CivicLab Radio

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Welcome to CivicLab Radio – original podcasts covering a range of civic, change and policy topics. Meet some of the most effective and had working organizers in Chicago and learn about the issues they are fighting for.

The first set was produced by Peggy Xu in 2015. Peggy was a media intern from the University of Chicago. At the time she was a second-year student at the University of Chicago. At CivicLab Peggy was able to speak with co-workers there to create the first set of podcasts for CivicLab Radio.

CIVICLAB RADIO BACKGROUND

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Program 001 – Fair Housing in Chicago (37 minutes)- Interview with Morgan Davis, Executive Director of the Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance.

  • References & Further Reading
  1. Crime Free Ordinances — http://povertylaw.org/sites/default/files/files/housing-justice/cost-of-being-crime-free.pdf
  2. How We Built the Ghettos — http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/13/how-we-built-the-ghettos.html
  3. Separate, Unequal, and Ignored — http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicago-politics-segregation-african-american-black-white-hispanic-latino-population-census-community/Content?oid=3221712
  4. How Segregated Is Chicago? — http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/how-segregated-chicago-and-does-it-matter/tue-05272014-114pm
  5. Manhattan Institute Report — http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cr_66.html
  6. Restrictive Covenants — http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1067.html
  7. The Great Migration — http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/545.html
  • Organization Website – http://cafha.net
  • Music – “Procrastination Causes Death” by Freeplay Music (Composers Phillip Bright, Brennan Johnston)

Free_Marissa-painting Program 002 – Mass Incarceration (20 minutes) – Interview with Ayanna HarrisChicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexanderhttp://freemarissanow.tumblr.com.

2. NPR Coverage of Marissa Alexander – http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/25/366567307/florida-woman-in-stand-your-ground-case-accepts-plea-deal

3. Mandatory Minimums – http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/congress-should-reform-the-mandatory-minimum-sentences-for-drug-offenses/2014/07/23/df845d68-1125-11e4-9285-4243a40ddc97_story.html

4. Racial Disparities in Drug Sentencing – http://www.vox.com/2014/7/1/5850830/war-on-drugs-racist-minorities

5. Post-Conviction Restrictions – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thomas-white/felony-life-sentence_b_3384710.html

6. A Brief History of the Drug War – http://www.drugpolicy.org/new-solutions-drug-policy/brief-history-drug-war

7. Excerpts from the New Jim Crow – http://www.thenation.com/article/new-jim-crow

  • Music: “Iced Up” by Freeplay Music (Composers Phillip Bright, Brennan Johnston)

NextGen IllinoisProgram 003 – NextGen Illinois (9 minutes)Interview with Grace Pai, Outreach Fellow with the Roosevelt Institute.