At the Intersection of Art and Activism: A Conversation with Activist Tanisha Long

Tanisha is the Allegheny County Community Organizer for the Abolitionist Law Center (ALC).  She holds a B.A. in English writing and a minor in legal studies from the University of Pittsburgh.  In 2022, Tanisha was named one of the Pittsburgh Magazine's 40 Under 40, and in 2023, she was the City Paper's Person of the Year for Activism.  She was also the organizer for Pittsburgh's Black Lives Matter Organization.  Give it Up Podcast host, Margo Hinton, sits down with Tanisha to discuss her role models, activism around incarceration, and the ALC's huge win in Harrisburg for those facing prison without parole.  Be prepared to listen, learn, and then move toward your own activism.   1:15:  Grandmothers 3:00:  Cultural Inheritance 5:00:  Give It Up Spotlight  8:00:  Criminal Injustice Poem 12:00:  Fighting for her Mom 16:00:  A good lawyer 18:00:  Fixing Cars 21:00:  Miseducation/Bright Spot Educators 25:00:  Writing as Therapy 28:00:  Doing the Work/This is who I am 32:00:  Same Crime/Different Time 36:15:  Standing up to Power 40:00:  Shout out to Dr. Q 43:00: A Judge with a Heart 46:00:  PA Supreme Court Justice  52:00:  New Warden Positive Change 55:00:  We need more! 56:00:  Hope:  Organizing and Building Community Check out my store for merch, and please like and subscribe to the podcast!  Thank you.