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Dismantling InjusticeHONORING CARL: Why Pride Needs AbolitionKrys Mendez, Special Assistant at Envision Freedom Fund, shares one of Carl’s favorite episodes of the podcast — his conversation with Kenyon Farrow, a writer, editor, strategist, activist and someone he knew and admired for many years. They discuss the intersection of queer liberation and abolition, the meaning of Pride, and much more. We hope you’ll enjoy it as much as he did. Stay tuned for more episodes celebrating the life and legacy of Carl Hamad-Lipscombe.
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Dismantling InjusticeHONORING CARL: Building Black, Queer, Migrant PowerRosa Santana, Bond Director at Envision Freedom Fund, shares a conversation that was very near and dear to Carl’s heart — his discussion with Rose Berry of BLMP about the intersection of Blackness, queerness, and migration.
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Dismantling InjusticeHonoring Carl Hamad-LipscombeThe Envision Freedom team shares the devastating news that Carl Hamad-Lipscombe, Envision's beloved executive director and the host & creator of the Dismantling Injustice podcast, passed away in March.
To find comfort and direction during this time, we'll be revisiting some of Carl’s favorite episodes of this podcast with reflections from the Envision Team. We hope you feel as inspired as we do to continue this work in his memory and in his honor.
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Dismantling InjusticeOur Vision, Our YearWelcome back to Dismantling Injustice! In the first episode of 2024, Envision Freedom staff discuss what we're up against this year (spoiler alert: it's a lot) and how we're strategizing to tackle it head on. Julie Mente, Zoë Adel Perry and Rosa Santana discuss the current political landscape, crunching budget numbers, mental health and so much more!
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Dudes Talking FreedomDTF114 Freedom Freestyle: Brooklyn Synagogue Tunnel, Ray Epps, Texas Rancher's Dire WarningThe Dudes try to keep up with the insane amount of crazy in the news thus far in 2024. Less than 2 weeks in and we're already seeing a flurry of stories worth paying attention to. Something is amiss in Brooklyn. The illegal manmade tunnel under the Chabad Headquarters synagogue had some evil things going on which is leading many to ask questions about the nature of child ritual abuse, among other nefarious things. Ray Epps gets probation while hundreds of patriotic Jan 6ers still rot in jail without fair treatment. CJ Stroud wears his Jesus T proudly during a presser...2024-01-1146 min
Dismantling InjusticeRikers is Toxic to NYCIn this conversation, Julie Mente sits down with Darren Mack, Co-Director of Freedom Agenda, and Loray Hodge, a leader at Freedom Agenda and mother to a son currently incarcerated on Rikers, to discuss the fight to decarcerate New York City and end the inhumanity of Rikers Island. They discuss the harsh realities of life inside Rikers Island, including daily struggles, long-term effects, and the impact on families like Loray's. Learn about the toxicity beneath the surface at Rikers and how Darren and Loray work to both honor and transform the pain caused by Rikers into something new.
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Dismantling InjusticeEN ESPAÑOL: Cómo Imaginamos la Libertad¡Un episodio especial en español! ¿Es esta la primera vez que escucha de Envision Freedom Fund? ¿O es usted un antiguo simpatizante que quiere refrescar sus conocimientos sobre quiénes somos, qué hacemos y cómo hemos adaptado nuestras estrategias para mantenernos al día con el siempre cambiante panorama político? Tenemos el episodio perfecto para ti.En esta conversación especial, Rosa Santana y Anacristina Fonseca celebran el segundo aniversario de la organización como "Envision Freedom Fund" y hablan de por qué y cómo hacemos honor a este nombre. Además, compartirán interesantes not...2023-11-1512 min
Dismantling InjusticeHow We Envision FreedomAre you new to Envision Freedom Fund? Or are you a longtime supporter who wants a refresher on who we are, what we do, and how we've adapted our strategies to keep up with the ever-changing political landscape? We've got just the episode for you!
