For The Movement

This week, Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League and Joi Chaney, our Executive Director and Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, sits down with Karine Jean-Pierre, the first Black woman, Caribbean and open-LGBTQ+ Press Secretary of the White House. Together, they discuss some of the Biden administration’s priorities and accomplishments and what’s at stake in the midterm election. Discussed in this episode: Karine Jean-Pierre, White House, press secretary,...

This week, Joi Chaney, our Executive Director and Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, sits down with Kerrie Johnson, Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force. Together they discuss the nation's reaction to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and its impact on the LGBTQ community and the importance of including the LGBTQ community's perspective and existing within different intersections as well updates on Brittney Griner's case. Discussed in this...

On this episode, we are joined by Democratic Texas State Representatives Jarvis Johnson and Sheryl Cole. Representatives Cole and Johnson were among the other Democrats in the State legislature who staged a national walk out to avoid voting on an anti-democratic and anti-voter legislation as part of the national pushback on voting rights across the country. They discuss the voter suppression bill in detail, the threat of arrest by Governor Abbott and how those on the ground can help mobilize...

On this episode, we are joined by Dr. Andre Perry, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. As one of the contributing authors of the National Urban League’s State of Black America report, Dr. Perry discusses the economic disparities in the Black community due to COVID, its impact on housing and potential solutions to alleviate these issues and help the Black community build generational wealth. The host of this episode is Joi Chaney, Executive Director of the National...

The State of Black America, co-hosted by National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Joi Chaney, Executive Director of the National Urban League’s Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy of the National Urban League, is aimed at elevating and discussing persistent policy, social and civil rights issues affecting African Americans and communities of color. Marc Morial: Twitter: marcmorial Instagram: marcmorial Joi Chaney: Twitter:...

On this episode, we are joined by Dr. Kary Stackelbeck, State Archaeologist for Oklahoma. Dr. Stackelbeck is currently conducting archaeological investigations and excavations into mass graves thought to contain the remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. She discusses the science, as well as the conscience of her work, and the role it will play in healing the deep racial wounds of the past. Host Clint Odom also draws parallels between the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the June 1, 1921 massacre in Tulsa. The host for this episode is Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. Discussed in this episode: National Urban League Black Black America African-American News Information Advocacy Politics History Science Tulsa Race Massacre Tulsa OK Black Wall Street Dick Rowland Sarah Page Lynch mob Greenwood Oklahoma Archaeological Survey University of Oklahoma Mass graves January 6 2021 Capitol riots Oaklawn Cemetery Burial COVID-19 Geophysical survey Truth and Reconciliation Survivors Victims Memorialization Sen. James Lankford 2020 Election Electoral College Certification Voter fraud Voter suppression Lovecraft Country The Watchmen White supremacy Martial Law Mass murder

On this episode, we are joined by U.S. Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL), who is a member of the freshman class of the 117th Congress. He is currently one of just three Black Republicans serving in Congress. Prior to Congress, U.S. Representative Donalds served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2016-2020. He discusses his role in the 2020 presidential electoral vote certification, caucus plans, and the next generation of Republicans in Congress. The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. Discussed in this episode:

On this episode, we are joined by U.S. Representative-elect Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), who is a member of the freshman class of the 117th Congress. She holds the distinction of being the first member of Congress of both Korean and African-American heritage. Prior to Congress, U.S. Representative-elect Strickland was a prominent businesswoman and served as mayor of Tacoma, WA from 2010-2018. She discusses her journey to Capitol Hill, caucus plans, and her vision for serving the citizens of Washington’s 10thcongressional district and beyond. The host for this episode is Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. Discussed in this episode: National Urban League Black Black America African-American News Information Advocacy Politics 117th Congress History Diverse House of Representatives Mayor Tacoma WA LGBTQ Hot spot COVID 2018 Financial Crisis Kamala Harris Black-Asian American Military Korea Japanese occupation Discrimination Loving v Virginia Civil Rights Voting Rights Women’s Rights Environmental protection Confederate Military bases Civil War Renaming National Defense Authorization Act Progressive Centrist Afro-Latino CBC CAPAC New Dems DEI Georgia Senate Race Washington State Senate Twina Nobles Tacoma Urban League Twitter: @stricklandforwa Instagram: @stricklandforwa Also tag on Twitter: @twinanobles, @tacurbanleague

