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This episode features Marianne Schnall's full conversation with lifelong activist and social organizer Brittany Packnett Cunningham. Brittany—the VP of Social Impact at BET, an NBC News and MSNBC Political Analyst, and host of the new and justice podcast UNDISTRACTED—shares her powerful insights on a broad range of topics, including why we need to view power as an abundant resource, the importance of authenticity and integrity in leadership, her hopes for an equal world where all genders and races have the “freedom to dream,” and much more.  For more information about Marianne Schnall, please visit MarianneSchnall.com  For more information about Tandem, please visit tandemequality.org To learn more about Brittany's work, please visit BrittanyPacknett.com. To watch Brittany's viral Ted Talk, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In honor of Black History Month, USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future (CPF) hosted an all-star panel discussion with Spring 2023 CPF Fellow Stephanie Young and activists Angela Rye and Brittany Packnett Cunningham on their careers, political impact, and challenges. On Tuesday, February 21, these women discussed the importance of Black History Month, how race and identity impact politics, and the current political roadblocks affecting our democracy. This event was in partnership with VoteSC, USC Political Student Assembly, Trojan Democrats, and USC College Republicans. Featuring: Angela Rye: Attorney, Activist, CEO of IMPACT Strategies Brittany Packnett Cunningham: Speaker, Political Analyst, Social Justice Champion Stephanie Young: Executive Director, When We All Vote; Spring 2023 Barbara Boxer Fellow, USC Center for the Political Future

It's a different kind of episode this week—”our most personal, most gut-wrenching, most triumphant,” says host Brittany Packnett Cunningham. The reason? Four months ago, she became a mother, to a son born at just 24 weeks. Now she sits down to tell that story, with a guest who was there with her the whole time: her husband, Reginald Cunningham. They talk about the long road to parenthood, hospitalized bedrest, becoming NICU parents—and the “free Black child” they hope to raise.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's episode of Undaunted, we chat with activist, educator, writer, and leader Brittany Packnett Cunningham. Her activist and education work is embedded in providing social change and empowerment. We chat about activism in its many forms, oppression, feminism, plus so much more!

The Learn Develop Live podcast brings you, ‘Your Motivational Moment!' Bringing you some of the best speakers and teachers from across the globe, their words and wisdom will help empower you with the motivation and inspiration you need to drive you towards your best days!  This week we have Brittany Packnett! The audio featured in this episode is credited to the ‘TED' YouTube channel.   If you're struggling right now, you aren't alone.  Everyone is fighting their own battle in some kind of way, it just might be different to yours. Maybe you're lacking confidence, maybe you feel trapped in a job hate, maybe you're scared of trying to make a break for it. If you'd like the details and info for how you can start your journey of positive transformation, shoot my a message on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter.  You could also come over to http://www.ldlcall.com/ , click on the calendar and book the best time slot for your FREE Learn Develop Live power call. We can talk about what you feel is holding you back… We can talk about what you should do next to kick-start your life… Talking to a stranger can be a bit daunting, I get it but our chat is a level playing field… No judgement, no opinion, just two people, you and me who want the best for you. Let's chat soon! Click here to listen to the previous episodes! https://podfollow.com/motivation-inspiration-from-learn-develop-live-with-chris-jaggs/view#_=_ www.learndeveloplive.com  

This week one year ago, a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election. For some perspective on the other side of this moment, we return to our episode with activist and educator Brittany Packnett Cunningham. We unpack the aftermath of the riots (6:46) before discussing her entry point into activism (11:00), unlearning perfectionism (19:38), grappling with imperfect allies (27:24), the consequences of using your voice (30:45), the enduring legacy of Toni Morrison (41:23), taking action under a Biden-Harris administration (46:03), rejecting objectification online (51:18), and, finally, how she keeps going (53:10). Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Confidence. We talk about it all the time. We know it matters. And still, educator and activist Brittany Packnett thinks we underestimate it. "Confidence,” she says, “is the necessary spark before everything that follows.” In this talk, Brittany identifies the three basic elements of this elusive force, which can be especially valuable for people whose role models don't look like them. After the talk, Modupe shares one more technique that has propelled her year after year at work, and explores the power of finding your "superpower" at work. And, Spiderman makes a brief appearance. While we're taking a break, we hope you enjoy this favorite from the TED Business archive—maybe it'll even help you find the confidence to pursue your most bold resolutions this year.

Alicia Garza is joined by activist, educator and writer Brittany Packnett Cunningham.Packnett Cunningham is founder and principal of Love & Power Works, a full-service social impact and equity agency, and the host of the podcast, UNDISTRACTED. Garza and Packnett Cunningham talk about holding space for people to evolve, building legacy, and spirituality as a freedom tool.Plus, Garza brings all of the real with her weekly roundup of all that's good and awful from the past week.Brittany Packnett Cunningham on Twitter, Instagram, FacebookLady Don't Take No on Twitter, Instagram & FacebookAlicia Garza on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook & YouTube This pod is supported by the Black Futures LabProduction by Phil SurkisTheme music: "Lady Don't Tek No" by LatyrxAlicia Garza founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. Garza serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance. She is the co-founder of Supermajority, a new home for women's activism. Alicia was recently named to TIME's Annual TIME100 List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, alongside her BLM co-founders Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors. She is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (Penguin Random House),  and she warns you -- hashtags don't start movements. People do. 

iGen team Jill and Victor welcome educator, activist and host of Undistracted, Brittany Packnett Cunningham to look at the biggest challenges facing our country today.  Are we up to the task ahead of us?  With growing youth passion and engagement, the honesty to look at our problems, open minds, and eyes towards new and bold solutions-- we might just have a chance.  The question is, where do we start? Get More From Brittany Packnett Cunningham Brittany Packnett Cunningham: Twitter  https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti Undistracted Podcast  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/undistracted-with-brittany-packnett-cunningham/id1534591370 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mspackyetti/ Website  https://brittanypacknett.com/ Get More From Victor and Jill:  Jill Wine-Banks:  Twitter  https://twitter.com/JillWineBanks Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/JWineBanks/ Website  https://www.jillwinebanks.com/ Author of The Watergate Girl: My Fight For Truth & Justice Against A Criminal President https://www.amazon.com/Watergate-Girl-Justice-Criminal-President/dp/1250244323 iGen Politics https://intergenerationalpolitics.com/ Victor Shi:  Twitter  https://twitter.com/victorshi2020 Medium  https://victorshi2020.medium.com/ Blog w/Jill Wine-Banks  https://www.jillwinebanks.com/blog/tag/Victor+Shi Former Biden Delegate: @Bideninaugural  https://twitter.com/Bideninaugural iGen Politics https://intergenerationalpolitics.com/ Email iGen Politics at igp@politicon.com Or tweet using #iGenPolitics

In this episode of the podcast I speak with, educator, writer, and leader in justice work Brittany Packnett Cunningham. Brittany is someone that we all look to, to help us with having the right words to advocate for ourselves as she consistently gives us the language to be able to navigate some of the incredibly tough things that we experience as Black people. Listen to get immersed in the absolute magic of her ability to bring so much light and awareness to healing, injustice, and the world in general.   “We have to be as responsible as we would want other people to be when they mess up, and we have to get gracious as we would want other people to be when we mess up.” - Brittany   Timestamps:   2.11 - How does Brittany stay credible? 5.09 - Words for the awakened young 9.34 - How to include taking care as part of injustice work 16.49 - White supremacy and capitalism 18.38 - Mistaking cancel culture for accountability 28.52 - Brittany on self-belief   Connect with Brittany   Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MsPackyetti Twitter - https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti Website link - https://brittanypacknett.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanypacknett/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mspackyetti/?hl=en 
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Understanding the tragic issue of slavery and its ongoing historical impact on the country has been a critical part of America's recent reckoning on race. The Atlantic's Clint Smith has been one of the country's leading writers on this essential but complex topic for the past several years. In one of the most anticipated books of the year, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America, Smith explores how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history and ourselves. In Smith's first work of nonfiction, the author takes readers through a national tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not. In this unique way, Smith explores the legacy of slavery and its vivid imprint on centuries of American history. He describes Confederate Army cemeteries, former plantations, modern-day prisons, and other historical sites, showing how our past continually connects with the present, and helping us understand how slavery is remembered and misremembered—and why it matters to all Americans today. In this conversation, Smith will be joined by Brittany Packnett Cunningham, a young emerging leader at the intersection of culture, justice and policy. Brittany serves as an NBC News and MSNBC contributor and host of "Undistracted," an intersectional news and justice podcast. Brittany is the founder and principal of Love & Power Works, a full-service social impact and equity agency. Please join us for this critically important conversation on history, memory and how it connects with the present. SPEAKERS Clint Smith Staff Writer, The Atlantic; Author, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America Brittany Packnett Cunningham Contributor, NBC News and MSNBC—Moderator In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on June 3rd, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Understanding the tragic issue of slavery and its ongoing historical impact on the country has been a critical part of America's recent reckoning on race. The Atlantic's Clint Smith has been one of the country's leading writers on this essential but complex topic for the past several years. In one of the most anticipated books of the year, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America, Smith explores how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history and ourselves. In Smith's first work of nonfiction, the author takes readers through a national tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not. In this unique way, Smith explores the legacy of slavery and its vivid imprint on centuries of American history. He describes Confederate Army cemeteries, former plantations, modern-day prisons, and other historical sites, showing how our past continually connects with the present, and helping us understand how slavery is remembered and misremembered—and why it matters to all Americans today. In this conversation, Smith will be joined by Brittany Packnett Cunningham, a young emerging leader at the intersection of culture, justice and policy. Brittany serves as an NBC News and MSNBC contributor and host of "Undistracted," an intersectional news and justice podcast. Brittany is the founder and principal of Love & Power Works, a full-service social impact and equity agency. Please join us for this critically important conversation on history, memory and how it connects with the present. SPEAKERS Clint Smith Staff Writer, The Atlantic; Author, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America Brittany Packnett Cunningham Contributor, NBC News and MSNBC—Moderator In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on June 3rd, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to feminism, it's not just about changing the ways we raise girls, it's about the way we raise all our children. In this episode, hosted by activist and podcaster Brittany Packnett Cunningham, she speaks with Oscar-winning filmmaker Travon Free. They sat down during the 21 for '21 event, produced by The Meteor and supported by Gucci's campaign for gender equality, CHIME FOR CHANGE. The event brought together 21 visionaries to share crucial ideas about what it will take to build a better, fairer and freer world. Together they discuss Travon's Oscar-winning short film “Two Distant Strangers” as well as the wider phenomenon of masculinity, and what happens when men, especially Black men, dare to question old norms. This episode of UNDISTRACTED was produced by creative collective The Meteor and Pineapple Street Studios.

When it comes to feminism, it’s not just about changing the ways we raise girls, it's about the way we raise all our children. In this episode, hosted by activist and podcaster Brittany Packnett Cunningham, she speaks with Oscar-winning filmmaker Travon Free. They sat down during the 21 for ’21 event, produced by The Meteor and supported by Gucci’s campaign for gender equality, CHIME FOR CHANGE. The event brought together 21 visionaries to share crucial ideas about what it will take to build a better, fairer and freer world. Together they discuss Travon's Oscar-winning short film “Two Distant Strangers” as well as the wider phenomenon of masculinity, and what happens when men, especially Black men, dare to question old norms. This episode of UNDISTRACTED was produced by creative collective The Meteor and Pineapple Street Studios.

Brittany Packnett Cunningham, award-winning educator, podcast host (Undistracted/Pod Save the People), news contributor, organizer, writer, and leader joins Sophia today to chat about her childhood, the Ferguson Uprising, and about her personal relationship to faith and how much the lessons she learned, growing up a minister's daughter, taught her about character and how character relates to activism today.  Executive Producers: Sophia Bush & Rabbit Grin Productions Associate Producers: Caitlin Lee & Josh Windisch Editor: Josh Windisch Artwork by the Hoodzpah Sisters This show is brought to you by Brilliant Anatomy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brittany Packnett Cunningham, award-winning educator, podcast host (Undistracted/Pod Save the People), news contributor, organizer, writer, and leader joins Sophia today to chat about her childhood, the Ferguson Uprising, and about her personal relationship to faith and how much the lessons she learned, growing up a minister’s daughter, taught her about character and how character relates to activism today. This episode is supported by:Sakara - Get 20% off your first order when you go to Sakara.com/WIP or enter code WIP at checkout.Skillshare - Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/WIP and get a free trial of Premium Membership.Executive Producers: Sophia Bush & Rabbit Grin ProductionsAssociate Producers: Caitlin Lee & Josh WindischEditor: Josh WindischArtwork by the Hoodzpah SistersThis show is brought to you by Brilliant Anatomy.

