Throwback Happily Natural Day Festival Program Check out this special #RiotStarterTV broadcast from Happily Natural XIX! This informative panel broadcast from Richmond, VA features some of the most amazing Black Midwives in the US. Hosted by Duron "Manifest" Chavis, Founder of The Happily Natural Festival this very informative panel features (from left to right): Manorah Sangeet Raj- Holistic fertility coach, traditional midwife and somatic trauma practitioner Haguerenesh Tesfa- Midwife and co-founder of NBMA (National Black Midwife Alliance) Jarene Fleming- State Breastfeeding Coordinator of the Virginia Department of Health Taj Anwar Baoll- Founder of Realistically Whole and FTP Movement Coordinator #TajAnwar #RealisticallyWhole #DuronChavis #HappilyNaturalDay #JareneFleming #HaguereneshTesfa #ManorahSangeetRa #NationalBlackMidwifeAlliance #FTPMovement

“On the Anniversary of the Assassinations of MLK and Lil' Bobby Hutton —A Discussion on Captive Maternals and War Resistance, with Joy James & Kalonji Changa” Panel discussion with Joy James (Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities, Williams College, author of In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love (IPORL) and "Maternal (In)Coherence") and Kalonji Changa (Founder of Black Power Media, Co-Chair of the Urban Survival and Preparedness Institute, Founder of FTP Movement) In conversation with: Othandwayo Mgqoboka (Ph.D. student, Dept. of Anthropology, UC Riverside) Brianna Simmons (Ph.D. student, Dept. of Anthropology, UC Riverside) Laysi Zacarias (Ph.D. student, Dept. of Anthropology, UC Riverside) Facilitated by: Dylan Rodríguez (Professor, Dept. of Black Study and Dept. of Media and Cultural Studies, Co-Director of Center for Ideas and Society, UC Riverside) Sponsored by the Decolonizing Humanism(?) initiative at the Center for Ideas and Society, Departments of History, English and Black Study #JoyJames #KalonjiChanga #DylanRodriguez

*Interview with Pluto Press (UK) What happens when the police become an army? Since 1997, the US Department of Defense has transferred more than $7.2bn in military equipment to law enforcement agencies. This militarization has, unsurprisingly, been shown to unjustly impact on Black communities and is associated with increased killings by police. The Police Public Safety Training Center in Atlanta – more commonly known as ‘Cop City’ – is just the latest manifestation of the militarization of policing. It is a costly and controversial endeavor, being forced through by the local Democrat-run administration, in the face of widespread opposition among local communities. Resistance to the project has been met with spurious legal roadblocks, activist intimidation and violent repression. But Cop City is far from being just a local issue; almost every US state now has a Cop City project of their own in some stage of development, and the logic, structures and ramifications of Cop Cities are truly international. In this episode we are joined by Liliana, Joy James and Kalonji Changa to discuss the history of Cop Cities, the parallels with the notorious School of the Americas, and the ways in which the tactics and logic of US imperialism abroad are being brought to bear on working class and racialized communities at home. — Liliana is an immigrant from Colombia based in Houston, Texas. She is an abolitionist and has worked directly with prisoners on death row and their families. She is the co-host of the radio show ‘Voz de La Tierra’ on KPFT Pacifica, discussing the geopolitical effects of militarism, policing, imperialism, and racism on Indigenous, Black, and immigrant colonized communities across the globe. Joy James is an organizer and author. Her recent books include In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love; New Bones Abolition: Captive Maternal Agency and the (After)Life of Erica Garner; and Contextualizing Angela Davis: The Agency and Identity of an Icon. She is the editor of Beyond Cop Cities: Dismantling State and Corporate-Funded Armies and Prisons, and the forthcoming ENGAGE: Indigenous, Black, and Afro-Indigenous Futures. Joy also works with the Guerrilla Intellectual University (GIU) podcast collective on Black Power Media (BPM). Kalonji Jama Changa is an organizer and founder of the FTP Movement. He is the author of How to Build a People’s Army and co-producer of the documentary Organizing Is the New Cool. Kalonji is founder of Black Power Media and serves as co-chair of the Urban Survival and Preparedness Institute.

Anti-Imperialist Feminists + Captive Maternal Agency Hosted by Dr. Joy James x Khadija Haynes x Marsha Hinds Myrie. Guest: Dennot Nyack Born in Grenada, Dennot Nyack moved to the UK in 1960 as part of the Great Windrush Migration. His family settled in North London. There he earned a law degree from the Polytechnic of Central London. He later became active in the Grenada Revolution, workers’ equalities, and trade unionism. **Revelation.** For a long time, I considered myself a righteous man. Recently, I’ve realized that I was merely a *fantasist*. No amount of support for International Women’s Day or championing the cause of Palestinian women can mask the uncomfortable truth: many men, including myself, who believe they are allies from afar, are often *oppressors* in their personal lives. This, I’d like to discuss.

Anti-Imperialist Feminists + Captive Maternal Agency Hosted by Dr. Joy James x Khadija Haynes x Marsha Hinds Myrie Guest: Ariana is a student of marxist-leninism and a student of revolution. They are a proud member of the December 12th Movement, a Pan-African human rights organization of Black/African revolutionaries fighting for the self-determination and liberation of the Black/African masses.”

Decolonizing Feminism: Burning at the Stake Hosted by Dr. Joy James x Khadija Haynes x Marsha Hinds Myrie LIVE at: YouTube.com/@blackpowermediareloaded Burning at the Stake: Fighting Embers that Immolate Black Women 4 Part Series: Sept 9 / 23 Oct 7 / 21 @ 9 - 10:30am EST

Hosted by Joy James, Jalessah Jackson , Khadija Haynes and Marsha Hinds Myrie. A new cadre to GIU, Decolonizing Feminism + Captive Maternal Agency commits revolutionary love. Studying war resistance, healing and spirituality, we theorize, organize and offer our gratitude to ancestral and contemporary liberators. Intro song: “Ancestors” by Sunni Patterson Outro song: “Real Revolution” by Sunni Patterson #JoyJames #JalessahJackson #KhadijaHaynes #MarshaHindsMyrie #DecolonizingFeminism #Blackpowermediareloaded #Blackpowermedia

Joy James is Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities at Williams College. She is the author of Resisting State Violence; Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics, Transcending the Talented Tenth and Seeking the Beloved Community. James has published numerous articles on: political theory, police, prison and slavery abolition; radicalizing feminisms; diasporic anti-black racism; and US politics; and writes on the Captive Maternal through the lens of "The Womb of Western Theory." Da’Shaun Harrison is a Black trans theorist and storyteller in Atlanta, GA. Harrison has risen to national acclaim with the release of their debut title, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness—published in August 2021. Jalessah Jackson is a Black queer mother and interdisciplinary cultural worker in Atlanta. They serve as the Interim Executive Director of ARC-Southeast, an abortion fund and reproductive justice organization serving six states in the South. This event was hosted in collaboration with Charis Books and More