Listen Up!

By: LouUrbanLeague
  • Summary

  • 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!
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Episodes
  • The Right Headspace
    Nov 7 2024

    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 identity, or gender expression.

    The duo discusses the fallout from the 2024 election, the importance of Black Student Unions, how the school district is working to support students outside of the classroom, and the state of education in Kentucky.

    Vann graduated from the University of Memphis with a BS in Professional Studies. He has dedicated his career to working with youth, starting in a residential treatment facility, then Job Corps, before landing at Jefferson County Public Schools. He is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Trusted Advisors
    Oct 31 2024

    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 career in the automotive industry, where he spent 25 years before pivoting to insurance and following in his grandfather's footsteps.

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    51 mins
  • Everything's A Vote
    Oct 10 2024

    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.

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    1 hr and 23 mins

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