9/26/24: ACLU MA Exec Dir Carol Rose: free elections & abortion rights. Rev Carole Bull: patriarchy & the Bible.  National Suicide Prevention Month with Nazar Yasin. Ruth Griggs w/ Arun Ramamurthy: Northampton JazzFest.

ACLU MA Exec Dir Carol Rose: free elections & abortion rights

In 2021, Eastern Michigan University Archives lecturer Matt Jones began documenting the story of Ypsilanti’s Human Rights Ordinance #1279 in an effort to explore the ways in which local queer activism has evolved multi-generationally in Ypsilanti. What began as a refusal of service by a local print shop to a small EMU student group quickly turned into a years-long battle over who was deserving of basic human rights. To the LGBTQ activists and community members documented here, they had always been present in the community: working, paying taxes, painting their houses, mowing their lawns, attending council meetings, and even serving on council. This ordinance battle was about more than just LGBT rights—it was about protecting the human rights of all Ypsilantians. On March 8, 2022, Jones interviewed EMU alum, former Tri-Pride co-chair, and outspoken supporter of the ordinance, Donna Regan-Southwick. Before she made her way to Eastern, Southwick was a mother and activist working with Noel Keane in the early days of surrogacy. She enrolled at EMU as a non-traditional student, earning both her bachelors and masters degrees here. During her time in the MSW program, Southwick joined her classmates in the formation of Tri-Pride, where she acted as co-chair. After the group was denied service, she became an outspoken proponent of the ordinance and helped further bridge the gap between student and community campaign  perspectives. Southwick had to balance activism and academics, all while raising a son, who witnessed the fight alongside her. In this interview, she sheds light on finding that balance, understanding grief, and finding the strength to stand up for what's right.

This interview includes discussion of sensitive subjects that may be triggering for listeners, such as abuse, drug addiction, alcoholism, and depression.

Donna Regan-Southwick, Oral History Interview, 2022

This Week's Guests:
Nico Perrino  - Fire VP
Boris Khaykin - Comeidan 

Episode #336

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Episode 336: Free Speech

In this episode, we talk about two harmful propositions that are on your Colorado ballot this election. Props 128 and 130 are antithetical to fixing the criminal justice system in our state, and will divert funding from proven public safety resources in favor of police and prisons.

We also hear the stories of two previously-incarcerated Coloradans whose journeys toward reform would have been seriously jeopardized if initiatives like these made it into our state laws.

Episode 10 - Coloradans for Smart Justice

We start this week with a quick check-in on rideshare drivers in NYC, hotel workers in Boston, and nurses in North Carolina and Michigan. For our first major story, letter carriers across the country in the NALC are organizing a national vote no campaign in response to a concessionary contract. We continue coverage of workers under attack for speaking out against the genocide in Palestine, from universities across the country, to the ACLU, to Microsoft. A recent report from Bloomberg described shocking working conditions at EV-maker Rivian's Illinois factory. Finally, Boeing workers rejected the company's latest offer and continue their fight for fair wages and a just retirement.

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Ep 231 - No Diet COLA!

Sara Rose is the deputy legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU): an organization whose mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.

Sara joins the show to further talk about the initiative of Project 2025, and the ACLU’s legal approach to stopping some of its objectives.

Sara Rose | Reality Check w/ Tonya Pendleton - 11.18.24

In this episode, we learn more about the inequities that students in Colorado are facing, and we talk to the founder of an organization that has taken it upon themselves to help.

Learn more about The Lounge: https://www.thelounge2022.org

Episode 11 - Inequities in Colorado's Schools

En cuanto se supo el resultado de las elecciones presidenciales, tanto los representantes, senadores como distintos defensores de derechos se pusieron a trabajar para crear listas de tareas pendientes que podrían lograrse antes del fin del mandato de Biden, que van desde fondos para la guerra de Ucrania, medidas en medio ambiente, hasta la nominación y confirmación de jueces federales.

En materia de inmigracion, la Unión Americana de Libertades Civiles (ACLU por su siglas en inglés) está abogando por el cierre de centros de detención en el país, especialmente los centros con reportes de abusos. Además la ACLU aboga por detener la ampliación del número de centros de detención de inmigrantes en el país.

Así que para hablar sobre lo que Biden podría hacer en temas de inmigracion, y qué acciones podría tomar antes de irse, invitamos a Maribel Hernández Rivera, directora de política y asuntos gubernamentales, fronteras e inmigración de la ACLU.

¿Qué podría hacer Biden en materia de inmigración antes del final de su mandato?

Experienced analysts like former Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund legal director David Brown (interviewed by David Hunt) are praising progressive U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ketanji Brown-Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan for their questioning of Tennessee Solicitor General Matthew Rice about his state’s ban on pediatric gender-affirming healthcare, but the trans man of the hour is the American Civil Liberties Union’s Chase Strangio, who became the first transgender attorney to argue a case before the nation’s top court.

And in NewsWrap: the United Kingdom’s temporary ban on puberty blockers for transgender young people will remain in force “indefinitely,” U.K. military veterans who were booted from the armed forces for being queer are now eligible for compensation, the U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear a challenge to a Wisconsin school district’s pro-trans policies, Montana’s Supreme Court backs a temporary injunction blocking the enforcement of a state ban on pediatric gender-affirming healthcare, the opening of Warsaw’s QueerMuzeum far exceeded organizers’ expectations, and more international LGBTQ+ news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Ava Davis (produced by Brian DeShazor).

All this on the December 16, 2024 edition of This Way Out!

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Strangio Is Supreme at the High Court

Read our recent blog post on harm reduction and our case in Pueblo: https://acluco.org/HarmReduction

In this episode, one of our ACLU attorneys discusses a recent case we fought in Pueblo what that city attempted to prohibit syringe service programs from functioning. We also hear from one of the folks working in Pueblo whose organization's mission was disrupted by the prohibition.

Harm reduction resources:
Harm Reduction Action Center, https://www.harmreductionactioncenter.org
Southern Colorado Harm Reduction Association, https://www.socoharmreduction.org

Episode 12 - Syringe Service Programs

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