#SUNDAYCIVICS

Class is back in session!! Our civics teacher, L. Joy Williams is back with our Social Justice “Lawya” Lurie Daniel Favors and June to bring us back to the basics discussing the power and importance of State Legislatures with our guests New York State Assembly member & Vice Chairman of the Democratic Party Michael Blake (Assembly District 79 Bronx, NY) an New York State Senator Kevin Parker (21st Senate District, Brooklyn NY) and our “Lawya” will break down the importance of the Supreme Court. L. Joy and Lurie catch us up with how they’ve been taking civic action while we were on summer break, and they have been doing A LOT! Lurie comes to the front of the class to teach us about the courts. The Supreme Court to be specific, using crosswalks, Plessy vs Ferguson and Brown vs The Board of Education to explain why and how we need to elevate our engagement around the courts and why we should also be focused on Supreme Court nominations and confirmation hearings. Assembly Member Michael Blake shares his #FirstCivicAction story as a student at Northwestern University where he and his fellow students turned their anger into action. Since they are both educators, Assembly Member Blake and Senator Parker break down the history of how state government is structured, how state legislators oversee the state’s budget and the creation of legislation which holds more sway over our everyday lives than on the federal level. Senator Parker continues the conversation explaining how we can enhance our engagement with our state legislators around the budget process and the distribution of resources. HOMEWORK * Do you have a primary election coming up or want to get ready for November? Create your Vote Plan NOW! Know the time you are going to vote and who are you taking with you. Know who is on the ballot, reach out to your local Board of Elections for that information. * What is the budget calendar in your state? Find out when the budget hearings are in your state and if applicable, formulate a plan to participate * Become aware of the process for getting your issues heard by your state legislature. Sharing your brilliant idea in line at the grocery store may not be the best way to get your point across. Process matters. --- BECOME A CIVIC PATRON Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month via Patreon or make a one-time donation of any amount via PayPal REVIEW THE SHOW If you love the show please write a review on iTunes or Stitcher and help spread the word about civic education and engagement. Make it a 5 star review and L. Joy Will read it on a feedback episode of the show. FOLLOW #SUNDAYCIVICS Subscribe on YouTube: sundaycivics.org/youtube Follow on Twitter: sundaycivics.org/twitter Like on Facebook: sundaycivics.org/facebook FOLLOW L. JOY Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/ljoywilliams Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/ljoywilliams Follow on LinkedIn: 

What happens when the activist goes from protesting outside City Hall to getting elected and becoming part of the system? L. Joy introduces us to Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, an “activist-elected official”. 3:01 - Say hello to our summer interns Samantha and Amani. They hit the ground running doing the pre-production for this episode, creating content and questions for our guest. (Remember to pay your interns and not with food.) 8:30 - L. Joy will be attending the NAACP 109th National Convention in San Antonio, Texas representing the Brooklyn NAACP. On Saturday, she joined a panel #BlackVotesMatter hosted by Roland Martin and on Monday she will speak on the national stage to deliver the charge to the delegates. Later this week, L. Joy will be in D.C. to present titled “Ballots & Black Women: Marching to the Polls” during the March on Washington Film Festival. Get your FREE ticket. GUEST INTERVIEW - 11:52 Council Member Jumaane D. Williams represents the 45th Council District in Brooklyn. Williams currently serves as Deputy Leader of the New York City Council. He is co-chair of the Council’s Task Force to Combat Gun Violence and the Taskforce on City Workforce Equity, and a founding member of the Progressive Caucus, and is a member of the Black, Latino & Asian Caucus. He is an advocate for affordable housing, anti-gun violence measures, fair policing, equity, and social justice. Council Member Williams is also currently running for Lieutenant Governor in New York. 11:52 - Council Member Williams shares his #FirstCivicAction 23:01 - What is the definition of an “activist-elected official”? 30:30 - How do constituents hold their elected representative accountable? 49:39 - What advice would you give young activists? --- BECOME A CIVIC PATRON Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month via Patreon or make a one-time donation of any amount via PayPal REVIEW THE SHOW If you love the show please write a review on iTunes or Stitcher and help spread the word about civic education and engagement. Make it a 5 star review and L. Joy Will read it on a feedback episode of the show. FOLLOW #SUNDAYCIVICS Subscribe on YouTube: sundaycivics.org/youtube Follow on Twitter: sundaycivics.org/twitter Like on Facebook: sundaycivics.org/facebook FOLLOW L. JOY Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/ljoywilliams Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/ljoywilliams Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ljoywilliams

