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What Makes An Activist with Isha Sesay

What Makes An Activist with Isha Sesay

FromLady Don't Take No


What Makes An Activist with Isha Sesay

FromLady Don't Take No

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Jun 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Alicia Garza welcomes award winning journalist, and host of the podcast The Accidental Activist, Isha Sesay. Garza asks Sesay about her decision to leave CNN, and the impetus behind her new podcast focusing on how activists are born. Also, Sesay shares about the work of her organization,  W.E. (Women Everywhere) Can Lead. Plus, Garza is back with her weekly roundup of all the news you can use.Isha Sesay on Twitter, Instagram & FacebookLady 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. 
Released:
Jun 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Lady Don’t Take No is a podcast created by Alicia Garza for people who like their political commentary with a side of beauty recommendations. It’s her tribute to the Bay Area’s unique way of getting things done. Garza will divulge her hot takes on everything from why Fenty Beauty saves lives, to how to handle microaggressions at the airport. Every Friday, Lady Don’t Take No will deliver all the real, and none of the fake. Why? Because Lady. Don’t. Take. No.