On this episode, we are joined by U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), who currently serves on the Senate Committees on Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Budget, and Environment and Public Works. The senator explains that the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished most—but not all—slavery, permitting slavery or involuntary servitude “as a punishment for crime.” The punishment clause exception has led to the incarceration of millions of Black Americans since Reconstruction and continues to feed the current mass incarceration of people of color. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative William Lacy Clay (D-MO-1) have introduced bicameral legislation to strike this clause in order to finally abolish slavey in the United States. The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy, and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. Discussed in this episode: National Urban League Black Black America African-American News Information Advocacy Politics 13th Amendment Constitution Ratify Slavery Imprisonment Civil War Black Codes Reconstruction 14th Amendment 15th Amendment Exploitation Racism Crime Criminal Justice System Mass Incarceration Injustice Families Bigotry Work conditions Confederate monuments Black Exclusionary Zone Due Process Voting Rights Restoration Voter Suppression For the People Act Private Prison Industrial Complex First Step Act Ava DuVernay 13th Twitter: @senjeffmerkley Instagram: @senjeffmerkley

On this episode, we are joined by U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA), the current Assistant Whip of the Democratic Caucus and first vice president of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Representative Khanna discusses how the economy’s move towards cashless and contactless payments, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, could further widen the racial wealth gap and lock Black Americans out of the new tech economy. The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. Discussed in this episode: National Urban League Black Black America African-American News Information Advocacy Politics Cashless Digital economy Smart phone Tech companies Silicon Valley Immigrant Obama administration Nina Turner Traditional financial institutions Banking Commerce Front-line workers Working class Progressive Racial wealth gap Cash options Discrimination Economic equality Blacks in Tech Wealth generation Payment Choice Act Cash tax Touchless COVID Rural communities Vulnerable Broadband Privacy Innovation Data collection Internet Bill of Rights Data manipulation QAnon Kamala Harris Barbara Lee Karen Bass Nancy Pelosi Cedric Richmond Twitter: @reprokhanna @rokhanna Instagram: @reprokhanna @rokhannausa Website: www.rokhanna.com

On this episode, we are joined by Evan Marwell, CEO of EducationSuperhighway, a non-profit organization that just smashed a very ambitious goal to connect 99% of America’s public school classrooms to high-speed internet. Mr. Marwell talks about the work and partnerships that contributed to this successful venture and what’s next for the organization as America’s students migrate away from classrooms to at-home learning. The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. Discussed in this episode: National Urban League Black Black America African-American News Information Advocacy Politics Education COVID Students Public Schools Digital divide Technology High-Speed Internet Broadband Opportunity FCC Jessica Rosenworcel Bill Kennard Comcast Charter Telecom Internet Service Provider Governors Affordability School closure Homework gap Remote learning Jobs Pandemic Homeless Eviction Foreclosure Displacement Learning labs Twitter and Instagram: @edsuperhighway Website: www.educationsuperhighway.org

On this episode, we are joined by Pete Buttigieg, two-term mayor of South Bend, IN, 2020 U.S. presidential candidate, and Biden campaign surrogate. Mayor Buttigieg stops by for a “Election Eve” conversation about race, politics, and moving the country forward following one of the most divisive election cycles in recent history. The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. Discussed in this episode: National Urban League Black Black America African-American News Information Advocacy Politics 2020 Election President Remote learning Digital divide Pandemic Early vote Mail-in ballot Vaccine Voting rights Climate change Infrastructure Biden-Harris Amy Coney Barrett Darrick Hamilton Federal courts ACA Pro-choice Voter suppression Judicial activism Police reform Accountability Crime Law enforcement Vice Presidential Debate Mike Pence The fly FOX News Information silos Echo chambers Privilege Multiracial conversations Reparations Household wealth gap Pete Buttigieg on Twitter: @petebuttigieg Website: wintheera.com

