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Out Of The Margins

Andrus Family Fund

46 episodes

4 months ago

The last episode of our podcast series Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. featured two leading voices in the family policing abolitionist movement, Kristen Weber of the National Center for Youth Law and Alan Dettlaff of upEND Movement. In our new bonus episode, Kristen and Alan continue the conversation on the abolition of family policing systems — sharing alternative policy and advocacy strategies that can hold family policing systems accountable while ending harm and improvi...

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The last episode of our podcast series Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. featured two leading voices in the family policing abolitionist movement, Kristen Weber of the National Center for Youth Law and Alan Dettlaff of upEND Movement. In our new bonus episode, Kristen and Alan continue the conversation on the abolition of family policing systems — sharing alternative policy and advocacy strategies that can hold family policing systems accountable while ending harm and improvi...

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Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. Continuing the Conversation with National Center for Youth Law and upEND Movement

The last episode of our podcast series Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. featured two leading voices in the family policing abolitionist movement, Kristen Weber of the National Center for Youth Law and Alan Dettlaff of upEND Movement. In our new bonus episode, Kristen and Alan continue the conversation on the abolition of family policing systems — sharing alternative policy and advocacy strategies that can hold family policing systems accountable while ending harm and improvi...

1 year ago

1 hour 15 minutes

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Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. with National Center for Youth Law and upEND Movement

We close our podcast series, Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation., with a very special episode. Recorded in person at our annual board meeting, we're joined by two of the leading voices in the family policing abolitionist movement. Kristen Weber of the National Center for Youth Law and Alan Dettlaff of upEND Movement discuss family policing through the lens of racial justice and how our current system is an extension of slavery — in which Black families continue to be disproporti...

1 year ago

17 minutes

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Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. with MFP and JMAC

In this episode of Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. we hear from Erin Miles Cloud, co-founder of Movement for Family Power and Joyce McMillan, founder and executive director of Just Making a Change for Families. They share what led them to creating organizations where they could have autonomy to challenge the status quo, and discuss their vision of abolition and the next steps to achieving it. Erin and Joyce also touch on the need for more support, highlighting the firs...

2 years ago

19 minutes

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Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. with CJSF and AEJ

In the third episode of Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. we hear from Jaime Koppel of Communities for Just Schools Fund and Geoffrey Winder of the Alliance for Educational Justice. They discuss abolition in the context of educational justice, and why dismantling schools’ policing infrastructure, culture and practice is crucial to that justice. Jaime and Geoffrey also touch on why creating the environment for schools to be safe spaces can enable individual students to thrive a...

2 years ago

31 minutes

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Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. with Puente

In the second episode of Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. we hear from Michelle Ruiz and Jayden Huerta of Puente Human Rights Movement in Phoenix, AZ. They discuss their experiences as youth organizers including advocating for the removal of police in schools, educating their community and empowering other students. They also address why police are not the answer to keep students safe and propose a restorative justice approach as an alternative. Learn more about Puente: puen...

2 years ago

20 minutes

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Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. with CURYJ

A new season of our podcast kicks off with a brand new series that centers youth in the movement to abolish harmful systems: Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. Hosted by AFF Director Mishi Faruqee, each episode in this limited series will feature grantee partners, youth leaders and/or allies who share their visions for community-centered approaches that support youth and families. In this first episode, we hear from Brenda Gomez and Xochtil Larios of Communi...

2 years ago

23 minutes

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Manifest with the Campaign for Youth Justice

In this episode of Out Of The Margins, we close our series on what it takes to MANIFEST change with Marcy Mistrett and Billy Harris, previously with the Campaign for Youth Justice. After 15 years of impact, the campaign came to a close on December 31st, 2020. Marcy and Billy speak to us about what it took to achieve substantial wins for the broader field of youth justice and why the work is far from done. Some of these wins include: A 70% drop in youth prosecuted as adults. Changing over...

4 years ago

28 minutes

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Manifest with Youth Engagement Fund

In this episode, Alejandra Ruiz of the Youth Engagement Fund (YEF) joins us to discuss the voting power of young people of color. She reflects on the organizing wins of the 2020 election and how YEF is building on that momentum to fight back against new voter suppression laws that have recently been enacted in battleground states. Learn more about YEF's 2021 Summer Docket, which lays out its grantmaking strategy that includes multi-year funding to a cohort of regional, yo...

4 years ago

37 minutes

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A Vision for the Future: Visionary Freedom Fund

In this very special episode of Out Of The Margins, we discuss the Visionary Freedom Fund (VFF), an initiative launched by the Andrus Family Fund. We speak with members of VFF's Power Table, including one of its youth leaders, to learn about the importance of funding youth-led organizing, the grantmaking process and lessons learned along the way in advance of its inaugural cohort of grant recipients. Learn more about VFF: affund.org/VisionaryFreedomFund Guests: Jemima Abalogu, VFF Yout...

