Mic'd Up!

On August 9, 2023, the Mika Gadsden for Mayor campaign invited author and environmental historian, Caroline Grego to Charleston to discuss her book, Hurricane Jim Crow. The discussion about this book along with critical contributions from artist/griot, Sara Makeba-Daise, MA and environmental educator/hydrologist Rebecca Fanning helps the public understand our region's response to challenges brought about by the climate crisis. Please consider supporting this grassroots mayoral race by visiting votemika.com to donate or purchase campaign merch. You can also follow this campaign on Instagram at @votemikagadsden or on Facebook and the app formerly known as Twitter. Subscribe to the campaign newsletter HERE!

On April 19, 2023, I sat down with author and Harvard Law professor, Susan Crawford, to discuss her recently released book Charleston: Race, Water and the Coming Storm. Here's audio from that evening. Susan's Book: tinyurl.com/23duy7zr NYT Book Review: tinyurl.com/2s3w5hr5 Please consider supporting this grassroots mayoral race by visiting votemika.com and tapping the 'Donate' button in the top right corner. Also, keep up with my campaign on social media: @votemikagadsden on Instagram @votemikaCHS on Twitter Special thanks to Tim McManus of Hed Hi Studio and Jared Aaronson (DJ Moldy Brain)

Catch me on Twitch Monday thru Friday at 8:00 AM EST twitch.tv/mikagadsden (Follow me) Support the Sustainability of this work via Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChsActNet Tip Me: $mikagadsden on CashApp, @mikagadsden on Venmo! Thank You! Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: YouTube: Charleston Activist Network Twitter: @mikagadsden, @chsactnet IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com Website: www.charlestonactivistnetwork.com

Here's a bonus snippet of Mika's interview with Charleston, SC based engineer and Citadel alum, Alvin Johnson.

Part 2 of 2: In this portion of my interview with local engineer and Citadel alum, Alvin Johnson, I ask Alvin to detail his experience as the Economic Empowerment chair with the Special Commission on Equity, Inclusion and Racial Conciliation. Reporting from the Post and Courier: https://www.postandcourier.com/news/charleston-city-council-votes-no-on-forming-new-racial-conciliation-commission/article_babf3dd8-1657-11ec-96f5-3bc14ece4974.html https://www.postandcourier.com/news/charlestons-racial-conciliation-commission-makes-its-recommendations/article_c4a5c7c8-f559-11eb-8ab2-af70a6ec52f5.html Please consider supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Catch me on Twitch Monday thru Friday at 8:00 AM EST twitch.tv/mikagadsden (Follow me) Tip Me: $mikagadsden on CashApp, @mikagadsden on Venmo! Thank You! Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: YouTube: Tamika Gadsden Twitter: @mikagadsden, @chsactnet IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork Email Mika: Tamika@

Part 1 of 2: Listen in as I sit down with the homie, Alvin Johnson. Alvin is a Black Citadel alum, and engineer, former All American D1 athlete and the Director of Due Diligence and Entitlements with Crescent Homes. Please consider supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Catch me on Twitch Monday thru Friday at 8:00 AM EST twitch.tv/mikagadsden (Follow me) Tip Me: $mikagadsden on CashApp, @mikagadsden on Venmo! Thank You! Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: YouTube: Tamika Gadsden Twitter: @mikagadsden, @chsactnet IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com Website: www.charlestonactivistnetwork.com

A Video Podcast Debut: The following podcast episode was originally recorded LIVE at 8 am on Twitch! Video starts at the 1 min 20 sec mark. Please consider supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Catch me on Twitch Monday thru Friday at 8:00 AM EST twitch.tv/mikagadsden (Follow me) My birthday was on 11/10 and I'm accepting generous "tips": $mikagadsden on CashApp, @mikagadsden on Venmo! Thank You! Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: YouTube: Tamika Gadsden Twitter: @mikagadsden, @chsactnet IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com Website: www.charlestonactivistnetwork.com

Here are my Top 5 (of the moment) Must-Read Books and Authors.  Book/Author List + Media Included in Episode: They Were Her Property - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcGBC4K8NnA&t=323s Rise of the Warrior Cop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTWy8tjTiTw&t=187s Beverly Jenkins - https://youtu.be/0bCpBtSQsfs?t=212 and this podcast episode... https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2021/02/11/966404855/the-queen-of-black-historical-romance-talks-race-love-and-history Pleasure Activism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISKEnvcRmMs&t=3s A Black Women's History of the United States - https://www.wnyc.org/story/black-womens-history-united-states/  Local Black-Owned Bookshop in Charleston, SC https://turningpagebookshop.com/ Please consider supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Catch me on Twitch Monday thru Friday at 7:30 AM EST twitch.tv/mikagadsden (Follow me there!) It's my birthday on 11/10 and I'm accepting generous "tips": $mikagadsden on CashApp, @mikagadsden on Ve

⚠ Content Warning: White supremacist terror and violence is discussed in this episode. Reflections on the historic $88M settlement from the federal government to be paid to the victims of the horrific massacre at Mother Emanuel AME Church. News Media Included in Episode: https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/88m-settlement-reached-with-survivors-families-those-killed-2015-charleston-church-massacre/SYU5Y2U3PRHKDD6MBYDLOW3TAE/ Read This! The Charleston Syllabus Please consider supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Catch me on Twitch Monday thru Friday at 7:30 AM EST twitch.tv/mikagadsden (Follow me there!) This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp, @mikagadsden Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: YouTube: Tamika Gadsden Twitter: @mikagadsden, @chsactnet IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com Website: www.charlestonactivistnetwork.com

Here More Info. on the Water Equity Podcast Collaboration with Policy Link: "Cultural organizer and activist Mika Gadsden will lead discussions where we will highlight frontline community voices and discuss important water equity and climate resilience issues with experts and advocates. Each episode will consist of lyrics from A Water Album, broken down by Benny in “live liner notes” style, to engage guests in conversation around the pertinent topic and move the audience to action. This podcast series focuses on the water and climate issues frontline communities are facing every day. Through interviews with environmental justice advocates and artists from across the country, we highlight the creative and cultural solutions that are at the forefront of the fight for climate justice. Listen to the voices and perspectives of our water and climate justice warriors who continue to advance equity through federal advocacy and communications efforts." Episode 1: The Water Keeps Rising on Us Sweetgrass artis

Listen in as I continue a Twitch conversation about Green Infrastructure. This time with friend and fellow organizer, Taylor Schenker. Let's be 'Friends' - www.friendsofgadsdencreek.com Suggested Reading & Viewing: Laura Flanders Show Josh Robinson's Op Ed Kate Orff New Yorker Piece CHS City Paper Please consider supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Catch me on Twitch Monday thru Friday at 7:30 AM EST twitch.tv/mikagadsden (Follow me there!) This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp, @mikagadsden Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: Twitter: @mikagadsden, @chsactnet IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com Website: www.charlestonactivistnetwork.com 

This week local Latinx journalist and friend to Mic'd Up, Fernando Soto Gualden joins me for an interview. Together, Fernando and I discuss the lack of diversity within the local media landscape, Sheriff Graziano's surveillance scandal and local media's reaction to said scandal. Find Fernando Here: LocalSpanishNews.com or on Twitter. Please consider supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Catch me on Twitch Monday thru Friday at 7:30 AM EST twitch.tv/mikagadsden (Follow me there!) This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp, @mikagadsden Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsAcet Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com

On this episode of The Mic'd Up Podcast, I chat with my friend and organizer, Lexi Coburn. We discuss politics in the South, what to watch for during as the Midterms approach and more! Please consider supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Catch me on Twitch Monday thru Friday at 7:30 AM EST twitch.tv/mikagadsden (Follow me there!) This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp, @mikagadsden Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsAcet Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com

On this episode of The Mic'd Up Podcast I discuss the bombshell police surveillance story from Live 5 News involving the Charleston County Sheriff's Office and their monitoring of local justice activists. Also, share my thoughts on Tim Scott's appearance on Face the Nation on Sunday, Sept. 26th and the failed bipartisan effort to draft sweeping police reform legislation at the federal level. Please consider supporting this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Justice for All Coalition/Justice for Jamal Sutherland: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1abuTeDk0f9L6aZLCbeDq_D8gWtHBnmk-dwuj-A69MZg/edit?usp=sharing News Clips Included in this Episode: Chas. County Sheriff Surveils Activists: https://www.live5news.com/2021/09/23/sheriffs-office-monitored-jamal-sutherland-activists-social-media-posts-emails-show/ Tim Scott on Face the Nation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgb0WSSWedM&t=1s Additional Reporting on CCSO: https://www.live5news.com/2021/09/25/sc-black-caucus-calling-investigation-following-repo

