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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio - January 27: Enough Is Enough! Minnesota\, ICE Killings and The Future of American Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nJanuary 27: Enough Is Enough! Minnesota\, ICE Killings and The Future of American Democracy\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nThe Honorable Representative Ron Reynolds: 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM ET\nTexas State Representative of House District 27 who serves as Chair of the Black Caucus for the state of Texas. Rep. Ron Reynolds serves on the following committees: Environmental Regulation as Ranking Member; and\, Land & Resource Management. He also holds leadership roles as Chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus; Vice Chair of the Texas Energy & Climate Caucus; and\, Chair of the Texas HBCU Legislative Caucus; the first African American elected as state representative in Fort Bend County since Reconstruction. He is the Leader of the Black Legislative Caucus in Texas\, Former Associate Municipal Judge for the City of Houston\, Past President of the Houston Lawyers Association\, and Past President of the Missouri City & Vicinity NAACP. \nRabbi Ariel Gold: 12:00 PM – 12:56 PM ET\nCurrent Organizer with Rainbow PUSH; Rabbi and Current Executive Director for the Fellowship of Reconciliation; Former Campaign and Logistics Specialist for the Democratic National Committee; Former Consultant with the Arab American Institute; Former Co-Executive Director/Campaigner of Domestic and Foreign Policy for Code Pink; Researcher and Campaigner for Friends of Sabeel; Holds a Bachelors in Policy Analysis & Management from Cornell University (NY)\, and a Masters in Social Work from Binghamton University (NY) and has completed training in Non-Profit Finance Management. \nZack Roberts: 12:00 PM – 12:56 PM ET\nZach D. Roberts is an award-winning American photo/video journalist\, producer\, and writer who covers political and environmental issues\, notably the far-right in America. Photojournalist\, producer\, writer\, editor\, and podcast host. His work includes covering the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville\, which was recognized as a Time Magazine Photo of the Year. His work has appeared in major outlets such as the LA Times\, the Associated Press\, The Guardian\, NBC News\, Rolling Stone\, Al Jazeera\, and BBC Newsnight. He is the co-producer of full-length documentaries including The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (2016) and Vigilantes INC.: America’s New Vote Suppression Hitmen (2024)\, often collaborating with investigative journalist Greg Palast. He co-hosts the Around The Lens Podcast and hosts Isolated Incidents at his newsletter VisuNews. \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, January 27th\, 2026\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Enough Is Enough! Minnesota\, ICE Killings and The Future of American 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 will feature special guests The Honorable Representative Ron Reynolds\, Rabbi Ariel Gold\, and Zack Roberts. Igniting Change shares its condolences to the family of Alex Pretti and the people of Minneapolis who have been suffering this occupation. \nWe will begin the show with a tribute to our former Igniting Change guest Attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong who has been wrongfully indicted by the Department of Justice in order to silence her. \nWe also want to commend the 50\,000 people who took the streets last Friday and the 60 businesses who wrote a letter to the Trump Administration to end the Minnesota Metro Surge. \nRead the latest coverage of ICE agents in Minnesota from KARE11: https://www.kare11.com/ice-agents-in-minnesota \nAlso from KARE11\, see their playlist of key moments and updates of the ongoing tragedies of the murder of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqTeHCJEcJ435UsTCO8vw3Qd78wv3Tnxe Operation Metro Surge has driven protests\, another reported federal-law-enforcement shooting\, and escalating legal fallout across the Twin Cities. This playlist tracks verified updates as they develop about: \n\nRenee Good case: timeline\, witness accounts\, and official statements\nSecond shooting + clashes: Jan. 14 near N Lyndale & 25th Ave; protests and federal presence\nConfrontations on video: chemical canisters deployed; clips may include graphic language\nDHS/ICE briefings: Bovino/Marcos Charles claims (incl. arrest totals) + what’s disputed\nLawsuits/subpoenas + legal analysis: records demands and political response\n\nAs protests break out\, such as the one documented by AP News where dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment Saturday behind fences at a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota (See here: https://x.com/nickwestes/status/2015953402455335046)\, Barbara Arnwine notes we need more people writing on this subject of foregrounding education and praxis on racial justice or the current movement will fail to build the ethos essential to achieving a truly inclusive and just multiracial Democracy. One such article is “Why You Can’t Understand American Authoritarianism Without Understanding Race Or: How the War on Black Freedom Became the Infrastructure for War on All of Us” by Scot Nakagawa\, which you can read here: https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/why-you-cant-understand-american \nThe nine individuals listed have all died following interactions with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or during federal immigration operations within a very short window (December 31\, 2025 – January 24\, 2026). The deaths are categorized into two groups: those shot during enforcement operations and those who died while in ICE detention facilities. \nICE-involved Shooting Deaths (3 People)- These individuals were fatally shot by ICE agents or federal officers during enforcement actions or disputes. \n\n\nAlex Pretti (Jan 24\, 2026): A 37-year-old nurse shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis. While authorities claimed self-defense\, witness videos have reportedly contradicted that account. Media outlets cited video evidence showing Pretti was holding a cell phone\, not a gun\, at the time he was tackled and shot. \n\n\nArticles: \n\n\nFIRE Org: The Alex Pretti shooting and the growing strain on the First Amendment https://www.thefire.org/news/alex-pretti-shooting-and-growing-strain-first-amendment \n\n\nPolice1: Minneapolis Border Patrol shooting: What to know about investigations\, protests and immigration operations https://www.police1.com/border-patrol/minneapolis-border-patrol-shooting-what-to-know-about-investigations-protests-and-immigration-operations \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRenee Nicole Good (Jan 7\, 2026): A 37-year-old mother and legal observer shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis while in her vehicle. Her death was ruled a homicide by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.Good was fatally shot while driving away from agents. While federal officials claimed she attempted to “run them over\,” witness footage and news reports highlighted that she was moving away when shots were fired.\ \n\n\nArticles: \n\n\nMinnesota Star Tribune: ‘She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot\, killed by ICE agent https://www.startribune.com/she-was-an-amazing-human-being-mother-identifies-woman-shot-killed-by-ice-agent/601559922 \n\n\nCPR News: Woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis originally from Colorado https://www.cpr.org/2026/01/07/fatal-minneapolis-ice-shooting-colorado-woman/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeith Porter Jr. (Dec 31\, 2025): Shot by an off-duty ICE agent in Northridge\, California\, on New Year’s Eve outside his apartment. While technically occurring on the last day of 2025\, his death is frequently grouped with the 2026 surge in advocacy reports. The officer\, identified as Brian Palacios\, claimed self-defense against an “active shooter.” \n\n\nArticles: \n\n\nValley News Group: Vigil Held for Northridge Man Killed by ICE https://valleynewsgroup.com/vigil-held-for-northridge-man-killed-by-ice/ \n\n\nOfficial Release: Congressman Shri Thanedar Introduces the Abolish ICE Act https://thanedar.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-shri-thanedar-introduces-the-abolish-ice-act \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeaths in ICE Custody (6 people)- These individuals died while being held in detention centers. Activist groups and some news reports have attributed these deaths to medical neglect or poor conditions. \n\n\nHeber Sanchaz Domínguez (Jan 14\, 2026): Found unresponsive\, hanging in his cell at the Robert A. Deyton Detention Facility in Clayton County\, Georgia. His death is under investigation as a suspected suicide. \n\n\nArticles: \n\n\nCBS News: DHS confirms Mexican citizen’s death in ICE custody in Georgia https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-citizen-death-ice-custody-georgia/ \n\n\nGPB News: Georgia Today: ICE arrests in Georgia; Gov. Kemp wants SNAP restored; Jones headed to Cooperstown? https://www.gpb.org/news/2026/01/20/georgia-today-ice-arrests-in-georgia-gov-kemp-wants-snap-restored-jones-headed \n\n\n\n\n\n\nVictor Manuel Diaz (Jan 14\, 2026): Found unresponsive at the Camp East Montana (Fort Bliss) facility in El Paso\, Texas. ICE reported the cause as a “presumed suicide” while he was in his room. \n\n\nArticles: \n\n\nICE Newsroom: ICE reports death of illegal alien in custody in El Paso https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-reports-death-illegal-alien-custody-el-paso \n\n\nKTEP (NPR): Immigrant deaths intensify scrutiny of detention camp as El Paso becomes deportation hub https://www.ktep.org/2026-01-23/immigrant-deaths-intensify-scrutiny-of-detention-camp-as-el-paso-becomes-deportation-hub \n\n\n\n\n\n\nParady La (Jan 9\, 2026): A 46-year-old Cambodian national who died at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital while being detained in Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania. While ICE cited “severe drug withdrawal\,” his family and the Shut Down Detention Campaign alleged medical neglect. \n\n\nArticle: \n\n\nWHYY (NPR): Family of Upper Darby man who died in ICE custody pushes for answers https://whyy.org/articles/parady-la-upper-day-ice-custody-death/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLuis Beltran Yanez-Cruz (Jan 6\, 2026): A 68-year-old who died at the Imperial Regional Detention Center in Calexico\, California. He died from “heart-related health issues” after telling family for weeks that he felt ill and was only being given pain pills. \n\n\nArticle: \n\n\nDaylight San Diego: Honduran grandfather who died in ICE custody told family he’d felt ill for weeks https://www.daylightsandiego.org/honduran-grandfather-who-died-in-ice-custody-told-family-hed-felt-ill-for-weeks/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLuis Gustavo Nunez Caceres (Jan 5\, 2026): A 42-year-old who died at the HCA Houston Healthcare after being admitted from the Joe Corley Processing Center for chronic heart issues in Conroe\, Texas. \n\n\nArticles: \n\n\nCity 1016: Four migrants die in US immigration custody over first 10 days of 2026 https://www.city1016.ae/trending/news/international-news/four-migrants-die-in-us-immigration-custody-over-first-10-days-of-2026/ \n\n\nKUT News: Immigrant’s death in ICE custody in Texas ruled homicide by medical examiner https://www.kut.org/crime-justice/2026-01-22/immigrants-death-in-ice-custody-in-texas-ruled-homicide-by-medical-examiner \n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeraldo Lunas Campos (Jan 3\, 2026): A 55-year-old Cuban national who died at the Fort Bliss facility in El Paso\, Texas. Recent autopsy reports have classified a death at this facility as a homicide\, and reports link Lunas Campos to an alleged altercation with staff. Originally reported by ICE as a suicide\, the autopsy report released on Jan 21\, 2026\, ruled the death a homicide by asphyxia. Witnesses reported he was held down and choked by guards while shouting “I can’t breathe.” \n\n\nArticles: \n\n\nPBS NewsHour: Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia\, autopsy finds https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/cuban-immigrant-in-ice-custody-died-of-homicide-due-to-asphyxia-autopsy-finds \n\n\nAP News: ICE says Cuban immigrant died while attempting suicide. A witness says guards pinned and choked him https://apnews.com/article/ice-immigration-detention-death-texas-2bfb614b2b222803d309f338357d04eb \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe surge in these incidents coincides with an intensified immigration enforcement campaign following the start of President Trump’s second term. Human rights organizations and legal groups\, such as the Detention Watch Network and Veterans For Peace\, have issued calls for investigations\, noting that 2025 saw the highest number of ICE custody deaths in two decades\, a trend that has accelerated in the first few weeks of 2026. These deaths are frequently cited in current legislative memos\, such as the Pennsylvania House Co-Sponsorship Memo 47966 (Jan 2026)\, which references these specific cases to advocate for ending state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. \nSenator Angela Alsobrooks shared on Twitter/X (@Sen_Alsobrooks) a video of a detention center in Baltimore\, stating “Like many Marylanders\, I am horrified by what this video appears to show. My team has demanded answers about these reported inhumane conditions. The content suggests yet another another instance of ICE’s utter depravity. We cannot let another PENNY go to Donald Trump’s ICE.” (Source: https://x.com/sen_alsobrooks/status/2015840875641786504 ) \nIgniting Change urges its listeners to call your US Senators at 202-224-3121 and say VOTE NO on DHS funding legislation. \n(Note: some of the guest bio’s and a part of this description were sourced and constructed with the help of AI\, and extensively directed\, researched\, reviewed\, fact-checked\, refined\, and then partially rewritten by TJC.) \nProposed Questions \n\nStudent Activists at N.C. A&T State University  : 12:00 PM – 12:58 PM ET \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. \nQUESTIONS: \n12:00 PM – 12:20 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUESTS: The Honorable Representative Ron Reynolds\, Rabbi Ariel Gold\, and Zack Roberts \nWe will begin the show with our condolences to the family of Alex Pretti and the people of Minneapolis who have been suffering this occupation; a tribute to our former Igniting Change guest Attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong who has been wrongfully indicted by the Department of Justice in order to silence her; and\, We also want to commend the 50\,000 people who took the streets last Friday and the 60 businesses who wrote a letter to the Trump Administration to end the Minnesota Metro Surge. Barbara and Daryl will also remind listeners to “Call your US Senators at 202-224-3121 and say VOTE NO on DHS funding legislation!” \n\nWe welcome our awesome guests\, who have all been involved in the fight against unlawful and deadly actions of ICE.\nToday\, we start with The Honorable Ron Reynolds\, who has to depart early. Rep Reynolds has been a fierce advocate against voter suppression in Texas and nationwide.\nRepresentative Ron Reynolds\,  We want you to share perspectives on ICE abuses:\nRepresentative Ron Reynolds\,  Why is the detainee protest at the South Texas Family Residential Center important?\nRepresentative Ron Reynolds\,  What does the nationwide response to the ICE occupation & Killings in Minnesota portend for the future?\nRepresentative Ron Reynolds\, What do Congress and state legislatures need to do?\nRepresentative Ron Reynolds\,  What are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nRepresentative Ron Reynolds\,  Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:20 PM – 12:56 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan) – GUEST: Rabbi Ariel Gold\, and Zack Roberts \n\nBarbara and Daryl will remind listeners to “Call your US Senators at 202-224-3121 and say VOTE NO on DHS funding legislation!”\nZack\, Why have you stationed yourself in Minneapolis?\nZack\, You have been on the ground in Minneapolis for weeks\, tell us what you have observed?\nZack\, What is it that you’ve documented about this fight against ICE that the major media is missing?\nBarbara and Daryl will remind listeners to “Call your US Senators at 202-224-3121 and say VOTE NO on DHS funding legislation!”\nRabbi Gold\, Why have you traveled to Minneapolis to join in the resistance against ICE?\nRabbi Gold\, As a Rainbow PUSH Director and rabbi\, You’ve participated in many demonstrations. What is different about this fight?\nRabbi Gold\, Why is it critical for the voices of the religious community to be heard and for their bodies to be put on the line for arrests?\nZack\, Your outstanding films have covered many urgent subjects including Voter Suppression and the fight for voting rights. What connections do you see between this fight against the unconstitutional actions of ICE and anti-democracy forces?\nZack\, Why has citizen videotaping become so indispensable in the fight for Truth?\nBarbara and Daryl will remind listeners to “Call your US Senators at 202-224-3121 and say VOTE NO on DHS funding legislation!”\nZack and Rabbi Gold\, Many Black people have watched ICE and recognized the Playbook we encounter daily with law enforcement brutality and even killings. Many have commented on the lack of focus on Keith Porter\, a Black man\, murdered on New Years’ Eve by an off duty ICE officers. What can be done to incorporate a long-term racial justice agenda into this vibrant street movement to combat brutal and deadly law enforcement actions?\nZack and Rabbi Gold\, What do each of you hope will happen next?\nZack and Rabbi Gold\, How can our listeners help?\nZack and Rabbi Gold\, What are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nZack and Rabbi Gold\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\nBarbara and Daryl will remind listeners: \n\n “Call your US Senators at 202-224-3121 and say VOTE NO on DHS funding legislation!”\nEveryone: NO KINGS 3 IS COMING!  BE INVOLVED.  MAKE THE RACIAL JUSTICE CONNECTIONS. FIGHT FACISM!\nLIFT UP NAME OF KEITH PORTER AND ALL 9 PEOPLE KILLED BY ICE SO FAR IN THIS FIRST MONTH OF THE NEW YEAR\n\nDaryl\, Barbara\, and guests will share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books. \n[ If time permits\, Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\nTo make a donation to TJC when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of our cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets! ]
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SUMMARY:Walk Out on Fascism
DESCRIPTION:Start: Tuesday\, January 20\, 2026•01:00 PM\nEnd: Tuesday\, January 20\, 2026•03:00 PM\nLocation: Pershing Park • 14th Street NW & Pennsylvania Avenue NW\, Washington\, DC 20002 US\nHost Contact Info: team@freedcproject.org”\nAttend this event: https://freedcproject.org/event-list/walkout \nJanuary 20\, 2026 will mark one year of this fascist regime as well as one year of Free DC’s organizing to protect our people and communities. \nOne year in\, our fight is more urgent than ever: ICE is kidnapping our neighbors\, MPD is cooperating with federal agents\, Congress has introduced bill after bill to overturn our local laws\, and local elections on the horizon will require us to actively ensure their fairness and integrity. \nOn January 20\, 2026\, we’re calling on everyone who is sick of this administration’s attacks on DC to leave work and rally with us for a Free DC. Team up with friends\, coworkers\, or neighbors in your Ward to take this action together. Together\, meet us at Freedom Plaza to show our power and participate in a special activity together. Pledge to participate using the form below to learn more.
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio - January 20: HBCU Battle for Early Voting Site: Manipulative Barriers to Student Voting in 2026
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nJanuary 20: HBCU Battle for Early Voting Site: Manipulative Barriers to Student Voting in 2026\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nZayveon Davis\,\nHonors College of Business and Economics (COBE) Scholar\nBusiness Management Student\nNC A&T Society of Human Resource Management President\nPublic Policy Advocacy\nVoter Advocacy\nGOTV/Voter Excitement Workgroup Co-Lead \nAniya Marshall\nSophomore Student\nHonors Political Science Major\nBusiness Finance Minor\nElevate Her\, Social Action Chair\n3.75 GPA (Chancellor’s List for 3 consecutive years)\nSupported Campus Initiatives to increase student engagement in local elections \nKayla Jackson\nGraduate of the STEM Early College at N.C. A&T State University\nMajor\, Architectural Engineering\nMinor\, Construction Management\nFuture Goal to obtain a Master’s Degree and become a licensed Architect \nAndres Cubillos 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm\nDeputy Organizing Director at People Power for Florida\nBoard of Directors\, Youth Action Fund\nFormer Florida Democratic Party Campaign Committee Chair\nTJC Alumni\nB.S. Political Science\, Florida State University\nHispanic Scholarship Foundation Scholar\nFormer President/Founder\, Florida PIRG Student at FSU \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! This Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, January 20\, 2026 from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, is entitled “NC A&T Protest for Early Voting Site: Fighting Barriers to Suppress Student Voting in 2026.” \nRadio Show Co-Hosts\, and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders\, Attorney Barbara Arnwine and Attorney Daryl Jones will feature N.C. A&T students\, Aniya Marshall\, Kayla Jackson and Zayveon Davis\, who held a protest at the North Carolina Board of Elections as they sought to have an Early Voting Site on their college campus. \nIt has been a quest of the Transformative Justice Coalition to encourage HBCUs\, and all colleges and universities to have election polling sites located on college campuses.  Polling places on college campuses increases the participation of younger voters in the democracy process. \nThere exists\, however\, anti-young voter forces seeking to silence\, confuse\, frustrate and deter young voter participation.  In fact\, one leader of the anti-youth vote movement is Attorney Cleta Mitchell\, who was noted for stating that voting was too easy for college students! “They basically put the polling place next to the student dorm so they just have to roll out of bed\, vote\, and go back to bed.” \nIndeed\, there are a multitude of barriers college students face in trying to vote.  College students face voter suppression from tactics designed to stifle their vote\, from the types of voter identification acceptable for voting to restrictive laws governing the casting of absentee ballots. \nToday’s student guest at NC A&T\, America’s largest HBCU by population\, sought to knock down the voting barrier of poll accessibility on their campus.  They wrote a Petition requesting that their college campus be included as an Early Voting Site.  The NC Board of Elections denied their request.  Undeterred\, the “Aggies” organized and traveled unannounced to a Board of Elections Meeting to voice their dissent of being denied the Early Voting Site.  The students were denied the opportunity to voice their concerns or plead their cause to the Board.  The Board of Elections called the police of the students\, who ultimately left the meeting. \nThis show will discuss various barriers that young and college voters will face in the 2026 midterm election. The show will talk about the hurdles implemented to make voting more difficult in 2026 and will conclude with a discussion on strategies to overcome these challenges. \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. \nRelated Articles \n\nhttps://www.wral.com/news/nccapitol/nc-elections-cut-sunday-voting-campus-polling-2026-march-primaries/\nN.C. Elections Board Rejects Campus Polling Centers\nhttps://www.wral.com/news/nccapitol/nc-elections-cut-sunday-voting-campus-polling-2026-march-primaries/\nNorth Carolina Board of Elections eliminate some college campus early voting sites\, Sunday voting | News | ninertimes.com\nGOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell suggested it’s too easy for students to vote\, but many lack ID. – Votebeat\n\nProposed Questions \n\nStudent Activists at N.C. A&T State University  : 12:00 PM – 12:58 PM ET \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. \nQUESTIONS (nonpartisan) \n\nZayveon\, what does “voting access” mean to you as a college student?\nWhen did you first learn how to register to vote?\nAniya\, could you please share with our audience what happened when you all sought to have an early voting site placed on your campus?\nHow was the decision made to go to a board meeting?\nWhat did you seek in going to the Board meeting?\nWas the university supportive of your actions?\nHave you ever been confused by residency rules for students (home vs. campus address)?\n\nBarriers & Challenges \n\nAndres\, You have been successful in petitioning to have an on-campus polling site placed on Florida State University’s campus.  What are your thoughts on what happened to A&T?\nAndres\,  what obstacles\, if any\, have you encountered when trying to vote while in college?\nKayla\, does transportation or scheduling issues make voting harder for students living on campus?\n\nOpen non-directed Questions \n\nDo you feel that identification requirements create challenges for students?\n\nCampus & Institutional Support \n\nWhat role do you think your college should play in helping students vote?\nDo you believe that young voters and college students are motivated to vote?\nWhat would make students more likely to participate in every election?\n\nClosing \n\n15. How do people contact you and what is your quick closing remark?\nThank you for joining our show.
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio - January 13: From The Murder In Minnesota to the ICW Abuses Across America: Walk Out On Fascism
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nJanuary 13: From The Murder In Minnesota to the ICW Abuses Across America: Walk Out On Fascism\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nAttorney Nikema Levy Armstrong: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM ET\nCivil Rights Attorney from Minnesota; Nekima Levy Armstrong is an award‑winning civil rights attorney\, longtime racial justice advocate\, and former president of the Minneapolis NAACP. A graduate of the University of Southern California (BA) and the University of Illinois College of Law (JD)\, she has spent her career fighting systemic inequities\, leading protests against police brutality\, and shaping public policy in Minneapolis–St. Paul. She previously served as a law professor at the University of St. Thomas\, where she founded the Community Justice Project\, and has been a prominent voice in national media on issues of race\, policing\, and community empowerment \nKeya Chatterjee: 12:05 PM – 12:56 PM ET\nExecutive Director for Free DC Project; Keya Chatterjee is a social and climate justice leader\, nonprofit executive\, and author known for building inclusive movements for environmental and democratic rights. She currently serves as Executive Director of Free DC and previously led the U.S. Climate Action Network. Her career includes senior roles at the World Wildlife Fund\, USAID\, and NASA\, along with service as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco. She is also the author of The Zero Footprint Baby and holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, January 13th\, 2026\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “From The Murder In Minnesota to the ICW Abuses Across America: Walk Out On Fascism”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Attorney Nikema Levy Armstrong and Keya Chatterjee. The murder in Minnesota was not an isolated incident and neither are the horrific ICE abuses happening across America. Are we witnessing the attempted consolidation of a fascist regime? More importantly: What are we going to do to stop it? In this week’s show\, we dive deep into the roots of this crisis and discuss why a concerted public response is urgently required in this moment. We are joined by two incredible voices on the front lines to break down the connection between state violence\, the targeting of immigrants\, and the moral necessity of a mass “walk out” on fascism. \nUnbeknownst to most Americans\, 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025. This year\, two people have been shot dead by ICE agents. The murder of Keith Porter Jr.\, a 43‑year‑old Black father of two who was shot and killed by an off‑duty ICE agent on New Year’s Eve at his Northridge\, Los Angeles apartment complex\, has largely been ignored by the media. \nOn Thursday\, January 8th\, 2026 at 1:00 PM in the Lobby of the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis\, community leaders and civil rights advocates held an Emergency Press Conference in response to the killing of Renee Good\, a 37-year-old mother of 3 children\, including a 6-year-old child\, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent during a federal enforcement operation in south Minneapolis. Eyewitness accounts and publicly available video footage raise grave and urgent concerns about the circumstances surrounding Ms. Good’s killing and directly refute attempts by federal officials to justify the use of deadly force. Based on this evidence\, advocates called on local law enforcement authorities to take immediate and independent action. DHS has said ICE officers fired after what it described as a vehicle “ramming” attempt. Local leaders strongly dispute that account. Officials say the case remains under investigation. \nSpeakers called for: \n\nThe immediate arrest and prosecution of the ICE agent responsible\nFull transparency\, including the release of all video and body-worn camera footage\nAccountability from federal authorities\nJustice and reparative support for Ms. Good’s surviving child and family\n\nThis press conference addressed the urgent need for accountability\, transparency\, and justice following a fatal act of state violence that has shaken the Minneapolis community. Watch the press conference here: https://youtu.be/Q0lf_v_Xgx4 \nRead the latest coverage of ICE agents in Minnesota from KARE11: https://www.kare11.com/ice-agents-in-minnesota \nAlso from KARE11\, see their playlist of key moments and updates of the ongoing tragedy of the murder of Renee Nicole Good\, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent near 33rd Street and Portland Avenue in south Minneapolis near Powderhorn Park: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqTeHCJEcJ435UsTCO8vw3Qd78wv3Tnxe The playlist so far contains Witness video + on-the-ground reporting; DHS + Kristi Noem statements; Mayor Frey + Gov. Walz + MPD updates; Community + faith leader news conferences; Use-of-force / legal analysis; and\, Protest coverage + public safety updates. \nRenee Good’s murder has sparked a massive wave of protests throughout the nation with people demanding “ICE OUT!” and “Justice For Renee Good!”  Last year\, FreeDC and a number of organizations announced a “Walk Out On Fascism” to be held on the first anniversary of the Trump Administration. From FreeDC’s Press Release: “January 20\, 2026 will mark one year of this fascist regime as well as one year of Free DC’s organizing to protect our people and communities. One year in\, our fight is more urgent than ever: ICE is kidnapping our neighbors\, MPD is cooperating with federal agents\, Congress has introduced bill after bill to overturn our local laws\, and local elections on the horizon will require us to actively ensure their fairness and integrity. \n“On January 20\, 2026\, we’re calling on everyone who is sick of this administration’s attacks on DC to leave work and rally with us for a Free DC. Team up with friends\, coworkers\, or neighbors in your Ward to take this action together. Together\, meet us at Freedom Plaza to show our power and participate in a special activity together. Pledge to participate using the form below to learn more. \n“Walk Out on Fascism\nStart: Tuesday\, January 20\, 2026•01:00 PM\nEnd: Tuesday\, January 20\, 2026•03:00 PM\nLocation: Pershing Park • 14th Street NW & Pennsylvania Avenue NW\, Washington\, DC 20002 US\nHost Contact Info: team@freedcproject.org”\nAttend this event: https://freedcproject.org/event-list/walkout \nThe Call for the Walk Out is now a national call for people throughout the nation to join. The January 20 walkout has become a coordinated nationwide action organized by groups such as the 50501 Movement\, Women’s March\, the Free America/FreeDC coalition\, TJC\, and many others. The purpose of the event is to create a visible\, collective demonstration against authoritarianism by having people stop what they are doing at exactly 2 PM local time and step outside to join others in peaceful public gatherings. Organizers describe it as an accessible action meant to show unity and scale\, building on the momentum of earlier mass demonstrations. Participants are encouraged to walk out of workplaces\, schools\, or daily routines and join rallies\, marches\, or community events that reinforce the message of democratic resistance and civic solidarity. \n(Note: the guest bio’s were constructed with the help of AI\, and extensively directed\, researched\, reviewed\, refined\, and then partially rewritten by TJC.) \nProposed Questions \n\n12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUESTS: Attorney Nikema Levy Armstrong and Keya Chatterjee \n\nWelcome Attorney Armstrong and Keya to the show. Thank you both for being at the forefront of leadership in these very troubling times\, and most importantly for helping the public to express their anger at the Constitutional violations and other awful actions of this Administration.\nAttorney Armstrong\, We are aware you have to leave us at 12:30 PM Eastern Time\, so let’s start on this horrific murder of Renee Good. You are no newbie to this fight against abusive and deadly law enforcement as you have been a leader in the Movement for Black Lives in Minneapolis for many years. Please tell our audience why the murder of Renee Good demands our national attention?\nAttorney Armstrong\, You held a press conference on January 8th in response to the murder of Renee Good. What were your and the other speakers’ key demands that were made during that press conference?\nAttorney Armstrong\, Since the press conference\, what are you hoping the people of the United States will continue to do to demand justice for Renee Good\, Keith Porter\, and all others subjected to the dangers of ICE?\nAttorney Armstrong and Keya\, What’s your advice to all the other cities confronting ICE?\nAttorney Armstrong and Keya\, What have been your reactions to the massive protests that have been held in the past several days?\nAttorney Armstrong and Keya\, There’s one major protest scheduled for January 20th\, “The Walk Out On Fascism”. Why is it important that everyone in the United States participate?\nAttorney Armstrong\, What are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nAttorney Armstrong\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUEST: Keya Chatterjee \n\nFreeDC has been a national leader in opposing ICE and the National Guard’s Occupation. In your opinion\, are we winning this battle of public opinion?\nTell our audience more about January 20th:\nWhy that date?\nHow do people participate?\nIf they’re in a different time zone\, do they follow the same time as the 2:00 PM Eastern Time for the walk out or do they follow their time zone that coincides with 2:00 PM Eastern Time?\nAre there slogans\, hashtags\, or certain colors that people are being asked to wear?\nAfter people WALK OUT\, what are they being encouraged to do?\nHow long have you been planning this WALK OUT and how has it changed into a national movement\, especially following the murder of Renee Good?\nMany people are concerned that Keith Porter\, a 43‑year‑old Black father of two who was shot and killed by an off‑duty ICE agent on New Year’s Eve at his Northridge\, Los Angeles apartment complex\, has largely been ignored by the media. You encounter these racial concerns all the time. What do you want to say to the nation about Keith Porter and all the others who have been murdered\, brutalized\, and have had their stories buried?\nLet’s discuss the misogyny (like her murderer calling her a “F’ing B”)\, the homophobia\, and the “White traitor” narrative\, and that all this took place as President Trump was demonizing Somali’s in the same area. What has been your reaction to all of this?\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 and FreeDC?\nBarbara and Daryl will begin to wrap up the show at 12:52 PM Eastern Time.\nDaryl will talk about his latest “viral moment” video and his participation in a recent protest.\n\nBarbara and Daryl will take a brief moment at the top of the hour to note important legal developments on voting rights\, including: \n\n Lauding the decision of a federal judge in Washington state\, U.S. District Judge John H. Chun\, who blocked President Trump’s elections executive order after ruling that the president exceeded his constitutional authority by trying to impose new voter‑registration and mail‑ballot rules on the states. The judge found that only Congress and the states can set the “time\, place\, and manner” of federal elections\, making the order’s citizenship‑proof and Election Day ballot‑receipt requirements unlawful.\nDiscussing Watson v. RNC asks whether federal election‑day statutes preempt state laws that allow mail ballots cast by Election Day to be received after Election Day\, a question arising from Mississippi’s five‑day postmark rule. The Supreme Court has granted review\, and the next major step is oral arguments\, which have not yet been scheduled as of the latest SCOTUSblog docket update. he case is fully briefed through February 9\, 2026\, and the Court will set an argument date later in the 2026 term once it finalizes the OT 2025 calendar.\nAnnouncing SCOTUS will be issuing decisions on Wednesday\, January 14th and the Voting Rights Community is anxiously on the alert for the Louisiana v\, Callias decision. Barbara and Daryl would like to thank Congressman Johnathan Jackson for having them on his radio show to discuss this. You can listen to this Congressman Jonathan Jackson Interview at https://jonathanjackson.house.gov/media/videos/interview-barbara-r-arnwine-esq-president-founder-transformative-justice-coalition\n\nDaryl\, Barbara\, and guests will share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books. \n[ If time permits\, Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\nTo make a donation to TJC\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act\nto stay in those streets!\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio - January 6: Will Your Mail-In Ballot Count?  Barriers to Voting in 2026
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nJanuary 6: Will Your Mail-In Ballot Count? Barriers to Voting in 2026\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nJim Saksa : 12:00 PM – 12:58 PM ET\nJim Saksa is a reporter for Democracy Docket.  He covers the politics and personalities that animate Capitol Hill.  He previously was a reporter for Congressional Quarterly (CQ).  Prior to working with Democracy Docket and CQ\, he was a reporter for WHYY in Philadelphia\, PA\, an NPR radio station.  Mr. Saksa is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Georgetown Law Center. \nHon. Joshua Ang Price 12:00 PM – 12:58 PM ET\nHon Joshua Ang Price is a former elected Elections Commissioner for Pulaski County\, Arkansas.  Mr. Price is the current Executive Director of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA)\, the largest national organization of Filipino Americans. NaFFAA promotes the wellbeing of four (4) million Filipino Americans throughout the United States.   Mr. Price is a seasoned Filipino American leader and strategist. Mr. Price served in a leadership role with the Filipino Young Leaders Program (FYLPRO) and he has served as the Deputy Director of Arkansas United.  Mr. Price has served on federal agencies\, including the Delta Regional Authority and the Small Business  Administration. \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! This Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, January 6\, 2026 from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, is entitled “Will Your Ballot Count? Barriers to Voting in 2026.”  Radio Show Co-Hosts\, and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders\, Attorney Barbara Arnwine and Attorney Daryl Jones will feature special guests\, Jim Saksa\, a reporter for CQ and Democracy Docket as well as the Honorable Joshua Ang Price\, the newly minted Executive Director of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA). \nThis show will focus on the newly implemented policy of the U.S. Postal Service that states that mail received by rural post offices may not be postmarked until a date later than the received date in the post office.   The new policy means that in states where a mail-in ballot must be postmarked before the election day\, that the ballot will not be counted by local Boards of Elections. \nThis show will also discuss various barriers that voters will face in the 2026 midterm election.  Shifting polling places\, exact name match\, confusion created by Executive Orders stating that only in-person voting is permitted\, demands by the Department of Justice for State Voter Data information\, the potential impact that the National Guard\, Immigration and Custom Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies could possibly have if placed at polling locations are all strategies and acts of intimidation used to shrink the electorate.  The show will talk about these hurdles implemented to make voting more difficult in 2026 and will conclude with a discussion on strategies to overcome these challenges. \nProposed Questions \n\n\nJim Saksa welcome to Igniting Change.  Please tell our listeners about your background?\nYou have written a powerful piece for Democracy Docket on Mail-In Ballots and the implementation of the USPS new policy of postmarking mail in rural areas (50 miles from a mail distribution processing center).  Would you please share with our audience what is occurring with USPS and rural postmarked mail?\nWhat is the potential impact of the policy change?\nThis USPS indicated that this shift in postmark policy is due to budget restraints.  Is there any reason to believe that the policy will be implemented in non-rural areas?\nJoshua\, you represent the largest Filipino American organization in the United States.  What impact\, if any\, do you believe that this policy shift could have on the Filipino community?\nWhat other “voter suppression” concerns that you have coming into the 2026 midterm election cycle?\nIn considering the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents across America\, what impact do you believe this deployment could have at polling places?\nThere has been a practice implemented by the Department of Justice of requesting voter data information from States.  Many states have fought and are suing the federal government over this request.  Why do you think that the Department of Justice is demanding this information and what could they do with the information?\nThe Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice has been reduced by 70%.  The Civil Rights Division is charged protecting vulnerable and marginalized voters.  With the reduction of attorneys and staff\, what does this action signify regarding the DOJ interests in assuring fair and impartial voting access?\nJoshua\, what strategies is NaFFAA implementing to assist Filipino voters in the upcoming midterm election cycle?\nJim and Joshua\, what are some strategies that voters can use to address the various intimidating scenarios that they may face?\nJim\, what message do you hope that listeners will take away from your USPS story?\nJim\, how do our listeners contact you to learn more information about you and how do they follow your informative stories?\nJoshua\, how do our listeners reach you and the NaFFAA?
