Episode 191: What Do We Do Now?!? THE WORK
Episode after episode, L. Joy gives us the tools to do the work needed to help bring about change. From one of the first shows “You Have No Constitutional Right to Vote,” to “What to Do After You Lose,” to “Biden Won, Now What?,” and all the episodes in between, the through line has-been we always have work to do! This episode, L. Joy brings back her thoroughest girls, Lurie Daniel Favors and June Moses, to have a frank conversation on THE WORK and what needs to be done starting now to right our collective ship.
Homework:
Organize where you are-Your family, friends, and immediate community is where to start. Revisit Episode 175 Organizing from the Ground Up for pointers.
Build up a Vote Squad to help activate and engage people. Revisit Episode 164 Preparing Your Community for 2022.
Know the groups of folks you need to work on. Who are the voters that are registered but don’t vote regularly? Find that information on the US Census Bureau's website https://www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/voting.html or your State’s Secretary of State website.
You don't have to reinvent the wheel. Join a preexisting group that needs help and support.
Don't sit out ANY election cycle.
Our Guests:
Creator, Host & Producer, L. Joy Williams is a national political strategist, consultant, public speaker and social justice advocate. She is a trusted strategic adviser to elected leaders and organizations across the country and is sought after by various media outlets for her wide-ranging expertise on politics and social justice. L. Joy also serves as President of Brooklyn NAACP and is the founding chairman of Higher Heights for America. For more visit ljoywilliams.com.
Lurie Daniel Favors, is host of the Lurie Daniel Favors Show on SiriusXM Urban View Channel 126 10am EST to 12pm EST Monday through Friday and is General Counsel at the Center for Law and Social Justice, an activist and attorney with a long-standing commitment to racial and social justice. Before graduating from New York University School of Law as a Root-Tilden-Kern public interest scholar, Ms. Daniel Favors co-founded Sankofa Community Empowerment, Inc., a non-profit organization designed to empower racially disenfranchised communities. She later co-founded Breaking the Cycle Consulting Services LLC, which specializes in creating comprehensive professional development for educators, youth education programs and family workshops designed to address the crisis in urban education through the use of culturally responsive teaching.
My name is June, like the month, Moses like in the bible. I was adopted and raised in Westchester County in New York. I now reside, and have for the past 25 years, in the wonderful village of Harlem in NYC. At almost half a century, I have seen the world change, grow, retract and go back to growing and there are two things I have found to be valuable: being a lifelong learner in any way and try to be a better person today than you were yesterday.
I have worked in civil rights/social justice on some level in some form, all my life. I believe that people can and are the agents of change they seek so it gives me great pleasure that L. Joy has taken me along for this great ride with the creation of #SundayCivics.