Puerto Rico is experiencing a humanitarian crisis following the slow and inept response to Hurricane Maria. Senator Gustavo Rivera and renowned organizer and independent journalist Rosa Clemente give us a history lesson on the political and economic reality of the U.S. territory. 3:14 - But first, L. Joy reiterates for us why she is so deeply committed to doing this show and that our audience knows that civic participation goes far beyond election day and weaves that into her take on the current discussion the nation is having on civility. 8:10 - L. Joy welcomes back our friend New York State Senator for the 33rd District and History Professor Gustavo Rivera. You may remember Senator Rivera as our guest for our Political Science vs. Civic Engagement episode. This time, he’s back to give us a history lesson on Puerto Rico providing the context we need to understand the structure, history of neglect and how colonialism have affected the island. Also, you may not think the US Tax Code has anything to do with Puerto Rico, but Senator Rivera has a surprise for us, it does! 26:11 - Organizer, independent journalist and 2008 Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Rosa Clemente joins L. Joy to discuss present day Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, the work she and her team did on the ground for 3 weeks/11 days producing #PROnTheMap to tell the untold/unreported stories of what was really happening in the hurricane’s aftermath, and shares a deeply personal story that gives context to the struggles of the people surviving on the island. 37:00 - Rosa expands on Gustavo’s conversation on PROMESA (Public Law 114-187 Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act) and gives her recommendations to #TakeCivicAction and offers two book recommendations War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony by Nelson Denis and The Battle For Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists by Naomi Klein. --- BECOME A CIVIC PATRON Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month via Patreon or make a one-time donation of any amount via PayPal REVIEW THE SHOW If you love the show please write a review on iTunes or Stitcher and help spread the word about civic education and engagement. Make it a 5 star review and L. Joy Will read it on a feedback episode of the show. FOLLOW #SUNDAYCIVICS Subscribe on YouTube: sundaycivics.org/youtube Follow on Twitter: sundaycivics.org/twitter Like on Facebook: sundaycivics.org/facebook FOLLOW L. JOY Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/ljoywilliams Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/ljoywilliams Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.

L. Joy sets aside the #CivicDocket to give us a quick breakdown of the difference between a policy and a law and we begin the first of many discussions on Universal Basic Income (UBI) with film maker, actor, writer and UBI advocate Conrad Shaw. 5:30 - What can you do in the civics space when you are feeling overwhelmed by daily events? L. Joy explains what #CivicAction can take during these times that are in flux. 9:30 - What is the difference between a law and a policy? L. Joy breaks it down and which branch of government is responsible for which. Then using federal and local examples teaches us and how we can use this greater understanding to frame our arguments with clarity and understanding.   22:15 - L. Joy welcomes actor, writer, filmmaker and UBI activist, Conrad Shaw for the beginning of our discussion on Universal Basic Income (UBI), which for some is a radical idea, but has been around since Martin Luther King and the Poor People’s Campaign of 1967-1968. 25:51 - L. Joy and Conrad define UBI, how it could be implemented and what are the possible advantages and disadvantages. 36:00 - Conrad breaks down the docuseries being created with award-winning documentary film maker Deia Schlosberg for Pale Blue Dot Media, “Boostraps” (coming to us in 2020) which uses a small sampling of individuals and families (20 people, 12 stories) who are receiving funds through an existing basic income pilot program and documenting the effects if has on the participants, to bring a greater understanding to the public on UBI. 42:50 - Conrad shares additional resources to find out more about UBI you can find on his Medium page, then continues to try to convince L. Joy on the concept with various examples because he believes UBI “sells itself. Basic income is so fundamentally right, and so wildly visionary and unique, that I only need to plant that seed and it'll grow in your mind and soul like thirsty ivy. I've seen it happen many times now.” Now we need to hear from you! Click and share with us your thoughts on Universal Basic Income (UBI). --- BECOME A CIVIC PATRON Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month via Patreon or make a one-time donation of any amount via PayPal REVIEW THE SHOW If you love the show please write a review on iTunes or Stitcher and help spread the word about civic education and engagement. Make it a 5 star review and L. Joy Will read it on a feedback episode of the show. FOLLOW #SUNDAYCIVICS Subscribe on YouTube: sundaycivics.org/youtube Follow on Twitter: sundaycivics.org/twitter Like on Facebook: sundaycivics.org/facebook FOLLOW L. JOY Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/ljoywilliams

