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For The Movement

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Lago in the Morning

Guy Kawasaki

Benjamin Crump

Angela Yee

Pete Buttigieg

Adam Schiff

Nick Loper

Jessica Rosenworcel

Jason Johnson

Peter Shankman

Damon Young

Greg Smith

Gwen Jimmere

T. Boone Pickens

Paul C. Brunson

DeRay Mckesson

OwlTail

Dave Evins calls in with a sports report and Lago talks with Blake, Dale Rankin and Jason Towns about early voting, the ten propositions on the ballot, skydiving, and more.

Dale Rankin & Jason Towns in the Box

Marc Morial

Vie Kaufman

This week strayed from our usual format to talk with key people in the Urban League Movement and fight for economic parity and social justice. We’ve asked our guests to share their personal accounts and reflection of their time in the civil rights and Urban League Movement, as well as their take on the State of Black America. Our guests are Damon Young (Very Smart Brothas), Hugh Price (Aspen Institute), Benjamin Crump (Civil Rights Attorney), Marc H. Morial (National Urban League), Jason Towns (Venture Capitalist), Angela Yee (The Breakfast Club), and Vie Kaufman (Urban League Historian). Mentioned in This Episode: Reflecting on the history of the Urban League Movement and the State of Black America Chronicling The Movement from the 60s until now Hugh Price, former president of the National Urban League (1994-2003), Aspen Institute Commissioner, and author of This African American Life Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League and former Mayor of New Orleans Vie Kaufman, National Urban League Historian (1972- present) Black Lives Matter and technology has helped to progress and curtail abuses in police abuse The debate around affirmative action in the 90s The importance of continuing to put pressure on government to move the needle There’s no entitlement to exist. You must adapt and progress Urban League helped people that were a part of the great migration to get into the mainstream Urban League opened the doors to nontraditional jobs for women What is the response when people say the Urban League is a middle class organization? Corporations recruiting at HBCUs was a pioneering effort of the Urban League in 1950s How important is it that the civil rights community work together? Vision for the future of the Urban League and The Movement Reframing and rebranding the Urban League Early days of the Urban League’s fight for police reform Embrace the digital age and world Me Too Movement The power of African American women Finding housing and jobs for people through Urban League programs How civil rights organizations play together and false narratives about how groups work together There’s no tension between legacy organizations and Black Lives Matter. Don’t believe the hype Bring the Movement to Washington Race relations in America Are you in the fight? Voter education Our job as civil right advocates is work our way out of a job Young Professionals National Urban League Guild Chocolate City by Dr. Derek Musgrove Vernon Jordan John Jacobs Whitney M. Young Ed Lewis, Essence Magazine Rev. Al Sharpton organizing President Bill Clinton on police violence Rev. Jesse Jackson Johnny Cochran Janet Reno Former White House Counsel Charles Ruff Dick Gregory Former Congressman John Conyers Former Attorney General Eric Holder Bill O'Reilly Historically Black Colleges and Universities Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Leadership Conference for NAACP Defense Fund League of Women Voters National Council on LaRaza Anti-defamation League Democratic Convention in 1984 Anti-apartheid Movement Justice Thurgood Marshall last case Howard University School of Communications Freedman Hospital Tuskegee University Amherst College University of Pennsylvania Georgetown University School of Law Contact and Follow: Web: #ForTheMovement Email: podcast@nul.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/NULpolicy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NULPolicy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NULPolicy Marc’s Twitter: @MarcMorial Don’s Twitter: @DCravins Kim’s Twitter: @kayellea Jordun’s Twitter: @_jordun