Plans, policy, apology and advocacy are what we need now. In this episode, we're calling it all out. 54 years ago, Dr. MLK Jr.'s powerful speech, The Other America, ignited a new hope for our great nation. On this hard-hitting episode, we're joined by three powerful voices; social advocates reshaping the political landscape. What does the future hold for Black greatness today? Resources: The Other America Dr. MLK Jr. @ Stanford 1967 Brittany Packnett's Harvard IOP Study Notes Jamira Burley's Field Notes Mike Muse's Vote Quadrant  

In celebration of DETROIT VS. EVERYBODY designer Tommey Walker's collaboration with Gucci—made possible through the Gucci Changemakers program, a social impact initiative focused on increasing inclusion and diversity within the fashion industry and across communities and cities—Tommey speaks to activist, educator and member of the Gucci Changemakers council Brittany Packnett. Tommey has teamed up with Gucci to create a special lineup of T-shirts utilizing his DETROIT VS. EVEYRBODY signature design to celebrate the 11 US changemaker cities with sales contributing towards the social impact programs. The partnership with Tommey Walker will be the first time Gucci has introduced a product collaboration under the Changemakers umbrella and to honor Tommey's hometown, Gucci will release a special-edition GUCCI VS. EVERYBODY T-shirt, marrying the creative identities together, available exclusively in Detroit at the Troy Somerset Collection Gucci store. Using fashion and design as a tool of empowerment, this partnership aims to lead the charge in the fight for meaningful change. Listen as Tommey and Brittany chat through the journey of his brand, the makings of the collaboration and what is at the core of the VS. EVERYBODY message. Discover more on www.equilibrium.gucci.com/

In celebration of DETROIT VS. EVERYBODY designer Tommey Walker’s collaboration with Gucci—made possible through the Gucci Changemakers program, a social impact initiative focused on increasing inclusion and diversity within the fashion industry and across communities and cities—Tommey speaks to activist, educator and member of the Gucci Changemakers council Brittany Packnett. Tommey has teamed up with Gucci to create a special lineup of T-shirts utilizing his DETROIT VS. EVEYRBODY signature design to celebrate the 11 US changemaker cities with sales contributing towards the social impact programs. The partnership with Tommey Walker will be the first time Gucci has introduced a product collaboration under the Changemakers umbrella and to honor Tommey’s hometown, Gucci will release a special-edition GUCCI VS. EVERYBODY T-shirt, marrying the creative identities together, available exclusively in Detroit at the Troy Somerset Collection Gucci store. Using fashion and design as a tool of empowerment, this partnership aims to lead the charge in the fight for meaningful change. Listen as Tommey and Brittany chat through the journey of his brand, the makings of the collaboration and what is at the core of the VS. EVERYBODY message. Discover more on www.equilibrium.gucci.com/

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As we find our footing in 2021, activist and educator Brittany Packnett Cunningham is focused on the work ahead. She joins us this week to unpack the aftermath of the Capitol riots (4:11), her entry point into activism (8:39), unlearning perfectionism (14:30), grappling with imperfect allies (24:04), the consequences of using your voice (27:39), the enduring legacy of Toni Morrison (40:39), taking action under a Biden-Harris administration (45:56), rejecting objectification online (52:32), and, finally, how she keeps going (55:50).  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Confidence and Self Love:How my moms growing confidence impacted me. Your kids watch you, people watch you. What are they catching/experiencing between you and your spouse, your friends, your business practices, your self talk etc.True Confidence is your belief in my ability to figure things out, its your heart, the quiet place within you. knowing who you are in Gods eyes and that your strength comes from him. What is false confidence?  physical, having the most friends, doing the most activities and social events- what you look like and how you act. Its not rooted in anything with a strong foundation and it doesn't last. 2020 to get back to my authentic presence because real confidence isn't structured- its freedom and flowing spontaneously. *Big difference between changing who you are and EMBRACING as you grow into the fullness of who you are and becoming. Sharing the wisdom of  Brittany Packnett says that “Confidence is the necessary spark before everything that follows"3 ways to crack the code of confidence: Permission, Community, Curiosity… My aunt at a young age gave me permission… I share this personal story.Permission :permission births confidence, its  permission to defy expectations of you to blend in and do what's expected.*My entrepreneur journey with personal story and what it taught me.Community: nurtures your confidence was propped up in sisterhood and friends  Curiosity: affirms confidence. *I see daily as I coach women specifically that if I gave them a “confidence pill” SOO much would and could change in their lives.  Let go of  labels people put on you You gotta stand in front of your goals and dreams every day TRUSTING that everything you need is ALREADY in you- its your job to unlock it and STEP into it- confidence is in ACTION. We often underestimate the importance of and as Brittany says “we see it as “a nice to have instead of a must have” Only ways to build confidence 1.)Ask for what you want- There is a big correlation between asking what you want and asking for it.2. Say no- it builds confidence when you can be more specific and align yourself with the great opportunities instead of going after all the “good” ones.  3. Stop apologizing for your opinion- It's simply owning your right to see things differently than others. 4. Be a dare devil - go after your goal, take a risk5. expand your circle -more people who know where you want to go the faster you can team up and get there.6. Bonus: Change your story/narrative- ask the hard questions Self LoveSelf-love is an appreciation for yourself that grows from actions that are supporting our physical, psychological and spiritual growth. Dr. Shainna Ali: Make sure you are tailoring your coping strategies based on your situation because you can cope preventatively OR when triggered there is reactive coping- the after i experienced a stressor. for example: An adaptive  way to handle high anxiety might be to go to therapy, another way is maladaptive may be avoidance, consistently and you compartmentalize and don't deal the feelings. A cornerstone to self love is understanding your meaning and purpose Your boundaries being a form of self love come in different forms- Are you willing to respect your own boundaries FIRST Boundaries have to be  intrapersonal first so you can work on the interpersonal boundaries. Gave tips for self love. 1. More Mindfulness 2. Act on what you need rather than what you want. 3. Forgive yourself4. Live intentionally. "I saw my differences as a weakness rather than a strength”

Confidence. We talk about it all the time. We know it matters. And still, educator and activist Brittany Packnett thinks we underestimate it. ""Confidence,” she says, “is the necessary spark before everything that follows.” In this talk, Brittany identifies the three basic elements of this elusive force, which can be especially valuable for people whose role models don’t look like them. After the talk, Modupe shares one more technique that has propelled her year after year at work. Spiderman makes a brief appearance.

In this episode Gam reacts to the Insurrection at the Capitol and the Georgia Runoffs w/ Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Sarah Riggs Amico & Jarrett Hill. But first up Tia Mitchell, a journalist who was inside the Capitol as it was being invaded recounts the dramatic event in real time. Guests Social Media Info: Tia Mitchell: @tiamitch_ig & Twitter: @ajconwashingtonSarah Riggs Amico: @SarahriggsamicoJarrett Hill: @jarretthillBrittany Packnett Cunningham: @MsPackyettiListening to the show on Apple Podcasts? Please be sure to rate and review Positively Gam. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gammynorris/#PositivelyGamNEW EPISODES: Every Wednesday morning Have a question or topic you want us to discuss on Positively Gam? Email us at: Audio@westbrookinc.com Positively GAM is produced by Westbrook audio, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Jada Pinkett Smith, Amanda Brown, and Fallon Jethroe. CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Sim Hoti. STORY EDITOR Fallon Jethroe & Ash Francis. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Erica Rahn. EDITOR AND AUDIO MIXER Calvin Bailiff. POSITIVELY GAM is in partnership with ART19.

Pod is a Woman hosts break down the current state of the presidential election and welcome award-winning educator, writer, and social justice activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham for an in-depth conversation about what we can learn from Election Day and where we go from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On their Season 3 premier, Johnathan & April catch up on the challenges of summer 2020, then dive into a packed conversation about Breonna Taylor, the election, activism, and educating our children during COVID-19, with activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham.

The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast is all about amplifying the voices of women who are too often forgotten in media coverage. Host A'shanti Gholar leads conversations with women changing the face of politics. In the BGG to Politics blog, A'shanti created a space for women of color to learn about the current state of politics, to support others breaking into the political sphere, and to celebrate incredible women changing the course of the country. A'shanti founded the blog in 2018 and Wonder Media Network is thrilled to extend her platform to audio.Follow The BGG:WebsiteTwitterInstagramFollow Wonder Media Network:WebsiteTwitterInstagram

Bakari is joined by activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham to talk about how her experience as a teacher shaped her education reform goals (3:52), what she would like to see out of the current movement for police reform (24:44), and the importance of considering the court system when voting in the next election (30:22). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Brittany Packnett Cunningham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Confidence is the necessary spark before everything that follows," says educator and activist Brittany Packnett. In an inspiring talk, she shares three ways to crack the code of confidence -- and her dream for a world where revolutionary confidence helps turn our most ambitious dreams into reality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Confidence is the necessary spark before everything that follows," says educator and activist Brittany Packnett. In an inspiring talk, she shares three ways to crack the code of confidence -- and her dream for a world where revolutionary confidence helps turn our most ambitious dreams into reality.

Abby Wambach is a two-time gold medalist and FIFA World Cup Champion. Brittany Packnett Cunningham is the founder and principal of Love & Power Works, a social impact firm dedicated to creating justice and equality throughout various industries. What do these women have in common? They are passionate activists fighting for gender and racial equality. In this episode, we feature their conversation with Lauren Leader, the CEO of All In Together. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Dr. Robyn and Rev. Anna share this conversation with the remarkable Brittany Packnett. Brittany joins us from the intersection of activism and faith – and this episode takes us to the streets and the church all in the same hour.Brittany Packnett Cunningham is a leader at the intersection of culture and justice. Cited by President Barack Obama as a leader whose "voice is going to be making a difference for years to come," Brittany is an award-winning educator, organizer, writer, and leader. Brittany has become a sought-after voice in the work of social change and empowerment. Brittany plays many roles, all focused on freedom.Brittany is an NBC News and MSNBC Contributor and former two-time Fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics exploring social change and intersectional activism. A lifelong activist and proud member of the Ferguson Uprising, Brittany was co-host of the 2019 iHeart Radio Best Political Podcast, Pod Save The People, for three years.Her 2019 TED Talk on the revolution of confidence has garnered nearly 4 million views worldwide, making it one of the top ten most popular TED Talks of 2019. Brittany is the author of the forthcoming book, We Are Like Those Who Dream, with One World, due to hit shelves in 2021.Brittany is the Founder and Principal Love & Power Works a full-service social impact firm focused on creating justice and equity in every sector. This agency is a sister to Love & Power: The Brand, a hub created to inspire, empower, and outfit everyday people to seismically shift society.Follow Brittany at @https://twitter.com/mspackyettiHer website is: https://brittanypacknett.com/

Dr. Robyn and Rev. Anna share this conversation with the remarkable Brittany Packnett. Brittany joins us from the intersection of activism and faith – and this episode takes us to the streets and the church all in the same hour.Brittany Packnett Cunningham is a leader at the intersection of culture and justice. Cited by President Barack Obama as a leader whose "voice is going to be making a difference for years to come," Brittany is an award-winning educator, organizer, writer, and leader. Brittany has become a sought-after voice in the work of social change and empowerment. Brittany plays many roles, all focused on freedom.Brittany is an NBC News and MSNBC Contributor and former two-time Fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics exploring social change and intersectional activism. A lifelong activist and proud member of the Ferguson Uprising, Brittany was co-host of the 2019 iHeart Radio Best Political Podcast, Pod Save The People, for three years.Her 2019 TED Talk on the revolution of confidence has garnered nearly 4 million views worldwide, making it one of the top ten most popular TED Talks of 2019. Brittany is the author of the forthcoming book, We Are Like Those Who Dream, with One World, due to hit shelves in 2021.Brittany is the Founder and Principal Love & Power Works a full-service social impact firm focused on creating justice and equity in every sector. This agency is a sister to Love & Power: The Brand, a hub created to inspire, empower, and outfit everyday people to seismically shift society.Follow Brittany at @https://twitter.com/mspackyettiHer website is: https://brittanypacknett.com/

Brittany Packnett Cunngingham comes from a family of ministers and pastors. It didn't take her long before she found her own spiritual calling as an activist, educator and writer dedicated to fighting for social justice.