In this special conversation, Julie Mente and Zoë Adel Perry celebrate the organization's two-year anniversary as "Envision Freedom Fund" and discuss why and how we live into this name. Plus, they'll share exciting news about the launch of our new community membership program and upcoming in-person events!
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Dismantling InjusticeSTAFF PICK: The Evolution of Surveillance, from Black Codes to Social MediaIntroducing the last episode in our summer “Staff Picks” series! Last fall, Carl sat down with Nicole Triplett, Envision Freedom's consultant on criminal legal strategy, to dive deep into the history and evolution of surveillance — from convict leasing and FBI watch lists to data scraping of our social media profiles today. The thread tying the past to the present? The desire to control certain bodies and separate them from their rights and liberties.
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Dismantling InjusticeSTAFF PICK: Let Black Kids Be KidsWhile Dismantling Injustice is taking a brief summer break, the Envision Freedom staff is curating a “Staff Picks” series, where we are sharing some of our favorite episodes from this past season. This week, our Communications Manager, Julie Mente, shares one of our most listened to episodes.
Professor Henning, activist, youth defender and author of The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth, sat down with Carl for a conversation about the criminalization of Black youth. Professor Henning explains how and why America manufactured fear of Black children, how that fear feeds into crimin...2023-09-0435 min
Dismantling InjusticeSTAFF PICK: Why Jailing Will Never Solve a Mental Health CrisisWhile Dismantling Injustice is taking a brief summer break, the Envision Freedom staff is curating a “Staff Picks” series, where we are sharing some of our favorite episodes from this past season. This week our Research & Advocacy, Zoë Adel Perry shares our conversation on the criminalization of mental health—a topic that is, unfortunately, as relevant today as it was when we released this episode in January. Whether it’s the police shooting Raul de a Cruz in the Bronx or the vigilante murder of Jordan Neely on the subway, it’s clear that violence in response to individuals experiencin...2023-08-2120 min
Dismantling InjusticeSTAFF PICK: How to Talk to Your Family & Friends About Bail ReformWhile Dismantling Injustice is taking a brief summer break, the Envision Freedom staff is curating a “Staff Picks” series, where we are sharing some of our favorite episodes from this past season. This week our Director of Development, Donny Repsher, shares an episode we released over the winter holiday about how we can have calm, productive conversations about bail reform while bringing more people into the movement to end pretrial detention. Although we should say, the takeaways from this episode apply to more than just bail reform! They can be used in any conversation where ideas are exchanged and hear...2023-08-1426 min
Dismantling InjusticeSTAFF PICK: Dismantling the Immigration System, One Federal Budget at a TimeHello dear listeners, we hope you are having a restful and revolutionary summer! We are coming to you with some exciting news. While we're taking a little summer hiatus before the next season starts in the fall, we will be re-releasing some of our favorite episodes from the last season. You’ll be hearing from Envision Freedom Fund staff over the next few weeks as they reintroduce these episodes to you and we hope you will listen, listen again and share with a friend! And at the end of the summer, we’ll be back with a brand new seas...2023-08-0732 min
Dismantling InjusticeSTAFF PICK: Finding Your Role in the Social Change EcosystemHello dear listeners, we hope you are having a restful and revolutionary summer! We are coming to you with some exciting news. While we're taking a little summer hiatus before the next season starts in the fall, we will be re-releasing some of our favorite episodes from the last season. You’ll be hearing from Envision Freedom Fund staff over the next few weeks as they reintroduce these episodes to you and we hope you will listen, listen again and share with a friend! And at the end of the summer, we’ll be back with a brand new seas...2023-07-3127 min
Dismantling InjusticeNY State Budget: Backwards on Bail, Safety, ProgressOn this episode of Dismantling Injustice, we are joined again by Zoë Adel, research & advocacy manager at Envision Freedom Fund, to update us on how New York state leaders passed a budget that includes a third round of changes to the bail laws that will undo the progress made towards pretrial freedom. Zoë breaks down the specifics of these changes and the human toll we can expect. As someone who has been fighting to expand pretrial freedom for many years, Zoë shares her insights on why setbacks like this one are not enough to derail continued organizing and advocacy. List...2023-05-0825 min
Dismantling InjusticeBudgeting to Build the City We WantEnvisionaries, we have a treat for you today! Carl sits down with NYC's Comptroller, Brad Lander, to discuss all things NYC budget. Comptroller Lander explains why providing migrants with resources helps all New Yorkers, how we get to the root of public safety issues (hint: it's not investing more in NYPD and DOC) and why you should testify at city council hearings. And finally, he answers the age-old question "How do you pronounce Comptroller?"
