We are back in the cypher, right here on Audio Nuggets! We are honored to be joined by Miriam Mack, a co-struggler and friend, for Episode 34: Critical Connections--THE Imperative.

Miriam Mack is the Policy Director for The Bronx Defenders’ Family Defense Practice, and an advocate and activist for racial and reproductive justice. The Bronx Defenders are actively redefining public defense by challenging the dominant narrative of save and rescue, as they root themselves in the principled and broader struggle for freedom.

This conversation unpacks the beauty of base-building in the movement to abolish carcerality and systemic violence, right relationships, and the critical connections that are our driving force in practicing new worlds. We grapple with what happens if we're harmed, and Miriam reminds listeners of the deep and very real urgency for imagining and building. Listen to be captivated!

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We are right back in the cypher, on Audio Nuggets with Khafre Jay in Episode 33: Hip Hop Culture & Organizing For Health.

Khafre Jay is a change-maker, hip hop artist, and community organizer who is practicing new worlds.

Hip hop is art. Hip hop is poetry. Hip hop is a cornerstone of our stories. Hip hop is the MOST effective organizing force that we have. Hip Hop is culture!

In this episode, we hear from Khafre about his abolitionism and how he's leveraging Hip Hop as communal health.

This King has range, wisdom and a sharp political analysis. Be prepared to break intellectual laziness as we chop it up.

To learn more about Khafre Jay and ways to support Drip Fest, you can visit his website Hip Hop Organizer | Khafre Jay and subscribe to the newsletter Unapologetic Black, watch his Ted Talk Performance by Hip Hop for Change | Khafre Jay | TEDxSausalito (youtube.com) and follow on IG @khafrejay.

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Welcome to the cypher! On Audio Nuggets, we give ourselves rooted permission to tell a collective story of the principled struggle for liberation and freedom. We are honored to welcome Joyce James to the cypher for Episode 32: In The Fight to Undo Racism.

Joyce James has been leading and supporting anti-racism and justice in multiple systems and institutions across the country for almost three decades.

In this episode, respect is given by Joyce and MFG to The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) for the education and political analysis they have gifted so many with through their principles, teachings, and organizing.

Joyce unravels the narratives about people that we have bought into, and the lies we have been taught. Through good teaching and teachers, Joyce illustrates the cornerstone fact; racism is so deeply embedded in all of our systems and institutions, that to truly undo this racism, means a lifetime commitment to the fight. We are grateful to march alongside Joyce and so many others who embody justice and liberation for the people, on the long road to freedom!

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Welcome to the cypher! Audio Nuggets is grateful and blessed to bring you Episode 31: Singing My Song with April Lee.

April is a leader, community activist, advocate, artist, poet and believer of freedom. April is a lover of her people and her community.

April hips the audience to the political analysis that we can SEE the truth of the destruction that the family policing system causes Black families and communities. April is here to share that freedom seeking looks like singing her song--LIBERATION!

April gifts Black parents with the wisdom to question everything, educate yourself, know your rights... because you are not the problem, but rather part of the solution. Don't believe the hype. Don't believe the lie!

And before we leave...April drops "True Insight" as an expression of her full humanity, power, and liberation. She sings her song!

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We are back in the cypher with our anchor #4 for FREEDOM in Black History ’24. We are joined by Aubrey Edwards-Luce for Episode 30: Dreaming Sanctuary.

In Dreaming Sanctuary, Aubrey moves us to become filled. Filled with dreaming; filled with an energy to chase the vision of freedom, filled with a drive to nurture connections with others, and truly filled with a desire to love all people. Sanctuary is best defined as a place where someone or something can be protected or safe from being chased or hunted; to live and be protected. Aubrey illustrates that there is safety and sanctuary in relationships that are knitted through love and give us an opportunity to see and lean into full humanity. Aubrey’s contributions to freedoms are palpable with how she leads by listening, and how she shows up in love by building a culture of truth-telling in her ecosystem.

Throughout this February, the cypher has brought you Radically Practical with jasmine Sankofa, Loyalty to Truth with Dawn Blagrove, Notes For Freedom with Dr. Jessica Pryce and Dreaming Sanctuary with Aubrey Edwards-Luce; 4 Black women, 4 for Freedom. They have all made clear the distinction necessary for freedom and liberation as a lifestyle, not only a goal.

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Audio Nuggets is back in the cypher and expanding Black History with #3 for FREEDOM. Episode 29: Notes For Freedom with Dr. Jessica Pryce will push you to embrace a reckoning.

For over 15 years, Dr. Pryce has worked with multiple angles in child protection, encompassing direct practice, academia, policymaking and research.

This episode unpacks just a few of Dr. Pryce's contributions to freedom and liberation through her writing and memoir that is set to be released as we commemorate 60 years of civil rights legislation for Black bodies.

Broken: Notes of a Former Caseworker; Transforming Child Protective Services, is a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed investigation of the child welfare system—from foster care to incarceration—that exposes the deep-rooted biases shaping the system, witnessed through the lives of several Black families.

Dr. Pryce graces the audience with truth-telling vulnerability, wisdom, and the story of her personal journey of witnessing the humanness in Black parents.

After Dr. Jessica Pryce, Aubrey Edwards-Luce will anchor us with Dreaming of Sanctuary.

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In the cypher we bring you, #2 for FREEDOM with our dear friend Dawn Blagrove for Episode 28: Loyalty To Truth.

Dawn is a freedom fighter, movement attorney, and a beautiful human being. She has a sharp political analysis. And a bullshit detector that helps discern who she builds with. She epitomizes leadership in the struggle for freedom. Dawn tells it as it should always be told--with breadth and honesty. We invite you to sit back and experience Dawn's loyalty to truth.

From Dawn, the next drop will weave artistry and threads of freedom with Dr. Jessica Pryce.

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We are back in the cypher for Black History Month '24.

Audio Nuggets has curated the most magnificent series to commemorate 60 years post-civil rights. We are honored to level UP with THE jasmine Sankofa for Episode 27: Radically Practical.

jasmine is the Executive Director of Movement For Movement Power. She joins us embodying many roles in the quest for freedom. She's a passionate movement lawyer, scholar, activist, storyteller, birth worker, and bonus/god mama committed to abolition and grounded in the belief that when we fight, we win.

jasmine's warmth and laughter permeates the cypher, as she reminds listeners that dreaming, imagining and building with people are practical steps toward abolition.

From jasmine, the next drop will weave threads of Blackness with Dawn Blagrove from Emancipate NC.

Until freedom...

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