq. is the Co-founder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum. On Tuesday\, December 3rd at 7:00 PM Eastern Time\, the African American Policy Forum is hosting a special post-election Under the Blacklight episode entitled “Views from the 92%\, Black Women Reflect on the 2024 Election and the Road Ahead”. It will be available to watch on Zoom and YouTube. During today’s show\, we will preview some of the expected major points of discussion for tonight’s program.  \nSpeakers and co-sponsors will include: \n\nBarbara Arnwine\, President & Founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition\nFran Phillips-Calhoun\, Atlanta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta\nGlynda Carr\, President & CEO of Higher Heights \nKaren Attiah\, Columnist for the Washington Post\nKimberlé Crenshaw\, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum\nKirsten West Savali\, Vice President of Content: iOne Digital\nLaTosha Brown\, co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund and the BVM Capacity Building Institute\nMelanie Campbell\, President & CEO National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Convener of Black Women’s Roundtable\n\nRegister here: https://aapf.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7f1f7469c760da7a8817f6c20&id=3697cbafda&e=b110637357  \nThe second part of our show will feature updates on major anti-civil rights legislation pending in the House and the Senate. Radio Show Co-Hosts Arnwine and Jones will lead this discussion with invited guests. There have been major upheavals in the United States Congress and in the streets of our cities post the 2024 elections. Infamously\, in the House of Representatives\, the awful HR 8706 “Dismantle DEI Act of 2024”bill has been passed out of Committee and the equally reprehensible HR 9495 “The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act”) has passed the House and is now pending in the Senate. These bills seek to cripple DEI (Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion) programs and undermine the private non-profit sector. The Dismantle DEI Act was approved by the House Oversight Committee in a 23-17 vote on Wednesday\, November 20th. Learn more: “’Squad’ member Rep. Pressley fumes over GOP’s anti-DEI bill: Keep MLK’s name ‘out of your mouths’”\, FOX News\, article written on November 24th 2024\, https://www.foxnews.com/media/squad-member-rep-pressley-fumes-over-gops-anti-dei-bill-keep-mlks-name-out-your-mouths The Transformative Justice Coalition has joined our civil rights and nonprofit partners in opposing these horrific bills. We will discuss how\, upon the return of the Senate on December 2nd\, we can defeat these two threatening acts. \nSadly\, racist incidents continue to proliferate in our country following the Election. The announcements of plans for deploying the U.S. military as part of the mass deportation onslaught continues to escalate fears throughout the country. \nLastly\, we will discuss the programming that the Transformative Justice Coalition is constituting to address and de-escalate this rising hateful violence. On Monday\, December 16th\, 2024\, TJC will sponsor its next National TeleTown Hall at 7:00 PM Eastern Time. \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw\, Esq.: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM ET[Giving Tuesday] \n\nKim\, welcome back to Igniting Change. These have been some difficult weeks for many in our nation; but\, they have been especially hard for Black women\, many who had championed the candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris. But probably more disappointing has been the media’s complete failure to discuss this loss through a racial\, gender\, intersectional lens. Please tell us what grade (A-F) you will give the media and what is your take on why the media has failed so badly.\nThere was a lot of purposeful propagation of misinformation and disinformation not only in the media but in popular discourse. How can that be better addressed in the future?\nAlthough many people claimed to not believe that Harris was Black\, ironically a number of historic negative tropes about Black women were deployed by her opponents to undermine her candidacy.  How do you mesh these contradictions?\nPlease describe tonight’s AAPF programming. How can people join the program? Who are some of the featured guests? What are some topics you hope will be covered during the program?\nLet’s talk about ways that we can encourage more intersectional analysis by the media. \nGoing forward\, what is your major hope that our nation will learn from the way Harris was and is still being treated by the media?\nHow can our listeners get involved? What are the next steps?\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time[Giving Tuesday] \n\nWelcome everyone to our roundtable on the nefarious two bills pending before the U.S. House and Senate this week. Of all the things that the Congress could be focusing on\, why have they raised to the forefront these two viscous laws\, HR 8706 “Dismantle DEI Act of 2024” and HR 9495 “The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act”?\nLet’s describe for the public what these two bills are (as if you’re speaking to a 5th grader)?\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.)