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Getting Schooled PodcastWhat Is Happening With The Flint Water Crisis?This week, Florida State University Associate Professor of Sociology and Author of Tainted Tap, Dr. Katrinell Davis joins Abby in the classroom to help explain the Flint, Michigan Water Crisis.Dr. Davis explains the key indicators that alerted Michigan officials and Flint residents that their water had been contaminated. She also explains the role of FEMA and the EPA in the handling of this humanitarian crisis. Later, Dr. Davis reflects on the efforts to evolve this situation from crisis to recovery.Keep up with Abby after class on Twitter: @abbyhornacek Learn more...
2022-08-0832 min
Money Making ConversationsSocial change scholar Dr. Katrinell Davis talks about her new book “Tainted Tap: Flint’s Journey from Crisis to Recovery”Rushion talks to Dr. Katrinell Davis, Associate Professor at Florida State University and Author of “Tainted Tap: Flint’s Journey from Crisis to Recovery.” These structural biases and hurdles hurt black people--and why we continue to deal with these issues despite expanded opportunities and resources.https://www.moneymakingconversations.comhttps://www.youtube.com/MoneyMakingConversationshttps://www.facebook.com/MoneyMakingConversations/https://twitter.com/moneymakingconvhttps://www.instagram.com/moneymakingconversations/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
2021-07-0231 min
Money Making Conversations Master ClassSocial change scholar Dr. Katrinell Davis talks about her new book “Tainted Tap: Flint’s Journey from Crisis to Recovery”Rushion talks to Dr. Katrinell Davis, Associate Professor at Florida State University and Author of “Tainted Tap: Flint’s Journey from Crisis to Recovery.” These structural biases and hurdles hurt black people--and why we continue to deal with these issues despite expanded opportunities and resources.https://www.moneymakingconversations.comhttps://www.youtube.com/MoneyMakingConversationshttps://www.facebook.com/MoneyMakingConversations/https://twitter.com/moneymakingconvhttps://www.instagram.com/moneymakingconversations/Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2021-07-0237 min
Money Making Conversations Master ClassFull Episode: The Today Show's Craig Melvin, Nikki Walton aka CurlyNikki, sociologist Dr. Katrinell Davis & Executive Coach Ryan LeakRushion talks to Craig Melvin, co-Host of “The Today Show” and Author of “Pops: Learning to Be a Son and a Father.” He is on the show to discuss his new book “Pops: Learning to Be a Son and a Father.” It is the story of all the father figures in Craig’s life—that includes inspiring men Craig has met during his "Dads Got This Series" on NBC News’ TODAY. These experiences and encounters have shaped Craig's understanding of his role as a dad of two young children. Rushion talks to Nikki Walton, Viral Website Creator, Television Personality, Motivatio...
2021-06-292h 03Money Making ConversationsThe Today Show's Craig Melvin, Nikki Walton aka CurlyNikki, sociologist Dr. Katrinell Davis & Executive Coach Ryan LeakRushion talks to Craig Melvin, co-Host of “The Today Show” and Author of “Pops: Learning to Be a Son and a Father.” He is on the show to discuss his new book “Pops: Learning to Be a Son and a Father.” It is the story of all the father figures in Craig’s life—that includes inspiring men Craig has met during his "Dads Got This Series" on NBC News’ TODAY. These experiences and encounters have shaped Craig's understanding of his role as a dad of two young children. Rushion talks to Nikki Walton, Viral Website Creator, Television Personality, Motivatio...
2021-06-291h 55
UNC Press Presents PodcastKatrinell M. Davis, "Tainted Tap: Flint's Journey from Crisis to Recovery" (UNC Press, 2021)After a cascade of failures left residents of Flint, Michigan, without a reliable and affordable supply of safe drinking water, citizens spent years demanding action from their city and state officials. Complaints from the city's predominantly African American residents were ignored until independent researchers confirmed dangerously elevated blood lead levels among Flint children and in the city's tap water. Despite a 2017 federal court ruling in favor of Flint residents who had demanded mitigation, those efforts have been incomplete at best.Assessing the challenges that community groups faced in their attempts to advocate for improved living conditions, Tainted T...
2021-06-0930 min
New Books in Environmental StudiesKatrinell M. Davis, "Tainted Tap: Flint's Journey from Crisis to Recovery" (UNC Press, 2021)After a cascade of failures left residents of Flint, Michigan, without a reliable and affordable supply of safe drinking water, citizens spent years demanding action from their city and state officials. Complaints from the city's predominantly African American residents were ignored until independent researchers confirmed dangerously elevated blood lead levels among Flint children and in the city's tap water. Despite a 2017 federal court ruling in favor of Flint residents who had demanded mitigation, those efforts have been incomplete at best.Assessing the challenges that community groups faced in their attempts to advocate for improved living conditions, Tainted T...
2021-06-0932 min
Tainted Tap PodcastEpisode 9: Ali CleavesFlint resident, Ali Cleaves, is a coach and outreach coordinator who works with young people and wants to see them win. During our conversation, “Uncle Cleaves” speaks about the pre-crisis conditions in Flint and how various resource deficits impacted the community. Ali talks about when he first started seeing problems with the water, how water quality issues impacted the community, and addresses why many residents still rely on bottled water. He also touches on the challenges caused by privatized public services in the city as well as the need for people in Flint to organize to take what they need...
