In this episode of Hard Knock we speak with George Galvis the executive director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice also known as (CURYJ) about the Grand Opening of the organization’s new Youth Power Zone in the heart of Oakland’s Fruitvale Village.
In 2020, CURYJ launched an ambitious expansion campaign centered on the concept of the Youth Power Zone—an antithesis to the systemic disempowerment caused by policies like the gang injunction. These zones are envisioned as comprehensive alternatives to traditional systems of policing and incarceration, uplifting and honoring all youth as sacred. They are spaces that promote power, belonging, and healing. The Youth Power Zone in Fruitvale will serve as a model for community-led healing justice, one that can be replicated across the country.
Later we hear from Poor News Network about America’s ongoing assault on disenfranchised communities. As towards the end of program political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal reads a messages of solidarity to Water Defenders by Leonard Peltier, who is a political prisoner.
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.