This episode explores how to build a meaningful social movement with two leading forces in activism today. Brittany Packnett Cunningham is an educator, writer, NBC News contributor, and co-founder of Campaign Zero, a policy platform to end police violence. Cristina Tzinztún Ramírez, a recent candidate for the U.S. Senate, is an author, community organizer, and founder of JOLT, a civil rights nonprofit aspiring to increase voter turn-out among Latinos in Texas. Moderating the conversation is Dr. Leonard Moore, Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement and Professor of American History at The University of Texas at Austin. This conversation took place on April 9, 2019, at the LBJ Presidential Library as part of a three-day Summit on Race in America.

In the last month, protests have erupted across the country calling for justice for Black lives, a wholesale restructuring of policing, and a greater racial reckoning across all facets of American society. It feels like change is in the air. But we’ve been here before: Eric Garner was killed by police in New York City in July 2014, followed weeks later by Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, igniting outrage and protest. Activists then hoped for change too. We’ve seen countless social justice movements surge in popularity, cause a stir, and then peter out weeks or months later. This time, however, feels different, but how do we actually ensure that it is different? Activist, educator, and writer, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, who has been on the frontlines of these conversations most prominently since the Ferguson protests, join us to discuss how we sustain movements and compel real change.

Kelly talks with Brittany Packnett, an activist who has worked with Teach for America and served on Barack Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing.

Content warning: this episode contains strong language. As a piece of our anti-racist journey, let's learn how to re-wire and purge the racism inside us through excavating poisonous limiting beliefs. I am not claiming to be an expert or qualified to talk about this topic - I am researching and stumbling and doing my best, alongside you. If you are white like I am, this is work we will do for the rest of our lives, and we are about 400 years late. In honor of the Sagittarius Full Moon on June 5th, a global illumination (full moon) of where we have trapped ourselves and others as an opportunity for liberation (sag), this is an honest conversation about how I’ve been excavating racist ugliness that’s been living inside me, inside all of us, for generations. The growing number of black-bodied deaths as a result of police brutality and hate crimes is inviting white people into a new level of honesty for change, away from guilt and denial paralysis. and The Three of Pentacles, the medicine that showed up for this episode, reminds us that it's time for all of us to play new and updated roles. Anti-Racism work is our soul work now. No more standing on the backs of black people to solve problems they didn't create. It's time to hold ourselves accountable. As for feedback, I would love to hear from white people who have taken the time to think about these topics to point out ways that I may have misspoke or perpetuated harm. Black people, I apologize in advance for anything I say here that perpetuates violence against you, in addition to the ways that I already have. You do not need to spend any of your time correcting me, but know that that door is FULLY open. connect@meaghanoherron.com. References: Resmaa Menakem. “Racialized Trauma” FREE course on his website.Visit the pages of activists Brittany Packnett and Rachel Ricketts for more education resources.

Jade and Keia welcome very special guest Brittany Packnett-Cunningham to the kitchen table to discuss racism, rebellion, and ways that we can contribute to th fight for social justice for Black People. https://brittanypacknett.com/ https://www.joincampaignzero.org/ Shout out: Lone Body Care IG: @Lone.Body https://lonedeodorant.com/ Wanna help celebrate Keia’s huge accomplishment? https://www.myregistry.com/giftlist/keiasfirsthome Ben & Jerry’s three new Non-Dairy Frozen Desserts are a new twist on vegan euphoria. Check out the Ben & Jerry’s sunflower butter lineup, and the whole Non-Dairy family at benjerry.com Engage your brain with fun puzzles and collect tons of cute characters with Best Fiends. Download the 5-Star Rated game on the Apple App Store and Google Play for free! That’s FRIENDS without the R- Best Fiends! Buttah Skin is a new skin care that’s formulated specifically for melanin rich skin tones, and right now they’re giving a 20% discount to our listeners on the complete skincare kit when visit Butttahskin.com and use the code GROWN at checkout. https://gettingrown.co/ Email: GettinGrownPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @GettinGrownPod IG: @GettinGrownPod Facebook: www.Facebook.com/GettinGrownPodcast

As an educator, organizer and author, Brittany Packnett Cunningham knows the importance of finding a strong sense of self in a society that constantly tests women's resilience. Especially women of color. She shares her own foundation of self-worth and how she's learned to take back her power from those who've tried to make her question it. Produced by Together Live and Martina Savoca-Guay. Hosted by Amena Brown. Brought to you by Always, Secret, Venus, and Walmart. Distributed by Hello Sunshine.

Rebecca Carroll talks to activist and organizer Brittany Packnett Cunningham on the small and big ways we can live in community during the coronavirus pandemic -- even though we’re forced to be apart. From how we shop at the grocery store to how our elected leaders can ensure a fair vote in the fall, Brittany lays out just what it’s going to take to get through this: “If we have the power to share things that can harm us, then we have the power to share things that can heal us too.” Liked the show? Subscribe and follow Rebecca for updates on all things Come Through! 

In this episode, Luvvie is feeling good about Hair Love winning the Oscar for Short Animated Film and that Parasite was the first non-English language film to win Best Picture. She’s also feeling good about getting to write a piece in The New York Times. She rants about disinformation and how we're so quick to spread fake news and news that's not accurate or well thought out. And it’s critical to be aware of this in an election year. Meanwhile, Luvvie is spotlighting the Netflix documentary She Did That (featuring Luvvie and four other amazing Black women entrepreneurs). Finally, she chats with educator, organizer, NBC Contributor and writer, Brittany Packnett Cunningham.You can follow Brittany on Twitter and Instagram @MsPackyettiFollow @Luvvie everywhere – Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. Check out her New York Times best-selling book I’M JUDGING YOU: The Do-Better Manual!Have thoughts about the episode? Share on social media using the hashtag #RantsandRandomness. Also, follow the podcast on Instagram and Twitter! Email LuvvieRants@gmail.com with feedback or questions!Recorded at: Chicago Recording Company 

TRIGGER WARNING/CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains conversation about suicidal ideation. On this episode, Kendall and Jamie speak with activist, educator and writer, Brittany Packnett. Brittany shares her journey with depression and anxiety, how she's accessed good mental health care, her mental health advice to other activists and folks of color, and her self-care practices. Follow Brittany on Instagram and Twitter. If you have thoughts of suicide, need help, or need someone to talk to, please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or text the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741. **** Contact us! Want to get in touch with us? Email us at ttdontkillme@gmail.com or leave us a message at 862-201-4796. We might even play your message on a future show. Like our show? Throw us a rating. That helps other people like you, find us! Thanks so much for being our people. We hope to be yours! Follow Kendall and Jamie.

Charles Barkley, former NBA Player, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the political firestorm that has engulfed the NBA ever since the manager of the Houston Rockets tweeted support for the Hong Kong protests. Brittany Packnett Cunningham, co-host of "Pod Save the People", and Mehdi Hasan, columnist at The Intercept, reflect on the most recent Democratic presidential debate and how foreign policy was unusually front and center. Our Hari Sreenivasan sits down with Dr. Deepak Chopra, the new age wellness guru, to talk about his eighty-ninth book, "Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential."

After taking some mental health days, Mega Sin Pena is back with a killer conversation on Confidence. In part one of this series, she talks bout the influence of social media, the struggles and successes of confidence, and why it is important. She explores the code on confidence as talked about by Brittany Packnett and its three components: permission, community, and curiosity. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Under The Arch presents a special 2-part episode in commemoration of the 5th year anniversary of Mike Brown's murder and the Ferguson uprising that followed. In part two, our hosts have conversations with Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson and activist Brittany Packnett about the changes and the existing need for further change in our region since the Ferguson uprising.

Self-help advice is filled with quick fixes on "living your best life." But there are no shortcuts. This hour, TED speakers search for meaningful ways to reduce stress, gain confidence, and connect. Guests include conflict mediator Priya Parker, activist Brittany Packnett, cognitive scientist Sabine Doebel, health psychologist Kelly McGonigal, and author Nilofer Merchant.Commercial free broadcast from August 3, 2019 (recorded August 1, 2019) on the Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network, online at heartlandnewsfeed.com, Spreaker and other platforms.Listen Live: https://www.heartlandnewsfeed.com/listenliveFollow us on social mediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/hlnfradionetworkTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/HLNF_BulletinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heartlandnewsfeedMastadon: https://liberdon.com/@heartlandnewsfeedDiscord: https://discord.gg/6b6u6DTSupport us with your financial supportStreamlabs: https://streamlabs.com/heartlandmediaPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/heartlandmediaSquare Cash: https://cash.app/$heartlandnewsfeedPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/heartlandnewsfeedCrypto via 1UpCoin: https://1upcoin.com/donate/heartlandmedia

Self-help advice is filled with quick fixes on "living your best life." But there are no shortcuts. This hour, TED speakers search for meaningful ways to reduce stress, gain confidence, and connect. Guests include conflict mediator Priya Parker, activist Brittany Packnett, cognitive scientist Sabine Doebel, health psychologist Kelly McGonigal, and author Nilofer Merchant.

Brittany Packnett is an activist who rose to prominence after she became a leader of the protests in Ferguson back in 2014. Since then, she’s worked with politicians on the federal and state level on ending police brutality, and was appointed to President Obama’s task force on building relationships between communities and police. Brittany talks with Stella Bugbee about how she gets it all done, including how she decompresses from dealing with the heaviness of her work, travel hacks for the frequent flyer, and her philosophy of activism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roland Martin, Mark Thompson, Brittany Packnett, Bree Newsome, Kristen Clarke, Greg Carr, Tamika Mallory, Pastor Jamal Bryant, Aisha Danielle Moodie Mills, Danielle Moodie Mills, Samuel L. Jackson, Jelani Cobb, Phillip Agnew, Tiffany Loftin, Laz Alonso, Chuck D, Avis Jones DeWeever, Paulette Washington, Monique Pressley, Pastor Frederick Haynes, Rev. William Barber, Rev. Kenneth Whalum, Shireen Mitchell, and Erika Alexander read Frederick Douglass' epic July 4th speech, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

Inspired by Brittany Packnett’s TED talk about confidence coming from permission, community, and curiosity, we dive into more ways to boost your confidence and how to put these tips into practice. Links in this episode: * Simon Sinek: Notes to Inspire (https://startwithwhy.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=febe4bcef7d845ddbdad2915d&id=67907679e4) * Quartzy Newsletter: May 24, 2019 (https://qz.com/emails/quartzy/1624219/) * TED: Brittany Packnett: How To Build Your Confidence — and Spark It In Others (https://www.ted.com/talks/brittany_packnett_how_to_build_your_confidence_and_spark_it_in_others) * The Tim Ferriss Show: Derek Sivers on Developing Confidence, Finding Happiness, and Saying “No” to Millions (https://podcastnotes.org/2019/05/13/sivers/) * So Money with Farnoosh Torabi: Karen Rinaldi, Author of (It's Great to) Suck at Something (http://podcast.farnoosh.tv/episode/karen-rinaldi-2/) * Zen Habits: 25 Killer Actions to Boost Your Self-Confidence (https://zenhabits.net/25-killer-actions-to-boost-your-self-confidence/)

Activist, educator and writer Brittany Packnett returns this week to her hometown of St. Louis – the place where she participated in protests after the police shooting of Michael Brown and was appointed to the Ferguson commission in 2014. Now based in Washington, where she is Teach for America’s vice president of National Community Alliances, Packnett has been described by former President Barack Obama as a leader whose voice “is going to be making a difference for years to come.”