On this episode of #SundayCivics L. Joy shares where she’s been and what she has been doing with Higher Heights, sends love to our “Lawya” Lurie Daniel Favors and continues our conversation surrounding technology and our online data, which we believe will move you to #GetCivicallyEngaged, with Comedian, Writer and Activist Baratunde Thurston. #CIVICDOCKET - 03:23 A few of the civic related stories we discussed on the show that you may have missed in mainstream media. Follow the hashtag #CivicDocket on Twitter or view more here. * The Ohio Purge and the Future of Voting http://snip.ly/y3k0yt * Maine Voters To Decide On Whether They'll Rank Candidates In Future Elections http://snip.ly/ld4nmj 12:12 - #10for2018: Let’s get the more than 50 million people who are eligible Registered to Vote this season! Take the challenge…just register 10 people. We can do this! Use our online Voter Registration Tool to get started and if you need suggestions, check out L. Joy’s #TakeCivicAction Friday video! Share with us you progress! 13:48 - Check out our friends at Lola & Doe! They have a full range of all-natural body products! Use our code CIVICS at checkout to save on your smell-goods! ABOUT OUR GUEST Baratunde Thurston is a futurist comedian, writer, and cultural critic who helped re-launch The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, co-founded Cultivated Wit and the About Race podcast, and wrote the New York Times bestseller How To Be Black. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy award as host of the Spotify/Mic series, Clarify and is a highly sought-after public speaker, television personality, and thought leader who has been part of noteworthy institutions such as Fast Company, TED, the MIT Media Lab, The Onion, and the gentrification of Brooklyn, New York. 14:50 - Joy and Baratunde discuss what he’s been up to since writing his New York Times Bestseller “How to Be Black”  and he shares his #FirstCivicAction. 23:40 - How did the Glass Room get Baratunde to go on a Data Detox? And what is a Data Detox? Baratunde breaks it all down explaining our online data, who knows what about you and what they may be doing with it. 34:32 - Baratunde shares his “A New Tech Manifesto”, #Manifestunde, which includes six demands that can be made to Big Tech to make technology work best for everyone. --- BECOME A CIVIC PATRON Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month

