In Legal Terms

We’re talking about the work of the Mississippi NAACP with guests Dr. Corey Wiggins, the Executive Director and the Rev Jimmy Richard, a volunteer with the MS NAACP who serves as the state Legal Redress Chair and President of the Pearl River County NAACPhttp://naacpms.org/https://twitter.com/MSNAACPhttps://www.facebook.com/mississippi.naacp

We’re glad to welcome Cassandra Welchlin, Executive Director of the Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable and consultant Jennifer Riley Collins. We’ll be taking about their efforts to promote equitable pay, healthcare, and workforce justice in Mississippi.MS Black Women's Roundtable https://msbwr.org/Jennifer Riley Collins consulting https://www.jrileycollinsconsulting.com/Equal Pay Hearing - Held by the Senate Labor Committe 09/29/2021 9am Mississippi State Capital Room 216 Lilly Ledbetter will address the hearing. Watch the live steam: http://www.legislature.ms.gov/ or find the YouTube video afterward: https://www.youtube.com/c/MississippiLegislature/videosRegister to vote in Mississippi: https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/voter-registration-information

What’s the crime rate in Mississippi? What if you’re charged but can’t afford an attorney? What if you commit a crime and you’re a juvenile? Our guest André de Gruy, State Public Defender gives us some answers. http://www.ospd.ms.gov/ContactOSPD.htmlDiscussion:violent crime ratehomiside ratestate funded public defender's officeother statescountiesreformsreform to juvenile habitual defenderslife in prision without parole for juvenilesCalls:what is the ratebiggest offendersplandue process