Systemic

• Legislate

  Davarie Armstrong was a high school student with a bright future ahead of him, but his life was tragically cut short. Teenagers at a party shot Davarie with several guns, including a semi-automatic high-powered rifle. How do we stop guns from getting into the hands of teenagers? Jason McBride puts pressure on Colorado legislators to make changes to punish social media platforms that sell guns online.Host, reporter and producer: Jo EricksonProducers: Stephanie Wolf and Shane RumseyEditor: Rachel EstabrookMusic: Daniel MescherExecutive producer: Kevin DaleArt: Jodi GershThanks also to Hart van Denburg, Kevin J. Beaty, Shelby Filangi and Jon Pinnow

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• Bridge

  Aurora Police have a new strategy to help reduce youth gun crime. It partners a police force that’s been under the microscope for its treatment of Black and brown communities with leaders in those same communities to try to keep kids from turning to violence.SAVE, Standing Against Violence Everyday, is different from other policing methods. The intent is to keep individuals alive, safe and free. Aurora Police believe the old way of arresting and incarcerating teens wasn’t changing anything. It didn’t stop youths from joining gangs, nor stop innocent young people from being killed. Something needed to change. But does the Black community really believe the police can change? Jason McBride is left in a position where he straddles both sides of the fence.Host, reporter and producer: Jo EricksonProducers: Stephanie Wolf and Shane RumseyEditor: Rachel EstabrookMusic: Daniel MescherExecutive producer: Kevin DaleArt: Jodi GershThanks also to Hart van Denburg, Kevin J. Beaty, Shelby Filangi and Jon Pinnow

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• Educate

  Sam Elfay was just 13 years old when he started skipping school. Somewhere along the way Elfay had lost interest. As soon as his father dropped him off at school he’d wait until his dad left, then skip class. Elfay’s appetite for more danger in his life grew. He started to break into houses and cars, stealing whatever he could get his hands on. Then one day he stole a gun from someone’s car. That changed everything. It led him into the Crips gang. Then he met Jason McBride, a youth violence crime prevention specialist who managed to convince Elfay to take a different path away from gun crime.Host, reporter and producer: Jo EricksonProducers: Stephanie Wolf and Shane RumseyEditor: Rachel EstabrookMusic: Daniel MescherExecutive producer: Kevin DaleArt: Jodi GershThanks also to Hart van Denburg, Kevin J. Beaty, Shelby Filangi and Jon Pinnow

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• Season 3 Preview: Teens and guns

  Youth gun crime is rising and it disproportionately affects Black and brown people. This crime is often sidelined as a community problem, which dismisses the reasons young Black men get caught up in an environment of violence, crime and death.Systemic, hosted and reported by Jo Erickson, is back for Season 3, to tell the stories of those who fight injustice as they attempt to dismantle the status quo. This season, the series dives deep into the lives of teenagers at risk of being incarcerated and the steps community leaders, police and legislators are taking to reduce youth gun crime. The podcast returns August 11. Follow the show wherever you listen so you don’t miss an episode.

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• Overcoming Hate

  When it comes to prosecuting hate crimes, Colorado didn’t have a great track record until they amended Colorado’s bias-motivated crimes statute. In this bonus episode of Systemic, we look at how Melissa Hall, a Black parent who was racially abused while volunteering on school premises, tested this new amendment in court. Host and producer: Jo Erickson Producers: Rebekah Romberg, Kibwe Cooper, Emily Williams Theme music by Daniel Mescher. (Additional music via Universal Production Music.) Art: Maria Juliana Pinzón

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