X Family: Larry Hoover Jr. & Jaki, Incarcerated Mom

The carceral system locks families into cycles of trauma. Peak into the worlds of these resilient families with Larry Hoover Jr., whom we talked to the day after the Kanye and Drake concert to free his father, legendary Chicago gang leader turned peace advocate Larry Hoover, and with Jaki, an incarcerated mother of three.  To find more information and resources for people experiencing domestic abuse, go to the National Domestic Violence Hotline website or call 1-800-799-SAFE(7233).  Check out our episode notes below for links to resources and some of the other points discussed in this episode. Socials @larryhooverjr_ @vicmensa @indigomateo @richiereseda ============== Check out some stats on how families are affected when a loved one is incarcerated in the Who Pays? report from the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and at the Essie Justice Group. Read about how people with incarcerated loved ones have shorter life expectancies and poorer health outcomes in this briefing from the Prison Policy Initiative. Find out more about the advocacy work being done in Chicago by the Uptown People’s Law Center, which helped Vic’s friend Moosa get out of prison early. Listen to Vic’s song dedicated to Moosa off his 2021 project I Tape. Watch the concert to free Larry Hoover put on by Kanye and Drake in 2021. Read about some myths surrounding the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Time article “Don't Forget That Martin Luther King Jr. Was Once Denounced as an Extremist.” Stay tuned for more info on Larry Hoover Jr.’s podcast about his father. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices