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.
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.”
We open a dialogue between two cities facing tough decisions on the future of education and schools: Chicago and Baltimore.
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
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.
In Summer 2013, LBS was awarded a grant from Black Male Engagement (BME) to help fund the Eddie Conway Liberation Institute (ECLI) at Morgan State University. The $20,000 grant supported
While Illinois is closing two youth prisons as a cost-cutting measure, other states are not. Washington State’s King County recently passed a $210 million renovation and expansion of its youth
At first glance, Dayvon Love is easy to overlook. At 5 foot 9, he has average height and a slightly larger than average build. As he carefully takes in everything
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.
Michael Corbin of the Baltimore Urbanite reports on the emergence of “Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle” (LBS). The LBS prepared a 46-page position paper that called for the reinvigoration of vocational education programs and a curriculum explicitly focused on community building.
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