The local coverage of the Murdaugh family and their innumerable scandals has been respectable. However, both national and area coverage has focused largely on presenting content that's heavy on "true crime" sensationalism and stingy with providing important historical framing as well as a critical race and class analysis. Here are my thoughts on how this historically unethical family was able to build-out an exclusive justice system that served to fiercely protect their white wealth and power.   Support this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Check out these helpful articles and podcasts: Thad Moore - The Post and Courier Reporting on the Murdaughs The Enduring, Pernicious Whiteness of True Crime South Carolina Police-Oversight Department (Radley Balko Reporting) Murder is My Business Investigating Our Obsession with True Crime Podcasts The Black Brute Caricature  News Clips Included in this Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqpktFDucHc&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4OdNj9

Mika here! On this episode of Mic'd Up I discuss how local conservatives are working to scapegoat one Democratic member of law enforcement as they provide cover for the Republicans...including the Post & Courier. Also, hear the latest bombshell regarding fired Sherriff's Deputy Fickett. For those listening, this is audio from this morning's Twitch livestream. If you have trouble following along, click here to watch on YouTube. Catch me on Twitch Monday thru Friday from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM twitch.tv/mikagadsden (Follow me there!) This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp, @mikagadsden Support this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsAcet Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com

Taking a closer look at the Jamal Sutherland killing at the Al Cannon Detention Center (Charleston County Jail) as word leaks that the video may be released. Initial Reporting on Jamal Sutherland Post and Courier Article re: death (April 2021) The Brian Hicks Article For those listening, this is audio from this morning's Twitch livestream. If you have trouble following along, click here to watch on YouTube. Catch me on Twitch Monday thru Friday from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM twitch.tv/mikagadsden (Follow me there!) This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp, @mikagadsden Support this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsAcet Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com

Mika here, listen in as I play sound from local news including a jaw-dropping exhibition of foolishness at a Dorchester County school board meeting. Plus, I share my thoughts on the popular GigPro app. Clips: WCBD News 2 and WLTX 19 (Returning Soon)Catch me on Twitch Monday thru Friday from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM twitch.tv/mikagadsden (Follow me there!) This podcast is people powered. Here's how you can show support: bit.ly/SupportCAN , $mikagadsden on CashApp, @mikagadsden Support this podcast via Patreon: patreon.com/ChsActNet Follow the Charleston Activist Network on Social Media: IG: @charlestonactivistnetwork FB: @charlestonactivistnetwork Twitter: @ChsActNet and @mikagadsden Email Mika: Tamika@charlestonactivistnetwork.com

With so many troubling headlines, perhaps we all need a bit of a break from the media. Or at least, we can think about how to make an appeal to those vying for our vote. Also, after an "interesting" Twitter encounter, I felt compelled to give my (hopefully) FINAL thoughts on S*uthern Ch*rm!

Taking time away from Twitch to give you my take on the latest news here in Charleston, SC! Remember, use your library card to access local print publications if you can! Information & Headlines explored in this episode: The ACLU and the People's Budget Coalition https://www.aclusc.org/en/news/charleston-peoples-budget-coalition-renews-call-full-transparency-charleston-police-department Senate OKs New Open Carry Bill https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/trained-sc-gun-owners-will-likely-soon-be-able-to-carry-openly-after-senate-approves/article_51e7ea78-adc3-11eb-af26-7b536a0c2134.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp_cSyRQ3ls Gov. McMaster to End Federal Aid to Struggling Workforce https://www.postandcourier.com/business/gov-mcmaster-calls-for-sc-to-end-all-federal-pandemic-unemployment-programs/article_ec168eba-aea4-11eb-b14f-f3398018d6ec.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD7quLE1ZDw Police Shortage...More Copaganda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agPDglb_ERU&t=94s (Returning Soon)Catch me