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – December 30: 2025 Year End Recap and the Stories The Media Missed or Got Wrong
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nDecember 30: 2025 Year End Recap and the Stories The Media Missed or Got Wrong\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nProf. Kimberlé Crenshaw\, Esq.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time\nCo-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 \nTimothy Jacob Wise: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time\nTim Wise is a prominent author\, speaker\, and anti-racism educator whose work spans over three decades and includes nine influential books such as White Like Me and Dear White America. He has spoken at thousands of institutions\, offering tools for navigating racial dynamics and systemic inequality. As a Senior Fellow at the African American Policy Forum (AAPF)\, Wise contributes to public education and strategic dialogue on race\, power\, and institutional reform\, advancing the Forum’s mission to confront structural injustice through storytelling\, advocacy\, and truth-telling. \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, December 30th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “2025 Year End Recap and the Stories The Media Missed or Got Wrong”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw\, Esq. and Timothy Jacob Wise. \nThe year 2025 has been dominated by the misdeeds and abusive policies of the Trump Administration\, the abdication of its independence by Congress\, a hard right-wing turn by the US Supreme Court\, the capitulation of law firms\, academic institutions and other entities to these policies. In a series of Executive Orders\, President Trump has sought to dismantle civil rights\, voting rights and constitutional protections. Many people have been horrified by the Trump-ordered invasion of our cities by ICE and the National Guard\, the rampant racial profiling by deportations. This was a year that saw a rapid rise in White Supremacist groups\, anti-Blackness\, an increase in Book Bannings\, and the destruction of federal Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion programs. According to numerous sources like the November 2025 letter released by the Congressional Caucus on Black Women & Girls Letter\,  Black women have lost over 300\,000 positions\, which includes 225\,000 who are actively unemployed and 75\,000 who simply left the labor force altogether. These numbers\, though cited most recently\, are from reporting earlier in the year and have most likely worsened\, as the Westside Gazette published on December 24th\, 2025 that in November\, the unemployment rate of Black women was 7.1%. (Read more from the sources on Black Women’s job losses: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidden-crisis-2025-why-black-women-losing-jobs-power-real-amanda-n–ermbc/ ; https://pressley.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/DOL-Black-Women-Unemployment-Letter.pdf ; https://thewestsidegazette.com/november-jobs-report-shows-rising-unemployment-and-worsening-outlook-for-black-workers/ ) \nAccording to the most recent data by the Just Security Litigation Tracker\, published December 19th\, 2025\, the total number of cases currently tracked that have been filed against the Trump Administration is 552. This tracker is specifically designed to monitor legal challenges to Trump administration executive actions\, is updated continuously\, and can be found here: https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/. \nCongress\, for its part has embraced the Trump Administration’s oligarchical favoritism while destroying the social safety net and healthcare programs which have protected the vulnerable and the poor as epitomized by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). \nWe have seen a massive outcry and mobilization by the public\, resulting in millions taking to the streets in the Hands Off\, John Lewis; Good Trouble Lives On; and No Kings demonstrations. \nIn prior Igniting Change End-Of-The-Year Shows\, we have criticized the mass media for its cultural incompetence in failing to cover stories of importance. Yet\, this year\, the media’s malfeasance has been magnified by many TV networks’ and newspapers’ outright capitulation to the Trump Administration’s demands that they not cover stories adverse to its policies and positions. From the silencing of Late Night TV Show hosts to revoking press passes to outright public denigrations of reporters by the President himself to threats from the FCC Commissioner\, this Administration has sought to control the mass media. As a result\, our annual listing of stories that the media missed or got wrong has increased exponentially. In addition\, the Trump Administration’s policy of “shock and awe” designed to “flood the zone” has resulted in more stories going unreported. \nThese\, and others\, are the stories that our special guests will elucidate during our show. \n(Note: A couple sentences of this summary were constructed and sourced with the help of AI\, and extensively directed\, researched\, reviewed\, refined\, and then partially rewritten by TJC.) \nProposed Questions \n\nBarbara and Daryl will open the show by wishing everyone happy holidays and asking people to put “TJC Under Your Tree” by donating to the 2026 voting rights work of the Transformative Justice Coalition at tjcoalition.org. \n\nKim and Tim\, In one word\, how would you describe 2025?\nKim and Tim\, What\, to you\, has been the major story of the year?\nDaryl\, Barbara\, and guests will share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books and discuss the work of AAPF.\nKim\, AAPF has recently released a report called “Anti-Blackness Is the Point: Racism\, Misogyny and Donald Trump’s Assault on Equal Opportunity”. What are some of the major conclusions of this report?\nHow do people read the report?\nTim\, you have made presentations to No Kings gatherings and other predominantly White activists. What have you found to be the most glaring gaps in their understanding about racial injustice in this nation?\nWhat have been some of your key messages during these presentations?\nWhere can people access many of the great videos of your presentations?\nKim and Tim\, What’s your one-word description for the United State Mass Media and its performance in 2025?\nKim and Tim\, what were the major stories that were not covered by the mass media?\nKim\, you personally have witnessed and criticized the displacement of African-American journalists at the Washington Post and other newspapers. What is it that our audience needs to know?\nKim and Tim\, what do you think about the rise of Bari Weiss\, the new Editor‑in‑Chief of CBS News\, and CBS’ recent coverage?\nKim and Tim\, David Ellison is the Chief Executive Officer of Paramount\, which owns CBS News. David Ellison is also the son of Larry Ellison (the co-founder of Oracle)\, who is a major supporter of President Trump and his policies. Once again\, we see the influence of the Oligarchy in the control of the Mass Media.\nHow do we counter this media takeover?\nKim\, What is the major work that you’re pursuing right now? (non-partisan)\nKim and Tim\, what is your advice for people as we end 2025 and prepare for 2026?\nKim\, What are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nKim and Tim\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\nBarbara and Daryl will wrap up the show.\n\n[ If time permits\, Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\n\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act \n\n\nto stay in those streets! \n\n\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\, \n\n\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – December 23: At The Well: A Conversation With Young Ministers On Faith and Civic Engagement
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nDecember 23: At The Well: A Conversation With Young Ministers On Faith and Civic Engagement\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nMinister Cameron Barnes: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time\nPrimarily a Community Coordinator in the Office of Faith Based Initiatives at Chicago Public Schools\, Cameron Barnes also serves as National Voting Rights Advocate; National Youth Director of Rainbow PUSH; Transformative Justice Coalition Fellow and Freedom Rider; Associate Minister and Director of Youth & Young Adult Engagement\, New Faith MB Church of Chicago. \nMinister Eugene Pearson\, Jr.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time\nTransformative Justice Coalition Fellow Eugene B. Pearson\, Jr. is a servant-leader\, minister\, and youth advocate passionate about empowering underserved communities. He serves as Assistant and Youth Pastor at St. John Missionary Baptist Church\, where he blends faith and service to inspire the next generation. Eugene earned his Associate of Arts in Secondary Education (History) from Mississippi Delta Community College in 2025. There\, he was a transformative campus leader\, serving as Student Government Association President\, drum major of the marching band\, and a contributor to the revision of the college’s mission statement. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education (History) with a minor in Business at Mississippi College\, where he serves as an elected Student Government Association representative. His long-term goal is to return to Gentry High School as a teacher\, then principal\, and ultimately district superintendent. In August 2025\, Eugene became the youngest inductee in the history of 100 Black Men of the Mississippi Delta\, Inc.\, and was honored with the 2025 Delta Flame Youth Leader of the Year Award. Grounded in faith and purpose\, he lives by the words: “A vision isn’t accessible without faith\, and faith isn’t accessible without God.” \nAdrian Consonery Jr.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time\nTransformative Justice Coalition Fellow Adrian Consonery Jr. is a passionate community leader\, advocate\, and organizer dedicated to civic engagement and social impact. He is the founder of Lyfeline Initiative Inc.\, a nonprofit focused on community development\, vocational rehabilitation\, and amplifying marginalized voices. With extensive experience in voter education\, registration\, and advocacy\, Adrian has worked with organizations such as Black Voters Matter\, the Transformative Justice Coalition\, and HOPE Worldwide. A current Business Management student at Grambling State University\, Adrian also serves as Young Adult Ministry Leader at Bridge Pointe Church in Marietta\, blending faith\, service\, and leadership to empower others. \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, December 23rd\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “At The Well: A Conversation With Young Ministers On Faith and Civic Engagement”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Minister Cameron Barnes; Minister Eugene Pearson\, Jr.; and\, Adrian Consonery Jr. \nOn Thursday\, December 7th\, at 7:00 PM Eastern Time\, our guests joined a virtual conversation entitled “AT THE WELL” presented by Kaleidoscope Outreach. “At The Well” was a powerful virtual conversation exploring the role of faith in civic engagement through intergenerational voices in a time when voices are loud and trust is fragile\, people of faith are once again being called to the well\, to pause\, reflect\, and engage with purpose. “At The Well: The Role of Faith in Civic Engagement” explored how faith communities could thoughtfully and courageously participate in civic life without losing compassion\, integrity\, or spiritual grounding. Drawing inspiration from the Biblical image of the well as a place of connection\, dialogue\, and transformation\, this conversation created space for honest reflection and meaningful exchange. The intergenerational panel brought together faith leaders from across the country\, representing diverse backgrounds\, experiences\, and perspectives. Together\, they dissected questions such as: \n\nWhat does civic engagement look like through a faith-centered lens?\nHow can people of faith engage in civic life without compromising their values?\nWhat responsibilities do faith leaders and faith communities hold in shaping informed\, ethical participation?\nHow can different generations learn from one another in this season of social and civic change?\n\nThis was a dialogue\, not a debate; a sacred space for the audience to listen\, learn\, and reflect on how faith informs action\, advocacy\, and community responsibility. This space was free to attend and open to all: whether you were a faith leader\, community organizer\, student\, or someone simply seeking clarity and connection. The attendees listened\, reflected\, and engaged At The Well\, where faith and civic responsibility meet. \nAside from our three guests\, the other speakers on this panel were Dr. Sheryl Armstrong\, CEO & Founder of New Life Pastoral Counseling; Michael Pope\, Sr. Pastor at Bridge Pointe Church; and\, Jennifer Robinson\, First Lady of Salem AME Church. This panel was moderated by Ymorah Blakeney. Attendees said it was a great program that blessed a lot of people. \nGiven that this holiday season is rooted in faith\, our Igniting Change show will reprise this amazing forum with our TJC Alumni who participated. \nProposed Questions \n\nBarbara and Daryl will open the show with wishing everyone Happy Holidays\, thanking everyone for all their activism in 2025\, and asking people to put “TJC Under Your Tree” by donating to the 2026 voting rights work of the Transformative Justice Coalition at tjcoalition.org. \nQuestions are for all guests- \n\nWelcome back to Igniting Change! Happy Holidays!\nWhat motivated each of you to become a minister of Faith?\nThis week centers Promise and Joy on Christmas Day. What does it mean to you personally?\nFrom your perspective\, what is the Biblical or spiritual foundation for community engagement\, and how does your Faith Tradition call believers to show up in public life?\nWhat do you say to your peers who are disillusioned or alienated from “the church” about Faith?\nWhat is your best advice for how people keep their and their followers’ and friends’ spirits uplifted at this time\, when there’s so much negativity?\nHow can faith leaders balance spiritual care with civic responsibility without becoming partisan or divisive?\nIn what ways have you seen faith-based engagement effectively bring healing\, hope\, or tangible change within communities\, especially those experiencing injustice or disenfranchisement?\nWhat role does the faith community play in helping individuals move from awareness to action when it comes to social issues?\nHow can churches and faith organizations better partner with community groups\, nonprofits\, and local leaders to create sustainable impact?\nAll of you are very aware\, as TJC Fellows who have been through the program\, that TJC sponsors voting rights leadership trainings for Gen Z and young Millennials.\nWhy is it important to invest in young people in this particular moment in time?\nWhat does it mean to be a TJC Alumni?\nHow has your TJC journey influenced your spirituality and civic engagement work?\nWhat encouragement or challenge would you offer to people of faith who feel hesitant\, overwhelmed\, or uncertain about engaging in their communities?\nWhat do you say to the millions of African-Americans and folks who sat out and did not vote in 2024- an estimated 19 million people who voted in 2020?\n(Time permitting: With so many things happening at the same time\, briefly state one thing you wish people would also focus on right now to help make a difference\, even if it wasn’t covered in today’s show.)\nWhat is the major work that you’re pursuing right now? (non-partisan)\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?\nBarbara and Daryl will wrap up the show.\n\n[f time permits\, Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.] \n[ If time permits\, Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act\nto stay in those streets!\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – December 16: The Long Arm of the Past: The Misdeeds of the Roberts’ Supreme Court of the United States and The Maryland Lynching Report
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nDecember 16: The Long Arm of the Past: The Misdeeds of the Roberts’ Supreme Court of the United States and The Maryland Lynching Report\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nAttorney Lisa Graves: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time\nLisa Graves\, author of Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights\, is a nationally recognized expert on right‑wing influence over the federal courts. She previously served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice\, Chief Counsel for Nominations for Senator Patrick Leahy on the Senate Judiciary Committee\, and Deputy Chief of the Article III Judges Division for the U.S. Courts. Graves is currently the Executive Director of True North Research\, Co-founder of Court Accountability\, President of the Board of the Center for Media and Democracy\, and a trustee of the Park Foundation. Her work has appeared in The New York Times\, Slate\, TIME\, The Hill\, The Nation\, In These Times\, and The Progressive\, and she co‑hosts Legal AF on the MeidasTouch Network\, writes the Grave Injustice column on Substack\, and co‑hosts The Five 8 ½ webcast on YouTube. You can follow her on Substack at https://substack.com/@thelisagraves\, watch her on YouTube’s The Five 8 ½ at https://www.youtube.com\, and listen to her on MeidasTouch’s Legal AF at https://www.meidastouch.com. Learn more and get the book: https://www.withoutprecedent.info/about \nChris Haley: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time\nA nephew of Roots author\, Alex Haley\, and descendant of Kunta Kinte\, Chris grew up with a unique fascination for American history. After pursuing his own professional studies in the field\, Chris’ knowledge of the past helps illuminate the present for his colleagues\, and audiences. As Director of both the “Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland” at the Maryland State Archives Research Department and the Utopia Film Festival in Greenbelt\, Maryland\, Mr. Haley has served on many prestigious boards in the world of African American genealogy as well as in the Arts. They include the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation\, Historic London Town Foundation\, Jake Savage Foundation\, Annapolis Arts Alliance Foundation and the Annapolis Film Festival among others. Chris is well respected as a speaker at numerous venues throughout the United States where he has spoken on themes such as African American history\, self-empowerment and genealogy. He earned his B.A in English\, and Drama minor at The University of Maryland – College Park\, and resides in Landover\, Maryland. Chris is also an author of several books including “Why”\, “Your Buddy: A Childhood Journey”\, “Fists and Rainbows”\, “Obsessions”\, “Until The Right One Comes Along”\, and. “If You Love Me”\, and “When Did I Know I Was Black”. See his work and learn more on his website: https://www.chrishaleyspeaks.com/historian.html \nDr. David O. Fakunle: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time\nAssistant Professor\, School of Community Health and Policy at Morgan State University; David Olawuyi Fakunle\, Ph.D. is a “mercenary for change\,” employing the necessary skills and occupying the necessary spaces to help strengthen everyone divested from their truest self\, particularly those who identify as Black\, Indigenous and/or a Person of Color. David serves as Assistant Professor of Public and Allied Health at the Morgan State University School of Community Health & Policy\, Associate Faculty in Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health\, and formerly as Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine. David’s interests include stressors within the built environment\, manifestations of systemic oppression\, and the utilization of arts and culture to cultivate holistic health through humanity\, justice\, equity and ultimately\, liberation. Additionally\, David has applied artistic and cultural practices such as Black storytelling\, African drumming\, singing and theater in the proclamation of truth for over 25 years\, collaborating primarily with organizations in the Baltimore/Washington\, D.C. region. Among many affiliations\, David is co-founder and CEO of DiscoverME/RecoverME\, an organization that utilizes the African oral tradition to empower use of storytelling for healing and growth\, previously served as Executive Director of WombWork Productions\, a Baltimore-based social change performing arts company\, currently serves as Director of the T.E.A.C.H. (Transforming Equity through Arts\, Culture & Health) Department at The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum\, and serves as Chair of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission\, the first state-level commission in the U.S. dedicated to chronicling and bringing justice to racial terror lynchings. Education: Ph.D.  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2018)\, Department of Mental Health; Baltimore\, Maryland; B.A. The University of Maryland\, College Park (2009)\, Departments of Psychology and Criminology & Criminal Justice; College Park\, Maryland; See his publications here: https://www.morgan.edu/school-of-community-health-and-policy/about/dr-david-o-fakunle \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, December 16th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “The Long Arm of the Past: The Misdeeds of the Roberts’ Supreme Court of the United States and The Maryland Lynching Report”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Attorney and Author Lisa Graves; Historian and Filmaker Chris Haley; and\, Dr. David O. Fakunle\, Chair of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (MLTRC) \nFor the first half of the show\, guest Attorney Lisa Graves will discuss her newly released book\, Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights. Her book presents a devastating critique of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts. The central contention is that Roberts has led the Court to orchestrate a sharp\, reactionary shift in legal thought\, resulting in what the author terms the “most corrupt and corrupted Supreme Court in American history”. This fundamental transformation\, allegedly supported by wealthy backers\, is blamed for generating sweeping legal decisions that have radically curtailed voting rights\, encouraged extreme political gerrymandering—the manipulation of electoral district boundaries to favor a specific party\, incumbent\, or group—and eliminated the constitutional protection of reproductive autonomy. (Graves\, 2025\, Bold Type Books) \nGraves argues compellingly against the public image of Roberts as a neutral figure committed to judicial continuity; instead\, the book portrays him as a “reactionary politician in robes” actively dismantling fundamental rights. Drawing on the author’s extensive professional background working on judicial issues across all three branches of the federal government\, the book provides an authoritative analysis of these perceived changes. U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse praises Graves as a “dazzlingly brilliant sleuth” for exposing how Roberts and other conservative justices supposedly manipulated the Constitution to serve “shadowy billionaire extremists”. The work culminates by detailing a thorough plan for comprehensive judicial reform intended to counteract the divisive\, discriminatory\, and anti-democratic consequences of the Roberts Court. (Graves\, 2025\, Bold Type Books) \nDuring the second half of the show\, Igniting Change will be joined by guests Chris Haley and Dr. David O. Fakunle to discuss the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (MLTRC) final report. The MLTRC is notable for establishing the first state-sponsored body in the United States dedicated to investigating and documenting the history of racial terror lynchings\, initially authorized in 2019 through House Bill 307 (Maryland State Archives\, 2019\, Maryland State Archives). This mandate was later expanded by subsequent legislation\, including House Bill 297 in 2021 and Senate Bill 478 in 2023 (Maryland State Archives\, 2019\, Maryland State Archives). The comprehensive final report\, formally revised on December 9th\, 2025\, meticulously documents the history of at least 38 documented victims of racial terror lynchings that occurred between 1854 and 1933 (Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission\, 2025\, Maryland State Archives p. 36\, para. 1). The MLTRC officially defines a racial terror lynching as “the unlawful killing of an African American by white mob violence\, often with the apparent complicity of state and local officials\, intended to incite racial terror and subservience to white supremacy” (Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission\, 2025\, Maryland State Archives\, p. 34\, para. 1). \nA central finding drawn from the Commission’s rigorous six-year effort is that these brutal acts “were not isolated acts of violence; they were part of a system designed to enforce an unfounded racial hierarchy\, White power\, through fear” (Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission\, 2025\, Maryland State Archives\, p. 13\, para. 1). The report emphasizes that every victim was summarily denied due process—the fundamental right guaranteeing fair legal treatment—and the presumption of innocence (Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission\, 2025\, Maryland State Archives\, p. 15\, para. 2; p. 36\, para. 1). Historically\, the accusations\, particularly those alleging rape\, often deliberately masked other motivations such as controlling Black prosperity or covering up consensual relationships that violated anti-miscegenation laws (Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission\, 2025\, Maryland State Archives\, p. 16\, para. 1). Crucially\, despite the blatant nature of the killings\, often involving the active complicity of local or state institutions\, the legal and criminal justice systems ensured that “No perpetrators were ever held accountable” (Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission\, 2025\, Maryland State Archives\, p. 13\, para. 1; p. 41\, para. 2). \nTo address the deep and enduring socioeconomic harms resulting from this history\, the final report lays out 84 comprehensive recommendations (Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission\, 2025\, Maryland State Archives\, p. 17\, para. 2; p. 38\, para. 2). The Commission argues that the systems that allowed lynching—such as disparate law enforcement\, economic exclusion\, and educational inequity—did not vanish in 1933 but “transformed” and resulted in modern issues\, such as the persistent racial wealth gap and disproportionate incarceration rates (Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission\, 2025\, Maryland State Archives\, p. 18\, paras. 1-2). The recommendations cover broad categories\, including Material Reparations (proposing financial compensation to victims’ descendants and tangible investments to repair historical and ongoing harms (p. 39\, para. 2; p. 139\, para. 2)\, Criminal Justice reform (to address failures of accountability and due process (p. 132\, para. 1)\, and Symbolic Reparations (such as demanding formal apologies and erecting memorials (p. 40\, para. 1; p. 135\, para. 1). The underlying philosophical conviction is that accountability cannot be limited only to individual acts of violence but must address the inherent failures and complicity of the societal institutions that upheld racial terror (Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission\, 2025\, Maryland State Archives\, p. 19\, para. 2). \nReferences\nGraves\, L. (2025). Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights. Bold Type Books. Retrieved from https://citylights.com/new-nonfiction-in-hardcover/without-precedent-how-chief-justice-ro/ \nMaryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission. (2025). Final Report of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission – Submitted December 2025. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved from https://msa.maryland.gov/lynching-truth-reconciliation/reports/MLTRCFinalReport.pdf \n\nMaryland State Archives. (2019). The Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved from https://msa.maryland.gov/lynching-truth-reconciliation/ \n(Note: this summary and Lisa Graves’ bio was constructed and sourced with the help of AI\, and extensively directed\, researched\, reviewed\, refined\, and then partially rewritten by TJC.) \n\nProposed Questions \n\n\n12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUEST: Attorney Lisa Graves \n\nBarbara and Daryl will open the show with a tribute to the victims of the Brown University Shooting and the mass shooting at the Hanukkah event in Sydney\, Australia at Bondi Beach.\nWelcome Back to Igniting Change\, Attorney Lisa Graves. It has been so enlightening to read your book “Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights” and to watch your interview with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse regarding your book. How long did it take you to write this book?\nLisa\, Please give our audience an overview of the book?\nLisa\, Where can people purchase your book?\nLisa\, Your book is meticulously researched and documented. What was your process in writing this major exposé?\nLisa\, one of the highlights of the book is reading about all of the connections since the Reagan Era that have come together to create the Roberts’ Court. Please share with our audience why this isn’t just a “Conservative Court” but instead is the “Roberts’ Court”.\nLisa\, You make so many excellent points in this book about the Roberts’ Court’s agenda. Let’s talk about a couple of these agenda points quickly- like: the corruption this Court has become known for; its failure to respect separation of church and state; its anti-abortion decisions;its 19th Century racial viewpoints; its commitment to the destruction of the Voting Rights Act; Its subversion of our democracy through the legitimization of dark money in the Citizen United case; and\, most recent decisions instilling an imperial presidency by conferring immunity and constant approvals of Presidential overreach.\nLisa\, What are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nLisa\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you and buy this incredible book\, which I highly recommend?\n\n12:30 PM – 12:00 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUESTS: Chris Haley and Dr. David O. Fakunle \n\nDavid\, tell people about the mission and creation of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (MLTRC)- which is the only one like it in the entire United States.\nDavid\, why is the work of this Commission important to the people of Maryland and the nation?\nDavid\, What are some of the highlights of the report?\nChris\, You are the Director of the “Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland”. Tell us about this project.\nHow did you get involved with this project?\nTell us about the Utopia Film Festival\, which you are the co-director of.\nDavid and Chris\, what do we want people to do with this report from the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission?\nChris\, How do people access the Maryland State Archives?\nDavid\, What are the next steps for the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission?\nAll Guests\, How can our audience get involved in the work each of you are doing?\nAll Guests\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\nBarbara and Daryl will wrap up the show.\n[If time permits\, Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]\n\n[ If time permits\, Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act\nto stay in those streets!\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – December 9: Confronting The Challenges of Our Times: The Wrongs of the Trump Administration and the Robert’s Supreme Court
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nDecember 9: Confronting The Challenges of Our Times: The Wrongs of the Trump Administration and the Robert’s Supreme Court\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nDr. Karen McRae: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time\nPresident & CEO\, Concerned Black Men of America; Board Member of the Transformative Justice Coalition \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, December 9th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Confronting The Challenges of Our Times: The Wrongs of the Trump Administration and the Robert’s Supreme Court.”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guest Dr. Karen McRae. Show Hosts\, Barbara Arnwine and Daryl Jones\, Esq.\, will be joined by TJC Board Member Dr. Karen McRae to examine some of the worst recent actions of the Trump Administration and horrific decisions of the Robert’s Supreme Court. Topics to be examined include: The US Department of Education delisting nursing as a profession for purposes of obtaining governmental loans; the Lawlessness of the Caribbean Boat Bombings; the Supreme Court’s Texas Redistricting decision; The Jasmine Crockett Senatorial Bid; and Supreme Court failure to review the Texas book banning case; and\, more. \nThe Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decided to uphold Texas’s newly drawn congressional map on December 4th\, 2025\, in a 6–3 ruling\, allowing the state to use the map for the upcoming 2026 midterm elections despite a lower federal court finding the map constituted an illegal racial gerrymander (Sherman\, 2025; Gerstein & Kanu\, 2025). The Supreme Court’s majority argued that the District Court had “failed to honor the presumption of legislative good faith” and “improperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign” by issuing its ruling after the candidate filing period had begun (Sherman\, 2025). This action reversed the November 18th\, 2025 ruling by a federal court in El Paso\, Texas\, and temporarily blocked by SCOTUS on November 21st\, 2025\, which had barred the use of the map (Cohen & Schouten\, 2025; Sherman\, 2025). The map\, enacted on August 29th\, 2025\, was drawn after the Department of Justice explicitly demanded racial redistricting\, resulting in districts that critics argued hit specific racial quotas with surgical precision\, such as achieving 50.2%\, 50.3%\, and 50.5% minority Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)\, a measure of the minority population eligible to vote (Wang\, 2025; Sommerman\, McCaffity\, Quesada & Geisler\, 2025). \nRepresentative Jasmine Crockett has announced her campaign for the U.S. Senate in Texas\, shifting the dynamics of the Democratic primary after Colin Allred dropped his Senate bid to run for the 33rd Congressional District (Aggressive1999\, 2025; Birenbaum\, 2025). Early survey results conducted from November 21st through 26th\, 2025\, indicate that Representative Crockett faces a challenging position\, starting with a 40% unfavorable rating compared to 33% favorable among all voters\, despite possessing the highest name recognition among potential Democratic candidates (Clermont\, 2025). This unfavorability rate is similar to that of prominent Republican figures like Ken Paxton and John Cornyn\, and nearly half of those surveyed (49%) stated they would definitely not vote for her (Clermont\, 2025). In hypothetical matchups against Republican incumbents\, Crockett trails both John Cornyn (49% to 41%) and Ken Paxton (50% to 42%)\, highlighting the difficulty for Democrats in winning a statewide election in Texas\, a feat last achieved in 1994 (Aggressive1999\, 2025; Clermont\, 2025). \nOn Monday\, December 8th\, 2025\, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge regarding the removal of 17 books from public libraries in Llano County\, Central Texas\, effectively ending a long-standing legal fight led by seven county residents against a campaign of coordinated censorship (Nguyen\, 2025). This refusal\, for which the Supreme Court provided no reason\, leaves standing the ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals which held that the First Amendment does not guarantee a right to receive information in this context (Nguyen\, 2025). The decision was sharply criticized by organizations like PEN America\, a nonprofit that tracks book bans\, which argued that leaving the ruling in place threatens fundamental free speech principles and permits state and local governments to exercise ideological control (Nguyen\, 2025). The books removed addressed topics of race and gender\, including “Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen” and “They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group\,” several of which were on a list compiled by a former state representative identifying objectionable titles (Nguyen\, 2025). \nThe Maryland redistricting debate intensified after Governor Wes Moore announced the creation of the Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Commission on November 4th\, 2025\, signaling an effort by state Democrats to consider redrawing congressional lines ahead of the 2026 elections\, potentially to offset Republican gains in other states (NBC News\, 2025; The New York Times\, 2025; Alsobrooks\, 2025). The goal is controversial even within the Democratic Party\, as State Senate President Bill Ferguson opposes mid-decade redistricting\, warning of the risk of legal challenges and the potential to lose seats\, echoing concerns stemming from a 2021 attempt to create an 8-0 map that was rejected by a state court for illegal partisan gerrymandering (WYPR – 88.1 FM Baltimore\, 2025; Cox & Shepherd\, 2025; WYPR – 88.1 FM Baltimore\, 2025). Maryland Republicans responded on November 13th\, 2025\, by announcing The Fair Districts for Maryland Act\, a bill intended to standardize the process as a once-a-decade event tied strictly to the census\, arguing the Governor’s efforts are highly partisan and ignore unaffiliated voters (Baylor\, 2025). During the Redistricting Advisory Commission meeting on December 5th\, 2025\, numerous citizens testified both for and against redistricting\, viewing it either as a necessary defensive act against national authoritarianism or as a dangerous power grab (WYPR – 88.1 FM Baltimore\, 2025; WYPR – 88.1 FM Baltimore\, 2025). Proponents of redistricting outnumbered those in opposition at the December 5th Hearing. A final hearing will be held on December 12th\, at which both Daryl Jones and Barbara Arnwine are scheduled to testify. \nThe Say Her Name campaign marked its 11th anniversary on December 14th\, 2025\, continuing the movement established in December 2014 by Kimberlé Crenshaw\, founder of the African American Policy Forum (AAPF)\, to combat the erasure of Black women\, girls\, and femmes (a term encompassing Black women\, girls\, and gender-nonconforming people) from discussions on police brutality (AAPF\, 2024; Dawson\, 2024; AAPF\, n.d.-b; Kimberlé W. Crenshaw\, Andrea J. Ritchie\, Rachel Anspach\, Rachel Gilmer & Luke Harris\, 2015). The movement uses an intersectional framework to highlight how Black women experience gender-specific forms of state violence\, such as sexual assault by police\, and are overlooked in anti-Black violence narratives\, despite studies indicating Black women are disproportionately vulnerable to police encounters (Kimberlé W. Crenshaw\, Andrea J. Ritchie\, Rachel Anspach\, Rachel Gilmer & Luke Harris\, 2015; AAPF\, n.d.-b). Even as the campaign entered its second decade\, the foundational frameworks that underpin its advocacy\, such as critical race theory and intersectionality\, were noted to be facing external political challenges (AAPF\, n.d.-b; AAPF\, 2024; Wikipedia\, n.d.-a). Consequently\, the core focus of the movement remains the commitment not only to speak the name of victims but also to “#TellHerStory” and build a unified community committed to education\, amplification\, and demanding justice and accountability in the face of ongoing systemic violence (AAPF\, n.d.-b; AAPF\, 2024; Dawson\, 2024). \nThe Department of Education (DOE)\, following mandates within the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)\, has reclassified graduate nursing programs as “non-professional degrees\,” a policy shift taking effect on July 1st\, 2026\, which significantly limits federal loan access for students pursuing advanced nursing degrees (Powell\, 2025; Ruiz\, 2025; Roberson\, 2025). Under the new rules\, graduate nursing students\, including those in Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs\, will face a lifetime federal loan cap of $100\,000 (with an annual limit of $20\,500)\, and lose access to Graduate PLUS loans that covered the full cost of attendance\, including living expenses (Powell\, 2025; American Nurses Association\, 2025; Roberson\, 2025). In stark contrast\, fields like medicine\, dentistry\, pharmacy\, and law maintain their “professional degree” status\, retaining higher borrowing limits of $200\,000 lifetime (Powell\, 2025; Telles\, 2025; Roberson\, 2025). The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and other critics argue that this policy ignores decades of professional progress and exacerbates critical workforce shortages of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs)\, nurse midwives\, and nurse educators\, often disproportionately affecting women and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds who rely on these funds for education (AACN\, 2025; Ruiz\, 2025; Ms. Editors\, 2025; Roberson\, 2025). \nU.S. Navy operations targeting alleged drug trafficking vessels off the coast of Venezuela\, linked to the Caribbean naval deployment Operation Southern Spear\, began in earnest in early September 2025\, with President Trump justifying the destruction of these boats by claiming they were operated by “narcoterrorists” moving illegal substances. By December 3rd\, 2025\, at least 22 boats had reportedly been sunk under the authority of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth\, despite counter-evidence from federal intelligence agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) suggesting that Venezuela is overwhelmingly absent from the primary supply chain for fentanyl reaching the U.S.. Although Venezuela serves as a transit country for a minor portion of cocaine traffic\, the increased U.S. deployment and the designation of smugglers as “unlawful combatants” raised serious questions about the legality of the attacks. The Venezuelan Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs denounced the operations\, including an “illegal incursion” by U.S. combat aircraft\, which they argued violated the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation and led the Venezuelan government to announce a formal complaint to bodies such as the United Nations Security Council. \nSee Full Reference List here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jylgkNMf3iJH1vHlWTNIx0X7K0BchaWQ32uTVsL40-M/edit?usp=sharing \n(Note: this summary was constructed and sourced with the help of AI\, and extensively directed\, researched\, reviewed\, refined\, and then partially rewritten by TJC.) \nProposed Questions \n\n\nBarbara and Daryl will take a moment at the top of the hour \nThe Trump Administration is ending 2025 with an unprecedented level of lawlessness and disrespect for the US Constitution. \nKaren: \n\nWhat precisely has the Department of Education done to delist nursing from the definition of professions?\nWhat are the consequences of this action? For those interested in advanced nursing degrees? For the nursing profession?\nFor our healthcare?\nHow can this be reversed?\n\nBarbara: \n\nYou have criticized the US Military’s Caribbean Sea Boat Blow Up Operation since its inception as unlawful. Months later after 23 strikes and over 80 deaths\,  news of the double strike to “kill them all”\, which is a war crime\, the operation is now under heavy criticism from members of the Congress\, veterans and the media.\nWhy did it take so long for this scrutiny?\nIs there a cover up?\nWhat should Congress do?\nHow does the resignation of Admiral Alvin Holsey affect this investigation?\n\nDaryl: \n\nLast Friday\, the US Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision stayed the lower court’s ruling that had prevented implementation of the new Texas congressional map as an unconstitutional racially discriminatory gerrymander.\nWhat does this mean?\nWhat did Justice Kagan point out in her dissent?\nPolling shows Marylanders are very concerned by the Trump Administration’s  attempted redistricting coup. Governor Wes Moore has called for Maryland to join California and actively redistrict to prevent this sabotage of the 2026 Elections. However\, Maryland Senate Leader Bill Ferguson has publicly opposed this effort. What can Marylanders do to make their views heard?\nHow do Marylanders sign up for the Commission Hearing on December 12th?\nHow do people watch the December 12th Hearing this Friday?\nBarbara and Daryl\, What are some of the highlights of your testimony going to be at the December 12th Hearing?\nWhat are the impacts of the SCOTUS Texas redistricting stay on the Maryland redistricting process?\nWhat is the threat of this nationwide fight?\nHow do we best educate and engage the public to be involved in this fight?\nWhat is your advice to all the advocacy groups out there in these embattled states?\n\nPanel: \n\nWhat’s the meaning of the Supreme Court of the United States’ rejection of review for the Texas book banning case?\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]\nInterestingly\, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has announced she will be running for the US Senate\,\nWhat are your thoughts on this new campaign?\nAre Black women more emboldened to seek electoral positions now more than ever?\nKaren\, What are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nPanel\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\nBarbara and Daryl will wrap up the show. \n[ If time permits\, Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act\nto stay in those streets!\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – December 2: The Battle Over Congressional Redistricting: Fighting For Democracy State By State!
