The Early Link Podcast - Black Lives Matter Organizer La Mikia Castillo on Systemic Change and Dismantling Racism

Join us Sunday, November 22nd at 4:30 p.m. for a rebroadcast of The Early Link Podcast: Season 1, Episode 22, featuring host Rafael Otto. Listen live at 99.1 FM in the heart of Portland – or online anywhere at PRP.fm.

This week on The Early Link, we bring you our June interview with La Mikia Castillo, a Black Lives Matter activist and community organizer, who discusses what it looks like to dismantle systemic racism.

Guest

La Mikia Castillo is an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy, a diversity, equity and inclusion consultant and an organizer with Black Lives Matter, Los Angeles.

Summary

La Mikia clarifies the message around defunding the police and shares how we can start to reimagine a new idea of safety. She also explains the ways in which systemic racism has impacted the health and education of black children and children of color and what it will take to see real change in these institutions. Finally, La Mikia shares her idea of what a world free of racism would look like for her and her son.

Resources:

Children’s Institute has Racial Equity Resources for Early Childhood as a hub for resources and guidance on racial justice and equity issues that connect to early childhood. It is not comprehensive, but will be updated regularly.

Host:

Rafael Otto, Director of Communications, Children’s Institute

~ Thanks to Children’s Institute, working to ensure that every Oregon child has the best start in life ~