On this episode of #SundayCivics L. Joy begins with a clarifying discussion on the difference between an elected "executive" official and an elected "representative" official with Lurie and June. Then her guest (featured on the #CivicDocket on episode 28)  Liuba Grechen Shirley, candidate for Congress in New York’s 2nd District on Long Island joins L. Joy and the team for a stirring discussion where she shares her #FirstCivicAction, life journey that led her to politics and her very important reason to testify before Congress. 6:21 - Check out our friends Lola and Doe who are the number one provider of all natural and organic personal care goods for the entire family! Shop and subscribe at lolaanddoe.com and get 10% of your order when you use our promo code CIVICS at checkout. 8:20 - During this election season, L. Joy wants everyone to be #CivicallyEngaged so she’s giving us a mini-lesson on the definitive differences between Elected Executive Officials and Elected Representative Officials, what their jobs are and what that means on the Federal, State and Local levels.  Additionally, L. Joy discusses how you use your personal values help in your decision to select a candidate and how everyday citizens can engage elected officials. 24:40 - #FirstCivicAction: L. Joy’s guest Liuba Grechen Shirley shares how her #FirstCivicActction which resulted in a trip to the emergency room! 26:60 - Next Liuba, who describes herself as a mother, community organizer, business and non-profit leader and democrat, shares her life and leadership journey and how she came to found New York’s 2nd District Democrats, an organization which attracts people from various political parties to take civic action. 46:00 - L. Joy and Liuba round out this conversation with what she looks for as a constituent in a candidate, her transition from constituent to candidate and how her need to pay for child care led her to testify before Congress. --- BECOME A CIVIC PATRON Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month via Patreon or make a one-time donation of any amount via PayPal REVIEW THE SHOW If you love the show please write a review on iTunes or Stitcher and help spread the word about civic education and engagement. Make it a 5 star review and L. Joy Will read it on a feedback episode of the show. FOLLOW #SUNDAYCIVICS Subscribe on YouTube: sundaycivics.org/youtube Follow on Twitter: sundaycivics.org/twitter Like on Facebook: sundaycivics.org/facebook FOLLOW L. JOY Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/ljoywilliams Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/ljoywilliams Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.

L. Joy has packed her bags and is headed to Atlanta, Georgia on a Political Girls Trip, and of course, she brings along some friends. We talk about the importance of engaging in local and state politics and just why electing a Governor is important. 2:28 - L. Joy shares her experiences and great time she had speaking with the American Women’s Party’s Win With Women Conference and the Junior League of Northern Virginia. #CivicDocket - 05:03 A few of the civic related stories we discussed on the show that you may have missed in mainstream media. Follow the hashtag #CivicDocket on Twitter or view more here. * South Carolina Legislators Take on Pregnancy Discrimination (Yes, It’s Still a Thing) http://snip.ly/wtfmm * Fertility Rate Fell to a Record Low, for a Second Straight Year http://snip.ly/wjpfe * Raising babies behind bars: A bold experiment in parenting and punishment is allowing children in prison. But is that a good thing? http://snip.ly/ndwmk Headed to Atlanta - 23:00 Our friend Dr. Christina Greer was here before on an episode discussing Identity Politics, but now she’s joining L. Joy on the next leg of her Political Girl’s Trip! These two multi-task preparing for the trip while discussing the importance of going down to Georgia to lend support to Stacy Abrams’ campaign for Governor of that Great State. Also, Dr. Greer explains the roles of executive offices in our democracy as well as exactly what a Governor does. Be Our Guest - 32:28 L. Joy put out the call for members of our audience to Be Our Guest! The wonderful Erica Savage Wilson answered the call! She begins her conversation with L. Joy discussing her #FirstCivicAction, shares experiences from her youth that put her on her path of civic engagement, then concludes their chat talking about members of the economically anxious most never talk about. --- BECOME A CIVIC PATRON Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month via Patreon or make a one-time donation of any amount via PayPal REVIEW THE SHOW If you love the show please write a review on iTunes or Stitcher and help spread the word about civic education and engagement. Make it a 5 star review and L. Joy Will read it on a feedback episode of the show. FOLLOW #SUNDAYCIVICS Subscribe on YouTube: sundaycivics.org/youtube Follow on Twitter: sundaycivics.org/twitter Like on Facebook: sundaycivics.org/facebook FOLLOW L. JOY Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/ljoywilliams Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/ljoywilliams Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ljoywilliams