\n\n[Daryl and Barbara will announce that on Monday\, December 16th\, 2024\, TJC will sponsor a National TeleTown Hall at 7:00 PM Eastern Time] \n\nPresident Joe Biden still has 7 weeks left in office. During that time\, he has the power of the presidency to take action. What should he absolutely do? (nonpartisan; pardons\, like for Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. and Marilyn Mosby)\nHow can our listeners get involved? What are the next steps?\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you for all of your hard work. 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 and Barbara may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned books.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-december-03-2024/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241126T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241126T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20241126T153755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241126T154906Z UID:2061-1732622400-1732626000@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – November 26: Elections Have Consequences and The National Month of Nonviolence: Rise of Hate; Legislative Threats; President Biden’s Last Presidential Actions; and\, More DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n November 26\, 2024: Elections Have Consequences and The National Month of Nonviolence: Rise of Hate; Legislative Threats; President Biden’s Last Presidential Actions; and\, More\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. Stephanie Myers: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeDr. Stephanie Myers is National Co-Chair of Black Women for Positive Change\, and Vice President of R.J. Myers Publishing and Consulting Company. She recently managed the Global 13th Annual Month of Non Violence\, Families\, Voters Rights and Opportunities\, sponsored by Black Women for Positive Change. The Month of Non-Violence included dozens of violence prevention programs in 7 States in the USA\, and 7 countries in Africa\, and the United Kingdom. She is also author of the Invisible Queen\, a book about Queen Charlotte\, the mixed-race Queen of England. \nProf. Ernest J. Quarles\, Esq: 12:10 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeProfessor at John Hopkins University and African American Policy Forum Board Member \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 \nDr. Stephanie Myers\, please tell us about the October 2024 “13th Annual Month of Non-Violence\, Families\, Voters Rights and Opportunities”.\nStephanie\, what were some of the top strategies that were recommended to combat violence?\nStephanie\, where can people go to get more information about the Month of Nonviolence?\nWhy do you think there’s so much racial hate in the United States?\nStephanie\, you have been making some parallels between The Black Codes and Project 2025. Can you please share your thoughts with our audience?\nLet’s talk about ways we can de-escalate this hate violence.\nOf all the things that the Congress could be focusing on\, why have they raised to the forefront these two viscous laws\, HR 8706 “Dismantle DEI Act of 2024” and HR 9495 “The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act”?\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.)\n\n[Daryl and Barbara will announce that on Monday\, December 9th\, 2024\, TJC will sponsor a National TeleTown Hall at 7:00 PM Eastern Time] \n\nPresident Joe Biden still has 8 weeks left in office. During that time\, he has the power of the presidency to take action. What should he absolutely do? (nonpartisan)\nHow can our listeners get involved? What are the next steps?\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you for all of your hard work. 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.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-november-26-2024/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241119T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241119T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20241119T162552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241119T164156Z UID:2043-1732017600-1732021200@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – November 19: Preparing For The Fight Ahead! Trump’s Cabinet Proposed Nominees\, Threat of Mass Deportations\, Attacks on Non-Profit Sector\, Biden’s Final Presidential Actions and More! DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n November 19\, 2024: Preparing For The Fight Ahead! Trump’s Cabinet Proposed Nominees\, Threat of Mass Deportations\, Attacks on Non-Profit Sector\, Biden’s Final Presidential Actions and More!\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\n\n\nDr. Karen McRae\, CEO\, Concerned Black Men \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTerry O’Neill\, Esq.\, TJC Board Secretary\, former President NOW \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Honorable Ronald Reynolds\, Esq.\, State Representative and Chair of Texas Black Caucus \n\n\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 WE HAVE A SPECIAL “IGNITING CHANGE” SHOW TODAY WITH SOME EXPERT GUESTS AS WE DISCUSS “Preparing For The Fight Ahead! Trump’s Cabinet Proposed Nominees\, Threat of Mass Deportations\, Attacks on Non-Profit Sector\, Biden’s Final Presidential Actions and More!”