Episode 10: Season Finale: Building Power with DEMOS President K. Sabeel Rahman and Recognizing a Historic Win in North Carolina

Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

In our season finale, Demos President K. Sabeel Rahman joins Hiba and Chevon for an exciting conversation addressing racial and economic inequities to boldly fight for the future of American democracy. Sabeel shares his experiences growing up as a first generation Muslim Bangladeshi-American to becoming an Associate Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School and his current role, leading the innovative work at Demos.

In the conversation, Sabeel talks to our hosts about the inspiration behind his books, Democracy Against Domination, and Civic Power, his take on the fight for constitutional law to be applied equitably, and the important reconciliatory work that will be essential beyond the November election.

Chevon and Hiba also talk about the recent win in Asheville, North Carolina which will see the city provide investment based reparations to its Black residents, and give a big shout out to our GARE (Government Alliance on Racial Equity) team members for their important contributions in this step towards racial justice.

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Season Two of Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast will premiere in mid-August, but in the meantime, stay tuned for a special bonus episode about our upcoming Facing Race 2020 announcement!

Resources (by order of mention)

In historic move, North Carolina city approves reparations for Black residents (via USA Today)

https://bit.ly/3hsI6SP

Asheville, NC, approves investment-based reparations for Black residents (via Twitter Moments)

https://twitter.com/i/events/1283493252067258368

Government Alliance on Race and Equity

https://www.racialequityalliance.org/

Demos

https://www.demos.org/

K. Sabeel Rahman (Demos Introductory Video)

https://bit.ly/2D0jJN2

Democracy Against Domination (Oxford University Press, 2016)
https://bit.ly/2ZRrle6

Civic Power (Cambridge University Press, 2019)

https://bit.ly/2Boh3bS

Uprising (via Demos)

https://www.demos.org/blog/uprising

We Need a Truth and Reconciliation Process for the Trump Era (via In These Times/ Demos)

https://www.demos.org/media/we-need-truth-and-reconciliation-process-trump-era

K. Sabeel Rahman (Twitter)

https://twitter.com/ksabeelrahman

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