Najlepsze podcasty z kategorii: Erisa Apantaku (2024)

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Say Her Name: Women Survivors of Chicago Police Torture 26:45

4M ago26:45

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Michelle Clopton was in her twenties when Chicago police attempted to force her to confess to a crime she didn’t commit. For 72 hours, she was brutally questioned, deprived of food, and tortured. Today, she is one of the few women to publicly share her experience of abuse. But she’s not alone. Under the leadership of CPD Commander Jon Burge, more t…

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Roots and Roofs: Building Wealth Through Chicago’s Two-Flats 26:25

4M ago26:25

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When Mercedes Pickett set out to buy her first home, she wanted to do it in the same way her mom had — by living in a two-flat, renting out the bottom apartment, and making the building into an investment property. For over a century, owning and living in a rental property has been one of the most effective ways to build wealth for Black and Latino…

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A Place Called Home 21:03

4M ago21:03

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When Matthew Cage’s father died, Matthew knew it fell on him to financially support his mom. But there was a problem. Matthew had just been released from prison — and many don’t want to rent or employ someone with a criminal record. Experts say a good indication of whether someone will return to prison is how quickly they find housing. A group of n…

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My Time 25:24

10M ago25:24

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Produced by Dilpreet Raju | Criminal records can sometimes create seemingly insurmountable hurdles to employment, a key factor toward reducing recidivism rates. Defy Ventures teaches the incarcerated, and returning citizens how to build their own business. Their program is a game-changer, not just for the system impacted, but for business leaders w…

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Sanctuary 33:20

10M ago33:20

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Produced by Justin Agrelo | In 2010, a group of men incarcerated at Danville Correctional Center had a thought: how could they help stem community violence plaguing Chicago from the inside of a prison roughly three hours away? The men formed an academic study group they later named Community Anti-Violence Education (CAVE). They began examining the …

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Navigating Homeownership 22:35

10M ago22:35

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Produced by Corli Jay | Chicago’s Choose To Own program gives low-income residents the educational and financial support to buy their first home, helping them navigate a confusing and discriminatory mortgage and appraisal system. Still, some participants worry their newfound financial stability may push them out of the program — jeopardizing the we…

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Giving Others Dreams 21:44

10M ago21:44

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Produced by Citlali Perez | Women are being imprisoned at higher rates than ever. As they return home they face a unique set of challenges, because they are often their families primary caretakers they face harsher parole oversight, making it all the more difficult to reckon unresolved trauma. G.O.D. helps these women meet their immediate needs (su…

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Ending Permanent Punishments 25:04

10M ago25:04

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Produced by Jane Carlson | Marlon Chamberlain couldn’t chaperone his son’s field trip or be the executor of his father’s estate because of a decades-old drug conviction. He’s now leading a group of all formerly incarcerated members working to overturn or amend nearly 1,200 Illinois laws that restrict people with records from being full citizens, fr…

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Reclaiming their Time 26:08

10M ago26:08

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Produced by Daphne Watson | They gather a few times a month in prisons, inmates, educators, lawyers, activists, and legislators for the Behind the Walls Law and Policy Think Tank. Dr. Christina Rivers moderates a peer-led civics program helping members craft laws combating long-standing felony disenfranchisement and clearing a path to full citizens…

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Season 4 Trailer 3:37

10M ago3:37

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Autor: Juneteenth Productions

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The Multi-Million-Dollar Corporation 1:02:13

1y ago1:02:13

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This is story 2 of 3 in the series “What happened to the Tudor Gables?”This is a series co-produced with the Hyde Park Herald, profiling a historic Black-owned housing cooperative on Drexel Boulevard. In March 2021, after a $3.4 million rehab project, the cooperative abruptly dissolved and sold the building. The Herald/Weekly interviewed dozens of …

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The Castle on Drexel 26:23

1y ago26:23

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This is story 1 of 3 in the series “What happened to the Tudor Gables?”This is a series co-produced with the Hyde Park Herald, profiling a historic Black-owned housing cooperative on Drexel Boulevard. In March 2021, after a $3.4 million rehab project, the cooperative abruptly dissolved and sold the building. The Herald/Weekly interviewed dozens of …

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Change Agents Season 3 Trailer 1:33

1+ y ago1:33

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Autor: Juneteenth Productions

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What's to Come for the 4800 Block of South Drexel Boulevard? 22:56

1+ y ago22:56

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This is story 3 of 3 in the series “What happened to the Tudor Gables?”This is a series co-produced with the Hyde Park Herald, profiling a historic Black-owned housing cooperative on Drexel Boulevard. In March 2021, after a $3.4 million rehab project, the cooperative abruptly dissolved and sold the building. The Herald/Weekly interviewed dozens of …

