We Are The Shift!

Crisis in Mississippi Featuring Tysianna Marino

What happens when a crisis strikes in Mississippi? MS Millennial Tysianna Marino joins the Roundtable to discuss what it means to be from Mississippi and discuss how her experiences growing up in the south have shaped her national advocacy efforts. Tysianna Marino is a Labor Rights Lobbyist in Washington, DC where she works with members of Congress and their staff to enact legislation that uplifts America's working families. Tysianna was born and raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Pascagoula, MS by two working-class Black women: her mom and grandmother. As a student of public policy, Tysianna has always observed national policy issues through the lens of a Mississippi native. Her policy work is centered around her belief that Mississippi reflects the nation's harshest policy failures and that implementing progressive policy changes in Mississippi will lead to broader progress in the nation as a whole. February 2021 Tysianna Twitter thread stirred up a conversation online about how the Federal Government responds to crisis in Mississippi both historically and presently, evidenced by the Jackson Water Crisis. Tysianna joins us for an episode of the Roundtable to talk more about what inspired her thoughts and the response to her thread.

State Tax Reform in Mississippi

Is the state income tax elimination proposal in Mississippi a Good Thing? Currently, the Mississippi Legislature is considering a bill that could make a major impact on Mississippians moving forward. This complication piece of policy includes an elimination of the income tax in Mississippi. The Millennial Roundtable Podcast crew spoke with Kyra Roby, a millennial attorney, advocate, and fiscal policy guru at One Voice MS, to get the details on the policy, its long-term impacts, and the economic outlook of the state. More about Kyra Roby: Kyra Roby, Esq. is a native of Madison, Mississippi. She received her high school diploma from Madison Central High School. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mississippi Croft Institute for International Studies in 2010, and she holds a  2014 law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law. After graduating from law school, Kyra served two years as an Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellow working to remove barriers to employment for people with arrest and conviction histories through expungement and other means. She later worked as a staff attorney at the MacArthur Justice Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, where her work focused on criminal justice reform and various other civil and human rights cases.  And she previously worked as a Partnership Specialist with the United States Census Bureau. Learn more at onevoicems.org

We Are The Shift!

Rukia Lumumba and Thomas Bellinder from The People's Advocacy Institute join us on this episode of the Millennial Roundtable to discuss their work with the Mississippi Bail Fund Collective. Check the link in bio to listen to the latest episode of the podcast! #MSMillennials #SippTalk #MSMRoundtable #BailReform In this episode, we discuss the impact of cash bail practices on people in Mississippi. Bail Reform is an issue that specifically impacts poor people and people of color in Mississippi. We are asking our listeners and followers to tune into this episode to learn more about ways to support reform in local communities. Check the link in our bio to find out more about the collective and donate to the Mississippi Bail Fund Collective. Donate and learn more about the People’s Advocacy Institute @lumumbavision and donate using the link in the bio. https://www.peoplesadvocacyinstitute.com/mbfc

How We Got Over

MS Millennial Roundtable is Back! We kick off season two with a 2020 recap and a celebration about putting the last four years behind us. Tune in to our season opener for some news about the Millennial Roundtable and hear about our personal lessons learned whilst living in a pandemic. Our MS Millennial Business Feature for this Week is Capital City Kayaks. Check them out and follow them on IG at @CapitalCityKayaks Follow the MRT Hosts on Clubhouse @AishaSC @GeorgeChuck @djkujho @mattcampbell @thekimshadey Check us out on Social Media Twitter: MSMRoundtable IG: MRMRountable Facebook: MSMRountable

Lost Files: Featuring Aallyah Wright

Conversation with Mississippi Today Reporter, Aallyah Wright. This is an episode we thought we lost. Luckily with great effort, we’ve recovered a very enlightening conversation with one of our favorite MS Millennial Reporters, Aallyah Wright. Aallyah Wright is a native of Clarksdale, and a Mississippi Delta reporter covering education and local government. In our lost files episode, Jazmine and Aisha discuss some of their favorite stories by Aallyah and discuss why Mississippi journalists serve a very important role in telling the stories across our state. See Aallyah’s Work at Mississippi Today here https://mississippitoday.org/author/aallyah/? [https://mississippitoday.org/author/aallyah/?]