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Community organizer, activist and past-candidate for public office Joy Silver is concerned about the erosion of Democracy in America. She's got a voice and she's determined to use it for good. Each week, she talks with people on the front lines fighting for equality, justice and the American Way. She also has practical calls to action for you and all who care about ending injustices.
Outspoken is presented through the generous support of official sponsor My Little Flower Shop in Palm Springs, CA.
On this episode of Outspoken with Joy Silver, guest Savannah Worley talks about the KKK’s history in the state of Indiana. Savannah is a writer on Medium, an ex-journalist, and was born in Indiana. She writes mainly about racism and mental health, and how the extremists want to obliterate learning the true history of the United States.
Steve Schwartz has over fifty years of membership in the American Federation of Teachers and has served as a union rep for over twenty years. His broad scope of experience has given him a comprehensive understanding of the challenges teachers, administrators, and parents face. He moved to Temecula in 2004, and on this episode shares his first-hand experience of the current local school board as extremists attempt to take over and end public education on Outspoken with Joy Silver.
On this episode of Outspoken with Joy Silver, one of the biggest environmental threats in the United States takes center stage. Chuck Parker and Feliz Nunez represent the Salton Sea Coalition and discuss the ongoing threat to human life throughout Southern California and particularly the Coachella Valley and Imperial Valley if there are continued delays in a sea-to-sea restoration effort.
Since 2018, journalist and lawyer Jessica Pishko has focused extensively on the growing threat to democracy by Sheriffs around the United States who've become increasingly aligned with white supremacy ideology and organizations and supporting authoritarianism in government. She returns to discuss the topic at greater length with Joy Silver on this episode of Outspoken. Learn about the 1878 law, the Posse Comitatus Act, and how it has empowered elected law enforcement agents to become Sheriffs Gone Wild.
The tables are turned on this episode of Outspoken with Joy Silver. Radio111's voice of democracy turns from interviewer to interviewee with John McMullen in the host seat. Together, they talk about the victories and the lessons that led to a largely non-traditional Mid-Term Election. While Democrats lost control of the U.S. House of Representatives, it was a slim recovery of seats for the MAGA-laden GOP. For Democrats, the opportunity still exists to gain an extra seat in keeping the majority in the U.S. Senate. Joy Silver shares her experience as someone who works in strategic planning and volunteers doing field work on important races at home and elsewhere around the country. She also talks about the importance of establishing a better foundation and structure for local political campaigns in Riverside and nearby counties in Southern California. Are you involved in preserving democracy? You will be inspired to be by the end of this podcast if you aren't already!
The 1960s and 1970s are often thought of as the era of activist 'fight songs' that became the anthems of resistance and change in the United States. As rights begin to erode before our very eyes and the roar of intolerance becomes more pervasive in the so-called land of the free, on this episode of Outspoken, Joy Silver welcomes songwriter Steven Skeels to talk about creating these important fight songs in the modern era. He's recently released a new song It's My Body which may well become the anthem of Planned Parenthood following SCOTUS' repeal of Roe v. Wade. He shares his journey, inspired and enlightened by his progressive pro-equality mother and some of the other causes that have brought his music to life including Black Lives Matter.
Christel Reyna is the founder of Dare 2 Empower, an organization that empowers teens, young adults and women to identify their strengths, use their voice and take action to bring change to issues that affect the world around them. As the mother of a gay son who was himself a target of bullies in school, Christel shares the story this week of the powerfully successful anti-bullying actions they took together and continue to take for thousands of students. On this episode of Outspoken with Joy Silver, Christel talks about what motivates her advocacy and activism, how bullying has affected our society and culture, the critical issues in the midterm elections, and how she sees women affecting change. For more information about Dare 2 Empower, https://www.dare2empower.com/ (CLICK HERE).
On this episode of Outspoken with Joy Silver, just a few weeks ahead of the 2022 Midterm Elections, Emiliana Guereca returns to discuss the priorities, concerns and impact that women of all ages have at this critical juncture fighting for the preservation of rights and democracy itself in the USA. Guereca is President of the Women’s March Foundation and was the driving force behind the official Women’s Marches in Los Angeles in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. The activist, feminist and entrepreneur talks about how people everywhere can still deliver a positive impact on races near and far.