Notes: Comptroller shouted out some of our favorite partner organizations, Freedom Agenda and VOCAL-NY! Visit their websites to learn more a...2023-04-1727 min
Brooklyn Zen CenterFreedom as Well-being: Audio Dharma Talk by Sarah Dōjin Emerson (2023/04/08)We do want people to be able to be whole, to live the full expressions of their lives, to be able to have choices about what happens. And to be able to be free in a collective way of freedom where freedom means we are caring for one another. 2023-04-0800 min
Dismantling InjusticeWhat's Going On with New York Bail Reform?The New York State budget is already a week late and there's one thing holding it up - Governor Hochul's dangerous proposal to rollback bail reform for a third time. Envision Freedom's research & advocacy manager, Zoë Adel, joins the podcast to explain the history of bail reform in New York, the meaning and impact of the Governor's proposal and how you can step in to help save bail reform.
Notes: Reach out to your legislators today and tell them to hold the line and protect bail reform using this Phone2Action Toolkit! p2a.co/odTjzAr
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Dismantling InjusticeDismantling the Immigration System, One Federal Budget at a TimeOn this week's episode of Dismantling Injustice, Envision Freedom's communication manager, Julie Mente, steps in for Carl to continue unraveling the mystery of government budgets. Julie is joined by Gabriela Viera, senior advocacy manager at Detention Watch Network. They discuss the federal appropriation process - including Biden's proposed budget for the next fiscal year - and how they impact the rights and dignity of immigrants in the U.S.
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To learn more about Detention Watch Network follow them at @detentionwatch and visit their website https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/.
Check out t...2023-04-0329 min
Dismantling InjusticeWeathering 400 Years of RacismOn this episode of Dismantling Injustice, Carl speaks with Tosca Davis and Cedrick Smith, founders and co-CEOs of TO BE US Productions - a Black-owned production company with a mission to elevate Black stories. They discuss the physical impact of racism on the body (aka weathering) and the power of turning towards one another through storytelling to acknowledge this pain.
Note: Tosca and Cedrick use their childhood photos rather than traditional head shots because they feel that these images best represent who they were before they were socialized and fully impacted by a racist, broken society. Carl j...2023-02-2128 min
Dismantling InjusticeWhat Do Black Communities Envision for the Future?During this #BlackFuturesMonth, Carl speaks to Kristin Powell-Harris, deputy director of Black Futures Lab. Kristin shares a behind-the-scenes look into the Lab's Black Census Project — the largest survey of Black people in the U.S. in 157 years. They discuss community concerns, the desire to be heard and what Black communities envision for the future.
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You can still participate in the 2022 Black Census! Visit blackcensus.org to complete the Census today.
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Dismantling InjusticeThis is Policing: The Murder of Tyre NicholsWhile this is not what we hoped to highlight for our first episode of #BlackHistoryMonth, the death of Tyre Nichols and police violence are tragically part of Black history in America. As guest Nicole Triplett says, "This is not an aberration or breaking of police protocol, this is what policing in America has been and will continue to be." Carl and Memphis native Nicole, the senior advocacy & litigation strategist at Envision Freedom, talk about what is happening in Memphis, the role of race in Tyre Nichols' murder, and what this means for policing in the U.S. more broadly.
