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Today on Sojourner Truth:Protests turn their attention to tearing down monuments that represent the racist past of the United States and Europe. On Monday, June 22, protesters tried to tear down the monument of Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C. They were met with brutal force by metro police. To discuss resistance to colonial monuments, our guest is Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz. She is a historian, author, memoirist, and speaker who researches Western Hemisphere history and international human rights.Meanwhile, there will be a private funeral today for Rayshard Brooks, the man who was shot and killed by police in Atlanta. The Mayor of Atlanta, a vice presidential hopeful on the Biden ticket, tries to keep the lid on protests in her city. Our guest is Mary Hooks is Co-Director of Southerners On New Ground (SONG). SONG is a home for LGBTQ liberation across all lines of race, class, abilities, age, culture, gender, and sexuality in the South.Also, the U.S. is returning Haitian death squad leader Emmanuel Constant back to Haiti. In 2001, a Haitian court convicted him in absentia and sentenced him to life in prison for his role in the Raboteau Massacre. Our guest is human rights lawyer Brian Concannon. He is the Director of Project Blueprint, which works for a progressive, human rights-based U.S. foreign policy.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Protests turn their attention to tearing down monuments that represent the racist past of the United States and Europe. On Monday, June 22, protesters tried to tear down the monument of Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C. They were met with brutal force by metro police. To discuss resistance to colonial monuments, our guest is Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz. She is a historian, author, memoirist, and speaker who researches Western Hemisphere history and international human rights. Meanwhile, there will be a private funeral today for Rayshard Brooks, the man who was shot and killed by police in Atlanta. The Mayor of Atlanta, a vice presidential hopeful on the Biden ticket, tries to keep the lid on protests in her city. Our guest is Mary Hooks is Co-Director of Southerners On New Ground (SONG). SONG is a home for LGBTQ liberation across all lines of race, class, abilities, age, culture, gender, and sexuality in the South. Also, the U.S. is returning Haitian death squad leader Emmanuel Constant back to Haiti. In 2001, a Haitian court convicted him in absentia and sentenced him to life in prison for his role in the Raboteau Massacre. Our guest is human rights lawyer Brian Concannon. He is the Director of Project Blueprint, which works for a progressive, human rights-based U.S. foreign policy.

Brian Concannon On Emmanuel Constant's Deportation to Haiti

Sojourner Truth Radio: June 23, 2020 - Atlanta Uprising, Colonial Monuments, Emmanuel Constant

Today on Sojourner Truth:An update on COVID-19 as the U.S. has now surpassed the 100,000 milestone in the number of deaths.For our Weekly Earth Watch, we speak with Amy Kober about the relationship between COVID-19 and water contamination. Amy is the Vice President for Communications at American Rivers, a national river conservation organization. She has led successful communications campaigns for high-profile river restoration, protection and clean water priorities, and directs Americas Most Endangered Rivers, one of the best-known public engagement initiatives in the conservation community.The Trump administration is attempting to deport a death squad leader back to Haiti. Emmanuel Toto Constant was serving time in a U.S. prison for crimes committed on U.S. soil after he fled Haiti. There is an outcry against his return. Who is Emmanuel Constant and why is there opposition to his return? We speak with human rights attorney Brian Concanan. Brian is the Director of Project Blueprint, which works for a progressive, human rights-based U.S. foreign policy. Brian has worked on human rights in Haiti for 25 years, including co-managing the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (Office of International Lawyers, or BAI) in Port-au-Prince Haiti from 1996-2004, and founding the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), which he directed from 2004-2019.

Today on Sojourner Truth: An update on COVID-19 as the U.S. has now surpassed the 100,000 milestone in the number of deaths. For our Weekly Earth Watch, we speak with Amy Kober about the relationship between COVID-19 and water contamination. Amy is the Vice President for Communications at American Rivers, a national river conservation organization. She has led successful communications campaigns for high-profile river restoration, protection and clean water priorities, and directs Americas Most Endangered Rivers, one of the best-known public engagement initiatives in the conservation community. The Trump administration is attempting to deport a death squad leader back to Haiti. Emmanuel Toto Constant was serving time in a U.S. prison for crimes committed on U.S. soil after he fled Haiti. There is an outcry against his return. Who is Emmanuel Constant and why is there opposition to his return? We speak with human rights attorney Brian Concanan. Brian is the Director of Project Blueprint, which works for a progressive, human rights-based U.S. foreign policy. Brian has worked on human rights in Haiti for 25 years, including co-managing the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (Office of International Lawyers, or BAI) in Port-au-Prince Haiti from 1996-2004, and founding the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), which he directed from 2004-2019.

Brian Concannon On Emmanuel Constant & Human Rights In Haiti