With reproductive freedom, privacy rights, and democracy itself hanging in the balance, we are rapidly approaching the critical 2022 mid-term elections. While it seems like it's no laughing matter, humor may be one way to strike at the nerve of voters who need a little extra inspiration for the November 8th referendum on the American Way. This week on Outspoken, Joy Silver talks with out Lesbian comics Mina Hartong and Lin Phillippi who will use their humor to help Get Out The Vote with Lez Out Loud coming to The Runway in Cathedral City, CA on November 2, 2022 at 6 pm. http://www.RunwayCatCity.com (Click HERE) to get tickets!
Will Rollins is the Democratic nominee for the 41st California Congressional District, a newly-drawn district covering Riverside County including part of the Coachella Valley. The former United States Attorney specializing in counter-terrorism is seeking the support of voters who want their Constitutional Rights and freedoms protected including reproductive health choices. He talks with Joy Silver on this edition of Outspoken about his experiences on the campaign trail, advocating to remove dark money and corporate interests from funding campaigns, protecting democracy and election integrity, and fighting corruption. He points out that his opponent, who has been a member of Congress for 30 years, has been beholden to a plethora of special interests, has used his insider access to information to personally benefit from investments and more shenanigans. Get more information about his campaign at https://willrollinsforcongress.com/ (willrollinsforcongress.com).
Chavela Vargas was a Latin Grammy-winning artist well-known for her music. The Costa Rican/Mexican singer is remembered as the Rough Voice of Tenderness and is the focus of this week's Outspoken with Joy Silver podcast. It's an enlightening herstory lesson as Joy talks about the beloved performer who passed in 2012 at the age of 93 with Emmy Award winning filmmaker Joyce Callo and actress-singer Stephanie Trudeau who sings Chavela's songs to tell her story. Trudeau's docu-cabaret show, Becoming Chavela, is now a short film produced with Callo and will be featured by the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Jeffrey Bernstein is running for Palm Springs City Council in District 2 this November. He is a small business owner who has been active in local non-profit organizations, and on community boards including the Measure J Committee. On this episode of Outspoken with Joy Silver, Mr. Bernstein discusses many of the key issues on his campaign agenda ranging from how to help homeless citizens to economic development to helping the fire department improve emergency response when paramedics need to transport a patient to implementing green energy in commercial real estate. Learn more about his action plan. You can also visit his campaign site at http://www.JeffreyForPS.com (www.JeffreyForPS.com).
This week on Outspoken the spotlight turns to President Biden’s Safer America program. Nearly $40 Billion of the American taxpayers are at stake. Joy Silver welcomes lawyer and writer Jessica Pishko back to the discussion as an expert and author writing about one of the greatest threats to democracy in America: Sheriffs. She enlightens us on the administration’s program and what effect it will have on law enforcement in the USA and particularly on elected county sheriffs including past Oathkeepers member Chad Bianco who was recently re-elected by merely 16% of registered voters as Sheriff of Riverside County, California.
Pat Leach is the founder of the African Immigration Initiative, Coachella Valley. Her dedication to African immigration is to assist people through empowerment by finding the resources they need to succeed whether in detention, as asylum seekers struggling in the USA, or deported and trying to find safety. This includes food, health, lawyers, housing, bond payment applications, letters, electronics, and political activation. She discusses United States immigration policy and its history, as it affects Africans and others seeking refuge with Joy Silver on this episode of Outspoken. Pat observed the perilous challenges and conditions in Cameroon personally, and she shares those observations with us immediately upon her recent return from Africa.
There has been much controversy around the status of campuses and curriculum at College of the Desert in the Western Coachella Valley. Rubén AríAztlán Pérez currently serves as the Chairman of the C.O.D. Board of Trustees and joins Joy Silver on this episode of Outspoken. Nearly $1Billion in bond measures have been approved by voters over the past twenty years to - among other things - fund the building of satellite campuses. In this conversation, Mr. Pérez talks about the most recent controversies surrounding the construction sites, building, and educational offerings at a new Palm Springs West Valley campus and the Roadrunner Motors automotive technology center in Cathedral City. Pérez is one of two trustees running for re-election this Fall.
