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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 […]
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, […]
Welcome to Season 8 of The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast! In the season premiere, A’shanti sits down with Laphonza Butler, President of EMILY’s List. As the first Black woman to lead the organization, Laphonza discusses how she wakes up every day filled with the mission of EMILY’s List: to elect more pro-choice Democratic […]
The Brown Girls Guide to Politics is proud to partner with the State Innovation Exchange’s (SiX) Reproductive Freedom Leadership Council and Democracy Project to bring you a spotlight on women of color state legislators who are navigating the unprecedented influx of racist, anti-democratic, anti-abortion, and anti-transgender legislation being introduced across the country. As we await […]