Do not despair, we have the power to organize, build supportive communities, and challenge harmful policies.

In our special post election edition episode on Beyond Voting. We’re joined by two special guests, Madiba Dennie and Dr. Melina Abdullah. We did a legal lightning round with Madiba Dennie, Deputy Editor of BallsandStrikes.org, to explore how we got here and understand the legal challenges and issues that had such a profound effect on our elections across the country. We also spoke with 2024 VP Candidate, Dr. Melina Abdullah about her experience on the campaign trail with the Justice for All Party, we get her take on the outcome of the election, and learn what activists can do to further resist the deterioration of our rights.

So tell us, how will you embrace these next four years? Will you organize and be a part of the electoral strategy? Tell us on IG @arcus.center or drop it in your 5 star review of the show. And please visit us at …. https://arcuscenter.kzoo.edu

Follow our guests:
Madiba Dennie, Deputy Editor of Balls and Strikes: https://ballsandstrikes.org/
Twitter: x.com/ballsstrikes
Madiba Dennie’s book, The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take it Back

Dr. Melina Abdullah, 2024 VP Candidate - Justice For All Party

https://www.cornelwest2024.com/vp_melina_abdullah

IG: https://www.instagram.com/docmellymel/

Dr. Abdullah’s Book Recommendations:

The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy
By Lani Guinier

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-miner-s-canary-enlisting-race-resisting-power-transforming-democracy-lani-guinier/10855954

Tyranny of the Majority: Fundamental Fairness in Representative Democracy

By Lani Guinier

https://bookshop.org/p/books/tyranny-of-the-majority-funamental-fairness-in-representative-democracy-lani-guinier/7851708?ean=9780029131695

Host/Writer: Emily Williams
Executive Producer: Keisha “TK” Dutes
Lead Producer/Writer: Kristen Bennett
Sound Designer & Engineer: Manny Faces
Marketing: Faybeo’n Mickens
Special thanks to The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership team: Quinton, Winter, Crimson, Tamara, and Kerria,
Additional music provided by Motion Array.

Beyond Voting is a production of Philo’s Future Media.

Have you lost your voice?

On the sixth episode of Beyond Voting, we dive deep with Charlene Carruthers, community organizer, writer, filmmaker, and Black Studies PhD candidate. Charlene is the founding national director of BYP 100, a Chicago -based social justice organization led by Black youth activists. Her work spans more than 20 years of community organizing across racial, gender,and economic justice movements. She is also the author of the 2018 bestselling book, Unapologetic: a Black, queer, and feminist mandate for radical movements. It provides a vision and a framework for young activists to build power, create a more radical and intersectional movement, and grow into the next generation of leaders and visionaries.

We spoke with Charlene today to help us understand what challenges activists face as part of today’s liberation struggles, how we find and build community, how we care for ourselves and others doing the work, and most importantly, how liberation is a global movement that is interconnected with the struggles of oppressed peoples around the world.

So tell us, how will you use your voice to fight for change? What action will you take to be a part of the change you want to see? Tell us on IG @arcus.center or drop it in your 5 star review of the show. And please visit us at arcuscenter.kzoo.edu

Follow Charlene Carruthers :

Twitter: @CharleneCAC

IG:@CharleneCarruthers

Website: charlenecarruthers.com

Check out Charlene Carruther’s book, Unapologetic: a Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements

Host/Writer: Emily Williams
Executive Producer: Keisha “TK” Dutes
Lead Producer/Writer: Kristen Bennett
Sound Designer & Engineer: Manny Faces
Marketing: Faybeo’n Mickens
Special thanks to The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership team: Quinton, Winter, Crimson, Tamara, and Kerria,
Additional music provided by Motion Array.

Beyond Voting is a production of Philo’s Future Media.

Is the Supreme Court for us or against us?

On the fifth episode of Beyond Voting, we dive deep with Dr. Nicole Nguyen, associate professor of criminology, law, & justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She’s also a feminist geographer whose research contributes to, and draws on, grassroots struggles challenging racialized policing, war and empire, particularly in collaboration with community organizations.

We spoke with Nicole about how the Supreme Court is meant to function versus how it actually does, why it’s facing a legitimacy crisis, how some of their recent rulings are already eroding our established rights, and how we as activists can hold the highest court in the land accountable.

So tell us, have you considered running for office in a local election? How can you advocate locally for the policies you’d like to see? Tell us on IG @arcus.center or drop it in your 5 star review of the show. And please visit us at …. https://arcuscenter.kzoo.edu

Follow Dr Nicole Nyugen :

Twitter: @GeogNicole

Faculty webpage: uic.edu.

Check out Dr. Nicole book, Terrorism on Trial: Political Violence and Abolitionist Futures

Host/Writer: Emily Williams
Executive Producer: Keisha “TK” Dutes
Lead Producer/Writer: Kristen Bennett
Sound Designer & Engineer: Manny Faces
Marketing: Faybeo'n Mickens
Special thanks to The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership team: Quinton, Crimson, Tamara, Kerria, and Winter.
Additional music provided by Motion Array.

Beyond Voting is a production of Philo’s Future Media.