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Shack and Mu | On the Move

Shack and Mu | On the Move

著者： Dr. Sacoby Wilson | Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali
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You don't need a degree to understand your power bill, your water, or your air. You've just been told you do. The Shack and Mu Show, hosted by Dr. Sacoby Wilson and Dr. Mustafa Ali, is a community-driven podcast about power, justice, and survival. After decades on the frontlines of environmental justice, working inside these communities instead of studying them from a distance, Shack and Mu break down government, energy, food, housing, and health into language anyone can follow.Dr. Sacoby Wilson | Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali 地球科学 科学
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  • Ep 8: Ready to Learn - Diesel, Lead Paint, and the Fight for DC's Schools

    Ep 8: Ready to Learn - Diesel, Lead Paint, and the Fight for DC's Schools
    2026/08/24
    "We don't have to make those leaders. We just need to remove the barriers."Episode 8 of Shack & Mu is about political power and public schools east of the river. Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali and Dr. Sacoby Wilson are joined by Erika Harrell, Executive Director of ElectED DC, which works with families in Wards 7 and 8 to build political power and shape the education policy that decides what their kids get.Nobody needs to wait for a seat at the table. Communities east of the river are not short on leadership. They are short on access. The work is clearing the path: training people to read a policy, testify at a hearing, follow the budget, and keep a feedback loop running between schools and the people making decisions.So what does "ready to learn" actually require? A kid who rides a diesel bus, comes from housing with lead paint and mold, and walks into a building where the pollution follows them inside is being asked to perform under conditions nobody has fixed. Test scores sit at the end of that chain, not the front. The episode also looks at how one old rule can shut out a whole side of the city. New language immersion elementary programs opened east of the river, but current law allows only one middle school for that program, so those students hit a wall after fifth grade. Years of parent organizing got the chancellor to order a feasibility study.Who carries this work? And what does it cost? Black women now lead most of DC's education advocacy organizations, and the expectation is to show up at 150 percent, smiling, with almost no support. The episode ends on culture rather than policy: music, community, and joy as resistance.In this episode(0:00) Welcome, and we are the ones we have been waiting for(0:42) Meet Erika Harrell of ElectED DC(1:23) Diesel buses, lead paint, and what kids carry into class(2:13) Ready to learn: listen first, then testify(3:31) Ella Baker: strong people don't need strong leaders(4:05) "If you stay ready, you ain't got to get ready"(4:43) You can't give someone power they already have(5:13) Inside the community activation cohort(7:05) The language immersion middle school gap east of the river(8:13) Recharging: five boys, three hours of sleep, a pandemic(9:57) The 150 percent expectation on Black women(10:32) Climate, food justice, and air quality in the schools(11:10) Social determinants of health with education at the center(12:21) Why the arts belong in this work(13:13) Whitney Houston and the desire for community(14:19) Joy is resistance, and you have power unless you give it awayKey takeawaysThe leaders are already here. ElectED DC finds the people their neighbors already trust and removes the barriers in front of them.Ready to learn is an environmental question. Diesel buses, lead paint, and mold shape what happens once class starts.Listening comes before policy. Families name the issue, then the training follows: how to testify and where budget decisions really get made.One old rule can lock out a whole side of the city. A cap of one language immersion middle school means kids east of the river hit a wall after fifth grade.Black women in this work are human. Erika names the 150 percent expectation and what it costs to meet it.Joy is resistance. Music, culture, and celebration are how people stay in the fight.About our guestErika Harrell is the Executive Director of ElectED DC, a Ward 7 resident, mother of five boys, and a former educator with more than 20 years in public education. Learn more at electeddc.org.Don't wait for a seat at the table. Learn who represents you, find out when hearings happen, and go testify. The power is already yours unless you give it away.Follow Shack & MuListen: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | YouTubeSocial: Instagram | TikTok | Threads | Facebook
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    15 分
  • Ep 7: The Youth Rising - Nature as Infrastructure

