#trymaine lee

[gwydionmisha]

#Trymaine Lee #Election 2022 #News

[ausetkmt]

Young Black voters talk politics ahead of November's midterms

Jul 31, 2022 MSNBC correspondent Trymaine Lee sat down with 3 HBCU students as part of an upcoming tour of HBCUs across the South. The students reveal what issues matter to them in the upcoming elections.

#Trymaine Lee #HBCU #Black Votes Matter #2022 elections #atlanta #Youtube

[panicinthestudio]

Pregnancy, Prison, and the End of Roe, Into America Podcast – Ep. 175

This week on Into America, Trymaine Lee looks at what it’s like to be pregnant behind bars in a post Roe v. Wade world. https://link.chtbl.com/ytepisode MSNBC

#MSNBC #Into America #Trymaine Lee #Roe v Wade #Dobbs v Jackson #prison #neglect #feminism #activism #accessibility #health care #right to health #reproductive health #reproductive rights #USA #podcast #Youtube

[msclaritea]

MSNBC USES A FELON IN THE LATEST ATTEMPT OF LYING TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT BIDEN.

#TRYMAINE LEE LIES TO PUBLIC #NBC LARPING FOR THE GOP

[racialprofila]

TONIGHT: Trymaine Lee and Charles Coleman Jr. host a new MSNBC special, “Black Men in America: The Road to 2024,” focused on the intersection of society, race and culture through the eyes of Black men in America.

http://dlvr.it/T2JdKy

[petnews2day]

MSNBC and Noticias Telemundo to host ‘National Day of Racial Healing’ town halls on Jan. 17 from New Orleans

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/Cp71S

MSNBC and Noticias Telemundo to host ‘National Day of Racial Healing’ town halls on Jan. 17 from New Orleans

Jan. 10, 2023 MSNBC’s Joy Reid, Chris Hayes and Trymaine Lee Host at 10 P.M. ET  Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Nikole Hannah-Jones and Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu Will Join the MSNBC Event  Noticias Telemundo to Stream Spanish Language Town Hall Moderated by Johana Suárez and Lori Montenegro at 7 P.M. ET   […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/Cp71S #OtherNews

#Other News

[midnightfunk]

#jeff sessions #attorney general #department of justice #consent decree #all in with chris hayes #chris hayes #msnbc #private prisons #trymaine lee

[owletstarlet]

(I’ve seen a lot of posts criticizing/making fun of Woke White People™️ for “just reading books” about antiracism instead of enacting actual change. Of course reading a book is not going to enact actual change, but it’s so, so so important to read the damn books anyways. We’ve got a massive amount of unlearning and rewiring our entire perceptions of society and our place in it to do. Listening to Black voices and experiences and taking them to heart is so vitally important. It may be a first step but it’s one you can’t skip.

#recommend stamped from the beginning by ibram x kendi #also Into America podcast with Trymaine Lee #and certain episodes of Chris Hayes’ Why Is This Happening #those really focus on the USA but it’s important to find ones that relate to your own respective countries

[gwydionmisha]

#Ohio #Trymaine Lee #Election 2020 #Joe Biden #News

[panicinthestudio]

“American Coup”, Into America Podcast – Ep. 97, January 14, 2021

The storming of the Capitol building last week was violent, deadly, and shameful. But it wasn’t unprecedented. This week on Into America, Trymaine Lee tells the story of the only successful coup on American soil – when in 1898, white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina carried out a riot and insurrection, targeting Black lawmakers and residents. Inez Campbell Eason, whose family survived the coup, explains how the violence still impacts the city today. Plus, Xavier University history professor, Dr. Sharlene Sinegal-Decuir, explains why knowing our past is the first step to ending the cycle of violence. https://link.chtbl.com/ytepisode​

MSNBC

#US Capitol #Trymaine Lee #Into America Podcast #Inez Campbell Eason #Sharlene Sinegal Decuir #civil rights movement #Reconstruction #Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 #Battle of Liberty Place #tulsa race massacre #racism #whitelash #erasure #USA #history #black history #whitewashing #relevant #white supremacism #civil rights #voting rights #violence #19th century #power #politics #MSNBC

[msclaritea]

Here’s the Real Takeaway From Black Lives Matter’s Sketchy Finances

Here’s the Real Takeaway From Black Lives Matter’s Sketchy Finances

Following the reveal of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation’s IRS tax documents, it’s now safe to say that there’s something questionable going on at the social justice nonprofit.

