Untying Knots: Episode 2 - Voter Oppression and Suppression: A Living Case Study in Georgia

09/25/20 • 47 min

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast

Hosts: Erica Licht and Nikhil Raghuveera

Featuring: Christopher Bruce (ACLU of Georgia) and Nse Ufot (New Georgia Project)

The Untying Knots Podcast explores how people and organizations are untying knots of systems of oppression and working towards a more equitable future. In this episode of Untying Knots, Erica Licht and Nikhil Raguveera take a closer look at the history of institutional racism in US voting, as well as its specific iterations in the state of Georgia. Their conversations with key staff at the ACLU of Georgia and the New Georgia Project reveal how the two organizations are amplifying the voices of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color voters, and striving to eliminate racist barriers in current and future elections.

Untying Knots is supported by the Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center and the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project. Thanks to Christopher Bruce, Nse Ufot, LaTosha Brown, Sanhitha Raghuveeera, and Dr. Megan Ming Francis.

Learn More:

ACLU of Georgia: https://www.acluga.org/

New Georgia Project: https://newgeorgiaproject.org/

Music:

Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Hosts: Erica Licht and Nikhil Raghuveera

Featuring: Christopher Bruce (ACLU of Georgia) and Nse Ufot (New Georgia Project)

Learn More:

ACLU of Georgia: https://www.acluga.org/

New Georgia Project: https://newgeorgiaproject.org/

Music:

Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Previous Episode

Untying Knots: Episode 1 - Transforming Wealth Inequity Through Anti-Racist Funding

Hosts: Nikhil Raghuveera and Erica Licht
Featuring: Karla Nicholson
(Haymarket People’s Fund) and Lucas Turner-Owens (Boston Ujima Project)

Hundreds of years of racist institutional policies have denied wealth to Black, Indigenous, and communities of color. In this current period of uprising, resistance, and crisis on racial injustice, organizational leaders are asking: what does it look like to make structural change for racial justice? Two organizations in Boston, the Haymarket People’s Fund and the Boston Ujima Project, provide a critical model for applying an anti-racist lens to operations, mission, ongoing learning, and accountability.

In the first episode of Untying Knots, recent Harvard Kennedy School MPA graduates and hosts Nikhil Raghuveera and Erica Licht (of the IARA Project Team at the Shorenstein Center) take a closer look at the history of institutional racism in lending, and efforts locally to re-think radical redistribution of power and resources. Interviews with key staff at both organizations reveal how they translate their mission to anti-racist funding mechanisms. Haymarket’s story demonstrates a twenty year organizational journey of working towards anti-racist change, and Ujima provides a model for equitable community lending.

The Untying Knots Podcast explores how people and organizations are reimagining society and dismantling systems of oppression.

Notes:

Untying Knots is a collaboration between Nikhil Raghuveera and Erica Licht. It is supported by Dr. Megan Ming Francis. Thanks to Karla Nicholson, Lucas Turner- Owens, Carolyn Chou and Alex Papali.

Learn More:

Haymarket People’s Fund: https://www.haymarket.org/

Boston Ujima Project: https://www.ujimaboston.com/

People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond: https://www.pisab.org/

Asian American Resource Workshop: https://www.aarw.org/

Music:

Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Next Episode

Untying Knots: Episode 3 - Native Land Rights and the Ongoing Fight for Justice

Hosts: Erica Licht and Nikhil Raghuveera

Featuring: Mari Halbutta (Chickasaw Nation) and Talia Landry (Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe)

The Untying Knots Podcast explores how people and organizations are untying knots of systems of oppression and working towards a more equitable future. In this episode of Untying Knots, Erica Licht and Nikhil Raguveera focus on Native land rights and sovereignty. Through interviews with key members of the Chickasaw Nation and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, we explore how two Tribes are fighting in the US legal system for their land and rightful recognition. Mari Halbutta and Talia Landry put into perspective recent litigation amidst a broader history of political oppression and violence. The cases reveal renewed attempts at erasure and termination of Native people, and in turn, unwavering Native organizing and resistance.

Untying Knots is supported by the Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center, the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project, and the Atlantic Council GeoTech Center. Thanks to Mari Halbutta, Talia Landry, and Eric Henson.

Learn More:

Chickasaw Nation: https://chickasaw.net/

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe: https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/

Music:

Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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