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nDecember 2: The Battle Over Congressional Redistricting: Fighting For Democracy State By State!\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nRepresentative Angela Nixon: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM ET\nRepresentative Angela “Angie” Nixon serves in the Florida House of Representatives\, representing District 13. A Democrat from Jacksonville\, Nixon has been in office since 2020 and is known for her advocacy on affordable housing\, public education\, fair wages\, and healthcare access. Beyond her legislative work\, she is a community organizer and entrepreneur. Nixon co‑founded the Melanin Market\, an outdoor marketplace supporting small businesses and promoting healthy food options in underserved neighborhoods. She also co‑authored a children’s book with her daughter\, The Adventures of Moxie McGriff\, which empowers young readers through positive representation of natural hair. Her career reflects a blend of grassroots activism and legislative leadership\, rooted in her commitment to equity and opportunity for Floridians. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angienixonfl  Linktree (Instagram\, Facebook\, TikTok): https://linktr.ee/angienixon \nLarry Stafford\, Jr.: 12:05 PM – 12:30 PM ET\nLarry Stafford found his lifetime passion for organizing at the age of 17 as a student volunteer and eventually as a staff member for ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). There he fought against the closure of low-income apartment complexes in some of the most marginalized communities within Prince George’s County and registered hundreds of voters. He has since worked on numerous electoral and issue-based campaigns around the country including leading field efforts for races up and down the ballot from Gubernatorial contests to City Council races. He became Executive Director of Progressive Maryland in 2015 where he has helped grow the organization’s budget by 700%\, led the organization’s electoral efforts which have reached over 500\,000 Maryland voters\, and elected scores of progressive candidates including 8 who defeated established incumbents. Larry also leads the organizations 501c3 arm the Progressive Maryland Education Fund which has shifted the policy landscape during his tenure resulting in victories for working people such as a $15 minimum wage\, paid sick leave\, police accountability\, and publicly financed elections. Larry is committed to investing in the power and potential of Progressive Maryland’s working class membership base and continuing to win progressive changes at the local\, state\, and national level. \nAttorney Denise Lieberman: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nAttorney Denise Lieberman is a nationally recognized voting rights lawyer and movement strategist. She serves as Director and General Counsel of the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition (MOVPC)\, a nonpartisan statewide network dedicated to safeguarding the right to vote. Lieberman has litigated challenges to restrictive voting laws in Missouri\, Louisiana\, Pennsylvania\, Wisconsin\, and North Carolina\, and has testified before Congress in support of strengthening the Voting Rights Act. She also teaches law and political science at Washington University in St. Louis\, where she directs the Voter Access and Engagement Initiative. Her career reflects a deep commitment to constitutional and civil rights\, combining litigation\, legislative advocacy\, and public education to expand access to the ballot. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deniselieberman \nYunior Rivas: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nYunior Rivas is a breaking news journalist with Democracy Docket\, where he reports on voting rights\, election law\, and democracy issues across the United States. His coverage often focuses on urgent developments in litigation and legislation\, such as efforts to restrict voting access and gerrymandering battles. Rivas’s reporting brings clarity to complex legal maneuvers and highlights the stakes for communities affected by restrictive election policies. By documenting these developments in real time\, he plays a crucial role in informing the public and amplifying the voices of organizers and advocates fighting for fair elections. Substack: https://substack.com/@yuniorarivas \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, December 2nd\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “The Battle Over Congressional Redistricting: Fighting For Democracy State By State!”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Attorney Denise Lieberman\, with the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition (MOVPC);  Yunior Rivas\, Breaking News Journalist with Democracy Docket; Representative Angela Nixon\, Florida House of Representatives; and\, Larry Stafford\, Jr.\, the Executive Director of Progressive Maryland. \nOur show will be discussing Congressional Redistricting\, specifically the Challenges to Redistricting in Maryland\, Florida\, Missouri\, and redistricting crisis in North Carolina. Our expert guests are leaders from states with ongoing mid-decade redistricting fights and will lift up these crises and share any call-to-actions that people can engage in at this moment. \nMid‑decade congressional redistricting in these four states raises urgent voting‑rights questions about racial vote dilution\, partisan gerrymandering\, legal authority to redraw maps between censuses\, and the practical risks of rushed processes that can disenfranchise communities. \nIn response to President Trump’s successful demands to the Texas Legislature\, which created 5 more Republican seats at the expense of traditional African-American Congressional seats\, like California\, Maryland is considering pro-active counter-balancing redistricting to prevent this sabotage of the 2026 elections. Governor Wes Moore reconstituted a Redistricting Advisory Commission on November 4th\, 2025 to gather public input and produce recommendations rather than immediately imposing a mid‑cycle map. A commission process uses public hearings\, published proposals\, and documented neutral criteria to build an evidentiary record. Maryland courts struck down an extreme partisan plan in 2022\, so any mid‑decade effort will be scrutinized for intent\, demographic effect\, and administrative feasibility. The commission’s meeting schedule and the demographic analyses it compiles will be central if litigation follows. Well‑documented neutral criteria and robust public testimony can strengthen defensibility\, but compressed timelines and partisan pressure still risk maps that invite rapid state‑court review (Petrowich\, November 29th\, 2025\, NPR/WYPR via KRWG\, https://www.krwg.org/npr-politics/2025-11-29/marylands-governor-proposes-redistricting-some-of-his-democratic-colleagues-oppose-it ; DePuyt\, November 7th\, 2025\, Maryland Matters\, https://marylandmatters.org/2025/11/07/mid-decade-redistricting-poses-more-risk-than-reward-ferguson-warns/ ). \nFlorida’s leadership called a special legislative session on December 1st\, 2025 to revisit congressional lines. The House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting is holding a public meeting on December 4th\, 2025 at 1:30 PM in Reed Hall in the House Office Building. Florida’s 2010 Fair Districts constitutional amendments bar maps drawn primarily for partisan gain. The compressed schedule of a special session\, committee hearings\, and rapid mapping creates narrow windows for public comment and technical review. Rushed processes can compress public‑comment windows\, obscure demographic impacts\, and increase the risk that enacted maps will have the effect of diluting minority opportunity. Any map adopted in this special session is likely to face immediate litigation under Florida’s state constitutional standards and under the Voting Rights Act if plaintiffs can show discriminatory intent or effect (Jaffe\, December 1st\, 2025\, Floridian Press\, https://floridianpress.com/2025/12/desantis-will-call-for-special-legislative-session-on-congressional-redistricting/ ). These new congressional maps being advanced follow numerous court challenges to the last round of redistricting. In July 2025\, the Florida Supreme Court upheld Governor Ron DeSantis’ congressional maps that dismantled the state’s former 5th District\, a majority‑Black district stretching from Jacksonville to Tallahassee. The court ruled that restoring the district would amount to impermissible racial gerrymandering\, even though the effect of the new map was to scatter Black voters across several Republican‑held districts. Voting‑rights groups\, including Black Voters Matter and the League of Women Voters of Florida\, argued that the maps violated the Voting Rights Act and Florida’s Fair Districts constitutional amendments by diluting Black voter power and eliminating a district where African American communities had previously been able to elect their candidate of choice. The decision left Florida with a congressional delegation tilted 20–8 in favor of Republicans and reduced Black representation in North Florida (Changa\, July 22nd\, 2025\, NewsOne\, https://newsone.com/6325716/florida-supreme-court-backs-desantis-maps-diluting-black-power/ ; Anderson\, July 17th\, 2025\, PBS News\, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/florida-supreme-court-upholds-congressional-map-that-eliminates-a-majority-black-district ). With the special legislative session called on December 1st\, 2025 and the Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting meeting on December 4th\, 2025\, advocates warn that the new maps will continue the same pattern of dismantling minority opportunity districts. Because the Florida Supreme Court has already upheld maps that eliminated a majority‑Black district\, the concern is that further changes will deepen the dilution of African American voting power and entrench partisan advantage\, despite the protections written into the Fair Districts amendments. \nMissouri’s legislature enacted a new congressional map on September 28th\, 2025 that reconfigured a Kansas City–area seat and split urban counties along historic dividing lines. Missouri’s September 28th\, 2025 map dismantled the Kansas City–anchored district long represented by Congressman Emanuel Cleaver\, a Black Democrat\, by splitting Jackson County and dispersing Black voters into surrounding suburban and rural districts. This destruction of Cleaver’s district eliminated a key minority opportunity seat\, raising claims that the plan unlawfully diluted Black voting strength in violation of the Voting Rights Act and Equal Protection standards (Halliburton & Moyer\, November 28th\, 2025\, News‑Press Now/KMIZ\, https://www.newspressnow.com/news/government/state-of-missouri-government/2025/11/28/judge-hears-arguments-in-lawsuit-to-block-missouris-new-congressional-map/ ; Hancock\, September 15th\, 2025\, Missouri Independent\, https://missouriindependent.com/2025/09/15/three-lawsuits-and-a-referendum-new-missouri-congressional-map-faces-multiple-attacks/). Opponents filed multiple lawsuits and launched a citizen referendum drive to suspend the law pending a public vote. One‑person\, one‑vote requires substantially equal populations across districts. Compactness is a geometric measure intended to prevent oddly shaped districts. Opportunity districts are those where a racial or language minority has a realistic chance to elect its candidate of choice. The litigation raises state‑law questions about whether the legislature may lawfully redraw maps mid‑decade and whether the map violates state constitutional standards and the Voting Rights Act by reducing minority opportunity. Outcomes will depend on whether courts find unlawful racial effect or procedural overreach and on the timing of judicial rulings relative to signature‑gathering and certification deadlines (Rosenbaum\, November 20th\, 2025\, St. Louis Public Radio/KCUR\, https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2025-11-20/missouri-redistricting-texas-congressional-map ; KBIA Staff\, November 18th\, 2025\, KBIA\, https://www.kbia.org/missouri-news/2025-11-18/missouri-ag-argues-st-louis-congressional-district-is-an-unconstitutional-racial-gerrymander ). \nNorth Carolina approved a mid‑decade congressional map on October 22nd\, 2025 that reconfigured the 1st and neighboring districts in ways that legal challengers have alleged in a lawsuit were purposed to flip a Democratic seat by packing and cracking Black voters. Packing concentrates a group into fewer districts to waste votes. Cracking disperses a group across districts to prevent a majority. Plaintiffs sought emergency relief and alleged discriminatory intent and retaliatory motive tied to recent organizing. A three‑judge federal panel denied preliminary injunctions on November 26th\, 2025 and allowed the map to be used while litigation over intent and effect proceeds. That outcome reflects the post‑Rucho v. Common Cause landscape in which federal courts may police race‑based claims under the Voting Rights Act but are prohibited in policing purely partisan gerrymanders\, so plaintiffs must marshal strong evidence of discriminatory intent or demonstrable vote‑diluting effect to prevail (Richards\, November 27th\, 2025\, NBC News\, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/federal-court-allows-north-carolina-use-new-republican-drawn-map-2026-rcna246156 ; Howard\, October 22nd\, 2025\, Politico\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/22/north-carolina-new-house-district-gop-gerrymander-00618225 ). \n(Note: this summary and some of the guest bio’s were constructed and sourced with the help of AI\, and extensively directed\, researched\, reviewed\, refined\, and then partially rewritten by TJC.) \nProposed Questions \n\n\n12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan) – GUESTS: Representative Angela Nixon; Larry Stafford\, Jr. (Larry will be on at 12:05 PM); Attorney Denise Lieberman; and\, Yunior Rivas \n\nBarbara and Daryl will take a moment at the top of the hour to Thank protesters and  briefly highlight Giving Tuesday for TJC.\nWe have a wonderful team of expert guests joining us today. As we know the fight of 2025 is to prevent Trump’s mid-decade partisan and racist redistricting. Many people miss that the efforts in the Callais Supreme Court case and the Texas\, Missouri\, and North Carolina redistricting are all characterized by their immense impact in destroying Black political power.\nFirst\, Welcome Florida Representative Angie Nixon to Igniting Change. You are a powerhouse in the State of Florida fighting for racial and social justice.\nWelcome Larry Stafford to our show\, thank you for your great leadership of Progressive Maryland.\nWelcome\, Yunior Rivas\, no movement is successful without truthful and impactful journalism.\nWelcome Attorney Denise Lieberman back to Igniting Change. Your leadership of the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition.\nLarry\, our nation is reeling from this unprecedented move by President Trump to rig the 2026 Mid-Term Elections through ultra partisan Redistricting. Why is this battle relevant to the State of Maryland?\nRep. Nixon\, headlines are out today quoting Gov Ron DeSantis as saying that in response to President Trump’s demands\, there will definitely be redistricting in Florida in 2026.  According to news reports the Florida House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting will start its proceedings on December 4th. What do you hope Florida legislators will do to address this appeasement of the President by destroying the voting power of Floridians.\nLarry\, polling shows Marylanders are very concerned by the Trump attempted redistricting coup.  Governor Wes Moore has called for Maryland to join California and actively redistrict to prevent this sabotage of the 2026 Elections. However\, Maryland Senate Leader Bill Ferguson has publicly opposed this effort. What can Marylanders do to make their views heard?\nHow do Marylanders sign up for the Commission Hearing on December 5th?\nRep. Nixon\, what should Floridians do to respond to this crisis? What form of organizing needs to happen right now?\nRepresentative Angela Nixon and Larry Stafford\, Jr.\, What are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nRepresentative Angela Nixon and Larry Stafford\, Jr.\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:30 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan) – GUESTS: Attorney Denise Lieberman and Yunior Rivas \n\nAttorney Lieberman\, you are one of our nation’s foremost voting rights advocates\, when you hear about Maryland and Florida\, it must sound awfully familiar given the redistricting push happening in Missouri.  Please tell our audience about the fight in Missouri\,\nYunior\, tell our audience about DEMOCRACY DOCKET\, as a breaking news journalist\, you have a great national viewpoint of this battle. You have written about the Missouri fight.  What is the common denominator\, connecting these state battles over partisan and racist mid-decade redistricting?\nAttorney Lieberman\, how has the MOVPC been engaging voters in responding to this crisis?\nAttorney Lieberman and Yunior: What is the threat of this nationwide fight?\nAttorney Lieberman and Yunior: How do we best educate and engage the public to be involved in this fight?\nYunior\, what are your thoughts about the general media coverage of this crisis?\nAttorney Lieberman and Yunior: If you had a magic wand\, what would you want to see the media do more in covering voting rights and democracy struggle?\nAttorney Lieberman\, what is your advice to all the advocacy groups out there in these embattled states?\n\nAll Guests\, \n\nWhat are your one-minute final thoughts to our listeners?\nAll Guests\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n\n\n\n\nBarbara and Daryl will wrap up the show. [ If time permits\, Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\nGiving Tuesday for TJC\nDecember 1st – 6th: 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Montgomery Bus Boycott\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act\nto stay in those streets!\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – November 25: Giving Thanks for Courageous Action: Confronting the Evils of the Trump Administration\, ICE Deployments\, and Other Unconstitutional Misdeeds
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nNovember 25: Giving Thanks for Courageous Action: Confronting the Evils of the Trump Administration\, ICE Deployments\, and Other Unconstitutional Misdeeds\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nLamair Bryan: 12:10 PM – 12:40 PM ET\nLamair Bryan is a North Carolina native and graduate of Fayetteville State and North Carolina Central University. He serves as Triangle Regional Organizing Manager and Digital Narrative Producer with Advance Carolina and the NC Black Alliance\, where he uses organizing and storytelling to educate and mobilize Black communities. A former producer with PBS North Carolina’s Black Issues Forum\, Lamair is dedicated to advancing justice\, equity\, and an inclusive democracy. Lamair is a Spring 2024 TJC fellow and he continues to do this work because he believes in empowering communities to have a real voice in shaping the policies and systems that affect their lives. \nRev. Glencie Rhedrick\, M.S. M.DIV.\, BCC: 12:10 PM – 12:40 PM ET\nCo-Chair of the Charlotte Clergy Coalition for Justice; Chair of the Social Justice for United Missionary Baptist Association; Former President of Mecklenburg Ministries; Chair of Mayfield Memorial Community Development Corporation and UMBA Bright Stars; HIV/AIDS Faith Ambassador and Consultant with UBTheCure; Founder of SpeakingintheKeyofWE\, a Womanist podcast and platform rooted in the theme “No Longer Silenced: No Longer Invisible” that amplifies voices against social\, gender\, and racial injustice; and\, currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Women’s Spirituality at the California Institute of Integral Studies. \nMegan Hustings: 12:40 PM – 12:54 PM ET\nDeputy Director\, National Coalition for the Homeless \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, November 25th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Giving Thanks for Courageous Action: Confronting the Evils of the Trump Administration\, ICE Deployments\, and Other Unconstitutional Misdeeds”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Rev. Glencie Rhedrick\, M.S. M.DIV.\, BCC; Lamair Bryan; and\, Megan Hustings. \n“A CBS News poll released this past weekend found that 58% of Americans believed federal immigration agents were stopping and detaining “more people than necessary.”1 This comes at a time when CBS reported that the Trump Administration’s “Operation Charlotte’s Webb”\, which deployed more than 200 Border Patrol agents. “The Trump administration has made Charlotte\, a Democratic-leaning city of about 950\,000 people\, its latest focus for an immigration enforcement surge it says will combat crime — despite local opposition and declining crime rates. Residents reported encounters with immigration agents near churches\, apartment complexes and stores.”2  “While DHS has publicly maintained that the crackdown in Charlotte is ongoing\, separate internal documents say Border Patrol’s operation there concluded\, with agents demobilizing from the area last week. ICE has a permanent presence in North Carolina\, and is expected to continue operations there.”1 Border Patrol agents recorded more than 270 immigration arrests since the weekend of November 15th; however\, fewer than 90 of those arrested by Border Patrol were categorized as “criminal aliens” per an internal DHS document obtained by CBS news.1 “Those statistics do not include arrests made by officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement\, though Border Patrol played the principal role in Operation Charlotte’s Web. The document also does not specify the severity of the crimes of the detainees listed as criminals\, nor whether their records included convictions or solely criminal charges…In the Charlotte area\, Border Patrol agents were captured on video smashing the car window of a U.S. citizen\, carrying out arrests outside of businesses and approaching men decorating a Christmas tree. Like in Chicago and Los Angeles\, the operation in Charlotte triggered significant community backlash and concerns. Some businesses closed their doors temporarily. Local high school students staged walk-outs to protest the arrests. And school officials in the region reported tens of thousands of student absences.”1  “Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools reported on student absences Monday. ‘Unofficial attendance data from today indicates that approximately 20\,935 students were absent from school today. This accounts for approximately 15% of students enrolled’ in that district\, officials said. There was no word on the percentage of students who are absent on a typical day there. The immigration crackdown set off fierce objections from leaders in the Charlotte area.”2 \nAnd while a spokesperson for DHS said that the numbers of only one-third of those arrested by Border Patrol in Charlotte were classified as criminals were “likely inaccurate” without offering a breakdown that was different\, the cited press release by the spokesperson seemed to confirm those numbers as the DHS press release announced over 130 immigration arrested in the Charlotte area during the first two days of the operation\, but only 44 of those individuals had criminal charges or convictions.1 \nLast week\, on Tuesday\, November 18th\, “Federal immigration authorities [expanded] their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh…\, the mayor of the state’s capital city said\, while Customs and Border Protection agents continue operating in Charlotte following a weekend that saw arrests of more than 130 people in that city\, the state’s largest. Mayor Janet Cowell said Monday that she didn’t know how large the operation would be or how long agents would be present. At a city council meeting [on Tuesday\, November 18th] she said there have been Border Patrol ‘sightings’ [by law enforcement in Wake and Durham Counties]. ”2 Cowell encourages anyone that feels unsafe or sees something illegal “to please call the Raleigh Police Department or your local jurisdiction\, and to stay safe…Cowell\, a Democrat\, pointed out in a statement that crime was lower in Raleigh this year compared to last and that public safety was a priority for her and the city council.”2 \nAs of November 18th\, Immigration authorities [hadn’t] spoken about [the operations in Raleigh\, North Carolina]. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told CBS News in a statement: ‘Every day\, DHS enforces the laws of the nation across the country. We do not discuss future or potential operations.’2 \n“CBS News has reported\, citing U.S. officials and internal DHS documents\, that Border Patrol is preparing to launch a new operation in New Orleans as soon as the first week of December. ”1 \nFurther Reading and Sources: \n1 Montoya-Galvez\, C. (2025\, November 24). One-third of those arrested by Border Patrol in Charlotte were classified as criminals\, internal document says. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlotte-border-patrol-immigration-criminals-arrests/ \n2 CBS News. (2025\, November 18). Immigration enforcement actions to expand to Raleigh as they continue in Charlotte. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-carolina-immigration-enforcement-raleigh-charlotte/ \nBecause of DOGE’s actions reducing the federal workforce in firing people from their jobs\, the affordability crisis for food and housing\, the ICE invasions making people afraid to come out of their homes to shop and work\, and the federal shutdown and Trump Administration affecting food stamps\, growing food insecurity has been rising in the nation. Igniting Change guest Megan Hustings\, Deputy Director\, National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH)\, will be on to discuss some of the ways NCH has been addressing this crisis. \nProposed Questions \n\n\n12:00 PM – 12:10 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)\nBarbara and Daryl will take a moment at the top of the hour to Thank protesters and  briefly highlight: \n\n\n Giving Tuesday for TJC \n\n\nWeAintBuyingIt Campaign at WeAintBuyingIt.com.  No purchases from Target\, Home Depot and Amazon\, Thursday through Cyber Monday.  Thanksgiving has always been a story rewritten by the powerful\, sanitized to make oppression look like a feast. And every year\, Black communities are expected to smile through it and keep pouring our dollars into a system that has never poured back into us. This Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday\, TJC\, Color Of Change—alongside our partners\, members\, and communities—is taking a stand. \n\n\nBlack people make up just 14% of the U.S. population\, yet our collective spending power exceeds $1.8 trillion\, and corporations build their holiday strategies around us. During the holiday season: \n\n\n\nBlack consumers spend more on holiday purchases than the national average.\nNearly 1 in 3 Black households participates in Black Friday and Cyber Monday at higher rates than other groups.\nBlack consumers are more likely to shop online and more likely to purchase for extended family networks\, fueling the very retail giants that refuse to invest back in us.\n\nCorporations know exactly how much they rely on Black dollars. They spend billions in targeted ads and holiday campaigns rooted in our culture—while underpaying Black workers\, ignoring our safety\, and bankrolling politicians who harm our communities. \nThis is strategy\, not sacrifice. We are asking Black families\, congregations\, neighborhoods\, HBCU students\, aunties\, uncles\, elders\, Gen Z\, faith leaders\, and movement builders\, all of us\, to use this season to build power\, not profits for corporations. Because when a system continues to harm us\, our refusal becomes an act of protection. \nHow to Participate \n\nFull Black Out – Do not buy anything from Target\, Amazon\, or Home Depot during this week. Use the time and money to connect with those you love\, build community\, and reconnect with what truly matters.\nRedirect Your Spending – Skip the companies undermining our democracy and exploiting our communities. Instead\, shop small\, local\, or with businesses that affirm our humanity. Donate money\, food\, or supplies to support families in need this season.\nAmplify the Movement- Spread the word. Share the message in conversation and online. Let your family group chats\, your timelines\, and your communities know: We Ain’t Buying It because our lives and our dignity are worth more than their profit margins.\n\nUntil Justice Is Real \n\nJudge’s Dismissal of Political Prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and NY AG Letitia James.\nPlanned Invasion of Venezuela—Holiday Leave cancelled for troops.\nTrump’s Death Threats Against Congresspeople for Ad to Troops reminding them that they are not obligated to follow unlawful orders.\nGreen lighting of Deportations for immigrants from Myanmar\nAnti-Blackness Campaign: DOJ seeking end of sentence for officer who was convicted of murder of Breonna Taylor.\n\n12:10 PM – 12:40 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUESTS: Rev. Glencie Rhedrick\, M.S. M.DIV.\, BCC and Lamair Bryan \n\nRev. Glencie:  Welcome Back to Igniting Change.  ICE and the Border Control has been deployed to Charlotte\, NC in a cynically titled “Operation Charlotte’s Web” to allegedly arrest unlawful criminal immigrants.  Please tell us:\nHow has the Charlotte community responded to this Operation?\nWho has actually been caught up in this web?\nWhat does the operation actually look like on the ground?\nLamair: Welcome back to Igniting Change.\nSadly\, the ICE and Border Control invasion of North Carolina has been expanded to Wake and Durham Counties.\nWhat has this Deployment looked like on the ground?\nHow are the people of Raleigh\, Cary\, Durham and surrounding areas responded to this campaign?\nRev Glencie:  In Chicago\, religious leaders\, especially the Black Church\, have been instrumental in opposition to the ICE and Border Control invasion of their city\,\nHow has the religious community responded to this crisis?\nLamair:  What efforts to address and oppose this deployment have been the most effective?\nAll Guests\, What can our listeners do to support Charlotte and Raleigh?\nAll Guests\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:40 PM – 12:54 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUEST: Megan Hustings \n\nWelcome Megan to Igniting Change.\nThis year has been very hard for those who are unhoused.\nTell people about the National Coalition for the Homeless\nWhat were some of the top priorities for action that were identified at your national convention which just ended?\nHow can people help to protect the unhoused in these times?\nHow can people GIVE to assist those who are food insecure?\nAll Guests\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:54 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan) \n[ Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\n\n\n\n\nDecember 1st – 6th: 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Montgomery Bus Boycott\nWhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – November 18: We Cannot Rest Until It Is Won: Black Liberation Lawyers to the Forefront and 100% Justice for Ahmaud Arbery
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nNovember 18: We Cannot Rest Until It Is Won: Black Liberation Lawyers to the Forefront and 100% Justice for Ahmaud Arbery\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nAttorney Whitley Carpenter: 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM ET\nWhitley Carpenter (she/her) is the Senior Criminal Justice Counsel and Policy Manager for Forward Justice. She focuses on researching\, developing\, and advocating for effective policy changes related to reducing racial disparities in the practices\, and reducing recidivism through successful re-entry. Prior to working with Forward Justice\, she was a Criminal Justice Staff Attorney with the Southern Coalition for Social Justices where she worked on the Clean Slate Project and provided direct legal services to individuals seeking relief from the collateral consequences of having a criminal record. She has participated in the planning and implementation of more than twelve Clean Slate Clinics across North Carolina and filed thousands of expungement petitions across the state. She also has worked with grassroots organizations and community members to advocate for criminal justice policy changes at the state and local level. Whitley currently serves on the advisory board of the Durham Expunction and Restoration\, is a member of the NC Second Chance Alliance\, leads the NC Fines and Fees Coalition\, and is the President of the board for the National Conference of Black Lawyers. Whitley brings a tireless commitment and a determined passion to her work on behalf of those who have often been silenced. Originally from Winston-Salem\, NC\, Whitley received her JD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and bachelor’s degrees in psychology and political science from North Carolina State University. \nAttorney Mawuli Davis: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM ET\nMawuli Mel Davis is a renowned civil rights attorney\, human rights organizer\, and author with over 30 years of experience in the Movement for Black Liberation. He is a founding partner of Davis Bozeman Johnson Law\, one of Georgia’s largest African American-owned plaintiff law firms\, where he co-leads the Civil Rights Division and has secured multi-million-dollar settlements\, including a $13 million jury verdict in a landmark sexual assault case. Davis has also been instrumental in social justice victories\, such as ending cash bail in Atlanta and removing the Confederate Monument in Decatur\, Georgia. Beyond the courtroom\, Davis co-founded impactful organizations including the Black Man Lab\, Let Us Make Man\, and the Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights. He serves as President-Elect of the National Conference of Black Lawyers and a Senior Lecturer at Clark Atlanta University. Honored with numerous awards\, including the Georgia Super Lawyer title and the City of South Fulton’s “Mawuli Mel Davis Appreciation Day”\, he continues to blend legal excellence with deep community activism. \nMarcus Arbery: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time\nFather of Ahmaud Arbery and Glynn County Activist \nAttorney Francys Johnson: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nFrancys Johnson is a Partner of Davis Bozeman Johnson Law. Born and raised on his grandparent’s farm in Sylvania\, Georgia\, Francys Johnson learned the value of hard work\, responsibility\, and service to others. Francys Johnson\, as a practicing lawyer\, public theologian\, and educator\, has a strong record of advocacy aimed at expanding opportunities for all people. Francys Johnson has served in ordained ministry for more than 20 years. He is the Senior Minister at Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Pembroke and Magnolia Baptist Church in Statesboro. He has made a positive difference through public service to several national\, state\, and community-based organizations focused on helping people help themselves. Johnson was the 2018 Democratic Nominee for Georgia’s 12th Congressional District. As a zealous trial lawyer\, Francys Johnson practices criminal and civil law in the state and federal courts. He has secured justice on behalf of the wrongfully accused and seriously injured. He is a Member at Large of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia and the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism. A graduate of Georgia Southern University and The University of Georgia School of Law\, Johnson previously served on the Political Science and Criminal Justice faculties at Georgia Southern University and Savannah State University\, teaching courses on Criminal Law\, Constitutional Law\, Race and the law\, and the Civil Rights Movement. Today\, he is a recognized thought leader on voting rights\, having testified before Congress\, lectured across the country\, and written on other subjects\, including race\, measuring equity\, and understanding power in public policy. Francys Johnson is married to Dr. Meca Williams-Johnson\, an educational psychologist and professor at Georgia Southern University. They have three sons: Thurgood Marshall Joshua\, Langston Hughes Elijah\, and the late Frederick Douglass Caleb. Francys lives by the command of Micah 6:8 to love mercy\, do justice and walk humbly. \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, November 18th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “We Cannot Rest Until It Is Won: Black Liberation Lawyers to the Forefront and 100% Justice for Ahmaud Arbery”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Attorney Whitley Carpenter\, Attorney Mawuli Davis\, Marcus Arbery\, and Attorney Francys Johnson. \nFrom November 13th – November 15th\, 2025\, the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL) held its 2025 NCBL Conference\, entitled “Inspiring the Next Generation of Legal Warriors in the Movement for Black Liberation”\, at Georgia State University: College of Law in Atlanta\, Georgia. Igniting Change Co-Hosts Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. participated in the conference as presenters on Friday\, November 14th. Their session\, entitled “A Brave New Day: A Radical Reimagining of Voting as an Organizing Tool in this Political Climate”\, was moderated by Attorneys James M. Woodall and Kynnedi Holcomb and featured fellow panelists Attorney April Albright of Black Voters Matter and\, one of today’s Igniting Change special guests\, Attorney Francys Johnson. \nThis conference focused on the many challenges confronting African Americans in the US and the international diaspora highlighting the crucial fight for Reparations. \nOn August 2nd\, 1968\, the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL) was formed. This African American association was initially formed to offer legal assistance to black civil rights activists; it comprises judges\, law students\, lawyers\, legal activists\, legal workers\, and scholars. That founding year\, young people of African descent in America were growing impatient with the slow pace of social change.  Noted clients included Angela Davis\, Assata Shakur\, the Attica Brothers\, Geronimo Pratt\, Mumia Abu-Jamal\, Ben Chavis\, and the Wilmington Ten. The organization lobbied against apartheid in South Africa. \nThey expanded from African American oppression to help other groups in countries like Northern Ireland\, the Palestinian territories\, Cuba\, Nicaragua\, Guyana\, Grenada\, and Southern Africa.  The group’s mission is: “To protect human rights\, to achieve self-determination of Africa and African Communities\, and to work in coalition to assist in ending oppression of all peoples.” \nRemarkably\, during the conference\, we received a call from Diane Arbery informing us that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals had upheld the Hate Crime convictions of the three murderers of Ahmaud Arbery.  As many will recall in March\, 2024\, the Transformative Justice Coalition in partnership with the Marcus Arbery Family\, the Georgia NAACP\, the Black Man’s Lab and others had held a rally and press conference outside the Court of Appeals in protest and opposition to the appeal. At that point\, we had noted there were no credible grounds offered during the appellate argument to justify vacating the convictions.  In a sweeping decision\, detailed in the following article\, the Appellate Court rejected all of the appellant/defendants argument: https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/us/ahmaud-arbery-appeal-court-hate-crime-conviction-hnk \nProposed Questions \n\n\n12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan) – GUESTS: Attorney Whitley Carpenter and Attorney Mawuli Davis \n\nBarbara and Daryl: Welcome to our listeners. In early October 2025\, President Donald Trump federalized about 200 Texas National Guard troops under Title 10 authority and ordered them to Chicago to protect ICE facilities during protests\, but on October 7\, 2025\, a federal judge in Illinois blocked their deployment\, ruling there was no credible evidence of rebellion. The soldiers remained idle at training bases outside the city until November 14\, 2025\, when U.S. Northern Command announced the Texas troops would be withdrawn and returned home. In a face-saving effort\, military officials described this as “part of a broader rightsizing”—a term meaning the reduction or adjustment of force levels to match actual needs—in federalized Guard deployments in Portland\, Los Angeles\, and Chicago. This has been a multi-level fight in the streets\, the neighborhoods\, and in the courts. The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly leaving its Command Center in North Chicago as well.\nWe want to send out a special tribute of love and prayers for recovery to Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr.\nAttorney Whitley Carpenter and Attorney Mawuli Davis\, Thanks for joining today’s Igniting Change Radio Show. Many of our listeners are not well aware of the work of the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL) over these 57 years of its existence.\nPlease share the background of the founding and major accomplishments of the NCBL.\nWhat does NCBL look like in 2025? (5 chapters\, various committees\, major programs\, etc)\nWhat do you consider the most important part of NCBL’s mission in 2025?\nHow has NCBL helped lead the fight for Reparations?\nThe 2025 NCBL Conference was titled “Inspiring the Next Generation of Legal Warriors in the Movement for Black Liberation”- why was that title chosen?\nDuring the 2025 National Conference\, all the moderators were intentionally young lawyers and students. Why did you structure this youth leadership in the conference?\nWhat’s Next for NCBL\, in 2026 and beyond?\n  How do our listeners get involved with NCBL?\nAll Guests\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:30 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUESTS: Marcus Arbery and Attorney Francys Johnson: \n\nWelcome back to Igniting Change\, Marcus Arbery\, and Welcome to your inaugural appearance\, Attorney Francys Johnson!\nMarcus\, you are a man who is relieved to see 100% justice for your late son Ahmaud Arbery continuing today. How did you feel when you heard about the victory in the hate crimes case?\nAttorney Johnson\, you joined us back in 2021 in Brunswick and Jekyll Island\, Georgia for the murder trial and brought words of encouragement to the community to our daily community forums. What made you\, as an Atlanta lawyer\, travel all the way to Southeast Georgia to be part of these proceedings?\nAttorney Johnson\, you are now counsel to Mr. Arbery. How did you feel when you heard about the hate crimes decision victory?\nAll guests\, What does this case mean to those outside of Georgia?\nAll guests\, what’s next in this fight for justice for Ahmaud? (the murder case is still on appeal)\nAll guests\, what can our audience do to continue to show love and respect for the Arbery Family and the memory of Ahmaud?\nIn February\, it will have been 6 years\, and we’re still fighting and won’t stop!\nAll Guests\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\n\n\n\n\nDecember 1st – 6th: 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Montgomery Bus Boycott\nWhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – November 11: Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month:  A Discussion About American Health Care Policy and American Health
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nNovember 11: Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: A Discussion About American Health Care Policy and American Health\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nDr. Richard Larry Dotson : 12:00 PM – 12:58 PM ET\nDr. Richard L. Dotson is an ophthalmologist in Washington\, D.C.  An ophthalmologist is a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats severe and complex eye and vision problems\, from cataracts and glaucoma to detached retinas.  Dr. Dotson received undergraduate and his medical degrees from the University of Maryland at College Park and the University of Maryland School of Medicine.   He has been self-employed at the Metropolitan Eye Care Center Associates\, in Maryland\, practicing ophthalmologist\, for more than forty-five (45) years- a business that he began.  He is currently semi-retired from his practice.  Following Dr. Dotson’s successful triumph over pancreatic cancer\, Dr. Dotson became an author writing about his cancer journey and UnBroken: a Survivor’s Guide to Beating Cancer is his first book. \nDr. Kyler Wiltz 12:00 PM – 12:58 PM ET\nDr. Kyler Wiltz is a Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) certified Voting Rights Advocate & Alumni\, participating in the September 2024 Class.  Dr. Kylar Wiltz earned his Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees from Howard University.  Dr. Wiltz also holds a 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.  Dr. Wiltz understands and embraces the role and responsibility of breaking barriers and developing medical policy approaches that best serve his community. \nDr. Carol Jagdeo (12:00 PM – 12:58 PM)\nDr. Carol Jagdeo is an internist treating patients in the Washington\, DC region.  She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University.  Dr. Jagdeo earned her medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.  Dr. Jagdeo’s Residency was completed in internal Medicine at Georgetown University.  Dr. Jagdeo has been a practicing physician for more than twenty (20) years.  Dr. Jagdeo has expertise in treating obesity\, hypertension\, high blood pressure\, diabetes\, and other areas. \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! This Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, November 11th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, is entitled “Unbreakable? The impact of Questionable American Health Care Policy and America’s Future.”  Radio Show Co-Hosts\, and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders\, Attorney Barbara Arnwine and Attorney Daryl Jones will feature special guest\, Dr. Richard Larry Dotson\, M.D.\, author of “Unbroken:  A Survivor’s Guide to Beating Cancer.” \nDr. Dotson will open our show and discuss his new best-selling book on Amazon\, “Unbroken: A Survivor’s Guide to Beating Cancer.”  Dr. Dotson’s book is a top selling book.  His book explores the elements of faith\, love\, perseverance and the miracles of modern medicine. \nOur audience will follow Dr. Dotson’s remarkable journey – from his challenging initial cancer diagnosis\, through his chemotherapy treatments\, and ultimately to his victory over pancreatic cancer. \nDr. Dotson will address the importance of people’s access to adequate health care and the role that having access to preventative health care had in his journey to beating pancreatic cancer.  Further\, Dr. Dotson will discuss the difficult choices many people face such as choosing between paying medical co-pays or putting food on the table.  Especially amid job lob losses or federal government shutdowns. \nThis episode will further examine the shifting landscape of United States healthcare policy\, the effects of reduced federal employment on access to care\,  and the controversial guidance emerging from the Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy\, Jr.\, including debates about vaccinations and other public health advisories.  Tune in for an eye opening conversation about the state of American Health Care\, Personal  Resilience\, and what the future may hold for all of us. \nProposed Questions \n\n\n\nDr. Dotson welcome to Igniting Change.  Please tell our listeners about why did you decided to become a doctor?\nWhat inspired you to write your book Unbroken?\nWhat was the most challenging part of the initial pancreatic cancer diagnosis and determination?\nCan you take us back to the moment of your pancreatic cancer diagnosis.  Please share with our audience the long and determined route you had to take to learn of your pancreatic cancer?\nYou mentioned faith and love as essential elements in your journey\, as well as being a partner in your own healing\, how did your spiritual\, emotional and meditative outlook influence your recovery process?\nIn your book\, you indicate that battling Cancer involves more than just physical treatment\, what role did mental an emotional resilience play in your recovery\, and what advice do you have for people facing similar challenges?\nYou have emphasized the importance of access to preventive health care.  You were fortunate to have access to some excellent healthcare.  What challenges do you believe are most urgently needed to make this access equitable for everyone?\nDr. Dotson\, given your experience as a physician and a survivor\, what is your vision for the future of American Health Care?\nDr. Wiltz\, hearing the story of Dr. Dotson’s pancreatic cancer experience\, what are your thoughts regarding the rise in cancers in the community of color and what health care policies should elected officials be implementing?\nCurrently there are many healthcare problems facing Americans.   From vaccination access to affordable healthcare and the closing of rural hospitals.  However\, many Americans do not immediately connect their vote to healthcare\, why do you think that it is important for voters to understand how elected officials directly impact voters health and medical options?\nAs physicians\, how do you all encourage fellow medical professionals to use their voices\, not just in hospitals and clinics\, both also in the voting booth and public policy spaces?\nWhat message do you most hope listeners take away from this show?\nIf you could deliver one message to voters about how their participation in Democracy effects the nation’s health and healing\, what would it be?\nHow do our listeners contact you to learn more information about you and how do they order your book Unbroken?\nDr. Jagdeo\, how do our listeners reach you?\nDr. Wiltz\, how do our listeners contact you?\n\n[ Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\n\n\n\n\nDecember 1st – 6th: 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Montgomery Bus Boycott\nWhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – November 4: Election Day\, November 4th\, 2025: Reports From The Field in New Jersey\, Pennsylvania\, Virginia\, and More
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nNovember 4: Election Day\, November 4th\, 2025: Reports From The Field in New Jersey\, Pennsylvania\, Virginia\, and More\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nLarry Hamm: 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM ET\nChairman\, People’s Organization for Progress \nAnya Dillard: 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM ET\nTransformative Justice Coalition Fellow; Freedom Rider for TJC’s “Stay Woke\, Florida!” and “Hey Jersey! Let’s Vote!” GOTV Campaigns; Founder of the Next Gen Come Up and Jenevesque Media; Graduated from Rutgers University Newark; A Gucci Creative Fellow and an Academy Motion Pictures Gold Rising Fellow; Organizing since she was 10\, started first charity initiative for disability rights at age 5 for advocacy raising money to provide pajamas\, clothes\, toys\, and other things for youth living with physical and mental disabilities – an annual event in Brooklyn\, NY that happened every Christmas that lasted for 13 years \nPhiladelphia City Commissioners’ Chairman Omar Sabir: 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM ET\nChair of the Philadelphia City Commissioners (2024–present); Philadelphia City Commissioner (2019–2028); Founder of Vote Philly Vote (2020); Founder of the Octavius Catto Taskforce (2020); Founder of Platinum Voters (2024); Former Staff Member in the Office of Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes; Former Leader of the Nathaniel Sabir Memorial Scholarship Fund; Former Campaign Leader for Citizens for State Representative Louise Williams Bishop; Former Employee of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania; Graduate of Cheyney University (2006); Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s DiverseForce On Boards program (2019). \nSean Floyd: 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM ET\nManager for National Programs and Outreach for the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation \nGary Flowers: 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM ET\nNational Radio Host\, The Gary Flowers Show \nNew Jersey Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson: 12:45 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nAssemblywoman\, New Jersey Legislative District #15 (2/15/18 – current); “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is\, What are you doing for others” Martin Luther King\, Jr. Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson is a product of the Trenton public school system and has obtained advance degrees from Trenton State College/The College of New Jersey and earned a Master of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University. Her career as a Social Worker coupled with a commitment to public service led her to the elected position of East Ward Councilwoman\, where she became the 1st African American female to serve in that position. and Council Vice-President where she legislated laws for the City of Trenton. Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson proudly served 7 ½ years on City Council before being elected to fill the vacant New Jersey Assembly seat in the 15th Legislative District. Ms. Reynolds-Jackson is currently serving her 4th term in the New Jersey Assembly and has ascended to Senior Leadership where she serves as Constituent Outreach Chair\, Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Schools\, Chair of the Assembly Education Committee and Vice-Chairwoman of the Assembly Appropriations Committee. She is a member of the Assembly Budget Committee\, and the Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment. The Assemblywoman also serves as a Commissioner of the State of New Jersey Martin Luther King\, Jr. Commission\, the Amistad Commission and is Vice Chair of the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus. Since graduating from college\, the Assembly woman has continued her education through the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority and Rutgers University. She currently teaches Public Policy at Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City\, New Jersey.  For the past 10+ years\, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson has been committed to serving her constituents through public service. She has achieved great satisfaction working with various populations\, including her neighbors\, the homeless\, elderly\, children\, and people with disabilities. Her efforts have been dedicated to championing social justice causes\, bolstering minority\, women\, and veteran-owned businesses\, improving access to quality healthcare\, safeguarding our environment\, and creating pathways for student success. Verlina resides in the City of Trenton with her wonderful husband\, Lorenzo Jackson. Memberships & Affiliations: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority\, Inc.\, Trenton Alumnae Chapter; Government Finance Officers Association; Central Jersey (NJ) Chapter of The Links\, Inc.; and\, United Way of Greater Mercer County Board of Directors \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, November 4th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Election Day\, November 4th\, 2025: Reports From The Field in New Jersey\, Pennsylvania\, Virginia\, and More”\, will be live from New Jersey with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson; Commissioner Omar Sabir; Larry Hamm; Gary Flowers; Anya Dillard; and\, Sean Floyd. This show will continue the discussion on the ambitious TJC and Partners Good Trouble Tour in New Jersey- but will mainly focus on Election Day 2025 reports in New Jersey\, Virginia\, and Pennsylvania: what do people need to know? Has there been any problems at the polls? Has there been any positive stories at the polls? How has this Election Season at large been? \nThe best day of the year is here: Election Day! Today’s Igniting Change guests are all on-the-ground in various parts of New Jersey\, Virginia\, and Pennsylvania. It’s time for everyone to get their vote on; if you haven’t already voted early\, and if you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683). On This Election Day\, Be sure to reach out to report problems confronting you or other voters at the polls for us to help. Election Protection’s team of legal volunteers are here to help voters cast those ballots and make sure they are counted. \nTo give New Jersey Election Day reports are: the Chairman of the People’s Organization for Progress Larry Hamm from 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM Eastern Time and New Jersey Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson will be rounding out the show with more New Jersey Election updates from 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time. While our show is focused on the New Jersey state elections\, important state elections are happening nationwide. From 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM\, Philadelphia City Commissioners’ Chairman Omar Sabir will join the show to discuss Election Day reports from Pennsylvania and from 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM\, National Radio Show Host Gary Flowers will join to discuss Virginia Election Day reports. \nThe Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC)\, the American Federation of Teachers\, the NAACP\,  the People’s Organizing for Progress\, some local municipalities\, and our many partners are finishing up the final day today of an 11-day Get Out The Vote effort for the 2025 New Jersey General Election during Early Voting and today\, Election Day. We have been continuing our nationally acclaimed John Lewis “Make Good Trouble Vote!” Votercade GOTV concept. The “Hey New Jersey! Let’s Vote!” Good Trouble GOTV Campaign has already rolled through Camden\, Trenton\, Newark\, Bridgeton\, Pleasantville\, Atlantic City\, New Brunswick\, Paterson\, Plainfield\, Hackensack\, East Orange\, Orange\, and Jersey City\, with the last day of The Tour being today! \nThe goal of the “Hey Jersey Let’s Vote!” campaign has been to increase Black voter awareness\, participation in the November 2025 elections and to counteract identified voter barriers in New Jersey\, such as long lines\, accessibility\, and information deficits. The TJC GOTV programming is designed to make voting a fun and exciting experience while increasing voter knowledge and participation in the 2025 General Election. The focus of “Hey Jersey Let’s Vote!” is in communities and neighborhoods of color. Uniquely\, New Jersey is one of the only northern states where the African American population has increased between 2012 – 2020 (up six percent). From the 2020 Census\, the current percentage of Black Voting Age Population in New Jersey is 12.86% of the voters. (New Jersey Voting-age Population By Race and Ethnicity from Census 2020). New Jersey is renowned for historically being in the top 10 of Black voter participation nationwide. In 2024 Black voter turnout in New Jersey was 69.5%. Our plan has been to increase this number. \nThis New Jersey GOTV Campaign also includes TJC’s team of “Freedom Riders” composed of Gen Z and Young Millennials who helped to canvas\, wave signs\, activate other youth\, help with setting up voting celebrations\, help voters with voter questions\, and perform other activities at each stop. One of the many benefits of being a Freedom Rider is our purposeful scheduling of events in which they learn about major voting rights historical moments. On today’s show will be one of our Freedom Riders Anya Dillard\, a graduate from Rutgers University Newark and a New Jersey resident\, from 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM Eastern Time. \nMembers of partner organizations have also joined the John Lewis “Good Trouble Vote” bus as Freedom Riders. One such Freedom Rider\, Sean Floyd\, Manager for National Programs and Outreach for the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation\, will be on the show from 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM Eastern Time. \nProposed Questions \n\n12:00 PM – 12:15 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan) – GUESTS: Larry Hamm and Anya Dillard\n\n\n\nBarbara and Daryl: Welcome to our listeners. The time is 12:00 PM Eastern Time- and we are almost at the midway point of voting for Election Day 2025\, as many of the polls in New Jersey opened at 6:00 AM. Nationwide\, here are the polling times in alphabetical order by state (all times are local): \n\nAlabama: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nAlaska: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nArkansas: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.\nCalifornia: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nColorado: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nDelaware: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nDistrict of Columbia: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nFlorida: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nGeorgia: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nHawaii: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nIdaho: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nIowa: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nKansas: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nMaryland: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nMassachusetts: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nMichigan: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nMinnesota: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nMississippi: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nMontana: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nNebraska: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nNebraska (Central Time): 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nNevada: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nNew Mexico: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nNorth Carolina: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.\nOhio: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.\nOklahoma: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nOregon: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nPennsylvania: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nRhode Island: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nSouth Carolina: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nSouth Dakota: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nTexas: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\nUtah: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nWest Virginia: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.\nWisconsin: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\nWyoming: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\n\nIf you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683). \n\nAnya\, you are a resident in New Jersey and you have been a Freedom Rider for over a week. What has it meant to you to have been part of this GOTV Program?\nWhat have the major highlights been for you?\nWhat have you learned that was new?\nHow does it feel to be reconnected to your other Freedom Riders again and to meet new ones across cohorts?\nLarry\, you are an experienced political leader in the state of New Jersey. What has changed in the procedures for state elections in New Jersey? (no slates)\nAnya\, what’s at stake for young people in these 2025 New Jersey state elections?\nIf you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).\nLarry\, What do you think of turnout to date in New Jersey?\nAll Guests: Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you and find out more information about where to vote and their voting rights?\n\n12:15 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUEST: Philadelphia City Commissioners’ Chairman Omar Sabir \n\nCommissioner Sabir\, Thank you for joining us. You are one of the most amazing election officials in the country. Please tell us what is on the ballot today in Pennsylvania.\nCommissioner Sabir\, Why is the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court race in particular so important?\nCommissioner Sabir\, What has the turnout been so far in Pennsylvania\, according to early voting reports?\nIf you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).\nCommissioner Sabir\, How have things been going for voters at the polls today in Pennsylvania?\nCommissioner Sabir\, What is the number one thing you want Pennsylvania voters to know right now?\nCommissioner Sabir\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you and find out more information about where to vote and their voting rights?\n\n12:30 PM – 12:45 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUESTS:  Gary Flowers and Sean Floyd \n\nGary Flowers\, Thank you for joining us. Please tell us what is on the ballot today in Virginia.\nIf you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).\nSean Floyd\, You are with one of our partner organizations\, National Coalition for Black Civic Participation and you’ve been riding the bus as a Freedom Rider for the past two days. Tell people about what NCBCP does.\nWhat is your role in the organization?\nHow has it been being a Freedom Rider?\nGary Flowers\, what has the turnout been so far\, according to early voting reports in Virginia?\nGary Flowers\, How have things been going for voters at the polls today in Virginia?\nSean Floyd\, based on your extensive experience with elections\, why is this New Jersey election so important?\nGary Flowers\, What is the number one thing you want Virginia voters to know right now?\nIf you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).\nAll Guests\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you and find out more information about where to vote and their voting rights?\n\n12:45 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan)- GUEST: New Jersey Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson \n\nAssemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson\, Thank you for joining us for your inaugural Igniting Change appearance. Once again for our listeners it is almost the halfway point for Election Day 2025 for state elections in New Jersey. Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson\, How have things been going for voters at the polls so far today in New Jersey?\nAssemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson\, Please tell us what is on the ballot today in New Jersey.\nIf you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).\nAssemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson\, What has the turnout been so far\, according to early voting reports in New Jersey?\nAssemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson\, Voters in New Jersey have until 8:00 PM to vote tonight\, correct? What is the number one thing you want New Jersey voters to know and do right now?\nIf you experience\, see\, or hear of ANY problems with voting\, you can call Election Protection at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).\nBe sure to call your friends\, families\, and neighbors to see if they’ve voted. You have until 8:00 PM – be sure to go to your designated polling place!\nAssemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you and find out more information about where to vote and their voting rights?\n\n[While taking the show out\, Arnwine and Jones will discuss the Trump Administration’s announcement that they’re going to monitor November elections in California and New Jersey\, without any real stated reasons for their presence. They will talk about how this is voter intimidation and election subversion. And even though we weren’t able to give reports nationwide\, and especially in California\, New York\, North Carolina\, and Georgia\, we want to remind voters that there are elections everywhere; please\, DOUBLE CHECK\, to make sure that you don’t miss your opportunity to vote ] \n[ Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\nDecember 1st – 6th: 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Montgomery Bus Boycott\nWhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – October 28: Hey\, New Jersey! Let’s Vote!’ TJC GOTV Tour in New Jersey Off To A Great Start!