On this episode, we are joined by Michael Tubbs, the youngest, first African American, and current mayor of Stockton, CA. Mayor Tubbs discusses why he founded Mayors for a Guaranteed Income and the importance of all citizens having access to economic safety nets during our current pandemic and beyond. The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. Discussed in this episode: National Urban League Black Black America African-American News Information Advocacy Universal Basic Income Guaranteed Income Stockton CA Safety Net Housing Housing insecurity Unemployment Welfare Institutional racism Social contract Working poor Dignity of work Human dignity COVID-19 Coronavirus Subsidies Bail out Mayors Black Lives Matter CARES Act LIFT Act Essential workers Poverty Foreclosure Eviction Kamala Harris Rashida Tlaib Mayors for a Guaranteed Income website: mayorsforagi.org Mayors for a Guaranteed Income on Twitter: @MayorsforAGI SEED website: StocktonDemonstration.org Mayor Tubbs on Twitter & Instagram: @michaeldtubbs

On this episode, we are joined by Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), the current ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. Senator Brown discusses the committee’s newly-released report, Turning Back the Clock: How the Trump Administration Has Undermined 50 Years of Fair Housing Progress, which details the ongoing lack of improvement in the area of fair housing, particularly as it relates to the wealth and health gap in communities of color. The host for this episode is Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. Discussed in this episode: National Urban League Black Black America African-American News Information Advocacy Housing Segregation Wealth gap Fair Housing Act Community Reinvestment Act Redlining Housing discrimination Racism Suburb Inner-city Eviction Foreclosure Displacement Gentrification Black homeownership Public health COVID Emergency Renters Assistance Dignity of work Martin Luther King Jr Civil Rights Affordable Housing Ben Carson HUD Turning Back the Clock…(Senate Housing Report): http://bit.ly/TurningBack_HousingRpt Twitter- @SenSherrodBrown Facebook- Senator Sherrod Brown Instagram- http://bit.ly/sensherrodbrown

On this episode, we are joined by Rebecca “Becky” Pringle, the current President of the National Education Association (NEA), the largest employee organization and labor union in the country. Mrs. Pringle talks about the challenges that educators, support staff, students and parents face as they navigate education during the dual crises of COVID and racial inequity. The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. Discussed in this episode: National Urban League Black Black America African-American News Information Advocacy National Education Association NEA Education Public school Equity Teachers Students Parents Distance learning Pandemic COVID Homework gap Digital divide School to Prison Pipeline Implicit Bias Special Needs Broadband Department of Education Betsy DeVos Trump Ruth Bader Ginsburg HEROES Act Twitter: @beckypringle Website: educatingthroughcrisis.org

On this episode, we are joined by Shannon Curie, Vice President at Benenson Strategy Group and award-winning National Urban League Young Professionals leader. At Benenson, Ms. Currie specializes in qualitative research and strategic messaging and will walk us through recent ethnographic studies mapping the Black American experience during the 2020 presidential election cycle, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Movement for Black Lives. The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. Discussed in this episode: National Urban League Black Black America African-American News Information Advocacy Benenson Strategy Group Microaggression Discrimination Fatigue Polling Leadership Reform Justice Media Values Attitudes Survey Vote by Mail Fraud Coronavirus Vaccine School Reopening 2020 Presidential Election Approval Rating Market Research Qualitative Research Social Ambassadors Social Responsibility Decision-making Seat at the Table Black Lives Matter Movement for Black Lives National Urban League Young Professionals Twitter/ IG: @shannonjanean

