Alicia Garza welcomes comedian, actress and creative visionary Amanda Seales. Seales can be seen on HBO’s Insecure,  her stand up special, “I Be Knowin”, and as the host of NBC’s “Bring the Funny”. Garza asks Seales about her time as a member of Floetry, and about life lessons learned in 2020. Plus, Garza’s weekly round-up of everything good and awful. Amanda Seales on Twitter and InstagramSmart, Funny & BlackSFB SocietyLady 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. Alicia was recently named to TIME’s Annual TIME100 List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, alongside her BLM co-founders Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors. She is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (Penguin Random House),  and she warns you -- hashtags don’t start movements. People do.