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nOctober 28: Hey\, New Jersey! Let’s Vote!’ TJC GOTV Tour in New Jersey Off To A Great Start!\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nMakayla Myers: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nMakayla Myers is a Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Fellow\, September 2024 class and is a Freedom Rider in the “Hey Jersey! Let’s Vote!” GOTV Campaign. She is a full-time student at Community College of Philadelphia\, pursuing her Associate’s Degree in Public Health\, and is a resident of Cumberland County\, New Jersey. She is the volunteer Youth Commissioner for the City of Philadelphia. She started advocating for voting rights at 20 years old when her sister’s vote was suppressed. \nCameron Barnes: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time\nNational Voting Rights Advocate; National Youth Director of Rainbow PUSH; TJC Fellow and Freedom Rider; Director of Youth & Young Adult Engagement\, New Faith MB Church Chicago \nAngel Edwards: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nTransformative Justice Coalition Voting Rights Alumni & Fellow\, April 2024 Class; Organizer\, TJC’s “I’ll Rise and Vote 2024 Voter Activations and GOTV Concert Series” for Jacksonville\, Florida; Freedom Rider for TJC’s “Hey Jersey! Let’s Vote!” GOTV Tour in New Jersey; received a degree in Political Science with a double concentration in History and Africana Social Sciences from Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach\, FL; a Black Voters Matter\, Liberators In Training student fellow’s 2024 Cohort; Former Research Fellow at the Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center; Community/ Campus Organizer Fellow at Dream Defenders\, a call center operator at the Andrew Gillum Campaign\, an Operations Fellow at the Museum of Science and History\, and an African American History Tutor at Bethune-Cookman University; has participated in several conferences\, including the Freedom of Speech Conference at Florida Southern College\, HBCU Climate Change Awareness Conferences hosted in Hampton\, GA\, Howard University\, and Xavier University.  Policies and Politics Convenings attended include Leesburg\, FL and Charleston\, SC; attended Leadership Trainings in Orlando\, Jacksonville\,Tallahassee and Phoenix; member of various organizations\, including Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.\, Red Alliance for Justice\, Jacksonville Leadership Coalition\, Metro Gardens Association\, and Black Voters Matter \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, October 28th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “ ‘Hey\, New Jersey! Let’s Vote!’ TJC GOTV Tour in New Jersey Off To A Great Start!”\, will be live from New Brunswick\, New Jersey with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Mayor Marty Small Sr.; Cameron Barnes; Anya Dillard; and\, Angel Edwards. \nThis show will discuss the ambitious TJC and Partners Good Trouble Tour in New Jersey\, including: TJC’s voter engagement activation in New Jersey: how people can get information about; The Tour’s Partners; where we’ve been since October 25th in the state of New Jersey; how important early voting is; where the next New Jersey stops will be; why TJC is in New Jersey; and\, more. The Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC)\, the People’s Organizing for Progress\, some local municipalities\, and our many partners are spearheading a Get Out The Vote effort for the 2025 New Jersey General Election during Early Voting. We are in New Jersey from October 25th through November 2nd\, 2025\, continuing our nationally acclaimed John Lewis “Make Good Trouble Vote!” Votercade GOTV concept. The “Hey New Jersey! Let’s Vote!” Good Trouble GOTV Campaign has already rolled through Camden\, Trenton\, Bridgeton\, Pleasantville\, and Atlantic City\, with more Good And Necessary Trouble on the way to rally voters! \nThe goal of the “Hey Jersey Let’s Vote!” campaign is to increase Black voter awareness\, participation in the November 2025 elections and to counteract identified voter barriers in New Jersey\, such as long lines\, accessibility\, and information deficits. The TJC GOTV programming is designed to make voting a fun and exciting experience while increasing voter knowledge and participation in the 2025 General Election. The focus of “Hey Jersey Let’s Vote!” is in communities and neighborhoods of color. \nA Votercade is a large procession of vehicles\, horns blowing\, lights flashing\, covered with John Lewis image signage educating and encouraging voters that voting season has arrived in New Jersey.  The Votercades create substantial “hoopla”\, anticipation\, media attention\, and community involvement all leading to greater voter awareness and turnout. \nOn Monday\, October 27th\, Igniting Change guest Mayor Marty Small Sr.\, the mayor of the City of Atlantic City\, led a 20+ car votercade through Atlantic City\, beginning at a popular fishing location near Seawall\, driving through middle class neighborhoods and around local schools\, through the city and residential neighborhoods\, and to a homeless shelter\, and then to Brown’s Park which featured rides to the polls for unhoused individuals. From 12:05 PM – 12:20 PM Eastern Time\, Mayor Marty Small Sr. will tell us about Atlantic City and why Atlantic City wanted TJC to come through with the John Lewis bus\, and the impact of our visit. \nSince 2020\, the Votercade concept has been successfully used by TJC and partners in over two hundred (200) communities and neighborhoods throughout America.  Every polling place at which a Votercade has been used to encourage voter participation has experienced a significant increase in voter turnout. The Votercades call attention to the GOTV activities and are most effective when coordinated with local Rides To The Polls/Souls to the Polls groups to generate mass grassroot public education to marginalized and targeted communities that the voting season is here!  Uniquely\, New Jersey is one of the only northern states where the African American population has increased between 2012 – 2020 (up six percent).  From the 2020 Census\, the current percentage of Black Voting Age Population in New Jersey is 12.86% of the voters. (New Jersey Voting-age Population By Race and Ethnicity from Census 2020).  New Jersey is renowned for historically being in the top 10 of Black voter participation nationwide.  In 2024 Black voter turnout in New Jersey was 69.5%. Our plan is to increase this number. \nVotercading is especially powerful during Souls to the Polls Sundays.  TJC has successfully used this strategy in partnership with ministerial alliances and churches/mosques and other religious institutions in Pennsylvania\, North Carolina\, Georgia\, Washington\, DC and other states. Clergy have joined our stops at polling places and engaged voters waiting in long lines in prayer\, song\, testimonials and comfort. As New Jersey will have 2 Sundays included in its early voting\, we will focus heavily on this strategy. \nVotercading has been used to combat voter suppression\, especially by encouraging voters confronting long lines throughout the voting period. \nThis GOTV Campaign also includes TJC’s team of “Freedom Riders” composed of Gen Z and Young Millennials who will help to canvas\, wave signs\, activate other youth\, help with setting up the Celebration Village\, and perform other activities at each stop. One of the many benefits of being a Freedom Rider is our purposeful scheduling of events in which they learn about major voting rights historical moments. For example\, the Atlantic City route included a stop to learn from Mr. Maddox\, whose family was close with Amelia Platts-Bonyton Robinson’s and whose father treated victims of Bloody Sunday including John Lewis. There was also a stop at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City to see Fannie Lou Hamer’s statue and rare historical pictures and learn more of her historical significance in the fight for voting rights. \nOn today’s show will be three of our Freedom Riders: Cameron Barnes\, our Freedom Rider Team Leader; Anya Dillard\, a graduate from Rutgers University Newark and a New Jersey resident; and\, Angel Edwards\, who organized an activation during our “I’ll Rise and Vote 2024 Voter Activations and GOTV Concert Series” for Jacksonville\, Florida and is on the bus again for New Jersey! \nMembers of partner organizations are encouraged to join the John Lewis “Good Trouble Vote” bus as Freedom Riders. \nProposed Questions \n\n\n\n\n\n[Barbara and Daryl will introduce the show\, LIVE from New Brunswick\, New Jersey] \n12:05 PM – 12:20 PM Eastern Time (non-partisan) – GUEST: Mayor Marty Small Sr. \n\nThank you Mayor Small for joining us today. Please tell our listeners about your background. When did you become mayor?\nWhen people think about Atlantic City\, they think about the casinos and the Boardwalk\, which are major parts of the city; but\, tell people what else they need to know about the city. (Strong clean energy and consciousness of the city)\n“ ‘It’s a GREAT Day here in the City of Atlantic City!’ CAN YOU SAY GREAT DAY?” Yesterday\, when you greeted us in Atlantic City\, you had us do this chant. Why is this your favorite chant?\nWe were really urged to go to Atlantic City; it was not originally on our schedule. But the NAACP urged us because South Jersey is often overlooked. When you first heard we were coming\, what was your reaction?\nHow did it feel to lead this 20+ car and our big John Lewis “Good Trouble” bus- our “Freedom Bus”?\nWhy did you choose for us to go to a homeless shelter? At this stop\, there was free food given both at the shelter and at Brown’s Park where rides to the polls were also offered. We found it fascinating as many people don’t focus on the voting rights of the unhoused population.\nOne of the major stops of the day was at the Boardwalk Hall of Atlantic City for our Freedom Riders to see the statue of Fannie Lou Hamer and learn about her impactful voting rights legacy. How did you feel speaking to these young modern-day Freedom Riders?\nMayor Marty Small Sr.\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you and find how out more information about where to vote and their voting rights in the GREAT Atlantic City?\n\n12:20 PM – 12:50 PM Guests: Cameron Barnes; Anya Dillard; and\, Angel Edwards \n\nCameron\, you are the Freedom Riders Team Leader and you have been on many activations for TJC. Why did you choose to come from Chicago to be part of this non-partisan New Jersey activation?\nAngel\, you were part of our non-partisan “I’ll Rise And Vote” Concert Series activation in 2024 in Jacksonville\, Florida. Why did you choose to come all the way from Florida to be a part of this non-partisan New Jersey activation?\nAnya\, you are from New Jersey- you graduated from Rutgers University Newark. You were a Freedom Rider during our non-partisan “Stay Woke\, Florida!” GOTV Activation in 2023. What does it mean for you that TJC is conducting this non-partisan 2025 activation in New Jersey?\nEveryone\, what’s at stake for young people in these 2025 New Jersey state elections?\nEveryone\, We’ve been here since early voting began in New Jersey since October 25th. How has this trip been for you so far?\nWhat have the major highlights been for each of you?\nWhat have you learned that was new?\nHow does it feel to be reconnected to your other Freedom Riders again and to meet new ones across cohorts?\nEveryone\, How can our listeners get involved with the GOTV Tour? [tjcoalition.org]\nEveryone\, thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[While taking the show out\, Arnwine and Jones will discuss the Trump Administration’s announcement that they’re going to monitor November elections in California and New Jersey\, without any real stated reasons for their presence. They will talk about how this is voter intimidation and election subversion.] \n[ Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\nDecember 1st – 6th: 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Montgomery Bus Boycott\nWhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
URL:https://barbaraarnwine.com/event/talkradio-october-28-2025/
LOCATION:News Talk Radio 1450
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SUMMARY:Good Trouble Bus Tour: Hey Jersey Let's Vote
DESCRIPTION:We’re bringing out the John Lewis Good Trouble bus and heading across the state the state of New Jersey! Get ready because the Hey Jersey Let’s Vote GOTV Tour is rolling out to Power Up Voters from October 24 – November 4\, 2025!
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – October 21: The People United! Hundreds Rally At Supreme Court and 7 Million Take To Streets to Declare NoKings!
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nOctober 21: The People United! Hundreds Rally At Supreme Court and 7 Million Take To Streets to Declare NoKings!\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nCliff Albright: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM ET\nCo-Founder\, Black Voters Matter Fund \nAlderperson Jessie Fuentes: 12:15 PM – 12:50 PM ET\nJessie Fuentes is the alderperson for Chicago’s 26th Ward and a queer Latina grassroots organizer\, educator\, and public policy advocate. Raised in Humboldt Park\, she overcame personal and systemic challenges\, later serving as Dean of Students at Roberto Clemente Community Academy and Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School. Before her election\, she was Director of Policy and Youth Advocacy at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center\, focusing on violence prevention\, housing affordability\, and re-entry support for formerly incarcerated individuals. \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, October 21st\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled\, “The People United! Hundreds Rally At Supreme Court and 7 Million Take To Streets to Declare NoKings!”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature Cliff Albright and Alderperson Jessie Fuentes. \nThis show will review last week’s rallies and conversation surrounding the national fight to save the Voting Rights Act of 1965 from the many attacks by state legislatures and individuals seeking to destroy our voting rights protections. On October 15th\, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais. In this case\, non-Black voters and the State of Louisiana seek to have majority minority districts declared unconstitutional and the Voting Rights Act itself declared unconstitutional!! In anticipation of the oral arguments in this critical case\, on October 15th\, NAACP LDF\, TJC\, Black Voters Matters and many other organizations rallied at the Supreme Court of the United States from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM during the Louisiana v. Callais oral argument to demonstrate in support of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and to say: “HANDS OFF OUR VOTING RIGHTS!” Our ancestors fought for this tirelessly so let us not grow tired protecting it! \nThere were several hundred people who participated\, creating a multiracial crowd with a lot of young people with high energy and high enthusiasm. TJC Co-leaders\, Attorneys\, and Igniting Change Co-hosts Daryl Jones and Barbara Arnwine spoke at the rally. TJC along with the League of Women Voters\, the Leadership Conference for Civil Rights\, and Black Voters Matters played a major role in planning the rally. The case was superbly argued by Janai Nelson\, Chief Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. The rally ended with a rousing cheer for her at the end of what was a contentious two-and-half hour court argument. Black Voters Matters brought 9 buses from 9 different states\, mostly from the Deep South ( Louisiana\, Virginia\, Florida\, South Carolina\, North Carolina\, Alabama\, Mississippi\, and more). Igniting Change guest Cliff Albright will discuss why Black Voters Matter invested so heavily in bringing hundreds of people to the Court to the rally. \nSimultaneously in Louisiana on October 15th\, a prayer vigil and minor rally was held at the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol. This rally is sponsored by the Louisiana NAACP\, the New National Christian Leadership Movement\, and TJC. Igniting Change Co-Host Daryl Jones played a major role in inspiring the prayer vigil and rally. \nAs a quick review of this case\, the hapless Supreme Court of the United States is at it again: This Time\, it’s denying Black people voting power! Enough Black people moved to Louisiana to merit a second congressional district per the 2020 Census. But the Louisiana State Legislature didn’t want to risk a second Black member of Congress\, so they refused to draw a district for a second majority-minority district. The Louisiana State Legislature’s attempt to not give up any power and underrepresent Black voters resulted in Black residents suing them and winning. This win prompted the Louisiana Federal Court to have to threaten that it would draw the second Black District if the State Legislature didn’t do it themselves. The Louisiana State Legislature\, most likely wanting to protect Representative Steve Scalise and House Speaker Mike Johnson\, drew a second Black district; however\, some White residents in Louisiana protested this and alleged that the new Black district is “reverse racism” and denied them equal protection rights under the 14th and 15th Amendments. If their “reverse discrimination” case succeeds\, then the Supreme Court of the United States would\, for all intents and purposes\, kill the Voting Rights Act’s purpose\, which was to protect Black and Brown voters in electing representatives. This is the basis of the Louisiana v. Callais case. \nDuring the October 15th\, 2025 oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais\, the Supreme Court justices and legal teams focused sharply on whether race-conscious redistricting—specifically Louisiana’s creation of a second majority-Black district under SB 8—violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendment. Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) is Louisiana’s 2024 redistricting law that redefined the boundaries of the state’s six congressional districts\, including the creation of a second majority-Black district\, and was enacted as Act No. 2 on January 22nd\, 2024.\nhttps://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245512). Louisiana’s legal team\, despite being the formal appellant\, declined to defend SB 8 and instead urged the Court to affirm the lower court’s injunction\, effectively opposing the map it had previously enacted (Editor\, 2025\, Redistricting Online\, https://redistrictingonline.org/2025/10/18/the-courts-second-look-inside-the-october-15-argument-in-louisiana-v-callais). \nJustice Clarence Thomas led the conservative wing in expressing deep skepticism about the constitutionality of race-based districting\, questioning whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act permits such remedies at all. Justice Samuel Alito echoed concerns about racial predominance\, suggesting that SB 8 may have failed strict scrutiny\, the highest standard of judicial review applied to race-based government actions. Justice Neil Gorsuch probed whether the map’s design was narrowly tailored to meet a compelling interest\, implying it may not be. Justice Brett Kavanaugh introduced the idea of temporal limits\, asking whether race-conscious remedies should expire after a certain period\, even if initially justified (Editor\, 2025\, Redistricting Online\, https://redistrictingonline.org/2025/10/18/the-courts-second-look-inside-the-october-15-argument-in-louisiana-v-callais). \nChief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett were more reserved\, though Roberts asked whether the state’s approach aligned with precedent from Allen v. Milligan\, which upheld race-conscious districting under specific conditions. Barrett inquired about the evidentiary basis for determining whether race predominated in the map’s design\, suggesting she may be weighing whether the lower court’s findings were sufficiently supported. \nJanai Nelson\, arguing for the appellees\, defended SB 8 as a lawful remedy under Section 2\, emphasizing that the district was drawn in response to proven vote dilution and not racial quotas. She argued that the map met the Thornburg v. Gingles preconditions and was narrowly tailored to address historical discrimination. Nelson also pushed back against the notion of temporal limits\, stating that enduring structural barriers to representation justify ongoing race-conscious remedies (Editor\, 2025\, Redistricting Online\, https://redistrictingonline.org/2025/10/18/the-courts-second-look-inside-the-october-15-argument-in-louisiana-v-callais). \nLater in the show\, Igniting Change will continue its coverage of another topic from a previous show and update its listeners on what’s happening in Chicago and the ICE Raids with Igniting Change guest Alderperson Jessie Fuentes. On October 3rd\, 2025\, Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes of the 26th Ward was handcuffed and briefly detained by agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) inside Humboldt Park Health hospital. Fuentes had arrived to check on a 37-year-old man who reportedly broke his leg while being chased by ICE agents. The man was receiving emergency medical care\, and Fuentes questioned the legality of ICE’s presence in the hospital\, repeatedly asking whether they had a “signed judicial warrant”—a specific type of warrant issued by a judge\, required for entry into private spaces under the Fourth Amendment. ICE agents refused to answer and instead accused Fuentes of “impeding\,” a term used to justify obstruction charges when someone is perceived to interfere with law enforcement operations. Cell phone footage captured the moment agents grabbed and handcuffed her as she asserted\, “That man has constitutional rights. I did not touch you. It is a public space. I am not trespassing” (Feurer\, 2025\, CBS News Chicago\, https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ald-jessie-fuentes-arrested-ice-agents-humboldt-park-hospital). \nFuentes was released shortly afterward and continued advocating for the injured man’s access to legal counsel and uninterrupted medical care. She stated\, “He deserves all the medical care without living in fear. He also has the right to an attorney” (Masterson\, 2025\, WTTW News\, https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/03/chicago-ald-jessie-fuentes-handcuffed-federal-agents-while-asking-about-patient-s-ice; Picture Source: https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/ald-jesse-fuentes-gears-up-to-sue-after-being-handcuffed-by-ice-agent ). Her arrest sparked immediate backlash from city officials. Mayor Brandon Johnson condemned the incident\, emphasizing that elected officials have a First Amendment right to document federal actions and inform constituents of their legal protections. He called the arrest “a direct attack on democratic accountability” (Masterson\, 2025\, WTTW News\, https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/03/chicago-ald-jessie-fuentes-handcuffed-federal-agents-while-asking-about-patient-s-ice). \nThe confrontation occurred amid heightened tensions over immigration enforcement in Chicago\, where ICE operations have increasingly drawn criticism for their aggressive tactics. Fuentes later announced plans to pursue legal action against the federal agents involved\, citing violations of her constitutional rights and the rights of the detained individual (Evans\, 2025\, Block Club Chicago\, https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/ald-jesse-fuentes-gears-up-to-sue-after-being-handcuffed-by-ice-agent). The incident has reignited debate over the limits of federal authority in local jurisdictions\, especially in sensitive spaces like hospitals\, which are traditionally considered sanctuaries under medical ethics and privacy laws. \nThis show will also discuss the hugely successful #NoKings Protests. On October 18th\, 2025\, nearly seven million people participated in the second nationwide “No Kings” Day of Action\, staging over 2\,700 peaceful protests across all 50 states to oppose President Donald Trump’s perceived authoritarianism and demand restoration of democratic norms. Organized by groups including Indivisible\, MoveOn\, and the ACLU\, the demonstrations featured clergy\, veterans\, students\, and small business owners united under the slogan “In America\, we don’t do kings\,” with organizers emphasizing the protests as a patriotic defense of the First Amendment and a rejection of executive overreach (No Kings Coalition\, 2025\, Nearly 7 million people attend overwhelmingly peaceful No Kings Day of Action\, https://www.nokings.org/news/nearly-7-million-people-attend-overwhelmingly-peaceful-no-kings-day-of-action). Representing the Transformative Justice Coalition\, TJC Co-Leaders Barbara Arnwine\, Esq\, and Daryl Jones\, Esq. sit on the No Kings Steering Committee. \nIn the last 10 minutes of the show\, Igniting Change Co-Hosts Daryl Jones\, Esq. and Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. will discuss Good Trouble Coming To New Jersey\, TJC’s upcoming voter engagement activation in New Jersey. The Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC)\, the People’s Organizing for Progress\, some local municipalities\, and our many partners will be spearheading a Get Out The Vote effort for the 2025 New Jersey General Election during Early Voting from October 25th through November 2nd\, 2025\, continuing its nationally acclaimed John Lewis “Make Good Trouble Vote!” Votercade GOTV concept.  A Votercade is a large procession of vehicles\, horns blowing\, lights flashing\, covered with John Lewis image signage educating and encouraging voters that voting season has arrived in New Jersey.  The Votercades create substantial “hoopla”\, anticipation\, media attention\, and community involvement all leading to greater voter awareness and turnout. \nSince 2020\, the Votercade concept has been successfully used by TJC and partners in over two hundred (200) communities and neighborhoods throughout America.  Every polling place at which a Votercade has been used to encourage voter participation has experienced a significant increase in voter turnout. The Votercades call attention to the GOTV activities and are most effective when coordinated with local Rides To The Polls/Souls to the Polls groups to generate mass grassroot public education to marginalized and targeted communities that the voting season is here!  Uniquely\, New Jersey is one of the only northern states where the African American population has increased between 2012 – 2020 (up six percent).  From the 2020 Census\, the current percentage of Black Voting Age Population in New Jersey is 12.86% of the voters. (New Jersey Voting-age Population By Race and Ethnicity from Census 2020).  New Jersey is renowned for historically being in the top 10 of Black voter participation nationwide.  In 2024 Black voter turnout in New Jersey was 69.5%. Our plan is to increase this number. \nVotercading is especially powerful during Souls to the Polls Sundays.  TJC has successfully used this strategy in partnership with ministerial alliances and churches/mosques and other religious institutions in Pennsylvania\, North Carolina\, Georgia\, Washington\, DC and other states. Clergy have joined our stops at polling places and engaged voters waiting in long lines in prayer\, song\, testimonials and comfort. As New Jersey will have 2 Sundays included in its early voting\, we will focus heavily on this strategy. \nVotercading has been used to combat voter suppression\, especially by encouraging voters confronting long lines throughout the voting period. \nIf available\, each Votercade concludes at an early voting center or at a polling station with a “Celebration Village.”  The “Celebration Village” is an area where free food trucks provide food for the community; a local deejay is playing music; voter status information is provided to attendees; Returning Citizens are advised by organizational voting rights lawyers regarding their ability to vote; and a Hoopbus is on site encouraging young voters to show off their basketball skills while attendees and/or their parents are encouraged to vote. Previous “Celebration Villages” have included free haircuts\, school supplies for students\, and free banned books.  The Votercade concept helps to make the voting process an enjoyable and inspirational experience for individuals and/or families and to celebrate voting. \nThis GOTV Campaign will also include TJC’s team of “Freedom Riders” composed of Gen Z and Young Millennials who will help to canvas\, wave signs\, activate other youth\, help with setting up the Celebration Village\, and perform other activities at each stop.  Members of partner organizations are encouraged to join the John Lewis “Good Trouble Vote” bus as Freedom Riders. \nProposed Questions \nThe questions included below are designed to provide a guide but are not the only possible questions\, nor may they be asked in the exact same order. If a question does not have a specific name\, then it is for everyone. \n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\n12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time – GUEST: Cliff Albright \n\nWelcome back to igniting Change.  Last week\, you served in 2 major leadership roles; one at the People’s Rally held at the Supreme Court of the United States during the Callais argument and the other during the DC NoKings phenomenal protest and rally.\nWhy did Black Voters Matter invest in providing buses for voters to attend the Supreme Court Rally?\nWhy did you pick these deeply Southern states for the bus rides?\nTell us about the people who rode the buses to attend the Rally?\nWhat for you were the highlights of the Rally?\nThe argument in the Supreme Court was highly contentious and ran 2 ½ hours\, Why was it important that Janai Nelson\, Chief Counsel\, NAACP argued this case?\nWhat should our listeners understand about the likely impact of the Court’s decision in this case?\nWhat is next in this fight for Black Political Power?\n\n12:15 PM – 12:30 PM Guests: Alderperson Jessie Fuentes and Cliff Albright \n\nCliff\, we have been joined by Alderperson Jessie Fuentes.\nAlderperson Fuentes\, Cliff has been talking about the Supreme Court of the United States. One case I want to mention while Cliff is still here is the Noem v. Perdomo case\, in which the Court has sanctioned racial profiling\, especially against Latinos. How has this affected your district and your fight against the illegal occupation of ICE?\n[Question info here for background: Is this Court particularly hostile to racial justice claims?\nSotomayor in her dissent in the Noem v. Perdomo case\, wrote that the decision to allow indiscriminate immigration related stops in California rubber stamping racial profiling is yet another grade misuse of our emergency docket” “We should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone who looks Latino\, speaks Spanish and appears to work a low wage job.”  Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost\, I dissent.”]\nBoth of you were involved in Saturday’s No Kings Protests.\nCliff\, you spoke before an estimated 200\,000 people in Washington\, DC NoKings historic protest and Rally\, what was your main message?\nAlderperson Fuentes\, tell us about your involvement? Because we saw the picture of you holding the banner!\nCliff\, Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:35 PM – 12:50 PM- Guest: Alderperson Jessie Fuentes \n\nAlderperson Fuentes\, Our show has featured the horrific abuses of the Trump Administration’s ICE which has been deployed to operate like a Gestapo across our nation. 2 weeks we discussed the horrific SouthShore invasion in Chicago.\nAnd the abuses continue\, please tell our audience about the horrid handcuffing arrest by ICE agents\, some masked\, at a hospital while checking on a constituent from your district.\nWhat excuse did ICE use for your arrest?\nWhat has been the reaction of your constituents to this arrest?\nCan you tell us about the current condition of your constituent of whom you sought to protect his Constitutional rights on October 3rd. How is he doing? Has he been able to get the needed medical treatment? How has this affected other people who may be targeted by racial profiling by ICE?\nTo the degree that you can\, tell us about the lawsuit that you are pursuing against ICE.\nMayor Brandon Johnson condemned the incident\, emphasizing that elected officials have a First Amendment right to document federal actions and inform constituents of their legal protections. He called the arrest “a direct attack on democratic accountability”. How do you feel about the support you’ve gotten from Mayor Johnson and other elected officials?\nWhat can our listeners do to express their opposition to this horrific deployment of ICE and the National Guard?\nWhat is your best advice for how people keep their and their followers’ and friends’ spirits uplifted at this time\, when there’s so much negativity?\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:50 PM – 12:57 PM: Daryl Jones and Barbara Arnwine will discuss how people can get information about TJC’s upcoming New Jersey GOTV Tour; will discuss the Tour’s partners; how important early voting is; where the New Jersey stops will be; why TJC is going to New Jersey; and\, more. \n\nDaryl\, As a recap of the beginning of the show\, Daryl tells people about your “Viral Voting Moment” video about the Louisiana v. Callias case and how people can watch the video. (People can watch the video by going to tjcoalition.org\, and click on the slider flyer about the rally that says “Learn More”)\nBarbara was at the Washington D.C. No Kings protest and Daryl was at the No Kings Protest in Atlanta\, Georgia. Barbara and Daryl will discuss the highlights\, how it differed from No Kings 1\, and what they hope for the future for No Kings 3 and other mass protests.\nWith so many things happening at the same time\, briefly state one thing you wish people would also focus on right now to help make a difference\, even if it wasn’t covered in today’s show.\nHow can our listeners get involved with the GOTV Tour?\nWith so many things happening at the same time\, briefly state one thing you wish people would be focused on right now to help make a difference\, even if it wasn’t covered in today’s show.\n\n[ Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\nDecember 1st – 6th: 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Montgomery Bus Boycott\nWhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – October 14: We Demand Justice: Join Us At Supreme Court to Decry Attack on the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais case
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nOctober 14: We Demand Justice: Join Us At Supreme Court to Decry Attack on the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais case\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nAlex Aronson\, Esq.: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM ET\nAuthor & Political Commentator; Executive Director of Court Accountability; Former\, Chief Counsel for US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); Former\, Staff for the Senate Judiciary Committee\, Federal Courts\, Oversight\, Agency Action and Federal Rights Subcommittee; Attorney\, US Department of Justice  and Associate\, Covington & Burling\, LLP. \nTanya Clay House\, Esq.: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nTanya Clay House\, CEO\, Clay House Consulting\, Inc. \nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, October 14th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “We Demand Justice: Join Us At Supreme Court to Decry Attack on the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais case”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature Alex Aronson\, Esq.\, Tanya Clay House\, Esq.\, and other various guests related to the Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais. To view a video summary of this case\, check out Attorney Daryl Jones’ “Viral Voting Moment” on YouTube https://youtu.be/_PBHwTKMAHs?feature=shared. \nWe will begin our show with an overview of the Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS) operations and jurisprudence since the advent of the 2025 Trump Administration. Our guest Alex Aronson\, Esq. will discuss the major trendlines of this Court and why it is important for the public to seek reforms of the Court. \nThis show will cover the national fight to save the Voting Rights Act of 1965 from the many attacks by state legislatures and individuals seeking to destroy our voting rights protections.  The major battle is the upcoming oral argument on October 15th before the Supreme Court of the United States in the Louisiana v. Callais. In this case\, non-Black voters and the State of Louisiana seek to have majority minority districts declared unconstitutional and the Voting Rights Act itself declared unconstitutional!! \nThe hapless Supreme Court of the United States is at it again: This Time\, it’s denying Black people voting power! Enough Black people moved to Louisiana to merit a second congressional district per the 2020 Census. But the Louisiana State Legislature didn’t want to risk a second Black member of Congress\, so they refused to draw a district for a second majority-minority district. The Louisiana State Legislature’s attempt to not give up any power and underrepresent Black voters resulted in Black residents suing them and winning. This win prompted the Louisiana Federal Court to have to threaten that it would draw the second Black District if the State Legislature didn’t do it themselves. The Louisiana State Legislature\, most likely wanting to protect Representative Steve Scalise and House Speaker Mike Johnson\, drew a second Black district; however\, some White residents in Louisiana protested this and alleged that the new Black district is “reverse racism” and denied them equal protection rights under the 14th and 15th Amendments. If their “reverse discrimination” case succeeds\, then the Supreme Court of the United States would\, for all intents and purposes\, kill the Voting Rights Act’s purpose\, which was to protect Black and Brown voters in electing representatives. This is the basis of the Louisiana v. Callais case. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the argument on Wednesday\, October 15th\, 2025. \nOn October 15th\, please join NAACP LDF\, TJC\, Black Voters Matters and many other organizations at the Supreme Court of the United States at 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM during the Louisiana v. Callais oral argument to demonstrate in support of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. We will be gathering at 9:00 AM in front of the Supreme Court of the United States to say “HANDS OFF OUR VOTING RIGHTS!” Together\, let’s protect our vote- our ancestors fought for this tirelessly so let us not grow tired protecting it! \nIf you’re in Louisiana on October 15th\, join a prayer vigil and rally at the Louisiana State Capitol\, 900 North Third Street\, Baton Rouge\, Louisiana at 8:00 AM CST. This rally is sponsored by the Louisiana NAACP\, the New National Christian Leadership Movement\, and TJC. Download and share the general\, FB\, or Instagram versions of the prayer vigil flyer here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MP8HF-PVLkDcP4to8vJTaQKO7CmKroi5 \nProposed Questions \nThe questions included below are designed to provide a guide but are not the only possible questions\, nor may they be asked in the exact same order. If a question does not have a specific name\, then it is for everyone. \n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\n12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time- GUEST: Alex Aronson\, Esq. \n[In the beginning of the show\, Daryl and Barbara will: Urge everyone to please join NAACP LDF\, TJC\, Black Voters Matters and many other organizations at the Supreme Court of the United States at 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM on October 15th during the Louisiana v. Callais oral argument to demonstrate in support of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. \n\nWelcome back to igniting Change.  Since you last joined us on June 25\, 2024\, there have been many developments in the Supreme Court of the United States operations and jurisprudence.\nWhat are the trend lines that our audience needs to be most aware of at the Court?\nLast time you joined us\, we were all concerned about the decision in US v Trump which gave the President immense immunity. How has that decision affected the Court’s rulings on cases asserting presidential overreach and unconstitutional power grabs?\nDescribe how the use of the emergency shadow docket is impacting our rights but the nature of the federal judiciary itself.\nSotomayor in her dissent in the Noem v. Perdomo case\, wrote that the decision to allow indiscriminate immigration related stops in California rubber stamping racial profiling is yet another grade misuse of our emergency docket” “We should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone who looks Latino\, speaks Spanish and appears to work a low wage job.”  Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost\, I dissent.”\nWhat have you extrapolated from this decision about the threat this court poses to our constitutional protections?\nWhat are the implications of the growing criticism by the lower federal courts of the Court’s use of the emergency docket?\nIs this Court particularly hostile to racial justice claims?\nWhat have you surmised from the Court’s rescheduling of the argument in the Louisiana v. Callais case?\nYou are a proponent of Supreme Court reform? Which reforms are most critical in this moment?\nWhat do you recommend people do to stop the excesses of this Court?\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:30 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time- Guest: Tanya Clay House\, Esq and Various Guests \n\nCongratulations on your excellent Comcast interview in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the National Bar Association. Yesterday\, you held a meeting of the NBA Civil Rights Section. It was quite a serious meeting\, especially when we discussed the case of Louisiana v. Callais. Why did you think the membership of the Civil Rights Section was so concerned about this case? [20 to 23 Congressional Black Caucus Members could lose their seats if the Court rules very adversely.]\nTanya\, what were some of the recommendations lawyers were encouraged to do to help educate people and engage people in this case?\nTanya\, why should everyone be concerned about this case?\nTanya\, why is it important for people to show up on Wednesday Morning at 9:00 AM in front of the Supreme Court of the United States to participate in the rally?\nAll Guests: Beyond the rally\, what can everyone do?\nTanya\, how do people best educate themselves about this case?\nDaryl\, tell us about your video. (People can watch the video by going to tjcoalition.org\, and click on the slider flyer about the rally that says “Learn More”)\nAll Guests: What do you hope leaders will focus on in these times?\nAll Guests: What is your best advice for how people keep their and their followers’ and friends’ spirits uplifted at this time\, when there’s so much negativity?\nAll Guests: How can people fight back? (The U.S. Senate Switchboard Number is 202-224-3121 & you’ll be connected to your senators’ office and ask for the email addresses. If people have additional time\, TJC urges you to email your senators re-iterating your opposition.)\nAll Guests: How can our listeners get involved? What are the next steps for you?\nAll Guests: With so many things happening at the same time\, briefly state one thing you wish people would be focused on right now to help make a difference\, even if it wasn’t covered in today’s show.\nAll Guests: Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine and Jones will remind listeners: \n\nDecember 1st – 6th: 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Montgomery Bus Boycott\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump Takeover of D.C. and other cities and to tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act\nto stay in those streets!\nOctober 15th\, please join NAACP LDF\, TJC\, Black Voters Matters and many other organizations at the Supreme Court of the United States at 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM during the Louisiana v. Callais oral argument to demonstrate in support of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.\nMark Your Calendars Now for NOKINGS PART 2! ON OCTOBER 18TH. https://www.nokings.org/\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – October 7: President Trump’s ICE Forces Terrorize Chicago’s South Side: Fighting Racial Injustice and Restoring Constitutional Order
