ON THIS EPISODE It’s May, which means its Mental Health Awareness Month! On this episode President, Jonathan Rapping and Executive Director, Ilham Askia are speaking with three phenomenal African American women who specialize and focus on the …
Episode 10 – Breaking Through the System: The Path to Healing
ON THIS EPISODE President, Jonathan Rapping and Executive Director, Ilham Askia sat down with Mr. Rapping’s former client, Octavius Clarke, to catch up to discuss the challenges and triumphs of overcoming our criminal legal system. During this …
Episode 09 – The Pipeline to Social Justice: From the Classroom to the Courtroom
ON THIS EPISODE It’s Women’s History Month! For the last day of this momentous celebration, Jonathan Rapping and Ilham Askia sat down with Associate Professor of Sociology at Spelman College and the Director of UNCF/Mellon Programs, Dr. Cynthia …
Episode 08 – Public Defenders and the Communities They Serve
ON THIS EPISODE In celebration of Black History Month, co-hosts Jonathan Rapping and Ilham Askia sat down with Author and The Breakfast Club Co-Host, Charlamagne tha God and the Southern Center for Human Rights’ Community and Engagement …
Episode 07 – Women of Color: Architects in the Public Defense Movement
ON THIS EPISODE Co-hosts Jonathan Rapping and Ilham Askia sat down with three amazing women who are leaders not only in their offices, but within this fight for equality for all people. They will speak about how …
Episode 06 – The 2020 Election: Is History Repeating Itself?
ON THIS EPISODE: Co-hosts Jonathan Rapping and Ilham Askia have a candid conversation with Gideon’s Promise Ambassador and SCLC Cobb County Chapter President, Dr. H. Benjamin Williams about the parallels he sees with the movement in the 50’s …
Episode 05 – From the Voices
ON THIS EPISODE: This episode of Gideon’s Promise: The Podcast explores the criminal legal system through the eyes of those who have experienced this system first hand. Co-hosts Jonathan Rapping and Ilham Askia, speak with Ohio Justice & …
Episode 04 – Public Defenders in the Trenches
ON THIS EPISODE This episode of Gideon’s Promise: The Podcast explores the challenges our public defenders are facing during this devastating pandemic and their responses to the protests erupting throughout the country against racial injustice. Co-hosts Jonathan …
Episode 03 – An Ode to Public Defenders
ON THIS EPISODE This episode of Gideon’s Promise: The Podcast features a little twist! Gideon’s Promise Executive Director, Ilham Askia interviews President, Jonathan Rapping, about his first book, Gideon’s Promise: A Public Defender Movement to Transform Criminal Justice. …
Episode 02 – The New Civil Rights Movement: Criminal Justice Reform
ON THIS EPISODE This episode of Gideon’s Promise: The Podcast explores criminal justice as this generation’s civil rights movement. Host Jonathan Rapping speaks with three experts – James Forman, Jr, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Professor of Law, Yale …