As tens of millions of Americans watch the United States Congressional Select Committee Hearings on the January 6, 2021 Attack and hear more evidence of the former president’s role in planning and fanning the flames of riled up insurrectionists, many wonder if Trump’s white privilege may prevent him from facing prosecution. Journalist and civil rights activist Allison Gaines is a returning guest on Outspoken to ponder this issue with host Joy Silver on this episode. Ms. Gaines is the founder of Justice Can’t Wait. She is also published at Writers and Editors of Color, Medium, Zora, Momentum, and Level.
On this episode of Outspoken, host Joy Silver’s attention is on the Riverside County Auditor-Controller race to be decided on November 8. Incumbent Paul Angulo has served for 12 years managing tens of billions of dollars in assets and an annual $7 Billion budget. He is being challenged this year by relative newcomer Ben Benoit, mayor of Wildomar and son of a former state legislator and county supervisor who worked in law enforcement. Angulo points out on this podcast that Benoit does not hold the minimum statutory requirements for the office (C.P.A. or 4-Year Degree) and says his opponent's broad support comes from county officials including the controversial Sheriff Chad Bianco, a former member of the White Supremacist Oath Keepers organization, who among others refuses to cooperate with legally-mandated audits to be performed by Angulo's office. As you'll hear in this conversation with Joy, he asserts Bianco's refusal to cooperate with they county's system of checks-and-balances makes the agency a "private militia." Visit Angulo's website at http://www.PaulAngulo.com (www.PaulAngulo.com).
On this episode of Outspoken with Joy Silver, a challenge is issued to the President of the national Log Cabin Republicans organization. Charles Moran’s recently-published Op-Ed in Gannett newspapers including The Desert Sun in Palm Springs cried foul when the GOP’s state convention in Texas excluded the gay republican group, pleading their case of embracing the former president and his policies. Joy points out that while Moran criticizes ‘cancel culture,’ his organization has already been cancelled by the party of Trump – even as Log Cabin members continue to bond with their abusers and pour in money while voting for GOP candidates. She offers a solution to a dilemma that crosses party lines.
On this episode of Outspoken with Joy Silver, Riverside County Deputy Public Defender Roger Tansey shares his views on the Case for Prosecution of President Donald J. Trump. Mr. Tansey’s legal experience includes serving as a law clerk from 1983 to 1985 for the Honorable Volney V. Brown of the United States District Court. Tansey has also worked on the international extradition of one of the last cases of a Nazi war criminal in the United States. He discusses the legal thresholds Justice Department officials must weigh and overcoming the political hurdles inherent with making an airtight case alleging the previous administration conspired to commit seditious acts against the United States of America.
With 20 million people viewing the January 6th Congressional Hearings in real time and tens of millions more learning the details of how democracy almost died in the USA at the start of 2021, Joy talks with Julie Bornstein, a former California Assemblymember, Attorney and Former Adjunct Faculty at California Desert Trial Academy. A Coachella Valley resident, Julie shares her thoughts about voting and its power, the case for prosecution of the former president and other insurrectionists, and where things are generally going in the hearings on this episode of Outspoken with Joy Silver. This episode is presented through the generous sponsorship of https://www.harcourtsdeserthomes.com (Harcourts Desert Homes) in Palm Springs, California.
Jarvis Crawford is the Community Center Manager for Palm Springs Department of Parks & Recreation, Deacon of the First Baptist Church, and President for the Palm Springs Black History Committee. As the nation celebrated Juneteenth this year for the first time as a national holiday, Jarvis shares with Joy Silver the important historical information; how it came into being, economic subjugation, and what happened after slavery in Texas. Bringing the discussion to the Coachella Valley, Jarvis talks about the Section 14 story in Palm Springs and the displacement of black families, leading to the creation of the now incorporated north end of the municipality.
