Breaking Through with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (Powered by MomsRising)
On the #RADIO show this week we cover the importance of the U.S. Senate passing emergency COVID-19 relief now, including extending expanded unemployment insurance; we also cover the eviction crisis and what Congress can do in the next relief package to protect renters; we get the update on the #SaveAsylum campaign; and we close the show hearing why family separation must end now, about the importance of democracy, and why vote by mail applications need to get in ASAP!
 
*Special guests include: Elyssa Schmier, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Professor Emily Benfer, Health Justice Clinic at Wake Forest University School of Law, @WakeForest; Kristin Kumpf, AFSC, @afsc_org; and Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising
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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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On the #RADIO show this week we cover what needs to be on the table relating to childcare the “room where it happens” in the US Senate; #JusticeForVanessaGuillen and sexual assault in the military, as well as the #FreeTheFamillies campaign;  how voting rights are under attack and what you can do about it right now; and how to save our democracy.
 
*Special guests include: Katie Hamm, Center for America Progress, @amprog; Xochitl Oseguera,  MomsRising, @MomsRising; Barbara Arnwine, Transformative Justice Coalition, @Barbs73,@TJC_DC; and Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising
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On the #RADIO show this week, we cover the common myths around #DefundThePolice and why this campaign must be front and center right now; then we hear about the Health Equity and Accountability Act and why it's more important than ever in light of COVID-19 and health disparities in communities of color; next up we get the scoop on the #PaidLeaveForAll campaign and why your voice is needed to help advance change; and we close the show hearing about the urgent need to extend the boost in unemployment insurance during the pandemic.
 
*Special guests include: Mark Winston Griffith, Brooklyn Movement Center, @BKMovement;  Alberto Gonzalez, UNIDOS US, @WeAreUnidosUS; Ruth Martin, MomsRising, @MomsRising; and Andrew Stettner, The Century Foundation, @TCFdotorg
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Category:general -- posted at: 5:37pm EDT

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