Alicia Garza welcomes award winning author Kiese Laymon. Garza asks Laymon about his bestselling book, Heavy: An American Memoir, his writing process, and how he would describe the story of the current state of the world. Plus, Garza brings all of the real with her weekly roundup of all that’s good and awful from the past week.Kiese Laymon on Twitter & InstagramLady Don't Take No on Twitter, Instagram & FacebookAlicia Garza on YouTube, 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.