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As her health begins to wain, Hazel passes the baton to her daughter Cheryl who guides PCR through the treacherous waters of attacks, blackballing, and disrespect. Show Notes Support the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donate Learn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/ Music Credits Contact by Anitek Mounsell Forts by Roger Plexico Cinematic Sentimental Lullaby Sketch - Celesta only version by Gregor Quendel Funk by Podington Bear Cooling by Audiobinger Be Quiet by Jahzzar Ashes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young

We hear Hazel become a mother of the newly coalesced global Environmental Justice movement and take EJ to the highest halls of power, while still connecting the dots in her home community. Show Notes Support the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donate Learn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/ Music Credits Hipster’s Meditation by IShaamin Contact by Anitek Money by Jahzzar Cooling by Audiobinger Be Quiet by Jahzzar Ashes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young

We learn about and from Hazel's early fights scrapping with the power of the state, and the new possibilities for healing that she created. Show Notes Support the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donate Learn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/ Music Credits Contact by Anitek Cinematic Sentimental Lullaby Sketch - Celesta only version by Gregor Quendel Morning by KV Be Quiet by Jahzzar Ashes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young

We go to the roots of the land where Altgeld Gardens sits and where Hazel's legacy lives, digging through the layers of indigenous, Black liberation, and personal lineages that make up the area. Show Notes Support the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donate Learn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/ Music Credits Contact by Anitek Talky Beat by Twin Musicom Cinematic Sentimental Lullaby Sketch - Celesta only version by Gregor Quendel Smooth Lovin by Kevin Macleod Too Cool by Kevin Macleod Green by Yoitrax Be Quiet by Jahzzar Ashes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young

Help This Garden Grow is a new podcast docuseries telling the story of Hazel Johnson, a visionary of the Environmental Justice movement and a resident of the Altgeld Gardens community on the far South Side of Chicago. We begin our story–the story of Hazel Johnson, of Altgeld Gardens, of Environmental Justice, and of how we each fit into the fight to change our lives and our world. Show Notes Support the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donate Learn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/ Music Credits Contact by Anitek Sunrise Drive by South London HiFi Intelligent Galaxy by The Insider Roy by JBlanked Spilled Beans by Gurty Beats Life Is by Cosimo Fogg Merry Bay by Ghostrifter Official Catch My Breath by Ambient Boy Be Quiet by Jahzzar Ashes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young

We're proud to share the first episode of GUARANTEED, a new podcast we made with our pal Eve Ewing! On the first episode of GUARANTEED, we start at the beginning–what does guaranteed income mean, what does it not mean, and how does it make freedom and dignified life more possible? Our host Eve learns from three of the world's foremost experts on guaranteed income: economist Damon Jones breaks down the socioeconomic impacts of guaranteed income, philosopher Juliana Bidadanure explains how guaranteeing cash can guarantee greater personal and collective freedom, and former mayor Michael Tubbs shares his experience administering one of the nation's most successful guaranteed income pilots in his hometown of Stockton, CA. Plus, learn a bit more about the Chicagoans we'll be talking to on the rest of the series. GUARANTEED is presented by Respair Production & Media and Eve L. Ewing, with support from the Economic Security Project. SHOW NOTES Get in tune with the Chicago Future Fund - https://www.eatchicago.org/ch

Sherrif is a Chicagoan, father, community builder, and participant in the Chicago Future Fund, a guaranteed income pilot program for formerly incarcerated individuals run by community organization EAT (Equity and Transformation). Also, a small note for our non-Chicago listeners: 26th and California is the intersection where the Cook County Jail is located. SHOW NOTES Get in tune with the Chicago Future Fund - https://www.eatchicago.org/chicago-future-fund-1 Come to the launch party of GUARANTEED on 7/14/23! - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-guaranteed-tickets-658516489547 Learn more about Respair Production & Media - http://respairmedia.com Connect with the Economic Security Project - http://economicsecproj.org/

We're SO hyped to share the trailer for Help This Garden Grow, the second Respair project dropping this summer. It's dropping 7/27, and we're celebrating with a BIG release party at the Winter Garden in the Harold Washington Library. It's free and open to the public, come through! Here's the RSVP link: Help This Garden Grow is a new podcast docuseries telling the story of Hazel Johnson, a visionary of the Environmental Justice movement and a resident of the Altgeld Gardens community on the far South Side of Chicago. Hazel is the founder of People for Community Recovery, a 40 year-old organization that fights to address the toxic industrial pollution that has been killing the members of her community. Over the course of the multigenerational multipart documentary, we talk with organizers, policy-makers, historians, and community members about how PCR emerged and led, the legacy of Ms. Johnson's work, and how this marginalized Chicago pocket built the lineage of today's vibrant, impactful, and necessary moder

