It's been 2 years since the murder of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, an incident that exposed deep racism both in still alive on the streets as well as our justice system. The "not guilty" verdict was a slap in the face to thousands of young black men just like Trayvon who would in any similar circumstance have faced inevitable long sentences or a death penalty and in response thousands took to the streets to demand justice, but also as an urgent affirmation of the value of black life. 

For this show we have Khadijah Costley White, an anti-racist community organizer teaching at Rutger University and Sarah Giskin from People Utilizing Real Power who are both involved in organizing events to remember "Trayvon and all the young people harmed by police officers, security guards, and vigilantes and fueled by a system of racially coded violence against people of color."

In this show we featured a recording from teh presentation of the book Resistance behind bars by Victoria Law, hosted by the Global Womens's Strike. Resistance Behind Bars provides much-needed documentation of collective organizing and the daily struggles inside women's prisons. This powerful new edition includes two new sections that examine the challenges facing transgender, transsexual, intersex, and gender-variant people in prison as well as their acts of resistance, and many other recent and ongoing stories of resistance and organizing by women prisoners.

For more information check out http://resistancebehindbars.org/

The Philadelphia Student Union was started in 1995 by a group of young people who were concerned about not receiving the quality of education that they deserved. They decided that if school reform were going to be successful, it would have to involve students as leaders for change. The organization has grown from the dream of a few students to a strong organization that has allowed students themselves to become a major force for improving schools in Philadelphia.

Check out their website @ http://phillystudentunion.org