Trump’s trade war threatens the economy, Elizabeth Warren calls for a new economic patriotism, and Joe Biden reverses his position on the Hyde amendment. Illinois Congressional candidate Marie Newman joins Jon, Jon, Tommy, Dan, and Brittany Packnett on stage at the Chicago Theater. 

Thanks to Brittany Packnett's TED talk, we have a new mantra for the week. On this episode the ladies talk about the trials of job hunting, the constant communication culture we live in, and confidence. They also get into some of the latest news, like the BuzzFeed expose on Tony Robbins, the Morehouse graduation surprise, and the latest on Presidential obstruction of justice, abortion bans, and the Equality Act. Dive in!

We’re talking elections! Whether it’s the 2020 candidates or the series finale of Game of Thrones, white males seem to be at the forefront. Maria and Julio are joined by Astead Herndon, national political reporter with The New York Times, and Brittany Packnett, activist and co-host of Pod Save The People, to discuss how the candidates approach POC voters, the notion of electability, and how similar issues of race, gender, and politics played out in the final season of Game of Thrones.ITT Staff Picks:Read Astead Herndon’s reporting on the ground of the 2020 campaign trail, via the New York Times.The Root dives into the long and seemingly ever-growing list of 2020 white male candidates.How Game of Thrones let down its female characters, from The Guardian. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Vertrauen ist der nötige Zündfunke, für alles was folgt", sagt die Pädagogin und Aktivistin Brittany Packnett. In ihrem inspirierenden Talk zeigt sie uns drei Wege, um den Code des Vertrauens zu knacken -- und erzählt von ihrem Traum von einer Welt wo revolutionäres Vertrauen dabei hilft, unsere ehrgeizigsten Träume Realität werden zu lassen.

"La confianza es la chispa necesaria para todo lo que sigue", declara la educadora y activista Brittany Packnet. En una charla inspiradora, nos habla de las tres maneras de descifrar el código de la confianza, como así también de su sueño por un mundo donde la confianza revolucionaria ayude a convertir nuestros sueños más ambiciosos en realidad.

« La confiance en soi est l'étincelle nécessaire avant tout ce qui suit », dit l'éducatrice et activiste Brittany Packnett. Dans une intervention inspirante, elle fait part de trois façons de résoudre le problème lié à la confiance en soi, ainsi que de son rêve d'un monde où une confiance en soi révolutionnaire aide à faire de nos rêves les plus ambitieux une réalité.

"Confidence is the necessary spark before everything that follows," says educator and activist Brittany Packnett. In an inspiring talk, she shares three ways to crack the code of confidence -- and her dream for a world where revolutionary confidence helps turn our most ambitious dreams into reality.

"자신감은 모든 것 이전에 가장 필수적인 자극제이다", 라고 교육가이며 운동가인 브리타니 팩넷이 말합니다. 이 감명깊은 강연에서, 그녀는 자신감에 대한 암호를 푸는데 필요한 세가지 방법과, 혁명적인 자신감이 우리의 엄청난 꿈을 현실로 만드는데 도움을 주는 세상에 대한 그녀의 꿈을 이야기합니다.

"A confiança é a centelha necessária antes de tudo o que vem a seguir", diz a educadora e ativista Brittany Packnett. Em uma palestra inspiradora, ela compartilha três maneiras de decifrar o código da confiança - e o sonho dela com um mundo no qual a confiança revolucionária ajude a transformar nossos sonhos mais ambiciosos em realidade.

On today's episode of On The Spot, we sit down with the powerhouse Brittany Packnett, known for her work as the National VP for Teach for America, co-host of Crooked Media’s Pod Save the People podcast, and outspoken intersectional #BlackLivesMatter activist. As a child, her parents played a critical role in her journey. Their activism and philanthropy showed Brittany the importance of utilizing your privilege in order to expand access to people, a responsibility Brittany takes very seriously. _"Whatever the platform, I believe my work is all about teaching and speaking truth that moves people to action, that moves people to do good work in the world, and my pathway to that certainly has been deeply inspired by the folks that I was raised by and by the communities that I had the privilege to serve." _ Brittany discusses how intersectionality is key for white women and women of color working together for the betterment of all women. She also discusses her role models and what she admires in other women, includeing Oprah Winfrey for her quiet contributions to the Black community, her mother for constantly reminding her that excellence can always be achieved, and friends who are younger than her for their inspirational work and many more. As someone as busy as Brittany, it can be difficult to find a work-life balance. To unplug, Brittany loves to cook and travels frequently. One thing she emphasizes is how important it is for her to spend time with loved ones while traveling. What’s next for Brittany? Brittany is currently writing a book and has been collecting speeches by black women for the past few years. She says the book will be part anthology and part essays of reflection. Her book will be titled We Are Like Those Who Dream, and is set to be released next spring. She’s also has plans of getting married in the Fall! Congratulations! Key Takeaways: _“I think it’s important that when we look for role models; that we don’t just look to wealthy people, that we don’t even just look to people who are older than us. There is inspiration all around us if we actually just take the time to look.” _ ICYMI: Check out Brittany's On The Dot #WomanToWatch feature on our website OnTheDotWoman.com (https://onthedotwoman.com/woman/brittany-packnett) and on our daily newsletter and podcast Four Minutes With On The Dot! Not subscribed? But like, WHY? Subscribe today (https://signup.onthedotwoman.com/) and join our #girlgang. Looking for more inspiration, advice and direction? Subscribe to our daily email newsletter and podcast Four Minutes with On The Dot where we provide you with the tools and motivation you need to get out there and be the badass babe you were meant to be. Sign up here! Tune in next Thursday when we sit down with Jillian Bullock, filmmaker, president, and CEO of Jillian Bullock Enterprises! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. We’d love to hear your voice! Special Guest: Brittany Packnett.

Trump lashes out as investigators close in, Democrats introduce a Green New Deal, and former Mayor Mitch Landrieu joins Jon, Jon, Tommy, Dan, and Brittany Packnett live on stage in New Orleans. 

We like Stacey Abrams’s speech more than Trump’s. Virginia’s political scandals throw control of the statehouse into question. The Democratic presidential field takes shape. And Jaime Harrison joins Jon, Jon, Tommy, Dan, and Brittany Packnett live on stage in Charleston, South Carolina to announce his exploratory committee to challenge Senator Lindsey Graham.

On today's episode of On The Spot, we sat down with Christine Celis and Daytona Camps, the beer-drinking and beer-making mother-daughter duo of Celis Brewery. In 1965 when Christine was four years old, her father Pierre, opened Brouwerij Celis in his hometown of Hoegaarden, Belgium. Then in the early nineties, he flew to the United States smuggling in his tube-socks the original yeast strain he had been using to brew his world-famous Belgian-style Wit beer for the past 30 years. The first Celis Brewery, and also the first craft brewery in Texas, opened in 1992 to instant success, but after over a decade, he begrudgingly sold the brewery to a mainstream company. After nearly 17 years of fighting for the name back, Pierre's legacy lives on through his daughter and granddaughter and Christine is now the owner of Celis Brewery in Austin, Texas. _"After my dad passed away in 2011, I really wanted to continue his legacy because I wanted to make sure that he was not forgotten. He contributed too much to the culture, not just in Texas or the US, but actually worldwide." _ For Daytona, legacy is what it’s all about. "I was junior in high school, and at the time everyone was trying to figure our what they were going to do and I actually had no idea what I wanted to do. And unfortunately at that same year, my grandfather had passed away and there was bunch of people that would contact my mom and give their condolences and share their stories and their experience with my grandfather and all this inspiration that he gave just really motivated me. I was just so interested in the concept of beer, it’s pretty much like an art form. You know you can pretty much create whatever you want with four main ingredients, but you can add this and be creative, innovative." On speaking about how much the beer indistry has progressed for women, Christine says, _"When I started in the 90 here, that’s when it was a no-go, women were absolutely not accepted in the brewing industry. It was so hard to find a woman in that field… Now you’re gonna find a whole lot more brewers, it’s so much more accepted. And actually, there’s a lot of men that really appreciate women being in this field." _ As younger woman in the beer industry, Daytona explains that the industry is more of a community. "It’s nice though at the end of the day, we all hang out, we all support each other. If you need some malt, I mean, I can give you some of that. It’s nice that it’s a very communicative industry, and that’s what, I think, really sets us apart from a lot of other industries out there." What's next for Celis? In this episode they reveal what their next plans are to improve the ATX brewery by building an outdoor biergarten with an area for food trucks and a family area and even a museum featuring the original equipment from the Brouwerij Celis brewery. Key Takeaways: Christine says, _"Never ever take any short cuts. Make sure you do this, again for the right reason. Just make sure that your product is always consistent and it has high-quality product. Just make the product like it’s supposed to be." _ Daytona attributes her success to the role models her mom and her grand-father were for her and their determination to make their dreams come true. "Never give up, no matter long how long it takes." ICYMI: Make sure to check out Christine and Daytona's On The Dot #WomanToWatch feature on our website OnTheDotWoman.com (https://onthedotwoman.com/woman/christine-celis-and-daytona-camps) and on our daily newsletter and podcast Four Minutes with On The Dot! (https://fourminutes.fireside.fm/272) Looking for more inspiration, advice and direction? Subscribe to our daily email newsletter and podcast Four Minutes with On The Dot where we provide you with the tools and motivation you need to get out there and be the badass babe you were meant to be. Sign up here! Tune in next Thursday when we sit down with Brittany Packnett, known for her work as the National VP for Teach for America, co-host of Crooked Media’s Pod Save the People podcast, and outspoken intersectional #BlackLivesMatter activist. We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. We’d love to hear your voice!

Each month, we spotlight a new woman (in this case women) as we discuss the “Women’s Wave” in Congress. We’re sharing why it matters, who it impacts, and where to go next as we support women and equal representation in politics. Links in this episode: * No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis: #90 Nicole Richie (https://tunein.com/embed/player/t122740032) * NY Times: Michelle Obama and Tracee Ellis Ross on the Power of Women’s Stories (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/books/michelle-obama-tracee-ellis-ross-interview.html) * RealClear Politics: More Women in Congress, But Was It a Pink Wave? (https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/11/12/more_women_in_congress_but_was_it_a_pink_wave_138629.html) * The Hill: What it will take to turn the women’s wave into an ocean (https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/417926-what-it-will-take-to-turn-the-womens-wave-into-an-ocean) * Vox: It’s official: a record-breaking number of women have won seats in Congress (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/7/18024742/midterm-results-record-women-win) * Brittany Packnett on Twitter (https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti) * Harper’s Bazaar: Michelle Obama Weighs in on Her 'When They Go Low, We Go High' Motto Two Years Later (https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a23721983/michelle-obama-when-they-go-low-we-go-high-quote/) * The Skimm: Hey Ladies (https://theskimm.com/noexcuses/1FCdNyhbfGyOY4yEwiUGgQ/midterms-history-women-politics)

Check out Jade & Keia and special guest Brittany Packnett at the Gettin Grown Live Show in Philly IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO GET YOUR TICKETS FOR Gettin Grown Live /NYC ***NYC TOUR DATE HAS CHANGED TO OCTOBER 4th*** Go to GettinGrown.Live to get you tickets TODAY Get the softest, smoothest, best underwear you’ll every try at evelynbobbie.com and use code GROWN to get a free pair of knickers with any purchase. Visit HelloFresh.com/grown60 and enter the code GROWN60 to get a $20 off your first 3 boxes. It’s like receiving 6 meals for FREE. Get all your groceries and things delivered to your house not only for the low-low but for the no-no. Go to Teamiblends.com and use code GROWN for 25% off at checkout! Take your armpits on vacation! Don’t miss the film that critics are calling the most important story told in years. The Hate U Give opens in select theaters on October 5th and everywhere else on October 19th. Get your vitamin/supplement on with Care/of. For 25% off your first month of personalized Care/of vitamins, visit TakeCareOf.com and enter the code GROWN. Visit Koparibeauty.com/GROWN to save $5 off your first order. Enjoy a refreshingly cold full-bodied Heineken Lager today, with its deep golden color, light fruity aroma, mild bitter taste, and a crisp, clean finish. CHEERS Thrive Market is an online marketplace that makes healthy living easy and affordable for everyone! for every paid membership , a free membership is given to a low-income family, public school teacher, military veteran, or first responder. Visit Thrivwemarket.com/grown and receive an additional 25% off your first purchase PLUS a free 30 day trial. Email: GettinGrownPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @GettinGrownPod IG: @GettinGrownPod Facebook: www.Facebook.com/GettinGrownPodcast

From being the only African-American Muslim wearing a hijab in her hometown of Maplewood, New Jersey, to being the first veiled American woman to compete for the U.S. in the Olympics, Muhammad has always stood out, as much for her prodigious talent as for her courage and faith. Though she started fencing at the late age of thirteen, she quickly pushed beyond state and collegiate championships to become a five-time Senior World medalist and Olympic bronze medalist. But her athletic triumphs are only one part of Muhammad’s prodigious achievements. Her memoir is an unflinching account of how she turned around the bias and opposition she faced from the beginning, earning a spot on TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People In the World, serving as a sports ambassador for the U.S. State Department, and inspiring the first hijabi Barbie.Muhammad is in conversation with Brittany Packnett, Vice President of National Community Alliances for Teach for America, co-founder of the policy platform to end police violence Campaign Zero, video columnist for Mic News, and current Aspen Institute Education fellow.https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780316518963https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780316477000Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Educator and activist Brittany Packnett talks with Jim about why she took to the streets in her neighboring town of Ferguson in 2014 and how her experiences in peaceful protest prompted her to band together with others to form the Black Lives Matter movement.