On this edition of Outspoken, Joy Silver talks with freelance journalist Manny Otiko whose work appears in the Press Enterprise, Salon, LA Weekly and on Medium.com among other outlets. Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He discusses The Art of the Lie, the complicity of the media and how the January 6th Hearings are uncovering the full truth about the seditious attack on our democracy.
Joy Silver makes the connection between the goals of CPAC (Conservative Political Action Committee) with its first ever convention on foreign soil, the NRA (National Rifle Association) annual convention in Houston three days after the Texas Massacre in Uvalde, and how media is used to further the aims of the far right extremists as they continue to promote the end of the American Dream of Democracy. On this episode of Outspoken, Joy shares the thinking of Jessica Pishko of Posse Comitatus, Walter Rhein from Medium, and Kathryn Byrd of Dame on the subject to help identify what we can do to change the narrative. This podcast is presented through the generous sponsorship of Harcourts Desert Homes in Palm Springs. Visit http://www.harcourtsdeserthomes.com (HarcourtsDesertHomes.com).
This week's episode of Outspoken with Joy Silver features a discussion with Constitutional Law Professor Phil Drucker from the California Desert Trial Academy in Indio CA. He talks with Joy about The History of the Spanish Inquisition, and it's parallels to more recent times in light of the Alito Roe Ruling Leak. The conversation brings us to the terrifying acknowledgement that the Modern Day Inquisition has begun.
On this episode, Joy Silver is joined by Dr. Robin Stern, author of The Gaslight Effect: How to Spot and Survive the Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life. How do you know when gaslighting is happening to you? What are the characteristics of gaslighting ? Who employs this technique and why? Where does this term come from? And, why is it important to recognize at this time? Most importantly, can we stop it from happening? Dr Stern gives us insights on this timely topic, and helps us break it down.
On this episode of Outspoken with Joy Silver, the discussion focuses on The Roe Opinion: Another Dred Scott Nightmare. We welcome Dick K. Scott, political and social issues contributor at Medium.com, to talk about religious freedom in the United States of America, the ramifications and parallels to the Dred Scott decision, FDR's strategy for Supreme Court packing and what President Biden might do to fight the dismantling of Roe. Presented by the generous support of http://www.harcourtsdeserthomes.com (Harcourts Desert Homes) in Palm Springs, California. Visit them online or call them today to serve your real estate selling or buying needs and find out why they are leading the pack in the Coachella Valley for sales and service.
As Florida Governor and 2024 U.S. President Hopeful Ron DeSantis continues to attract headlines about his efforts to legislate what can be taught in schools and policies that private companies in his state can enforce with their workforce, educator and cultural commentator Eric Sentell joins Joy Silver on this episode of Outspoken to discuss Florida's "Stop WOKE" law and other items on the legislative agenda that protect discrimination and exacerbate oppression in our society. It's an illness that is rapidly spreading as a mainstream strategy of the political far right in America. Read more from Dr. Sentell from his blog on https://ericsentell.medium.com (Medium). This episode is sponsored through the generous support of Harcourts Desert Homes. Find out more about why they are the best organization in the Greater Palm Springs region to help with all of your real estate needs by http://www.harcourtsdeserthomes.com (CLICKING HERE).
Lawyer Jessica Pishko returns to Outspoken with Joy Silver. She is a writer whose current research focuses on sheriff departments nationally. Jessica pens a newsletter called Posse Comitatus. In this episode, she talks about 26-year-old Lizelle Herrera, who was charged with murder for a “self-induced abortion,” taken into custody, and had a judge set her bail at $500,000 in Starr County, Texas. Jessica talks about the power of the sheriff, the misuse of the law through the empowerment of vigilantism, the role of the coroner, the dangerous merging of that role into the position of the sheriff, and the historical background as to how sheriffs gained their power in the South and through the expansion into the West. Jessica and Joy explore the potential of setting of the precedent for other enforcement boondoggles, and what Policing Pregnancy may mean for women going forward. Outspoken with Joy Silver is presented by http://www.harcourtsdeserthomes.com (Harcourts Desert Homes).