On this episode the 1ME crew talks tots and transformation with Zara Raven of Queenie's Crew! Queenie’s Crew engages children in learning about building communities of care without prisons or policing. Every month, members receive an email with an activity that kids can complete to learn more about abolition: they share activities like coloring pages, word searches, word scrambles, mazes, and reflection exercises. Using readings and art projects, the collective supports children in imagining a collective future where we are all free. Coordinator Zara Raven talks about how young people understand abolition, the catharsis and growth the collective has created for parents and caregivers, and much more. Plus, a squad of youth participants read See You Soon, the picture book on which the experiment is based. SHOW NOTES See You Soon read by Queenie's Crew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAfg9sT1fYw&t=73s The Zine - https://millionexperiments.com/zines/queenies-crew Learn more about Queenie's Crew - https://qu

We wanted to give y'all a peek at the first project from our new org Respair Production & Media! GUARANTEED is a podcast about what happens when regular people receive direct cash assistance, known as guaranteed income. it’s a show about the choices people make, the dreams they pursue, and the impossible things that become a little more possible when their money is guaranteed. GUARANTEED is created by Respair Production & Media and Eve L. Ewing, with support from the Economic Security Project. Subscribe to GUARANTEED on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/guaranteed-with-eve-l-ewing/id1692613772 Subscribe to GUARANTEED on Spotify -https://open.spotify.com/episode/3pG4XgMsH6jfqlnzYzkL3W Check out Respair - http://respairmedia.com

We've got some news! Dame and Kiss are announcing the launch of Respair Production & Media, a new movement media ecosystem hub that supports the media needed to reshape Chicago and beyond toward liberation. Respair builds new media projects in partnership with social movement participants and visionaries, enabling their work to reach new audiences, and creates space for the ideological frameworks and material needs of those reimagining our world to be heard, shared, and supported. In this first season of Respair, we have three new projects, announced for the first time in this episode, that we are hyped to roll out throughout the summer. Get in tune and divest from despair with us! Follow Respair on IG - https://instagram.com/respairmedia Check out the website - http://respairmedia.com

The guys have the great honor and joy of talking with the legendary Bernardine Dohrn on this episode of AirGo. Recorded on the land that she, her husband Bill Ayers, and five other families have communally stewarded for the last 40-plus years, Bernardine reflects on what she's learned about time, grief, transformation, liberation struggles, and love over a lifetime of battling imperialist white supremacy at an intensity few have ever experienced. We're so grateful for her time and love. SHOW NOTES If you're curious about Bernardine's story, we recommend the amazing podcast Mother Country Radicals, which tells the story of her involvement in radical movement and decades living underground through the eyes of her son Zayd. Listen here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mother-country-radicals/id1625882016

The 1ME squad talks with Martine Caverl of Ujimaa Medics, a Chicago-based crew of organizers, community members, and health professionals who offer training in Urban Emergency First Response, primarily to people who live in or love people who live in communities where shootings often occur. Martine breaks down how historical flashpoints like 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the murder of Mike Brown built the framework for the organization, the importance of invitation as a tool for building meaningful work, and much more. SHOW NOTES Support UMedics - https://www.umedics.org/donate/ Zapatista movement - https://nacla.org/news/2022/12/21/spark-hope-ongoing-lessons-zapatista-revolution-25-years Dr Luther Castillo Harry - https://latinarepublic.com/2022/02/15/a-look-into-honduras-new-secretary-of-science-and-technology-dr-luther-castillo-harry/ Damien Turner - https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/us/03cnchospitals.html We Charge Genocide - http://wechargegenocide.org/ Beyond Do No Harm - https://www.interruptingc

This Cottage Groove guest DJ mix comes to us from DJ/Tastemaker/Music Historian Duane Powell. Duane is the founder of SOUNDROTATION, and a lecturer on the heroes and hidden figures of soul music. Get in tune with DJ Duane Powell - allmylinks.com/djduanepowell Tracklist 01. Never Ending Song (Cherise) / Lil Louis 02. Don't Make Me Wait Too Long (Sophisticado Mix) / Gary Cummings ft. Carla Prather 03. Melodic Message / Glenn Underground ft. Swaylo 04. Keeping My Composure (BPM Messing Around Remix) / Sheree Hicks 05. The More The Groove / Stacy Kidd 06. Ninataka (I Want) / Anthony Nicholson ft. Koku Gonza 07. Packing For Chicago (Terry Hunter Remix) / Zo! ft. Muhsinah 08. Clap For Sierra / George G-Spot Jackson 09. Gotta Save Yourself (Miggedy Vocal Mix) / Sir Soundbender 10. Afro Journey Beats / Ron Trent