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Dismantling InjusticeBeyond Self-Care: Collective Care to Sustain MovementsWe are wrapping up our series on mental health with a conversation with Cara Page - a Black, Queer Feminist cultural memory worker, author & organizer. For the past 30+ years, she has organized at the intersections of racial, gender & economic justice and transformative justice. Cara is the co-author of the book Healing Justice Lineages: Dreaming at the Crossroads of Liberation, Collective Care & Safety - to be released next month. Cara and Carl discuss healing justice: how it addresses activist burnout, how it's different from self-care and why it's necessary for our collective liberation.
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Cara's book...2023-01-3025 min
Dismantling InjusticeThe Mental Health Needs of Migrant New YorkersA conversation between Carl Hamad-Lipscombe and Vianey Romero-Mendez, director of programs at Mixteca, about the need for mental health resources in immigrant communities. Vianey explains the term "immigration stress," why mental health services are so critical for immigrant New Yorkers and small ways we can all reduce stress in our own lives.
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Learn more about Mixteca at https://www.mixteca.org/en/home. If you are in need of services, you can reach Mixteca at (718) 965-4795 or visit their office at 245 23rd Street, 2nd Fl. Brooklyn, NY 11215.
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Dismantling InjusticeWhy Jailing Will Never Solve a Mental Health CrisisTW: Mention of suicide
Access to effective and affordable mental healthcare has long been an issue in New York, recently rising to a higher profile in the wake of the pandemic and, most recently, Mayor Eric Adams' proposed plan to involuntarily hospitalize people who appear mentally ill. Carl sits down with Jeffrey Severe from the NYC Public Advocate's Office to discuss the criminalization of mental health in NYC. Jeffrey shares Public Advocate Jumaane Williams' concerns with Adams' plan and offers alternative solutions for mental healthcare that do not contribute to incarceration and community destabilization. Together, they discuss why...2023-01-1718 min
Dismantling InjusticeHow to Talk to your Family and Friends about Bail Reform This Holiday SeasonYou’re gathered around the dinner table for the holidays when a relative makes a comment about bail, jail, or public safety that doesn't mesh with what you know. We've all been there. Envision Freedom is here to help! In our final episode of 2022, Carl talks to Envision Freedom Communication Manager, Julie Mente, about how we can have calm, productive conversations and bring more people along with us to end the deadly harms caused by money bail and pretrial detention.
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7 Tips for Talking About Bail Reform
Our factsheet on Jail and Pretrial Det...2022-12-1922 min
Dismantling InjusticeA Look Back on 2022: Wins, Losses and What Inspires Us to Keep FightingOn this episode of Dismantling Injustice, Carl gives us an end-of-year wrap up on 2022. This year, we fought for liberation and WON with the passage of the Stop Immigration Bond Abuse Act! Carl shares more about this exciting news along with analysis into why some of the bills we supported did not make it over the finish line this year. He also shares what angered us in 2022 - including immigration transfers from Orange County Correctional Facility, rollbacks to bail reform and fear-mongering by media and politicians. And we pause to remember the lives taken from us by the deadly...2022-12-1218 min
Dismantling InjusticeWe Take Care of Us: Mutual Aid Support for Unhoused Asylum SeekersTo wrap up our series on homelessess, Carl talks with Ariadna Phillips, founder of South Bronx Mutual Aid, about supporting asylum seekers in New York. Ariadna walks us through the origins of the mutual aid group during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and how this model meets community need when systems continue to fail us - including when asylum seekers were bused to New York this past summer. Ariadna tells us what this action looked like behind the scenes, the ways our government dropped the ball and how we can continue to provide support.
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Dismantling InjusticeEnvisioning Wakanda🚨SPOILERS AHEAD🚨
In a special episode of the Dismantling Injustice Podcast, members of the Envision Freedom team sit down to discuss Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever. We break down the movie through an abolitionist lens - from the role of Black women in the movie (and our movement) and necessary anger, to the ways we work to actualize Wakanda in our world. It's an episode you won't want to miss!
