Arrested Mobility
Charles T. Brown
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S3E9 Calming Traffic: Virginia Walkability Action Institute
When we talk about racial discrimination in American cities, we usually focus on housing, schools, or policing. We talk less about streets and sidewalks. But in many communities of color, decades of…
S3E8 Community Violence Intervention: Chicago CRED
For generations, the dominant public response to violence was punishment and enforcement. But another approach has continued to grow alongside that model: Community Violence Intervention. CVI…
S3E7 Clean Neighborhoods: WE ACT for Environmental Justice
When majority minority neighborhoods become sacrifice zones for pollution, it can fall on community members to stand up and defend their health and wellbeing. Case in point: the nonprofit…
S3E6 Fighting For Health Equity: California Black Health Network
Healthcare is a difficult system to navigate in the United States, no matter who you are. But research shows that Black Americans face unique challenges when seeking medical care. On this episode,…
S3E5 Essential Riders: Detroit People's Platform
One night in 2014, Renard Monczunski was stranded at a transit center in downtown Detroit. It took three hours for a bus to come. He was angry, but the experience got him thinking about the state of…
S3E4 Supporting Young Athletes: Advancing Beyond in Sports (ABIS)
Advancing Beyond in Sports (ABIS) is an advocacy group that addresses sports-specific inequity, particularly for young athletes of color. Their work involves showing students alternate options to…
S3E3 Narrative Change: The Center for Cultural Power
The Center for Cultural Power works with BIPOC communities to amplify authentic stories that counter harmful narratives and build public will for policy change. From supporting Walmart workers to…
S3E2 Housing Reparations: Taking Ownership PDX
In 2020, shortly after the murder of George Floyd, Portland native Randal Wyatt had an idea. As people asked him how they could be better allies to the Black community, he saw an opportunity to…
S3E1 Fighting Food Apartheid: The Detroit People's Food Co-op
In 2024, the Detroit People's Food Co-op opened its doors in Detroit's North End neighborhood. This full-service grocery store was birthed by the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network, or…
S2E10 Breaking the Bedside Barrier: The Legacy of Black Hospitals
In 1942, the Taborian Hospital opened in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. At a time when most hospitals segregated Black from White patients or turned Black patients away, the Taborian Hospital provided…
S2E9 Under the Overpass: Noise and Toxic Pollution in New Orleans
For nearly her entire life, Amy Stelly has lived in the Treme district of New Orleans. Her house is near the Claiborne Expressway, a piece of Interstate-10 that was built through the neighborhood in…
S2E8 Cop City: The Environmental Inequity Facing Atlanta's Black Community
In 2017, Atlanta's city planning department designated four large green spaces as quote "lungs," that were vital for cooling the city. They announced plans to turn one of these lungs, the South River…
S2E7 The Double-Edged Sword of Green Infrastructure
When low income neighborhoods receive new parks and green spaces, it can be a huge win for long-term residents. But greening initiatives can invite what we call "green gentrification." If the rent is…
S2E6 Unmasking the Bias: The Trouble with Automated Traffic Enforcement
Automated Traffic Enforcement, or ATE, refers to a variety of tools that are used to enforce traffic laws through technology. You usually see them as red light cameras, and speed cameras. But there…
S2E5 Beyond Turnstiles: Seeking Justice in Transit, Not Just Fares
A local bus or train ride usually costs between one and three dollars. But many Americans living in public transportation-dense cities choose to evade paying for transit tickets when possible. They…
S2E4 15 Critiques of the 15-Minute City
The 15-minute city, or neighborhood, was conceived by Carlos Moreno, a professor and influencer in Paris. It's an area where residents can access everything they need in their life - food, work,…
S2E3 Roadblocks of Reality: The Plight of Undocumented Immigrants in Dairy Country
In Central Wisconsin, undocumented immigrants from Latin America make up the majority of the workforce in the dairy industry. Although these undocumented folks are allowed to own and register…
S2E2 Schooled by Fear: The Controversial Role of Police in Educational Spaces
Many Black students live in over-policed, under-funded communities. School should be a safe space for them, a refuge from surveillance and a place to explore. But almost 70% of public high schools…
S2E1 Railroad Roadblock: Indiana's Students Held Hostage by Unyielding Trains
In a majority Black and Latino neighborhood of Hammond, Indiana, children are clambering over and under stopped train cars to get to school. These trains are halted by rail traffic at pedestrian…
S2 Coming Soon: Season 2
Thank you all for listening to Season 1 of the podcast. We're happy to announce that Arrested Mobility is returning for Season 2 this July. We'll be covering more major themes in equity, but also…
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