Ep. 1: The Powers, That B---!
Today we talked about the prison system, corporate tentacles, and music*Note: We thought it would be fair to include the statement Starbucks released this past June*https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/starbucks-zero-tolerance-policy-on-prison-labor/Products:MUD/WTR: https://bit.ly/3fnxfsKXero Shoes:https://xeroshoes.com/go/innerloopNotes from the Guests:“Change your language: Words are powerful, and labels like inmate, felon, criminal are dehumanizing. They are people just like us. Use their names, use terms without a negative connotation. Humanize people that are incarcerated. Labels narrowly define people.”Educate yourself: The New Press (books) https://thenewpress.com/The Marshall project (journalism) https://www.themarshallproject.org/Volunteer your time and donate your money:Black Lives Matter https://blacklivesmatter.com/HALTsolitary (NY specific) http://nycaic.org/ NAACP Legal Defense Fund https://www.naacpldf.org/Color of Changehttps://colorofchange.org/Close Rikers (NYC) https://www.closerikersnow.org/ Good Call (NYC resource) https://goodcall.nyc/Gather for Justice https://www.gatheringforjustice.org/
