Sunni Patterson w/Malik Rahim "Katrina and the New Orleans Robbery"

Renegade Culture

*Warning-Parental discretion is advised* In this episode: Kalonji Changa & Kamau Franklin connect with the People's Poet Laureate, Sunni Patterson and former Black Panther Party member Malik Rahim and discussed Gomela, Katrina, Gentrification and more. (All Music Performed by Sunni Patterson) New Orleans native and visionary, Sunni Patterson, has been the featured performer at many of the Nation's premier spoken word venues, including HBO's Def Poetry Jam and BET's Lyric Cafe, the Arsenio Hall Show, TEDWomen and much more. Freedom Fighter-Malik Rahim was raised in New Orleans' Algiers neighborhood. He has spent many years studying and organizing around housing and prison issues. He was a founding member of the Black Panthers' Louisiana Chapter, the anti-death penalty campaign Pilgrimage for Life (with Sister Helen Prejean and others) and the successful National Coalition to Free the Angola Three. Malik was also a founder and operator of Algiers Development Center and Invest Transitional Housing, an ex-offenders program which housed over 1,000 men, women and children. He is co-founder of the community building Common Ground Collective. Support the fundraiser to save Malk Rahim's home https://uk.gofundme.com/savingmalikshome Music Performed by Sunni Patterson and Ekundayo Mountain Liun Check out our website: www.renegadeculture.org