Podcasts about democratic women

Nomadic life and climate change, air pollution and endemic corruption - Mongolia's economy has tripled in size since becoming a democracy thirty years ago and the sudden growth has brought many challenges. It is a nation of sweeping grassland pastures and an ever-growing Gobi desert, sealed between Russia to its north and China to its south. Such large autocratic neighbours bring a sense of threat to this fledgling democratic nation. All those issues and more are raised by the public and debated by a panel of politicians at the moment a new coalition government is being formed. Presented by Jonny Dymond at the Chinggis Khaan Museum in the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar.The panel: Bulgantuya Khurelbaatar: Deputy Speaker of the State Great Hural (Parliament), MP for the Mongolian People's Party and former Minister for Labour and Social Protection Jargalan Batbayar: Chairwoman of the Democratic Women's Union and MP for the Democratic Party Munkhnaran Bayarlkhagva: Independent Analyst, formerly of the National Security Council of Mongolia Munkdhul Badral Bontoi: Citizens' Representative of Sukhbaatar District Council and former Parliamentary Candidate for the Hun PartyProducer: Charlie Taylor

Emily's List president, Jessica Mackler, joins The Electorette to discuss the importance of electing pro-choice, Democratic women to office—candidates who are unapologetic advocates for reproductive rights. We also discuss how unified messaging about abortion rights, among all Democrats, will energize voters. Lastly, we discuss the crucial role Vice President Kamala Harris has in being an outspoken advocate for reproductive justice. From this Episode Emily's List Candidates Kamala Harris Reproductive Freedoms Tour Women Vote Episodes Summary Summary Abortion access and its impact on elections. 0:00 Jennifer Taylor-Skinner interviews Emily's List President, Jessica Mackler on post-Dobbs electoral politics. Democrats have successfully framed abortion as a clear choice in elections, leading to wins when messaging is clear and personal. Jessica Mackler: When we run on #ReproductiveRights, we win in elections. Jennifer Taylor-Skinner: Alabama special election shows the power of advocating for reproductive rights to energize voters. VP Kamala Harris' leadership on reproductive rights. 5:50 Kamala Harris has been consistent and outspoken about reproductive justice, calling Republicans extremists and vowing to veto a national abortion ban. Vice President Kamala Harris has been a consistent champion of reproductive freedom throughout her career. Abortion and reproductive rights in the 2022 midterm elections. 9:01 Democrats are consistent on messaging around reproductive rights and abortion, with men and women on the same page. Women elected leaders bring unique perspectives to the issue, which can make a real difference in messaging and outcomes. Larry Hogan, the former Governor of Maryland, and current Republican candidate for the Senate, has an anti-choice record, and supports the Republican plan to ban abortion nationally. Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic candidate for the Maryland Senate race, is a champion for reproductive freedom, and Maryland voters will choose her over Hogan. The Republican Vice Presidential pick may be a problem for Trump due to their anti-choice record. The Biden-Harris ticket has a clear contrast on reproductive rights, with a champion on the ticket and an anti-choice record from Trump. Abortion rights and the upcoming election. 15:28 Jessica Mackler: "Underestimating women's outrage on abortion rights is a bad choice for Republicans." Jessica Mackler: "Democratic ticket will defend and restore reproductive rights, while Republican ticket will restrict them." Jessica Mackler: "We can deliver a democratic trifecta driven by women candidates." Jessica Mackler: "We've seen people turn out for reproductive freedom in elections." Jessica Mackler: "Securing power will allow us to restore these rights." Listen to All Electorette Episodes https://www.electorette.com/podcast Support the Electorette Rate & Review on iTunes: https://apple.co/2GsfQj4 Also, if you enjoy the Electorette, please subscribe and leave a 5-star review on iTunes. And please spread the word by telling your friends, family, and colleagues about The Electorette! WANT MORE ELECTORETTE? Follow the Electorette on social media. Electorette Facebook Electorette Instagram Electorette Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A member of the Democratic Party, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove represents California's vibrant, diverse 37th Congressional District in Los Angeles County. She is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and serves as Vice Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee. She is the Co-Chair of the Congressional Brazil Caucus, and a Whip and Outreach Co-Chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus. Congresswoman Kamlager-Dove is also a fierce advocate for the African diaspora both in California's 37th District and around the world. She leveraged her role on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa to help establish the Congressional Black Caucus Institute's Global African Diaspora Initiative (GADI) and secure its special consultative status within the United Nations Economic & Social Council. Brazil is going through challenging times. There's never been a more important moment to understand Brazil's politics, society, and culture. To go beyond the headlines, and to ask questions that aren't easy to answer. 'Brazil Unfiltered,' does just that. This podcast is hosted by James N. Green, Professor of Brazilian History and Culture at Brown University and the National Co-Coordinator of the U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil.Brazil Unfiltered is part of the Democracy Observatory, supported by the Washington Brazil Office. This podcast is edited and produced by Camilo Rocha in São Paulo.https://www.braziloffice.org/en/observatory#activities

Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County President Suzanne Cohen talks with Journalist Josh Molina about the role of the organization in the March 5 election, its growing influence in local politics, and how it is different from the Santa Barbara County Democratic Central Committee. Cohen explains the organization's non-endorsement in the First District Santa Barbara County Supervisor's contest, the role it played in helping Joan Hartmann get re-elected in the Third District, and its involvement in the Fourth District contest. Cohen also response to Daraka Larimore-Hall and his recent criticism of the organization for not endorsing the incumbent Democrat in the Santa Barbara County Supervisor's contest. She also breaks down how Dem Women is influential in national politics and is focused on supporting a woman's right to choose. Cohen also shares about her backstory and how she became an activist and women's leader.

Mike Ferguson in the Morning 03-25-24 MO AG Andrew Bailey says he's investigating the Hazelwood School District following the off-campus fight two weeks ago.  Illinois lawmakers are considering making the state mostly no-kill regarding shelter animals. But it's fine to kill babies. Longtime Democrat strategist James Carville comments on "preachy" Democratic women. Story here: https://www.newsmax.com/politics/james-carville-democrats-females/2024/03/24/id/1158454/ John Tillman from the American Culture Project talks about the whether the GOP should adopt the tactics of the Left regarding elections, specifically ballot harvesting, mail-in ballots, election drop boxes, etc.(https://amculture.org/) (@JohnMTillman) MORNING NEWS DUMP: SCOTUS ponders social media censorship case. Story here: https://redstate.com/beccalower/2024/03/17/scotus-set-to-hear-free-speech-case-on-biden-admin-colluding-with-big-tech-to-stifle-misinformation-n2171525 The family of Kaylee Gain, who was seriously injured in a fight near Hazelwood East HS a couple of weeks ago, says that she is now breathing on her own and has been moved out of ICU. The latest "minibus" budget bill includes a ban on gay pride flags at overseas embassies. Now watch Biden try to get around it. Story here: https://nypost.com/2024/03/24/us-news/pride-flags-banned-from-all-u-s-embassies/ Average gas price in Missouri is up to $3.28, with the St. Louis average around $3.49, and Illinois is at $3.91. Story here: https://www.cspdailynews.com/fuels/oils-risk-premium-growing Cardinals lost to the Astros 9-4. They'll face the Cubs in exhibition games today and tomorrow in Arizona as they make their way to Los Angeles for Opening Day against the Dodgers this Thursday, March 28. Blues start another 4-game homestand tonight when they host the Vegas Golden Knights at 7PM. After tonight's game, they'll have 10 games left in the regular season.  NewsTalkSTL website: https://newstalkstl.com/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/NewsTalkSTL Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NewstalkSTL Livestream 24/7: http://bit.ly/newstalkstlstreamSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hello and welcome to the Collier Democratic Round-Up, theofficial podcast of the Collier County Democratic Party. I am your host, JeffSpencer. We're back! It's been two years since we last recorded a podcast and alot has happened in the time since. Let's do a bit of a recap and get everyoneup to speed.First, we have new leadership here in Collier County. Everytwo years, we have an election to choose a new slate of officers. Annisa Karimand myself, as Chair and Vice-Chair, chose to step down. There are a lot ofreasons for this, but the main being that we both felt that the party neededfresh energy and fresh perspectives to grow as it needs to grow. We have bothput a lot of effort over the last 6 years to build a strong foundation for theparty to build. We achieved a lot. We raised more money in our 6 years thanin the previous 12 combined. We upgraded our website, social media, andcommunication presence to reach more Democrats. We invested in improved financial and volunteer management systems toallow us to maximize our potential. We fielded full slates of candidates forall offices in 2018 and 2020 and had the highest democratic turnout in 2020 ofany county in the entire state. There were big accomplishments, but they were not enough.The party needed some fresh perspectives and new ideas to take the next steptoward a blue Collier County. And I am very excited about our new slate ofofficers and the direction they are taking the party.Our new Chair is Jane Schletweig. Jane worked with Annis andI as State Committee Woman where she represented Collier County at the StateParty. Jane is also the Region 12 Chair of the Democratic Women's Club ofFlorida.Our new Vice-Chair is Adam Molny. Adam has been our DataCoordinator for the last four years and he has been integral to each of oursuccesses. Anne Daley was re-elected as Treasurer for a second term andJudy Freiberg was re-elected as Secretary for her second term. This new leadership is incredibly qualified and has alreadyhit the ground running. New members and new volunteers have already started toparticipate. Melody Hardee has taken over the Communications Committee and has agreat plan to reach out to more Democrats and non-democrats alike. AtFebruary's meeting, it was standing room only with new volunteers signing up tohelp on many new committees.The next two years are very important. We have a Governorwho is emboldened and continues to go on the attack. We have the School Boardand County Commission that has lurched even further right parroting conspiracytheory, discounting science, and ignoring the needs of the most vulnerableconstituents. Rick Scott is up for re-election and needs to be defeated. Jane and the rest of the leadership have a plan to engagenew voters. You can find out more about their plans and how you can help bygoing to www.collierdems.org. We'll beright back after a short break.

