| MMP News Breaks This Week (09/26/10) |
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G-town Radio is proud to present news breaks from the Media Mobilizing Project. You will hear new pieces each week on Tuesdays and Thursdays (noon & 5 PM). This week's On Blast segment is called The Alliance for Educational Justice: Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline. Students from across the country are coming together to stand up against the school to prison pipeline and demand positive school discipline policies that address young peoples' needs. Instead of zero tolerance policies, students are organizing for the adoption of restorative justice models that promote counseling, mediation and conflict resolution. Leading this fight is the Alliance for Educational Justice (AEJ), a national alliance of youth organizing groups that includes the Philadelphia Student Union (PSU). Amirah Williams, a Philadelphia Student Union member, recently interviewed AEJ organizer Mustafa Sullivan about the effects of harsh discipline policies and AEJ's vision for change. This radio piece also features highlights from a national youth speak out that the Alliance for Educational Justice held outside of the U.S. Capitol building this summer. Labor Justice Radio this week features a piece called One Man's Story of Homelessness in Camden's Tent City. When officials closed down Camden's Tent City this past May, they promised the 54 homeless residents that it was not an eviction, but the first step to a better life. Now, less than 6 months later, many of them are once again homeless and some have created a new Tent city encampment near the original site. Back in April, when Camden's Tent City was still intact, members of Media Mobilizing Project & Poor Voices United visited the encampment. They recorded an interview with James Luddy about how he became homeless and life in Tent City.
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