Welcome to The Journey Continues, a Cities United Podcast. Cities United is a national network that supports Mayors, Community leaders and young leaders from all across the country who are all committed to creating safe healthy and hopeful neighborhoods for young black men and boys. Sponsored by Levi Strauss & Co.

Welcome to The Journey Continues, a Cities United Podcast. Cities United is a national network that supports Mayors, Community leaders and young leaders from all across the country who are all committed to creating safe healthy and hopeful neighborhoods for young black men and boys. This episode is a recent conversation between Principal of Philanthropy Unbound, Renee Joslyn and our executive director, Anthony Smith. Tune in as they look back of the first 10 years of their organizations, share perspective on black philanthropy and speak to the future of collective impact in this work. Sponsored by Levi Strauss & Co.

Welcome to The Journey Continues, a Cities United Podcast. Cities United is a national network that supports Mayors, Community leaders and young leaders from all across the country who are all committed to creating safe healthy and hopeful neighborhoods for young black men and boys. Sponsored by Levi Strauss & Co.

Welcome to The Journey Continues, a Cities United Podcast. Cities United is a national network that supports Mayors, Community leaders and young leaders from all across the country who are all committed to creating safe healthy and hopeful neighborhoods for young black men and boys. Sponsored by Levi Strauss & Co.

Welcome to The Journey Continues, a Cities United Podcast. Cities United is a national network that supports Mayors, Community leaders and young leaders from all across the country who are all committed to creating safe healthy and hopeful neighborhoods for young black men and boys. On today’s episode, we talk to politician and organizer Rep. Charles Booker. Rep. Booker is an organizer, activist and advocate for the next generation of wave-makers and establishment challengers. Noting his races for the Kentucky House of Representatives and US Senate, we discuss the importance the partnership of grassroots organizers and elected officials to push this work forward. For more information on the Hood To Holler, visit https://hoodtotheholler.org/ To stay up to date on the happenings of Cities United, visit CitiesUnited.org and subscribe to our newsletter. Sponsored by Levi Strauss & Co.

Welcome to The Journey Continues, a Cities United Podcast. Cities United is a national network that supports Mayors, Community leaders and young leaders from all across the country who are all committed to creating safe healthy and hopeful neighborhoods for young black men and boys. On today’s episode, you’ll hear from two organizers who bring different perspectives to the work of reimagining public safety. Elle Hearns (@soulfreedreams) is an organizer, speaker, strategist, and writer. Currently leading the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, Elle has committed her life to fighting for the rights of trans-people. Quaniqua Cathan-Love (@Kew2_u)is the Director of Planning and Programming for Cities United and gives an organization understanding of how to better approach the conversation of public safety and tools we can use. This conversation will give us perspective on their lenses of what Public Safety is and what it could look like in the future. Let’s get to know Elle and Quaniqua. Let’s understand who they are, where they are and why they do it. For more information on the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, visit MarshaP.org To stay up to date on the happenings of Cities United, visit CitiesUnited.org and subscribe to our newsletter. Sponsored by Levi Strauss & Co.

Welcome to The Journey Continues, a Cities United Podcast. Cities United is a national network that supports Mayors, Community leaders and young leaders from all across the country who are all committed to creating safe healthy and hopeful neighborhoods for young black men and boys. On today’s episode, you’ll hear from six key stakeholders from throughout our network from diverse backgrounds from all across the country. They will help us examine the current state of our country as we deal with a global pandemic and the uprising in the fight for justice for black lives, at the loss of life of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade and the countless names of so many others lost to police violence and community violence. This conversation will not only help us get grounded in what’s going on today but also give us a path forward to some key solutions, key policy suggestions but also where we can find hope and light in this work. Let’s get to know Jamira, Jailen, Tonya, Ricky, Chasity and Melron. Let’s understand who they are, where they are and why they do it. Sponsored by Levi Strauss & Co.