DeRay McKesson is an activist, educator, global leader, and exudes excellence in all that he does. A Baltimore native, DeRay has been an activist since childhood and later joined Teach For America as a teacher in New York City. DeRay and fellow activists Johnetta Elzie, Samuel Sinyangwe, and Brittany Packnett launched Campaign Zero, a ten-point policy plan for police reform. His advocacy work within cities like Ferguson, Baton Rouge, Charleston and his support of the Black Lives Matter movement landed him with President Obama at the White House to discuss relations between black communities and law enforcement officials. His impact and influence on the world is unparalleled and he is the true definition of excellence.

Mueller racks up 75 criminal charges in one year, Trump tries to shut the investigation down, and the White House goes after Planned Parenthood. Then Seth Meyers, Questlove, and the New York Times’ Nikole Hannah-Jones join Jon, Jon, Tommy, Brittany Packnett, and Alyssa Mastromonaco on stage at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. 

Trump accepts Kim Jong Un’s invite to a Madman vs Madman summit, Mueller has a new witness, and Democrats look to turn Texas blue. Former Houston Texan Arian Foster joins Jon, Jon, Tommy, Dan, and Brittany Packnett on stage live in Houston, Texas.

Mindfulness tips to learn how to be more present, apps we love, and the different styles from basic breathing exercises to active meditations. Links in this episode: - Stuff Mom Never Told You: Oprah 2020? (https://www.stuffmomnevertoldyou.com/podcasts/oprah-2020.htm) - Splendid Table podcast (https://www.splendidtable.org/episodes) - Shine Text: 12 Ways You Can Be an Activist Without Going to a Protest (https://advice.shinetext.com/articles/12-ways-you-can-be-an-activist-without-going-to-a-protest/) - Brittany Packnett on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mspackyetti/) - New York Times: Oprah Winfrey's Golden Globes speech (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/07/movies/oprah-winfrey-golden-globes-speech-transcript.html) - Apps: Headspace (https://www.headspace.com/headspace-meditation-app) and Simple Habit (https://www.simplehabit.com/) - Career Contessa: Anti-Meditator’s Guide to the Best Meditation Apps (http://www.careercontessa.com/advice/meditate-for-work-life-balance/) - Psychology Today: Chocolate Meditation (https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mindfulness-in-frantic-world/201109/the-chocolate-meditation) - Well + Good: Walking Meditation (https://www.wellandgood.com/good-advice/how-to-meditate-while-walking/) - Shine Text: This is How you Find Calm in the Chaos (https://advice.shinetext.com/articles/this-is-how-you-find-calm-in-the-chaos/)