This episode of #SundayCivics is all about working on a campaign. Get out your pen and paper for this wealth of information! #CivicDocket - 07:35 A few of the civic related stories we discussed on the show that you may have missed in mainstream media. Follow the hashtag #CivicDocket on Twitter or view more here. Women Running to Lead: When Black Women Try to Take Seats of Power, They’re Met With a Litany of Criticism http://snip.ly/tggtg Women Candidates Finding Success In Early Primaries http://snip.ly/d57tc On the VOTE Front: Connecticut OKs Bill Pledging Electoral Votes To National Popular-Vote Winner http://snip.ly/k31yh In corporate America, too many bosses tell employees who to vote for  http://snip.ly/katbg My First Campaign - 25:30 Joy and June share their first campaign experiences, then L. Joy goes on to explain how she was able to work on her first gubernatorial campaign to elect Carl McCall in New York back in 2002. Fast forward to today, L. Joy shares how she made the decision to join the latest gubernatorial races she is working on. Volunteering on a Campaign - 40:00 L. Joy shares her tips for being a campaign volunteer, working on a campaign and best practices. This is the kind of useful information that will keep you #CivicallyEngaged. --- BECOME A CIVIC PATRON Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month via Patreon or make a one-time donation of any amount via PayPal REVIEW THE SHOW If you love the show please write a review on iTunes or Stitcher and help spread the word about civic education and engagement. Make it a 5 star review and L. Joy Will read it on a feedback episode of the show. FOLLOW #SUNDAYCIVICS Subscribe on YouTube: sundaycivics.org/youtube Follow on Twitter: sundaycivics.org/twitter Like on Facebook: sundaycivics.org/facebook FOLLOW L. JOY Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/ljoywilliams Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/ljoywilliams Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ljoywilliams

On this episode L. Joy introduces us to Dr. Keisha Blain a 20th century historian and Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh whose research focuses on black internationalism, radical politics and global feminism. Dr. Blain joins us to discuss her new book  “Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom” which is important context for today’s climate and is also our next #CivicBookClub selection. 10:35 As we ask of all guests, Dr. Blain shares her #FirstCivicAction as a member of the 4H club. 14:19 Dr. Blain is a native of the Caribbean. She shares with L. Joy how she was #CivicallyEngaged before she was able to vote. Great information for others who are not able to vote but want to be more engaged! 10:11 One would think being an historian is more than enough, but Dr. Blain does so much more! She is the President of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHSH), a scholarly organization founded by Chris Cameron in January 2014 to foster dialogue about researching, writing, and teaching black thought and culture and the Senior Editor of Black Perspectives, published by AAIHS. 20:20 If you want to learn, Dr. Blain has the teaching tools! She discusses the crowdsourcing of history and context that went into creating the Charleston Syllabus and the  Trump Syllabus 2.0.   28:49 The 20th century period between 1920 and 1960 were fertile for civil resistance and many of the stories of the women who were a part of that struggle have been left out of the narrative.  Dr. Blain and L. Joy get into discussing why she wrote Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom. 35:13 When we get our hands on an historian, we love to get definitions! L. Joy asked Dr. Blain to define: Black Nationalism, Pan Africanism, Black Nationalist Politics and Black Self-determination. She does….with a caveat! 43:26 How on earth did those women accomplish what they did without Social Media? Dr. Blain explains those Black Nationalist organizing tactics, many which are still useful today! --- BECOME A CIVIC PATRON Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month via Patreon or make a one-time donation of any amount via PayPal REVIEW THE SHOW If you love the show please write a review on iTunes or Stitcher and help spread the word about civic education and engagement. Make it a 5 star review and L. Joy Will read it on a feedback episode of the show. FOLLOW #SUNDAYCIVICS Subscribe on YouTube: sundaycivics.org/youtube Follow on Twitter: sundaycivics.org/twitter Like on Facebook: sundaycivics.org/facebook FOLLOW L. JOY Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/ljoywilliams Follow on Instagram:

