{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"So Much To Say: A Legal Podcast For People","title":"Want to Know How to Help Minneapolis? On the Ground with Civil Defense Attorney, Cari Brunkow","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2614,"description":"**Note: Before you listen**\nThis episode contains discussions of disturbing events that have taken place in Minnesota. Please take care while listening.\n“Shouldn't we as a society really be taking a step back and dissecting this hate, and realize that it is shameful and embarrassing?...Right now, you guys might be interviewing me about what's happening in Minneapolis. I hope nobody is ever interviewing you about what is happening in your neighborhoods.” - Cari Brunkow\nWhat happens when the national headlines are in your neighborhood?\nIn this powerful and deeply human conversation, Megan Senese and Jennifer Ramsey sit down with Cari Brunkow, founder and counsel of Lotus Legal, a Minneapolis-based criminal defense and civil rights attorney who is living, and lawyering, in the middle of escalating ICE activity and community unrest.\nCari shares what it feels like to launch a human-centered law practice, and watch violence unfold in her own city just days later. She speaks candidly about fear, grief, anger, and hope, and about what it means to show up as a lawyer, a mother, and a community member when the fight feels personal.\nThis is not a neat conversation. There are no easy answers. But there is honesty, proximity, and a reminder that we are not alone and we can all do something.\nYou’ll hear about:Why Cari named her firm Lotus Legal, and what the lotus symbolizes in criminal defense and civil rights workWhat she’s seeing firsthand in Minneapolis, and how it differs from national narrativesThe emotional toll of witnessing violence in your own communityWhat it means to “get proximate” even if you don’t live in MinnesotaPractical ways to support affected communitiesWhy speaking up makes all of us safer\nAbout Cari Brunkow:\nCari Brunkow is the founder and counsel of Lotus Legal, a Minneapolis-based criminal defense and civil rights firm. With more than a decade of experience representing individuals in law enforcement brutality cases and protecting constitutional...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xX4mv8ABkxdZYlNqyYMtgty7eVFkp64CDgWzGR1qEOg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85MWU1/ODk3ZDY4NjYwY2Fh/OTE1NzYyZjdlMThl/YzFhNy5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}