Abolition Radio

Sheva Carr shares about Heart Math's Heart Mastery program, she is the Author of the book, "Being The Source Of Love". Heart Math is learning to create Love on purpose. Discussion of Operation Big Sister, has had impact on the disruption on the demand of human trafficking.

A Discussion of building bridges with our Jewish, Muslim and others in our communities, how the church can be the voice and agents of reconciliation. The church walking out Love, Reputation of God, Reconciliation, Rescue and Resurrection day to day, in this present world system.

Discussion on how to help the poor in our urban cities, being an agent change. How the church is learning to embrace the Jesus model of love to impact our communities.

Guests Leisa Wynn-Johnson and Vanessa Miller-No Hands Lifted-Domestic Violence Advocates, share about their work in Solano County with the women caught up in domestic violence and human trafficking. Being a voice for those who can't help themselves, how the local Church can and needs to impact our communities with the love of Christ.

Guests Robyn Levinson, Alameda County Coordinator for HEAT Watch Unit and Tom Perez, Founder of EPIK Project in Portland. Focus from being just a victim advocate to now focusing on the demand side of Human Trafficking. How to involve not only men but the entire community in the fight against Human Trafficking.    

This week we discuss education with Pamela Kojimoto from LNF's education program, Lori Campbell from San Lorenzo Unified School District , and 5th grader Hector Montaña. (Note: Rebroadcast of 4/11/15 show)

Guest Holly Joshi was the former OPD Chief Of Staff and is currently the Director Of Training for MISSEY. Ms. Joshi shares how she gained her passion to help eliminate human trafficking and what she has been able to do to bring this about.

Ms. Allbright-Byrd, is an author, nationwide public speaker, activist and human rights educator. She shares her heart to help others to be empowered to pursue their dream or as she says" You have to learn to be a dreamer that dares, not just dream". She also shares about her new book, "Determined to Dream, How to Manifest Vision & Live Your Legacy.

Guests David Coranza, Co-Director Points Of Light Ministry in East Oakland & Wade Patton, Youth and Young Persons Pastor, Trinity United Methodist Church, Modesto share about the DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative. They share how this helps to impact urban youth, so that the Gospel can be shared more effectively to urban youth.                                                                                                              DeVo's helps provide participants wit

Guest Norma Ward, CEO and Co-Founder of Progressive Transitions. Ms. Ward shares about how they have been able to impact women over the age of 18 that have the trauma of domestic violence or human trafficking to transition to life as not just as surviving but to ones that are thriving.       Progressive Transitions as part of a collaboration with the Alameda County Office of the Public Defender developed a diversion program designed to assist clients facing prostitution and/or loitering charges to avoid incarceration or other court imposed punishments. This program provides services to disenfranchised women age 18 and older who are either facing convictions or are eligible to have their convictions overturned.

Guest Jocelyn White, International Justice Mission Outreach Director shares about the work that IJM that is doing to fight against human trafficking internationally. She also tells us that the hard work of justice must start with prayer, also about Freedom Sunday. What the Church should be doing, mobilizing itself to partnership with Papa God on the Great Adventure He has for them.  

Guest Brandon Nicholson Executive Director of the Hidden Genius Project shares about the 15 month Tech based mentoring and training program for young black men that are in the 9th to 12th grades. He also shares about one of their other programs called Catalyst a shorter term program to give a person an opportunity to work in their passion and how their passion could relate to the tech world.

Guest Amani Johnson shares how as a young teen she saw the need to change the negative actions and image of herself, she found that change thru music. Now as a teacher and educator she has seen the need to help young women see how they too can transform their lives as well. Seeing that not all the venues were ones of healing but of competition which did not bring the needed help, she and others started "The Women Creative Collective" to be that venue of change and healing.

Guest Aqueila M Lewis discusses how the negative emotions of survivors can be used to re-write their own stories thru healing workshops. These workshops use various forms of the arts to pull those emotions out to let that survivor begin the healing to be not just surviving but thriving in their life. Aqueila has created these workshop thru her own personal journey of transformation in re-writing her own life's story.

Guest Jennifer Madden Assistant District Attorney of Alameda County shares about the team she leads the HEAT unit which is a specialized team of attorneys, victim and witness advocates that prosecute both sex and labor trafficking cases. Ms. Madden also shares about the other programs that Alameda County has: Safety Net, Girls Court and Saturday School, they are for women and young people in the court system as well as at risk youth.

Guests Pastor Tim & Janet Lee Royal of Halcyon Baptist Church, discuss how they started Love Eastbay and how their love for community advocacy had its roots. They share how the church needs to be the "Hands and Feet" of the Love of Christ, of getting its "LOVE HOOKS" into the community. Working with many different church's around the Bay Area, to lead the army of volunteers to impact the communities around the entire bay as well as Mission trips into Mexico, building homes for the homeless, which is an annual event. Find additional information at www.loveeastbay.org.

Guests Nakia Austin from West Virginia and Lynn Linnen from California discuss the need to create a safe environment to be able to help and empower survivors and youth at risk. Nakia and Lynn share that to encourage a person you need to be able to be real and speak the truth in love.

Guests Michelle Ryan and Mala Oebanda-Van KleeK Co-founders of Stellium, Stellium is a social good company that aims to create a culture of change by providing a platform for music artists to stand against injustice and human trafficking and at -risk youth.

Guests Robert Benz & Ashlie Bryant and Host Vanessa discuss the Program PROTECT and how each of her guest became involved in this fight against human trafficking. PROTECT is a new state wide program to educate our children in our public schools about modern day slavery, and how they can protect themselves and their friends and family. It also trains teachers, adults and others professionals to help those that are being trafficked and are at risk to being trafficked.  Protect has come about through the integration of these three organizations and each of their unique strengths, the power of the three working along with the State of California various agency’s to build the PROTECT program. Robert J. Benz, Founder & Executive Vice-President of the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives, he proposed creating an advocacy organization to his business associate and longtime friend, Ken Morris, that would leverage Ken’s unique family history as a direct descendant of both Frederick Douglass an

Saul Castellanos- of Freedom Youth Foundation shares how his organization started, and it transformation to its current form, of empowerment to youth that are at risk, through real world training thru their data gathering from media around the world.