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Race Capitol
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Race Capitol interrogates racial narratives in Richmond, Virginia, the former capitol of the Confederacy. www.racecapitol.com @RaceCapitolThree Black feminist organizers deliver activist radio every Wednesday at 10am on WRIR LP 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio. Episodes loaded weekly. Created by: Chelsea Higgs Wise (she/her) Co-Hosts: Naomi Isaac (they/them) & Kalia Harris (she/her)
Episodes
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COVID WATCH PART 1 (feat. Lauren Garcia + Natalie del Castillo)
NEW EPISODE ALERT: This week on Race Capitol, we are kicking off the year with our very first COVID WATCH episode - all about community care in Richmond. We will dive into some local mutual aid efforts that have been addressing the lack of PPE in the RVA area with Lauren Garcia, a current pHD...
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WE KEEP US SAFE PT. 2 (Feat. Yaya Ogaldez & Sarandon Elliot)
For our last episode of 2021: We are talking about mutual aid with Yaya Ogaldez of Richmond Mutual Aid and Sarandon Elliot of UVA Mutual Aid. Our conversation explores the work of building life affirming institutions in so-called Charlottesville and here at home in the fallen capitol of the...
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FROM RVA TO CVILLE: SOLIDARITY FOREVER
This week on Race Capitol, we are in dialogue with Lisa Woolfork, Associate Professor of English at the University of Virginia and Christina Rivera of Congregate Cville, a Unitarian Universalist minister, as they reflect on the recent four year anniversary of A11 and A12 and the impact of the…
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No Cops. No Colonies. No Casinos.
This week on Race capitol, we are talking about the casino; exploring the legacy of wealth extraction, colonialism, and big shiny developments here in Richmond. We speak with community advocate and musician Allan-Charles Chipman and local artist Shon. After we speak with our guests, all three…
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Fire to the Prisons II: Meditations on Blackness, Captivity, and Freedom
NOTE TO LISTENER: Following the recording of this episode, it was brought to our attention that Marquis Bey had previously demonstrated a pattern of abusive behavior. Race Capitol has decided to remove Marquis’ interview from FTTPII in order to hold the tension between rejecting disposability of...
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Surveillance State: Policing Public Housing in RVA
This week on Race Capitol, co-hosts Nomi Isaac and Kalia Harris talk to community organizers about increased surveillance + policing in public housing neighborhoods in Richmond. Last month, five license plate readers were installed in both public housing neighborhoods and areas that Black people...
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REEFER REVOLUTION (part 4): Legalization in Virginia
This week on Race Capitol, we talked with the #LegalizeItRight coalition of Virginia about the new laws around simple possession of marijuana that started this past July. In July, Marijuana Justice hosted the #LegalizeItRight coalition at their #MarijuanaMonthlies. Today the coalition includes:...
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Justice For Orlando
Content Warning: Descriptions of police violence Jennifer Carter, mother of Orlando Carter, Jr. joins host Chelsea Higgs Wise to discuss her son’s case. Orlando Carter, Jr., was 27 years old when he was a target of police violence this past new year’s eve. An incident which started as an alleged...
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Take Back the Land! : Land, Gentrification, and the Umoja Village Shantytown
Evictions and housing insecurity aren’t new issues in this country; since the beginning of European colonization of the Amerikas, displacement, forced encampment, and enslavement have been critical to sustaining the wealth of a small number of white male settlers. The foundation of this U.S....
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Fire To The Prisons: Igniting the Plantation Through Inside-Outside Solidarity
The movement for the abolition of slavery, which includes the dismantling of prisons and policing, has never had a shortage of prisoner resistance. The legacy of those like Harriet Tubman and Nat Turner—who inspired free people to join them in a struggle for collective liberation, all while...
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Canaan: when i read your letter, I feel your voice, with Nastassja Swift
For the week of June 9, 2021 Race Capitol interviews @nastassjaebony , an artist from Virginia who has a must-see production, Canaan: when I read your letter, I Hear Your Voice. Her show is brought to us by the @_canfoundation and will be shown at a FORMER COURTHOUSE in Hampton Virginia. Her...