Comedian, political satirist and professional troublemaker Lizz Winstead sits in with us to discuss legislative efforts to control lady parts and how she and others are fighting back. #CIVICDOCKET - 08:30 A few of the civic related stories we discussed on the show that you may have missed in mainstream media. Follow the hashtag #CivicDocket on Twitter or view more here. * Want women to run for Congress? We need someone to watch our kids first. https://buff.ly/2H7BQ47 * What We Mean When We Talk About 'Suburban Women Voters' http://snip.ly/ir98x * The Diversity of Black Political Values https://buff.ly/2GGV7Gg * They Were Jailed for Miscarriages. Now, Campaign Aims to End Abortion Ban. http://snip.ly/qsi4t * New Abortion Law Requires Doctors to Keep Records that Can Follow Patients through Life http://snip.ly/13w8l GUEST INTERVIEW - 26:28 Lizz Winstead As co-creator and former head writer of The Daily Show and Air America Radio co-founder, Lizz Winstead has helped changed the very landscape of how people get their news. As a performer, Winstead brought her political wit to The Daily Show as a correspondent and later to the radio waves co-hosting Unfiltered, Air America Radio’s mid-morning show, where she brought on board Hip Hop legend, Chuck D and political big brain Rachel Maddow. Her ongoing national comedy tour to benefit Planned Parenthood and NARAL has raised over 2 million dollars and was made into a documentary film, Smear Campaign just won “Best Documentary Comedy Short” at the Atlanta Documentary Film Festival. Winstead’s first book, Lizz Free Or Die, Essays, was released in 2012 to incredible reviews and the paperback was released in May of 2013. In 2012, Winstead wanted to do more to leverage her experience in the worlds of comedy and broadcasting to help destigmatize abortion, call out misogynistic politicians, and rally voters to fight back against anti choice legislation on a federal, state and local level. Around the same time, Michigan State Rep. Lisa Brown was banned from the statehouse floor for using the word VAGINA when arguing against a transvaginal ultrasound bill. When she asked what she SHOULD use instead of vagina, the Speaker of the House suggested something less offensive like “lady parts.” Lady Parts Justice (LPJ) is the first not safe for work, rapid response reproductive rights messaging hub that uses comedy, culture and digital media to sound an alarm about the terrifying erosion of access to reproductive rights. --- BECOME A CIVIC PATRON Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month via Patreon or make a one-time donation of any amount via PayPal REVIEW THE SHOW If you love the show please write a review on iTunes or Stitcher and help spread the word about civic education and engagement. Make it a 5 star review and L. Joy Will read it on a feedback episode of the show. FOLLOW #SUNDAYCIVICS Subscribe on YouTube:

On this episode of #SundayCivics, L. Joy has a conversation with the author Richard Rothstein about his book “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America”. The book is our first pick for the #CivicBookClub and it gives a detailed analysis of the history of housing segregation and breaks down how the policies and laws enacted by local, state and the federal governments helped support the practice.  Richard Rothstein is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute and a Fellow at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Haas Institute at the University of California-Berkeley. He is a leading authority on housing policy and the book is essential reading for understanding housing policy in the United States. 2:30 - Mr. Rothstein shares his #FirstCivicAction 4:23 - There is a national myth surrounding housing in America. Mr. Rothstein begins this interview explaining what this myth is, defining de facto and de jure segregation and shining a light on the fact that housing has not always been segregated. The introduction of the New Deal and the Public Works Administration (PWA) changed the face of housing. 13:35 - How was racial animus and economic anxiety used to drive a wedge in communities to promote segregation and how was the government complicit in violation of the Constitution. 17:50 - What you think about “the projects” and public housing may be all wrong. 22:32 - There were a lot of entities with their hands in the housing segregation pie! Meet the players, their covenants and how their actions then affect wealth today. Someone is responsible for the wealth gap, find out who Mr. Rothstein believes that to be. 37:28 - Finally, The definition of gentrification from a historian! 43:34 - What do we do about segregated housing now? Mr. Rothstein gives his call to action, and his concrete suggestions to #TakeCivicAction? --- JOIN THE #CIVICBOOKCLUB Expand your worldview and take your civic education to the next level. Each title is hand picked by our host and civics teacher and connects directly to the topics we discuss on the show. Click here to sign-up for FREE. BECOME A CIVIC PATRON Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month via Patreon or make a one-time donation of any amount via PayPal REVIEW THE SHOW If you love the show please write a review on iTunes or Stitcher and help spread the word about civic education and engagement. Make it a 5 star review and L. Joy Will read it on a feedback episode of the show. FOLLOW #SUNDAYCIVICS Subscribe on YouTube: sundaycivics.org/youtube Follow on Twitter: sundaycivics.org/twitter Like on Facebook: sundaycivics.org/facebook FOLLOW L. JOY Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/ljoywilliams Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/ljoywilliams Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ljoywilliams