This week strayed from our usual format to talk with key people in the Urban League Movement and fight for economic parity and social justice. We’ve asked our guests to share their personal accounts and reflection of their time in the civil rights and Urban League Movement, as well as their take on the State of Black America. Our guests are Damon Young (Very Smart Brothas), Hugh Price (Aspen Institute), Benjamin Crump (Civil Rights Attorney), Marc H. Morial (National Urban League), Jason Towns (Venture Capitalist), Angela Yee (The Breakfast Club), and Vie Kaufman (Urban League Historian). Mentioned in This Episode: Reflecting on the history of the Urban League Movement and the State of Black America Chronicling The Movement from the 60s until now Hugh Price, former president of the National Urban League (1994-2003), Aspen Institute Commissioner, and author of This African American Life Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League and former Mayor of New Orleans Vie Kaufman, National Urban League Historian (1972- present) Black Lives Matter and technology has helped to progress and curtail abuses in police abuse The debate around affirmative action in the 90s The importance of continuing to put pressure on government to move the needle There’s no entitlement to exist. You must adapt and progress Urban League helped people that were a part of the great migration to get into the mainstream Urban League opened the doors to nontraditional jobs for women What is the response when people say the Urban League is a middle class organization? Corporations recruiting at HBCUs was a pioneering effort of the Urban League in 1950s How important is it that the civil rights community work together? Vision for the future of the Urban League and The Movement Reframing and rebranding the Urban League Early days of the Urban League’s fight for police reform Embrace the digital age and world Me Too Movement The power of African American women Finding housing and jobs for people through Urban League programs How civil rights organizations play together and false narratives about how groups work together There’s no tension between legacy organizations and Black Lives Matter. Don’t believe the hype Bring the Movement to Washington Race relations in America Are you in the fight? Voter education Our job as civil right advocates is work our way out of a job Young Professionals National Urban League Guild Chocolate City by Dr. Derek Musgrove Vernon Jordan John Jacobs Whitney M. Young Ed Lewis, Essence Magazine Rev. Al Sharpton organizing President Bill Clinton on police violence Rev. Jesse Jackson Johnny Cochran Janet Reno Former White House Counsel Charles Ruff Dick Gregory Former Congressman John Conyers Former Attorney General Eric Holder Bill O'Reilly Historically Black Colleges and Universities Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Leadership Conference for NAACP Defense Fund League of Women Voters National Council on LaRaza Anti-defamation League Democratic Convention in 1984 Anti-apartheid Movement Justice Thurgood Marshall last case Howard University School of Communications Freedman Hospital Tuskegee University Amherst College University of Pennsylvania Georgetown University School of Law Contact and Follow: Web: #ForTheMovement Email: podcast@nul.org Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/NULpolicy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/NULpolicy</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NULPolicy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/NULPolicy</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/NULPolicy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/NULPolicy</a> Marc’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/marcmorial?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@MarcMorial</a> Don’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/dcravins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@DCravins</a> Kim’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/kayellea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@kayellea</a> Jordun’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/_jordun" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@_jordun</a>

Reflecting on The Movement and the State of Black America | Damon Young, Hugh Price, Benjamin Crump, Marc Morial, Jason Towns, Angela Yee, Vie Kaufman

 "I'm dedicating my life to supporting entrepreneurship in our communities and making sure that we're not only supporting our top performing founders from non-traditional communities...but that I'm also doing the work of inspiring our young people to pursue startup life as an option"   Jason Towns is the director of residency with CODE2040, whose mission is to create access, awareness, and opportunities for top Black and Latino/a engineering talent to ensure their leadership in the innovation economy. Jason has 15 years of experience as a founder and advisor to startups, campaigns and nonprofits. Before heading to the Silicon Valley, he sat on the Washington, DC Mayor’s Tech Roundtable and served as an advisor to Digital DC, an initiative formed to promote and invest in the continued growth of DC’s tech ecosystem. Jason is a lifetime learner committed to the idea that technology can be a great equalizer and served as a CODE for Progress Fellow, focused on creating software to tackle large scale social issues. Jason and I chat about:  The importance of diversity in tech Issues surrounding launching a startup, including team building The role of women and women of color in tech Current events and diversity initiatives in tech, including Project Diane, Stanford's new free tuition program and the launch of Tidal by Jay-Z and others Where Jason and I disagree on the best hip hop album And much, much more     Tweetworthy! I just learned so much from @jhtdc of @CODE2040. My biggest takeaway was... Click above to tweet at Jason and share your greatest takeaway from his interview! Resources from our conversation: CODE2040' s website has all of their information including for the Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Fellows program Connect with Jason and CODE2040 on social media: Jason Towns Twitter - @jhtdc CODE2040 Twitter - @CODE2040 CODE2040 Instagram - @CODE2040 Free tuition for Stanford students Learn more about ProjectDiane DC Code for Progress DC Web Women R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center in Southeast Washington, DC Each week we highlight a woman-owned business in her own words-FOR FREE. If you would like to be featured in an upcoming episode and here on our website email [email protected] with your questions and comments. Michelle Y. Talbert is an author, recovering attorney and the curator of the Her Power Hustle Community. She’s passionate about networking and relationships and writes on business and entrepreneurship topics for a number of sites, including Black Enterprise and Killer Startups. Her new ebook, ‘Why White Guys Having Fun Make Great Mentors for Black Women,” (2015) chronicles advice and mentorship for Black women in business gleaned from her conversations with Guy Kawasaki, Peter Shankman and other guys in business having fun and at the top of their industries.     Fill out the form below for more information on having your business featured for FREE on an upcoming episode of the Her Power Hustle Podcast

