Advocacy & Activism

"How to Raise a Black Son In America" (5 minutes)

As kids, we all get advice from parents and teachers that seems strange, even confusing. This was crystallized one night for a young Clint Smith, who was playing with water guns in a dark parking lot with his white friends. In a heartfelt piece, the poet paints the scene of his father's furious and fearful response.

"Ecosystems, War and Climate Change" (4.5 minutes)

"Everyone's Channel" (60 minutes)

"A Letter to All Who Have Lost in this Era" (17.5 minutes)

Summer, 2016: amid populist revolts, clashing resentments and fear, writer Anand Giridharadas doesn't give a talk but reads a letter. It's from those who have won in this era of change, to those who have, or feel, lost. It confesses to ignoring pain until it became anger. It chides an idealistic yet remote elite for its behind-closed-doors world-saving and airy, self-serving futurism — for at times worrying more about sending people to Mars than helping them on Earth. And it rejects the 

"The Deadly Legacy of Cluster Bombs" (11.5 minutes)

David Greenwald hosts Rev. Timothy Malone, Sean Raycraft, and Diane Evans, all participants in the March for Justice.

Safe Routes To School conference. Columbus Pedestrian Safety Committee. Walkability in Morgantown. Accessibility

Teaching governance at WVU. The Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Committee. The Mon River Trails Conservancy.

Vision Zero traffic safety in Maryland.

Maryland Bike Symposium.

Speed Camera Lotto.

"How Africa Can Keep Rising" (15.5 minutes)

African growth is a trend, not a fluke, says economist and former Finance Minister of Nigeria Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. In this refreshingly candid and straightforward talk, Okonjo-Iweala describes the positive progress on the continent and outlines eight challenges African nations still need to address in order to create a better future.



"Koch Brothers Exposed" (56 minutes)