Leslie Marshall Show -6/12/19- Black Youth & After School Programs; Solving Student Loan Debt Crisis by Progressive Voices Network

Today's guest hosts are Charlotte Hancock, Communications Director for Generation Progress, and Brent Cohen, Executive Director of Generation Progress and the VP of the Center for American Progress.

They discuss two different topics during today's show.

The first topic is black youth and after-school programs with Dr. Bianca J. Baldridge, Author of "Reclaiming Community: Race and the Uncertain Future of Youth Work." Dr. Baldridge is an Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin Madison. Her Twitter handle is @BiancaJontae.
The book is available for purchase here --> https://www.amazon.com/Reclaiming-Community-Uncertain-Future-Youth/dp/150360697X

The second topic is a new Gen Progress report titled, "Addressing the $1.5 Trillion in Federal Student Loan Debt." (Link here --> https://genprogress.org/fixstudentdebt/)
The report is authored by Charlotte, Brent, and their colleague Colleen Campbell, Director for Postsecondary Education at American Progress. Colleen joins the show to discuss the report, which covers finding a solution to the student loan debt crisis, and doing so in the most equitable manner possible.
Colleen's Twitter handle is @Collecamp.

Charlotte Hancock's Twitter handle is @CharlatAnne and Brent Cohen's handle is @BrentJCohen.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.