According to the group’s Form 990, first reported by Associated Press, BLM is worth nearly $42 million in net assets—after spending more than $37 million of the $90 million it previously had on high-end real estate, familiar consultants, ambitious grants, and more.

One of the more concerning situations revealed by the financial disclosures is the fact that co-founder Patrisse Cullors was the foundation board’s sole voting director, and held no board meetings, before stepping down last year. Under her leadership, Cullors authorized a six-figure payout to be given to her child’s father for various services, paid $1.8 million to companies owned by her relatives, and ensured that her brother, Paul Cullors, was one of the highest-paid employees of BLM.

This is yet another wave of bad news for Cullors, who has constantly denied financial impropriety, as she has previously tried to quell any growing concerns around her decision-making. These tax documents not only proved that Cullors lied about misusing some of the funds (such as hosting a birthday party for her son and throwing a private Biden inauguration celebration in the multimillion dollar property intended for activists and creators), but that she did so repeatedly.

“I’m a human being that has made mistakes that want to change, want to challenge those mistakes and want to learn from those mistakes,” Cullors told Trymaine Lee of MSNBC’s “Into America” podcast on Monday. “And I think what’s been hard is feeling like there isn’t room and space for that.”

“If the public at large wanted to fund multimillion-dollar villas, top-flight exec travel, and cashed-out gigs for the founder’s relatives, they could have easily donated to the Trump Foundation.”

While all of this news is disappointing and alarming, there’s one truth that we should all take in: All politics is local, including the grassroots activism it takes to organize.

For years, much of what Cullors now describes as the “white guilt money” has been geared towards national organizations, like BLM, that say their missions are focused on addressing racial injustice. Cullors once made headlines for saying that hearing the term “990s” was “triggering” to her—but that’s what nonprofit transparency looks like. If the public at large wanted to fund multimillion-dollar villas, top-flight exec travel, and cashed-out gigs for the founder’s relatives, they could have easily donated to the Trump Foundation.

Local Black Lives Matter chapters across the country have for years raised concerns over how the national arm had been leaving them fiscally malnourished. And that this could happen as their co-founders garnered lucrative book deals, speaking engagements, and career opportunities.

For donors of all identities, giving to the national organization felt like an easy way to maximize impact. But I would bet that most donors are probably furious to see their money going towards anything but direct action on the ground.

It’s hard not to imagine how this money could have best been spent if local chapters and other more direct on-the-ground activist groups were given a larger chunk of this money to do the actual work. To now be fully aware that a great deal of the $90 million raised for BLM during the racial uprisings of 2020 didn’t actually go to fuel the continuation of similar activity on the local level—that feels like betrayal. Even worse, it’s hard not to consider such fundraising as anything more than just a big grift.

To those who have been giving money to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, now is the time to stop.

BLM Activist Accuses DeRay of Stealing His Work in Ugly Spat

This is not to say that you shouldn’t give money to Black activism efforts, but to rethink who and where you’re giving it to. While it will require some additional work on your end to find local groups worthy of your financial support, such funds will make a more meaningful impact than whatever trickles down from some giant conglomerate—especially one that can afford to buy mansions, while many neighborhood orgs can barely keep the lights on.

To cite one personal example, I made the informed decision to cease donating to national political LGBTQIA organizations in 2016. The impetus was the Human Rights Coalition—a big national org—dragging its feet on rescinding its endorsement of former Republican Sen. Mark Kirk, who had made racist remarks at the time. As a Black queer man, I was furious that the organization had decided to use diverse resources to back a Senate Republican who they hadn’t fully vetted for problematic behavior.

Since then, I’ve found more pride in direct giving funds and donating volunteer hours to local nonprofits that do more intersectional work, such as the William Way LGBT Community Center in my own backyard of Philadelphia.

At a time when resources are scarce and there appear to be more problems than solutions, it’s time for us all to remember the importance of local grassroots efforts that have always empowered the people and politics. If the power is truly to the people, so should the funding—and such funding should never fall onto $6 million mansions and VIP parties, but on the ground where the people are.

[protoslacker]

“Stand down and stand by.” For many this presidential debate was an embarrassment. But be clear, there are people cheering right now, who feel affirmed. Those who relish in the bluster and bullying and lying and the refusal to denounce racists.

— Trymaine Lee (@trymainelee) September 30, 2020

#debate #white supremacy #racism #donald trump #incitement

[ms-cellanies]

Lawrence O’Donnell showed parts of Trymaine Lee’s documentary, Stone Ghosts:  A Journey Through the Confederate South, from Charlottesville to Selma.  There were many disturbing moments along with a deeper look at some Southerners who take The Confederacy quite seriously ~165 years later.  