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Free the People: From RVA to Palestine (feat. Michael Kamel, Siona Peterous and Noura Erakat)
This week on Race Capitol, we talk about solidarity from #RVA to #Palestine with journalist Siona Peterous and filmmaker and photographer Michael Kamel, the co-hosts of the @ownyourstories podcast. Our dialogue centers creative and artistic tactics of resistance - from reclaimed spaces, to…
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Whats the Tea on CRB? (feat. Jewel Gatling & Angela Fontaine of RVA Civilian Review Board Taskforce)
This week on Race Capitol, we spill the tea on the CRB! We talk with Jewel Gatling + Angela Fontaine of the Richmond Civilian Review Board Taskforce to discuss how the taskforce came about, the barriers that they are facing, the obstacles they’ve overcome, and what we can expect moving forward.…
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Maroon Grove Freedom Farm- Solidarity with Sussex
This week on Race Capitol, Juniper (@wetland_maroon) from Maroon Grove Freedom Farms discusses their call to action this Thursday at Sussex City Council to #StopTheQuarry. The council will hear comments regarding the newest quarry being proposed by Titan MidAtlantic Aggregates. Tune in to hear…
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Remembering Marcus-David Peters 3 Years Later
This week on Race Capitol, we revisit audio from our very first episode in 2018 -- talking about justice for Marcus-David Peters. This Friday, May 14th, 2021 marks three years since Marcus-David Peters was killed by Richmond police officer Michael Nyantakyi while suffering a mental health crisis....
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Change The Game, Lady Burrs State Bball Champs
This week, Race Capitol interviewed the West Catholic Lady Burrs Girls Basketball team, the 2020-2021 PIAA Class AAA Girls Pennsylvania State Champions. Joining us to dive into their journey is Daziy Wilson, Ti’Eisha Walker, Patience Sanders, and Coach Beulah Osueke. Coach Osueke not only led the...
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JUSTICE FOR BLACK LIVES RVA: PART 2
The movement for Black lives and liberation is more than just a Chauvin verdict. Throughout the summer, calls for justice extended far beyond police convictions, this week on Race Capitol we revisit archived audio from the streets of Richmond in the summer of 2020 and ground ourselves in the…
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Richmond Gentrification with Damon Harris
Damon Harris of Tealhouse Company joins Chelsea Higgs Wise to discuss what he sees is stopping Black homeowners, renters and eager home buyers from finding affordable homes. During the show you'll hear a clip from Omari Al-Qadaffi of Leaders of the New South. His comments come from the…
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Protect Our Web (feat. UR Black Student Coalition Coordinating Committee)
This week on Race Capitol, co-host Chelsea Higgs Wise interviewed four members of the UR Black Student Coalition Coordinating Committee who are organizing the UR disaffiliation starting tomorrow, March 25, 2021 @protectourweb. Thank you to Shira Greer, Jesse Amankwaah, Jordyn Lofton, and Simone...
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environmental injustice II
Caring for the land is resistance to whiteness. The accelerating climate catastrophe calls upon us to reestablish a relationship to the Earth, as well as connect the struggles of the land to the broader movement for total liberation. This week on Race Capitol we explore the many ways the Amerikan...
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Reclamation East End: Resisting the Recreation Plantation (feat. Brian Palmer)
This week on Race Capitol, tune in to our latest: "Reclamation East End: Resisting the Recreation Plantation", where we dive into an in-depth interview with Brian Palmer of the Friend of the East End, about his entry into the work of reclaiming East End Cemetery and archiving Richmond Black...
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Mothers of Gynocology: Birth of a Nation REMIX ft. Michelle Browder
This week, we start off Women’s History month by bringing you a remix of our Birth of a Nation episode from 2020. Montgomery’s own Michelle Browder, is an advocate working to honor our Mothers of Gynecology, Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey, who were the enslaved Afrikan women whose suffering and…
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Reefer Revolution (part 3): No New Crimes
Today on Race Capitol, are you ready for the #ReeferRevolution? Tune in to hear all the details of the new crimes in the "legalization" bills from our co-host Chelsea Higgs Wise of Marijuana Justice VA. We get some tips about applying for a license from DMV-based cannabis lawyer Sulee Stinson…
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REEFER REVOLUTION PART 2: Legalization or Re-criminalization?
