2022 Midterms: Reflections & Moving Forward
On this special episode, Lawrence Grandpre hosts a discussion on how the Black community should process the results of the 2022 Midterm Election.
December 12, 2022 No Comments
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On this special episode, Lawrence Grandpre hosts a discussion on how the Black community should process the results of the 2022 Midterm Election.
Dr. Jared Ball discusses his work on “The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power” and addresses the folly of Black capitalism.
Dr Jared Ball lays out the ways that mass media and propaganda are used against struggles for Black Liberation.
We analyze the limitations of current progressive Black political formations through the lens of not learning the lessons of Black nationalism and Pan-Afrikan nationalism. Finally, we use examples of work we do at LBS as examples of how the insights of Black/Pan-African Nationalism can address the material needs of Afrikan people.
In the first of this two-part episode, we take a look at some of the historical successes of Black nationalism as a political methodology. We then juxtapose those successes with the caricatures and stereotypes used to marginalize Black nationalism.
During the Maryland General Assembly, we offer insight an analysis on the issues impacting the Black community in Baltimore. Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) is a grassroots thinktank in Baltimore, MD that advocates for the political interests of the Black community. We cut through the noise and give you the information that matters the most.
We will discuss the status of crucial pieces of legislation. This includes criminal justice elements to cannabis legalization and other relevant issues being debated during the 2023 MD General Assembly.
In this episode, we’ll talk about Maryland cannabis legalization with a focus on the criminal justice and the business aspects of it. We will also give brief updates about other legislative efforts we are supporting and working on during MDGA 2023.
The 2023 Maryland General Assembly is well underway. In this episode, Dayvon Love – Director of Public Policy for LBS – will be overviewing our top legislative priorities including: cannabis decriminalization, odor searches by law enforcement and police accountability.
Dayvon Love, co-founder of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle and Director of Public Policy.
He joins Gabe Ortis to discuss bill SB 51, which removes the sole use of the odor of cannabis as the basis for stops and searches by law enforcement, as well as Jobs & Economic Justice Advocacy Day.
Yesterday, the Maryland Legislative Black Caucus announced its priorities for the 2023 General Assembly, the state’s annual 90-day lawmaking session that convened earlier this month in Annapolis.
Dayvon Love joins Tom on Zoom to discuss his organization’s legislative agenda for Annapolis lawmakers.
Dayvon Love, co-founder of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle and Director of Public Policy joins Dr. Kaye to discuss what’s on tap for the Maryland General Assembly.
Conversation with Dayvon Love, a Baltimore-based political organizer and the Director of Public Policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS), a grassroots think-tank that advances the public policy interests of Black people.
E. Evans Paull, New York Times best selling author of Stop the Road: Stories from the Trenches of Baltimore’s Road Wars and Dayvon Love, the co-founder of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle and director of Public Policy join Dr. Kaye for the conversation.
Lady Brion is an international spoken word artist, poetry coach, activist, organizer, educator and the executive director of the Pennsylvania Avenue Black Arts and Entertainment District.
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