Ep. 56 - Resisting in Place ft. Morgan Malone

BrownTown talks with Morgan Malone, all-around civic leader,
strategist, and dedicated resident of the Southside of Chicago,
about her project Resisting in Place. The team discusses the
meaning of resistance with regard to the movement for Black
lives, anti-racist work, and collective and intentional
engagement at the intersections of everyday life and societal
design. With Morgan's ambitious, nuanced, and powerful project as
a site, she and BrownTown discuss what it means to "resist" and
what that looks like for different professions, people,
industries, etc. (mentioned article: "When Black Women go From
Office Pet to Office Threat"). Morgan's project centers Black
experiences, Black life, and Black thought, sparked partially
from this season of massive civil unrest during a pandemic. With
that, the gang brings in their theoretical and grounded practical
thoughts on police/prison abolition and how we make steps to
imagining and creating the world we want to see. In Morgan's
words, "people just have to see it's possible." Resistance in
Place as well as the awesome grassroots work that BrownTown and
Morgan shoutout (GoodKids MadCity, Black Lives Matter Chicago,
#LetUsBreatheCollective, Gumbo Media, Imagine Englewood if, Think
Outside the Block, etc.) incorporate human-centered design,
holding space to ask questions, hold each other accountable, and
neutralize harm.


GUEST
Morgan Malone is a public servant, expert in human-centered
design and collective impact, and dedicated resident of the
Southside of Chicago. Morgan has worked across the civic
landscape in a variety of roles that have informed her holistic
lens and approach to finding solutions and fixing systems. Known
for her aptitude in building and restructuring systems and
initiatives, Morgan is an experienced civic leader, skilled
strategist, and consistent figure in Chicago’s neighborhood and
economic development sphere.


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From Resistance in Place:


"The act of resistance demands both collective engagement and
intentional interdisciplinary action. While many are on the
frontlines sacrificing their bodies, time, and resources for a
greater future where Black experience is integral to life
understanding and societal design, many are left wondering what
their role in resistance can be. And there are also many others
who have taken matters into their own realms and are focused on
resisting in place."


Follow Morgan on Instagram , Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin; and
Resisting in Place on the site and Instagram. Read more about
Morgan and the project in the recent Forbes article, "The Work Of
Anti-Racism Is Happening In Every Industry, Meet The Millennial
Working To Showcase It"!


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CREDITS: Intro/outro music by Fiendsh. Audio
engineering by Genta Tamashiro. Episode photo by David W.
Johnston.


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