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Born in Coatesville, raised in Philadelphia, PA, Norland “Elgin” Bailey is no stranger to facing giants. As the 4th child of 6, Elgin matriculated through Philadelphia School System for elementary and middle, and is a proud graduate of Coatesville Area Senior High School. Immediately afterward he served 4 years in the military, US Navy Branch as a communication technician. As an honorably discharged disabled veteran, Elgin is no stranger to serving his community’s marginalized population ranging from juvenile sexual offenders facilities, to their homeless shelters, while giving back through after school programs such as YMCA, and other forms of educational and communal settings. Elgin has served as a community activist for a number of years in the Coatesville community. Through speaking, protesting, organizing, and intentionally curating prophetic spaces, calling truth to power, Elgin is one of the founding members of the Robert Chadwick Group, in honor of his brother “Chad”. After years of serving his community, Elgin decided to pursue higher education, and is currently obtaining the first of many degrees in behavioral mental health counseling, and psychology. Currently as a prevention specialist, specializing in drugs/alcohol in the homeless community, Elgin is a proud husband, father of 4 beautiful daughters, a podcaster, a “dabbler” in the culinary arts, a speaker, a friend, and committed to the well-being of the Black collective. Elgin lives by the mantra of the famous Frederick Douglas quote stating “without struggle, there is no progress.”
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“Black Awakening in Capitalist America” (Ep61)
The Pageturners continues reading “The Revolution Will Not Be FUNDED”. With episode #61.
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A Jailbreak of the Imagination: Seeing Prisons for What They Are and Demanding Transformation
Here is essay #4 "Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish The Police" from Mariame Kaba's "We Do This Till We Free Us".
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"In The Shadow of the Shadow State" S5-Ep10
A trillion-dollar industry, the US non-profit sector is one of the world's largest economies. From art museums and university hospitals to think tanks and church charities, over 1.5 million organizations of staggering diversity share the tax-exempt 501(c)(3) designation if little else. Many social justice organizations have joined this world, often blunting political goals to satisfy government and foundation mandates. But even as funding shrinks, many activists often find it difficult to imagine movement-building outside the non-profit model. The Revolution Will Not Be Funded gathers essays by radical activists, educators, and non-profit staff from around the globe who critically rethink the long-term consequences of what they call the "non-profit industrial complex." Drawing on their own experiences, the contributors track the history of non-profits and provide strategies to transform and work outside them. Urgent and visionary, The Revolution Will Not Be Funded presents a biting critique of the quietly devastating role the non-profit industrial complex plays in managing dissent.
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Pageturners Brief “Myth of Good Children and Bad Children”
reading an excerpt of Shefali Tsabary's "The Awakened Family, How to Raise Empowered, Resilient, and Conscious Children".
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"Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish The Police"
Here is essay #3 "Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish The Police" from Mariame Kaba's "We Do This Till We Free Us".
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The System Isnt Broken
Essay #2 "The System Isnt Broken" from Mariame Kaba's "We Do This Till We Free Us"