VIDEO: A grassroots analysis of the “Stand Your Ground” law
February 18, 2014
Dayvon Love discusses the ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws help rationalize violence against people of color by legitimizing fear of black men
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AUDIO: Reactions to “Baltimore City, You’re Breaking My Heart”: Crime, Race, Class and Neighborhoods
February 13, 2014
In February 2014, LBS CEO Adam Jackson sat down with The Marc Steiner Show to discuss the an article that appeared in the Baltimore Post-Examiner, titled “Baltimore City, You’re Breaking My Heart: This is why people leave”.
VIDEO: King’s Teachings on US Imperialism Opened My Eyes to Radical Thought
January 19, 2014
Young Baltimore activist Dayvon Love tells Paul Jay how MLK’s teaching that American blacks must be anti-imperialist, changed his life.
AUDIO: Local News Roundup – Baltimore Reacts To Detroit, City Mismanaged Homelessness Grant, Tyrone West Autopsy Findings Withheld
December 4, 2013
We discuss the local news, including Baltimore reactions to the Detroit Bankruptcy, Baltimore’s mismanaged grant to end homelessness, and news in the Tyrone West case.
The Industry of Black Suffering: Breaking Down the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
November 14, 2013
Editorial Note: This is an essay published in the 2013 State of Black Baltimore published by the Greater Baltimore National Urban League. It’s published alongside other essays and testimony about the history of
AUDIO: Towson University Debate Team Takes Threat Report Against Faculty & Staff Public
October 24, 2013
Dayvon Love, Director of Research and Public Policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle and former member of the Towson University Debate Team, and Ameena Ruffin, Towson University student and current member of the TU Debate Team, join us. The university is currently investigating accusations of harassment and retaliation, including incidents documented in Love’s “Why you shouldn’t send your Black and Brown children to Towson University.”
Why You Shouldn’t Send Your Black and Brown Children to Towson University
October 23, 2013
The Towson University Debate Team has a storied history of national success using an emphasis on racial and social justice. This was launched by a national championship in 2008 that
AUDIO: Chicago & Baltimore Dialogue On The Future Of Education
July 26, 2013
We open a dialogue between two cities facing tough decisions on the future of education and schools: Chicago and Baltimore.
Morgan State Hosts Urban Debate Camp
July 24, 2013
Twenty-one high school students from Baltimore, Detroit, New York, Oklahoma and New Jersey ventured to Morgan State University on July 14 for the inaugural Eddie Conway Liberation Institute (ECLI). The
AUDIO: The Lines Between Us – “Black Children, White Adults”
June 28, 2013
Many of these nonprofits are working to address social problems concentrated in poor neighborhoods—neighborhoods that are often populated overwhelmingly by people of color.
Today, we’ll explore the racial dynamics that come into play when white-led organizations work with these communities.