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How We BREATHE with Jessica Byrd & Monifa Bandele
How We BREATHE with Jessica Byrd & Monifa Bandele
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Jul 31, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Alicia Garza is joined this week by the Founder and Chief Doer of the Three Point squad, Jessica Byrd, and by the Senior Vice President for MomsRising.org, Monifa Bandele. Garza, Byrd and Bandele discuss the BREATHE Act, a visionary bill that divests our taxpayer dollars from brutal and discriminatory policing and invests in a new vision of public safety. Plus, Garza’s weekly round-up of all that is awful and excellent, known as “Lady Don’t Take No”.Learn about the BREATHE Act at https://breatheact.org/Join The Movement For Black Lives at https://m4bl.org/Jessica Byrd on TwitterMonifa Bandele on TwitterLady Don't Take No on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook.Alicia Garza on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook. This pod is supported by the Black Futures LabProduction by Phil SurkisTheme music: "Lady Don't Tek No" by LatyrxAlicia Garza founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. Garza serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance. She is the co-founder of Supermajority, a new home for women’s activism. She shares her thoughts on the women transforming power in Marie Claire magazine every month. Her forthcoming book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (Penguin Random House) will be published in October 2020, and she warns you -- hashtags don’t start movements. People do.
Released:
Jul 31, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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Davey D's History Lesson, Part 1: Alicia Garza is joined this week by acclaimed journalist, Hip Hop historian, producer, deejay, and community activist, Davey D. Their wide ranging conversation spans from whose pizza reigns supreme to how hip hop has transformed politics to what’s at stake for Black voters in the upcoming November election. by Lady Don't Take No