Writer William Spivey joins Joy Silver on this edition of Outspoken and provides the real history of America, from its founding through the Civil War and modern times and how the Ku Klux Klan and White Supremacy have guided its true, but untold narrative. Joy asks the question as to why people vote against their own interest and Mr. Spivey shares his ideas on the matter. Outspoken with Joy Silver welcomes a new title sponsor beginning on this episode! Harcourts Desert Homes in Palm Springs, CA. Learn more about why Scott, James and their team are leading the industry in the Coachella Valley and how they will best serve your real estate needs by https://harcourtsdeserthomes.com (CLICKING HERE).
On this edition of Outspoken, Joy Silver speaks with RL Miller, the Political Director of Climate Hawks and President of http://climatehawksvote.com/ (Climate Hawks Vote). RL is also the past chair of the California Democratic Party’s Environmental Caucus. Her work has included exposing the politics of climate denial, opposing fracking for oil in the Golden State, and training others to advocate for legislation. On this episode, she will discuss the American Defense Production Act and how the world can win the war in Ukraine. When she’s not hip-deep in important causes, her interests include raising chickens and sleeping! You won’t want to sleep through this episode, presented by https://www.mylittleflowershop..com (My Little Flower Shop) in Palm Springs, CA.
Joy Silver has been an outspoken proponent of change in the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Why should the residents of one of the Top 10 largest counties in the nation be represented any longer by a former member of the white supremacist group Oath Keepers, and one who is not committed to an oath he swore to keep the public safe when he has ignored pandemic safety measures and he picks and chooses which laws he will enforce? Retired Sheriff’s Captain Michael Lujan, who has served for 31 years, has stepped up to challenge incumbent Chad Bianco. On this episode, he answers many burning questions including his views on mandates, insurrectionists, and building trust in the community on Outspoken with Joy Silver. Presented by https://www.mylittleflowershop.com (My Little Flower Shop) in Palm Springs, CA.
A lot of people talk about how States, Municipalities, Counties and the Federal Government need to work harder and be smarter when it comes to the responsibility of handling citizen's money levied through taxation of all sorts. But, who is actually qualified to perform the multitude of tasks associated with the top administrator when it comes to collecting and disbursing those funds and managing the abundance of agencies in a state that qualifies as the world's fifth largest economy? That would be the Controller of the Great State of California. Malia Cohen has experience at the Municipal and State level of guiding policies and practices by agencies entrusted with this responsibility and she is running in 2022 as the Democratic candidate for State Controller. She talks about what she will bring to this position with Joy Silver on this episode of Outspoken. Presented by https://www.mylittleflowershopps.com (My Little Flower Shop) in Palm Springs, CA.
Will Rollins was driven to pursue the Congressional seat in the newly-redrawn California District 41 this November. An accomplished federal prosecutor, Rollins was dramatically affected by seeing insurrectionists running rampant with firearms and other tools of anarchy on the steps, an in the offices and chambers of the United State House of Representatives and the United States Senate on January 6, 2021. On this episode of Outspoken with Joy Silver, we’ll find out why Mr. Rollins should go to Washington. He makes his case to the people of the Coachella Valley and surrounding communities that encompass the new 41st District on why he is the right person at such a critical time to help get the nation back on track. Presented by https://www.mylittleflowershopps.com/ (My Little Flower Shop) in Palm Springs, CA.
On this episode of Outspoken with Joy Silver, the spotlight turns to a pioneer in the LGBTQ Community. Director Emeritus of the UCLA LGBT Center, Author, Historian and Playwright Dr. Ronnie Sanlo talks about her accomplishments in inspiration, activism, and preservation of the community’s history, and how as a newly-christened graduate with a Doctorate, she founded the first Lavender Graduation at the University of Michigan and today there are as many of 800 campuses hosting these events that show their LGBTQ students just how much they value their academic accomplishments and their diversity. Learn about how this came about in 1994 as well as many other fascinating things from Dr. Sanlo’s storied life and career. Presented by https://www.mylittleflowershopps.com/ (My Little Flower Shop) in Palm Springs, CA.