It’s no secret that 2017 was a trash year, and 2018 hasn’t been…easy. But somehow, we’re still here, making it work—and even finding inspiration, joy, and success. We want to talk about how we’re coping during even the most trying political and cultural times. To help us, we sit down with none other than a climate scientist working in government to find out how _she’s _keeping her head up in rough times. > I try as much as I can to talk with college kids or high school kids and most of the time my message is just, “Hi, I’m a scientist and I also happen to be a woman.” It doesn’t have to be much more complicated than that. > > —Allison Crimmins, climate scientist Here’s what’s in store in Episode 6 (and as always, there’s a full transcript): Show notes First up, we look back on last year and how we made it through. We talk about how even though we had some big successes, it was hard to feel accomplished while the world seemed to burn in turmoil. We discuss: How we stayed (and stay) focused amidst a never-ending news cycle Why asking for help is important Why being accountable to something or someone can serve as a bright north star We also discover how to recognize when it’s OK to just turn off and tune out. Hint: it’s always OK when that’s the most healthy choice. Interview: Allison Crimmins Our guest this week is Allison Crimmins, a badass friend who works on climate change in Washington, DC, during the day and cancer research at night—no big. She takes us through her typical Tuesday and tells us how the hell she’s doing these days. We cover: Doing good work during crap times. How limitations and constraints can feel frustrating but also provide opportunities to be more creative and strategic about accomplishing goals. Why good communication matters—and if you truly understand and believe in your work, you should know how to talk about it. Being seen and heard as a woman in a male-heavy field, and normalizing it so we can talk more about the actual work we’re doing. Cutting through the mysticism around science and STEM, and how you don’t have to be a super nerdy genius to be a scientist—you just have to be curious. When kids draw what they think a scientists looks like, the results will astound you! (No, they won’t, but we need to change that.) How bobsledding and curling might just reignite our faith in the human spirit. Fuck Yeah of the Week Finally, we swoon over the unveiling of the absolutely brilliant Obama portraits. If you haven’t checked the work of Amy Sherald, who painted Michelle Obama, and Kehinde Wiley, who painted Barack Obama—do it now. Sponsors This episode of NYG is brought to you by: Shopify, a leading global commerce platform that’s building a diverse, intelligent, and motivated team—and they  want to apply to you. Visit shopify.com/careers to see what they’re talking about. _WordPress—the place to build your personal blog, business site, or anything else you want on the web. WordPress helps others find you, remember you, and connect with you. _   _CodePen—a social development environment for front-end designers and developers. Build and deploy a website, show off your work, build test cases, and find inspiration. _ Transcript Katel LeDû [Ad spot] This episode of No, You Go is brought to you by our friends at Shopify, the leading global commerce platform for entrepreneurs. In fact, my company, A Book Apart, runs on Shopify … and great news: they’re hiring more awesome people to join their team. And they don’t just want you to apply to them, they want to apply to you. Join a diverse, intelligent, and motivated team, and work on the leading global commerce platform for entrepreneurs. Visit shopify.com/careers to see what they’re all about [music fades in]. [0:39] Jenn Lukas [Music fades out] Hey and welcome to No, You Go, the show about being ambitious and sticking together. I’m Jenn Lukas. Katel LeDû I’m Katel LeDû. Sara Wachter-Boettcher And I’m Sara Wachter-Boettcher. SWB You know we all know that 2017 was a trash year, and 2018 looks like it’s going to be stressful too. So today we are going to talk about what we do during these tough times, how do we stay motivated, and how do we keep it together. To help us do that, we’ll talk with Allison Crimmins, who is an environmental scientist working in government — yes, government — on issues related to climate change. Talk about tough times. But before we steal all of her coping methods, let’s talk about the state of our union. KL I don’t know, I had a weirdly good professional year last year, and I don’t know, it was in a lot of different ways. I really wanted to grow in a couple of different areas that I previously didn’t know if I was going to be able to. We had sort of locked down a lot of things that go into the day to day running of A Book Apart, and one area was just marketing. I really was like, “I don’t feel confident in this. I really want to get a better grasp of it,” and [exhales deeply] I feel like I got better at it by asking for help and just realizing that I wasn’t going to get there alone and that I really — I wanted to get stronger in that area and, you know, some others to actually sustain the business. It was really cool to be able to find that and also, I don’t know, just feel like I had really made some progress and felt like I achieved something. And while I felt kind of successful and that I had made an accomplishment, there were mornings, like a lot of mornings, that I would wake up and just feel like, “What the fuck? Like maybe this doesn’t even matter.” It was a weird feeling to have that juxtaposition. It was tough. SWB Yeah, I mean I definitely felt like that too, right? I was working on a book for a lot of last year: finishing writing it, going through the editorial process on it, waiting for it to come out, doing all of the legwork in advance of it coming out. You know, you need to be excited about it, right? Like you have to be excited about your own book if you want anybody else to be. And meanwhile I would be reading Twitter, because I’ve got to keep up with what’s going on in the thing that my book is about, and what do you see on Twitter? Well, you see a bunch of garbage the president said, and all of this stuff that was just really depressing, and it was really difficult to keep focused on anything else, and I felt like that was hard. It’s hard to think about things that are going well and to think about like, you know, if you get praise for something, or sales at A Book Apart go up, or whatever, and to be excited about it when you’re also kind of like, at a macro level what the fuck even? KL Yeah and I mean I think for me too just feeling like, if you’re excited about it, and you’re feeling like, “Ok, we made progress, we had successes.” That obviously rubs off on other people and you want them to feel like things are moving in the right direction. So it’s hard to, obviously not just feel that for yourself but then, make sure [laughing] that you’re not falling apart and that that’s spreading. JL So Katel, what did you do on those days when you were wondering, does it matter? Does this matter? How did you cope with that? KL I mean really and truly it was the fact that I’d done the work of putting a network together and really surrounding myself with people who knew the right steps to take and in the right direction, and having folks that I could rely on. So I think — I mean also being accountable to having a vision and making sure that you are moving in the right direction was huge. JL It’s weird to say this but it’s almost refreshing for me to hear this just because, you know, I think a lot of times we have feelings like that: is everything going to be OK? Am I going to make it through this time of my life? Whether it’s because of external situations going on or internal ones, or just things you can control, things you can’t control. So it’s almost refreshing to hear that other people go through that as well and that just because you have those feelings doesn’t mean that you won’t get through them or learn how to cope with them at the same time. So I think it’s really nice. So thank you for sharing that. SWB Yeah, Jenn, did you ever feel dissonance last year because you had a baby: big exciting thing, awesome thing, not without its own challenges, right? [Laughter] JL Different challenges. SWB But where it’s like, “Oh my god the largest source of joy I’ve ever had in my entire life also what the hell is happening in this country?” 5:16 JL Yeah, I’ll tell you that I struggled, I think, with feelings of guilt a lot last year because I turned off. I turned off a lot of social media, I turned off a lot of news. The current events and just keeping up with sort of like the social network around me I felt all to be a little too overwhelming while trying to make sure that I stayed healthy to be able to give birth to a child. SWB Like what can we do to make you feel less guilty about that? Because like I think you should feel no guilty about that. JL Thank you for saying that but, you know, it’s hard because I’ve read — there were so many great articles and I tried to read about like what can we do, what could you do last year, and how could you get involved. And I have great friends that were doing a lot of things locally that were really awesome. At the time, you know, I was eight months pregnant. Besides just wanting to sleep all the time, like physically you have this physical being inside of you [laughter]. That is like draining. KL Draining you. JL It’s like having this alien sort of inside — he’s going to listen to this when he’s older and he’s going to be like, “You called me an alien.” But I mean like that’s what it is. SWB You know what? Here’s the thing: your kid is never going to be interested in your podcast [laughter]. KL That’s true. But we’re still — by the way, we’re still going to be doing it then. So just — [laughter] get ready. SWB We’ll be extremely famous. JL Um but I mean you have this, like, life force inside of you, sucking your energy and making you tired, and then I would like try to turn on the news for a second and I would be like, “I can’t.” For me it was really important to recognize that I couldn’t. Katel, you mentioned accountability and um, you know, there’s being accountable to employees or a team. For me, I felt accountable to, at the time, my unborn son and being like, “I need to make sure that I’m doing this for you.” So sometimes having a thing that’s not you or a person or — can help you figure out how to make it through this next step. Sometimes I can’t see what the next five steps are, so if I can see through someone else’s eyes it helps me figure out where I need to go. SWB Well, I mean I think it’s very important that now that you have this child, right? What is one of the biggest things that you can do for the world? Raise a son who’s a good person and who’s not a terrible misogynist. I would greatly appreciate that and that’s also — that’s a big task, right? You’re raising a kid in a culture that is going to present some problems and you’re going to be aware and there to work through it. So you didn’t watch the news for awhile. I do think it’s important to pay attention to what’s going on in the world. I’m not trying to say that like, “Oh and none of it matters. Hashtag selfcare, turn it off all the time!” I just mean that you have to recognize what’s going to be useful for you at any given moment in your life and at the moment in your life when you’re like, “I cannot actually do anything about this because I don’t have anything to give.” Turning it off is probably the most productive. So it’s not sucking more energy from you, right? So I actually I applaud that. I applaud that you were able to do that and I hope that you have forgiven yourself for doing that by now because it doesn’t fucking matter that you missed some news. I can fill you in: it was bad [laughter]. KL I think that’s the thing too, like you realize that it’s this cycle of panicking and just being like, “Fuck does it matter?” And then being like, “Well, wait, there are things in my life that I know it matter for or to,” and then realizing like that you need to prioritize and maybe prioritize for other beings or people in your life and then being like, “OK, it’s going to be fine.” And then maybe it starts all over again when things get rough. JL And I think that’s a great point and in terms of forgiving myself now it’s like, “OK, well, let’s podcast. Let’s talk to people. Let’s get out there.” What else can I — what can I do next on things? So it’s not always, “Well, just because I didn’t do anything in 2017 doesn’t mean I can’t do anything in 2018.” So I think it’s that whole like terrible cliche about tomorrow’s another day in here. SWB What I also think a lot about is that gluing yourself to a news stream and going through cycles of freaking out is also not doing anything. That is not actually doing anything. And it’s not to say that there’s something wrong with being informed, but I do know what it’s like to sort of reflexively refresh to figure out like what new fresh hell has unleashed. And what I realized of course is the biggest things that I did last year was, like, I raised a bunch of money for abortion access. I donated a tremendous number of hours to Fair Districts PA, which is working on stopping gerrymandering in this state, and there’s significant progress on that, like we’ve just recently, in Pennsylvania, won this lawsuit against the districts that were drawn last time, which are super gerrymandered. And I was a direct part of the team that worked on digital strategy, and made sure they actually had a brand, I mean I did all of this hands-on work. And then, those don’t do anything to stop Donald Trump. Right? Like in this sort of like — in some of these macro ways that you know things are screwed up, I didn’t necessarily affect those things, but those are really tangible things that I did that are important, and that are important to human people who live in the communities that I care about. And like I was able to that because I had some and energy and expertise to give. And maybe this year you’ll have a little bit of time, or expertise, or energy to give to something you care about, but you gave a lot of time, energy, and expertise to birthing a child last year. 10:45 KL I mean: props [music fades in]. SWB [Music fades out][ad spot] Hey Jenn, do you know what always works during difficult times? JL What, Sara? SWB WordPress.com! So, WordPress.com is one of our wonderful sponsors, and we are so happy to be supported by them. 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Ever want a place where you could write and share front-end code with others? Maybe even a potential employer? Your profile on CodePen is like your front-end development portfolio. I’m working in CodePen at least ten times a week. I love it. And if you’re ready for even more more CodePen, be sure to check out CodePen Pro. With a pro account you can upload assets like images to use in your code, you can create private pens — I have so many of those! And you can even see changes as you build with live view. Not to mention there’s a cool professor mode for teaching and working real time with your students. Pro accounts start at just nine bucks a month. Learn more at codepen.io, that’s c-o-d-e-p-e-n dot i-o [music fades in]. KL [Music fades out] Allison Crimmins is an environmental scientist working in Washington, DC. Along with her day job in climate science, she works on ambitious side projects like an early stage thriving biotech startup — no big deal! And volunteers to help encourage young folks to engage in STEM. She also happens to be one of my very close friends and every time I talk to her I feel either inspired, or assured, or pumped about something, and sometimes all of the above. Allison, I am so happy to have you on the show today. Welcome to No, You Go. Allison Crimmins Thank you! I’m very happy to be here. KL First can you tell us a little bit about your work or your area of expertise? AC I am a climate scientist with a background in oceanography but I also have a degree in public policy. So I’m in this kind of interesting place where my job involves some kind of wonky, nerdy climate science but also thinking about how that applies to policies, and thinking about ways to communicate that science to all sorts of different audiences, from policy-makers, state and local decision-makers, or just general members of the public. Yeah I really enjoy the sort of some science, some policy, some communications. I like that I get to do a piece of that everyday in my job. SWB Can you tell me a little more like what does that look like on a day-to-day level? AC Yeah, like my average Tuesday? [Laughter] SWB Yeah. AC So I have ongoing research projects that look at the impacts of climate change, specifically how they affect human health, and, in some cases, how they affect our economy. And so I help manage different research projects that publish peer-reviewed papers that go into wonky scientific journals and that’s kind of the science side of my job. The other side of my job would be making sure that that science actually gets applied and also communicated. The taxpayers pay for that science, and so they have a right to see it and know about and learn from it. KL So we know this is kind of a difficult time for people who do what you do, sort of generally, how are you? In this job? In this environment? Right now? [14:50] AC Yeah I get asked that a lot nowadays. Or if I meet someone new and I tell them that I’m a climate scientist, I usually get a, “Ooh, thank you for your service.” Which is — it’s actually been kind of nice that people have been coming out of the woodwork to actually let us know how much they appreciate the work we do. It’s hard to do good science and then not see it get used or be appreciated as much as it once was. But it doesn’t stop us from doing the good science. In fact, in a lot of ways it inspires us to work even harder. It’s kind of proof that what we’re doing is really important. KL How do you stay motivated or focused or even sane through all of this? AC Well, I guess it’s probably important to admit first off the bat that I don’t handle it every day with the utmost grace and aplomb. I’m an average person in a lot of ways, and so I have good days and bad days. But there’s always that driving factor that I’m doing good science and I’m helping to make the world a better place, and I’m surrounded by lots of people who feel that same way and have that same goal. And so in a lot of ways it’s the people I work with that have really helped me keep going every day and keep pushing through. KL Have you and the people you work with had to redefine things like progress or success in the initiatives that you’re trying to get through or the projects you’re trying to push out the door? AC I think by necessity you have to. I mean, I’m a civil servant. I work with a lot of other civil servants. You know you think about administrations shifting and you think that might cause a huge upheaval of the people that work there, but really the government is made up of mostly civil servants like myself who through whatever administration comes through will keep doing the good work and the good science and making sure that our country’s moving forward. So, you know, for people who have been there for decades, a lot of those people see this as just an inevitable shift in the political winds but not really altering their mission, or their long term goals. I think it’s harder for people who are newer in government to have such a severe shift, I guess, from the last administration to this one, especially in terms of climate change because in the last administration it wasn’t just that we had an administration that was pro-science, it was actually that we had a hunger and an actual request for more information to better understand the impacts of climate change. So we’ve had to, you know, we’re still doing the good work, we’re still doing good science. That’s still happening. We just have to be more strategic or creative in some places about how we accomplish those goals. SWB Yeah, what does that mean? So when you say getting strategic or creative, like, what kinds of techniques are you using day-to-day to feel like you can still make some incremental progress or get things communicated in a way that gets adoption, or in some way feel like you’re still moving toward those goals? AC Yeah, I think I’ll start by telling you a story that my father-in-law told me. He was in advertising for many years and he told us that oftentimes you’re able to be more creative when you’re forced into a situation with lots of limitations or restraints. So in his case, you know, he would be working on a commercial for a product and suddenly the company would say, “Well, we don’t want any people in this commercial, and it has to be this long, and you can’t say these words.” And they’d set up a bunch of limitations which can feel very confining and frustrating but it’s in those situations where I think anyone can be even more creative. It forces you to be creative. And I think about that story often in my day-to-day job when I am faced with maybe the normal way we would do something is now off the table. You can look at that with frustration or you can look at it as an opportunity to be even more creative. So in this time I’ve, you know, I guess to get more specific I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about other people or other groups that I can collaborate and maybe I can do the science but they can do the communicating. Or maybe I can connect to researchers who haven’t worked together in the past and one has the data and one has the model and, you know, maybe there’s a way I can put those two together and I don’t need to have my name on it but that science still moves forward. It forces you to really, I don’t know, get sneaky and strategic about how to keep this science progressing. [19:58] SWB In some ways it clarified what’s really important here. You’ve been able to say, “OK, it’s really important that the science keeps happening even if your name is not on the paper,” which I think is kind of hard though, right? Like if you’re somebody who has a lot of career ambition and is doing this work, is it ever difficult to feel like you can’t be as recognized for the work that you’re doing? Or as valued for that work? AC I mean that’s always hard if you’re not appreciated for the work that you’re doing. But in this case I think I don’t mind it so much. I’m happy to actually see information get out to people even if my name is not attached to it. And even kind of bigger picture: if I’m successful in my life-long career of addressing climate change, no one will have heard of my name because climate change won’t be an issue anymore that we’ll be dealing with. It’s kind of that counterfactual element of my job is, you know, we don’t talk about the ozone hole as much as we did, or when was the last time you heard about acid rain? If I’m truly successful at my job, you won’t ever know it. KL Has doing this kind of work, even in the last five years, the way that you’ve had to shift or change approaches, has that made you learn anything about yourself that you weren’t expecting? AC Something I’ve learned about myself is that, you know, when I first started this job I was moving kind of out of what we call bench science. So I wasn’t working in a laboratory anymore, working at a lab bench doing sort of the wet lab-type science, I was doing more work to apply that science. And when I first started my job and maybe I would work with a contractor or another researcher and I would look at the work they were doing and I would almost be jealous of it and think, “Well, that’s where I should be. I should be the person in the lab doing that experiment.” But over time I came to really appreciate sort of the project management aspect of my job, that I can guide the research and be sort of the big thinker behind coming up with new research questions and connect researchers together and in some ways it feels a little bit like I’m able to conduct more of the orchestra rather than play one instrument. KL Mm hmm. AC And that’s something I never thought growing up. I was the kid with the “Save the Whales” poster on their wall, you know? [KL laughs] From an early age, I thought I was going to be the, you know, that girl out on the boat saving the whales. But I actually feel a lot more powerful in the position I’m in now that I can help the larger movement of science progress. KL Right, you’ve sort of felt out all of the places you’re strong and you’re using those skills to do it like more holistically. You’re also the director of strategy for Remedy Plan, the biotech startup that I mentioned in our intro. Can you tell us a little bit about it? AC Sure. This is a startup company that my husband has started that does cancer research and it also kind of started out of two researchers coming together to discuss their … seemingly separate fields and finding a very interesting overlap and coming up with a really, really great idea of a new way to find cancer therapeutics. And so when my husband was first dreaming this up, you know, he’s on this very rigid academic traintracks. You know? You go and you get your PhD and you get your post doc and you follow this exact pathway and suddenly he had an idea that was like too good to pass up. It really was. And when he explained it to me, I instantly recognized it as too good of an idea to pass up. And so he quit his job and started this company, and we’ve been going for two years now and the science is going great [chuckles]. It’s interesting to be working on climate change during the day and cancer research on the weekends — KL It’s not, you know, it sounds totally laid back. SWB Does it ever feel just like a lot? Because it sounds like a lot when you describe it. AC It is a lot, yeah. I mean I don’t work full-time, of course, for Remedy Plan, but I try to help out where I can and it’s a pretty small startup, so, you know, the few people working there end up wearing a lot of different hats. But also both my husband and I are scientists and so all our training comes from science and we’re being forced to learn a lot of new skills. Like how to write a business plan, or thinking strategically about our branding and our website, or how does one even go about pitching potential investors for a Series A round? So it’s also kind of exciting and in much of the same way I love science because it’s an act of discovery, this side project has also been a really fun act of discovery for me, kind of exploring this whole other world. [25:16] KL That’s so cool, and also, I mean, I just want to say that you are incredibly good at communicating complex scientific concepts, you know, sort of real talk here: a lot of scientists aren’t always good at this, and it’s like, why is that, do you think? AC Yes. I don’t think a lot of people go through school or go through their PhD with any pressure or any element to explain what they’re doing to anyone else besides their immediate colleagues who understand the same language. And I hope that that is something that is changing. I think the other element is that scientists are wary to talk about their science in what they might view as a more simplistic or a way that could be misinterpreted which is unfortunate because I think if you really understand your work and your science, then you should be able to explain it to anyone. And I think, especially for my field of science, I think you have a responsibility to explain it to other people. KL Absolutely! I mean how did you get good at it? AC I think probably just because I’m really geeky about it and I like to talk about it a lot. And I want other people to be as excited as I am at these discoveries and so it’s something that I’ve always enjoyed doing. SWB I’ve met lots of scientists over the years. Actually both my mother and my brother are chemistry professors. They’re all geeky about their science, right? It’s not like any of them are not geeky about it, they all love talking about it. But what they don’t all love to do is come to you with it, they want you to come to them, right? So it’s like they want to talk about it on their terms because that’s what they’re comfortable with. And it sounds like something you’re really comfortable with is being able to bring things to other people and have a little bit more of that collaborative spirit, which to me seems kind of crucial to being able to communicate it in a way that’s going to work for different audiences. AC Absolutely, and I think even going back to, you know, the story of Remedy Plan. It came out of two people in slightly different fields who were able to communicate how exciting the thing was that they were working on and then see where those things overlap and provide an opportunity for something greater than the sum of its parts. KL So I gotta ask this: women make up half of the total college-educated workforce but only 29 percent of the science and engineering workforce. How have you navigated that? AC Yeah it’s a really tough field to be a woman. I mean a lot of fields are. This one’s definitely tough and at every step of the way, from undergraduate and grad school and post docs and jobs, we struggle and it’s hard, especially because we don’t have a lot of role models to look at, or we haven’t so far. Hopefully that’s changing. And often the role models we do have are those super amazing, you know, titanium women who can do it all. And it’s like, well, do you have to be made of titanium? I mean, can you just be someone who’s really into science and curious about life to enjoy being a scientist? So I got some advice early on in my career from a very wonderful female scientist who said to be wary of the people who are maybe hierarchically a little higher than you, and to be extremely giving and helpful to the people who are coming up behind you. And so I try as much as I can to talk with college kids or high school kids and most of the time my message is just, “Hi, I’m a scientist and I also happen to be a woman.” It doesn’t have to be much more complicated than that. That I think when I first started going into classrooms, the teachers would have the kids draw a picture. Before I got there they’d have the kids draw a picture of a scientist and the kids would, of course, draw a man in a white lab coat with crazy hair and glasses. Like to a kid that’s our image of what a scientist is: this like wacky guy pouring chemicals from one jar to another. You know and then they introduce me and here I’m just kind of a normal lady coming into the room to talk about the fact that being a scientist let me travel to the Great Barrier Reef and explore these new lands, and make exciting discoveries, and I think just actually being seen is important. So I try to make that a part of my life as well to help when things get tough. [30:00] SWB Yeah I love that. It reminds me of this interview we did for an earlier episode with Elizabeth Fiedler, who’s running for the Pennsylvania Legislature. And she talks about how she has gone to campaign events with her baby strapped to her and on the one hand she — you know her children are extremely central to her life, and they’re also central to her campaign, to the issues that she cares about, and they’re present. And she wants people to see them there, right? But on the other hand she doesn’t want to hang out and be the baby candidate. She is there to talk about specific issues and it’s kind of this idea of like normalizing it, right? “Yeah, yes, I’m a mom. That’s great. That’s important to me. It’s very obvious. And then also let’s talk about the issues that we’re here to talk about, and let’s talk about what we’re going to do in this community.” And it’s kind of that same idea, right? It’s like, “Yeah, yup, I’m a woman. I’m here. And that’s extremely normal. And let’s talk about the science.” AC Absolutely. I mean there’s also times where I’ve had to be, or I try to be, more direct. I’ve been asked to speak on panels and blatantly told, you know, they’re so thankful I said yes because I’m the only woman on the panel. So when I am in those situations, or even when I’m sitting, watching a panel, I try to actually note out loud, “Hey, [chuckles] there’s no women on that panel.” A couple of weeks ago some colleagues and I were coming up with a list of people we wanted to reach out to review something we were working on and we came up with a list of ten names and not one name was a woman, and so I was like, “Hey guys, can we think of a few women?” And it was like — it’s not that the people I was working with were purposely not choosing women, they didn’t even recognize it until it’s said out loud. So, I think, sometimes just kind of shining a light on it in hopefully not too pushy of a way but just, you know, noting that this is the state of affairs helps, again, draw attention to the fact. SWB Yeah, like you don’t realize your own biases around what you think of as a default human and are until you can kind of take a step back. In tech, all the time, we have these conversations about representation and I remember this one time when I was being invited to speak at a conference and I was not available to speak during those days and so I declined. And he replied to me kind of exasperated and upset and what he told me was that I was the ninth woman that he’d asked to turn him down. KL You’re like, “Uh huh?” SWB And I was like — and then he was basically complaining that he couldn’t find any women who would speak at his conference. And I’m like, OK, first up: do not tell people that you’re the ninth person that you went to. Thanks for that. But second: it’s like, OK well you’re asking me really late, the conference was far away and it was only a few weeks out or maybe a month out or something and it was going to require, like, an eight-hour plane flight. And, you maybe haven’t done enough work to have women in your network who know you are, who trust you, who can talk to other women about whether your event is a good place for them, who you know et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Like, why are you upset that women are turning you down instead of wondering, ‘Huh, what is about my event that is making it not a desirable opportunity for them?’ Look internally, bud.” Um but I’m not sure he actually did that. KL Well I am really glad that you are being seen and that you are on those panels and the author of these papers and I’m just really glad that you are. You’re such a great role model and you’re a really amazing motivator. Is there anything that you tell people, especially younger folks who are entering this field or trying to find their path? AC You don’t need to be some super nerdy genius to be a scientist. And, you know, of course, we have this persona in our society that that’s what a scientist looks like, that they’re some socially inept, weirdo, kooky nerd. Or that they are just an absolute genius at math. And I try to let them know that you don’t have to be any of those things. You know, I got a D in my seventh grade science class. But what you do need is curiosity, and if you’re curious and you like to explore and you like to discover, if you have those traits, that’s what makes a good scientist. I mean, I was a huge Indiana Jones fan as a little kid and, I know from the outside it probably looks like I’m sitting in a cubicle, working on an Excel spreadsheet, but I am like parting cobwebs from ancient stone ruins and finding hidden caves and using this decoder ring to find the treasure. That’s how I view science: as this very exciting opportunity to discover new things. So I feel like a lot of people, or especially kids, I think they don’t see themselves as a scientist if they’re not, you know, getting straight As in math. Or if they’re not a whiz at science class in school. But it only takes curiosity to be good at science. [35:24] SWB I totally want to dig into this a little bit more because I think we hear that kind of thing a lot about certain fields, anything related to science and technology too. We hear that about programming, right? That like in order to be a programmer you have to be this socially awkward person, usually a dude, and you work by yourself until the middle of the night, hacking away at something, and you had to start coding when you were 11, and all of these things that are really unachievable for a lot of people, or just not realistic, or that are just very alienating, and I think particularly alienating to girls who, no matter what they do, never fit that particular mold. Right? Like they’re never going to look like the kooky guy in the lab coat. And so I think that it creates all of these weird boundaries and this sort of like mysticism around science and technology as if it’s something that normal people can’t do or don’t do. And I think that’s the kind of thing that I want to push back on all the time because most of science is just normal people doing work. And that work is interesting and that work is powerful, but you don’t have to be special to do that. AC Absolutely, and it’s that sort of image that kids are forming in their mind when they’re young, that “scientists are not me.” They’re someone other. That they’re this, you know, other kind of human being with these other skills, and none of those skills happen to be social skills, that does science. And when those kids grow up to be adults that’s a really pernicious feeling to have. That scientists are other people and that also makes science feel like something that’s not approachable, that’s not being done with good interest at heart. It makes it into that sort of creepy, mad scientist. And that hurts us and we see that, of course, with climate change. We see that there’s this distrust of science, and distrust of scientists, and even just a distrust of people who are experts. And so that sort of stereotyping even when you’re young I think leads to pretty big problems for the advancement of science when those kids grow up. SWB Yeah, yeah, absolutely and I think back too to like the conversation about, you know, having kids draw scientists when they’re little. It’s like, man, not only are they all drawing a guy, but I bet you none of them drew a black scientist. Right? Like it sort of perpetuates this cycle where it’s like we just see the same stuff over and over again and you think about something like environmental science and something I think really immediately about is the way that climate change definitely affects, you know, people in poverty than people who have means. And it’s likely to affect communities of color and the idea of having like lack of representation in science from those communities that are likely to be really affected. Seems like such a massive problem. AC Absolutely, and I think it’s exciting to see the environmental justice gaining more legs and I think there’s a lot more work that needs to be done. You kind of can’t separate environmental damages from the justice movement. So it’s a super important topic and I hope that — you know, maybe science isn’t your thing. Maybe you are a genius graphic designer or, you know, you want to work on, you know, social justice issues. There’s still all sorts of opportunities in the scientific field for people like that to make the world a better place. SWB Would you be able to talk a little bit about the environmental justice movement, for those listeners who aren’t familiar with that term? AC Environmental justice is basically just the idea that we need to treat people in a fair way in whether that’s their race or their color or how much money they make or the type of place they live. Those people should all be involved in environmental laws or environmental policies and it’s really important to have all those different groups sitting at the table, thinking about how to improve our environment moving forward, and it’s an unfortunate fact that, of course, when there are thing that harm our environment, they harm the most vulnerable people in our society. So when someone’s building a power plant that’s going to have emissions that give kids asthma they’re often building it in a, you know, not in the backyards of people who are wealthy but in the backyards of people who are already facing a lot of environmental struggles, or a lot of existing health struggles. And so when we’re thinking about how to improve our environment going forward, you can’t think of that in a vacuum. You can’t think about it without considering social justice issues and getting those people who are affected by the inequalities in our society, they have to be at the table for those sorts of decisions. [40:37] SWB Yes! Like this totally dovetails with so many of the other conversations we’ve been having around different subjects but it all comes down to the same thing, right? Like you can’t have a really narrow slice of the population making decisions that affect everybody else — AC Yup, absolutely. SWB And that’s kind of what we’ve had for a long time. AC I mean in my work I spend a lot of time thinking about the impacts of climate change on human health. And you can talk about the impacts on extreme summer temperatures or Lyme Disease or air quality issues or water quality issues, but time and time again it’s those vulnerable populations who are most affected by these impacts. So it’s the elderly population, it’s the children, it’s people with low socioeconomic status, or tribal groups, it’s people with preexisting health conditions or disabilities. And so it’s important that any action that we’re taking to improve our environment involves those people. KL So I mean between your day job and Remedy Plan and all these things that you’re doing, you work on a lot and you give yourself to a lot of this work that is really passionate. What are you doing that helps refill your energy jar? AC This week the Winter Olympics are starting, and I’m a big Olympics nerd. And I also find that the Olympics completely like reignite my faith in humanity like, “Wow, all these countries can still come together over sportsmanship!” You know it gives you a little bit of faith that — KL Yeah. AC The human spirit can solve these problems. KL Like we just have to try. We just have to show up and try. AC If we can all come together over bobsledding and curling, we can come together over climate change [music fades in]. JL One of the things I really loved about Allison’s interview is when she said what you need is curiosity. I think that’s so important, especially when we talk about getting more people interested in STEM and the work that I’ve done with Girl Develop It and this idea, lots of times, we don’t necessarily think of ourselves, “Oh well, you have to be a math nerd to do something.” It’s so important to think like, “No, what you need is curiosity to see if this something that appeals to you once you start doing it.” So I love these things that’s like let’s find out more about it to see if does appeal to me, not just assume it doesn’t apply to me. SWB Yeah, you know I think about this a lot because having my mom be a scientist, I think I grew up with this understanding that like that’s what a scientist looked like, right? And it was my mom and she wasn’t always wearing a lab coat and she wasn’t even particularly nerdy looking. She’s pretty cool. And I thought of that as being pretty normal and it took me actually a long time to realize other people did not see that as normal, that like people were like, “Oh you’re from that weird smart family.” And granted not everybody’s going to be a scientist, by any means, I mean it’s not for everybody. But to really normalize that as something that, like, people can do, women can do, people from different backgrounds can do, like that whole conversation about going in and having people draw a scientist and I think like, “Yeah, nobody would’ve drawn my mom.” Like, I would have drawn my mom. Representation matters a lot and having people understand at an early age, like be able to see themselves in something. I think that’s huge. I’m so glad that Allison talked about that and talked about sort of also the social justice and racial justice parts of environmental science, because I think that we don’t talk about that nearly enough or talk about it in those really human terms. KL If more people like her can do this work and be as articulate about what she does and how she does it and why it’s so important and why it’s so important for other young girls to get into it, I mean it’s like a no brainer. [44:28] SWB OK this totally brings me to what I want to talk about for the Fuck Yeah of the Week. KL OK. SWB Can we have a Fuck Yeah now? Is it time? KL Yes. JL I could use a little Fuck Yeah! SWB So our Fuck Yeah this week is the new Obama portraits, which we have been ogling over. So one of the things that I love that about them, and we’re going to get into some of the other stuff we love about them, but one of the things I love about them is that they’re such a powerful reminder, even during this time when things are difficult, even during this time when it feels like we are going backwards on a lot of issues, that we are still seeing amazing movement on representation of diverse people and specifically black people in all kinds of culture, including art. I mean obviously black people have been making amazing art forever. That’s not new. But what I think we’re starting to see more of is black art showing up in more prominent places and getting more attention. I’m paying attention to things like huge book deals that black writers are getting or, you know, Get Out last year and then this year we’ve got Black Panther coming out. And I think it’s so important to note that that is huge and that is big and that matters. And that that kind of representation, like we talked about with Allison, right? Representation of who a scientist can be, representation of like who is depicted in art and what are they doing. Like, it’s so important and I want to say a big Fuck Yeah to that. JL Yeah, there was a great quote from Michelle Obama and she said, “I’m thinking about all the young people, particularly girls and girls of color, who in years ahead will come to this place, and they will look up, and they will see an image of someone who looks like them hanging on the wall.” And so, you know, just like we talked about with Allison, the scientist, I just think the more that people see other people in these roles, the more that it becomes feasible to be them. SWB One of the other things that I loved about Michelle’s portrait, in specific, is that Amy Sherald, the artist, painted her in a sleeveless dress. I dunno if you all remember but in 2009 Michelle was criticized, I guess is the kindest way I could put it, but I would say that she was shat upon by conservatives for having her first White House official portrait be in a sleeveless dress. She was wearing this very classic black sheath with pearls, she looked great, but she was treated like she had done something wildly inappropriate. That, you know, of course it’s like somehow too revealing, too slutty, I don’t know, it makes no sense because arms — arms are fine. We all have arms. I’ve seen lots of arms. It’s OK, everybody. But it was just one of these ways that we could see the Obamas being treated differently than other candidates or presidents would’ve been treated and being treated in a way that was designed to make them seem like they weren’t credible or they didn’t belong there or whatever. But here we have Michelle in this sleeveless gown, looking amazing, but also just kind of giving her own fuck you to everybody who called her out for that because now that gets to be in the National Portrait Gallery forever. KL I love that. Also I was so struck by the portrait of Barack Obama. And I just I saw this tweet that Brittany Packnett had written and I thought the exactly same thing. I mean, she says, “Can we talk about how stunningly powerful it is to see a black man in a garden the way Kehinde Wiley painted Barack Obama? It dismantles so much and creates new visions of masculinity that black men rarely have the public permission to explore.” That is amazing. It’s so — I just feel like if that doesn’t resonate with you … SWB Yeah, I mean you know one of the things I noticed right away was like, “Oh yeah, have I seen ever a painting of black man in a garden in that way?” KL Right. SWB It’s like, no, you know, I’ve seen a thousand pictures of white people in, like, you know, impressionist paintings, or romantic paintings, like strolling in gardens with the little umbrellas or whatever. But I have definitely never seen a black person depicted that way. When you start paying attention to who are you seeing and then also like what roles are you seeing them in, I think that it helps you be much more aware of just how many gaps there are in how people are represented, and I’m so excited to see this kind of representation, and, you know, it’s not to say like that we’re saying like, “Oh we need to go back in time.” Or we’re trying to live in the past. It’s not about that. It’s about like what does that mean for our future to be able to have this on the wall and have kids go to a museum and see it? [48:54] KL So I think we can say that is a for sure Fuck Yeah for amazing paintings, for black artists, and for just representation that moves us forward in even the tryingest of times. SWB Fuck yeah! KL Fuck yeah. That’s it for this week’s episode of No, You Go, the show about being ambitious—and sticking together. NYG is recorded in our home city of Philadelphia, and produced by Steph Colbourn. Our theme music is by The Diaphone. Thanks to Allison Crimmins for being our guest today. If you like what you’ve been hearing, please make sure to subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts. Your support helps us spread the word. We’ll be back next week with another great guest [music fades in and ramps up to end].

