Listen Up!
Listen Up! the Louisville Urban League's (LUL) weekly podcast discusses hot topics and issues of Black people in Louisville, KY, and beyond. Each week, the host and guests break down subjects and examine solutions that work for everyone now! LUL is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, community service organization dedicated to assisting Black people in attaining social and economic equality across its six pillars of Jobs, Justice, Education, Health, Housing, and Black Business. Black people are told that equity, justice, and liberation will come someday. For LUL, today is someday!
Episodes
Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is joined by LUL Young Professionals Vice President Gregory Mitchell Jr. Mitchell is a Louisville native and a young adult of Generation Z.
Our duo discuss the generations' changing attitudes on work, success, politics, and culture. They go on to highlight the Young Professional auxiliary, its benefits, challenges, and what they are doing to shape the future.
Mitchell is a proud g...
Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is joined by West Louisville Performing Arts Academy Director McDaniel Bluitt. Bluitt is a retired JCPS music teacher and performer in his own right. The Academy has returned to Russell neighborhood in the remodeled Bourgard College of Music and Arts.
Our duo discuss Bluitt's journey as a musician, the positive impact of music on developing minds, and the history of Louisville.
Blu...
Our co-host, Ramona Dallum, is joined by Amber Duke, Executive Director of the ACLU of Kentucky. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky (ACLU) is freedom's watchdog, working daily in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people by the Constitutions of the United States and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
The duo discuss the current political climate, immigrat...
Our co-host, Ramona Dallum, is joined by Dr. Deonte Hollowell, Program Director of African-American Studies at Spalding University. Today's conversation centers around Black emancipation celebrations like Juneteenth and August 8th and the consciousness of victory.
The duo discusses the origins of watch night services, the history of Western Kentucky, and the meaning of liberation.
Hollowell is a native of Hopkinsville, Ky, and ...
Our new co-host, Ramona Dallum, is joined by Stacy Bailey-Ndiaye, the founder and Executive Director of Bridge Kids International. The organization uses the power of African heritage culture to create communities that support the well-being of young people. Prior to this, she worked in higher education for over 20 years.
The duo discusses the meaning of community, supporting kids through creative mastery, building community leaders...
Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is joined by Louisville Metro Inspector General Ed Harness. Harness has a long history in law enforcement with the US Army and the Milwaukee Police Department, as Director of Police Oversight in Albuquerque before becoming Inspector General in 2021.
The duo discusses the profession of policing, the value of oversight, consent decrees, and the importance of community involvement.
Harnes...
Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is joined by Bridgette Johnson, President & CEO of New Directions Housing Corporation. Johnson was recently appointed to the role, having 20+ years of experience with the agency. She has a depth of knowledge in the affordable housing sector, including real estate and market assessments, marketing and leasing, construction management, project accounting, and project redevelopment.
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Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is joined by Dr Armon a Professor and Director of the BSW program at the University of Louisville's Kent School of Social Work. Dr Perry's research interests center on the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and external factors that influence men’s involvement in the lives of their children, as well as the impact of that involvement on the family’s well-being.
The duo discusses the...
Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is joined by Adria Johnson, President & CEO of Metro United Way. Before becoming CEO in 2021, Johnson served as its Chief Impact Officer. The organization's mission is to improve lives in the seven-county region with a focus on thriving kids, strong households, and an equitable community.
The duo discusses the challenges of leading a non-profit, the struggles in advocacy wor...
Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is joined by Terrance Sullivan, Racial Justice Director of Amnesty International USA. Before joining Amnesty International, Sullivan was appointed Executive Director of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights in June 2020 during the height of the new age racial justice movement. Sullivan credits growing up as a "poor Black kid in a small white town" as the reason behind his ...
Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is joined by Jeana Dunlap, an urbanist, well-known development and housing advocate, and founder of META Agency. META Agency works to co-create spaces and places where access and ambition prevail in the social, natural, and built environments. Dunlap previously served for over 15 years in the Louisville Metro Government, overseeing initiatives addressing abandoned property, real estat...
Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is joined by Anthony Smith, Executive Director for Cities United. Cities United takes a holistic public health approach to reducing gun violence and creating better communities.
The duo discuss the steps other cities are taking in violence prevention and what Louisville can do to improve.
Anthony previously appeared on the podcast in the episode How We Do The Work in 2023.
Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is joined by guest Maxwell Mitchell. Mitchell is a livestreamer and citizen journalist who rose to prominence following the 2020 protests in response to the murder of Breonna Taylor.
The duo discusses the rise of livestreaming, the ethics of citizen journalism, and the changes in how we consume media. You can find his live streams on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.
We are back for Season 3 with our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, and guest Trevin Bass. Trevin is the newly elected JCPS Board Member representing District 4 (Shively area). A product of the JCPS system, he is passionate about using his voice to help others. The duo discusses the current Superintendent search, transportation issues, and new ways to make schools equitable for all.
Bass graduated from Spalding University...
Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is joined by Greg Vann of the JCPS Diversity, Equity, and Poverty Department. He is the Executive Administrator of External Equity, which is to say his job is to make sure that students feel supported regardless of ethnicity, race, color, national origin, age, different abilities, religion, marital or parental status, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, gender ...
Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is joined by Lamont Chandler of Chandler Insurance Group. He is an insurance broker specializing in Medicare education and the senior community.
The duo discuss the importance of insurance, navigating health benefits, and the effects of politics in healthcare.
Chandler is a Louisville native and graduate of Louisville Male High School and the University of Louisville. He began his ca...
Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is again joined by LUL Center for Justice and Policy Director, Hon. Felicia Nu'man, to talk about the upcoming election and the League's get-out-the-vote efforts. They talk in-depth about Amendment 2, the school voucher bill, which falsely claims to increase student choice and teacher pay.
To learn more about the election, how and where to vote, and to get involved, visit our website...
Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is joined by DeeDee Cummings, founder of the Louisville Book Festival. Founded in 2018 the festival's mission is to celebrate and promote the love and the benefits of reading, writing, and literacy. Cummings is a multi-talented author, therapist, and attorney. The duo talk about the power of literacy and the conspiracy of book banning, the evolution of Louisville, America's ...
Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is joined by Simone Sibley, LUL Young Professionals President. The Young Professionals are an Urban League Auxillary group for persons 21-40 to develop the next generation of leaders through personal development and community involvement.
The duo talk about establishing yourself in the city as a transplant, the current battle to suppress DEI initiatives, upcoming events for the Young...
Our host, LUL President & CEO Lyndon Pryor, is joined by Kristen Williams, Play Cousins Collective Executive Director. Play Cousins Collective is a Black family collective with a mission to build a supportive village around children.
The duo talk about raising strong Black children while navigating predominately white spaces, creating positive spaces, providing community healing, and the importance of the village.
Willams earn...
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