4 years ago

36 minutes

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Manifest with Transgender Law Center

In this episode, Juniperangelica (Gia) Cordova of the Transgender Law Center explains how the organization manifests change through its organizing and advocacy work. She discusses the unique challenges trans youth face, how the trans rights movement intersects with other social justice movements, the importance of building intergenerational power and why the movement should follow the lead of Black trans women and femmes. Read TLC’s community-led demands in the Trans Agenda for Liberati...

4 years ago

29 minutes

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Manifest with Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing

We continue our series that unpacks what it takes to manifest change. In this episode, we hear from Monica Cordova, Co-Executive Director of Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO). She discusses the power of youth organizing and why it's critical for philanthropy to support it "in big ways." Plus, we take a look at the field of youth organizing and how it's evolved over the last two decades. Find FCYO's 20th Anniversary resources here. Attend FCYO's upcoming webinar here. Learn ...

4 years ago

34 minutes

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Manifest with Foster Youth in Action

We kick off a new series that unpacks what it takes to manifest change. Our first episode of the series features Anna Gennari, Deputy Director of Foster Youth in Action. She connects the dots between various disruptive systems, and how they intersect with the child welfare system. Additionally, we discuss how youth organizing is the key driver in lifting up the demands of foster youth in order to implement real policy changes across the country. Learn more about AFF: affund.org LinkedIn Insta...

4 years ago

26 minutes

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Dream with Young Women's Freedom Center

To close our Dream series, we speak with Jessica Nowlan, Executive Director of the Young Women’s Freedom Center. In this episode, she reflects on her lived experience — from being on the streets and incarcerated to finding sisterhood and stepping into a leadership position at the Young Women’s Freedom Center. Jessica also lifts up the fact that youth have already articulated their vision for transformation, and our work is to support their brilliance and follow their lead as they build power ...

4 years ago

26 minutes

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Dream with Common Justice

Our Dream series continues with Danielle Sered, Executive Director of Common Justice. In this episode, she unpacks the drivers of violence and how divesting from law enforcement and incarceration has actually made communities safer. By investing in restorative healing, alternatives to incarceration and transformative justice, Common Justice’s radical approach to advance healing and accountability without incarceration centers survivors of crime and builds an entirely new way of addressing and...

4 years ago

13 minutes

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Dream with S.O.U.L. Sisters Leadership Collective

Our Dream series continues with Wakumi Douglas, the co-founder and former executive director of S.O.U.L. Sisters Leadership Collective. In this episode, she reflects on the arduous demands movement work has on directly impacted Black women, girls and gender nonconforming youth; how dismantling the toxic culture of the nonprofit industrial complex is key to advancing healing justice and liberatory practices; and why we must have faith and unconditional love for Black people in order to radical...

4 years ago

36 minutes

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Dream with Resilient Strategies

We continue our series on the importance of making space to dream in the youth justice movement with Francisca Porchas Coronado of Resilient Strategies. In this episode, we'll dig into the subject of healing justice through the lens of indigenous culture, wellbeing and building power. Francisca shares her organizing journey, the importance of addressing trauma and looking for wisdom in our ancestors as well as finding joy in the work as a means to liberation. Out Of The Margins is a po...

4 years ago

26 minutes

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Dream with Youth First Initiative

In this episode, we asked our grantee partners from Youth First Initiative about their dreams for youth justice, reinvesting in communities of color and reimagining a world without youth prisons. Learn more about AFF: affund.org LinkedIn Instagram Facebook This podcast is produced by Sol Design.

4 years ago

16 minutes

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Invest in Communities (Part 2)

We conclude our conversation about investing in communities by exploring what equitable outcomes look like and how philanthropy can better invest in community safety. If you missed the first part of the discussion, go back and listen to part 1 now. Host: Manuela Arciniegas, Andrus Family Fund Guests: Jenny Arwade, Communities United DeVone Boggan, Advance Peace Pastor Mike McBride, LIVE FREE Campaign Zach Norris, Ella Baker Center This episode was recorded in September 2020. Learn mor...

4 years ago

37 minutes

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Invest in Communities (Part 1)

What happens when we divest from harmful systems? In our new podcast series, our guests passionately discuss how public and private dollars can be equitably invested in communities. Tune in to hear the first episode of this two-part conversation. Host: Manuela Arciniegas, Andrus Family Fund Guests: Jenny Arwade, Communities United DeVone Boggan, Advance Peace Pastor Mike McBride, LIVE FREE Campaign Zach Norris, Ella Baker Center This episode was recorded in September 2020. Learn more about...

4 years ago

31 minutes

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Divest for Abolition (Part 2)

To conclude our first series of 2021, our guests break down how divesting from police could enhance safety for communities of color and why philanthropy should shift their funding from reform to abolition. Listen now. Host: Manuela Arciniegas, Andrus Family Fund Guests: Anand Subramanian, Policy Link Joo-Hyun Kang, Communities United for Police Reform Lorraine Ramirez, Funders for Justice This episode was recorded in 2020. Learn more about AFF: affund.org LinkedIn Instagram Facebook This ...

4 years ago

39 minutes