Public Defenseless

Today, Hunter was joined by Ali Bloomquist and Cherise Fanno Burdeen PhD about their new paper titled "Emotion First Theory & Practice: Emotional Intelligence as Foundational Infrastructure for Equity Practice." In it, Ali and Cherise detail the importance of making the development of Emotional Intelligence as something that public defender systems and organizations need to prioritize. Without a system based approach, public defender's alone cannot be expected to develop the emotional intelligence needed to meet the needs of the communities they serve.
 
Guest:
Ali Bloomquist, Public Defender, Co-Founder, EIDEIA Institute
Cherise Fanno Burdeen PhD, Community Psychologist, Co-Founder, EIDEIA Institute
 
Resources:
EIDEIA Website
https://www.eideia.org/
[email protected]
 
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Today, Hunter was joined by the American Immigration Council's Aaron Reichlin-Melnick to discuss a new report published by AIC. Over the past two years, the Trump administration has rapidly expanded the use of and capacity of immigration detention. Aaron joins to detail how this has happened, what might come next, and the best ways to prevent it in the future.
 
Guest:
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Senior Fellow, American Immigration Council
Resources:
Read the Report
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/immigration-detention/
Contact Aaron
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/authors/aaron-reichlin-melnick/
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Today, Hunter was joined by Thomas Gant, a Community Organizer with the Center for Community Alternatives. Thomas joins the show to describe three different bills pending in New York that could chip away at the impacts of mass incarceration.
 
Guest:
Thomas Gant, Community Organizer, Center for Community Alternatives
 
Resources:
 
Email Thomas
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Join the Coalition here
https://www.communitiesnotcagesny.org/take-action
https://www.communityalternatives.org/
 
 
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Today, Hunter was joined by Alex Burness of Bolts Magazine to discuss his recent piece of reporting on American Samoans in Alaska. Specifically, Alex walks us through the history that gave American Samoans passports, social security numbers, but no right to vote. From there, Alex tells the story of a small American Samoan community that is facing decades in prison for voting when everyone thought they had the right to.
 
Guest:
Alex Burness, Staff Writer, Bolts Magazine
 
Resources:
 
Read the Piece Here
https://boltsmag.org/prosecuted-for-voting-american-samoans-alaska/
Contact Alex
https://boltsmag.org/authors/alex-burness/
 
 
 
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Today, Hunter was joined once again by Mano Raju, the elected Chief Public Defender in the San Francisco Public Defender Office. Last time he was one the show, Mano explained why he decided to stop having his attorneys accept new case assignments on certain days of the week. Now, six months later, a judge has given the office an ultimatum: Accept new cases or be held in contempt.  
 
Guest:
Mano Raju, Chief Public Defender, San Francisco, California
 
Resources:
 
Read the Order
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SyOK2OVQobVjmnA99BL1tXOycjWvVMyD?usp=drive_link
 
Coverage of the Office
https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/389343-sf-public-defender-faces-contempt-over-refusal-to-take-felony-cases
https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/12/public-defender-manu-raju-crime-san-francisco-court/
 
Contact Mano or the Office
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https://sfpublicdefender.org/
https://www.facebook.com/sfpublicdefender
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