In this episode, we pay tribute to the groundbreaking and iconic life of the “Notorious RBG,” Justice Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who left an indelible jurisprudential legacy of gender equality, civil rights, voting rights, and dignity for all people. Through her work as a law professor and head of the American Civil Liberties Union Women’s Rights Project, her appointment by President Jimmy Carter to the federal bench and her elevation in 1993 to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton, Ginsburg has been referred to as the most important woman lawyer in the history of the Republic. In honoring Justice Ginsburg, we are joined by one the few Black women to lead one of the Nation’s 204 law schools, Howard University School of Law alumna and current Washburn University School of Law Dean Carla Pratt. We discuss Ginsburg’s impact on the Supreme Court as an advocate and a jurist and explore the comparisons between Justice Thurgood Marshall’s work on racial equality and Justice Ginsburg’s work on gender equality. The host for this episode is Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. Discussed in this episode: ACLU Affirmative Action Affordable Care Act/Obamacare African American law school deans @AJCGlobal (American Jewish Committee) Ambassador Delano Lewis Anti-racist #BlackJewishUnity week Brown v. Board of Education Columbia University Law School Equal Protection Clause Equal Rights Act Gender equality Georgetown University Law Center Professor Paul Butler Howard University School of Law Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg Joe Biden Judge Harry T. Edwards Judge Paul Watford Justice Clarence Thomas Justice Elena Kagan Justice Thurgood Marshall Legal Defense and Educational Fund Lilly Ledbetter National Public Radio Notorious RBG Penn State Dickinson Law of Law President Barack Obama Reproductive Rights Roe v. Wade Supreme Court of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Title VII Topeka, Kansas U.S. Senator Bob Dole U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Voting Rights Verizon https://washburnlaw.edu/profiles/pratt-carla.html @washburnlawdean Washburn University Law School

On this episode, we are joined by Shannon Curie, Vice President at Benenson Strategy Group and award-winning National Urban League Young Professionals leader. At Benenson, Ms. Currie specializes in qualitative research and strategic messaging and will walk us through recent ethnographic studies mapping the Black American experience during the 2020 presidential election cycle, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Movement for Black Lives. The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice...

On this episode, we are joined by Ronald Haley, Esq. attorney for the family of Trayford Pellerin, a 31-year-old Black man killed in a hail of 17 bullets by Lafayette Parrish (Louisiana) police officers as he was walking away from them. Pellerin was killed two days before the world learned of another 29-year-old Black man, Jacob Blake, who was shot in the back seven times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, leaving him paralyzed. While Blake’s case went viral, Pellerin’s case remains noticeably out of the headlines. Mr. Haley updates us on the details of the Pellerin case and the steps he and local activists are taking to bring justice to those responsible for his death. The host for this episode is Clint Odom, Lafayette native and NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. Discussed in this episode: National Urban League Black Black America African-American News Information Advocacy Police Brutality Officer-Involved Shooting Transparency Reform Justice Media Trayford Pellerin Jacob Blake Donald Guidry Alton Sterling Unarmed Black Man Benjamin Crump Rev. Al Sharpton Black Lives Matter Movement for Black Lives March on Washington Commitment March Lafayette Police Department Non-compliant Bodycam Public Records Act Excessive Force Independent Investigation

In celebration of the enduring ties between America’s Black and Jewish communities, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the National Urban League are partnering to designate the week of September 7thBlack-Jewish Unity Week. To kick off #BlackJewishUnity week, we’re collaborating for an exciting crossover event with the AJC’s podcast, “People of the Pod”! In this episode, we sit down with Daniel Elbaum, the American Jewish Committee’s Chief Advocacy Officer, to talk about the connections between the Black and Jewish communities and how we can use #BlackJewishUnity week to strengthen those ties. The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. Show notes: Be sure to check out AJC’s People of the Pod’s episode with NUL SVP of Policy and Advocacy, Clint Odom. Discussed in this episode: National Urban League Black Black America African-American News Information Advocacy American Jewish Committee Black-Jewish Unity Week No Hate Act Justice in Poling Act Hate Crimes Anti-Semitism Racism Coronavirus Police Brutality Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King, Jr. Rep. John Lewis Sen. Kamala Harris James Chaney Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman Lynching