Davey speaks with long-time organizer Lateefah Simon about the concept of Public Safety. Lateefah Simon is an elected member of the Bay Area Rapid Transit board of directors and the president of MeadowFund. Later we look at Hip-Hop turning 50 with an archival interview featuring DJ Kool Herc, the Godfather of Hip-Hop. Hard Knock Radio … Continued
We speak with Jacque Lukman about the nomination hearings of Ketanji Brown Jackson. We also speak with Lateefah Simon about her returned to the BART Board of Directors after being briefly removed due to a dispute over whether she lives in the district she represents.
Wonderfully inspiring and invigorating words from passionate and skilled women activists! Yee-HA!!! Hosted by Kris Welch.
We speak with Lateefah Simon and Hodari B. Davis about the education inequalities and the impacts on Black students. Guests: Lateefah Simon is a nationally recognized advocate for civil rights and racial justice in Oakland and the Bay Area. She has been the President of Akonadi Foundation since 2016. That same year—driven by Oscar Grant’s death—she … Continued
Michael Hutchinson talks about police attacking parents at school board meeting in Oakland. Lateefah Simon discusses B.A.R.T’s ban on busking and panhandling and a look at America’s War on the Poor with Poor News Network.
We talk to BART Board supervisor Lateefah Simon about Black girls being attacked and trouble with BART We talk with Jessica Knowland who heads up The Young Girls Freedom coalition about Justice for Jessica, St Louis
