Junius Williams is a nationally recognized attorney, musician, educator and independent thinker who has been at the forefront of the Civil Rights and Human Rights Movements in this country for decades. His life in the Movement in the South and the North has been chronicled in the Civil Rights History Project, a collaborative initiative of the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution
Junius Williams has hosted 26 Episodes.
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Healing
March 9th, 2022 | Season 2 | 55 mins 21 secs
civil rights, community, detroit, healing, mental health, newark, nonviolence, politics, social justice, trauma
In Episode 6, “Healing,” host Junius Williams shows a community undergoing the healing process in Newark and Detroit — and why people can’t just heal alone. Engaging the community is an important step in normalizing mental health support and nonviolence…but how do we do it?
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Do Women Make the Best Organizers?
February 9th, 2022 | Season 2 | 59 mins 35 secs
america, black america, black power, black women, elections, feminism, mothers, organize, politics, usa, women
Junius and Francesca sit down with Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, Asst. Professor of Religion at the University of Florida and Megan Douglass, Digital Director of For Our Future Michigan, to discuss the present state of community organizing for women — how the experiences of yesterday can help women navigate male chauvinism in grassroots organizations.
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How Black Are You, Baby?
January 19th, 2022 | Season 2 | 48 mins 59 secs
african american, biracial, black america, black identity, black power, education, intersectional identity, intersectionality, lgbtq, multiracial identity, organize
When did you first consider yourself to be Black? Junius and Francesca are joined by Sam Anderson, Darnell L. Moore, and Che Williams to explore questions of intersectional Black identity and how it impacts our organizing.
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A Dying Mule Always Kicks the Hardest - The Power of Story (ft. Beloved Community Center + Raise UP for $15)
December 8th, 2021 | Season 2 | 47 mins 32 secs
america, black america, black power, critical race theory, education, elections, fight for 15, governor, greensboro, minimum wage, north carolina, organize, politics, reconciliation, story, truth, usa, virginia
We know when our story hits home because the opposition fights so hard. A dying mule always kicks the hardest. In Episode 3, Junius and Francesca are joined by North Carolina organizers from the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Beloved Community Center and Raise UP for $15 to explore the power of story in organizing.
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Episode 2: What does it mean to be organized? (ft. Detroit Will Breathe's Praveen Loganathan)
November 10th, 2021 | Season 2 | 52 mins 42 secs
action, ahmaud aubrey, breanna taylor, detroit, george floyd, organizing, praveen
How have different circumstances prescribed different definitions of organization and what is the recipe for justice today? In Episode 2, Junius and Francesca are joined by Detroit Will Breathe organizer Praveen Loganathan to talk about the tactics used by organizers today to keep people engaged and governments accountable.
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Episode 1: Am I an Organizer? (Season 2 Preview)
October 13th, 2021 | Season 2 | 56 mins
civil rights movement, genz, millennials, mobilize, news, organize, organizing, politics, racial justice, rebellion, social justice, united states
Are you a mobilizer or an organizer? Junius Williams prepares listeners to explore their potential as organizers and movement builders. Junius will be joined by podcast producer and advocate, Francesca Larson, to talk about the new season's format, challenge each other on generational views about organizing, and share what listeners can expect to learn this season.
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Episode 7: Defund the Police? Mayor Ras Baraka on a Newark Alternative
May 26th, 2021 | Season 1 | 38 mins 46 secs
black politics, newark, politics
What made Mayor Ras Baraka reject calls for de-funding the police in Newark, NJ after the George Floyd killing last summer in Minneapolis? Listen to Mayor Baraka talk about reliance upon his Office of Violence Prevention and a new Community Museum to help create a culture of non-violence in Newark.
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Episode 6: Has Gen Z Been Scarred Forever by COVID? A Discussion with the Experts and Young People Themselves
April 28th, 2021 | Season 1 | 51 mins 2 secs
Junius Williams, the Host of Everything's Political, will interview Julie Cai of the Center for Economic and Policy Research to talk about job prospects for young people in high school and college. Then he will be joined by Kelly Prempeh, a senior at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Sarah Sciortino, a senior at the University of Vermont, to see what changes they foresee in their lives because of Covid. Are they optimistic about the future? Does it matter that Sarah is a white woman, living in Vermont; and Kelly, is a black man from Newark?
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Episode 5: Don't Erase My History! How Black Youth Changed their High School Curriculum in Denver, Colorado
March 31st, 2021 | Season 1 | 52 mins 53 secs
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Episode 4: What Happened to The Blues? The Politics of The Music that You Hear
February 24th, 2021 | Season 1 | 44 mins
black, blues, history, music, politics
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Episode 3: What Will President Biden Do? What to Know Before the Inaugural Address
January 18th, 2021 | Season 1 | 51 mins 32 secs
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Episode 2: Racism Part II: The White Perspective
December 30th, 2020 | Season 1 | 48 mins 19 secs