This is a preview of a bonus premium episode. Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks. This will not only give you access to this current premium episode you’re previewing, but also all the back premium episodes you may have missed as well and all future bonus premium episodes. Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2. We discuss the Doug Jones and Roy Moore election in Alabama, the aftermath with the media and Black women, and the opportunistic forces of the black misleadership class in media, politics and academia trying to capitalize on the grassroots effort done by poor black women on the ground. Things discussed in this piece: My twitter thread on the Alabama election: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/941346154750636032 Another twitter thread by me: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/941002908635680778 Thread on how black women are being turned into political mammies: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/941100228312170497 Mic.com's article describing the grassroots work done in Alabama and the responsible parties "Black women fueled a grassroots movement in Alabama — and may remake state politics": https://mic.com/articles/186790/black-women-fueled-a-grassroots-movement-in-alabama-and-may-remake-state-politics#.TxGfk56fi Another article describing the work done on the ground: "How a former sharecropper in an SUV helped drive Doug Jones to victory in Alabama's Black Belt" http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/how_a_former_sharecropper_in_a.html Another article describing the grassroots work done in Alabama "Black Women Are A Political Organizing Force. They’re Not Unicorns." https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-women-doug-jones_us_5a318dede4b091ca268508c2 Examples of figures coopting the voter turnout as a way to self-aggrandize and divert attention and money to themselves, cronies, and affiliated organizations like Angela Rye (https://twitter.com/OG_Humble_One/status/941326893835587586), Brittany Packnett https://www.thecut.com/2017/12/black-women-turnout-roy-moore-doug-jones.html, and Taylor Crumpton https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-support-black-women-after-the-alabama-senate-election Twitter user Darkskintdostoevsky weighing in the opportunist celebrity activists coopting the narrative away from local Alabama grassroots organizers, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941324456470786048, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941325047850926081, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941365868453175302, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941370471072677888, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941364373792071680, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941363666909151232, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941333445258633216, and here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941334067311558656 Darkskintdostoevsky's list of all the ways to actually support the people and organizations who helped to make The conditions for black people in Alabama currently, "Hookworm, a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US south. Why?" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/05/hookworm-lowndes-county-alabama-water-waste-treatment-poverty; "UN poverty official touring Alabama's Black Belt: 'I haven't seen this' in the First World" http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/un_poverty_official_touring_al.html Robin Thede's post-election black women superhero movie tweet https://twitter.com/robinthede/status/940788397597130752 Jemele Hill calling Robin Roberts "Auntie Robin" https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/941420670566715393

