Summary: 1. 3states1mission.com returns! Chokwe Pitchford is a candidate for Michigan State Rep. He joins from his home in Benton Harbor, Michigan, to discuss the campaign, his community, and why this is such an important race. Learn more at chokwefor79th.org. Sign up to phone bank for Chokwe’s campaign and many others at 3states1mission.com. Remember when you said you’d do anything to defeat Trump? Well? 2. When there is a shooting on the West Side, members of the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago show up to mediate, deescalate, and work with the victims family. As we work to imagine better ways of addressing gun violence and public, it must include programs like this. Senior Director of Programs and Policy Chris Patterson joins this week to discuss this effort, which is built on the teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr. Learn more and get involved at nonviolencechicago.org.
