#SundayCivics
#SundayCivics is a weekly show that teaches civic education and engagement using the current political landscape.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Episodes
- 50
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Episode 217: Building the Bench
Judges. L. Joy has discussed their importance before in our “Who We Elect” series. Whether they are appointed or elected, local, state, or federal, judges are making decisions that affect our lives. …
Mon 01 May 2023
Episode 216: Free Market Myths
Dispelling myths that range from misconceptions to outright fallacies, has been an ongoing theme at the front of the #SundayCivics class. This time, fiercely held myths around capitalism, free market…
Fri 21 Apr 2023
Episode 215: Trafficking in the Fear of Crime
Crime, crime, crime! We all want to be safe, but are our politicians using crime to fearmonger, influencing our choices? What is the truth about bail reform in the states that have enacted it? How do…
Fri 21 Apr 2023
Episode 214: A History of Black Freedom, Black Citizenship, and White Rage
L. Joy’s mission to ensure that we have the history, context, and tools to be civically engaged continues with this lesson with the dynamic Professor Carol Anderson at the front of the class. They ta…
Mon 10 Apr 2023
Episode 213: Black Maternal Health & Reproductive Justice
Has L. Joy discussed Black maternal health and reproductive justice before? Yes, multiple times. And as long as there is such deep confusion, much of it manufactured, around the issue, L. Joy will co…
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Episode 212 Engaging & Base Building
Exactly what should we be doing in between Presidential elections? We should be engaging and base building to ensure our communities are knowledgeable and ready to cast their vote as well as advance …
Fri 10 Mar 2023
Episode 211: The Need For Paid Family Leave
Work. We all do it because we have bills to pay. But what happens when an unexpected emergency occurs and you need time away from work-hopefully paid time? To discuss work, the Family and Medical Lea…
Thu 16 Feb 2023
Episode 210:A Plan For Basic Human Rights
The United Nations is an international organization, but can it be used as a tool on the path to human and civil rights here for Black people in America? To explain if this is possible, L. Joy brings…
Thu 16 Feb 2023
Episode 209: The Constitution-Its Power And Obligations
The Constitution, it is said, is a living, breathing document. L. Joy brings Sherrilyn Ifill to the front of the class to give us a framework to understand the power and obligations of the Constitut…
Tue 31 Jan 2023
Episode 208: Inclusionary Zoning
L. Joy shares with us tools we can use to follow budget money and elections in our local areas. And she brings Lauren Bealore of Prosperity Now to the front of the class to discuss The Zoning In repo…
Tue 24 Jan 2023
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