Leading from the Ground: Louisville, Minneapolis and Atlanta Affiliate CEOs in the Movement for Black Lives

26-06-2020 • 1 hr 31 mins

In this episode, we are joined by Urban League affiliate CEOs who are leading during the 21st Century Movement for Black Lives…a historic time of great social unrest and possibility in the civil rights community! Louisville Urban League President & CEO Sadiqa Reynolds discusses the Breonna Taylor case; Urban League of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis) President & CEO Steven Belton discusses the George Floyd case; and Greater Atlanta Urban League President & CEO Nancy Flake Johnson discusses the Rayshard Brooks and Ahmaud Arbery cases. The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy.

From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.

**Please note: There may be some late-breaking developments in each of the cases discussed that were not known at the time of the podcast recording.

Discussed in this episode:

National Urban League

Black

Black America

African-American

News

Information

Advocacy

Louisville

Minneapolis

Atlanta

Movement for Black Lives