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AUDIO: Positive Youth Programming in Baltimore – Why It Matters

We take a look at positive youth programming in Baltimore with representatives from three youth organizations: Nyasha Dixon, service coordinator at the YES (Youth Empowered Society) Drop-In Center in Baltimore; Dayvon Love, Director of Research and Public Policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle; and Sarah Tooley and Debra Evans, Director and Founder of 901 Arts.

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AUDIO: Towson University Debate Team Takes Threat Report Against Faculty & Staff Public

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.”

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AUDIO: Hip Hop Takes the Podium

In the Baltimore episode, we featured the story of Dayvon Love, and learned how the debate team changed his life. Here’s more of Dayvon’s story from SOTRU intern JP Davidson, who tells us about the new shift that’s spreading across the debate community.

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