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nOctober 7: President Trump’s ICE Forces Terrorize Chicago’s South Side: Fighting Racial Injustice and Restoring Constitutional Order\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nCongressman Jonathan Jackson: 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM Eastern Time\nRepresents Illinois’s 1st Congressional District since January 3\, 2023; Born on January 7\, 1966\, in Chicago\, he is the son of civil rights leaders Rev. Jesse Jackson and Jacqueline Jackson\, and the godson of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Before entering Congress\, Jackson was a businessman\, professor\, and national spokesman for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; His activism spans decades\, including involvement in international negotiations for the release of American captives and advocacy for victims of police misconduct; In Congress\, he serves on the House Committees on Agriculture and Foreign Affairs and is a member of several caucuses\, including the Congressional Black Caucus and the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition \nRev. Ciera Bates Chamberlain: 12:15 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nRev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain was born and raised on the Southside of Chicago. She is committed to the fight for social and economic justice by strengthening communities through radical theology. As the Founder and Executive Director of Live Free Chicago-Live Free Illinois\, Ciera works with Black churches to create safe\, economically viable\, and self-sustained Black communities. Prior to Live Free Chicago\, Ciera served as the senior organizer at a faith-based organization. Ciera received her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Lamar University\, a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago\, and a Master’s in Theological Studies from McCormick Theological Seminary. She has worked as an adjunct professor at Northeastern University\, a mental health professional\, and a strategy consultant. In 2013\, Ciera was ordained as a minister through the Church of Jesus Christ House of Prayer Inc.\,  where she served as the church administrator for the Chicago congregation. Ciera is a proud wife and mother of three daughters\, one son\, and a blended family of 9. ciera@livefreeillinois.org https://livefreeillinois.org/staff \n\n\nINTRODUCTION:\n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, October 7th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “President Trump’s ICE Forces Terrorize Chicago’s South Side: Fighting Racial Injustice and Restoring Constitutional Order”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Congressman Jonathan Jackson and Rev. Ciera Bates Chamberlain. \nSince September 8th\, 2025\, Chicago has been the epicenter of Operation Midway Blitz\, a federal immigration enforcement campaign launched by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under President Donald Trump. The operation was named after a Chicago woman killed in a hit-and-run by an undocumented immigrant and has involved aggressive tactics including midnight raids\, flashbang grenades\, and aerial deployments using Black Hawk helicopters (Schmall\, 2025\, USA Today\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/03/chicago-area-immigration-raids-dhs/86497161007/). On September 30th\, federal agents raided a predominantly African-American South Shore apartment building\, zip-tying children as young as five and detaining residents without warrants. DHS claimed the building was frequented by members of the Tren de Aragua gang\, but local officials and civil rights groups disputed the necessity and legality of the operation (ABC7 Chicago\, 2025\, ABC7 Chicago\, https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-federal-agents-surround-south-shore-apartment-building-dhs-requests-military-deployment-illinois/17908911/). Out of the 37 arrests\, only two people arrested had any gang-affiliation whatsoever and NONE have been shown to be affiliated with the Tren de Aragua gang. \nOn October 5th\, 2025\, Congressman Jonathan Jackson led a delegation of federal lawmakers to the South Shore apartment building in Chicago that had been raided by ICE agents days earlier. Jackson condemned the raid as “terrorizing\,” describing how residents—including children and elderly individuals—were zip-tied and thrown to the ground without warning. He emphasized that the operation lacked transparency and accountability\, stating\, “This is not law enforcement. This is a military operation on civilians.” Jackson was joined by Reps. Chuy García\, Delia Ramirez\, and Jan Schakowsky\, all of whom echoed concerns about the militarized nature of the raid and its impact on immigrant communities. The lawmakers called for immediate federal oversight and demanded that DHS halt further operations until a full investigation is completed. Jackson also pledged to introduce legislation that would require federal agents to notify local governments before conducting enforcement actions in residential areas (Yin\, 2025\, Chicago Sun-Times\, https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/05/congress-members-rally-south-shore-apartment-ice-raid). \nOn October 4th\, a woman named Marimar Martinez was shot by Border Patrol agents in the Brighton Park neighborhood after allegedly ramming her vehicle into federal agents and brandishing a semi-automatic weapon. DHS labeled her a “domestic terrorist” and claimed she had previously doxxed agents online. Martinez was hospitalized\, then taken into FBI custody and charged with assaulting federal officers (Schmall\, 2025\, USA Today\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/05/chicago-shooting-protests-broadview-ice/86535431007/). The incident sparked protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview\, where federal agents deployed tear gas and pepper balls. Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling confirmed that 27 CPD officers were affected by chemical agents and denied claims that his department had refused to assist federal agents (CBS News Chicago\, 2025\, CBS News Chicago\, https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-agents-shoot-woman-broadview-ice-facility/). \nOn October 5th\, Pablo Manríquez posted on Twitter/X about an incident in Southside Chicago where\, without any violence\, “Windy City residents run off immigration agents to save a man mid-abduction at 63rd and Kostner Ave.” For more of his  immigration coverage\, subscribe at http://migrantinsider.com. (View full video and see more: https://x.com/PabloReports/status/1974882303211192750 ) \nThe Trump administration authorized the deployment of 700 National Guard troops—300 from Illinois and 400 from Texas—to support federal immigration agents in Chicago. On October 5th\, 2025\, Texas Governor Greg Abbott publicly authorized President Donald Trump to deploy 400 members of the Texas National Guard to cities outside the state\, including Chicago\, to “ensure safety for federal officials.” Abbott’s announcement followed a direct request from the White House\, which cited escalating threats to federal property and personnel amid ongoing protests and immigration enforcement clashes. Abbott posted on X\, “The elite Texas National Guard. Ever ready. Deploying now\,” signaling full cooperation with Trump’s federalization plan (Abbott\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/abbott-deploys-elite-texas-national-guard-after-trump-calls-for-reinforcements-ever-ready/ar-AA1NZCcU). He added that states must “either fully enforce protection for federal employees or get out of the way and let the Texas Guard do it\,” defending the move as necessary to uphold national security. \nPresident Trump’s deployment order came amid mounting resistance from Democratic governors\, including Illinois Governor JB Pritzker\, who condemned the action as an “unconstitutional invasion.” Trump bypassed state objections by invoking federal authority under Title 10\, and hinted at invoking the Insurrection Act if legal challenges continued to obstruct troop movements. According to a memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\, the deployment is “effective immediately for an initial period of 60 days\,” with potential extensions in cities like Portland and Chicago (Texas Tribune\, 2025\, Texas Tribune\, https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/05/greg-abbott-trump-texas-national-guard/). On October 5th\, 2025\, California Governor Gavin Newsom publicly condemned President Trump’s decision to deploy 300 California National Guard troops to Oregon\, calling it “a breathtaking abuse of the law and power.” Newsom stated that the troops had been federalized months earlier over his objections and were now being used as “political pawns” in defiance of a federal court order that had blocked the deployment of Oregon’s own Guard. He pledged to sue the Trump administration\, asserting that “the commander-in-chief is using the U.S. military as a political weapon against American citizens\,” and urged the public not to remain silent in the face of what he described as “reckless and authoritarian conduct” (Newsom\, 2025\, Office of the Governor of California\, https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/05/governor-newsom-to-sue-urges-americans-to-speak-out-on-trumps-breathtaking-abuse-of-power-with-cross-state-guard-deployment/). \nDespite ongoing lawsuits from Illinois and Oregon\, federal officials confirmed that Texas troops were already in transit to Chicago as of October 6th\, with 200 soldiers expected to arrive by midweek (MSN News\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-national-guard-is-headed-to-chicago-lawyers-say/ar-AA1NYwEl). \nThe deployment of the National Gaurd to Chicago prompted Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to file a federal lawsuit on October 6th\, arguing that the deployment violates the Posse Comitatus Act and exceeds presidential authority under 10 U.S.C. § 12406\, which allows federalization of the Guard only in cases of rebellion or invasion (Raymond & Knauth\, 2025\, Reuters\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/illinois-sues-to-halt-trump-s-deployment-of-national-guard-but-troops-on-the-way/ar-AA1NYKJF). The lawsuit also invokes the 10th Amendment\, asserting that the federal government is infringing on Illinois’s sovereign right to control its own law enforcement and National Guard (Illinois Attorney General\, 2025\, Office of the Attorney General\, https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/news/story/attorney-general-raoul-files-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-to-stop-unlawful-deployment-of-national-guard). The lawsuit also cites Trump’s social media posts\, including one on September 6th where he wrote\, “Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR\,” and another where he declared\, “I love the smell of deportations in the morning” (Schmall\, 2025\, USA Today\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/05/chicago-shooting-protests-broadview-ice/86535431007/ ). \nOn October 6th\, 2025\, during an emergency court session held in response to the lawsuit filed earlier that same day by the Illinois Attorney General and the City of Chicago\, U.S. District Judge April M. Perry declined to immediately block the deployment of National Guard troops but set oral arguments for October 9th at 11:00 a.m. (USA Today\, 2025\, USA Today\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/06/texas-illinois-national-guard-headed-to-chicago/86553931007/).  She expressed concern over the administration’s lack of clarity regarding troop locations and objectives\, urging the federal government to pause deployments until the hearing (Bloomberg News\, 2025\, Bloomberg\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-won-t-immediately-block-trump-troop-deployment-to-illinois/ar-AA1NX6rM). President Trump has continued threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807\, which would allow him to bypass state objections and deploy active-duty military forces for domestic law enforcement. He stated on October 6th that he would do so “if people were being killed and courts were holding us up” (Goodman\, 2025\, ABC News\, https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/illinois-files-lawsuit-block-deployment-national-guard-126253079). Legal experts warn that invoking the Insurrection Act would suspend the Posse Comitatus Act and set a precedent for federal militarization of cities under vague or politically motivated pretexts (Raymond & Knauth\, 2025\, Reuters\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/illinois-becomes-latest-battleground-in-court-fights-over-trump-s-use-of-national-guard/ar-AA1NYtsL). Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul emphasized that there is no insurrection or rebellion in Illinois and that the federal government is fully capable of enforcing its laws without military intervention (Illinois Attorney General\, 2025\, Office of the Attorney General\, https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/news/story/attorney-general-raoul-files-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-to-stop-unlawful-deployment-of-national-guard ). \nIn response to the escalating federal presence\, Mayor Johnson signed an executive order on October 6th declaring all city-owned properties—including school parking lots\, libraries\, and vacant lots—as “ICE-Free Zones.” The order prohibits federal immigration agents from using these spaces for staging or enforcement operations and encourages private property owners to deny access unless agents present a valid warrant (City of Chicago\, 2025\, Office of the Mayor\, https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2025/october/city-property-executive-order.html). \nCommunity organizations such as the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights have mobilized rapid response teams and legal hotlines to support affected residents. On October 3rd alone\, the coalition received over 800 calls—its highest daily volume this year—indicating widespread fear and confusion among immigrant communities (WTTW News\, 2025\, WTTW Chicago\, https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/06/chicago-community-groups-say-expected-troop-deployment-will-heighten-fears-create-chaos). Meanwhile\, federal agents have been accused of making false 911 calls to drain local police resources and deploying chemical agents near schools and businesses\, prompting further investigations by city officials (Newsweek\, 2025\, Newsweek\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ice-accidentally-tear-gases-chicago-police-during-clash-with-protesters/ar-AA1NWfzw). \nThe situation intensified when federal prosecutors announced the arrest of Juan Espinoza Martinez\, a suspected leader of the Latin Kings gang\, who allegedly placed a $10\,000 bounty on Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino. Martinez was charged with murder-for-hire after investigators traced Snapchat messages offering payment to “take him down” (Department of Homeland Security\, 2025\, DHS\, https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/06/latin-kings-gang-member-arrested-illinois-after-placing-hit-commander-large-border). \nAs of October 7th\, the legal battle over troop deployment continues\, with oral arguments scheduled for October 9th. The broader implications of Operation Midway Blitz—including its constitutionality\, impact on civil liberties\, and precedent for federal militarization—remain under intense scrutiny. Civil rights groups have filed parallel lawsuits alleging excessive force and First Amendment violations during protests (Leavitt\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-and-illinois-sue-to-stop-trump-s-guard-deployment-plan-after-portland-ruling/ar-AA1NZhFp). For example\, the ACLU of Illinois filed a separate lawsuit on October 7th alleging that federal agents used excessive force—including tear gas\, rubber bullets\, and flash grenades—against peaceful protesters and journalists outside the ICE facility in Broadview\, violating First Amendment rights (Leavitt\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-and-illinois-sue-to-stop-trump-s-guard-deployment-plan-after-portland-ruling/ar-AA1NZhFp ). \nThe federal government has until midnight on October 9th to respond to Illinois’s request for a temporary restraining order. If granted\, the order would halt troop deployments for two weeks while the court considers a longer-lasting injunction (JD Journal\, 2025\, JD Journal\, https://www.jdjournal.com/2025/10/06/illinois-launches-legal-challenge-to-trumps-plan-to-deploy-national-guard-in-chicago/ ). \nWhat is particularly concerning about what’s happening in Chicago is it is reflective of the President’s threats about his perceived enemies within during the unprecedented meeting of top military brass last week: President Donald Trump’s direct quote from his September 30th\, 2025 speech at Marine Corps Base Quantico: \n“I told Pete\, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military\, National Guard\, but military\, because we’re going into Chicago very soon.”\n— President Donald Trump\, Sept. 30\, 2025\, Marine Corps Base Quantico \nThis remark was made during a closed-door address to nearly 800 senior military officials\, including generals and admirals. Trump was referring to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and framed the proposal as part of a broader domestic security strategy. He also described cities like Portland\, Los Angeles\, and Chicago as “war zones” and emphasized the need to “handle the enemy from within before it gets out of control” (Sfondeles\, 2025\, NPR Illinois\, https://www.nprillinois.org/chicago-il/2025-09-30/trump-floats-using-chicago-other-democrat-led-cities-as-military-training-ground-troops-coming-very-soon). \nProposed Questions \nThe questions included below are designed to provide a guide but are not the only possible questions\, nor may they be asked in the exact same order. If a question does not have a specific name\, then it is for everyone. \n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\n12:00 PM – 12:15 PM Eastern Time- GUEST: Congressman Jonathan Jackson\n[In the beginning of the show\, Daryl and Barbara will: \n\n Urge everyone to please join NAACP LDF\, TJC\, Black Voters Matters and many other organizations at the Supreme Court of the United States at 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM on October 15th during the Louisiana v. Callais oral argument to demonstrate in support of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.\nBriefly highlight the following: On October 6th\, 2025\, the Kingdom of Eswatini confirmed the arrival of ten migrants deported from the United States\, marking the first confirmed deportation to Africa that month under the Trump administration’s third-country resettlement program. The group included third-country nationals\, with at least two identified as Vietnamese. According to Eswatini’s Ministry of Home Affairs\, the flight originated in Alexandria\, Louisiana\, and made stops in Puerto Rico\, Senegal\, and Angola before reaching its final destination. The deportation is part of a bilateral agreement in which Eswatini will accept up to 160 migrants in exchange for $5.1 million in U.S. funding. Human rights organizations have condemned the program\, citing concerns over indefinite detention\, lack of due process\, and the absence of legal representation for deportees. U.S. officials have defended the initiative as a “regional stabilization effort\,” though critics argue it violates international norms and disproportionately targets asylum seekers. (MSN News\, 2025\, MSN World News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ten-more-migrants-sent-from-us-to-eswatini-as-africa-deportation-pact-deepens/ar-AA1NYdqE)]\nCongressman Jackson\, you are providing essential leadership as we deal with the 10th Month of the Trump Administration unlawful attempts to subvert the Constitution to impose an Imperial and Fascistic Presidency.\nCan you please tell our audience what happened at the predominantly African-American (U.S. Citizens!) South Shore apartment building in Chicago on October 1st?\nWhy should people throughout the country be concerned?\nAt your press conference on October 5th with other elected officials and Chicago residents\, what was your main demand?\nIn addition to this horrific\, racist\, and overly aggressive ICE enforcement is sending 700 National Guard troops to Chicago. What has been your response to this deployment?\nHow do people learn more about their rights?\nHow can people throughout the country support Chicago in this moment?\nPlease tell our audience your final one-minute thoughts.\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n12:15 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time- GUEST: Rev. Ciera Bates Chamberlain\nWelcome\, Rev. Ciera Bates Chamberlain\, please tell us about your organization. \n\nChicago has been singled out by this Administration for an extremely aggressive form of allegedly ICE enforcement. What has been your experience to date with the impacts of the unwanted and unwarranted ICE occupation?\nHow is it affecting the people of Chicago?\nHow do people learn more about their rights?\nMany people question whether African-Americans should be concerned about ICE enforcement. How has the South Shore violation affected this thinking?\nWhat is the clergy doing?\nWhat are the most important things that people facing an ICE raid or confrontation need to know about their rights?\nTell our audience about the lawsuits pending against the Trump Administration and the attempted deployment of the National Guard.\nWhat do you hope leaders will focus on in these times?\nThe People of the United States rose up in mass to protest against the firing of Jimmy Kimmel and to demand his reinstatement. Disney TV subscriptions were cancelled by many customers and other factors caused a $5 billion market value loss. After Disney announced its reinstatement of Kimmel\, many complaints were filed against Sinclair and heat was felt by both Sinclair and Nexstar for not immediately airing the show. They also reversed course given the public anger.\nWhat should we learn from this entire controversy? Does it have any application to the situation in Chicago and other attempted national guard and ICE deployments around the country?\nThe Portland lawsuit has been successful in preventing the National Guard. What are your hopes for the Chicago lawsuits?\nWhat tips would you give to non-profit organizations to respond to this unlawful action?\nWhat is your best advice for how people keep their and their followers’ and friends’ spirits uplifted at this time\, when there’s so much negativity?\nHow can people fight back? (The U.S. Senate Switchboard Number is 202-224-3121 & you’ll be connected to your senators’ office and ask for the email addresses. If people have additional time\, TJC urges you to email your senators re-iterating your opposition.)\nHow can our listeners get involved? What are the next steps for each of you?\nWith so many things happening at the same time\, briefly state one thing you wish people would be focused on right now to help make a difference\, even if it wasn’t covered in today’s show.\nThank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – September 30: Fascism Forward?: What You Need to Know About Trump’s Undermining of Constitutional Protections of Free Speech and Assembly with Jimmy Kimmel Attack\, Portland Militarization\, New EO Threatening Non-Profits and More!
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nSeptember 30: Fascism Forward?: What You Need to Know About Trump’s Undermining of Constitutional Protections of Free Speech and Assembly with Jimmy Kimmel Attack\, Portland Militarization\, New EO Threatening Non-Profits and More!\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nAtty. Terry O’Neill: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time\nCurrent Board Secretary of the Transformative Justice Coalition; former President of the National Organization for Women (NOW); Former Host of the podcast What Equality Looks Like; LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-o-neill-3076303/ \nJaheem McLaurin: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time\nJaheem J. McLaurin is a civic leader\, strategist\, and advocate committed to fighting for communities too often left behind and standing up against Trump’s extremist agenda. A proud Bennettsville\, South Carolina native\, he has worked across government\, campaigns\, and advocacy organizations—from serving as a Mayor’s Fellow to advancing democracy and justice as a national organizer. A former candidate for Marlboro County Council and 2024 Democratic National Convention Delegate\, Jaheem brings his lived experience and relentless commitment to people-centered change to every space he enters. \n\n\nINTRODUCTION:\n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, September 30th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Fascism Forward?: What You Need to Know About Trump’s Undermining of Constitutional Protections of Free Speech and Assembly with Jimmy Kimmel Attack\, Portland Militarization\, New EO Threatening Non-Profits and More!”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Atty. Terry O’Neill and Jaheem McLaurin. \nThank you to all of those who supported the 10th Anniversary Celebration FootSoldiers’ Reception held on September 24th hosted by Partner A. Scott Bolden and Reed Smith LLP!  Special Shoutouts to Bloody Sunday FootSoldiers Betty Boynton of Selma Alabama and Phil Hunter\, Attorney. This year marks several important anniversaries including the 70th Anniversary of the Montgomery Boycott\, the 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday\, the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965\, and the 10th Anniversary of the Transformative Justice Coalition! This weekend also marks the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Weekend. The Transformative Justice Coalition sponsored two major events last week: “It Ain’t Over” TJC’s 10th Anniversary Reception Honoring the Foot Soldiers of Bloody Sunday on Wednesday\, September 24th\, 4:00-7:00 PM ET\, Hosted by A. Scott Bolden and Reed Smith LLP\, 1301 K Street\, Washington\, DC. During this program\, attendees learned from the 1965 Foot Soldiers and from new Gen Z and Young Millennial Leaders including Dr. Kyler Wiltz\, Lamair Bryan and Johnnie Brooker III. The second event sponsored by TJC last week was on Saturday\, September 27th from 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM entitled “Do Something! Emerging Leaders’ Summit” hosted with the National Urban League (NUL). \nIn the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination on September 10\, 2025\, a series of statements and actions by President Donald Trump and his administration have sparked widespread concern over the erosion of First Amendment protections\, particularly surrounding free speech. Attorney General Pam Bondi\, speaking on The Katie Miller Podcast\, asserted that “there’s free speech and then there’s hate speech\,” suggesting that speech deemed hateful—especially if it “crosses the line into threats of violence”—should be criminalized. While the First Amendment does not protect “true threats\,” the ambiguity in Bondi’s framing raised alarms among constitutional scholars and conservative commentators alike\, who warned against conflating offensive or unpopular speech with criminal conduct (Newsweek\, September 25\, 2025\, https://www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-maga-charlie-kirk-free-speech-katie-miller-2130492). \nBondi’s remarks were part of a broader pattern of speech suppression following Kirk’s death\, which included President Trump’s public encouragement for Bondi to pursue legal cases against political opponents. In a social media post dated September 21\, Trump criticized the pace of investigations and demanded immediate action\, stating\, “JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED\, NOW!!!” This public pressure on the Attorney General to prosecute perceived enemies—such as New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey—was condemned by figures across the political spectrum\, including Republican Senator Rand Paul and Democratic Senator Chris Murphy\, who warned that such politicized prosecutions undermine democratic norms and violate constitutional boundaries (PBS NewsHour\, September 24\, 2025\, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-pushes-bondi-to-pursue-cases-against-his-foes-as-he-ramps-up-retribution-campaign). \nThe controversy intensified when Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr threatened to revoke broadcast licenses from ABC and its affiliates for airing “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following Kimmel’s controversial remarks about Kirk’s death. Trump applauded the suspension of Kimmel’s show and called for similar action against other late-night hosts. However\, prominent conservative voices such as Candace Owens\, Ben Shapiro\, and Senator Ted Cruz pushed back\, warning that federal censorship of media content—even if politically charged—sets a dangerous precedent. Owens stated\, “We never ever\, ever should be applauding federal action when it comes to speech. We’re all losing.” Shapiro added that while he personally disliked Kimmel’s content\, he opposed FCC intervention on principle (USA Today\, September 23\, 2025\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/23/trump-free-speech-charlie-kirk-kimmel/86290420007/). \nFollowing the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel from ABC on September 17\, 2025\, over his monologue referencing the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk\, Disney faced swift and severe backlash. Local ABC affiliates reported thousands of viewer calls demanding Kimmel’s reinstatement (Shaw\, L.\, 2025\, September 21\, Bloomberg\, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-21/the-end-of-jimmy-kimmel-at-abc). The backlash was amplified by protests outside ABC studios and mounting pressure from advertisers and unions. \nFollowing the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 17\, 2025\, Disney experienced immediate and measurable backlash. Over 1.7 million paid streaming cancellations were recorded across Disney+\, Hulu\, and ESPN+ between September 17 and 23\, according to internal estimates cited by journalist Marisa Kabas and confirmed by a Disney source (Kabas\, M.\, 2025\, September 29\, MSN News\, Millions of Disney\, ESPN subscribers canceled over Jimmy Kimmel suspension\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/millions-of-disney-espn-subscribers-canceled-over-jimmy-kimmel-suspension/ar-AA1Ny7Ps). Concurrently\, Disney’s stock dropped by at least 2.39%\, erasing nearly $5 billion in market value\, as reported by financial analysts tracking the fallout from the controversy (Economic Times\, 2025\, September 29\, Jimmy Kimmel returns to ABC: How many billions did Disney lose during his suspension\, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/jimmy-kimmel-returns-to-abc-how-many-billions-did-disney-lose-during-his-suspension-and-why-was-the-show-reinstated/articleshow/124072023.cms). The financial damage was compounded by shareholder unrest\, with groups including the American Federation of Teachers and Reporters Without Borders filing formal demands for internal documents related to the suspension. Their letter alleged that Disney’s board may have breached fiduciary duties by prioritizing political appeasement over shareholder interests\, citing brand damage and government pressure as contributing factors (Cho\, W.\, 2025\, September 24\, The Hollywood Reporter\, Disney Hit With Legal Salvo From Shareholders Over Jimmy Kimmel Suspension\, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-hit-legal-salvo-shareholders-jimmy-kimmel-suspension-1236379327/). \nThe reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 23 was catalyzed by mounting pressure from prominent actors and entertainers\, including Mark Ruffalo\, Kerry Washington\, Jon Stewart\, and Rosario Dawson\, who signed an open letter condemning what they described as “state-influenced censorship.” The letter was circulated by the Writers Guild of America (WGA)\, SAG-AFTRA\, and the American Federation of Musicians\, all of whom issued coordinated statements defending Kimmel’s right to free expression. The WGA wrote: \n“The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other – to disturb\, even – is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people… Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.”\nSAG-AFTRA added:\n“The decision to suspend airing Jimmy Kimmel Live! is the type of suppression and retaliation that endangers everyone’s freedoms.”\n(Dunn\, J.\, 2025\, September 25\, Variety\, https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/sag-wga-jimmy-kimmel-suspended-1236522863) \nPublic protests erupted outside ABC studios in Los Angeles and affiliate stations nationwide\, with demonstrators accusing Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar Media Group of capitulating to political pressure. Union leaders warned that the suspension was part of a “disturbing trend of increasing interference in creative expression\,” and called on media companies to “stand firm in defense of free expression and the First Amendment\, not capitulate to a policy of political appeasement.” \nSinclair\, which had preempted Kimmel’s show across dozens of its ABC affiliates\, reversed its decision on September 28\, citing “thoughtful feedback from viewers\, advertisers\, and community leaders representing a wide range of perspectives.” In its statement\, Sinclair acknowledged that advertiser pressure played a significant role in the reversal\, noting that “our decision to preempt this program was independent of any government interaction or influence\,” but also admitting that it had received “overwhelming input from stakeholders concerned about the precedent being set” (Sinclair Broadcast Group (2025\, September 26). Sinclair Statement on the Return of Jimmy Kimmel Live! https://sbgi.net/sinclair-statement-on-the-return-of-jimmy-kimmel-live ) \nDespite the reinstatement\, President Trump responded with renewed threats. In a Truth Social post dated September 29\, 2025\, he wrote: \n“DISNEY & ABC are back at it—platforming hate and lies through Jimmy Kimmel\, who should have been permanently removed. We’re reviewing ALL legal options. They’ve been warned before. This time\, they won’t get away with it. Lawsuits incoming. STAY TUNED.”\n(Trump\, D.\, 2025\, September 29\, Truth Social\, https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111943827462198947) \nThe post reignited concerns about executive overreach and the weaponization of regulatory threats against media entities. Legal scholars and civil liberties advocates warned that such rhetoric\, especially when paired with FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s earlier threats to revoke licenses\, represents a dangerous encroachment on First Amendment protections. (Brennan\, K.\, 2025\, September 29\, NPR\, https://www.npr.org/2025/09/29/trump-threatens-disney-over-kimmel-reinstatement-free-speech) \nThis episode echoes earlier controversies\, such as President Trump’s September 22\, 2025 executive order designating “antifa” as a domestic terrorist organization—a move that reignited constitutional concerns over the misuse of federal power to suppress ideological dissent (Politico\, September 22\, 2025\, Politico\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/22/trump-issues-terrorist-organization-antifa-00575921 ). “Antifa\,” short for “anti-fascist\,” is not a formal group but rather a loosely affiliated ideological movement composed of individuals and collectives opposing fascism\, white supremacy\, and authoritarianism (USA Today\, September 29\, 2025\, USA Today\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/09/29/what-is-antifa-president-donald-trump-calls-antifa-terrorist-organization/86420569007 ). Legal experts and civil liberties organizations immediately pointed out that the First Amendment protects ideological expression\, and that labeling a non-organized ideology as a terrorist entity lacks legal foundation and risks criminalizing dissent (Politico\, September 22\, 2025\, Politico\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/22/trump-issues-terrorist-organization-antifa-00575921 ). The USA PATRIOT Act\, often cited in terrorism-related designations\, applies to individuals and groups engaged in violent acts—not to abstract political beliefs. Critics\, including Representative Bennie Thompson\, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee\, warned that the designation “serves no purpose other than an excuse for the Trump administration to stifle dissent\, investigate anyone\, or any group\, they don’t like\, punish their enemies\, and potentially label any American they want as a terrorist” (Politico\, September 22\, 2025\, Politico\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/22/trump-issues-terrorist-organization-antifa-00575921 ). \nTaken together\, these actions reflect a pattern of conflating political opposition with criminality\, and of using federal power to suppress speech deemed unfavorable to the administration. While some of these efforts have been met with internal resistance from conservative figures\, the cumulative effect has been a chilling atmosphere for dissent and a redefinition of what constitutes protected speech. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of expression\, but its durability depends on the restraint of those in power. When federal agencies and top officials blur the line between criticism and criminality\, the constitutional guardrails that protect democratic discourse begin to erode. \nOur show will focus on these issues as well as the attacks on our right to assemble\, another guardrail that President Trump and his Administration are eroding. The latest flashpoint is Portland\, Oregon\, where Trump ordered the deployment of 200 National Guard troops on September 28\, 2025\, invoking Title 10 authority without prior notice to Governor Tina Kotek or local officials (Rush\, C.\, 2025\, September 28\, Politico\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/28/oregon-sues-block-trump-national-guard-portland-00583937). The stated justification was to protect federal property—specifically Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities—from what Trump described as “siege from attack by Antifa and other domestic terrorists” (CBS News\, 2025\, September 28\, CBS News\, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oregon-sues-trump-over-federal-troops-deployment). \nHowever\, Portland’s crime statistics tell a different story. According to the Portland Police Bureau\, the city is experiencing its lowest violent crime rates in over a decade\, and protests around ICE facilities have been small and largely peaceful\, with fewer than 30 participants and no arrests reported from June until the week of the deployment (OPB\, 2025\, September 28\, Oregon Public Broadcasting\, https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/28/oregon-portland-sue-trump-deployment). Governor Kotek and Attorney General Dan Rayfield immediately filed a federal lawsuit challenging the deployment as unconstitutional and politically motivated. “There is no insurrection\, no threat to national security\, and no need for military troops in our major city\,” Kotek stated during a press conference\, adding that the president’s actions were “an abuse of power” and “un-American” (Rush\, C.