During this episode we announce Senator Bobby Joe Champion's historic election as the first African American and first person of color as President of the Mn Senate. Senator Bobby Joe Champion attended North High School and graduated with degrees in Political Science and Law from Macalester College and William Mitchell College of Law. Champion is now a practicing attorney with skill sets in negotiation, extensive legal and business analysis, and advocacy. Champion is a lifelong resident of North Minneapolis and currently lives in the Lyn Park neighborhood with his wife Angela, a pharmacist, and their two sons.Champion has also worked for Flyte Tyme Productions and Flyte Tyme’s Grammy Award-winning producers Terry Lewis and James “Jimmy Jam” Harris.In his legal work, Champion has also served with Attorney General Keith Ellison, the Legal Rights Center, and as an Assistant Attorney General under both Skip Humphrey and Mike Hatch. Champion was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2008 and has been a diligent public servant in job creation, affordable housing, ending homelessness, transportation, conservation, combating climate change, education, healthcare, and equity and criminal justice reform. Champion has served in the Minnesota Senate since 2012. During the second half of this episode we speak with Communications Strategist Ja'Mon Kimbrough and Membership Programming Organizer Lexi Collins of Black Visions