    Ep 7: The Youth Rising - Nature as Infrastructure
    2026/08/17

    "A system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect." Episode 7 of Shack & Mu comes from the Mobilize Frederick session at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, where Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali and Dr. Sacoby Wilson gather a panel of young climate leaders who are no longer waiting to act. Environmental biology graduate student India Dennis, campus food-garden organizer Lindsay Mullins, and public health major and advocate Ahmed Bockarie, make the case that nature-based solutions, natural infrastructure, and everyday environmental justice belong at the center of how communities protect their health, their food, and their future.India Dennis traces her own path from the concrete of Wilmington, Delaware, where her grandmother took her fishing and to parks, into an environmental biology program where she was one of the only students raising environmental justice, and she names the tools young people use to see the bigger picture, from GIS mapping to social media. The conversation grounds big ideas in concrete work.Lindsay Mullins is building a food garden on her campus near Frederick, Maryland, and shows how raised beds, hydroponics, and rooftop plots put growing food within reach of students who have only known concrete. She introduces "plant blindness," the disconnect that has most of us buying fruit in winter and meat from across the world without knowing where it came from or who grew it.Ahmed Bockarie, a public health major from Sierra Leone, connects diet, chemicals, and disease, and recounts a factory that dumped waste until wells tested last month came back contaminated, long after residents had been drinking the water.Chapters:0:00 Welcome, and the next generation of leaders0:40 India: conversation, social media, and self-education2:14 Lindsay: bringing a food garden to campus3:47 Ahmed: public health, advocacy, and reaching the mind5:01 Nature-based solutions and natural infrastructure5:35 India: growing up between concrete and a grandmother's parks7:27 The power of food and "plant blindness"9:31 Public health, chemicals, and the climate connection12:19 PFAS, forever chemicals, and the long tail of harm13:29 Ahmed: realizing the power you already have16:11 Lindsay: permission to lead, right now18:28 Don't wait for the baton: Destinee Wofford's story19:04 India: power as self-awareness and lifelong learning20:50 The role of the arts 25:38 Closing: stay up, stay focused, keep making changeABOUT OUR GUESTSIndia Dennis is an environmental biology graduate student who grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, shaped by both a city childhood and a grandmother who kept her close to nature. She brings environmental justice into every topic she studies, from GIS mapping to climate denial, works as a DJ, and, now raising a child of her own, frames power as self-awareness and lifelong learning.Lindsay Mullins is a student leading the effort to build a food garden on her campus near Frederick, Maryland. Her work centers on food access, "plant blindness," and using a shared garden to bring students of different backgrounds together, alongside campus sustainability projects like composting and solar power.Ahmed Bockarie is a public health major originally from Sierra Leone. He began in medical school but left during the war in Ukraine and continued his education in the United States, guided by his late father's belief that there is more than one way to make change. He focuses on advocacy and environmental justice, using social media to reach people who do not yet see how these issues touch their lives.Don't wait for the baton. Learn who represents you, show up to campus and community meetings, and use the power you already have to push for change where you are.FOLLOW US!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shack.mu/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shack.mu.podcastThreads: https://www.threads.com/@shack.muFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61591512191245
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    26 分
  • Episode 6: Preventing Mass Gentrification | Stadiums for Billionaires, Bills for Residents

    Episode 6: Preventing Mass Gentrification | Stadiums for Billionaires, Bills for Residents
    2026/08/11

    "We have the money to bring our sports teams back, but not to take care of our citizens." Ep 6 of Shack & Mu heads to Southeast DC, near the old RFK site, to ask who a city gets rebuilt for. As RFK 2.0 and the Commanders' return move forward, Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali and Dr. Sacoby Wilson dig into gentrification, displacement, and how to build without pushing people out.

    First up is Dr. Rhonda Hamilton, a native Washingtonian and 2026 mayoral candidate, who breaks down the bittersweet reality of a beloved team coming home while residents spend 50 to 60 percent of their income on housing. She questions the stadium deal, the thin community benefit agreement, and the backroom handshakes that leave residents out. Then equitable development expert Carlton Eley explains what gentrification really is, why social impact assessments matter, and how a community benefits agreement should work. Drawing on the North Charleston port model and faith based development wins nationwide, he lays out a path where residents guide change instead of reacting to it. Justice belongs at the heart of planning.

    In this episode
    • (00:00) Welcome, and the gentrification question
    • (03:36) Meet Dr. Rhonda Hamilton, DC mayoral candidate
    • (04:16) Why RFK 2.0 feels bittersweet
    • (05:44) Billionaires, a parking garage, and a raw deal
    • (07:10) The community benefit agreement problem
    • (07:53) How everyday people get engaged
    • (08:55) Did we learn from the DC United stadium?
    • (10:33) Meet Carlton Eley on equitable development
    • (12:09) What gentrification actually means
    • (13:27) From residential to sports complex gentrification
    • (14:04) Social impact assessments and why they matter
    • (16:10) The North Charleston model that worked
    • (18:10) Real examples of getting it right
    • (21:04) Justice at the heart of planning
    Key takeaways
    • Stadiums over shelter. A city that funds arenas while residents spend 60 percent of income on housing has its priorities backward.
    • Gentrification is a process. It unfolds over decades through market driven development that goes unregulated and unmitigated.
    • Community benefits done right. Base them on that assessment and let residents drive them, as North Charleston did with its port expansion.
    • Residents are the experts. Real engagement means the people who carry the burden help steer the plan.
    About our guests

    Dr. Rhonda Hamilton is a native Washingtonian, longtime mental health advocate, former real estate broker, and 2026 candidate for DC mayor. Learn more at rhondahamilton4dc.com.

    Carlton Eley is a nationally recognized equitable development expert and urban planner, formerly of EPA's Office of Environmental Justice. Learn more at eleygroup.com.

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    19 分
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