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

[ericdeggans]

Tribute to Carolyn Williams, 1939-2020: A Life Dedicated to Teaching

At her core, Carolyn Jean Williams always was a teacher.

She did it in obvious ways, working decades teaching for the Gary Community School Corporation, particularly at Edison Middle School, before her well-deserved retirement. She did it in more subtle ways, through her long association as a choir member and volunteer at St. Timothy Community Church or work with her beloved Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

And she did it as a loving mother, supportive sister and devoted grandparent, scrimping and sacrificing to make sure her siblings, child and grandchildren had everything she could possibly give them to succeed in life.

Always, her bright smile, easy attitude and open heart highlighted her devotion to God and the principles of hard work and humility that stood at the core of her being. On March 22, 2020, Carolyn passed on to the next life at age 81, leaving this world a little poorer for the transition.

(Read coverage of her passing in Gary’s Post-Tribune newspaper by clicking here. Eric’s essay on her passing was published by NPR.org and is viewable by clicking here. MSNBC also included her story in an episode of Trymaine Lee’s podcast on the coronavirus pandemic; hear that by clicking here.)

Born to parents Fred and Leona McClellan, she was raised in the small town of Indianola, Pa., attending Oakmont High School and Cheyney State College (later renamed Cheyney University), then a renowned historically black school for teachers. In the early 1960s, she came to Gary to work as a teacher, where she met and married Chuck Deggans, father to her son Eric Deggans.

Though the marriage didn’t last, Carolyn and Chuck remained friends; Carolyn raised Eric to share her love of reading, music and travel – performing regularly with the choir at St. Timothy and taking him on trips to Orlando, Los Angeles and San Francisco with a special travel group organized by Edison Middle School.

She scrimped and saved to send Eric to private middle and high schools in Hammond and Merrillville, teaching him that quality education was the key to success in life. Along the way, she delivered another lesson: That good parents sacrifice to give their children the best opportunities possible. (She managed all this while also completing studies of her own, earning a master’s degree in education from Indiana University Northwest.) 

In 1990, she married a fellow English teacher, West Side High School instructor Eulis H. Williams. The two shared 10 happy years before his passing in 2000. Carolyn retired from the Gary school system in 2010 after 49 years of service, leaving a long legacy of students who benefitted from her patience, experience and loving concern.

Beyond family, her three largest loves in life were her church, her music and her sorority. Carolyn was a longstanding member of St. Timothy’s Church and its choirs, lending her voice as a lead soloist for nearly 60 years. She would often sing her favorite gospel songs throughout her home, especially on Sundays; she was a founding member of the church choral group Voices of Love and served as its secretary.

Carolyn was also beloved by a special group of friends who bonded over their grandchildren, known affectionately as the “G-Mas+2.” Special thanks to Dr. Myrtle Campbell and Charius Anderson, who ensured Carolyn got to all her medical appointments during her fight with cancer.

Carolyn was a life member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority – a golden member – and active in its Gamma Psi Omega chapter in Gary, including its nationally-known Ivy Notes choral ensemble. She was also a life member of the NAACP. 

A kind soul until the end, Carolyn was known for serving as the rock among her siblings, helping relatives even in circumstances where others might turn their backs. And the list of charities she supported with small donations included the American Heart Association, the American Indian Education Fund and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Carolyn was preceded in death by both parents; husband Eulis Williams; sisters Winifred McClellan and Cynthia Somerville; brothers Maurice McClellan and Fred McClellan; and Chuck Deggans. She is survived by her son, Eric Deggans; grandchildren Zoe, Jessica, Tobias and Marcus Deggans; stepdaughter Natasha Williams; nephews Marcus McClellan, Martin McClellan and Jamal Somerville; brother-in-law Benjamin Williams and his wife Joann Williams.

The funeral is viewable online by clicking here.  

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that mourners send donations in Carolyn Williams' name to St. Timothy Community Church or Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Gamma Psi Omega Chapter, P.O. Box 64759, Gary, IN 46401.

[kp777]

How Pete Buttigieg Is Trying To Gain Support From Non-White Voters 

Velshi & Ruhle 

MSNBC

Mayor Pete has a 2 percent issue: that’s how much support he’s getting from non-white voters. MSNBC Correspondent Trymaine Lee joins Stephanie Ruhle and Ali Velshi to discuss how Buttigieg is working to fix the problem.

#pete buttigieg #2020 presidential election #al sharpton