2021-06-0859 minTainted Tap PodcastEpisode 8: Ben PauliFlint resident Dr. Benjamin J. Pauli is an Assistant Professor of Social Science at Kettering University and author of the book, Flint Fights Back: Environmental Justice and Democracy in the Flint Water Crisis. During our conversation, Ben shares his path to political science and interest in community studies. He addresses the purpose and the impact of emergency manager laws in Michigan as well as how the implementation of this law in Flint contributed to the city’s water crisis. Ben also shares his concerns with the settlement offered to Flint residents and sheds light on the difficulties the city co...
2021-06-011h 25Tainted Tap PodcastEpisode 7: Brian LarkinFlint native and city planner, Brian Larkin, has played various roles within Flint’s city government in recent years. During our conversation, he talks about how years of deferred maintenance, poor management systems, and the state’s habit of balancing its books on the backs of its cities created a tipping point in Flint that led to the city’s water crisis. Brian discusses the impacts of racist systems and perspectives on the built environment, noting the importance of adequately identifying and addressing how these systems perpetuate the unequal distribution of resources in cities. Brian also expresses the need for cap...
2021-05-2552 minTainted Tap PodcastEpisode 6: Paul Herring Sr.Paul Herring, Sr., a Flint resident and owner of “Spectacle Productions,” talks about the state of Flint before and after the water crisis. During our discussion, Paul addresses how investments in Flint’s children and the infrastructure could help the city. Paul acknowledges the limits of the state’s settlement offer as well as the difficulties that most adults will face attempting to prove their claim against the state. He calls for the leaders and residents of Flint to take a role in shaping the city’s future by doing what they can to make the space better for everyone...
2021-05-1856 minTainted Tap PodcastEpisode 5: Monica GallowayMonica Galloway, who has served as a Flint City Council member since 2013, describes how she became the first African American and woman representing Ward 7 to serve on city council. During our discussion, she talks about the origins of modern inequalities in poor black spaces and provides excellent insight into the conditions facing Flint just before the water crisis came to light. Councilwoman Galloway also discusses the misleading decisions by the state that led to the Flint Water Crisis, shares her perspective on the current settlement offer, and reminds us that the battle for justice persists in Flint.
2021-05-1151 min
Nostalgia TrapTapped Out w/ Katrinell DavisKatrinell Davis is an associate professor of sociology at Florida State University and the author of two incredible books: Hard Work is Not Enough: Gender and Racial Inequality in an Urban Workspace (2016) and Tainted Tap: Flint's Journey from Crisis to Recovery (2021). In this conversation, we explore how different populations, from Black women bus drivers in San Francisco to the working class residents of Flint, Michigan, face extraordinary socioeconomic constraints, and how these communities respond, resist, and live joyously in the face of capitalism's relentless attacks.
2021-05-111h 10Nostalgia TrapTapped Out w/ Katrinell DavisKatrinell Davis is an associate professor of sociology at Florida State University and the author of two incredible books: Hard Work is Not Enough: Gender and Racial Inequality in an Urban Workspace (2016) and Tainted Tap: Flint's Journey from Crisis to Recovery (2021). In this conversation, we explore how different populations, from Black women bus drivers in San Francisco to the working class residents of Flint, Michigan, face extraordinary socioeconomic constraints, and how these communities respond, resist, and live joyously in the face of capitalism's relentless attacks.
2021-05-111h 10Tainted Tap PodcastEpisode 4: Dayne WallingFlint native Dayne Walling describes his journey as Flint mayor while the city was under emergency management and began contending with problems caused by the water source switch from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to the Flint River. During our discussion, Dayne touched on how Michigan's decision to stop sharing sales tax revenues with its cities and towns despite their public obligations impacted the essential services available to residents in Flint and elsewhere throughout the state. Dayne addresses our need to demand more transparency and accountability in government affairs. He also calls for greater collective responsibility...
2021-05-0650 minTainted Tap PodcastEpisode 3: Darrell DawseyNative Detroiter Darrell Dawsey is a writer and journalist who shares how the State of Michigan gamed the system and lied to Flint residents about their water. Darrell, formerly with the ACLU of Michigan who broke the story concerning Flint's struggle for clean and affordable water, describes how the state moved Flint from the Detroit system and the multiple ways the federal government failed Flint when it was aware of clear and consistent contamination of this city's water. He also talks about how he supported Flint residents in his capacity at the ACLU and his...
2021-05-0451 minTainted Tap PodcastEpisode 2: Melissa MaysMelissa Mays, Flint resident and public health advocate, spoke in depth about the efforts Flint residents made to bring attention to the water crisis and compel the State of Michigan to fix the problems it created in the city. In our conversation, Melissa addresses the insult of paying for high-priced public water that has been tainted with heavy metals and other (undisclosed) contaminants. She also touches on the impact of the city’s sluggish recovery as well as Flint residents’ efforts to continue the fight for justice.
2021-04-291h 27Tainted Tap PodcastEpisode 1: Chia MorganChia Morgan, Flint native and community activist, shares her experiences with the Flint Water Crisis and describes how it impacted the Flint community. In our conversation, Chia touched on how folks in Flint are thriving—despite it all. She also discussed why it is so hard to keep Flintstones down.
2021-04-2758 min
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