This week on Race Capitol, issa Reefer Revolution! Part 2! Our February 18th episode features Valerie Slater from RISE for Youth and first hand accounts of racist marijuana policing from Richmond Hip Hop legend Micheal Millions, VCU Grad and historian Asia Medley, plus Mike Thomas, Black Farmer…
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'til we don't live in a police state (pt. 2): exploring vcu pd + rpd's relationship
This Black history month, we will be focusing on the work that’s been done in the recent past for liberation and the present struggle to get free here in the fallen capitol of the confederacy. Today, we examine the work being done around police transparency and interrogating the relationship...
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'til we don't live in a police state: a conversation
This week on Race Capitol, we talk about the state of the police state. with members of Virginia Student Power Network, Mikey Ramlogan, Mikki Charles, and Sarandon Elliot about the youth anti-policing movement. Organizer and cultural critic Amber Starks joins us to dig deeper into policing under...
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VA Leg 411
This week on Race Capitol, tune in to the #VaLeg updates. With special guests Luca Suede Connolly from the Richmond Bail Fund to discuss how to oppose the anti-bail fund bill in the house and omari al-qadaffi from Leaders of the New South. to talk about the multiple pieces of housing legislation...
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2021: Fascist Insurrections, COVID-19, Evictions, & Riding While Black
This week on Race Capitol, we talk about 2021. The fascist insurrection, COVID-19 pandemic, mounting evictions, and an update on the GRTC complaint filed by community activist, Omari Al Qadaffi. For the first episode of 2021, all three hosts talk about the latest news in our reframe and provide...
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Birth of a Nation: Mothers of Gynecology
This week on Race Capitol, we talk about The Mothers of Gynecology, Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey who are being memorialized with a new monument being erected by Michelle Browder and her team “I am More Than” in Montgomery, Alabama. Our convo covers some history of racist medical research and the…
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REEFER REVOLUTION: Racial Equity in Virginia Marijuana Legislation
This week on Race Capitol, we are talking about the REEFER REVOLUTION! join our hosts as we talk about how to #legalizeitright in Virginia with Mary Pryor, co-founder of Cannaclusive, and Chelsea Higgs Wise, show host and Executive Director of Marijuana Justice Virginia! Are you ready for the...
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Solidarity Forever feat Melanin Mvskoke and Mark Herrera
November 25, 2020, on our episode “Solidarity Forever”, hosts Chelsea and Kalia talk to Afro-Indigenous activists in Portland Melanin Msvkoke (@melaninmvskoke) and Mark Herrera (@MarkAnthony195) about the critical role of Black and indigenous solidarity in our collective movement for total...
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Organizing for Autonomy: A Dialogue
This week on Race Capitol, we will speak with members of the Richmond chapter of CounterPower, a US-based communist organization, about their book “Organizing for Autonomy: History, Theory, and Strategy for Collective Liberation” and about the role of militant research in creating a world that...
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REVOLUTION !! IS ALIVE !!!
Why all the kids are Communists (PT. 2) Race Capitol co-host, @naaayonce sits down with feminist, abolitionist youth voices to discuss moving past elections and into revolution. Joining us is Asma Alomari (@halalsoulfood + @lilradlibrary ), Natalie Romero (@nisantas_niputas ), Sarin Glenn...
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Burn Down The American Plantation
ll three hosts join the Reframe and the first ever Race Capitol Book Talk that features the book: BURN DOWN THE AMERICAN PLANTATION. Hear the hosts give a synopsis on the book and how its relates to our place, space and time of Richmond, Virginia in 2020 as we build our freedom land and work...
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Project Innocence
Wednesday at 10am Tune in to “Project Innocence” where Race Capitol interviews Jarrett Adams, a once wrongly accused man who was set free by the help of the innocence project and now a lawyer fighting for Terrence Richardson and Ferrone Claibourne right here in Virginia. In 1998, a police officer...
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Organizing Through The Divide
This week Race we discuss Organizing through the Divide. Chels talks to author Dr. Peter Rachleff & labor educator Bill Fletcher Jr about how the institutions of Richmond have worked strategically to divide the movement and how the Lee Monument represents the literal fight in the court and the...
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Race Capitol Roundtable With Frank Hunt
Wednesday 10am on WRIR Race Capitol Roundtable comes to the airwaves, featuring Frank Hunt who shares his story of being hit by an RPD rubber bullet in the eye this summer. The hosts revisit this Monday’s Richmond City Council vote to strict the public comment to ban the use of military weapons…
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Race Capitol Roundtable: VA BAN TEARGAS
Catch up to the race Capitol Roundtable where we discuss the upcoming legislation for Richmond City Council, a resolution to ban military grade weapons. The full council is set to strike the resolution from the agenda without hearing public comment. We need the public to push the council to hear...
