(WEAA)— Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle co-founder and Director of Policy Dayvon Love joined Dr. Kaye to break down the organization's 2026 legislative agenda.
The conversation covered three key priorities. First, LBS is pushing to end Maryland's practice of automatically charging youth as adults. Maryland remains one of the few states that still automatically tries young people as adults for 33 specified offenses. Love argues that youth sent to adult prisons are denied proper education and services, and are often isolated in ways that amount to extreme deprivation.
LBS is also calling for greater inclusion in Maryland's public broadcasting debates. The organization wants public broadcasters hosting statewide general election debates to open participation to all candidates on the ballot — not just Democrats and Republicans.
The third priority focuses on re-entry. LBS wants the Department of Corrections to establish a clear protocol allowing formerly incarcerated people to return to prisons to lead re-entry and violence prevention programming — putting those with lived experience at the center of the solution.
Listen to the full conversation above.
This summary was AI-assisted and edited by WEAA staff.