\, On November 5\, 2024\, Donald J Trump was elected 47th president of the United States. since the election\, he has made a series of announcements of controversial potential nominees for his cabinet. In addition\, he has ramped up his rhetoric and threat to impose mass deportations across the United States. Shockingly\, the nonprofit sector is engaged in a major battle to defeat HR 9495 which would give unilateral power to the secretary of the treasury to revoke the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit deemed to be engaged in “terrorist supporting activities”. Our show will discuss the implications of this rule and the need for us defeat it. Lastly \, our host will discuss the urgent actions that President Joseph Biden should take prior to leaving office. \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n 12:05 P.M. \n\nWELCOME EVERYONE MY IGNITERS\, CALL US WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT 1-800-450-7876.  THAT’S 1-800-450-7876. Please consider becoming a monthly donor to support the Transformative Justice Coalition’s Agenda\, including this radio show\, by going to tjcoalition.org and selecting the ‘monthly’ option\nOver the last week since the election\,\, President elect\, Donald J Trump has made a series of announcements of his proposed controversial nominees for the cabinet. Which nominees do you find the most troubling? Why? What do you think is the likelihood of these highly questionable potential nominees being confirmed?\nIncreasingly over the last two weeks\, president\, elect\, Donald J Trump has posted on his personal social media\, his intent to rapidly institute a program of mass deportation of “illegal immigrants” and legal migrants. To accentuate his plan\, he has announced that he will declare a national state of emergency and deploy the services of military to carry out the mass deportation.\n\n12:15 P.M. \n\nWhat does this mass deportation plan do to our constitutional government? How would this plan affect the African-American community? What can our listeners do to oppose this plan?\nIn the last weeks\, African-Americans\, Latinos and members of the LGBTQIA community have received a series racist\, anti-immigrant and homophobic text threatening their personal freedoms. What should be done to stop these disturbing text and other campaigns of hate inspired by this last election?\n\n12:30 P.M. \n\nPrior to leaving office\, President Joseph Biden has the presidential power to take action over series of matters. What do you hope President Biden will do prior to departing office?\nCongress has before it\, a very troubling Bill\, HR 9495\, which would give unilateral authority to the secretary of the treasury to terminate the nonprofit status of organizations determined to be engaged in supporting terrorist activities. What are the implications of this act for the nonprofit sector? What can our listeners do to oppose this legislation?\n\n12:45 P.M. \n\n[GAME CHANGER of the week\n[Social Media follower of the week\n\nCALL US WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT 1-800-450-7876.  THAT’S 1-800-450-7876. Please consider becoming a monthly donor to support  the Transformative Justice Coalition’s Agenda\, including this radio show\, by going to tjcoalition.org and selecting the ‘monthly’ option \n\nHow can our listeners get involved? What are the next steps?\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\nIn the months to come\, how can our listeners and others be heard in opposition to any threatening policies of this new administration please describe your top suggestions. \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 these hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n12:52 P.M. \n[CLOSING & THANK YOU REMARKS] \nA SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF TODAY’S GUESTS WHO HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE AND FULL OF INFORMATION AND RESOURCES: If you want to support Igniting Change\, and all the great work of the Transformative Justice Coalition\, Please consider becoming a monthly donor to support the Transformative Justice Coalition’s Agenda\, including this radio show\, by going to tjcoalition.org and selecting the ‘monthly’ option \nBRIEF CLOSING REMARKS … \nVISIT BARBARA ARNWINE [DOT] COM THIS WEEK FOR MORE INFORMATION\, RESOURCES AND ACTION STEPS. \nAGAIN\, THANK YOU ALL FOR TUNING IN TO “IGNITING CHANGE WITH BARBARA ARNWINE! \nIF YOU HAVE ANY REMAINING QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS\, PLEASE TWEET US @BARBARAARNWINE OR @BARBS73\, OR SEND US A MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK (BARBARA ARNWINE).  