#SundayCivics

L. Joy Williams
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#SundayCivics is a weekly show that teaches civic education and engagement using the current political landscape.

  1. For Love and Philanthropy

    3 uur geleden

    For Love and Philanthropy

    L. Joy opens this episode on the porch by unpacking the difference between charity, philanthropy, and government responsibility. She explains that charity is personal and immediate, philanthropy is institutional where a small group decides which problems matter and governs without public accountability, and government, she reminds us, is supposed to be us: the collective decision-making that uses our tax dollars to guarantee basics like food, housing, healthcare, and dignity. Teresa Younger, president and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women, joins L. Joy at the front of the class to expand the conversation.

  2. Democracy Lives Where We Gather

    5 jul

    Democracy Lives Where We Gather

    In this powerful episode of Sunday Civics, L. Joy continues the Porchlight Series with a deep exploration of community space as a foundation of democracy. She reminds us that democracy is not confined to laws, elections, or constitutional text. It lives in the places where people convene: kitchen tables, barbershops, church basements, protest sites, community centers, bookstores, coffee shops, libraries, and porches. These everyday places, physical, emotional, and spiritual are the engines of democratic life and to discuss further, L. Joy brings Dr. Fatimah Turner to the front of the class.

  3. The Economy Is Not Like The Weather

    28 jun

    The Economy Is Not Like The Weather

    In this Porch Light series episode, L. Joy invites us to continue to imagine what it means to not fight back, but to fight forward and to remake an economy that actually serves the people who make it run. The economy is not the weather, it is not a natural phenomenon we must simply survive. It was built by people making choices and writing rules that concentrated wealth, extracted from Black communities, and normalized disinvestment. L. Joy reminds us that the legacy of redlining, predatory capitalism, and the marketing of convenience has left many of our neighborhoods with dollar stores, check cashing counters, rent-to-own shops, and big box stores where local economic eco-systems once thrived. But just like laws can be rewritten, the economy can be redesigned. To dive deeper into the economy, L. Joy brings Donald Hinkle-Brown to the front of the class.

  4. Building An Economy Worthy of Us

    21 jun

    Building An Economy Worthy of Us

    L. Joy is back under the glow of the porch light as she continues reimagining democracy in this series. This time she is focusing our attention on the economy. She cites Rev. James Lawson’s description of the economic system as “plantation capitalism,” giving us a lesson that takes us from the seizure of Indigenous land to chattel slavery, to Jim Crow, and the present-day economic order that continues to treat human beings as units of labor for profit instead of people with dignity. She then brings Saqib Bhatti to the front of the class to dive even further into our economic condition.

  5. The Light They Left Us

    14 jun

    The Light They Left Us

    L. Joy is back on the porch and she invites us to imagine and build a freer, bolder democracy now, not decades from now. She walks us through the timeline from the Reconstruction era’s first Black-led institutions to today’s fights over gerrymandering, voter suppression, and district maps designed to mute Black electoral strength. Focusing on the South, where where more than half of Black Americans live and where political power is both concentrated and contested, L. Joy brings Brandon Upson to the front of the class to discuss the South as the frontline of American democracy.

  6. The Light They Left Us

    7 jun

    The Light They Left Us

    The Porch Light Series continues. L. Joy discusses this time as a season of reflection, study, and recommitment to civic work. She shares one of her rituals of renewal: spending a few quiet days in the Library of Congress putting hands on primary sources left behind by activists who built power through hostile times. L. Joy explains that learning from the past is not optional, it’s part of how every generation builds power when government becomes an obstacle or an enemy. From Reconstruction to Jim Crow to the modern-day dismantling of public education and voting rights, the pattern repeats: each advance toward freedom triggers backlash. To walk us through the country’s recurring pattern of progress and reversal, L. Joy bring Civil Rights Icon Judy Richardson to the front of the class.

  7. What Grounds You?

    31 mei

    What Grounds You?

    For The Porch Light series, L. Joy invites listeners to “leave the light on for democracy, for justice, and for each other.” She opens this episode by asking a personal and political question - ”what grounds you?” She frames “grounding” as both a spiritual practice and a civic discipline: faith that lives in public, leadership rooted in integrity - not optics, and community spaces that heal, belong, and organize. She is joined at the front of the class by Dr. Cassandra Gould to discuss faith in the public square.

  8. A Porch Light for Democracy

    24 mei

    A Porch Light for Democracy

    In this episode our civics teacher and neighborhood political strategist L. Joy debuts a brand-new series: The Porch Light. Drawing inspiration from the simple yet powerful tradition of leaving a light on for loved ones, L. Joy frames democracy itself as a light—something that offers guidance, protection, and hope in uncertain times. This episode lays out the foundation for the Porch Light series, a syllabus that will run through the end of the year. She takes listeners on a journey through history, memory, and symbolism, reminding us how light has always signaled safety and freedom, from lanterns in the windows of the Underground Railroad to the North Star guiding the enslaved toward liberation.

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#SundayCivics is a weekly show that teaches civic education and engagement using the current political landscape.

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  • Maker
    L. Joy Williams
  • Jaren actief
    2017 - 2026
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    155
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