Trump blames Schumer and the courts for terrorism, Republicans propose trillions in tax cuts for the rich, and Facebook testifies before Congress. DeRay McKesson, Brittany Packnett, and Pennsylvania Congressional candidate Chrissy Houlahan join Jon, Jon, Tommy, and Dan on stage in Philly. 

Brittany Packnett—activist, teacher & co-founder of Campaign Zero sits down with Michele and Igor to discuss the FBI targeting so-called “black identity extremists,” like the Black Lives Matter movement advocates she worked with during the aftermath of Michael Brown’s killing in Ferguson, Missouri. Packnett also discusses how the whiteness of the Las Vegas shooter colored how the media covered him, how white people can use their privilege to be good allies, code switching, and the worst Dove commercial of all time. Michele and Igor also speak with Rashad Robinson, executive director of Color of Change, about the power of collective voices to change narratives.

On today's episode I talk to policy analyst and data scientist Sam Sinyangwe. Sam grew up in Orlando, FL, and has been involved in organizing and advocacy since he was in high school. He's worked at PolicyLink helping to support a national network of 61 "Promise Neighborhoods" with the goal of building cradle-to-career systems of support for low-income families. He created the "Mapping Police Violence" project, which collects and uses data as a tool for fighting police violence. And most recently, he founded Campaign Zero with DeRay Mckesson and Brittany Packnett. Campaign Zero is a comprehensive organization dedicated to ending police violence by limiting police interventions, improving community interactions, and ensuring accountability. He's also the co-founder of two other activist organizations StayWoke and OurStates, the latter which is dedicated to connecting communities in order to combat the Trump/GOP agenda.  This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on iTunes, follow me on Twitter.

Brittany discusses the privilege of the activist, that those who are most in need of support are burdened by the necessity of working to put food on the table or cannot voice their truth for fear of political or religious persecution (“privilege is not hyperbole; it is a reality”) (2:03); her upbringing in an activist household where “justice was the family business” (3:28); how marginalized groups like African Americans, immigrants, people with disabilities, and the LGBTQ community are in “the arena,” whether they like it or not (“even if we aren’t interested in racism, racism is interested in us” h/t Ta-Nehisi Coates) (3:51); how it doesn’t matter if this is your first taste of activism or if you are a veteran, we need to push forward together (“I don’t care how you got woke, I just care that you stay woke”) (6:03); and how we must stay fierce in our fight against oppressive forces (“aim to become an enemy of injustice so powerful that the orange man in the White House will tweet about you”) (7:31).

Devon and Sarah discuss the GA-6 and SC-5 Special Election results, the awful health care bill that we are FINALLY able to see, and Man Bun Ken. They talk to the brilliant Brittany Packnett about representation in politics, getting women in office and what we can be grateful for these days. They also award the Maxine Waters Award in Badassery.

DeRay, Brittany Packnett and Sam Sinyangwe are together again to talk about the most important news of the past week. Then, Grammy-award winning artist and activist John Legend joins DeRay to talk about parenting, women’s reproductive rights, mass incarceration and using his celebrity for good. And NYU professor and federal "numbers geek" David Kamin looks at Trump's proposed tax code changes through a historical lens.

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In episode 4, Drs. Brandy Liebscher and Danielle Beck grapple with the reality of a Trump presidency. They share their own emotional turmoil in the wake of this election, mindful of the fear, pain, and anger of those already vulnerable and marginalized in the United States. They also discuss their resolve to support white people who are committed to anti-racism and racial justice and what that means for the Facing Ourselves podcast. And if you're worried about those upcoming conversations with friends and family at Thanksgiving, they got you covered there, too. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out Brandy’s article about the importance of "repurposed space" for white people committed to racial justice. For support and guidance on moving forward, including how to handle those difficult conversations at Thanksgiving, be sure to check out these resources: Brittany Packnett's article White People: What is your plan for the Trump presidency? Southern Poverty Law Center's Speak Up: Responding to Everyday Bigotry Showing Up for Racial Justice Thanksgiving discussion guide PICO National Network (multi-faith community organizing)

On a special, extended edition of Bring It On!- Anchors William Hosea and Cornelius Wright interview the keynote speaker for the annual Bloomington Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration, Brittany Packnett. Anchors also host special discussion about the meaning now and then of Dr. King’s speech and activism. Featuring musical celebrations and tributes of the …