\, 2025\, September 28\, Politico\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/28/oregon-sues-block-trump-national-guard-portland-00583937). \nThe deployment sparked immediate protests\, with hundreds gathering outside Portland’s ICE facility and city hall. Federal agents reportedly used pepper spray to disperse demonstrators\, and Portland police made two arrests—one for fourth-degree assault and another described as a “targeted arrest” (KPTV\, 2025\, September 29\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/latest-updates-trump-orders-national-guard-troops-to-portland/ar-AA1NwBdY). More than a dozen Oregon mayors signed a joint letter condemning the militarization of local law enforcement and pledging to pursue legislative and legal remedies to block future federal interventions. \nThis escalation in Portland exemplifies a broader trend: the federal government’s increasing willingness to override local governance and suppress constitutionally protected assembly under the guise of national security. As with speech\, the right to peaceably assemble is enshrined in the First Amendment\, and its erosion signals a dangerous shift toward centralized control and punitive federalism. \nThis erosion of constitutional guardrails has now extended to the nonprofit sector. On September 25\, 2025\, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum directing federal agencies—including the FBI’s National Joint Terrorism Task Force\, the Department of Justice\, the Department of the Treasury\, and the Internal Revenue Service—to investigate and dismantle what he called “domestic terrorism networks\,” explicitly naming progressive nonprofit organizations as targets (Presidential Memorandum on Domestic Terrorism\, 2025\, September 25\, New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits\, https://www.nhnonprofits.org/news/presidential-memorandum-domestic-terrorism-threat-nonprofits; Democracy Docket\, 2025\, September 25\, Democracy Docket\, https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-order-terrorism-network-left-leaning-nonprofits). \nThe memorandum follows Trump’s earlier executive order designating “antifa” as a domestic terrorist organization\, despite longstanding FBI testimony that antifa is an ideology\, not a structured group. The administration has since directed U.S. attorneys to open investigations into organizations such as the Open Society Foundations and the Ford Foundation\, accusing them—without evidence—of funding political violence. Trump has repeatedly invoked George Soros by name\, stating in a press conference\, “Soros is a name certainly that I keep hearing… Soros must be jailed. He’s a bad guy” (Democracy Docket\, 2025\, September 25\, Democracy Docket\, https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-order-terrorism-network-left-leaning-nonprofits). \nLegal experts warn that this directive represents a dangerous misuse of executive power. Federal law prohibits senior executive officials from directing the IRS to audit specific taxpayers or organizations\, but the administration may attempt to trigger audits through indirect means\, such as redefining compliance standards or leveraging federal funding restrictions. Two executive orders—Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity—have already introduced vague and shifting criteria that could be used to penalize nonprofits engaged in diversity\, equity\, and inclusion work (Council of Nonprofits\, 2025\, September\, National Council of Nonprofits\, https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/files/media/documents/2025/faq-executive-orders-nonprofits.pdf). \nThe Open Society Foundations responded by calling the administration’s actions “politically motivated attacks on civil society\, meant to silence speech the administration disagrees with and undermine the First Amendment right to free speech.” Their statement concluded: “When power is abused to take away the rights of some people\, it puts the rights of all people at risk” (Democracy Docket\, 2025\, September 25\, Democracy Docket\, https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-order-terrorism-network-left-leaning-nonprofits). \nThis latest executive action signals a dramatic escalation in the administration’s campaign to redefine dissent as criminality\, and to weaponize federal agencies against ideological opponents. As with speech and assembly\, the nonprofit sector now finds itself on the front lines of a constitutional crisis. \nProposed Questions \nThe questions included below are designed to provide a guide but are not the only possible questions\, nor may they be asked in the exact same order. If a question does not have a specific name\, then it is for everyone. \n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\n[In the beginning of the show\, Daryl and Barbara will thank all of those who supported the 10th Anniversary Celebration FootSoldiers’ Reception held on September 24th hosted by Partner A. Scott Bolden and Reed Smith LLP.  Special Shoutouts to Bloody Sunday FootSoldiers Betty Boynton of Selma Alabama and Phil Hunter\, Attorney.] \nWelcome\, Guests\, you are providing essential leadership as we deal with the 9th Month of the Trump Administration unlawful attempts to subvert the Constitution to impose an Imperial and Fascistic Presidency. \n\nTerry: As the Secretary of the Board of TJC\, what did our 10th Anniversary milestone mean for you.\nJaheem: Welcome to Igniting Change. Last week you were able to participate in the CBCF ALC\, what for you were the highlights of this year’s Conference?\nJaheem: You were one of the presenters at Saturday’s TJC/NUL “Say Something! Emerging Leaders Summit along with Azadee and Jordan. Why was this convening needed? Besides your great workshop\, what was a highlight for you of the Summit?\nJaheem: What was the focus of your workshop?\nHow was it received by the attendees?\nJaheem: What do you hope young leaders will focus on in these times?\nTerry and Jaheem: Last week\, the People of the United States rose up in mass to protest against the firing of Jimmy Kimmel and to demand his reinstatement.  Disney TV subscriptions were cancelled by many customers and other factors caused a $5 billion market value loss .  After Disney announced its reinstatement of Kimmel\, many complaints were filed against Sinclair and heat was felt by Nexstar for not immediately airing the show. They also reversed course given the public anger.\nWhat should we learn from this entire controversy?\nTerry and Jaheem: On September 28th\, President Trump ordered 200 National Guard troops to Portland over the objections of the Governor\, Mayor and Portland Police.\nTerry: You lived in Portland for a number of years and even experienced Trump’s 2020 deployment of Federal troops. What was the impact of that Federal deployment?\nWhat are you hearing from people on the ground in Portland?\nJaheem: You live in DC and have seen the impact of the Trump Deployment. What is your advice to the people of Portland?\nTerry: On September 25th\, President Trump issued a new Executive Memorandum in which he targeted Non-Profits\, the Open Society Foundation and others who have opposed his policies for investigation and punishment.\nTerry: Please tell our audience why they need to know about the possible impact of this Executive action\,\nTerry and Jaheem: What tips would you give to non-profit organizations to respond to this unlawful action?\nTerry and Jaheem: With so many things happening at the same time\, briefly state one thing you wish people would be focused on right now to help make a difference\, even if it wasn’t covered in today’s show.\nTerry and Jaheem: Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: \n\nWhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump DC Takeover and Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nOctober 15th\, please join NAACP LDF\, TJC\, Black Voters Matters and many other organizations at the Supreme Court of the United States at 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM during the Louisiana v. Callais oral argument to demonstrate in support of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.\nMark Your Calendars Now for NOKINGS PART 2! ON OCTOBER 18TH.\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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DESCRIPTION:MARK YOUR CALENDERS NOW! \nJoin Us For The 10th Anniversary Of The Transformative Justice Coalition! \nThe Fight Aint Over Reception!\n“The Battle for the Ballot Continues:\nOriginal Foot Soldiers To The Forefront Reception” \nWednesday\, September 24\, 2025\, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm ET. \nBarbara Arnwine\, Esq – Founder/President\nDaryl Jones\, Esq – Board Chair\nTransformative Justice Coalition (TJC)
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – September 23: Celebrating the Igniters of Change! TJC 10th Anniversary Reception\, Leaders of the New National Christian Leadership Movement\, Young Voices of Changes
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nSeptember 23\, 2025: Celebrating the Igniters of Change! TJC 10th Anniversary Reception\, Leaders of the New National Christian Leadership Movement\, Young Voices of Changes\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nKathy Sykes: 12:00 PM – 12:25 PM ET\nThe Hon. Kathy Sykes was recently installed as National Chairman of the Board of the New National Christian Leadership Movement and is a consultant with Southern Echo. Kathy is Co-Coordinator of Helping Hands Outreach Services\, Inc. and serves as a MS State Director for the League of Women Voters. She serves on the Jackson Municipal and MS State Democratic Executive Committees. Kathy has worked as consultant for Oxfam America\, and Black Voters Matter since 2018. Recently she has done volunteer organizing work for Color of Change. She is a graduate of Jackson State University where she majored in Biology. She has worked for the VA\, and in Research at University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Physiology and Bio-Physics. Also\, she worked as a consultant for Strategic Systems. Kathy worked for the MS State Department of Health in Immunization and as a Service Coordinator for First Steps. Kathy Sykes was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 2015 to 2019. As a member she served as Vice Chair of the Interstate Cooperation Committee\, and on Banking and Finance\, Public Utilities\, Workforce Development\, Drug Policy\, Public Health and Technology Committees. She was an Inaugural Fellow of Future NOW\, MS State Director of Women Legislative Lobby – WiLL. She was a founding member of the State Innovation Exchange’s Reproductive Freedom Leadership Council. Kathy Sykes recently was appointed to serve as Political Action Chair for the Jackson State University Jackson-Hinds Alumni Chapter. Kathy was a member of MAFFAN (MS Alliance for Fairness at Nissan)\, a community based organization that supported workers as they fought for a fair UAW union election. She has done work with low-income workers in the poultry industry to assist workers as they learned about their rights. She worked as an organizer for the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance/ MIRA and is a founding member. She has assisted efforts to organize workers around the State. Kathy has attended training and participated in the AFL-CIO Organizer’s Institute\, Midwest Training Academy\, Center for Community Change Organizer Mentee Program. She served 6 terms (12 years) as secretary of the Jackson Branch NAACP and is a Silver Life member. \nRodreshia Russaw: 12:00 PM – 12:25 PM ET\nRodreshia Russaw is the Treasurer of the New National Christian Leadership Movement (NNCLM). She currently serves as the Executive Director of The Ordinary People Society (TOPS)\, where she is recognized as a feminist activist and human rights defender. Her work spans Criminal Justice and Voting Rights Reform\, Reproductive Justice\, Healing\, and Restorative Justice. Russaw is the visionary behind TOPS’ Voices for the Violated Reproductive Justice Project (VOV) and played a pivotal role in the 2019 liberation of Marshae Jones. Russaw co-founded the Alabama Election Protection Network (AEPN)\, and serves as a board member of Alabama Forward\, steering committee member of the Southern Power Fund (SPF)\, National Bail Out (NBO)\, and Saving Ourselves (SOS). She has formerly served with the Selma Jubilee\, Alabama Voting Rights Coalition\, New Justice Coalition\, and as a member of Alabamians for Fair Justice\, the Alabama Repro Justice Coalition. In 2021\, she was elected Vice Chair of the Alabama Democratic Conference (ADC) for the 2nd Congressional District. She also reaches and motivates thousands of listeners as a beloved Wiregrass radio personality on 99.1 FM’s “Good-Morning Ladies” broadcast\, aired through TOPS’ non-commercial radio station. \nPastor Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow: 12:00 PM – 12:25 PM ET\nPastor Kenneth Glasgow is an advocate for harm reduction\, prison reform\, and restoration of rights and opportunities for formerly incarcerated people\, and is the Founder/President of The Ordinary People Society (T.O.P.S) and the T.O.P.S Moma Tina’s Mission house has fed over 300\,000 people in the past 15 years. He is the Convener/Co-Convener of the National Criminal Justice Coalition\, and the Co-chairman of the Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People Family Movement\, State Partner for the New Bottom Line Campaign with DPA\, Chaplin for The Second Congressional District\, and Vice-Chairman of the Houston County A.D.C. Instrumental in registering over 120\,000 formerly incarcerated to vote in the State of Alabama\, he is the first to win a lawsuit where people convicted with felonies never lose their voting rights\, incarcerated or not. He has advocated and participated in the changing of 17 laws in Alabama\, 3 laws in Georgia\, 2 in Florida and 1 in West Virginia. His abilities to work for criminal justice reform were highlighted in his strategic work in the passage of the Sentencing Guidelines through the Alabama State Legislature in 2006. His current programs and projects include: The Criminal Rehabilitation and Reintegration Program\, Grassroots Organizing\, Early Intervention and Mentoring Program\, Drug Prevention and Addiction Assistance Program\, After School Program\, Adult Literacy Program\, Hunger and Homelessness Prevention\, Mentoring Program/ Big Brother Big Sister – Togetherhood\, City Prayer Watch\, Counseling Ministries\, Youth Ministry\, Widows’ Ministry\, Elderly Project\, Residential Discipleship Programs\, Tent Revivals\, Prison/Jail Ministry\, Ex-Felons Voters Rights Restored\, Domestic Violence Counseling\, Radio Ministry on WQLS 1210 AM\, Thedotonline.com News Website \nJohnnie Brooker III: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nJohnnie Brooker III is a cum laude graduate of Marquette University in Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, where he earned degrees in Journalism and Political Science. He currently works as a legal assistant at a New York law firm and will be attending law school next fall. In 2024\, Johnnie was selected as a TJC Fellow\, an experience he deeply values for the lessons learned and the meaningful connections gained. Passionate about advocacy\, he believes we are all called to build a more just and equitable world\, and he brings that commitment to everything he does. \nLamair Bryan: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nLamair Bryan is a North Carolina native and graduate of Fayetteville State and North Carolina Central University. He serves as Triangle Regional Organizing Manager and Digital Narrative Producer with Advance Carolina and the NC Black Alliance\, where he uses organizing and storytelling to educate and mobilize Black communities. A former producer with PBS North Carolina’s Black Issues Forum\, Lamair is dedicated to advancing justice\, equity\, and an inclusive democracy. Lamair is a Spring 2024 TJC fellow and he continues to do this work because he believes in empowering communities to have a real voice in shaping the policies and systems that affect their lives. \nDr. Kylar Wiltz: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nOver the past six years\, Dr. Kylar Wiltz has been able to pursue his educational aspirations at prestigious graduate and professional institutions that bear footprints in various corners of the United States\, having earned Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees from Howard University\, along with the Master of Public Administration (MPA)-Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree (double concentration program) from Eastern Illinois University. As a first generation physician with aims of becoming a surgeon\, Dr. Wiltz’s greatest motivations are being able to tackle\, dissect\, and solve various facets of healthcare disparities domestically and globally\, whilst serving as a community leader and mentor to those of the most significance to him. He understands and embraces the role and responsibility that his contribution to breaking such barriers serves for his family and for those who look similar to him. \n\n\nINTRODUCTION:\n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, September 23rd\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Celebrating the Igniters of Change! TJC 10th Anniversary Reception\, Leaders of the New National Christian Leadership Movement\, Young Voices of Changes”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Kathy Sykes; Rodreshia Russaw; Pastor Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow; Dr. Kylar Wiltz; Lamair Bryan; and\, Johnnie Brooker III. This year marks several important anniversaries including the 70th Anniversary of the Montgomery Boycott\, the 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday\, the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965\, and the 10th Anniversary of the Transformative Justice Coalition! \nOngoing Igniting Change Updates: \n\n\nFREE DC: https://freedcproject.org/occupation We need to do two things right now DC: keep each other safe\, and actively work to end the takeover. Here are actions\, resources\, and events to help do that. Residents can visit the new website and: make calls\, get visible\, make noise every night at 7:00 PM\, hold morning and afternoon support\, make a pledge to travel together\, adopt a curfew zone\, and become a legal monitor with Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. There are also actions for allies nationwide and specific actions for allies in Tennessee\, Mississippi\, Louisiana\, West Virginia\, Ohio\, and South Carolina. \n\n\n\n\nSeptember 17th\, 2025: “Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law\, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent protecting First Amendment access to ideas” https://theconversation.com/federal-judge-overturns-part-of-floridas-book-ban-law-drawing-on-nearly-100-years-of-precedent-protecting-first-amendment-access-to-ideas-263893 \n\n\nThis week’s show: \nOur show is designed to recognize these milestone anniversaries while celebrating the launch of new leadership formations including the recent Installation of Leaders for the New National Christian Leadership Movement (NNCLM) on September 18th in Hammond\, Louisiana. The Role of the Black Church in the fight for democracy has been a constant theme explored throughout the years on the Igniting Change Radio Show.  We will hear directly from its new installed leadership: Dr. Kenneth Glasgow\, President of the NNCLM\, Representative Kathy Sykes\, National Chair of the Board of the NNCLM\, and Rodreshia Russaw\, Treasurer of NNCLM. They will share perspectives regarding how this new organization of 2\,500 African American churches is seeking to reorder the engagement of these religious institutions during this age of White Christian Nationalism and the Trump Administration. \nThis week also marks the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Weekend. The Transformative Justice Coalition will be sponsoring 2 major events: “It Ain’t Over” TJC’s 10th Anniversary Reception Honoring the Foot Soldiers of Bloody Sunday on Wednesday\, September 24th\, 4:00-7:00 PM ET\, Hosted by A. Scott Bolden and Reed Smith LLP\, 1301 K Street\, Washington\, DC. During this program\, we will hear from the 1965 Foot Soldiers and from new Gen Z and Young Millennial Leaders including Dr. Kyler Wiltz\, Lamair Bryan and Johnnie Brooker III. \nThe second event sponsored by TJC this week will be on Saturday\, September 27th from 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM entitled “Do Something! Emerging Leaders’ Summit” hosted with the National Urban League (NUL). \nA Little History: Bloody Sunday and TJC Honors the Foot Soldiers \n“After the March on Washington\, in 1964\, the Civil Rights Act became law. However\, this did not make it easier for African Americans to vote in the South.” “In 1964\, John Lewis coordinated SNCC efforts to organize voter registration drives and community action programs during the Mississippi Freedom Summer.”  “SNCC supported the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in an effort to challenge the legitimacy of the state’s all-white Democratic Party.” \nSNCC “had been trying to register voters in Selma since 1963. They hadn’t gotten very far. At the time of the march\, only 383 of the 15\,000 black residents in Selma’s Dallas County were registered to vote. At 25\, [John] Lewis had already been arrested twenty times by white segregationists and badly beaten during Freedom Rides in South Carolina and Montgomery.” “The movement came to a head in the early part of 1965 when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was invited to Selma.” \n“Fellow activist Andrew Young…explained to the Michigan Chronicle\, [that Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson] approached Dr. Martin Luther King ‘just before Christmas in 1964 and said\, ‘You need to come and help us in Selma\,’ and that is where the Selma movement started.’ She inspired King and members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to take action in Selma.” \n“In January 1965\, while leading a voters’ drive at the courthouse in Selma\, Mrs. Boynton Robinson was charged with ‘criminal provocation’ and was arrested by the county’s notoriously race-baiting sheriff\, Jim Clark. ‘When she refused to leave the sidewalk in front of the courthouse\, Sheriff Clark grabbed her by the back of her collar and pushed her roughly and swiftly for half a block into a patrol car\,’ the New York Times reported. King\, who was watching from across the street\, immediately went to officials of the Justice Department to demand a court injunction against the sheriff. ‘It was one of the most brutal and unlawful acts I have seen an officer commit\,’ King said at the time.” \n“[King came] came the first week in January to speak at a mass meeting. Several hundred people came out to the rally…A few weeks later\, police ambushed a nighttime march to the courthouse in Marion\, Alabama. The streetlights were shot out and the beating began. A young Vietnam War veteran named Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot while trying to protect his mother. He died a few days later. Because of what happened to him\, a decision was made to march from Selma to Montgomery.” \n“SNCC decided not to participate in the march because they felt Dr. King’s presence might overshadow the years of organizing and protest they had invested in voting rights in Selma. But [Lewis] was determined to march and [he] told [SNCC]\, ‘If the people want to march\, I’m going to march with them.’ [SNCC] said [that he] could march as an individual\, but not as the chairman of SNCC. That was fine with [him].” \n“SNCC decided not to participate in the march because they felt Dr. King’s presence might overshadow the years of organizing and protest they had invested in voting rights in Selma. But [Lewis] was determined to march and [he] told [SNCC]\, ‘If the people want to march\, I’m going to march with them.’ [SNCC] said [that he] could march as an individual\, but not as the chairman of SNCC. That was fine with [him]. On March 6\, several of [SNCC’s members] drove from SNCC headquarters in Atlanta\, Georgia\, to Selma\, carrying [their] sleeping bags. [They] arrived at the SNCC Freedom House in Selma where we could stay and sleep. \n“Meanwhile\, at Dr. King’s organization\, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)\, Andy Young\, James Bevel\, and Hosea Williams drew straws to determine who would represent the organization in the march. The one who drew the shortest straw would be the leader. Hosea pulled the shortest one\, so he led the march on behalf of SCLC. The leaders of SCLC asked [Lewis] to lead with Hosea.” \n“On March 7\, 1965\, John Lewis threw an apple\, an orange\, a toothbrush\, some toothpaste and two books into his backpack\, and prepared to lead a fifty-four-mile march from Selma to Montgomery\, Alabama.” “On an overcast Sunday afternoon\, Lewis and Hosea Williams\, a top aide to Martin Luther King Jr.\, led some 600 local residents marching in two single-file lines. The streets of downtown Selma were eerily quiet… Lewis thought he would be arrested\, but he had no idea that the ensuing events would dramatically alter the arc of American history. \n“As they crossed the Alabama River on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge\, Alabama state troopers descended on the marchers with batons and bullwhips; some demonstrators were trampled by policemen on horseback\, and the air was choked with tear gas. Lewis\, who suffered a fractured skull from a clubbing\, thought he was going to die. That evening\, the prime-time network news played extensive footage of what came to be known as ‘Bloody Sunday.” \n“[Boynton] was [also among those] brutally beaten for helping to lead a 1965 civil rights march [The Selma-to-Montgomery March]\, which became known as Bloody Sunday and drew national attention to the Civil Rights Movement.” “The decision to march from Selma to Montgomery came after the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson in February 1965. Jackson was a young African-American teenager killed by the police in Marion\, Alabama\, after attending a rally.” “Some 600 protesters arrived to participate in the event.” \n“As [the] marchers walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge\, they were met by 200 state troopers\, plus posses of white men\, many on horseback\, deputized for the day by Sheriff Clark. The marchers were given two minutes to disperse. After one minute and five seconds\, the phalanx of troopers and vigilantes advanced. \n‘I saw them as we marched across the bridge\, some with gas masks on\, clubs and cattle prods in their hands\, some on horses\,’ Mrs. Boynton Robinson told The Crisis\, the official magazine of the NAACP\, in 2005. ‘They came from the right\, the left\, the front and started beating people.’ \nA trooper struck her on the shoulder with a billy club. \n‘I gave him a dirty look\,’ she told The Crisis\, ‘and the second time I was hit at the base of my neck. I fell unconscious. I woke up in a hospital.’ \n“A photographer captured the incident\, as a fellow marcher sought to comfort Mrs. Boynton Robinson\, who was 53 at the time. She was wearing a light-colored coat\, gloves and heels.” \n“Sheriff Clark reportedly told his officers not to offer any assistance to the nearly 70 marchers who were injured. As for Mrs. Boynton Robinson\, he said\, ‘Let the buzzards eat her.’ She was rescued by other marchers and taken to a segregated hospital\, where she recovered.” \n“Seventeen protesters were sent to the hospital\, including Boynton\, who had been beaten unconscious. A newspaper photo of Boynton lying bloody and beaten drew national attention to the cause.” \nBecause of Bloody Sunday\, “Dr. King made an appeal for all religious leaders to come to Selma to participate in a march. Movement lawyers of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund went to court\, assisted by Assistant Attorney General John Doar. [They] appeared before federal judge Frank M. Johnson in Alabama and got a federal order to march from Selma to Montgomery. \nOn March 15th\, only seven days after Bloody Sunday\, President Lyndon Johnson spoke to Congress and delivered one of the most meaningful and powerful speeches any modern president has made on civil and voting rights. In that speech he used the theme song of the movement\, saying\, ‘And we shall overcome.’ \n“Finally\, on March 21\, Dr. King led a march of thousands from Selma to Montgomery. Since Governor George Wallace could not assure [their] protection\, President Johnson commanded the National Guard to ensure [their] safety on the road. [They] arrived in Montgomery on March 25.” \n“Eight days [after Bloody Sunday]\, President Lyndon Johnson introduced the Voting Rights Act before a joint session of Congress. ‘It is wrong—deadly wrong—to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country\,’ Johnson said. On August 6\, 1965\, a hundred years after the end of the Civil War\, the VRA became law.” \nThose who crossed the bridge on Bloody Sunday are known today as “Foot Soliders”\, and TJC honors them and their courage because “Bloody Sunday prompted President Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the Voting Rights Act on August 6\, 1965\, with Boynton attending as the landmark event’s guest of honor.” “This new law put an end to such discriminatory measures as literacy tests that used to deny many African Americans the right to vote. The act also gave the federal government more oversight over state election practices.” \n20 years ago\, reflecting on the 40th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday\, Amelia Platts Boynton \nRobinson wrote “Can you imagine American citizens suffering all manner of repression for more than 60 years – just to be a citizen\, and not to be considered chattel? The struggle did not begin nor end with getting the right to vote as a first-class citizen in 1965. Strangely enough\, this freedom or privilege was purchased by people of all races who gave themselves: Blood\, sweat\, tears\, as well as death\, paying the supreme price for freedom. There are unsung heroes and heroines whom we will never know.” (source: https://archive.schillerinstitute.com/highlite/2005/bloody_sunday.html ) \nProposed Questions \nThe questions included below are designed to provide a guide but are not the only possible questions\, nor may they be asked in the exact same order. If a question does not have a specific name\, then it is for everyone. \n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\n12:00 PM – 12:25 PM ET- Kathy Sykes; Rodreshia Russaw; Pastor Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow \n\nWelcome\, Guests\, All of you are providing essential leadership throughout our nation as we deal with the 9th Month of the Trump Administration unlawful attempts to subvert the Constitution to impose an Imperial and Fascistic Presidency.\nDr. Kenneth Glasgow and Chair Kathy Skyes: Why has the New National Christian Leadership Movement been formed?\nAll Guests:  What is the current scope and reach of the NNCLM?\nRodreshia Russaw: What is different about the NNCLM and other existing existing church formations?\nDr. Glasgow\, Rep Sykes\, and Treasurer Russaw:  What for each of  you was the Highlight of the September 17th Installation program?\nAll Guests:  During my remarks when I mentioned the impact of the Military Occupation of DC\, the audience was clearly moved and troubled.  What word would you like to offer to our DC\, Chicago\, LA and other listeners whose cities are under Occupation?\nRep Sykes:  What is next for the NNCLM?\nAll Guests:  How do churches\, groups and individuals join the NNCLM?\nAll Guests:  Thanks for being on today’s show. How do people get in contact with you?\n\n12:30 PM – 12:57 PM: Dr. Kylar Wiltz; Lamair Bryan; and\, Johnnie Brooker III: \n\nWelcome Kylar\, Johnnie and Lamair!\nOn Wednesday\, September 24th\, TJC will hold its 10th Anniversary Celebration and FootSoldiers Reception.\nDr. Wiltz\, you will be speaking at this event honoring the Footsoldiers from the Edmund Pettus Bridge\, what do you hope to impart to them?\nAll panelists\, these times pose special challenges and opportunities for young leaders\, what have you made the focus of your work in this moment?\nKylar\, Lamair and Johnnie: What do you hope will happen during this year’s CBCF ALC?\nAll Guests:  On Saturday\, September 27th\, 9:30 AM–1:30PM\, TJC will be co-sponsoring with the National Urban League\, Howard University and Thurgood Marshall Center An “Emerging Leaders’ Summit” to educate\, activate\, and empower\, college\, and other youth leaders to take action for change!”\nAll Guests:  All three of you attended a TJC training\, why should young people attend these types of training events and forums?\nAll Guests:  Many of the questions for panelists during Saturday’s event will address the challenges of military occupation in DC and elsewhere; the threats to our Constitutional protections; and\, other major issues. What is your vision for youth leadership in these times?\nAll Guests:  With so many things happening at the same time\, briefly state one thing you wish people would be focused on right now to help make a difference\, even if it wasn’t covered in today’s show.\nAll Guests:  Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: \n\nabout the September 24th Reception in Washington\, D.C.\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump DC Takeover and Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nMark Your Calendars Now for NOKINGS PART 2! ON OCTOBER 18TH.\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – September 16: The U.S. Supreme Court Okays Second Class U.S. Residents & Citizens!
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nSeptember 16\, 2025: The U.S. Supreme Court Okays Second Class U.S. Residents & Citizens!\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nCarl Snowden: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nConvener\, Caucus of African American Leaders\, Civil Rights Activist\, Author\, Former Director\, Office of Maryland Attorney General Civil Rights Program \nAndres Cubillos: 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm ET\nDeputy Organizing Director\, People Power for Florida\, Graduate Student\, Florida State University\, Florida Democratic Party Campaign Committee Chair\, TJC Fellow & Freedom Rider \nDr. Karen McCrae 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET\nAuthor\, President & CEO\, Concerned Black Men of America\, Former Executive Director\, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation\, Former Fundraising Director\, Church World Services \n\n\nINTRODUCTION:\n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, September 16th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “The U.S. Supreme Court Okays Second Class U.S. Residents & Citizens!” will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Carl Snowden\, Andres Cubillos and Dr. Karen McRae. \nOur guests today will discuss two (2) interrelated matters; (1) the United States Supreme Court’s decision to allow race and other factors to be considered during immigration stops and raids; and (2) the creation of a mega-detention facility for Immigrant Detainees in  El Paso\, Texas. \nOn Monday\, September 8\, 2025\, the United States Supreme Court\, using the infamous “Shadow Docket\,” cleared the way for racial profiling during immigration raids\, sweeps and kidnappings.  In a 6-3 decision\, you can guess who the six (6) are\, the Supreme Court halted a federal judge’s order that barred “roving patrols” from snatching people off California streets and detaining them for questioning based on how they looked\, the language they spoke\, the type of work that they performed and where they happened to “encounter” ICE agents. \nJustice Sotomayor\, joined by Justice Kagan and Justice Brown-Jackson\, dissented from the court’s order and issued a blistering attack on the court’s decision.  Justice Sotomayor indicated that “rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost\, I dissent.” \nMoreover\, in August\, 2025 federal funding\, $1.24 Billion dollars\, allowed the building of an immigration facility with the capacity to hold 5\,000 Immigrants in a “giant tent city.”  Upon completion\, it will become the largest immigration holding facility in U.S. History.  Long white tents are the cornerstone of this El Paso\, TX facility.  The facility\, which opened in August\, 2025\, has hard floors and walls that do not go to the ceiling.  It is in the middle of sand dunes and scrub brush.  Some of the detainees from “Alligator Alcatraz” were moved to this facility.    Many elected officials have been denied access to the facility to see the conditions under which the detainees are being held…hmm\, this sounds like a violation of Eighth Amendment (cruel and unusual punishment claim waiting to be litigated – of course\, this U.S. Supreme Court may decide that only proven US Citizens are entitled to not be treated cruelly and unusually). \nArticles & Case of Discussion\n“Lone Star Lock Up: Ice Mega Detention Facility”\nhttps://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=f13b1b45a60bad860375a8ab0ebeec749d3d0f51a5044fc4e9125758683d0d20JmltdHM9MTc1Nzg5NDQwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=0fc93ee6-0bb2-6f38-3c2e-2deb0a706e66&psq=lone+star+lock+up+ice&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly90aW1lLmNvbS83MzEwNjU3L2ljZS1pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi1kZXRlbnRpb24tdGV4YXMtbG9uZS1zdGFyLWxvY2t1cC8 \n“New West Texas Immigration Detention Facility (Giant Tent City)”\nhttps://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=6d980b0717768c600cb31e519e9c638e8b80b269cddfd6eea7009d2ee31e9063JmltdHM9MTc1Nzg5NDQwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=0fc93ee6-0bb2-6f38-3c2e-2deb0a706e66&psq=new+west+texas+immigration+detention+facility&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuLmNvbS9lbi11cy9uZXdzL3VzL3RleGFzLWltbWlncmF0aW9uLWRldGVudGlvbi1mYWNpbGl0eS1pcy1hLWdpYW50LXRlbnQtY2l0eS1jb25ncmVzc3dvbWFuLXNheXMvYXItQUExTW5GbWk_b2NpZD1CaW5nTmV3c1NlcnA \n“Supreme Court Clears Way For ICE Agents to use race as a basis to stop people”\nhttps://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=aa216696dba6e29307d712e92074bc67b11ffd6ba4ecb215a3f75425fc384a77JmltdHM9MTc1Nzg5NDQwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=0fc93ee6-0bb2-6f38-3c2e-2deb0a706e66&psq=supreme+court+immigration+detention&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnByLm9yZy8yMDI1LzA5LzEzL254LXMxLTU1MDcxMjUvdGhlLXN1cHJlbWUtY291cnQtY2xlYXJzLXRoZS13YXktZm9yLWljZS1hZ2VudHMtdG8tdHJlYXQtcmFjZS1hcy1ncm91bmRzLWZvci1pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi1zdG9wcw \n“Supreme Court Allows Race to be used as sole factor to stop Latinos”\nhttps://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=2b177edc2d9aeabee47a850cf3fe93f3e970b2d3be8cab3039fee559a278b0acJmltdHM9MTc1Nzg5NDQwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=0fc93ee6-0bb2-6f38-3c2e-2deb0a706e66&psq=supreme+court+immigration+detention&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNS8wOS8wOC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9zdXByZW1lLWNvdXJ0LWltbWlncmF0aW9uLXJhY2lhbC1wcm9maWxpbmcuaHRtbA \nProposed Questions \nThe questions included below are designed to provide a guide but are not the only possible questions\, nor may they be asked in the exact same order. If a question does not have a specific name\, then it is for everyone. \n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\nWelcome\, Guests\, All of you are providing essential leadership in your cities and states as we deal with the question of immigration and its potential impact on all U.S. residents and citizens in every state of the union. \n\nCarl Snowden\,  you are the Convener of the Caucus of African American Leaders\, you are also a Civil Rights Activist\, after hearing and reading about the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Noem v. Perdomo to permit ICE Agents to stop\, detain and demand documents from people who look Latino\, work in certain areas of employment (like day laborers\, landscapers\, construction)\, or speak with an accent\, what was your reaction?\nAndres Cubillos\, you live and work in Florida\, a state with a significant Spanish  Speaking population\, what was your reaction to the Supreme Court decision?  What are members of the Spanish Community saying/feeling?\nKaren McRae\, this case could easily\, and I predict will soon\, spill over to other citizens and non-citizens on who ICE and can stop without reason to believe that they are illegally in the country and question them.  What impact will this decision have on African immigrants\, Asian  immigrants\, Dominican\, and everyone except white people?\nDoes the Perdomo decision create a “second class” citizen who is required to carry their documents with  them at all times and can be singled out and stopped at anytime because they are not white?\nWhat impact do you believe this decision will have on the business community across America?\nAndres\, you work for an organization\, People Power for America\, that encourages voter participation from the Black\, Brown and voter of color.  What impact do you believe this court decision will have in the next election?\nThe State of Texas of building\, what is targeted to be\, the largest immigration detention facility in the United States.  It will cost the taxpayers $1 billion dollars.  What are you thoughts about the building of a detention facility exclusively to hold immigrant inmates?\nOne of the largest\, if not the largest\, budget increase from the federal government has been for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement policing.  Considering the Supreme Court decision\, the construction of the largest ever immigration facility in the desert of Texas\, and the increase in ICE officer funding\, what does this indicate to you regarding US policy?\nWhat actions can people take to counter the movement against these bone-headed policies?  Are they bone-headed policies or good enforcement of immigration laws?\nWhat role\, if any\, does white supremacy and white Christian nationalism play in the creation of all these issues?\nWhat are parting words for our listeners?\nHow we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\nRecommended Book Reading\, “Dreaming of Home: How We Turn Fear Into Pride\, Power\, and Real Change” by Cristina Jimenez
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – September 9: Organizers and Fighters For Justice Unite! #FreeDC Protests\, NAACP Florida Recent Convention\, and Chicago Prepares!