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Dismantling InjusticeA Jail(house) Is Not a HomeVOCAL-NY's Keli Young, a civil rights campaign coordinator, and Celina Trowell, a homeless union organizer, talk with Envision Freedom about the connections between bail reform, pretrial detention, and homelessness. The cycle of destabilization created by pretrial detention and the cash bail system often leads to and is exacerbated by homelessness. Eliminating bail—or even reforming it— interrupts this cycle, but to make it a reality we need reject the acceptance of jails as de facto shelters and invest in remedies like affordable housing rather than disappearing people into jail.
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Dismantling InjusticeA Crime to be Homeless in a Housing CrisisCarl sits down with Jacquelyn Simone, policy director at Coalition for the Homeless, to discuss the predicted perfect storm for New York’s current housing crisis. From trespassing and loitering laws to encampment sweeps, NYC has a long history of criminalizing homelessness. Jacquelyn shares how this has evolved in recent years and the impact it has on real peoples’ lives. She leaves us with how Mayor Adams’ administration can begin to repair this harm and how we can all join the fight to interrupt this crisis.
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Visit https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/ to lea...2022-11-0719 min
Dismantling InjusticeFrom Black Codes to Social Media: The Evolution of SurveillanceOn this episode of Dismantling Injustice, Carl sits down with Nicole Triplett, senior advocacy & litigation specialist at Envision Freedom. From convict leasing and FBI watch lists to data scraping of our social media profiles, she walks us from the history of surveillance of Black communities to present day adaptations. The thread tying the past to the present? The desire to control certain bodies and separate them from their rights and liberties.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dismantlinginjustice/support2022-10-3122 minDismantling InjusticeHistory & Future of Racialized SurveillanceFrom a growing culture of deputized surveillance, to shows like “Ring Nation,” surveillance is evolving with us. Carl speaks to Rumsha Sajid and Danny Cendejas, two deeply experienced organizers working at MediaJustice, about the historic roots of present day surveillance—colonialism and slavery—and the continued disproportionate impact that surveillance has on communities of color.
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Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness by Simone Browne
Understanding Mass Incarceration: A People's Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time, by James Kilgore
Unshackling Freedom Toolkit, https://mediajus...2022-10-2426 minDismantling InjusticeReproductive Surveillance in a Post-Roe WorldRafa Kidvai, the Repro Legal Defense Fund Director at If/When/How (and former legal fellow for Court Watch NYC!) joins Carl to talk about the intersection between reproductive justice, surveillance and criminalization. While we should be wary of new technology that will increase data surveillance, much of this surveillance already exists. Some communities (read: Black and brown people, immigrants, disabled people, Black and trans folks) were living in a “post-Roe reality” long before the overturn went into effect. The path forward? Creating a better system than we had to begin with.
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Euki Period tracker: http...2022-10-1426 minDismantling InjusticeThe Tools and Tactics of Reproductive SurveillanceCarl and Albert Fox Cahn, the executive director of STOP (Surveillance Technology Oversight Project) discuss mass surveillance, —particularly of pregnant people or people who can become pregnant— and new technology that is being leveraged to surveil more people with less discretion. And of course, they get into the disproportionate impact these technologies have on communities of color and how we may be creating more inequality by focusing on personal protection, rather than systemic accountability.
Notes: Find STOP and their work at https://www.stopspying.org/ and on social media @stopspyingny
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Freedom Challenge OnlineS2 Ep14: FREEDOM though Prayer with Ruth Willett and Patsy LangeJoin our Prayer Coordinator, Ruth and guest Freedom Sister/Ambassador, Patsy Lange as they take time to pray for our upcoming Colorado Regional Challenge as well as taking time to remember What the Lord Has Done! Worship Links: | https://youtu.be/-aKAy9LRHB4 “Jesus it is You” Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir | https://youtu.be/1em6MJp0zUc Elevation Worship “Same God” Previous Podcast Links: Peace Podcast| https://freedomchallenge.buzzsprout.com/842389/9451623-ep-51-freedom-and-peace-in-the-midst-of-anxiety-with-ruth-willett Biblical Justice Podcast pt1 |https://freedomchalle...2022-07-2631 min