AND PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE\, BARBARA ARNWINE [DOT] COM TO TELL US ABOUT ACTIONS THAT YOU TOOK TO IGNITE CHANGE! \nJOIN “IGNITING CHANGE” NEXT WEEK FROM 12-1 PM EASTERN ON WOL 1450 AM AND BARBARA ARNWINE [DOT] COM. URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-november-19-2024/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241112T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241112T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20241112T155924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T161047Z UID:2032-1731412800-1731416400@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – November 12: Election 2024 Outcomes and Consequences DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n November 12\, 2024: Election 2024 Outcomes and Consequences\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 \nProf. Ernest J. Quarles\, Esq.: 12:25 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeProfessor at John Hopkins University and African American Policy Forum Board Member \nCarl Snowden: 12:25 PM – 12:57 PM ETConvener\, Caucus of African American Leaders; Former Civil Rights Director for the Office of the Maryland Attorney General; Former Annapolis City Alderman \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\, November 12th\,  2024\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Election 2024 Outcomes and Consequences”\,  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 Prof. Ernest J. Quarles\, Esq.; Carl Snowden; and\, Dr. Karen McRae. This show will provide an overview of the Election 2024 outcomes and actions taken by TJC and its partners and perspectives on the future immediate consequences of the vote. We will examine losses\, victories\, and the future landscape for our nation’s democracy.  \nThe show will start with expressions of gratitude and a full discussion of the November 5th Election Protection Command Centers operated by the Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC)\, the National Bar Association (NBA)\, and the Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage (TMCT). The three Command Centers were located in Atlanta\, Georgia; Milwaukee\, Wisconsin; and\, Washington\, D.C.\, which hosted the National Command Center. Each of the Command Center locations covered different states. TJC is a member of the Election Protection Coalition (1-866-OUR-VOTE). These Command Centers focused on providing support to organizations working throughout the country to help voters on Election Day in a completely non-partisan way. The TJC-NBA-TMCT Command Centers were committed to helping all voters facing issues on Election Day and had both legal and law student volunteers that provided support in answering phone calls\, monitoring social media\, and fielding questions from organizations and voters. The Command Centers also filed over 90 reports that can then be used moving forward to report on Election Day occurrences and advocate for electoral change.  \nCo-hosts Arnwine and Jones and guest and National Command Center volunteer Dr. Karen Mcrae will discuss critical information about the election that has been overshadowed by the actual election results. Their findings will have profound implications for the future protection of elections.  \nThe next part of the show will be a discussion by Arnwine and Jones of their perspectives of the results of the election\, emphasizing major issues the media and public discourse has not appropriately focused upon.  \nFollowing this discussion\, Arnwine and Jones will be joined by their other two guests Carl Snowden and other Command Center volunteer Prof. Ernest J. Quarles\, Esq\, to explore the consequences for African-Americans of the increased hate emboldened by the election of the next president. “Officials and universities in a growing number of U.S. states are condemning racist text messages that were sent to Black residents this week. The messages\, which began appearing Wednesday\, were received by people in at least 32 states and the District of Columbia\, CBS News has found.” (Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/officials-condemn-racist-texts-sent-to-black-residents-in-several-states/ar-AA1tHNnz?ocid=BingNewsSerp ) This discussion will unfold as we discuss a recent hate crime incident that happened last weekend in Anne Arundel County that has left a Black man hospitalized suffering from two mini-strokes. An African American man was in line at the Home Depot in Anne Arundel County waiting to purchase a pipe wrench to fix a plumbing problem at his home when a White man behind him came within very close proximity and started hovering over his backside. After trying to shake this intrusive presence\, the African American man turned around and asked the White man to stop breathing on his neck\, at which time the White man started calling him the [N-word] and stated that “[N-word]\, you don’t belong in front of no White man” and “[N-word]\, you need to be behind me!” In fact\, the White man proceeded to yell “in fact\, all [N-words] need to get to the back of the line and let White people go first.” Of course\, as the 67-year old Black man\, of short stature and slim\, disputed and objected to his words\, the White man\, in his 40’s\, tall\, and husky\, became even more aggressive. As the argument ensued\, the intimidating White man yelled “I can’t wait until January 20th when we’ll put all you [N-words] in your places!” As the White man made a threatening move towards the Black man\, the Black man held up the pipe wrench in his hand and warned him not to try to physically assault him. The cashier\, seeing this encounter and hearing this commotion\, pushed the panic button. The police arrived\, one White and one Black officer. The White officer immediately went to the White man and asked him for