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How to Tackle Antiblackness 28:45

2y ago28:45

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How to Tackle Antiblackness "Together we are powerful." "Black and Brown solidarity." "Yellow peril supports Black power." Interracial solidarity is foundational in the fight for racial justice for all, but often interracial conflict steals headlines instead. Just how can people of color transcend deep differences and internalized anti-Blackness? L…

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Justice That Heals 17:22

2y ago17:22

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Justice That Heals Chicago can be cruel to its youth, especially to youth of color living in marginalized communities. Restorative justice practices have begun to emerge in the city aiming to remedy the root causes of harm that is plaguing the streets with crime and violence. BUILD has become a fierce proponent of the restorative justice framework …

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On the Way Home 25:10

2y ago25:10

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On the Way Home Youth who are experiencing homelessness in Chicago are undercounted and frequently clumsily represented. This story’s intent is to counteract public bias around what someone experiencing homelessness looks like. The story of Shawne Hinkle winds us through a personal account of housing difficulties. Her story is one that is incredibl…

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Building Equality in Construction 28:48

2y ago28:48

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Produced by Leslie Hurtado | History shows that Chicago’s building trades have excluded construction workers of color. But the attention on George Floyd’s death three years ago inspired a movement toward racial justice everywhere, from schools to jobs. While some construction companies have made commitments to stopping racism and discrimination in …

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Restaurando La Maceta - Restoring La Maceta (Spanish version) 33:53

2y ago33:53

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Restaurando La Maceta Hay un refrán que dice que la aflicción es como una maceta rota. La maceta nunca se va ver igual o funcionar igual a lo que era antes que se rompió— igual a que una familia no se va ver igual o funcionar igual antes de la muerte de una persona querida. El Centro Sanar pelea contra la cultura tradicional y medicinal para el cui…

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Restoring La Maceta 28:20

2y ago28:20

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Restoring La Maceta There’s a metaphor for grief that describes the healing process as gluing a broken flower pot or in Spanish – una maceta – back together after it breaks. The pot will never look or function the same as it did before it was broken – just as a family will never look or function the same as it did before the death of a loved one. C…

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Cooking Up Opportunity 16:32

2+ y ago16:32

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ChiFresh is a thriving food service contractor run by worker-owners who are all formally incarcerated. On busy days ChiFresh can prepare and deliver upwards of 500 meals for clients ranging from nursing homes to schools. Soon though, they will be able produce TEN TIMES that number, as they ready themselves for a move to a much larger space in the c…

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Growing a Greater Englewood 19:36

2+ y ago19:36

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Where do you get food when the grocery stores aren't open, or when their shelves have gone bare? Many Chicagoans asked themselves this question for the first time during the 2020 Covid pandemic, but for those living in the food deserts of the city's West and Southside's, the question wasn't a new one. Join Change Agents producers Liz Murice Alexand…

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Change Agents: The Road to Reclaiming History 22:24

2+ y ago22:24

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As communities across the nation grapple with the racist symbols of their past in the form of statues and monuments, in University City, Missouri citizens have embarked on their own journey of racial reckoning, centering the debate on a less discussed, but more common form of memorial. As part of the Renaming Streets Task Force, seven citizens had …

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Know History, Know Self 31:06

2+ y ago31:06

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Description: Many crucial historical perspectives are missing from classrooms all over the nation. Specifically, Asian-American students are not properly represented in the curriculum, and in many cases, not represented at all. When a Chicago-based organization spearheads the TEAACH Act, the prospect of mandating Asian-American curriculum in Illino…

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With Me by Armani Rogers 1:17

2+ y ago1:17

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The Exchange: The Weekly's poetry corner offers our thoughts in exchange for yoursWith meby Armani RogersRead by Armani RogersSubmissions can be sent to bit.ly/ssw-exchange or via email to chima.ikoro@southsideweekly.com.Autor: SSW Radio

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Blindspot 1:10

3y ago1:10

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The Exchange: The Weekly's poetry corner offers our thoughts in exchange for yoursBlindspotBy Vernique DysonRead by Vernique DysonSubmissions can be sent to bit.ly/ssw-exchange or via email to chima.ikoro@southsideweekly.com.Autor: SSW Radio

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Author of The Mexican Revolution in Chicago 36:47