The 1ME crew gets their hands dirty this month with Ali Anderson of Cali-based experiment Feed Black Futures. Created in 2020 as a crowdfunding campaign to feed 20 families for two weeks at the start of the pandemic soon became an organization that feeds Black mamas/caregivers impacted by the carceral system in counties across California by partnering with Black and Brown-owned farms and food suppliers across California. FBF is committed to creating a world where Black people have access to high-quality fresh produce and the means and skills to produce it. Founder Ali breaks down what happened when she ended up with way more money than she expected, the bonds her work has forged, and the regenerative joy people get from keeping their hands in the soil. SHOW NOTES Support Feed Black Futures - https://feedblackfutures.org Soul Fire Farm Immersions - https://www.soulfirefarm.org/programs/bipoc-trainings/immersions/ Reparations Map for Black-Indigenous Farmers - https://www.soulfirefarm.org/get-involved/repara

AirGo is hyped to share the first episode of a great new podcast from one of the members of our movement media community here in Chicago. The Invisible Institute just dropped You Didn't See Nothin'–part investigation and part memoir, the show follows Yohance Lacour as he revisits the story that introduced him to the world of investigative journalism, and examines how its ripple effects have shaped his life over the past quarter-century. Make sure you subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts, and keep an eye out for new AirGo episodes dropping soon! Subscribe - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-didnt-see-nothin/id1662015767

AirGo, Interrupting Criminalization, and Project NIA kick off season two of One Million Experiments, our collaborative podcast showcasing and exploring how we define and create safety in a world without police and prisons. We start off in the DMV with Makia Green of Harriet's Wildest Dreams, a black-led abolitionist community defense hub centering all Black lives most at risk for state-sanctioned violence in the Greater Washington DC area. Makia breaks down the different pillars of their work, the ways their work is shaped by historical Black revolutionaries, and the unique challenges of organizing for liberation in the center of the U.S. empire. SHOW NOTES Learn more about Harriet's Wildest Dreams - https://www.harrietsdreams.org/ Harriet Tubman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman Ida B Wells - https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ida-b-wells-barnett Ella Baker - https://ellabakercenter.org/who-was-ella-baker/ DC Safety squad - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WpC8

As AirGo continues its election coverage on our own terms, the guys are honored to welcome Rossana Rodriguez back to the show. As the Alderwoman of the 33rd Ward, Rossana has been a tireless advocate for policies that bring resources of care to her community and beyond. She is the lead figure behind the Treatment Not Trauma ordinance, and has stood shoulder to shoulder with organizers at many key moments over the past years. She talks about the progress of her campaign, the absurdities of Chicago's municipal structure, her entrypoints into liberation work on her home island of Puerto Rico, and much more.

As Chicago's municipal election approaches at the end of February, Dame and Kiss chop it up with mayoral candidate and liberation movement member Brandon Johnson. A longtime organizer and public servant, Brandon has been running a campaign championing many of the policies and campaigns that our movements have been pushing for, and has coalesced the support of grassroots organizations and progressive organized labor behind him as he elbows through the crowd of mayoral candidates. We talk with him about his understanding of what Chicago needs, his relationship to the movements that have elevated him, and much more. SHOW NOTES Find your voting locations and info - https://chicagoelections.gov/en/your-voter-information.html Learn about the candidates with the Girl, I Guess voter guide - https://www.stephanieskora.com/voter-guide Plan your ballot with BallotReady - https://www.ballotready.org/ Listen to our first conversation with Brandon from back in 2018 - https://airgoradio.com/airgo/2018/4/11/episode-132-b

The guys are joined by Alec Karakatsanis, a lawyer by training who creates impactful, detailed, and thoughtful critiques of the ways that carceral sentiments and ideologies pervade corporate newsrooms. His twitter threads breaking down the work of the NY Times, among others, have helped popularize the language of "copaganda," and challenged reporters to understand and account for the ways their work feeds incarceration and structural violence. He breaks down the importance of these connections, the pathways to repair that he engages journalists in, and much more. SHOW NOTES Follow Alec on Twitter - https://twitter.com/equalityalec Listen to AirGo's convos about journalism in our Middle Suite - https://soundcloud.com/airgoradio/sets/the-middle-suite Subscribe to AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091