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DEMILITARIZE RPD
This week at 10am Race Capitol interrogates the fallen capital of the Confederacy’s resistance to de-militarizing the Richmond City Police Department. We revisit the July 28th City Council’s Public Safety Committee meeting that heard a resolution patronized by Councilman Jones to ban non-lethal...
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When Is My Punishment Unconstitutional?
This week guests on Race Capitol ask the question, “When Is My Punishment Unconstitutional?” We welcome Jessica Moore who is best friends with Virgil Tucker, Jr. Tucker is a Richmonder who is currently advocating for his life in the Richmond City “Justice” Center. Plus Christopher Rashad Green of...
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Revolution with a Hard "R"
Tune in at 10am on @wrir973 This week on Race Capitol we discuss oppression and stare repression in our movement with guest King Salim Khalfani, accompanied by clips featuring the voices of activist Kimberly Jones and sholar and academic Dr Angela Davis. Catch the entire episode on your favorite...
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COVID on VA Campuses
Today’s show includes audio from a press conference put on by the Virginia Student Power Network on Monday September 14, 2020. Today’s guests include Ibby Han of Virginia Student Power Network, Taylor Maloney of VCU, Kibiriti Majuto and Sidney Miralao of The College of William & Mary, Sarandon...
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Beyond The Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Race Capitol explores the steps of Black Liberation and the diversity of tactics while navigating the non-profit industrial complex. All three hosts join this week to discuss the complexities and dynamics of the institution that appears to hold influence over perceived progress. Readings:...
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Free Them All Rewind
After Richmond Police Department violently attack demonstrators on 9.1.2020 at the Richmond City "Justice" Center, we are re-airing with a short intro into the current. Listen to the options of our officials to address the pandemic impacting our siblings incarcerated. See video from the police...
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Criminalizing Black Behavior - History with Dr. Utsey
Dr. Shawn Utsey joins the show to give information about his presentation that he gave to the Mayor's Taskforce for Re-Imagining Public Safety. Dr. Utsey explains that he doesn't think the Mayor's team heard him but we are listening to the detailed history and psychological pathology that has led...
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Why All The Kids Are Communists (and You Should Be Too!)
This week on Race Capitol, co-host Naomi Isaac talks with Sarin Glenn from Powershift Network, Virginia Student Power Network alumna, Aida Campos, VCU Student Power organizer, Taylor Maloney, and the librarian of the richmond based Lil Rad Library, Asma, to gain their perspective on the...
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ABOLISH ICE: DEFEND BLACK LIVES
Aug 5, 2020 Race Capitol aligns #BLM to the Black Immigrant experience. Chelsea Higgs Wise interview Sylvie Bello from Cameroon American Council on their 10 year fight and what it feels like to balance the pandemics of constructed physical and social health disparities. Race Capitol also invites...
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Call Out Colette: 2019 Throwback
This week Race Capitol gets some radical rest and airs a previously recorded episode and asks the listener to hear for the promises that the city of Richmond still awaits to be met. Richmond's Commonwealth Attorney's office has not had a competitive race since 2005 and has also not convicted any...
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#NoCopZone : Police OUT of Schools
On today’s #NoCopZone episode, we talk about getting police OUT of our schools with RPS teacher + @RichmondForAll organizer Jessica Shim, @RISEforYouth organizer Stephanie Younger (@blaquewomanist) + executive director Valerie Slater (@Valerie__Slater) The show airs every Wednesday at 10am on…
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Shut It Down Richmond
July 15, 2020 The hosts offer a Capitol Catch up for Race Capitol listeners on topics like the Robert E Lee Statue on Monument Avenue, the state of Virginia Evictions with Steve Fischbach from Virginia Law Poverty Center, plus the TWO task forces being talked about in the city of Richmond and...
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Race Capitol interrogates racial narratives in Richmond, Virginia, the former capitol of the Confederacy. www.racecapitol.com @RaceCapitolThree Black feminist organizers deliver activist radio every Wednesday at 10am on WRIR LP 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio. Episodes loaded weekly. Created by: Chelsea Higgs Wise (she/her) Co-Hosts: Naomi Isaac (they/them) & Kalia Harris (she/her)
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