Michigan Liberation’s Respect the Roots Podcast: Recent Episodes

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Conversation with Kate Boulton Senior Legal Technical Advisor of the Overdose Prevention Program at Vital Strategies

Topics Discussed:

• Overdose Crisis: National & Michigan Statistics
• Care, Not Criminalization Priorities & Demands
• Engaging & Mobilizing Communities around overdose prevention and harm reduction

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Conversation with Kate Boulton Senior Legal Technical Advisor of the Overdose Prevention Program at Vital Strategies

Topics Discussed:

• Overview of overdose crisis
• Vital Strategies Overdose Prevention Program
• Milib's Care Not Criminalization

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Conversation with Dr. Bowers the Executive Director of The National Harm Reduction Coalition.

• What is the NHRC?
• 13th National Harm Reduction Conference Highlights
• The significance of Harm Reduction in black communities
• The need for a trauma informed approach to engagement with people of faith /communities of faith in regards to harm reduction
• Next Steps..How can people get involved and help make a difference?

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Ms. Marjon interviews the Michigan Liberation Action Fund Phone Team about their phone canvassing experience in the 2022 election.

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Nelson (Community Activist) Conversation with Community Activist, Nelson the Mayan, the host of Cratedigger's Delight on AM1700, Ypsilanti's premier radio destination for underground hip hop. Nelson is active in the community advocating for immigrant rights, restorative justice, and more. He is also a former MI Liberation employee, and continues to be a strong supporter.

• The Intersections of Hip Hop and Progressive Activism
• The Prison Industrial Complex
• Urgency of the Upcoming Elections

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Conversation with Community Activist, Nelson the Mayan, the host of Cratedigger's Delight on AM1700, Ypsilanti's premier radio destination for underground hip hop. Nelson is active in the community advocating for immigrant rights, restorative justice, and more. He is also a former MI Liberation employee, and continues to be a strong supporter.

• The Intersections of Hip Hop and Progressive Activism
• The Prison Industrial Complex
• Urgency of the Upcoming Elections

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Respect the Roots - S1 E6: Part 2 - Bullets, Brutality & Body Bags in Detroit: A Conversation on Detroit Policing, Mental Health and Public Safety

Topics:

• Taking Power Back: Care, Not Criminalization

• Call To Action

• Getting Involved

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Respect the Roots - S1 E5: Part 1 - Bullets, Brutality & Body Bags in Detroit: A Conversation on Detroit Policing, Mental Health and Public Safety

Topics:

• Who Are We?

• Why Are We Here Tonight?

• What Is the State of Play?

• Who Is Accountable?

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Host: Ms. Marjon (Michigan Liberation's Communications Director) Guests: Michigan Liberation's Kevin Harris (President – Board of Directors) & Booker T Walker (Clean Slate Organizer) Topics: - Milib Board Member president duties beliefs on ending mass incarceration - Clean Slate History - Milib Campaign: Clean Slate

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Host: Ms. Marjon (Michigan Liberation's Communications Director) Guests: Michigan Liberation's Alexandria Hughes (Mental Health Expert) & Ashley Daniels (CNC Lead Organizer) Topics: - Health Talk about Mental Illness in the black community - Milib Campaign: Care, Not Criminalization

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Host: Ms. Marjon (Michigan Liberation's Communications Director) Guests: Michigan Liberation's Rai Lanier (Executive Director) & Demetris Knuckles El (Good Time Organizer) Topics: - Milib Campaign: Cash Bail - Milib Campaign: Good Time

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Host: Ms. Marjon (Michigan Liberation's Communications Director) Guests: Michigan Liberation's Rebecca Gray (Board Member) & Rai Lanier (Executive Director) Topics: - Who is Michigan Liberation (Milib)? - Milib Board Member duties and beliefs on ending mass incarceration - Overview of Milib Campaigns: Care, Not Criminalization, Good Time, Clean Slate & Cash Bail