NPR Episode 5 w/ Mia Dawson

On this episode of NPR we interview Mia Dawson, a community organizer and scholar based in Sacramento. She is a PhD Candidate in the Geography Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis, with a designated emphasis in African American studies. Her scholarly work focuses on urban human geography and Black social movements, specifically on the contemporary movement for abolition in Sacramento. Mia also works with the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program, collaborating on the development of community-based violence interruption programs and alternative first response systems. As a community organizer, she has led and participated in initiatives against police terror and incarceration in her city with groups including Black Lives Matter and Decarcerate Sacramento. She is a co-ordinating committee member and research partner with Decarcerate.

Note: Audio begins around the 43:30 minute mark. We record live in an old-school studio, apologies!