his account of what had happened. The White man lied and said that the Black man had threatened him and that he feared for his life\, upon which the White officer went over to the Black man and told him to put his hands behind his back and started cuffing him. Fortunately\, the cashier who had witnessed the hate crime and sounded the alarm told the police officer to stop\, and that he was arresting the wrong person. When the White police officer resisted\, the cashier insisted that officers watch the actual tape of the incident. After watching the tape\, the White police officer told both the Black man and the White man that they could both go home. The Black officer tried to deescalate the tensions in the store. The Black man\, very upset\, drove himself home\, and – still upset about this double attack- proceeded to suffer two mini-strokes from the stress and is now hospitalized. TJC sees this racist hate crime as a predictive indicator of an increase resulting from the White Supremacist extremist elements of the MAGA Movement. \nThis public unlawfulness is encouraged not only by White Supremacists in the MAGA Movement\, but also the Trump leadership has also contributed to this enhanced aggression\, such as “a Donald Trump Attorney General hopeful threatened Letitia James with prison after the Republican won the 2024 US presidential election. Mike Davis\, a former Supreme Court clerk and Senate aide\, said: ‘I dare you to continue your lawfare against President Trump in his second term. Because listen here sweetheart\, we’re not messing around this time. And we will put your fat ass in prison for conspiracy against rights.’ The Republican lawyer has previously said he wants to drag Democrats’ ‘dead political bodies’ through the streets and ‘burn’ them in a graphic social media post.” Watch the video and see the source here: https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/donald-trump-ag-letitia-james-b2644045.html  \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n [The show will start with expressions of gratitude and a full discussion of the November 5th Election Protection Command Centers operated by the Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC)\, the National Bar Association (NBA)\, and the Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage (TMCT). The three Command Centers were located in Atlanta\, Georgia; Milwaukee\, Wisconsin; and\, Washington\, D.C.\, which hosted the National Command Center. Each of the Command Center locations covered different states. TJC is a member of the Election Protection Coalition (1-866-OUR-VOTE). These Command Centers focused on providing support to organizations working throughout the country to help voters on Election Day in a completely non-partisan way. The TJC-NBA-TMCT Command Centers were committed to helping all voters facing issues on Election Day and had both legal and law student volunteers that provided support in answering phone calls\, monitoring social media\, and fielding questions from organizations and voters. The Command Centers also filed over 90 reports that can then be used moving forward to report on Election Day occurrences and advocate for electoral change. Co-hosts Arnwine and Jones and guest Karen McRae will discuss critical information about the election that has been overshadowed by the actual election results. Our findings will have profound implications for the future protection of elections.] \n\nKaren\, what was it like to be at the National Command Center? What did you learn from being there and hearing the complaints?\nErnie\, what was it like to be at the Atlanta Command Center? What did you learn from being there and hearing the complaints?\n\n\n12:25 PM \n\nPost-election\, what has been your most prominent thought about the outcome? (non-partisan!)\nWere the polls wrong (again)?\nWhy do you think 10 million people who voted for Biden stayed at home?\n\n12:35 PM \n\nImmediately after the election\, African-Americans were beset by these racist texts. In addition\, there have been reported individual incidences of more “Karen” and other behaviors\, accelerated by those such as Mike Davis and the “Your Body\, My Choice” posts and the increased harassment of women and especially women of color activists.\nCarl and Daryl\, please describe the hate crime that took place in Anne Arundel County.\nWhat should we do in anticipation of more of this wave of racist threats\, intimidation\, harassment\, and violence?\nKaren  in light of the fact that so many African-American Harris supporters are grieving the loss\, how do we best attend to peoples’ sadness and at the same time prepare them to be effective against these threats?\nHow are people fighting back?\nHow can our listeners get involved? What are the next steps?\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you for all of your hard work. 