Take a trip to the boogie down Bronx with the Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr and learn how a local elected official has dedicated his public career to improving the lives of his neighbors and tackling issues of education, healthcare, income inequality, poverty and economic revitalization in the Bronx. Ruben Diaz Jr. first entered public office as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1997, and is currently serving his third full term as Bronx Borough President, having been reelected in November 2017. As borough president, Ruben Diaz Jr. has led the implementation of a robust agenda—on economic development, housing, health and wellness, education, and public safety—in every corner of the borough. The Bronx has seen over $12.7 billion in new development of all kinds since Borough President Diaz took office in 2009. Prior to his current role Borough President Diaz served seven terms in the State Legislature. During that time, he earned a reputation as a champion for working families in The Bronx and across New York State. He demonstrated a passion for constituent service, social advocacy, criminal justice reform and community empowerment balanced with support for sensible, green economic development and job creation programs. He also sponsored and secured passage of important and innovative laws to address the consequences of the intolerable levels of asthma in the South Bronx, healthcare insurance fraud, and quality of life concerns. A lifelong resident of the Bronx, Borough President Diaz lives in the Southeast Bronx with his wife and two sons. He graduated from Lehman College, City University of New York, with a Bachelor’s degree in political theory. --- BECOME A CIVIC PATRON Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month via Patreon or make a one-time donation of any amount via PayPal REVIEW THE SHOW If you love the show please write a review on iTunes or Stitcher and help spread the word about civic education and engagement. Make it a 5 star review and L. Joy Will read it on a feedback episode of the show. FOLLOW #SUNDAYCIVICS Subscribe on YouTube: sundaycivics.org/youtube Follow on Twitter: sundaycivics.org/twitter Like on Facebook: sundaycivics.org/facebook FOLLOW L. JOY Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/ljoywilliams Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/ljoywilliams Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ljoywilliams

Does the Cambridge Analytica scandal have you ready to delete Facebook? That's just one source of information about you that's used in "microtargeting". L. Joy gives a lesson on how microtargeting is used on political campaigns and shares her favorite Easter song. UNIVERSAL FANCON The #SundayCivics team will be in Baltimore, MD April 27-29th registering voters and serving up mini civics lessons and interviews at Universal FanCon. Universal FanCon is the first large-scale, 24-hour event that celebrates the diversity of fans and the diversity of fandoms​; and I am so proud to be a part of the celebration! FanCon celebrates the best in comics, cosplay, music, movies, gaming, and TV, and gives you a chance to meet your favorite celebrities in person. Get your tickets now at universalfancon.com and use the code ‘civics’ for a major discount! #CIVICDOCKET - 15:51 A few of the civic related stories we discussed on the show that you may have missed in mainstream media. Follow the hashtag #CivicDocket on Twitter or view more here. * American Samoa residents sue for citizenship - link * An Ohio Bill Would Ban All Abortions. It’s Part of a Bigger Plan - link * Community fights massive drilling site planned near public school in low-income area - link INTRODUCING #CIVICBOOKCLUB I've been talking about having a #CivicBookClub for some time and I've finally got it off the ground. For our first pick I chose The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. In order to reform laws and policy it is important to learn how the system was designed, learn how it operates and understand its flaws. The Color of Law gives a detailed and historical view of the discriminatory laws and housing policies enacted on the local, state and federal level that continue even to this day. Click here to learn more. WHAT IS MICROTARGETING? - 40:16 Microtargeting is a marketing strategy in which an entity uses consumer data and demographics to identify the interests of small like-minded groups and attempt to influence their thoughts and actions by delivering targeted content. Political campaigns use this technique to learn the interests of voters and deliver content to them in order to influence their vote. Both major political parties engage in microtargeting using a combination of direct mail, phone calls, door knocking, emails, text messages, ads on tv, radio, and online to craft and deliver campaign messages specific to a subgroup of voters with the goal to turn them into supporters and get them to the polls on Election Day. Read More... * Cambridge Analytica’s “psychographic microtargeting”: what’s bullshit and what’s legit - link * Facebook’s Surveillance Machine - link * Big Data Analytics And The Next President: How Microtarget...

