Community 101: Tales of A Milllennial

How do we define community in 2026? What is our responsibility to define a community? How much of an impact did the War on Drugs and 1994 Crime Bill have on the preservation and sustainability of the Black community across the United States. In the sixth episode of Season 2, Revolutionary Baddies discusses the history of Black communities, and what is necessary in the community presently. While sharing their own upbringing and learnings of community, Brittany and Dee Dee also share their dreams for the current project of building community. Dee Dee bringing specific experience of garnering community support when faced with state surveillance and white vigilante threats. Community is our greatest safety technology. In order for our future to be actualized, we must take seriously the lives, learnings, and practices of all of our people, especially children. Interrogating our understanding of community is the intention behind this episode. Franz Fanon said, "Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it,". Revolutionary Baddies believe it is imperative that  our generation, the Millennial generation, discover its mission and take responsibility for the construction of a new community. Thank you for joining this community.

Questions for our listeners:

What does community look like in the revolution?

Links for the Show: Season 2. Episode 6

Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology by Barbara Smith

Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Hood Wellness by Tamela J. Gordon 

Black Visions: The Roots of African-American Contemporary Ideologies by Michael C. Dawson

Protests Over Confederate Statue Shakes Charlottesville, Virginia

Durham Protests Take Down Confederate Monument

Durham Residents Turned Out En Masse to Counter White Supremacists

The Revolution Starts At Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities by Ching-In Chen