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February 25, 2022 began like most days, quiet and mundane. But as I headed to the dentist that Friday morning, my phone started chiming nonstop with text alerts: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson had become the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court. Like many Black women across the country, I’d been waiting with anticipation […]
Welcome to Season 8 of The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast! Today’s guest, Dr. Sadaf Jaffer, is the first Asian American and first Muslim American woman sworn into the New Jersey General Assembly, and formerly the first Muslim woman to serve as a mayor in the United Sates. This trailblazer knows what it takes […]
Global Gain has created the “Ukraine Democracy Activist Crisis Fund” to support Ukrainians who have dedicated their lives to fighting for human rights and democracy. They are in special danger from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked, unjust and merciless invasion. United States intelligence services have determined that the Russian government is compiling lists of such activists, “to […]
Welcome to Season 8 of The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast! As the daughter of Young Lord activists, Mia Bonta grew up always being reminded how important it was for her to fight for what she, and other poor Black and brown people, deserve. Mia spent 25 years in the nonprofit world doing just […]
Welcome to Season 8 of The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast! We know representation matters at every level, but that doesn’t change the facts: getting into politics is daunting, even for today’s guest, Sändra Washington, the first Black lesbian elected to Lincoln, Nebraska’s City Council. Today, Sändra is a newly re-elected member of the […]
The application for the Spring 2022 Ignite Change Fellowship is now open! You can find the fellowship application here. Please share this application with anyone who has experience as an advocate or organizational leader, is interested in running for office in the future, and has no prior or current history of running for office. The […]
Welcome to Season 8 of The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast! Schools are increasingly becoming places for proxy battles between the left and the right. The Covid-19 pandemic has only added to this phenomenon, raising questions on masking and vaccination policies. No one knows more about this than our guest, Kathy Mulkerin, Director of […]
NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Fair Fight Action, the national voting rights organization founded by Stacey Abrams, will sponsor season 8 of The Brown Girls Guide to Politics podcast by Wonder Media Network, a women-founded, mission-driven podcast company. In honor of Black History and Women’s History month, host A’shanti Gholar will spotlight Black, […]