3+ y ago36:47

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From the roaring twenties to the cold sixties, Mexicans in the Chicago area embodied a diverse, pluralist society where political, cultural, and religious continuums converged, seeding the region’s contemporary Mexican-American civilization. An interview of book author Dr. John H. Flores by Matthew Carnero Macías for South Side Weekly.…

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Do the Math 13:20

3+ y ago13:20

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A parent and community-led coalition is fighting to keep three elementary schools in the North Lawndale neighborhood open after another community group proposes to close the schools in exchange for one STEAM school. Students, parents and teachers rally against the closures and come up with a proposal of their own.…

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Trust, Learning, Caring 13:10

3+ y ago13:10

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Trust Learning Care, covers the Brighton Park Neighborhood Councils as it brings parents and teachers together to demand a say in how Chicago Public Schools will allocate the $1.8 billion dollars it has coming from the American Rescue Plan.Autor: Juneteenth Productions

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A New Hospitality Labor Movement 20:25

3+ y ago20:25

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When marginalized restaurant workers are abandoned by an industry ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, a local organization helped them pick up the pieces. Now, as the U.S paces itself towards recovery and the restaurants gear up for a safe reopening, they suddenly encounter a nationwide labor shortage. After surviving through a deadly pandemic, some …

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People V. Environmental Racism. 20:45

3+ y ago20:45

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Chicago’s southeast side community has strong views on environmental health due to a history of being the City of Chicago’s dumping ground. The newest injustice: Reserve Management Group is slated to bring the highly controversial 100-year-old General Iron shredding facility from Lincoln Park to the south east side community in 2021. Deep in the fi…

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Englewood Reframing the Narrative 23:38

4y ago23:38

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Englewood, on Chicago’s south side, is cast as one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the world. But activists and residents are challenging the stereotypes and changing the narrative with community initiatives, services and beautification projects. Community activists like Asiaha Butler and Tonika Johnson have been working to show the world a …

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Taken Away 27:29

4y ago27:29

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Alex spent 18 months incarcerated in a county jail in Wisconsin as a detainee of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE ambushed Beto after a routine check in and incarcerated him for 9 months before he was deported to Mexico. Both men fought deportation with the help of the Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD), a Chicago …

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When We Organize, We Win 28:15

4y ago28:15

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Davetta Brooks and Pastor Eartha Sutton live in the Congressman George Collins Apartments, a section 8 building for seniors on Chicago’s southside. Davetta moved in about 8 years ago, and immediately was confronted with deplorable living conditions such as pests and filth. Over the years she tried to address the conditions with management and was m…

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Learning On The Line 23:19

4y ago23:19

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In September 2020, the Chicago Public Schools went into its second term of remote learning. At issue were the approximately 115,000 students, predominantly African American and LatinX who were without the technology required to “do” school. In Belmont-Cragin, a predominantly LatinX community on Chicago’s northwest side that held the city’s second h…

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One Code, One Austin 25:29

4y ago25:29

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Known for its high number of shootings and open illegal drug market, the Austin community on Chicago’s far west side struggles between its bad rap, high levels of poverty and lack of jobs and resources. Providing a life line to its residents are organizations like the Institute For Non-Violence Chicago, Westside Health Authority, and Amplify, doing…

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Trailer: Change Agents Podcast 2:06

4y ago2:06

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A-gen-cy noun: action or intervention, especially such as to produce a particular effect. Too often the actions of real people of color making real change in their neighborhoods and lives are ignored in the media. Even worse are portrayals that people of color lack the agency to address the wrongs and find solutions that empowers residents and impr…

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Envisioning New Futures with Chris Rudd: A Tale of Two Futures - The Probable and the Preferred 7:30

4y ago7:30

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Designer Chris Rudd on the dichotomy between the probable future and the preferred future, and how to start thinking more about your preferred future. Hint: give it time. Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/.Read about the results of the Institute of Design’s 2019 design studio pop-up in Boxville here: …

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Envisioning New Futures with Benji Hart: What Brings You Joy? 10:55

4y ago10:55

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Benji Hart on how to envision new futures and how examples of liberation exist in the present and in previous generations. Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/.This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. Music in this episode was "Stop the Clocks" by Anamorphic Orchestra (CC BY-NC 3.0) and "Ambience, P…

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Envisioning New Futures with Chandra Christmas-Rouse: What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be? 8:43

4y ago8:43

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Chandra Christmas-Rouse on how to envision and build the future you want to inhabit through thinking about your values, cultures, and traditions. In other words, what kind of ancestor do you want to be?Read the accompanying print story at https://southsideweekly.com/into-the-futures/.This episode was produced by Erisa Apantaku. Music in this episod…