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nSeptember 9\, 2025: Organizers and Fighters For Justice Unite! #FreeDC Protests\, NAACP Florida Recent Convention\, and Chicago Prepares!\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nRev. Dr. Janette Wilson\, Esq.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET (11:00 AM – 11:57 AM)\nCurrent COO of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition (RPC); served as Senior Advisor to Rev. Jesse L Jackson\, Sr.; and\, Special Assistant to the Chief Administrative Officer of the Chicago Public Schools \nEboni Jean-Charles: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nTransformative Justice Coalition Alumni; Hosted a John Lewis National Day of Action 2025 Event in Miami\, Florida at The Roots Bookstore & Market; Eboni Jean-Charles\, MBA\, MS is the Director of Programs at Amplify Community Resources; previously served as Chair of the NAACP Miami-Dade Branch Young Adults Committee\, where she mobilized young voters and advanced financial literacy and social justice programming. She holds an MBA\, a Master of Science\, and a Bachelor of Science in Health Education and Behavior\, and she is continuing her pursuit of a Doctor of Medicine degree. \nDonald Hart Sr.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nCurrent President of NAACP FL \nAlex Dodds: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nAlex Dodds is a co-founder of Free DC\, the renewed campaign to protect DC Home Rule and win lasting dignity for the people of the District of Columbia. \n\n\nINTRODUCTION:\n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, September 9th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Organizers and Fighters For Justice Unite! #FreeDC Protests\, NAACP Florida Recent Convention\, and Chicago Prepares!”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Alex Dodd; Rev. Dr. Janette Wilson\, Esq.; Eboni Jean-Charles; and\, Donald Hart Sr. \nOn August 11th\, 2025\, President Donald Trump invoked Section 740 of the Home Rule Act (1973) to assume federal control over Washington\, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department and deploy National Guard troops to the city\, citing a “crime emergency” (Markus & Cheney\, 2025\, POLITICO\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/04/washington-dc-national-guard-trump-lawsuit-00544008). The Home Rule Act\, signed by President Nixon\, was created to grant D.C. residents limited self-governance after nearly a century of direct congressional control. It established an elected mayor and council but retained congressional authority over the city’s budget and laws (Solly\, 2025\, Smithsonian Magazine\, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-1973-dc-home-rule-act-enabled-the-nations-capital-to-govern-itself-with-congressional-oversight-180987180/). Despite its sweeping implications\, no president had previously invoked this section of the Act\, largely due to its controversial nature and the political risks of overriding local governance in the nation’s capital (Wikipedia contributors\, 2025\, Wikipedia\, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Home_Rule_Act). \nBy September 4th\, 2025\, over 2\,300 National Guard troops had joined federal law enforcement agencies in nightly patrols across the city\, which is uniquely vulnerable to federal intervention due to its status as a federal district\, which is not a state (MacFarlane & Mosk\, 2025\, CBS News\, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-dc-national-guard-deployment-lawsuit/). These forces\, which are from Ohio\, West Virginia\, Tennessee\, Louisiana\, Mississippi\, South Carolina\, Georgia\, and South Dakota\, were not trained in local law enforcement and operated independently of D.C. officials (Slayton\, 2025\, Task & Purpose\, https://taskandpurpose.com/news/georgia-national-guard-washington-dc/; CBS News Staff\, 2025\, CBS News\, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/d-c-national-guard-deployment-in-the-capital-extended-to-nov-30/). The deployment\, initially expected to last 30 days\, was extended through November 30th by an order signed by Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and executed by Brig. Gen. Leland D. Blanchard II\, the interim commanding general of the D.C. National Guard. This extension was justified as necessary to “ensure everyone that walks these city streets is safe” and to qualify troops for military benefits such as housing allowances and health care\, which require deployments longer than 30 days (Flaherty & Boccia\, 2025\, ABC News\, https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/army-extends-orders-dc-national-guard-nov-30/story?id=125266247). \nThe White House claimed success\, citing over 1\,841 arrests and the seizure of 188 illegal firearms as of September 4th (Attorney General’s Office\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/attorney-general-schwalb-sues-to-stop-national-guard-federal-deployment-in-dc/ar-AA1LSAc9). However\, the racial breakdown of these arrests has drawn scrutiny. While full demographic data has not been released\, early reports indicate that a disproportionate number of arrests occurred in Wards 7 and 8—areas with predominantly Black populations—raising concerns about racial profiling and selective enforcement (NBC Washington Staff\, 2025\, NBC Washington\, https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/portion-of-arrests-in-dcs-ward-7-8-is-unchanged-since-police-takeover-mpd-data-says/3977512/). In addition to arrests\, federal agents have conducted searches and traffic stops\, often in high-crime areas\, though critics argue these actions lack transparency and oversight (Popli\, 2025\, TIME\, https://time.com/7309421/trump-dc-police-arrests-national-guard/). During a speech on September 8th\, 2025\, Trump suggested that domestic violence should not be counted in crime statistics\, stating\, “If a man has a little fight with the wife\, they say this was a crime\, see? So now I can’t claim 100%\,” implying that such incidents unfairly inflate crime numbers and undermine his narrative of a “crime-free zone” (Dorn\, 2025\, Forbes\, https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/09/08/trump-downplays-domestic-violence-as-a-much-lesser-crime/). \nOn September 4th\, 2025\, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration\, asserting that the deployment violates both the Home Rule Act (1973) and the Posse Comitatus Act (1878)\, which prohibits the use of federal military forces in domestic law enforcement unless explicitly authorized by Congress (Schwalb\, 2025\, CBS News\, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-dc-national-guard-deployment-lawsuit/). The suit names Trump\, the Pentagon\, the Department of Justice\, the Army\, and the U.S. Marshals Service as defendants and seeks a permanent injunction to halt the deployment (Doherty\, 2025\, CNBC\, https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/04/trump-national-guard-lawsuit-dc.html). This lawsuit echoes a similar legal battle in California\, where U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled on September 2nd\, 2025\, that Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June violated the Posse Comitatus Act. The judge emphasized that federal troops cannot engage in civilian law enforcement\, a ruling the Trump administration has appealed (MacFarlane & Mosk\, 2025\, CBS News\, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-dc-national-guard-deployment-lawsuit/). The D.C. case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb\, who is also presiding over a separate Trump-related lawsuit involving Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook (Markus & Cheney\, 2025\, POLITICO\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/04/washington-dc-national-guard-trump-lawsuit-00544008). \nMayor Muriel Bowser\, while initially sidelined by the federal takeover\, has taken steps to manage the situation. On September 2nd\, 2025\, she signed an executive order requiring maximum coordination between local and federal law enforcement “to the extent allowable by law\,” signaling a reluctant accommodation of the extended military presence (USA Today Staff\, 2025\, USA Today via MSN\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/dc-sues-trump-administration-to-halt-national-guard-deployment/ar-AA1LT60L). Bowser has publicly stated her focus is on “exiting the emergency\,” though her administration has not directly challenged the federal control in court\, deferring instead to the attorney general’s legal strategy (CBS News Staff\, 2025\, CBS News\, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-dc-national-guard-deployment-lawsuit/). \nThe broader implications of Trump’s actions in D.C. are profound. Critics argue that the federalization of local law enforcement and military deployment without local consent undermines democratic norms and sets a dangerous precedent for executive overreach. The economic impact has also been noted\, with business activity and tourism reportedly depressed due to the heightened military presence (Markus & Cheney\, 2025\, POLITICO\, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/04/washington-dc-national-guard-trump-lawsuit-00544008). As legal proceedings unfold\, the outcome may redefine the boundaries of presidential power in domestic security operations. \nThe residents of D.C. have been vigorously opposing this military occupation with daily protests. Many people’s lives have been significantly disrupted: people are staying in their homes longer; they’re not driving or going to work; they feel trapped\, humiliated\, betrayed\, and feel as if they’ve lost their full citizenship. \nIn Washington\, D.C.\, protests have intensified in response to the ongoing federal occupation. On September 6th\, 2025\, thousands marched in the “We Are All D.C.” demonstration\, organized by Free DC and the American Civil Liberties Union\, demanding an end to the National Guard deployment and federal control of the Metropolitan Police Department (Calabrese\, 2025\, FOX 5 DC\, https://www.fox5dc.com/news/we-are-all-dc-march-washington-national-guard-protest-sept-6-2025). Protesters carried signs reading “Free DC\,” “Trump Must Go Now\,” and “Resist Tyranny\,” with chants echoing through Meridian Hill Park and Freedom Plaza. The protest included undocumented immigrants\, pro-Palestinian groups\, and longtime D.C. residents who described the federal presence as an affront to democracy (Mutikani & Spetalnick\, 2025\, Reuters via Yahoo News\, https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/washington-dc-residents-protest-against-173953281.html). Former diplomat Mark Fitzpatrick called the situation “authoritarian\,” while artist Jun Lee said she was “heartbroken” to see her city militarized. The demonstration marked the fourth week of federal control\, with over 2\,000 troops from six Republican-led states patrolling the city. Though Mayor Muriel Bowser signed an order to coordinate with federal law enforcement\, she has expressed hope that the National Guard’s mission will end soon. Nonetheless\, the Army extended the deployment through November 30th\, 2025 (Calabrese\, 2025\, FOX 5 DC\, https://www.fox5dc.com/news/we-are-all-dc-march-washington-national-guard-protest-sept-6-2025). \nTrump has signaled intentions to replicate this model in other cities\, including Chicago\, Baltimore\, and New Orleans. However\, legal experts warn that such actions would face greater resistance in sovereign states\, where the president lacks the same authority as in D.C. (VanLandingham & Nunn\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-prods-at-chicago-takeover-as-legal-political-challenges-loom/ar-AA1LRFwp). Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have both condemned the idea\, with Johnson calling it “tyranny.” Even conservative commentator Megyn Kelly\, typically a Trump ally\, broke ranks on September 3rd\, 2025\, stating on her SiriusXM show\, “It very clearly is not constitutionally permissible. He cannot do it… I really hope he doesn’t do it\, because I don’t want a world in which I’m siding with Gov. Pritzker over President Trump. But I will if he does it\, because he can’t do it legally” (Kelly\, 2025\, Media Matters\, https://www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/megyn-kelly-trump-possibly-sending-troops-chicago-it-very-clearly-not-constitutionally). \nOn September 6th\, 2025\, Trump posted a meme on Truth Social depicting himself as Lt. Col. Kilgore from Apocalypse Now\, with the caption “I love the smell of deportations in the morning. Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR\,” referencing his executive order rebranding the Department of Defense (Trump\, 2025\, Truth Social via Media Matters\, https://www.mediamatters.org/truth-social/trump-posts-apocalypse-now-meme-about-chicago-and-department-war). \nChicago has mounted a defiant and coordinated response to President Trump’s threats to deploy federal troops and immigration agents to the city. On September 6th\, 2025\, thousands of demonstrators gathered downtown at Congress Plaza Garden for a mass protest organized by the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda (CATA)\, joined by groups such as the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights\, the Chicago Teachers Union\, and GoodKids MadCity. The rally\, titled “Chicago Says No Trump\, No Troops\,” was a direct response to Trump’s September 6th Truth Social post. (Koch\, 2025\, Fox News\, https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-mayor-calls-trumps-federalization-threats-beneath-honor-our-nation-protests-planned; MSN Staff\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/chicago-trump-protest-march-groups-rally-downtown-against-deploying-federal-troops/ar-AA1M1vm9). Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson condemned the post\, with Pritzker calling Trump a “wannabe dictator” and Johnson stating the president’s threats were “beneath the honor of our nation” (Pereira et al.\, 2025\, ABC News\, https://abcnews.go.com/US/chicago-braces-expanded-immigration-enforcement-local-officials-push/story?id=125328501). Johnson also issued an executive order on August 30th\, 2025\, reinforcing Chicago’s commitment to the Illinois TRUST Act (2017)\, which limits local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement (Mendoza\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/chicago-vs-trump-s-takeover/ar-AA1M892o). The city has mobilized legal aid\, rapid response teams\, and community education campaigns to prepare residents for potential federal action. On Labor Day weekend\, organized labor—including SEIU\, UAW\, and CTU—joined thousands in a march that showcased Chicago’s resistance muscle. Veterans and activists have also called on Pritzker to use his authority as commander-in-chief of the Illinois National Guard to block Trump’s orders\, though the governor has not publicly endorsed that strategy (Mendoza\, 2025\, MSN News\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/chicago-vs-trump-s-takeover/ar-AA1M892o). \nRead more about Chicago Mayor Johnson’s thoughts in his September 8th NY Times op-ed: Opinion | Chicago’s Mayor: The National Guard Isn’t What We Need – The New York Times \nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/opinion/trump-chicago-national-guard.html \n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\nWelcome\, Guests\, All of you are providing essential leadership in your cities and states as we deal with the 9th Month of the Trump Administration’s unlawful attempts to subvert the Constitution to impose an imperial and fascistic presidency. \n\nAlex: You are a co-founder of #FreeDC.  What has been your mission in this fight against the Trump Takeover and Military Occupation?\nAlex:  On Saturday\, at least 20\,000 people took to the streets of DC in a robust and peaceful “We Are All DC” March.  Did the March meet your expectations? What was your highlight of the Day?\nAlex:  As we broadcast today\, there is a major Student Walkout being held all day to protest against the DC occupation.Tell us about this protest.\nEboni:  As a young leader in the Miami Florida community\, what does it mean to you that the DC area students are taking this action today calling on all DC residents to resist the military occupation?\nDonald Hart:  The NAACP Florida held your Annual Convention; when Daryl and I finished our tribute to your outgoing leader\, Adora Obi Nweze\, folks were moved by our shouts of #FreeDC!  How did you feel in that moment\nRev. Wilson: In Protest of President Trump’s announcement that ICE is poised to launch “Operation Midway Blitz”\, there was major protests this weekend. You have been in the leadership of this opposition movement\, tell us why?\nAlex:  What lessons have you learned in DC that you want to share with Chicago\, New Orleans and other cities being threatened with Federal troop or pervasive ICE takeovers and operations?\nEVERYONE:  ALL 4 of you have stepped forward to provide needed leadership during this MAGA movement\, please tell our audience why it is so important to be leaders at this time?\nEVERYONE:  Any leadership tips you want to share or offer to our listeners?\nEVERYONE:  what is it that people are missing about the threat of authoritarianism and racism in TRUMP’S occupation STRATEGY?\nAlex: There has been a robust DC protest movement in opposition to the Takeover with nightly “Noise Every Night “Cacerolazos” on the streets of DC. What else can people do to show their opposition?\nRev Wilson: How would you rate the early responses to Trump’s threats of Takeover by Governor Wes Moore\, Mayor Brandon Johnson\, and others?\nIn particular\, what did you think of the New York Times OP ED by Mayor Johnson urging No Takeover in Chicago?\nEveryone\, we know that awareness and organizing is essential to fighting governmental overreach on the road to fascism.\nPresident Hart: Why did the NAACP Florida devote so much time to providing substantive voting rights training to your members during this weekend’s Convention?\nEboni: You help lead a 2 ½ hour training session at the NAACP Convention for 100 young members ages 5-26 of the Youth and College Division.  Why was this training important?  What was your highlight of the training?\nRev Wilson: You have been on this battlefield often alongside Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson\, What is different about this struggle?\nAlex:  #FreeDC has been brilliant in keeping up a constant resistance to the Takeover\, do you think the Congress will grant Trump’s request for an extension? What can our listeners across the country do to help?\nEveryone\, As we wrap up our show\, please in one minute provide your final thoughts and also let our audience know how to get in touch with you.\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: \n\nabout the September 24th Reception  in Washington\, D.C. against The Occupation\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump DC Takeover and Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act\nto stay in those streets!\nMark Your Calendars Now for NOKINGS PART 2! ON OCTOBER 18TH.\nBE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DEFEND THE SMITHSONIAN AT AMERICASHISTORYSOS.ORG\,\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – September 2: Tell The Truth: A Scott Bolden’s Challenge to Leadership Regarding DC Takeover\, Smithsonian Attack\, Voting Rights and more
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nSeptember 2\, 2025: Tell The Truth: A Scott Bolden’s Challenge to Leadership Regarding DC Takeover\, Smithsonian Attack\, Voting Rights and more\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nA. Scott Bolden\, Esq.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nA. Scott Bolden is the powerful voice at the intersection of race\, law\, and politics. Scott is a nationally acclaimed attorney and partner at a large international law firm\, NewsNation contributor\, a former New York state prosecutor\, and former Chair of the D.C. Democratic Party. He was inducted into the Washington Bar Association Hall of Fame\, was the recipient of its 2021 Ollie May Cooper Award\, was named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in law and business by Savoy magazine and the American Business Journals\, and Rainmaker of Year by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. This year he was given the 2025 Tae Lifetime Achievement Award. You’ll regularly see Scott on NewsNation or other networks sharing his expert analysis and passionate insights on high-profile cases and hot-button issues\, such as civil rights\, police reform\, voter rights\, and national policy. Also\, here are Scott’s social media handles to follow or tag him: \nTwitter:  https://twitter.com/asbthelaw \nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/asbthelaw/\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-scott-bolden-a225023/ \nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/asbthelaw/\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@attorney.a.scott.bolden  \nPersonal Website: https://ascottbolden.com  \n\n\nINTRODUCTION:\n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, September 2nd\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, entitled “Tell The Truth: A Scott Bolden’s Challenge to Leadership Regarding DC Takeover\, Smithsonian Attack\, Voting Rights and more”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature a special one-on-one interview with A. Scott Bolden\, Esq. We know our local\, national\, and international audience will find Attorney Bolden’s unique and expert perspectives illuminating on many pressing matters confronting our nation including President Trump’s D.C. Takeover; Trump’s threat of National Guard deployment in other predominantly African American Democratic cities; the Redistricting Crisis; the Congress; the attack on Black History; preparation for the 2026 Mid-Term Elections; and\, other matters. \n\n\nLabor Day Protests and Rallies\nOn September 1\, 2025\, thousands of workers across more than 50 U.S. cities rallied under the slogan “Workers Over Billionaires\,” demanding stronger labor protections\, union rights\, and economic justice. The coordinated Labor Day actions were organized by a coalition of labor unions\, progressive lawmakers\, and grassroots groups\, with support from striking auto workers\, nurses\, hotel staff\, and teachers. \nProtesters targeted symbols of wealth inequality\, marching past the homes of Jeff Bezos\, Jamie Dimon\, and Elon Musk. In Los Angeles\, demonstrators staged a “billionaire eviction” outside Musk’s residence\, while New York marchers chanted outside Dimon’s and Bezos’s homes. Organizers said these actions were meant to highlight how concentrated wealth undermines democracy and worker power. \nThe rallies also called attention to legislative efforts\, including renewed support for the PRO Act (Protecting the Right to Organize)\, and criticized corporate lobbying against union expansion. In Detroit\, striking auto workers joined the march\, demanding fair contracts and an end to tiered wage systems. In Chicago\, teachers and nurses emphasized the link between labor rights and public service quality. \nSpeakers across cities emphasized that while corporate profits have soared\, wages for frontline workers have stagnated. Many pointed to the recent rollback of pandemic-era protections and the rise of gig work as evidence of worsening conditions. Organizers framed the day not just as a celebration of labor\, but as a call to action against economic injustice and political inaction. (Source: (Guardian staff\, September 1\, 2025\, The Guardian\, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/01/workers-over-billionaires-labor-day-rallies). \nUnemployment rates of Black Women\nAs of September 1\, 2025\, Black women continue—since March 2025—to face the highest unemployment rates of any demographic group\, with over 306\,000 pushed out of the workforce since February. According to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics\, Black women’s unemployment rose from 5.1% in March to 6.2% in May\, before dipping slightly to 5.8% in June—still nearly double the rate for White and Asian women\, which hovered around 3% during the same period (Carrazana\, July 3\, 2025\, The 19th\, https://19thnews.org/2025/07/black-women-unemployment-jobs-warning-sign/). Economists attribute this disparity to federal job cuts under the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)\, which disproportionately impacted agencies where Black women are overrepresented\, including the Departments of Education\, Health and Human Services\, and Housing and Urban Development. Between February and March alone\, 266\,000 Black women lost jobs due to these cuts (Carrazana\, July 3\, 2025\, The 19th\, https://19thnews.org/2025/07/black-women-unemployment-jobs-warning-sign/). \nA separate analysis by ProPublica found that Black women made up 28% of the Department of Education workforce and were heavily concentrated in DEI-related roles targeted for elimination (Smith\, July 29\, 2025\, The Root\, https://www.theroot.com/terrifying-reasons-300k-black-women-lost-jobs-in-2025-2000053167). \nA USA Today analysis published August 5\, 2025 notes that federal layoffs have disproportionately affected Black women in states with high concentrations of public sector employment\, and that many are now facing long-term unemployment without access to retraining programs. These retraining barriers stem from the elimination of federally funded workforce development grants and the closure of regional career centers in majority-Black districts. In some states\, such as Michigan\, the unemployment rate for Black women has approached 10%\, with similar trends emerging in Georgia and Mississippi—regions where federal employment is high and DEI rollbacks have been most aggressive (Schulz\, August 5\, 2025\, USA Today\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/05/black-unemployment-up-slower-labor-market-economy/85467628007/). \nA special report from WABE titled Laid Off or Pushed Out: The Impact of More Than 300\,000 Black Women Leaving the Workforce estimates that more than 300\,000 Black women are no longer a part of the workforce since the November 2024 election. While many were laid off due to federal job cuts and DEI rollbacks\, others have voluntarily exited the labor market\, citing exhaustion\, lack of support\, and the collapse of DEI infrastructure as reasons for disengagement.(Sack\, August 25\, 2025\, WABE\, https://www.wabe.org/laid-off-or-pushed-out-the-impact-of-more-than-300000-black-women-leaving-the-workforce/). \nThe Forbes study No Friends in the Pipeline attributes the mass exodus to the dismantling of corporate DEI programs\, including mentorship networks and employee resource groups that previously supported Black women’s career advancement. The study further found that the rollback of diversity\, equity\, and inclusion programs has further exacerbated the crisis\, dismantling corporate roles and mentorship pipelines that previously supported Black women’s career advancement. The study (No Friends in the Pipeline\, Gassam Asare\, August 4\, 2025\, Forbes\, https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2025/08/04/no-friends-in-the-pipeline-why-300000-black-women-were-pushed-out-of-the-workforce/). \nMeanwhile\, new research published in the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development—titled Breaking Barriers: The Economic Realities of Self-Employed Black Women With Disabilities—shows that 43.9% of Black women with disabilities are now self-employed. Among those surveyed\, 66.9% reported multiple mental health conditions\, 27.3% had visual impairments\, and 55.4% earned $50\,000 or more annually. The study also found that Black women with disabilities were twice as likely to hold graduate degrees compared to their nondisabled peers (Peterson\, August 29\, 2025\, Black Enterprise\, https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-women-with-disabilities-self-employment/; Peterson\, August 27\, 2025\, MSN\, https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/in-a-challenging-labor-market-black-women-with-disabilities-are-choosing-self-employment/ar-AA1Ll6JM). \nHowever\, this path is fraught with risk: under current Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) rules\, disabled individuals who earn more than $1\,620/month in 2025 are considered to be engaging in Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA)\, which can trigger loss of benefits (Social Security Administration\, January 2025\, https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10003.pdf). Even more punitive is the “marriage penalty\,” where disabled individuals risk losing aid entirely if they marry someone without a disability\, due to household income thresholds and asset tests (Heard\, April 14\, 2025\, AccessAbility Officer\, https://accessabilityofficer.com/blog/ssi-marriage-penalty-in-2025-why-disabled-couples-lose-benefits-for-saying-i-do). \nUnder the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Act—signed by President Trump on July 4\, 2025 and nicknamed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB)—disabled individuals must meet new Medicaid eligibility requirements\, including 80 hours/month of verified employment or community engagement. These provisions disproportionately threaten Black disabled women’s economic stability\, given systemic barriers to accessible work and the risk of losing benefits for exceeding income thresholds (Hinton\, Diana\, & Rudowitz\, July 30\, 2025\, KFF\, https://www.kff.org/medicaid/a-closer-look-at-the-work-requirement-provisions-in-the-2025-federal-budget-reconciliation-law/). While SSDI and SSI eligibility rules and how disability benefits are awarded or calculated remain unchanged\, the bill introduced a temporary $6\,000 federal income tax deduction for individuals aged 65+\, which may reduce taxable income for some SSDI recipients who are seniors. But this is a tax-side adjustment—not a change to benefit eligibility. And while those work conditions do not apply to SSDI or SSI directly\, but they do affect disabled individuals who rely on Medicaid alongside Social Security benefits (i.e.\, dual-eligibles). \nThis growing reliance on self-employment among Black disabled women despite all these barriers underscores broader systemic failures in the labor market—failures that are now reverberating across other sectors and demographics. \nExperts warn that Black women often serve as a “canary in the coal mine” for broader economic instability—a metaphor meaning they experience economic shocks first\, signaling deeper systemic problems that may later affect other groups. This is due to their high labor force participation and concentration in essential sectors like health care\, education\, and public service (Carrazana\, July 3\, 2025\, The 19th\, https://19thnews.org/2025/07/black-women-unemployment-jobs-warning-sign/). \nBased on a synthesis of multiple labor analyses cited in the report—including data from ProPublica\, Axios\, The 19th\, and the National Black Chamber of Commerce—the average duration of unemployment for Black women now exceeds six months\, longer than any other demographic group. This trend raises alarms about structural inequities and the long-term impact on household stability and national productivity (Smith\, July 29\, 2025\, The Root\, https://www.theroot.com/terrifying-reasons-300k-black-women-lost-jobs-in-2025-2000053167). \nPresident Trump’s D.C. Takeover\nAs of September 1\, 2025\, approximately 2\,300 National Guard troops are deployed in Washington\, D.C.\, including 800 from the D.C. National Guard and 1\,500 from six Republican-led states—Ohio\, South Carolina\, West Virginia\, Mississippi\, Tennessee\, and Louisiana—under Title 32 authority\, which allows federally funded Guard operations under state control\, though D.C.’s Guard remains under direct presidential command (Murillo\, 2025\, WTOP\, https://wtop.com/dc/2025/08/what-one-expert-says-makes-the-deployment-of-the-national-guard-into-dc-different-from-other-deployments). President Donald Trump initiated the deployment on August 11\, 2025\, invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to declare a “crime emergency” and assume control of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department for up to 30 days—after which congressional approval is required to extend federal control (Lazor\, 2025\, PolitiFact\, https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/aug/15/home-rule-act-emergency-power-congress-approval). On August 25\, Trump signed an executive order titled “Additional Measures to Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia\,” directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to create a specialized D.C. Guard unit deputized to enforce federal law and a nationwide “quick reaction force” trained to quell civil disturbances (Cohen\, Britzky\, & Judd\, 2025\, CNN\, https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/25/politics/trump-executive-order-national-guard-units-crime). While the order does not specify a deployment duration\, the Home Rule Act clearly limits federal control of local police to 30 days unless extended by Congress—contrary to Trump’s public suggestion that a national emergency could bypass this limit (Durkee\, 2025\, Forbes\, https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/08/13/trump-claims-he-can-extend-dc-police-control-without-congress-heres-why-thats-false). Trump has also threatened similar deployments in cities led by Black mayors—including Baltimore\, Chicago\, Oakland\, Los Angeles\, and New York—despite these cities reporting significant crime reductions\, such as Baltimore’s 29.5% drop in homicides and 21% decline in nonfatal shootings (Lockman\, 2025\, CBS News Baltimore\, https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/city-historic-low-violent-crime-homicides-shootings) and Chicago’s 32.3% drop in homicides and 37.4% decline in shootings (City of Chicago\,2025\, https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/mayor/Press%20Room/Press%20Releases/2025/August/FACT%20SHEET%20CITY%20OF%20CHICAGO%20CONTINUES%20TO%20SEE%20HISTORIC%20DECLINES%20IN%20VIOLENT%20CRIME%20UNDER%20MAYOR%20BRANDON%20JOHNSON.pdf). Critics argue these threats reflect racial and political targeting\, especially given that rural red counties—often overlooked—have a 76% higher rate of gun suicides than urban areas and lead in per capita gun deaths\, driven by domestic violence and firearm access (AAP News\, 2025\, https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/32993/Reports-detail-rising-rates-of-firearm-suicides). Civil rights leaders and Black mayors have condemned the deployments as racially motivated\, with USA Today reporting that Trump’s strategy “paints a false picture of the largest Black-majority cities” to exploit racial distrust for political gain (Berry & Collins\, 2025\, USA Today\, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/16/trump-city-takeover-plans-black-mayor-racial-profiling/85670358007). \nA. Scott Bolden\, Esq. has been a fierce critic of the federal takeover based on his knowledge as a former New York state prosecutor. During the show\, he will share more of his perspectives regarding the results-to-date of The Takeover and the threats against other cities which are notably all run by Black mayors. \nBlack History: “Tell The Truth About Slavery!”\nOn August 28th\, 2025\, Attorney Bolden penned an op-ed in the Atlanta Daily World entitled “Trump Should Let African American Museum Tell the Truth About Slavery”. Below are excerpts from the article\, which you can read in full here: https://atlantadailyworld-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/atlantadailyworld.com/2025/08/28/trump-should-let-african-american-museum-tell-the-truth-about-slavery-2/?amp=1 \nPresident Donald Trump’s recent social media post complaining about how Smithsonian Institution museums portray slavery is inaccurate\, insulting and a national embarrassment. ‘The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL\, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is\, how bad Slavery was\, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success\, nothing about Brightness\, nothing about the Future\,’ Trump wrote. \n\n“ ‘We are not going to allow this to happen\, and I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums …\,’ the president continued. ‘This Country [sic] cannot be WOKE because WOKE IS BROKE.’\n“The president’s social media post followed an Aug. 12 letter to the Smithsonian by Trump administration officials demanding a ‘comprehensive internal review’ of eight Smithsonian museums by the White House ‘to ensure alignment with the President’s directive to celebrate American exceptionalism\, remove divisive or partisan narratives\, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions.’\n“The directive mentioned in the letter was an executive order Trump issued in March denouncing ‘a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our nation’s history … as inherently racist\, sexist\, oppressive\, or otherwise irredeemably flawed’ and ordering an effort to ‘remove improper ideology’ from Smithsonian museums\, research centers and the National Zoo.\n“ My view of the National Museum of African American History and Culture aligns with the view a visitor expressed in 2017 when he praised it as ‘a truly great museum’ that was ‘incredible\,’ ‘done with love’ and ‘a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry\, intolerance and hatred in all its very ugly forms.’ That visitor in 2017 was President Trump. Too bad his view has changed.\n“ To its credit\, Germany requires Holocaust education in schools. Trump would be wise to learn from the German example — not hiding from an ugly chapter of his nation’s history\, but shining a spotlight on it so later generations can learn from it.\n“We need to be honest about our past. There is simply no way to put a pretty face on slavery or downplay its barbarity and immorality.\n“Importantly\, Trump’s social media post saying Smithsonian museums concentrate on stories about ‘how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been’ is not true. The African American museum devotes much space to telling the story of Black people overcoming slavery\, systemic racism and poverty to rise to levels of great accomplishment in just about every field.\n“The many displays about Black abolitionists\, civil rights figures\, educators\, physicians\, scientists\, lawyers\, entertainers\, athletes\, government officials\, business executives and more are as inspiring as the stories of enslaved Black people are disheartening.\n“The fact that Black Americans could rise from slavery to the U.S. presidency of Barack Obama 144 years after emancipation is a testament to the justice of our system of government and the goodness of the American people. Racism has not disappeared\, but the great progress our nation has made on the road to equality is something all Americans should learn about and be proud of.\n“My own family has lived this story of Black success. My ancestors were enslaved. My late father\, Raymond A. Bolden\, who was born in 1933\, struggled through poverty\, racism and homelessness to become an exceptional student\, serve in the U.S. Air Force and go on to become a civil rights lawyer and judge. He inspired me to become a lawyer as well and follow in his and my mother’s footsteps by also becoming a crusader for racial justice.\n“As a lawyer\, I’ve often seen witnesses ‘solemnly swear to tell the truth\, the whole truth and nothing but the truth’ when they are called to testify in trials. We should expect our museums to do the same. President Trump should stop trying to prevent them from doing so.” (End of Excerpt)\n\nThere has been considerable aggravation in the African-American community regarding devastating data on Black women’s unemployment.  These and other related matters will constitute the subjects of Tuesday’s show. \nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\nWelcome\, Attorney A. Scott Bolden! \n\nScott\, before we get into the substance of the many recent high profile developments in our national landscape and here in Washington\, DC\, let’s talk about your personal background.\nScott\, Your parents were racial justice fighters and high achievers. How did that influence you?\nScott\, What do you consider to be the highlights of your education at Morehouse and Howard University School of Law?\nScott\, As a prosecutor\, what was the most important lesson you learned from those years?\nScott\, Why did you move from New York to Washington D.C.?\nScott\, You advanced rapidly at Reed Smith LLP serving as Managing Partner twice\, how has it been to be at the tip of the spear where very few Black lawyers have reigned?\nScott\, Yesterday was Labor Day\, and there were 1\,000 “WorkersOverBillionaires” protests held all over the nation. What is your perspective on the challenges that workers\, especially federal workers\, face in the US right now?\nScott\, There is much aggravation in the African American community about the devastating 2025 unemployment numbers for Black women\, 306\,000 and counting…\nWhat do you believe should be done to address this Crisis?\nScott\, as we are holding our show today\, DC remains under a federal occupation\, based on President Trump’s assertion that he seeks to “wipe out crime\, savagery\, filth and scum…” Why is this assertion wrong?\nScott\, The people of DC have not been silenced by these actions and have not only rallied but have issued several statements of opposition to Trump’s authoritarian actions including a Resolution by the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL) and its DC Chapter denouncing the federal takeover. There has been a robust DC protest movement in opposition to the Takeover with nightly “Noise Every Night “Cacerolazos” on the streets of DC. And on September 6th there will be a Major “WE ARE ALL DC March.” What else can people do to show their opposition?\nScott\, How would you rate the early responses to Trump’s threats of Takeover by Governor Wes Moore\, Mayor Brandon Johnson\, and others?\nScott\, Let’s turn our attention to the Trump attack on the Smithsonian\, particularly the National Museum for African American History and Culture. On August 21st\, 2025\, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) issued a statement on President Trump’s recent continued attacks on African-American history by whitewashing the Smithsonians. On August 28th\, you published a strong Op ED in the Atlanta Daily World entitled “Trump Should Let African American Museum Tell the Truth About Slavery”. What are the top points you make in this powerful piece?\nScott\, why is it so important that African-American history be taught?\nScott\, what is the injury that we all suffer from book-banning\, the banning of Black History\, and the White-washing of our history?\nScott\, right now the President has “his lawyers” combing through all the Smithsonian exhibits looking for material that does not conform with his version of U.S. History. What have been the consequences to date of this attempted White-washing?\nScott\, what is it that people are missing about the threat of authoritarianism and racism in this occupation?\nScott\, what are your top recommendations for what needs to be done in this moment by groups and individuals to address the federal takeovers\, rise in authoritarianism\, and the White-washing of Black History?\nScott\, Thank You for being on the show. How can our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: \n\nabout the September 6th Mass Mobilization in Washington\, D.C. against The Occupation\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to Vote to Stop the Trump DC Takeover and Senate to vote No on the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – August 26: #FreeDC! #HandsOffOurHistory! President Trump’s Rising Racist Authoritarianism and New US Polling Data on Anti-Black Racism
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nAugust 26\, 2025: #FreeDC! #HandsOffOurHistory! President Trump’s Rising Racist Authoritarianism and New US Polling Data on Anti-Black Racism\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nDr. Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nNew Head of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH); immediate past president of the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA); Executive Director\, Karson Institute for Race\, Peace\, and Social Justice; Professor\, Communication for “African and African American Studies”\, Loyola University Maryland; Host\, Today With Dr. Kaye on WEAA 88.9 FM; twitter: @kayewhitehead @karsoninstitute \nAdjoa Aiyetoro\, Esq.: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nRenowned civil rights attorney and reparations advocate; Professor of Law Emerita UALR William H. Bowen School of Law; Former Executive Director of National Conference of Black Lawyers (NBCL) \n\n\nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, August 25th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, Entitled “#FreeDC! #HandsOffOurHistory! President Trump’s Rising Racist Authoritarianism and New US Polling Data on Anti-Black Racism”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Dr. Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead and Adjoa Aiyetoro\, Esq. \nOn August 21st\, 2025\, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)\, led by Igniting Change guest Dr. Karsonya Wise-Whitehead\, issued a statement on President Trump’s recent continued attacks on African-American history by whitewashing the Smithsonians. The following excerpts are taken from that statement which can be read in full here: https://afro.com/preserving-black-history-threatened/ \nEarlier this week\, the president\, on his social media platform\, wrote a post openly attacking the Smithsonian Institution museums\, asserting they were “OUT OF CONTROL.” He wrongly claimed that they only focused on “how horrible our Country is\, how bad Slavery was and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been.” He also noted that “I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums\, and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities\, where tremendous progress has been made. This country cannot be WOKE\, because WOKE IS BROKE.” As a follow-up\, the White House released a directive calling for a full review of all archival materials to determine if said materials are aligned with the president’s plan to “Restore Truth and Sanity to American History” (Executive Order 14235). This plan aims to remove any exhibit or artifact that does not align with his definition of American exceptionalism. \nWhen the executive order was first released\, ASALH felt compelled to speak out and partnered with other civil rights organizations\, including the African American Policy Forum (AAPF)\, to lead the National Week of Action’s “Hands Off Our History” rally. We met in Washington\, D.C.\, and rallied around the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (our beloved Blacksonian) to call attention to what was happening and what people needed to do next. We also laid out our North Star\, providing our members with a blueprint for daily acts of resistance because we knew\, like Toni Morrison once told us\, “The move toward a final solution is not a jump. It takes one step\, then another\, then another.” \nAs you may be aware\, the first steps have already been taken. The first occurred in 2017 with the whitelash election; then in 2020 with the rise in anti-Blackness and White supremacy after the murder of George Floyd. The right wing conservatives took a third step in 2023 with the banning of over 10\,000 books\, a majority of which featured people and characters of color. And\, a fourth step occurred earlier this year when 47 issued multiple executive orders banning diversity\, equity and inclusion (DEI) in higher education\, medicine\, K-12th grade history courses\, research and science—to name just a few steps in the race toward fascism. The president and MAGA are now in full stride as they speed to defund libraries\, whitewash history curricula\, zero-base the Department of Education\, position the National Guard in Washington\, D.C.\, and dismantle the Black middle class. (It is not lost on us that the work that was done to push and remove 300\,000 Black women from the workforce was deliberate and intentional. It is also another step.) These steps are veiled attempts to rewrite and distort the narrative by removing any mention of the racist actions\, words and deeds that have shaped American history. This regime is actively seeking to erase the lived experiences of Black people. \nBut\, we knew that this moment would come. We have been preparing\, and we are ready. Our work to uphold the legacies of Dr. Carter G. Woodson\, W.E.B. Du Bois\, Mary McLeod Bethune\, Ella Baker\, Constance Baker Motley\, Derrick Bell\, Harriet Tubman\, Paul Robeson\, Dorothy I. Height\, Juanita Jackson Mitchell\, Vincent Harding and Barbara Jordan\, among many others\, demand that we stay ready. Our work as truth seekers obliges us to “speak the truth to the people” and demands that we stay ready. Our work to preserve the history of our experience and plant the seeds for future knowledge and resistance to sprout demands that we stay ready. \nASALH stands in fierce opposition to this latest directive and all efforts to erase or distort our history\, to silence our voices and to minimize our story. The history of the United States is written in blood and tears\, in cross burnings and lynchings\, in protesting and picketing\, in voting and in protesting\, in fear and in terror\, and in fighting for justice and for peace. (End of excerpt) \nIn another revealing development\, “[a]ccording to a new Gallup poll\, a majority of Americans—and a supermajority of Black Americans—believe that anti-Black racism is widespread in the United States. The 64% of Americans who think this particular brand of racism is widespread is tied with its polls from 2021 and is the highest figure recorded in its periodic polls since 2008…Despite the insistence of Donald Trump and his Republican Party in recent years that anti-white racism is prevalent\, most Americans do not share that view; only 29% of respondents in the latest poll believe that it’s widespread\, in contrast to the previous polling in 2016\, when it came in at 41%…As it relates to civil rights\, although the polling indicates that while the majority of white Americans believe that civil rights for Black people have improved during their lifetimes\, that figure is lower than it has been in the past. \n“However\, as a longer view of the public opinion regarding civil rights by Cornell University’s Roper Center points out\, over time\, the gap between Black and white sentiment regarding civil rights has been steadily narrowing. This has been driven in large part by the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, largely considered the most transformative piece of legislation for the lives of Americans\, in particular\, Black Americans\, over the last half-century.” (Source: https://www.blackenterprise.com/majority-americans-believe-anti-black-racism-widespread/ ) \nOn August 19th\, 2025\, the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL)\, whom our Igniting Change guest Attorney Adjoa Aiyetoro served as the former Executive Director\, and its D.C. Chapter denounced the federal takeover of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and the Militarization of the District of Columbia. Taken are excerpts from this statement: \nPresident Donald J. Trump has invoked powers under the District of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973 to effectuate an unprecedented federal takeover of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department\, that on its face appears racially motivated\, undermining local governance and the autonomy of the District’s elected leadership. President Trump\, in furtherance of his federal takeover\, has deployed federal military personnel and FBI agents across the District of Columbia under the clearly false pretext of addressing a purported surge in violent crime when there is clear and compelling evidence to the contrary. Official statistics from the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department indicate that violent crime has declined over the past two years\, including a 26% reduction in the current year; and\, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia reported in January 2025\, that overall crime in the District is at a 30-year low. \nThe National Conference of Black Lawyers and its D.C. Chapter unequivocally denounce the federal takeover of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and the militarization of the District of Columbia. NCBL and its D.C. Chapter calls upon all legal professionals\, civil rights organizations\, and elected officials to stand in defense of D.C.’s sovereignty and the rights of its residents. (End of excerpt) \nThese and other related matters will constitute the subjects of Tuesday’s show. \n\n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\nEveryone\, as we are holding our show today\, DC remains under a federal occupation\, based on President Trump’s assertion that he seeks to “wipe out crime\, savagery\, filth and scum…” Why is this assertion wrong? \n\nThe people of DC have not been silenced by these actions and have not only rallied but have issued several statements of opposition to Trump’s authoritarian actions. Neither one of your groups have been silenced!\nAdjoa\, tell us about the Resolution the the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL) and its DC Chapter just issued a Resolution directly denouncing the federal takeover. Can you please share with our audience some of the highlights of this Resolution?  How can people find the full resolution?\nDr. Kaye\, on August 21st\, 2025\, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) issued a statement on President Trump’s recent continued attacks on African-American history by whitewashing the Smithsonians. Can you tell our audience some highlights of this statement as well as where they can find the full statement?\nDr. Kaye\, why is it so important that African-American history be taught?\nDr. Kaye\, what is the injury that we all suffer from book-banning\, the banning of Black History\, and the White-washing of our history?\nEveryone\, in recent days President Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard in Baltimore\, Chicago\, New York and other noticeably African American governed cities. What do you think about how these jurisdictions have reacted? What else should they do?\nTo all our guests\, what are the implications of Trump’s D.C. Takeover for the nation?\nDr. Kaye\, right now the President has “his lawyers” combing through all the Smithsonian exhibits looking for material that does not conform with his version of U.S. History. What has been the consequences to date of this attempted White-washing?\nEveryone\, in another revealing development\, Black Enterprise has reported that “[a]ccording to a new Gallup poll\, a majority of Americans—and a supermajority of Black Americans—believe that anti-Black racism is widespread in the United States. The 64% of Americans who think this particular brand of racism is widespread is tied with its polls from 2021 and is the highest figure recorded in its periodic polls since 2008…Despite the insistence of Donald Trump and his Republican Party in recent years that anti-white racism is prevalent\, most Americans do not share that view; only 29% of respondents in the latest poll believe that it’s widespread\, in contrast to the previous polling in 2016\, when it came in at 41%…As it relates to civil rights\, although the polling indicates that while the majority of white Americans believe that civil rights for Black people have improved during their lifetimes\, that figure is lower than it has been in the past.” So how do these findings comport with the President’s attempted white-washing of not only our history but of current racism?\nEveryone\, what is it that people are missing about the threat of authoritarianism and racism in this occupation?\nEveryone\, back to The Takeovers\, what are you hearing and seeing in D.C. as a result of the armed national guard? I know that they have randomly set up checkpoints!\nEveryone\, what are your top recommendations for what needs to be done in this moment by groups and individuals to address the federal takeovers\, rise in authoritarianism\, and the White-washing of Black History?\nEveryone\, thank you for being on the show. How can our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: \n\nabout the September 6th Mass Mobilization in Washington\, D.C. against The Occupation\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to vote NO and protest the SAVE Act\nto stay in those streets!\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – August 19: #FreeDC! President Trump’s Rising Authoritarianism: Threats to D.C. Autonomy\, Democracy\, and Homeless People
DESCRIPTION:Listen Live\n\n\nAugust 19\, 2025: #FreeDC! President Trump’s Rising Authoritarianism: Threats to D.C. Autonomy\, Democracy\, and Homeless People\n\n\n\n\nThe nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \nSPEAKERS:\nRep. Ron Reynolds: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nTexas State Representative of House District 27 who serves as Chair of the Black Caucus for the state of Texas. Rep. Ron Reynolds serves on the following committees: Environmental Regulation as Ranking Member; and\, Land & Resource Management. He also holds leadership roles as Chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus; Vice Chair of the Texas Energy & Climate Caucus; and\, Chair of the Texas HBCU Legislative Caucus; the first African American elected as state representative in Fort Bend County since Reconstruction. He is the Leader of the Black Legislative Caucus in Texas\, Former Associate Municipal Judge for the City of Houston\, Past President of the Houston Lawyers Association\, and Past President of the Missouri City & Vicinity NAACP. \nDr. Dibinga Omekongo\, CSP: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nAward-winning Leadership\, Diversity\, Inclusion\, & Antiracism Strategist; Certified Virtual Speaker; John Maxwell Top 30 Leader; Author of “Lies about Black People: How To Combat Racist Stereotypes and Why It Matters.” \nDonald Whitehead: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET\nExecutive Director of the National Coalition for the Homeless; Personal Twitter: @DWhitehead2020; Organization Twitter: @NationalHomeles \n\n\nINTRODUCTION: \n\n\n\n\nHi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, August 19th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, Entitled “#FreeDC! President Trump’s Rising Authoritarianism: Threats to D.C. Autonomy\, Democracy\, and Homeless People”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Rep. Ron Reynolds; Donald Whitehead; and\, Dr. Dibinga Omekongo\, CSP. This week’s show will continue to highlight two of President Trump’s most egregious and impactful executive overreaches: 1) his move to stack the 2026 election by through mid-decade partisan redistricting\, intention to issue an illegal voter suppression executive order; and\, 2) his takeover of Washington\, D.C. law enforcement and criminalization of the homeless\, and the peoples’ fight against all of his unconstitutional and dictatorial actions. \nFrom August 3rd to August 18\, 2025\, fifty Texas House Democrats staged a walkout to block a mid-decade redistricting bill backed by Donald Trump and Governor Greg Abbott. The proposed map would add five GOP-leaning congressional seats despite Texas having redrawn its districts in 2021. This redistricting will reduce the number of African American congressional members by packing African Americans into fewer districts. By leaving the state\, Democrats denied quorum and shut down the first special session. \nRepublicans responded with civil arrest warrants\, attempted extraditions from Illinois\, and threats to vacate Democratic seats. The first special session adjourned on August 15 without passing any legislation. Abbott immediately called a second session\, which began August 18. \nThat morning\, most Democrats returned to the Capitol\, ending their 17-day protest. Their return was met with surveillance and restrictions: lawmakers were required to sign permission slips and accept Department of Public Safety escorts to leave the chamber. Representative Nicole Collier refused to sign and was effectively confined to the House floor\, later filing a habeas corpus petition challenging her detention. \nIgniting Change guest Representative Ron Reynolds posted a TikTok video on August 18\, 2025\, during an interview with News Nation about the Texas House ending the quorum break. In the video\, Rep. Reynolds\, responding to the anchor’s question “So\, you all were successful in stalling but only delaying the inevitable- how\, then\, is this a win in your mind?”\, responded: \n“Well\, it’s a win because we set out with two objectives: to kill the first call special session- which we did [as it] effectively ended this last Friday- and the second was to take this fight across the country to engage other states to respond in kind. California\, as you stated from per [sic] Governor Newsom\, when they reconvene today will introduce five Democratic seats that will nullify any five gains from Texas so basically it’s a wash. We also had great conversations with New York\, with Illinois\, with New Mexico\, uh\, with Maryland – so we believe that we’ve taken this fight out of Texas to the country. We’ve changed the narrative: most Americans are with us in terms of the polls\, uh\, that are against mid-decade redistricting and certainly against racial gerrymandering. So we believe that we’ve accomplished what we could\, given the means that we have\, and now we turn the fight to the legislate [sic]- to the legal end with our lawyers. We’re going to put up a\, put up the [sic]record on the floor to build the record to then litigate this matter because we believe it violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and therefore is unconstitutional.” \nWatch the full interview clip here: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BjtHJf/ \nThe Texas standoff has sparked a national response. On August 14\, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a November 4 special election to let voters decide whether to override the state’s independent redistricting commission and adopt a new map that could flip five seats to Democrats. Newsom called it a “five-alarm fire for democracy\,” asserting that California must “meet fire with fire” to counter Trump’s influence. \nAs of August 18\, the Texas House resumed business with quorum met\, and Republicans are expected to fast-track the redistricting bill. Democrats continue to challenge the process both legislatively and legally. According to the Courthouse News Service article on August 18th\, “Just outside the House Chamber\, supporters held signs and cheered as Democrats filed through the doors and headed to their desks. Many Republicans welcomed their colleagues with a smile and a hug\, mere days after voting to send state police after their colleagues who had absconded to Illinois\, California and New York.” Read more on everything surrounding their return here: https://api.courthousenews.com/texas-house-democrats-met-with-police-surveillance-upon-return-to-state-capitol-after-quorum-break/ \nAlso as of August 18\, 2025\, roughly 1\,500 National Guard troops are currently deployed in Washington\, D.C.\, with additional reinforcements expected. This includes approximately 800 personnel from the D.C. National Guard activated under federal authority\, along with units from West Virginia (approx. 350 troops)\, South Carolina (200 troops)\, and Ohio (150 troops)\, many of whom are assigned to military police roles. These troops are primarily stationed near federal buildings and tourist-heavy areas\, tasked with supporting law enforcement and protecting property. Most are currently unarmed\, but some units are expected to begin carrying firearms in the coming days. \nPresident Donald Trump has recently threatened and begun deploying a range of federal law enforcement agencies in Washington\, D.C.\, under the claim of combating violent crime—even though crime rates have been falling. Here’s a breakdown of the agencies and forces involved: \n? Trump’s Federal Law Enforcement Actions in Washington\, D.C. (2025)\nMarch 14\, 2025 \n\nEO 14288: “Restoring Safety and Order in the Nation’s Capital”\nCreated the “D.C. Safe and Beautiful” task force to address crime and homelessness\n\nAugust 8\, 2025 \n\nEO 14325: “Federal Surge Deployment for Urban Crime Prevention”\nDeployed 450 federal officers from FBI\, DEA\, Secret Service\, Park Police\, ATF\, and others\n\nAugust 10\, 2025 \n\nEO 14326: “Emergency Mobilization of the D.C. National Guard”\nAnnounced activation of up to 800 troops and intent to federalize MPD\n\nAugust 11\, 2025 \n\nEO 14327: “Temporary Federal Oversight of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department”\nDeclared a public safety emergency and placed MPD under federal control\nAppointed the U.S. Attorney General to oversee MPD operations\n\nAugust 11\, 2025 \n\nEO 14328: “Federal Protection of Government Continuity in the District of Columbia”\nCited embassy staff murders and threats to federal operations as justification\nFBI agents began street patrols and license plate scans\nFederal officers initiated removal of homeless encampments from federal areas\nDEA and Park Police began leading enforcement in designated zones\n\nMany homeless residents and advocates in Washington\, D.C. have condemned the Trump administration’s recent executive orders targeting homelessness\, describing them as punitive\, unlawful\, and ineffective. The orders authorize arrests and institutionalization of individuals for sleeping outside\, refusing shelter\, or declining social services\, despite the city having only 40 shelter beds for nearly 900 unsheltered residents. Advocacy groups such as Miriam’s Kitchen\, the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless\, and the National Homelessness Law Center argue that these actions violate constitutional rights and worsen homelessness by disconnecting individuals from community support. They emphasize that the only effective solution is housing first\, paired with supportive services. Critics also highlight the racial and authoritarian undertones of the crackdown\, noting that it disproportionately harms Black and Brown communities and diverts resources away from proven housing strategies. These concerns are compounded by the fact that most homeless individuals are already working: a University of Chicago study found that 53% of people in homeless shelters and 40% of unsheltered individuals were employed during the year they experienced homelessness\, though their earnings were far below what’s needed to afford housing (Pagaduan\, 2022). National organizations have denounced the orders as rooted in outdated myths and warned that they will exacerbate the crisis rather than resolve it (National Coalition for the Homeless\, 2025; National Homelessness Law Center\, 2025; Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless\, 2025). \nOn July 24\, 2025\, NCH released a statement titled “Trump administration issues executive orders that fundamentally misrepresent homelessness” ((read the full statement here: https://nationalhomeless.org/trump-administration-issues-executive-orders-that-fundamentally-misrepresent-homelessness/ ). The executive orders treat homelessness as a criminal issue rather than a societal challenge. Igniting Change guest and NCH Executive Director Donald Whitehead Jr. is quoted in the statement as saying that “[t]hese executive orders ignore decades of evidence-based housing and support services… They represent a punitive approach that has consistently failed.” NCH warns that the orders threaten due process and civil liberties\, especially for those with mental health challenges. The orders propose withholding HUD funding from states that protect individuals from involuntary institutionalization\, while paradoxically allowing Medicaid funding for mental health treatment. \nAlongside NCH\, on July 24\, 2025\, National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC) published a statement titled “National Homelessness Law Center condemns Trump’s misguided Executive Order” (read the full statement here: https://homelesslaw.org/statement7242025/ ). NHLC calls the order “backwards\, expensive\, and ineffective\,” warning it will worsen homelessness. NHLC objects to the expansion of the police and institutional responses to homelessness; how his new policies prioritize funding for states that criminalize homelessness while simultaneously cutting off support for harm-reduction and housing-first programs. Jesse Rabinowitz\, NHLC Communications Director\, says in the statement that “[a]rresting or ticketing people for sleeping outside makes homelessness worse\, wastes taxpayer money\, and simply does not work.” NHLC urges support for the Housing Not Handcuffs Act\, a legislative response to criminalization trends. \nNHLC also co-signed a joint press release with the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless and Miriam’s Kitchen warning of “unlawful arrests and forced displacement of homeless DC residents” expected under Trump’s directives. Read the joint statement here: https://www.legalclinic.org/press-release-unlawful-arrests-and-forced-displacement-of-homeless-dc-residents-expected-as-soon-as-tonight/ \n\n\n\nQUESTIONS: \n\n\n\n\nLet’s start with an update on the Texas Gerrymandering and the ongoing redistricting war. Rep. Reynolds\, welcome back! You have now returned to Texas with all of the heroes and sheroes who led the revolt against this wrongful redistricting.  Please share with our audience what has happened after your return. \n\nRep. Reynolds\, Tell us about the permission slips\, escorts\, and other changes in the legislature.\nRep. Reynolds\, What do you want our audience to know about what was accomplished by the quorum breaking days of absence from the Texas Legislature?\nRep. Reynolds\, What has been the response of your constituents to this entire ordeal?\nRep. Reynolds\, How do you view the importance of California and other state’s responses to Trump’s efforts to rig the 2026 Elections?\nDr. Omekongo and Mr. Whitehead\, what has the Texas walk out meant to you?\nEveryone\, This past Saturday\, August 16th\, there were 300 activations across the nation under the title of FightTheTrumpTakeover.com.  What has that meant to each of you?\nEveryone\, This week\, President Trump has opened another front on his attempt to undermine the 2026 Elections by announcing his intent to issue a voter suppression Executive Order that will ban mail in balloting and other voting options.  The AG is threatening to sue California and other states that refuse to turnover their voter files.  How do we continue to educate voters and fight these actions?\nEveryone\, as we are holding our show today\, DC is under a federal occupation\, based on President Trump’s assertion that he seeks to “wipe out crime\, savagery\, filth and scum…” Why is this assertion just wrong?\nDr. Omekongo\, one of the stronger August 16th FightTheTrumpTakeover events were held in the streets of DC where you reside\, what has it meant to you to see this active resistance to this dangerous action by the President?\nDr. Omekongo\, interestingly\, some DC personalities have been advocating that they feel safer with the federal occupation and see this takeover as an opportunity to request President Trump work to expand into other more friendly anti-crime measures\, what has been your response?\nDonald\, besides threatening Black youth\, President Trump has also singled out the Homeless for targeted removal and punishment asserting that they are a blight on the city\, making it less beautiful.  What has happened since his executive order  criminalizing the homeless?\nDonald\, are there any legal challenges being brought to counteract these actions against the Homeless?\nDr. Omekongo\, what is it that people are missing about the threat of authoritarianism and racism in this occupation?\nTo all our guests\, what are the implications of Trump’s D.C. Takeover for the nation?\nDr. Omekongo \, how do we get out of this hole? A number of Congresspeople have railed against his actions. What do you see as the next steps to stop him from turning D.C. into a police state?\nDr. Omekongo and Mr. Whitehead\, what can our listeners do to help in D.C.?\nRepresentative Reynolds\, what can our audience do to help in Texas and what are your final one-minute thoughts to our audience?\nEveryone\, thank you for being on the show. How can our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: \n\nWhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to vote NO and protest the SAVE Act to stay in those streets!\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.]\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – August 12: #FreeDC! The Perils of Presidential Overreach: The Trump Takeover of Texas and Washington\, D.C.