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 these hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-november-12-2024/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241105T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241105T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20241105T162609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241105T163738Z UID:2016-1730808000-1730811600@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – November 5: Election Day Command Centers Reports DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n November 5\, 2024: Election Day Command Centers Reports\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:\nSpeakers will vary throughout the hour. \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\, November 5th\,  2024\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Election Day Command Centers Reports”\, 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 voting reports from around the country and from the TJC\, National Bar Association\, and Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage’s Command Centers! \nThe best day of the year is here: Election Day! 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\, we are here to help: call 866-TJC-VOTE (833-852-8683). On This Election Day\, Be sure to reach out to report problems confronting you or other voters at the polls for us to help. Our team of legal volunteers are here to help voters cast those ballots and make sure they are counted. \nOn November 5\, 2024\, Election Day\, the Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC)\, the National Bar Association (NBA)\, and the Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage (TMCT) will operate three Command Centers in Atlanta\, Georgia; Milwaukee\, Wisconsin; and a National Command Center in Washington\, D.C. Each of the Command Center locations have different hours of operation and are covering different states. \nTJC is a member of the Election Protection Coalition (1-866-OUR-VOTE). These Command Centers are focused on providing support to organizations working throughout the country to help voters on Election Day in a completely non-partisan way. The Command Center is committed to helping all voters facing issues on Election Day. The TJC-NBA-TMCT Command Centers preserve and strengthen democracy without being involved in a partisan effort\, making a national difference in helping voters across the country\, rather than in just one or two races. \nThe Command Centers have both legal and law student volunteers that will be providing support in answering phone calls\, monitoring social media\, and fielding questions from organizations and voters. Volunteers will have access to a wealth of information regarding Election Day rules throughout the country that can be used to answer questions received through the phone line. The Command Center also will file all reports that can then be used moving forward to report on Election Day occurrences and advocate for electoral change. \nIf you haven’t already\, now’s the time to let your voice be heard! Don’t let anyone tell you you don’t matter: VOTE! \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n [During the show\, as guests are calling in at various times\, Barbara and Daryl will discuss and ask questions regarding on-the-ground voting reports\, how and what issues are being/have been resolved\, and what to do about the most commonly experienced problems.] \n\nEnding questions to guests:\nHow are people fighting back?\nHow can our listeners get involved? What are the next steps?\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you? URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-november-05-2024/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241029T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241029T130000 DTSTAMP:20260610T190723 CREATED:20241029T151139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241029T152842Z UID:1997-1730203200-1730206800@barbaraarnwine.com SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – October 29: I’ll Rise And Vote Episode 6: The Final Stretch to Nov 5th Elections\, Pennsylvania Voices From the Frontlines\, TJC NBA Command Centers and Updates on TJC Voter Activations in Savannah\, Brunswick\, Jacksonville\, Pittsburgh\, and Philadelphia DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n \n \n \n \n \n October 29\, 2024: I’ll Rise And Vote Episode 6: The Final Stretch to Nov 5th Elections\, Pennsylvania Voices From the Frontlines\, TJC NBA Command Centers and Updates on TJC Voter Activations in Savannah\, Brunswick\, Jacksonville\, Pittsburgh\, and Philadelphia\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 SPEAKER:\n12:05 PM – 12:25 PM Eastern Time (Invited guest):State Senator Vincent Hughes of Pennsylvania \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\, October 29th 2024\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “I’ll Rise And Vote Episode 6: The Final Stretch to Nov 5th Elections\, Pennsylvania Voices From the Frontlines\, TJC NBA Command Centers and Updates on TJC Voter Activations in Savannah\, Brunswick\, Jacksonville\, Pittsburgh\, and Philadelphia”\, 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 invited guest Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes and “voices on the street interviews” live from the GOTV Youth Rally\,  cosponsored by PA Youth Vote\, Black Voters Matter\, and TJC at the Philadelphia Love Park Arch Street. \n“A total of 42 million US voters have already cast their ballot. This represents 27% of the 155 million people who participated in the 2020 election…Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are set to tour key