Breaking Through with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (Powered by MomsRising)

On the #RADIO show this week we cover the power of the #MomVote; whats happening in the U.S. Supreme Court; how your vote kicks open doors that we can (and must!) walk through for real change: and how healthcare is on the line and what you can do to help.

*Special guests include: Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Lena Zwarensteyn, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, @civilrightsorg, Reggie Hubbard, MoveOn, @MoveOn; and Joan Alker, Center for Children and Families, Georgetown University, @GeorgetownCCF.

Originally Aired November 1, 2020 

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On the radio show this week, we talk about how much emergency relief from Congress it will take to revive the U.S. economy; then jump into the need to extend paid leave and sick days; uncover what’s going on with after school care and how to get support for children during a pandemic; and we close the show discussing how to best support a loved one if they come out as trans. 
 
*Special guests include: Mark Paul, Assistant Professor of economics and environmental studies at New College of Florida and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, @NewCollegeofFL, @MarkVinPaul; Ruth Martin, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Jodi Grant, Afterschool Alliance, @afterschool4all; Alexis Bleich, Co-Director of the Clinical Services at Kip, @kiptherapy
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On the #RADIO show this week we cover whats happening with vote counts in battleground states including Pennsylvania; the powerful organizing by Black Voters Matter to get out the vote and move policy forward; the incredible impact of LatinxVotan; and the latest with jobs and unemployment insurance in America.

*Special guests include: Dr. Lara Putnam, professor at the University of Pittsburgh, @PittTweet; Brittany Smalls, Black Voters Matter, @BlackVotersMtr; Xochitl Oseguera, MomsRising/MamsConPoder, @MomsRising; and Elizabeth Pancotti, Employ America, @employamerica 

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On the radio show this week we cover: The exit polls showing white women have much more work to do dismantling systemic racism within white communities; The ways in which the votes, organizing, and leadership of Black women and women of color protected our democracy; Hear how we each can combat the massive disinformation that the Trump campaign is still spreading; and find out whats up next to turn our voting power into policy powering in order to advance legislation that opens the doors for everyone to thrive.

*Special guests include: Laura Flanders, The Laura Flanders Show, @theLFshow; Kimberly Peeler-Allen, co-founder of Higher Heights, visiting practitioner at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, @HigherHeights4; Bridget Todd, Ultraviolet,
@UltraViolet and host of iHeartRadios critically acclaimed podcast There Are No Girls on the Internet, @UltraViolet: Jess Morales Rocketto, Civic Engagement Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the Executive Director of Care in Action,
@domesticworkers  

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