Ep. 92 Activist Jeanette Padilla Vega & Fayemi Shakur, Arts and Cultural Affairs Director of Newark, NJ,
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English - July 27, 2020 07:42 - 1 hour - 74.3 MB - ★★★★ - 70 ratingsSociety & Culture News brazil ghana sweden tulsa africanews blacknews blacktherapistnews camillebankslee georgianews goodblacknews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episode 92 of Real Black News features two activists fighting for change, including Jeanette Padilla Vega in Salt Lake City, Utah, who discusses the police brutality protests against the murder of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal and her fight against colorism in the Latino community. While Fayemi Shakur, Arts and Cultural Affairs Director for the City of Newark, NJ, discusses her work to support artists affected during Covid-19, Newark’s removal of its Christopher Columbus statue, and the problem with “racial capitalization” by companies attempting to capitalize off of BLM. Other topics include the NFAC in Kentucky, the fight over ethnic studies at California colleges, a new Black Doula website, and activists running for local office from New York to Alabama.