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				August 12\, 2025: #FreeDC! The Perils of Presidential Overreach: The Trump Takeover of Texas and Washington\, D.C.\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nRep. Jolanda Jones: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern TimeJolanda Felicia Jones is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives\, representing District 147 since May 18\, 2022. She serves on the following committees: Criminal Jurisprudence; Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice as Vice Chair; and\, Public Health. She is an attorney\, former Houston City Council member\, school board trustee\, and nationally recognized heptathlete. Jones won multiple NCAA championships and was a U.S. track and field champion before earning her law degree from the University of Houston. She has built a career as a criminal defense attorney\, civil rights advocate\, and television personality\, appearing on shows like Sisters in Law and Survivor: Palau. Jones is openly LGBTQ and became the first Black LGBTQ member elected to the Texas Legislature. Her work has focused on justice reform\, healthcare access\, and protecting marginalized communities. \nRep. Ron Reynolds: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETTexas State Representative of House District 27 who serves as Chair of the Black Caucus for the state of Texas. Rep. Ron Reynolds serves on the following committees: Environmental Regulation as Ranking Member; and\, Land & Resource Management. He also holds leadership roles as Chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus; Vice Chair of the Texas Energy & Climate Caucus; and\, Chair of the Texas HBCU Legislative Caucus; the first African American elected as state representative in Fort Bend County since Reconstruction. He is the Leader of the Black Legislative Caucus in Texas\, Former Associate Municipal Judge for the City of Houston\, Past President of the Houston Lawyers Association\, and Past President of the Missouri City & Vicinity NAACP. \nDianne Wilkerson: 12:15 PM – 12:57 PM ETFirst African American Female to serve in the Massachusetts Senate and TJC Board Treasurer \nDr. Elsie Scott: 12:15 PM – 12:57 PM ETDr. Elsie L. Scott is a political scientist\, educator\, and public policy leader. Elsie L. Scott\, Ph.D. has served as the New York City Police Department Deputy Commissioner of Training\, as an executive in the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington\,DC and law enforcement specialist who consulted with a number of police departments across the country. She formerly served as President and CEO of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Beyond academia\, Dr. Scott has held influential roles in law enforcement and nonprofit leadership. She has worked with the Detroit Police Department and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE). Dr. Elsie L. Scott is also a writer. She has served as a special section editor for the Journal of Leadership published by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation\, contributing to thought leadership on public policy and civic engagement. Her writing often focuses on leadership development\, law enforcement reform\, and political participation within the Black community. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, August 12th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, Entitled “#FreeDC! The Perils of Presidential Overreach: The Trump Takeover of Texas and Washington\, D.C.”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Rep. Jolanda Jones; Rep. Rep. Ron Reynolds; Dr. Elsie Scott; and\, Dianne Wilkerson. \nTexas Redistricting DramaHere’s a detailed summary of the latest developments in the Texas redistricting standoff\, as of August 8–11\, 2025: \nTexas Republicans are attempting to pass a mid-decade redistricting plan that would add five GOP-leaning congressional districts\, potentially shifting control of the U.S. House in 2026. On August 11th\, Texas Republicans attempted again to convene the House for a vote on redrawing congressional maps that would favor their party\, but failed to reach quorum due to the ongoing Democratic walkout. Only 94 members were present—just short of the 100 needed. House Speaker Dustin Burrows issued civil arrest warrants for absent Democrats and set a Friday\, August 15 deadline for their return. Governor Greg Abbott has vowed to continue calling special sessions until the vote can proceed. The Texas Constitution (Article III\, Section 10) requires two-thirds of each chamber to be present to conduct official business. It also allows either chamber to compel attendance through civil arrest—but only within state lines. Lawmakers who flee Texas cannot be forcibly returned. \nDemocratic lawmakers remain out of state\, appearing at press events in Illinois and California alongside governors Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker. Abbott has stated that if they re-enter Texas\, they will be arrested and brought to the Capitol. \nTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit with the Texas Supreme Court on August 8th seeking to vacate the seats of 13 Democratic state representatives who fled the state to block a vote on a mid-decade redistricting plan. The proposed map would add five Republican-leaning congressional districts\, potentially shifting control of the U.S. House in the 2026 midterms. \nPaxton’s lawsuit argues that the lawmakers’ absence constitutes “abandonment of office\,” citing public statements they made affirming their refusal to return. Among those named are Reps. Gene Wu\, Ron Reynolds\, Jessica González\, Chris Turner\, Ana-Maria Ramos\, and others from North Texas\, Houston\, and Austin. Paxton claims their actions “sabotaged the constitutional process and violated the oath they swore to uphold.” \nGovernor Greg Abbott had previously filed a similar petition targeting Rep. Gene Wu\, which Paxton publicly disputed\, asserting that only the attorney general has standing to bring such a case under Texas law. Paxton also stated that if Democrats do not return by August 15th\, he will pursue additional filings. \nLegal experts widely question the legitimacy of Paxton’s argument. The Texas Constitution permits quorum-breaking as a legislative tactic\, and courts have historically upheld it. Constitutional law scholar Charles “Rocky” Rhodes stated that breaking quorum does not equate to abandoning office\, and that Paxton’s theory stretches legal precedent. Chad Dunn\, a former attorney for the Texas Democratic Party\, emphasized that lawmakers retain discretion over attendance and that intent to relinquish office must be proven—something not evident in this case. \nPaxton himself acknowledged the legal complexity\, noting in interviews that the process would require filing individual suits in each member’s district\, many of which are Democratic strongholds. If successful\, the seats would be filled via special elections\, but the timeline and legal hurdles make that outcome uncertain. \nIn parallel\, Paxton’s office filed a separate suit in Tarrant County against Beto O’Rourke’s organization\, Powered by People\, for allegedly fundraising to support the absent Democrats. A temporary restraining order was granted to halt further donations\, though legal analysts say the bribery allegations are unlikely to hold up without direct evidence of quid pro quo. \nThe Texas Supreme Court\, composed entirely of Republican justices\, has not yet ruled on Paxton’s petition. In 2021\, the court affirmed that the legislature can compel attendance but did not endorse expulsion for quorum-breaking. \nQuorum-breaking has a long history in Texas politics\, dating back to 1870. Notable examples include the 1979 “Killer Bees” incident\, the 2003 redistricting walkout\, and the 2021 voting rights protest. While these efforts rarely block legislation permanently\, they serve as high-profile messaging tactics. Political scientists describe the current walkout as symbolic but constitutionally valid\, with Democrats using it as a last resort to stall redistricting and other controversial bills. \nNotably\, Republicans themselves have used the tactic. In 2003\, Democrats fled the state to block a mid-decade redistricting plan\, and in 2021\, they left again to protest voting restrictions. At the time\, many Republicans—including then-Governor Rick Perry—acknowledged the legality of quorum-breaking\, even if they criticized its use. The Texas Tribune notes that while Republicans condemned the 2021 walkout\, they did not pursue legal removal of seats\, and some GOP lawmakers privately admitted it was a valid procedural tool. \nTexas Republicans\, led by Governor Greg Abbott and Senator John Cornyn\, have escalated efforts to locate and potentially arrest the over 50 Democratic state lawmakers by appealing to the FBI. On August 6th\, Cornyn sent a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel requesting federal assistance to track down the absent legislators. According to Cornyn\, the FBI agreed to assist\, though it remains unclear what resources or legal authority the agency is using. \nPresident Donald Trump publicly supported the move\, stating the FBI “may have to” get involved to locate the Democrats\, whom he accused of abandoning their constitutional duties. Abbott echoed this sentiment\, claiming the FBI would help identify and return the lawmakers to Texas\, where civil arrest warrants have already been issued. \nDemocrats and legal experts have strongly pushed back. According to Northeastern University law professor Dan Urman\, the FBI lacks jurisdiction in this case because quorum-breaking is not a criminal offense. Federal law allows FBI involvement only in cases involving fugitives from felony prosecution\, which does not apply here. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker\, where many Democrats are staying\, has stated he will not cooperate with any effort to forcibly return them. \nDemocratic leaders in Congress\, including Reps. Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia\, sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Patel expressing concern over the politicization of federal law enforcement. They cited past precedent\, including a 2003 Texas court ruling that the Department of Public Safety could not apprehend lawmakers for breaking quorum. They also referenced the 2003 incident when then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was reprimanded for involving federal agencies in tracking Democratic lawmakers. \nThe FBI has declined to comment publicly on its role\, and legal analysts note that any federal involvement in a state-level political dispute could raise serious constitutional questions. Democrats argue the move is an abuse of power and part of a broader effort to criminalize political protest. \nMeanwhile\, Democratic-led states are threatening retaliatory redistricting. California is preparing a special election in November to authorize new maps that could offset Texas’s proposed gains only if Texas goes through with its plan. Governor Newsom sent a formal letter to Trump on Monday\, August 11\, demanding that he call off the nationwide redistricting push led by Republican-controlled states. Newsom warned that the GOP’s effort to redraw congressional maps mid-decade—especially in Texas—was “playing with fire” and undermining democratic norms ahead of the 2026 elections. He pledged that California would stand down from its own retaliatory redistricting effort if red states did the same. \nNewsom’s letter came after Trump publicly endorsed the Texas redistricting plan and called for a new census to justify further map changes. In response\, Newsom announced that California would pursue a statewide ballot measure to temporarily bypass its independent redistricting commission and allow voters to approve a new map that could add five Democratic-leaning seats. He gave Trump until Tuesday\, August 12th\, to respond\, stating in a video: “We’re not going to sit back and watch you light democracy on fire. We will fight fire with fire.” \nThis move signals escalating redistricting warfare between blue and red states. Trump has not publicly responded to Newsom’s ultimatum\, though he is expected to address it during his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15th. \nThe standoff is intensifying\, with national implications for the 2026 midterms. Legal experts note that Democrats would need to remain out of state until November to block the vote entirely\, which is historically difficult to sustain. If the maps aren’t finalized soon\, Texas may face delays in its primary schedule. \nThe current special session is scheduled to end August 19th\, but Abbott has indicated he may call additional sessions. Without quorum\, the House cannot pass any legislation\, including the redistricting bill or other measures such as SB 7\, which would restrict bathroom access for transgender individuals in public buildings. \n“The Federal Takeover of the District of Columbia Police Department” – Article by Dr. Elsie Scott \nOn August 11\, 2025\, President Trump announced that the Federal government is “restoring law and order in the District of Columbia” by “mobilizing the District of Columbia National Guard”. The takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is reportedly justified based on the murders of two embassy staffers and a Congressional intern\, the beating of a former DOGE employee\, and the need to ensure the functioning of the government. \nAs a long-time resident of Washington\, DC\, a former employee of the MPD\, a former training director for the New York Police Department\, and a consultant to other police department\, the actions by the President are very disturbing. The crime statistics as documented by the FBI show that the crime rate in DC is declining\, not increasing. There is a need to keep reducing crime in the District and throughout the country\, but that is no justification exaggerating statistics.  \nHe announced that the Attorney General will be in charge. What expertise does this political appointee have that qualifies her to run the MPD? What will be the role of Chief Pamela Smith?  \nThe executive order states that “special conditions of an emergency nature exist that require the use of the Metropolitan Police Department…for Federal purposes.” If the MPD is being taken over for Federal purposes\, who will be responsible for protecting the citizens of the District? The National Guard officers have not been trained in local laws\, and they have no relationships with the communities in which they will be serving. They do not know the local statutes. They do not know our neighborhoods and our citizens. One of the best examples of the misuse of the National Guard was the deployment of soldiers to the campus of Kent State University in 1970. The untrained soldiers fired on unarmed students\, killing four and wounding another nine. \nWe\, the taxpaying citizens of the District\, have not asked for this deployment. The Executive Order states that “violence and crime hamper the recruitment and retention of essential Federal employees”. We\, the residents\, are more worried about crime increasing due to the loss of federal jobs than we are about the effects of crime on “recruitment and retention” of federal workers. Where are these jobs coming from? \nThe President has not focused on local victims of crime. Would there be this kind of attention if all the victims were poor DC residents? Some residents have praised the decision to deploy federal troops\, but will their praise continue if their friends and family become victims of abuse? There is also the question of whether citizens will be harassed and arrested for petty crimes such as drinking out of open containers on Federal property. If citizens who are praising the action by Trump do not see a decline in crime and violence in their communities\, will they continue to support the takeover? Another major factor is the length of the takeover and the action by Congress in the fall related to the Home Rule act. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\nWelcome\, guests\, this week’s show is highlighting two of President Trump’s most egregious and impactful executive overreaches: 1) his move to stack the 2026 election by gerrymandering Texas and to institute mid-decade gerrymandering despite the normal process requiring a 2030 Census; and\, 2) his takeover of Washington\, D.C. law enforcement and his criminalization of the homeless. \nLet’s start with the Texas Gerrymandering and the ongoing war. Rep. Reynolds\, welcome back! You are now in your second week of “refugee” status from the state of Texas. Please recap for our audience what has led to 50 Democratic members of the Texas legislature fleeing the state.\nRep. Jones\, welcome to your inaugural Igniting Change appearance!! Can you tell our audience what this experience has been like for you?\nDr. Scott\, besides your tremendous police experience\, you are also quite a political science expert- you’ve earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Atlanta University\, now known as Clark Atlanta University. How do you interpret this war that President Trump has started with the Texas gerrymandering? How do you see the long-range implications of this 2025 gerrymandering war?\nDianne\, you have served as a state senator and have seen many redistricting battles in the state of Massachusetts. What\, in your opinion\, is unique about this 2025 battle?\nRep. Jones\, how are your constituents back home reacting to all of this?\nEveryone\, how do you think President Trump is going to react to Governor Gavin Newsom’s letter demanding a “ceasefire”? [Governor Newsom sent a formal letter to Trump on Monday\, August 11\, demanding that he call off the nationwide redistricting push led by Republican-controlled states. Newsom warned that the GOP’s effort to redraw congressional maps mid-decade—especially in Texas—was “playing with fire” and undermining democratic norms ahead of the 2026 elections. He pledged that California would stand down from its own retaliatory redistricting effort if red states did the same.] \nRepresentatives Jones and Reynolds\, are you worried about the threats from Paxton and Abbott to seek the removal of you and others from office?\nRep. Reynolds\, how are you and everybody else reacting to Senator John Cornyn’s solicitation of the engagement of the FBI in facilitating the arrest of you and your compatriots?\nDr. Scott\, as we are holding our show today\, the streets of DC are being invaded. \nPresident Donald Trump has recently threatened and begun deploying a range of federal law enforcement agencies in Washington\, D.C.\, under the claim of combating violent crime—even though crime rates have been falling. Here’s a breakdown of the agencies and forces involved:\n? Trump’s Federal Law Enforcement Actions in Washington\, D.C. (2025)\n\nMarch 14\, 2025 \n\n\nEO 14288: “Restoring Safety and Order in the Nation’s Capital” \n\n\nCreated the “D.C. Safe and Beautiful” task force to address crime and homelessness \n\n\n\n\nAugust 8\, 2025 \n\n\nEO 14325: “Federal Surge Deployment for Urban Crime Prevention” \n\n\nDeployed 450 federal officers from FBI\, DEA\, Secret Service\, Park Police\, ATF\, and others \n\n\n\n\nAugust 10\, 2025EO 14326: “Emergency Mobilization of the D.C. National Guard” \n\n\nAnnounced activation of up to 800 troops and intent to federalize MPD \n\n\n\n\nAugust 11\, 2025 \n\n\nEO 14327: “Temporary Federal Oversight of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department” \n\n\nDeclared a public safety emergency and placed MPD under federal control \n\n\nAppointed the U.S. Attorney General to oversee MPD operations \n\n\n\n\nAugust 11\, 2025 \n\n\nEO 14328: “Federal Protection of Government Continuity in the District of Columbia” \n\n\nCited embassy staff murders and threats to federal operations as justification \n\n\nFBI agents began street patrols and license plate scans \n\n\nFederal officers initiated removal of homeless encampments from federal areas \n\n\nDEA and Park Police began leading enforcement in designated zones \n\n\n\nDr. Scott\, you have recently written an article on this. Can you summarize your top concerns about Trump’s recent three executive orders?\nTo all our guests\, what are the implications of Trump’s D.C. Takeover for the nation?\nDr. Scott\, how do we get out of this hole? A number of Congresspeople have railed against his actions. What do you see as the next steps to stop him from turning D.C. into a police state?\nDr. Scott and Dianne\, what can our listeners do to help in D.C.?\nRepresentatives Reynolds and Jones\, what can our audience do to help in Texas and what are your final one-minute thoughts to our audience?\nEveryone\, thank you for being on the show. How can our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: when you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to vote NO and protest the SAVE Act to stay in those streets! TJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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SUMMARY:60th Anniversary - Voting Rights National Teletown Hall
DESCRIPTION:60th Anniversary – Voting Rights Act of 1965\nJoin us for a National Teletown Hall meeting! This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This is your choice to hear directly from a panel of experts discussing the vital importance of voting rights from the comfort of your own home. \nWatch live stream via YouTube or Facebook \nhttps://www.facebook.com/TJC.DC/https://www.youtube.com/@thetransformativejusticeco6890 \n\nOn August 6\, we mark 60 years since the Voting Rights Act (VRA) was signed into law. Widely considered the crown jewel of the civil rights movement and the most potentially impactful civil rights law\, the VRA continues to reflect the promise of an inclusive\, multiracial democracy that works for all\, regardless of race\, background or zipcode.  \nJust last week\, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (John Lewis VRAA) was reintroduced in the U.S. Senate. This bill is urgently needed to restore and strengthen the core protections of the original VRA which have been gutted by the Supreme Court and lower courts in n recent years.  Since those decisions\, states have passed a wave of anti-voter laws targeting Black\, Latino\, Indigenous\, Asian American\, and low-income communities. The result has been closed polling places\, purged voter rolls\, burdensome ID laws\, proof of citizenship requirements\, and deliberate disempowerment of voters of color. \nThis anniversary is a call to action. Passing the John Lewis VRAA is the most powerful way Congress can honor the legacy of the VRA and ensure our democracy includes us all. \nPlease join us for a social media storm lifting up the anniversary and our call to action on Wednesday\, August 6 at 1 pm ET.  \nMessage Guidance: \n\nFor democracy to work for all of us\, it must include us all. Our freedom to vote is our most sacred and fundamental right. It is the right upon which all our other rights and freedoms rest and allows us to determine the future of our communities and families\, ensuring opportunities for all.\nOpposing our freedom to vote is a direct attack on our communities’ well-being and another obstacle to achieving a democracy that works for everyone. In every corner of the country\, policymakers have created barriers that make it harder for voters to cast a ballot\, such as closing polling places in Black and low-income communities and making polling places inaccessible for voters with disabilities.\nSince the 2013 Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder\, the Voting Rights Act’s ability to protect against voting discrimination has been severely weakened. The impact of this decision has fallen hardest on people of color and low-income communities\, making it more difficult for them to cast their ballots.\nWe must hold the policymakers and anti-freedom actors who are creating deliberate barriers to the ballot accountable\, and ensure a multiracial democracy that works for all. That is how we will protect our rights\, including our freedom to choose when and where to have a family\, join together in a union\, and access the opportunities we deserve in order to succeed.\nWe urge Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act\, the Freedom to Vote Act\, the Native American Voting Rights Act\, and DC Statehood. This is how we ensure we have the freedom to shape our lives and futures.\n\nHashtags:#RestoreTheVRA#VRAat60 \nSample Posts: \n60 years ago\, the Voting Rights Act changed history. We’re still fighting to protect that legacy. Join us to demand Congress pass the John Lewis VRAA and secure our democracy: https://civilrights.quorum.us/campaign/110164/ \nThe VRA was a promise of freedom. The John Lewis VRAA is how we keep that promise today. On the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act\, tell Congress: protect our freedom to vote. https://civilrights.quorum.us/campaign/110164/ \nIf our votes didn’t matter\, they wouldn’t be trying so hard to take them away. Join us in fighting back. Sign on to demand Congress restore the Voting Rights Act by passing the John Lewis VRAA: https://civilrights.quorum.us/campaign/110164/  \nThe 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act isn’t just about honoring the past. It’s about protecting our future. Join us and demand Congress pass the John Lewis VRAA now: https://civilrights.quorum.us/campaign/110164/  \nSome politicians are doing everything they can to silence our voices because they fear our power. The John Lewis VRAA is how we fight back. Join us: https://civilrights.quorum.us/campaign/110164/  \nGraphics:  \n\nDemCast John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Social Toolkit \nJohn Lewis VRAA Clips: https://social.demcast.com/toolkit/JLVRA-4234 
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SUMMARY:#TalkRadio – August 5: WANTED!: Texas Legislators Flee Unjust Redistricting and Alligator Alcatraz Protests
DESCRIPTION:LISTEN LIVE\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				August 5\, 2025: WANTED!: Texas Legislators Flee Unjust Redistricting and Alligator Alcatraz Protests\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The nonpartisan “Igniting Change Radio Show with Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq.” program will be aired from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM in the Washington\, DC metropolitan area as well as nationwide on WOLDCNEWS.COM and Barbaraarnwine.com. \nPlease note\, during the show there are 3 hard stop commercial breaks at 12:13 PM Eastern Time\, 12:28 PM ET and 12:43 PM ET. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SPEAKERS:\nJohn Nichols: 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM Eastern TimeNational Affairs correspondent for The Nation and associate editor of The Capital Times. Books authored or co-authored by Nichols include “The Genius of Impeachment” and “The Death and Life of American Journalism”\, and his latest\, co-written with Senator Bernie Sanders\, is the New York Times bestseller “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism” \nRep. Ron Reynolds: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ETTexas State Representative of House District 27 who serves as Chair of the Black Caucus for the state of Texas; the first African American elected as state representative in Fort Bend County since Reconstruction; Leader of the Black Legislative Caucus in Texas; Former Associate Municipal Judge for the City of Houston\, Past President of the Houston Lawyers Association and Past President of the Missouri City & Vicinity NAACP \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				INTRODUCTION: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Hi Igniters For Change! The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday\, August 5th\, 2025\, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, Entitled “WANTED!: Texas Legislators Flee Unjust Redistricting and Alligator Alcatraz Protests”\, will be live with Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine\, Esq. and Daryl Jones\, Esq. and will feature special guests Rep. Ron Reynolds and John Nichols. \nTexas Redistricting DramaFor the first 20 minutes of the show\, our guest John Nichols will break down what’s happening with the Texas redistricting drama right now. Here’s the background behind what’s unfolding in Texas: \nGovernor Greg Abbott and the Republican-controlled legislature are pushing a new redistricting plan that aims to create five additional Republican-controlled congressional districts. This move is widely seen as a partisan gerrymander – redrawing voting maps to favor one party – especially after former President Trump reportedly encouraged the strategy. \nIn response\, Democratic lawmakers fled the state to block a quorum and delay the vote. Without the required number of legislators present\, the House couldn’t conduct official business\, essentially freezing the redistricting process. Texas House Republicans are unable to reach a quorum because more than 50 Democratic lawmakers have left the state. This walkout prevents the chamber from meeting the two-thirds attendance threshold required to conduct official business\, effectively halting a vote on a controversial redistricting plan that would add five Republican congressional seats.  \nTexas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu issued his statement on Sunday\, August 3\, 2025\, as part of a press release explaining why Democratic lawmakers left the state to break quorum and block the redistricting vote. He explained the decision by saying it was made with moral clarity and accused Governor Abbott of using a racist map that would silence Black and Latino Texans and that Democrats would not be complicit in undermining communities that have fought for representation. \nThe situation mirrors past episodes of partisan battles over voting rights and map-drawing in Texas but stands out because of the involvement of a former president and the unusually forceful measures being proposed to compel legislative attendance \nTexas Governor Greg Abbott issued a strongly worded ultimatum on August 4\, 2025\, regarding Democratic legislators who fled the state to block a redistricting vote. Abbott said: \n“The derelict Democrat House members must return to Texas and be in attendance when the House reconvenes at 3:00 PM on Monday\, August 4\, 2025. For any member who fails to do so\, I will invoke Texas Attorney General Opinion No. KP-0382 to remove the missing Democrats from membership in the Texas House.” \nTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton added more aggressive language\, posting: \n“Democrats in the Texas House who try and run away like cowards should be found\, arrested\, and brought back to the Capitol immediately. We should use every tool at our disposal to hunt down those who think they are above the law.” \nAbbott also threatened felony charges for lawmakers who accepted donations to cover fines from their absence\, saying they may have violated bribery laws and that he would use his full extradition authority to demand their return. \nHere’s a deeper dive into what the Texas redistricting plan is doing—and how it fits into the state’s long\, contentious history with gerrymandering: \n?️ What the Current Redistricting Plan Would Do\n\n\nAdds 5 new Republican-leaning congressional districts: These are strategically drawn in areas like Houston\, Austin\, Dallas\, and South Texas\, many of which have large Hispanic populations. \n\n\nTargets Democratic incumbents: Some districts now pit Democratic lawmakers against each other\, forcing tough primary battles or pushing them into less favorable territory. \n\n\nSolidifies GOP control: The new map is designed to reduce competitive races and protect Republican incumbents\, giving the party a buffer in the U.S. House ahead of the 2026 midterms. \n\n\nTriggers national ripple effects: Democratic governors in blue states like California are considering retaliatory redistricting to offset GOP gains. \n\n\n? Historical Context of Texas Redistricting\n\n\nRedistricting happens every 10 years after the census\, but Texas has a history of mid-decade redraws when politically convenient. \n\n\n1876 Constitution: Established the framework for Texas’s redistricting process\, including the “county line rule” for state House districts. \n\n\nFrequent legal challenges: Courts have struck down Texas maps repeatedly for racial and partisan gerrymandering—in the 1960s\, 70s\, 80s\, 90s\, and 2000s. \n\n\nVoting Rights Act of 1965: Historically required federal approval for changes in states with discriminatory histories\, including Texas. That oversight was weakened by the Supreme Court in 2013. \n\n\nRecent precedent: The 2021 maps were already criticized for diluting minority voting power. The current push is even more aggressive\, reportedly at the urging of former President Trump. \n\n\n⚖️ Legal and Political Implications\n\n\nFederal courts have limited power to intervene in partisan gerrymandering since the 2019 Rucho v. Common Cause decision. \n\n\nRace-based challenges are still possible under the Voting Rights Act\, especially if minority communities are “cracked” or “packed” to reduce their influence. \n\n\nDemocratic lawmakers have fled the state to block the vote\, risking fines and arrest\, echoing similar standoffs in 2003 and 2021. \n\n\n“Alligator Alcatraz” Protests \nOur second guest\, Rep\, Ron Reynolds will continue the discussion on the Texas Redistricting drama and will also discuss the protests at and around Alligator Alcatraz. There is an ongoing hunger strike at “Alligator Alcatraz” by the people detained there which has entered its 14th day\, as of the day of this show\, August 5th. The strike began on July 23\, as was confirmed by detainee Pedro Lorenzo Concepción\, with detainees refusing food to protest what they describe as inhumane and unsanitary conditions\, including lack of medical care\, poor hygiene\, and restricted access to legal counsel. \nOne detainee\, Pedro Hernández\, has been hospitalized but continues to refuse food. His wife has publicly expressed fear that he may die in custody or be deported alone back to Cuba. Meanwhile\, DHS officials deny the existence of the hunger strike\, calling the reports “false allegations” and “fake news”. \nFaith leaders and activists have held interfaith prayer vigils outside the facility and town halls\, and some religious groups have recently gained access to minister inside. The situation remains tense\, with conflicting narratives between detainees\, advocates\, and government officials. Despite repeated denials from the Department of Homeland Security\, multiple outlets continue to report that detainees are refusing food to protest unsanitary conditions\, lack of medical care\, and restricted legal access. The conflicting narratives haven’t slowed coverage\, and the detainees’ protest appears to be holding strong. \nKristi Noem announced plans to use Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz detention center as a blueprint for expanding state-run immigration facilities across the country. She proposed building similar centers near airport runways in states like Arizona\, Nebraska\, and Louisiana to increase deportation efficiency and lower costs. \nThe Florida facility\, built in eight days at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport\, houses thousands of detainees in tents and trailers surrounded by swampland. While it’s faced criticism over unsanitary conditions and legal challenges\, Noem argues it’s more cost-effective than traditional ICE contracts with private prisons. She believes it allows for quicker processing and shorter detention periods\, aligning with the Trump administration’s goal to double detention capacity and accelerate deportations. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				QUESTIONS: \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SEGMENT WITH JOHN NICHOLS (12:00 PM – 12:20 PM Eastern Time) \n\nHi John\, welcome back to Igniting Change.  We now find ourselves in a redistricting war with President Trump successfully urging the Texas GOP legislature to use partisan gerrymandering to create 5 more Republican controlled congressional districts.  Why is this so wrong?  \nJohn\, Gov Abbott has announced that he is going to “remove the missing Democrats from membership in the Texas House.” The full quote in his strongly worded ultimatum on August 4\, 2025\, was: \n“The derelict Democrat House members must return to Texas and be in attendance when the House reconvenes at 3:00 PM on Monday\, August 4\, 2025. For any member who fails to do so\, I will invoke Texas Attorney General Opinion No. KP-0382 to remove the missing Democrats from membership in the Texas House.”\nJohn\, Additionally\, Abbott threatened felony charges for any lawmakers who accepted donations to cover fines incurred by their absence\, stating they may have “violated bribery laws” and that he would use his “full extradition authority” to demand their return to Texas.\nIs this legal?\nKen Paxton\, the Texas Attorney General\, used even more aggressive language—specifically the phrase “hunt down”— who posted:\n“Democrats in the Texas House who try and run away like cowards should be found\, arrested\, and brought back to the Capitol immediately. We should use every tool at our disposal to hunt down those who think they are above the law”\nWhat is your perspective of how the media is handling the reporting on this Texas ham-handed Partisan Gerrymandering at the behest of a sitting President?\nJohn\, What do you want to say to our audience? \nJohn\, Thank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\nSEGMENT WITH Chairman Reynolds (12:20 PM – 12:56 PM Eastern Time) \n\nChairman Reynolds\, we have been here before with the Texas GOP attacking our democracy with voter suppression.  How is this time different?  \nChairman Reynolds\, What can our listeners do to support the Texas legislators who have fled from the State?\nChairman Reynolds\, How can our listeners make their opposition to this Partisan gerrymandering known to the Texas GOP?\nChairman Reynolds\, What do you think about the urging of the Blue State Democrat Controlled States like California to respond with their own partisan gerrymandering?\nChairman Reynolds\, as Chair of the Black Caucus for the State of Texas\, What have the Democratic members done in response to this proposed legislative hijacking?  \nChairman Reynolds\, Let’s focus now on “Alligator Alcatraz”. What is Alligator Alcatraz?\nChairman Reynolds\, Why has it become a symbol of the heartless mass deportation policy of the Trump Administration?\nChairman Reynolds\, What do you think of the hunger strike over the alleged inhumane conditions at this facility?  \nChairman Reynolds\, Kristi Noem\, has announced that she wants Alligator Alcatraz to become a model for other detention centers in the nation. Why should our listeners be concerned about the impact of this model on their communities?\nChairman Reynolds\,  What should our listeners do to oppose these policies?  \nChairman Reynolds\, What do you hope will happen to rein in the abuses of this detention center?  \nChairman Reynolds\, Thank you so much for joining us today. How do our listeners get in contact with you?\n\n[ Arnwine will remind listeners: \n\n\nJoin the Social Media Storm for the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act\, happening now at 1:00 PM Eastern Time\, hosted by the Leadership Conference. View their website and social media to participate. \n\n\nAugust 6th\, 7:00 PM Eastern Time\, TJC National Teletown Hall commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. \n\n\nwhen you make those daily calls to the Congress at 202-224-3121 to vote NO and protest the SAVE Act \n\n\nto stay in those streets!  \n\n\nTJC will continue to vigorously defend the rights of all Americans and will fight the implementation of Project 2025 and our future shows will continue to cover any hate crimes and how we effectively protect ourselves while advancing our agenda for justice.] \n\n\n[Daryl\, Barbara\, and guests may share their favorite books and encourage people to donate towards TJC’s giveaways of banned and affirming books.]
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