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The Policy Lowdown with the Maryland Center on Economic PolicyBonus: A Roadmap for Tax JusticeNo matter what we look like or where we come from, most Marylanders believe in caring for our families and leaving things better for the generations to come. However, the upside-down tax system we have today makes it harder for our communities to thrive.
In this episode, Kevin Slayton talks with Christopher Meyer of the Maryland Center on Economic Policy about the Roadmap for Tax Justice, a proposal to reform Maryland's tax system so that large, profitable corporations and the wealthy pay what they truly owe while also expanding opportunity by creating robust working family tax credits...2023-03-3126 min
Life Leaps Podcast6. “I Wanted A Seat At The Table” - Running For Office, Winning, And Becoming the First Black Woman to Represent The District, with Jheanelle WilkinsJheanelle Wilkins wanted to run office but, for a time, took her life in another direction. Until she ran for - and won - a seat on the Democratic Central Committee in Montgomery County, Maryland and went on to become a Maryland State Delegate. In Ep. 5, hear how Jheanelle:Found the support she needed to put her name on the ballot Overcame her fear of (very public) failureNavigated the challenges of being and looking different than others who’d been in her positionAdvises the rest of us considering life changes, big or smallCheck out Episode 6 and...2022-12-1431 min
From the Streets to the StatehouseMDGA 2022 Update - February 7, 2022An update on our legislative agenda from the 2022 MD General Assembly. We'll be discussing the racist notions of pathology often grafted onto Baltimore in the MD General Assembly. Next we'll be talking with Delegate Jheanelle Wilkins about police accountability legislation she's sponsoring. To finish us out, we're talking juvenile justice reform with Jamal Jones of the Baltimore Algebra Project and John Comer from Architects of Justice.Support the show"From the Streets to the Statehouse" is a podcast owned, produced and sponsored by Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) - a gr...2022-02-081h 21From the Streets to the Statehouse2021 Black Legislative Agenda Day - December 4, 2021Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle is pleased to convene our 8th Annual Black Legislative Agenda Day: From the Baltimore Grassroots.Our hope is that those of us working in the grassroots can use this as an opportunity to work collaboratively on our efforts in Annapolis to support legislation that will help our communities.Speakers (alphabetical order):Cathryn Paul, Government Relations and Public Policy Manager, CASADelegate Stephanie Smith, District 45 – Baltimore CityDelegate Jheanelle Wilkins, District 20 – Montgomery CountyDelegate Gabriel Acevero, District 39 – Montgomery CountyHeber Brown III, Senior Pastor, Pleasant Hope Baptist ChurchLady Brion, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Avenue, Black Arts...2021-12-042h 49From the Streets to the StatehouseBlack Women's work in Annapolis - March 30, 2021Join us for a special broadcast focusing on the work of Black women in the MD General Assembly. We'll be discussing their work in support Black political initiatives in Annapolis.We'll be joined by:Senator Jill P CarterDelegate Jheanelle WilkinsDelegate Stephanie SmithSupport the show"From the Streets to the Statehouse" is a podcast owned, produced and sponsored by Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) - a grassroots think tank in Baltimore, Maryland. LBS is a Black-owned, for-profit, independent organization that is not funded by...2021-03-301h 03
Ed's (Not) Dead Podcast - The All Things Education PodcastPandemic Pass - The Way Out PART 2 (104)For part 2 of Episode 4, I meet with one of our local state delegates, Jheanelle Wilkins. Jheanelle and I talk about how the state should respond - what legislation should be pursued next, the revolutionary and exciting Black Agenda from the first African American Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, Adrienne Jones, and what should states and localities be doing to attract and retain a more diverse teaching force.2021-02-2518 min
FilibusteredCan we just sleep for one night, please?Trump threatens nuclear war via Twitter, pays off a Playboy model, and decimates farmers as a result of his trade war. Then Morgan joins Maryland State Delegate Jheanelle Wilkins to discuss Maryland politics.
Music: Ryan Little - "Amusement Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), Ryan Little - "Dawn" (CC BY-SA 4.0), Ryan Little - "West Coast" (CC BY 4.0), Broke For Free - "Something Elated" (CC BY 3.0 US), Loyalty Freak Music - "Monarch of the Street" (CC0 1.0)
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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/filibustered/support2018-07-2525 min