The We Stay Woke Crew comes back again- Featuring Wavy Wayne, Lydia Caesar and David Ragland hosting interviewing Activist and Atty. Professor Justin Hansford of St.Louis University Law School. Professor Hansford speaks about critical race theory- its founder Derrick Bell, intersectionality and his work as an activist. We look into the work of Derrick Bell and discuss the importance of his writing particularly in the book And
We Are Not Saved, The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice- We encourage you to check out this classic text. In a time were people are looking for answers, saddened and angered
by the most recent election, Hansford, many activists and the We Stay Woke crew are
discussing ideas and possibilities in progress!
We begin the discussion with Prof. Hansford discussing his early activism, when he organized for
The Malcolm x grassroots project and his work, as a student, to bring critical race theory to Georgetown Law School. The conversation goes into describing intersectionality as a part of critical race theory and how the critical race theory might inform possibilities for social transformation. Professor Hansford continues by point out the need to organize locally and control cities like the Oakland, as Bobby Seal (Black Panther, Co-founder) attempted to do when he ran for mayor.
This election calls us to organize for our own needs and survival.
Intro and outro music "6 shots" written by Anthony Channel (Kass Duex Fois) Production by Xavier Jordan (Not Leased/Bought), With Technical Assistance from Wavy Wayne Adams
Podcast produced & mixed by Wavy Wayne Adams
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On Sound Cloud - https://soundcloud.com/we-staywoke/westaywoke-episode2
Good & Important Reads:
Rest in Peace & Thankyou for your contributions to the world- Gwen Ifill - http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/14/502031518/gwen-ifill-host-of-washington-week-pbs-newshour-dies
We don't need another hero! - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/58222380e4b0334571e0a23c?timestamp=1478732418637
Justin Hansford in the news - http://fusion.net/story/337427/marcus-garvey-pardon-obama/
Continuing with our format, we asked Kristine what she was reading and watching. Extraordinarily, Kristine came across the autobiography of Angela Davis when cleaning out her grandmothers belongings; it was a gift she continues to treasure. 
Similar to this phrase, was the chant "Whose Street? Our Streets;" a call-and-response chant that called to mind our ancestors and fostered a sense of unity and ownership amongst protestors. I remember the first time I participated in that chant, we had organized a bus trip from my college in the middle of Pennsylvania to the streets of New York for the Millions March (which was coincidentally planned by one of our guests today, Sabaah) and it electrified me. It's one of those chants that makes you really look at the country as yours, perhaps for the first time.
Sabaah Folayan, an activist from New York who came to Ferguson in the wake of Michael Brown Jr's murder, directs the about to be released film entitled "Whose Streets?" Using the "call" portion of the chant as the title, this film attempts to tell the story of the protests and to assist the activists in sharing their own stories. In our podcast, Sabaah talks about how misrepresented the protests were by the media and how they were covered as violent clashes, while paying little attention the police violence that spurred them. Sabaah describes how she hopes to show the "courage, beauty, and love that she encountered on the front lines"; qualities that she believed to be inherent and shared between the black folks in every corner of the struggle.
The We Stay Woke Crew comes back again- Featuring Wavy Wayne, Lydia Caesar and David Ragland hosting interviewing Activist and Atty. Professor Justin Hansford of St.Louis University Law School. Professor Hansford speaks about critical race theory- its founder Derrick Bell, intersectionality and his work as an activist. We look into the work of Derrick Bell and discuss the importance of his writing particularly in the book And We Are Not Saved, The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice- We encourage you to check out this classic text. In a time were people are looking for answers, saddened and angered
by the most recent election, Hansford, many activists and the We Stay Woke crew are
discussing ideas and possibilities in progress!
The We Stay Woke Crew Gathered right before the second anniversary of Mike Brown Jrs' murder by Ferguson Police to discuss the sanctioned murder of Philando Castile
Gabbi, Wayne, David and Adam teamed up to interview Pastor Cori Bush- Ferguson activist and Co-Director of the Truth Telling Project. She spoke about the triple evils from MLK's famous antiwar speech entitled "Why I am Opposed to the War in Vietnam. " 