The Honorable Burke Strunsky has long been committed to fair justice in Riverside County, California. A co-founder of the Humanity of Justice Foundation in 2009, he has previously been a Senior District Attorney for Riverside County. In 2016, he was elected to the bench as a Superior Court Judge. In January 2022, he announced that he will run against incumbent Riverside County D.A. Mike Hestrin, who he says is bought and paid for by police unions, and who has overseen the bloating of the prosecutor's office budget by tens of millions of dollars. Judge Strunsky talks with Joy Silver on this episode of Outspoken about what sets him apart from Hestrin and how he will restore law and order, and fiscal responsibility, to the law and order machine in Riverside County. Lo and behold, the rogue Sheriff is NOT the county's top law enforcement officer. Outspoken is brought to you in part by My Little Flower Shop in Palm Springs, CA.
On this episode of Outspoken with Joy Silver, author and journalist Meredith Jordan is our guest. She’s written two books about the movie industry, with the second one set for release April 15, 2022. Her next project is called Press or Media, and she makes the case for nationally credentialing journalists. Our conversation focuses on the difference between media and press, the Fairness Doctrine, and how to bring TRUTH back to the People. Sponsored by https://www.mylittleflowershop.com/ (My Little Flower Shop) in Palm Springs, CA.
Sweet Baby Jai is the co-founder of the https://www.palmspringswomensjazzfestival.org/ (Palm Springs Women's Jazz Festival). She visits with Joy Silver on this episode of Outspoken about the monumental part that both Billie Holliday, with her song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Web007rzSOI (Strange Fruit), and Nina Simone, with her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ25-U3jNWM (Mississippi Goddam), played in bringing about awareness, activism, and social change through their music. They also explore what women in jazz are doing today along those same lines. Sponsored by https://www.mylittleflowershop.com (My Little Flower Shop) in Palm Springs, CA.
Writer & Editor Allison Gaines, who co-founded the Writers and Editors of Color organization, pays a return visit to Outspoken with Joy Silver. She is pursuing her PhD in Psychology and she writes about race, women history and politics. The focus of this conversation is to discuss the failure of the Voting Rights Act, Martin Luther King’s message as well as Malcolm X’s message, the history and the strategies of the White Power‘s activities of suppression, what would be considered a BIG WIN - and what we need to do to overcome our gravest challenge to Democracy since Reconstruction in this country. This episode is presented by https://www.mylittleflowershop.com (My Little Flower Shop) in Palm Springs, CA.
Dr. Walter Blumenfeld, an instructor in the Social Justice Education Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, joins Joy Silver on this episode of Outspoken on the heels of the hostage-taking incident at a Jewish Temple in Colleyville, Texas. The discuss the growing acts of Antisemitism, Q-Anon Jewish Conspiracy Theories, and Christian beliefs through the ages regarding Jewish people. Dr. Blumenfeld also discusses antisemitism as racism. Sponsored by https://www.mylittleflowershop.com/ (My Little Flower Shop) in Palm Springs, CA.
Dr. Regina Lark is the co-author of https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Labor-Womans-Never-About/dp/B09HG6C5GF/ref=sr_1_1?crid=AODPYSWPYS56&keywords=Emotional+Labor%3A+Why+A+Woman%27s+Work+Is+Never+Done+and+What+To+Do+About+It&qid=1640818160&sprefix=emotional+labor+why+a+woman%27s+work+is+never+done+and+what+to+do+about+it%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1 (Emotional Labor: Why A Woman's Work Is Never Done and What To Do About It). On this edition of Outspoken, she talks with Joy Silver about the radically overlooked gender burden that women cary, and what stands in the way of gender parity. The long, slow progress of women in all classes, cultures, and ethnicities is further complicated by this issue, and is hindering the advancement of humanity and Dr. Lark helps us understand why. Sponsored by https://www.mylittleflowershop.com (My Little Flower Shop) in Palm Springs, CA.
Walter Rhein returns to Outspoken. The social justice issues writer from https://walterrhein.medium.com/ (Medium) talks with Joy Silver about how his article detailing how his family was harassed by supporters of Donald Trump for speaking Spanish that went viral in 2016. They discuss his concern about how America in on a collision course with fascism and about how child abuse is at the roots of White Supremacy, and how this affects what is happening in our political system and its landscape. Sponsored by https://www.mylittleflowershop.com (My Little Flower Shop) in Palm Springs, CA.
