Mon, 29 June 2020
On the #RADIO show this week we cover a critical important movement to invest in kids and divest from youth prisons; hear the latest on the efforts to get police out of schools and use those funds to support kids instead; learn about the history of the defund movement and police violence in America; and get the lowdown on the most recent COVID-19 relief package that’s in the US Senate. *Special guests include: Liz Ryan, Youth First Initiative, @NoKidsInPrison; Beatriz Beckford, MomsRising, @MomsRising, Andre
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Mon, 22 June 2020
On the #RADIO show this week we cover why getting police out of schools is so important; the history of the powerful strategy of defunding and divesting from policing and investing in communities; an upcoming news film that breaks through in the childcare conversation; and the US Supreme Court victory with DACA and why it’s so important to vote and request a vote-by-mail ballot for November right now. *Special guests include: Kim Ellison, Chair Minneapolis Board of Education, @MPS_News; Philip V. McHarris, author and lead research and policy and associate at the Community Resource Hub for Safety and Accountability, @
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Mon, 15 June 2020
On the #RADIO show this week we cover how you can get access to the new emergency paid sick and leave programs " and what you can do to help make these programs cover everyone for always; we hear about the recent National Black Child Development Week and the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on Black children; find out why healthcare is still under threat (even during a pandemic!) and how you can advance healthcare coverage for everyone; and we close the show talking about hope in hard times and what you can do to build hope and change.
Direct download: MomsRising_2020525-Ep359-REAIR_mixdown.mp3
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Mon, 8 June 2020
On the #RADIO show this week, we cover how police brutality is a part of gun violence and must be stopped; get details about how you can support The Movement for Black Lives; hear the inside scoop on how to be the best possible leader and also the most effective lifter of leaders around you; and we close the show talking about Pride Month, how persistent advocacy advances change and what still needs to be done. *Special guests include: Amber Goodwin, Community Justice Action Fund (CJAF) and the Community Justice Reform Coalition (CJRC), @CJACTIONFUND; Monifa Bandele, Senior Vice President of MomsRising and Leadership Team of the Movement for Black Lives, @MomsRising #M4BL; Christine Pelosi, author of The Nancy Pelosi Way, and leader, @sfpelosi; and Kim Hunt, Pride Action Tank and AIDS Foundation of Chicago, @prideactiontank & @chikimhunt62
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Mon, 1 June 2020
On the #RADIO show we cover the epidemic of loneliness and tips for you to use that are included in the new book, Together; we also cover how you can get access to unemployment insurance and the new paid leave laws as well as healthcare coverage; hear about UltraViolet and a new powerhouse coalition of womens organizations called We Demand More; and we close the show getting the inside scoop on why childcare is in peril and how you can help.
Direct download: MomsRising_2020601-Ep356_REAIR-mixdown.mp3
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