Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
In the last few years, the U.S. has seen a bold resurgence in the popularity of municipal youth curfews. Join Kojo for a discussion on the goals of curfews, how we measure if they are working, and what infringements on the rights of teenagers may or may not be justified in today’s society.
Guests
- Mike Males Ph.D. in Social Ecology; former sociology instructor at the School of Social Sciences at University of California at Irvine; also author of "Framing Youth: Ten Myths about the Next Generation."
- Dan Macallair Associate Director of the Justice Policy Institute
- Marty Pfeifer National Board Member of the Fraternal Order of Police; also Sargent in the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington DC.
- Liz Siegel DC-based child advocate
- Sharon Sayles-Belton Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota; also the Chairperson of the Youth Violence Taskforce for the US Conference of Mayors
- Galen Price National Chairman of the International Student Activism Alliance
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