<a href="http://www.herpowerhustle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Her-Power-Hustle-Podcast-Diversity-in-Tech-CODE2040.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> "I'm dedicating my life to supporting entrepreneurship in our communities and making sure that we're not only supporting our top performing founders from non-traditional communities...but that I'm also doing the work of inspiring our young people to pursue startup life as an option" Jason Towns is the director of residency with CODE2040, whose mission is to create access, awareness, and opportunities for top Black and Latino/a engineering talent to ensure their leadership in the innovation economy. Jason has 15 years of experience as a founder and advisor to startups, campaigns and nonprofits. Before heading to the Silicon Valley, he sat on the Washington, DC Mayor’s Tech Roundtable and served as an advisor to Digital DC, an initiative formed to promote and invest in the continued growth of DC’s tech ecosystem. Jason is a lifetime learner committed to the idea that technology can be a great equalizer and served as a CODE for Progress Fellow, focused on creating software to tackle large scale social issues. Jason and I chat about: <ul> <li>The importance of diversity in tech</li> <li>Issues surrounding launching a startup, including team building</li> <li>The role of women and women of color in tech</li> <li>Current events and diversity initiatives in tech, including Project Diane, Stanford's new free tuition program and the launch of Tidal by Jay-Z and others</li> <li>Where Jason and I disagree on the best hip hop album</li> <li>And much, much more</li> </ul> <a href="http://ctt.ec/5dV20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://ctt.ec/5dV20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tweetworthy!</a> <a href="http://ctt.ec/PV1UI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I just learned so much from @jhtdc of @CODE2040. My biggest takeaway was...</a> Click above to tweet at Jason and share your greatest takeaway from his interview! Resources from our conversation: <a href="http://www.code2040.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CODE2040' s website</a> has all of their information including for the Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Fellows program Connect with Jason and CODE2040 on social media: Jason Towns Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/jhtdc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@jhtdc</a> CODE2040 Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/code2040" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@CODE2040</a> CODE2040 Instagram - <a href="https://instagram.com/code2040/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@CODE2040</a> <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/stanford-extends-free-tuition-to-more-middle-class-students-1428087257" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free tuition for Stanford students</a> Learn more about <a href="http://projectdiane.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ProjectDiane</a> <a href="http://www.codeforprogress.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DC Code for Progress</a> <a href="http://dcwebwomen.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DC Web Women</a> <a href="http://stelizabethseast.com/rise-dc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center</a> in Southeast Washington, DC Each week we highlight a woman-owned business in her own words-FOR FREE. If you would like to be featured in an upcoming episode and here on our website email <a href="../../../cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> with your questions and comments. Michelle Y. Talbert is an author, recovering attorney and the curator of the Her Power Hustle Community. She’s passionate about networking and relationships and writes on business and entrepreneurship topics for a number of sites, including Black Enterprise and Killer Startups. Her new ebook, ‘Why White Guys Having Fun Make Great Mentors for Black Women,” (2015) chronicles advice and mentorship for Black women in business gleaned from her conversations with Guy Kawasaki, Peter Shankman and other guys in business having fun and at the top of their industries. Fill out the form below for more information on having your business featured for FREE on an upcoming episode of the <a href="http://herpowerhustle.com/itunes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Her Power Hustle Podcast</a>

HPH 015 - Diversity in Tech With Jason Towns of @CODE2040