On this episode of Outspoken with Joy Silver, it's an exploration of the Netflix series Godless. Joy is joined by HJ Grayson (A.K.A Heather) to determine if it is a ”feminist” film. They analyze the series relationship to the Western Genre, its hero archetype, and what the core resolutions are by the characters in the film as they relate to gender. They also take that next step to discuss how the heroes and individuals vs. community continue to plague our maturation into a functioning adult society today, especially when it comes to guns, sons, and gender.
Walter Rhein, novelist/social justice writer for Medium and other publications and Philip Drucker, Constitutional lawyer/professor at the Desert Trail Academy in Indio California are Joy Silver's guests on this edition of Outspoken. It's a discussion defining fascism, the identification of the American historic trend the rise of far right extremism, English ideation of musters and militias and the constitutionality of the Second Amendment.
Joy Silver talks about the worship of guns in our society with Jessica Pishko, lawyer and writer for Politico, The Atlantic , the Appeal and Posse Comitatus. In the second half of this episode, Dillon Melet joins the discussion. He is an American-Israeli, former Staff Sargent, Special Combat Engineering Unit with the Israel Defense Force. Having once worked in a gun shop in Long Beach, California, he is now a copywriter, content manager and content writer for several media platforms.
This edition of Outspoken has host Joy Silver and her guests looking at Legislation and The Political Horizon on Voter Suppression. She is joined by guests Walker Beverly, Executive Director for Advancing Steps, whose mission it is to help change the lives of the formerly incarcerated, and member of Courageous Resistance of the Desert/Indivisible 36 and Allison Gaines, founder of “Justice Can’t Wait,” a civil rights organization with the sole purpose of creating social programs in Black and marginalized communities, Editor-in-Chief of Cultured Magazine and co-founder of Writers and Editors of Color.
On this episode of Outspoken, Joy Silver talks about Affordable Housing and What California Is Doing About It. She is joined by California State Treasurer Fiona Ma, and Policy Advisor to Riverside County Supervisor V. Manuel Perez, Greg Rodriguez. They discuss the State and County's efforts to solve this critical Housing Crisis, from financial, programmatic and political perspectives.
On this episode, Joy Silver talks with Lizzie Borden, bassist, and Cyndie Barone, drummer, formerly of Boston’s Lizzie Borden and the Axes, in the studio and on the phone about changing the face of Women & Equality through the Power of Music.
Joy Silver talks about Indigenous People Day, followed by interviews with two Black women currently holding local office, Desert Hot Springs City Councilwoman Jan Pye, and Banning Mayor Colleen Wallace to find out what their vision for their respective cities is, and what motivated them to get into politics. Opening the conversation this week, Joy talks with U.S. Democratic Party Senate Candidate Nicholas Mitchell, a Black, LGBT former-LDS hopeful running in the nearly all-white, red state of Utah!
We are watching a war on democracy being waged right in front of our eyes - has it already died? This week on Outspoken with Joy Silver, Joy speaks with Paula Setser-Kissick, a candidate for the Kentucky State Senate, to find out what is happening there. Priya Vedula-Engel, second year medical student and public health policy specialist talks about voting as an issue of public health. Carlos Garcia co-chair of a Palm Desert neighborhood organization called https://drive4five.info/ (Drive4Five) talks with Joy about what he and others are doing to gain a more democratic City Council in that mid-Valley city.
This week, Joy Silver visits with Julie Bornstein, attorney and former California State representative. She takes listeners through the legalities of the Roe v. Wade challenge in the latest Texas ruling. Julie also discusses the case before the 5th Circuit in Mississippi on October 4th. Emiliana Guereca, President and Founder of the Los Angeles Women's March on October 2nd, talks about the event. For more information, visit: https://www.womensmarchfoundation.org. Then, meet Lisa Schoenberg, Coordinator of the Women's Issues Committee for the Courageous Resistance of the Desert/Indivisible 36, who will be car caravanning to join the March in Los Angeles. To contact Lisa for more details, e-mail: Schoeny@mac.com.