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24 Minutes In Mott Haven
arrow A protester raises a fist in Mott Haven, flanked by Shannon Jones (right) and Shellyne Rodriguez (left) C.S. Muncy/Gothamist
On June 4, 2020, protesters gathered at 149th Street and 3rd Avenue, in Mott Haven. They met at the Hub the civic and cultural center of the South Bronx to listen to speakers, pass around water and face masks, and meet the call to ”take the streets.”
One week had passed since people enraged and politically energized over the murder of George Floyd began a new protest movement in America, demanding government accountability for the health inequities and gross economic inequality laid bare by COVID, as well as radical reform of a criminal justice system rooted in the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow.
The support our local stations received from participating animal shelters and rescues, who gave families the opportunity to adopt an animal in need by offering no-cost or waive fee adoptions, or waiving pet spaying and neutering fees, helped make Clear the Shelters overwhelmingly successful. More than 150,000 pets have found their fur-ever homes since 2015. NBC Feb 20, 2020
Jose and Tammy Vega arrived at the Camden County Animal Shelter in New Jersey early Saturday morning in search of a four-legged companion. The couple, who was first in line at the facility for its Clear the Shelters event, fell in love with a 7-year-old stray Chihuahua named Pot Pie. “He was just really calm tempered, my wife looked over.
Racism is the idea that one racial group is inferior or superior to another, and has the social power to carry out and benefit from systemic discrimination. This applies to most, if not all, institutions in this country, including public media. Anti-Blackness and white supremacy shape both the institutional policies and practices of society and shape the cultural beliefs and values that support racist policies and practices.
White supremacy is the political and socio-economic system that allows white people both at a collective and individual level to enjoy structural advantage and rights that other racial and ethnic groups do not.
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WNYC and Apollo Theater Present: MLK and the Fierce Urgency of Now!
A special broadcast and online edition of WNYC’s 15th Annual MLK celebration.
Monday, January 18, 3-4 PM ET. Rebroadcast at 8 PM ET and February 25th at 2 PM ET.
Presented in collaboration with the March on Washington Film Festival.
This year, WNYC and Apollo Theater are bringing our annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. event to the national radio airwaves on