swing states where the election outcome will likely be decided. However\, for 42 million Americans\, the choice has already been made: they’ve cast their ballots\, either in person or by mail\, through the early voting options provided by their states. This figure is lower than in 2020\, which saw record early voting due to the pandemic. Current data show strong early turnout among Republican-registered voters\, especially in swing states\, though it’s unclear what this signals for the final result. Unlike in 2020\, when Trump and the Republicans cast doubts about mail-in voting and urged supporters to vote in person on Election Day\, this time they are actively promoting early voting. In the United States\, each state organizes its voting process independently\, guided by the minimum requirements set by federal law. The rules and timelines for mail-in and in-person early voting vary\, as do regulations around voter registration\, identification\, ballot formats\, and counting methods. Some states make registration and voting straightforward\, while others are poorly organized\, often resulting in long lines. The information states release about early voting also varies; some provide data on party affiliation — Republican\, Democrat\, or independent — while others do not. Similarly\, certain states report data on voters’ age\, gender\, and race\, though most do not disclose this information. As a result\, the overall picture remains blurry. According to the latest data compiled by the University of Florida’s Election Lab\, 42 million Americans have voted early. This represents 27% of the 155 million U.S. voters who participated in the 2020 election\, though the figure is still significantly lower than the number who voted four years ago at the same point in the election cycle. So far\, 21.1 million citizens have cast their votes in person at designated polling stations\, while another 21.3 million votes have been submitted by mail — a method that has been requested by over 65 million people. These early voting figures are the second highest in history. In 2020\, the pandemic led to unprecedented levels of early voting\, as states implemented measures to minimize the risk of contagion — many of which remain in place today. Approximately 70% of votes in that election were cast early or by mail…While early voting has declined nationwide\, it remains close to or exceeds levels seen four years ago in the seven battleground states.” (Learn more and Read the source: “Early voting shows strong Republican mobilization in swing states”\, Published by Miguel Jiménez on OCT 28\, 2024 in EL PAÍS https://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-10-28/early-voting-shows-strong-republican-mobilization-in-swing-states.html) \nTJC started its latest GOTV swing on October 23rd in Brunswick\, Georgia. On October 24th\, once again\, TJC co-leaders Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. sat side-by-side with Marcus Arbery and family during a particularly difficult hearing on a motion for a new trial by the convicted murderers of Ahmaud Arbery. Once again the defendant’s counsel sought to attack TJC demonstrations at the courthouse\, just like at the original trial\, on the false claim that the only Black juror was improperly influenced and biased by these actions. The majority of the hearing was devoted to efforts by the defendants to introduce into evidence transcripts of recordings of three of the original jurors that were conducted without their knowledge of being recorded. Indeed\, the sole African-American juror from the original trial disputed that the transcript accurately reflected everything he had said and that many statements were omitted from the transcript. Also the State contended that this process was an improper attack on the jury’s verdict in contravention of Georgia State Law 606. In addition\, there was a motion by Roddie Bryan’s new attorney alleging that the prior attorney provided ineffective assistance counsel. Ultimately\, the judge expressed his skepticism about the validity of these transcripts and set a process for the attorneys to submit written arguments on their motions with a possible new hearing date in 2025.  \nDespite the defendants’ wicked appeals\, the Arbery Family took the high ground to promote Ahmaud’s legacy and\, with TJC and the HashtagPATH Bus\, were able to hold a community engagement during the hearing at which almost 200 books\, toothbrushes\, and other supplies were given to children from the community alongside of basketball lessons. \nNotably\, on Friday\, October 25th\, TJC sponsored a votercade in Brunswick which featured the Arbery Family voting and some new first time voters. Following the votercade\, TJC responded to a request from voting rights leaders in Jacksonville\, FL to come to Duval County to protest problems voters were encountering with ballots inaccurately recording their votes (vote flipping). This protest resulted in massive media coverage and voter encouragement and education to effectively participate in the 2024 election.  \nNext\, TCJ headed to Savannah\, Georgia where on Saturday\, October 26th\, TJC’s John Lewis “Good Trouble” VOTE Bus and the HashtagPATH Bus joined the Savannah State University Homecoming Parade. The parade watchers greeted TJC with joyous clapping\, shouts\, and pledges to vote! That afternoon\, TJC joined the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda in two GOTV voter activations. That evening\, they joined the International Longshoremen’s Association for a shrimp and grits dinner.  \nThe next day on Sunday\, October 27th\, TJC\, with the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda and League of Women Voters US\, held a city-wide Souls To The Polls and Votercade Of Churches and Early Voting from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM. This Souls To The Polls votercade was massive and ended at the Civic Center polling site where many people who participated in the votercade also voted\, including the pastor! \nOn Monday\, October 28th\, TJC’s President Barbara Arnwine joined the “We Fight Back” Block Party with Black Voters Matter\, Voting Is Power Pittsburgh Regional Coalition (VIP)\, NAACP\, ACLU\, VoteRiders\, and many more partners.  \nDuring this show\, Igniting Change co-hosts Arnwine and Jones will preview the structure of the TJC-NBA Election Protection Command Centers. There will be 3 Command Centers on Election Day\, including one in Atlanta\, Georgia; another in Milwaukee\, WI\, and a National Command Center in Washington\, D.C. Wonderfully\, to date\, there have been 52 shift sign ups for the DC Command Center; 24 in Atlanta; and\, 11 in Milwaukee– with more volunteers as this show description is being written! These Command Centers will supplement the 866-OUR-VOTE Election Protection efforts run by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Partners. Also\, TJC will offer its own hotline for its network of members and others to report any problems during the vote on November 5th. \nIgniting Change will also allow their “voice on the street” interview guests to give their media scorecards on the new weekly segment called “Election 2024 and Race Media Report Card”. Over the years\, Igniting Change has pointed out the many failures and misadventures of the U.S. media’s coverage of racial issues. This journalistic incompetence reaches a new high during political contests\, especially during presidential elections. From misguided headlines which thoughtlessly give credence to racial attacks\, to the lack of fact checking\, and the treatment of racial slurs\, tropes\, and stereotypes as fair commentary\, this period has reeked of abysmal journalism. We will discuss some of these matters and what is necessary to be done to make the overall media more competent.  \n \n \n \n \n \n QUESTIONS: \n \n \n \n \n \n [During the show\, as guests are calling in at various times\, Barbara and Daryl will review and discuss Early Voting\, 100% Justice for Ahmaud Arbery\, and TJC and Partners’ “I’ll Rise And Vote” Voter Activations in Savannah\, Brunswick\, Pittsburgh\, and Pennsylvania] \n\nSenator Hughes\, a number of years ago TJC gave PA an “F” for lack of accessibility\, especially for not offering early voting. Please tell us what has changed positively for voters in PA since 2018.\nSenator Hughes\, Why do we have early voting? Why is it important?\nSenator Hughes\, what is your assessment for how early voting is going in PA? What are some of the things that voters need to know so they can vote the best? What are some of the do’s and don’ts that voters who are voting by mail and voting early need to know? How can people be best prepared? (signing their envelopes\, etc)\nSenator Hughes\, In your state\, if their ballot is rejected\, do they get notified? What can they do? How can voters look up the status of their ballot?\nSenator Hughes\, what would you like to say to people who are out there trying to decide whether they’re going to vote or not?\nSenator Hughes\, This election season is different than all others. Can you tell us what you find the most unique about this early voting season?\nSenator Hughes\, How can our listeners get involved? How can people in our audience help to mobilize voters to go to the polls? What can people do?- because ultimately\, polls don’t vote; people vote! How can we make sure that all those who are eligible to vote are voting?\nSenator Hughes\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[“Voices on the Street” Interviews Questions] \n\nWhy did you come to this GOTV Youth Rally\, cosponsored by PA Youth Vote\, Black Voters Matter\, and TJC? \nHow are you feeling about this election? (reminder to ask interviewee to keep answer non-partisan)\nHow do you think other youth are feeling about this election? Are they planning to vote?\n“Election 2024 and Race Media Report Card”\nHow has the media been covering this issue?\nHow would you rate the media’s coverage of this issue?\nFor the past week\, what grade would you give from A – F of the media’s coverage of the racial aspects of the 2024 election? \nWhy did you give this grade?\nWhat is your final word to our audience about the importance of the vote?\n(Barbara will remind listeners to double check their voter registration as many voters have been purged from voter rolls) URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-october-29-2024/ LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450 CATEGORIES:News Talk Radio1450 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR