Alicia Garza welcomes her uncle, Merl Saunders, Jr, a renowned music impresario who has worked with such diverse artists as Michael Jackson, Frank Zappa, Robert Cray & Roberta Flack. Garza and Saunders discuss the bay area's musical past, and what might be in store for its future, and the lessons learned from Saunders’ legendary father (and Alicia’s grandad), the late, great keyboardist Merl Saunders. Plus, new installments of the weekly roundup and #LadysLoveNotes!Lady Don't Take No on Twitter, Instagram & FacebookAlicia Garza on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook & YouTubeThis 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.