From the Streets to the Statehouse
During the Maryland General Assembly, we offer insight an analysis on the issues impacting the Black community in Baltimore. Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) is a grassroots thinktank in Baltimore, MD that advocates for the political interests of the Black community. We cut through the noise and give you the information that matters the most.
Episodes
19 episodes
LBS Update on our 2024 Legislative Agenda
In this episode, we'll be discussing the status of our legislative agenda during the 2024 MD General Assembly.
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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35:57
MDGA 2024 update on Juvenile Justice - February 27, 2024
We'll be giving an update on the status of the juvenile justice bill being sponsored by Democratic Party leadership.
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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29:47
The fight for Juvenile Justice in MD - February 5, 2024
Maryland’s State Legislative leadership recently announced their package of juvenile justice proposals for the 2024 Maryland Ge...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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48:59
MDGA 2024: Public safety, reparations & more - January 15, 2024
The 2024 Maryland General Assembly is well underway. In this episode, Dayvon Love – Director of Public Policy for LBS – will be overviewing our top legislative priorities including: cannabis decriminalization, juvenile interrogations, reparatio...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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37:59
Midway update on MDGA 2023 - March 13, 2023
We will discuss the status of crucial pieces of legislation. This includes criminal justice elements to cannabis legalization and other relevant issues being debated during the 2023 MD General Assembly.
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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41:45
The Status of Cannabis - February 27, 2023
In this episode, we'll talk about Maryland cannabis legalization with a focus on the criminal justice and the business aspects of it. We will also give brief updates about other legislative efforts we are supporting and working on during MDGA 2...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:09:47
MDGA 2023 - Cannabis, odor searches & police accountability - February 2, 2023
The 2023 Maryland General Assembly is well underway. In this episode, Dayvon Love - Director of Public Policy for LBS - will be overviewing our top legislative priorities including: cannabis decriminalization, odor searches by law enforcement a...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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39:58
Maryland's Cowardly Democratic Party - March 28, 2022
In this episode, we'll be giving updates on our current legislative priorities including - cannabis legalization, Baltimore's Civilian Review Board, public safety, crime and policing.Also - we'll be discussing the Maryland Democratic Pa...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:11:52
MDGA 2022 Midway Update - Cannabis, Juvenile Justice, Civilian Review Board & more - March 7, 2022
We're halfway through the 2022 MD General Assembly. Dayvon Love will be giving an update on cannabis legalization, the Civilian Review Board, juvenile justice and more.He'll be joined by Andy Ellis from the Baltimore City Green Party.
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:01:38
MDGA 2022 Update - February 7, 2022
An update on our legislative agenda from the 2022 MD General Assembly. We'll be discussing the racist notions of pathology often grafted onto Baltimore in the MD General Assembly. Next we'll be talking with Delegate Jheanelle Wilki...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:21:57
Marijuana Legalization & Reparations - January 31, 2022
LBS is working closely with ACLU of Maryland and MD Senator Jill P. Carter to produce a bill this session that legalizes recreational cannabis with a focus on repairing the damage done by the war on drugs. For this episode, we will...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:23:20
2021 Black Legislative Agenda Day - December 4, 2021
Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle is pleased to convene our 8th Annual Black Legislative Agenda Day: From the Baltimore Grassroots.Our hope is that those of us working in the grassroots can use this as an opportunity to work collaborativel...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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2:49:16
Black Women's work in Annapolis - March 30, 2021
Join us for a special broadcast focusing on the work of Black women in the MD General Assembly. We'll be discussing their work in support Black political initiatives in Annapolis.We'll be joined by:Senator Jill P CarterDeleg...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:03:06
Midway updates on MDGA 2021 - March 2, 2021
We have a lot of ground to cover for this week's episode. Dayvon Love from LBS will giving updates on our work on police reform. He'll be joined by his co-host - Dr. Khalilah M. Harris, the Managing Director for K-12 Education Policy at America...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:54:08
In Depth on Police Accountability - February 16, 2021
We're going to go in depth on policing in Maryland with a particular focus on our bill - SB 627 (Repeal of the Law Enforcement Bill of Rights).Dayvon Love, the Director of Public Policy at Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle will be l...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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57:55
MDGA 2021 Priorities - January 26, 2021
The COVID-19 public health emergency derailed a lot of progressive policy advocacy efforts in the 2020 legislative session. The 2021 session has begun and there are a flurry of reforms being considered by legislators. We'll be discussing our le...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:16:05
Hogan's Crime Package, Police Accountability, Education Reform & More - February 24, 2020
We're heading towards the middle of MDGA 2020 - and there's a lot to cover. On this episode, we'll be talking about Gov Larry Hogan’s recent comments about his crime package and frustration with Senator Will Smith - Chairman of the Judicial Pro...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:00:53
MPIA, Protect Our Minors & The Baltimore "Black Hole" - February 3, 2020
The Maryland General Assembly has been in session for 27 days. Today we'll be discussing a a couple bills from our legislative agenda bills including - amendments to the Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA) & Protect Our Mino...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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53:44
MDGA 2020 - A Different Political Climate: January 21, 2020
Welcome to the first episode of "From The Streets to The Statehouse" - a new podcast aimed at giving you a community centered analysis on the Maryland General Assembly.Since session officially started on January 8th, there have been maj...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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39:05