Delving deeper into our discussion from Episode 23, L. Joy walks us through what a political party does. The #CivicDocket returns with a discussion on police reform and gun violence. #CIVICDOCKET - 09:00 A few of the civic related stories we discussed on the show that you may have missed in mainstream media. Follow the hashtag #CivicDocket on Twitter or view more here. * Police are still killing black people. Why isn’t it news anymore? - link * Inside a secret 2014 list of hundreds of L.A. deputies with histories of misconduct - link * Convicted, But Still Policing - link * Why Cops Shoot - link * Deadly-force data lacking: Shootings by Arkansas police deserve study, officials say - link * Congress Quashed Research Into Gun Violence. Since Then, 600,000 People Have Been Shot - link * The Science of Gun Policy - link FEATURE TOPIC - 27:21 The essential functions of a political party is to nominate candidates for public office and get as many of them elected as possible in order to take control of the government. In order to achieve their goals, political parties develop a party platform (a set of political values), organize, educate and turnout voters and be a watchdog to opposing parties. Contrary to popular belief, there are more than two political parties in the United States. According to Ballotpedia, there are more than 28 distinct ballot-qualified political parties in the US and 215 state-level parties, some of which are recognized in multiple states.   --- BECOME A CIVIC PATRON Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month via Patreon or make a one-time donation of any amount via PayPal REVIEW THE SHOW If you love the show please write a review on iTunes or Stitcher and help spread the word about civic education and engagement. Make it a 5 star review and L. Joy Will read it on a feedback episode of the show. FOLLOW #SUNDAYCIVICS Subscribe on YouTube: sundaycivics.org/youtube Follow on Twitter: sundaycivics.org/twitter Like on Facebook: sundaycivics.org/facebook FOLLOW L. JOY Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/ljoywilliams Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/ljoywilliams Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ljoywilliams

What does it mean to be partisan? Are we more partisan and divided by politics than ever before? Prof. Brian Arbour of John Jay College joins us to discuss and define political partisanship, ideology and our hosts share where their political values come from. GUEST INTERVIEW - 11:58 Brian Arbour, Associate Professor of Political Science, received a BA from Pomona College and a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests focus on political communication and campaign strategy in congressional elections. He teaches courses on American government, political parties, the news media, and campaigns and elections. Click here for more about Prof. Arbour. WHERE DO YOUR POLITICAL VALUES COME FROM  - 34:25 L. Joy, June and Lurie discuss how and when they developed their own political values and how they evaluate their position when confronted with new political issues, candidates and issues. --- BECOME A CIVIC PATRON Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month via Patreon or make a one-time donation of any amount via PayPal REVIEW THE SHOW If you love the show please write a review on iTunes or Stitcher and help spread the word about civic education and engagement. Make it a 5 star review and L. Joy Will read it on a feedback episode of the show. FOLLOW #SUNDAYCIVICS Subscribe on YouTube: sundaycivics.org/youtube Follow on Twitter: sundaycivics.org/twitter Like on Facebook: sundaycivics.org/facebook FOLLOW L. JOY Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/ljoywilliams Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/ljoywilliams Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ljoywilliams