Josh and David open with a discussion of Steve Marshall undercutting Kay Ivey's execution moratorium. LaTanya Millhouse, president of Alabama Democratic Women, zooms in to talk about ADP helping Sen. Warnock and the state of the party overall. And they wrap with Perry Hooper's apology and no mo maga Mo Brooks, this week's Rightwing Nut of the Week.  Send us a question: We take a bit of time each week to answer questions from our audience about Alabama politics — or Alabama in general. If you have a question about a politician, a policy, or a trend — really anything — you can shoot us an email at apwproducer@gmail.com or with this form. You can also send it to us on Facebook and Twitter. Or by emailing us a voice recording to our email with your question, and we may play it on air. Either way, make sure you include your name (first name is fine) and the city or county where you live. About APW: APW is a weekly Alabama political podcast hosted by Josh Moon and David Person, two longtime Alabama political journalists. More information is available on our website. Listen anywhere you get your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Music credits: Music courtesy of Mr. Smith via the Free Music Archive. Visit Mr. Smith's page here.

In the months after the overturn of Roe vs Wade, we have seen a surge in violence against pro-lifers. We reveal the latest cases, including a shocking FBI raid of a pro-lifer over a supposed violation of the FACE Act, and provide safety tips that EVERY pro-lifer should follow. Plus we discuss other news, such as Stacy Abrams saying that a 6-week fetal heartbeat is 'Manufactured sounds' and how an American is suing Malta over their abortion laws. All this and more in this week's episode of the Pro-Life America Podcast! Topics Discussed:The FBI Raid of a pro-lifer on a violation of F.A.C.E. ActThe shooting of a 83 year old pro-life volunteer in MichiganPro-life teen attacked while canvassing in Kansas     PLUS:Kamala Harris urges pastors to stand for abortionThe poll showing Democratic voters believe 'Men Can Get Pregnant'Stacey Abrams says 6-week fetal heartbeats are 'Manufactured sounds'??An American sues to legalize abortion in Malta Links Mentioned:Kamala Harris Tells Pastors They Should Promote Killing Babies in Abortions - Life NewsNearly 1 in 4 Democratic Voters Believe 'Men Can Get Pregnant': New Poll - Christian HeadlinesVideo: Stacey Abrams Claims 6 Week Fetal Heartbeats Are "Manufactured Sounds"Stacey Abrams says 'no such thing' as 6-week fetal heartbeat: 'Manufactured sound' - Fox NewsThe 'fetal heartbeat' that defines Texas' new abortion laws doesn't exist, say doctors - Business InsiderUS Tourist Denied Emergency Abortion in Europe Takes Country to Court - Vice NewsFBI Agents Raid Home of Pro-Life Author With Guns Drawn in Front of His Screaming Kids - Red StateCritics allege double standard in FBI arrest of anti-abortion activist - MSNNew Info Confirms FBI Raid of Pro-Life Advocate Based on Bogus Charge Court Dismissed - LifeNewsBucks County Man Indicted on Federal Charges for Assaulting a Reproductive Healthcare Clinic Escort - US Attorney's Office Press ReleaseElderly pro-life volunteer in Michigan shot after 'heated conversation,' pro-life group says - Yahoo NewsPro-life teen attacked while canvassing in Kansas, says woman 'started hitting me with her fists' - Fox NewsPro-Life America Podcast Episode 73: The Left Lashes OutRate & Review Our Podcast Have a topic you want to see discussed on the show? [Submit it here.]To learn more about what Life Dynamics does, visit: https://lifedynamics.com/about-us/Support Our Work Be Sure To Follow Life Dynamics:Our WebsiteFacebookTwitterInstagramYouTubeRumble 

Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C., was arrested Tuesday afternoon while protesting for abortion rights and reproductive justice at the Supreme Court, her staff announced on Twitter.Adams tweeted earlier in the day that she would be participating in a protest for reproductive freedom and abortion rights with fellow members of the Democratic Women's Caucus. "We will not be silent as our fundamental rights are under attack," Adams tweeted. Adams issued a statement following the incident, calling the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade "fundamentally wrong."“I took part in this protest today for all of the people who feel unheard after the decision in the Dobbs case," Adams said. "The Supreme Court's decision was fundamentally wrong, so I will continue to put my body on the line - and record my votes in House - in defense of abortion rights.READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/alma-adams-protest-nc-charlotte-abortion-rights-supreme-court/275-f6242c4e-8aa3-4e29-b93c-049fd9fa9ac2Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón's office has filed domestic violence charges against Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges Bridges, 24, faces one felony count of injuring a child's parent and two felony counts of child abuse under circumstances or conditions likely to cause great bodily injury or death.According to the criminal complaint, the alleged assault on Bridges' girlfriend happened in front of their two children on or around June 27 and 28.READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/los-angeles-county-district-attorney-domestic-violence-charges-miles-bridges/275-1c8b4cd3-1448-49fe-8407-48fc385d4fe0Plus, The Carolina Panthers will wear black helmets for the first time in franchise history this season, with the team announcing a new alternate uniform combo Tuesday. On this episode of #WakeUpCLT To Go, we're getting a better look at the Panthers' new alternate threads and sharing some of the fan responses on social media. Panthers fans have been clamoring for an all-black look for years but NFL rules prevented the team from having alternate helmets in recent seasons. Now, as part of the new color rush uniforms, teams are allowed to have an alternate helmet and the Panthers are making the popular switch! Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT! 

Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C., was arrested Tuesday afternoon while protesting for abortion rights and reproductive justice at the Supreme Court, her staff announced on Twitter. Adams tweeted earlier in the day that she would be participating in a protest for reproductive freedom and abortion rights with fellow members of the Democratic Women's Caucus.  "We will not be silent as our fundamental rights are under attack," Adams tweeted.  Adams issued a statement following the incident, calling the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade "fundamentally wrong." “I took part in this protest today for all of the people who feel unheard after the decision in the Dobbs case," Adams said. "The Supreme Court's decision was fundamentally wrong, so I will continue to put my body on the line - and record my votes in House - in defense of abortion rights. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/alma-adams-protest-nc-charlotte-abortion-rights-supreme-court/275-f6242c4e-8aa3-4e29-b93c-049fd9fa9ac2 Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón's office has filed domestic violence charges against Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges  Bridges, 24, faces one felony count of injuring a child's parent and two felony counts of child abuse under circumstances or conditions likely to cause great bodily injury or death. According to the criminal complaint, the alleged assault on Bridges' girlfriend happened in front of their two children on or around June 27 and 28. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/los-angeles-county-district-attorney-domestic-violence-charges-miles-bridges/275-1c8b4cd3-1448-49fe-8407-48fc385d4fe0 Plus, The Carolina Panthers will wear black helmets for the first time in franchise history this season, with the team announcing a new alternate uniform combo Tuesday. On this episode of #WakeUpCLT To Go, we're getting a better look at the Panthers' new alternate threads and sharing some of the fan responses on social media. Panthers fans have been clamoring for an all-black look for years but NFL rules prevented the team from having alternate helmets in recent seasons. Now, as part of the new color rush uniforms, teams are allowed to have an alternate helmet and the Panthers are making the popular switch!  Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT! 

The North GA Blue: Getting into Good Trouble podcast covers democratic politics in North GA, the 9th Congressional District, and across the state of Georgia. The podcast is in Q&A/Interview format with various democratic politicos including county chairs, democratic operatives, politicians, and more. It is our mission to deliver crucial information to our listeners in a timely manner as we fight for community values and principles in the 3rd most Conservative district in the state. Our website is: https://www.fcdpga.com/podcastsOur guests highlight democratic activities and actions to work toward a Blue Georgia. The 9th Congressional District spans 20 counties across the region and covers a good deal of northern GA including Blue Ridge, Morganton, Fannin, Union, Banks, Athens/Clarke, Dawson, Elbert, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, and White counties. Our democratic party podcast also disseminates information and interviews powerful Democrats across the state of GA working to overthrow the suppression tactics of the GOP and ensure democracy and our values, grassroots efforts, and goals remain intact. #podcasts #politicalpodcasts #democraticpolitics #democraticparty #stateofga #democraticactivism, #democraticgrassroots #community #gademocraticparty #georgiademocrats #democraticpodcasts #bestdemocraticpodcasts #GAPOL #ClimateChange #freedemocraticpodcasts #deepdemocracypodcasts #gademocrats #democracy #republic #democraticpodcastslisten #fightthegop #votersuppression #voterrights #bluestates #redstates #podcastsdemocraticpolitics #grassrootsactivism #climatechange #environment #9thCongressionalDistrict #9thcongressionaldistrictchairs #ruraldemocrats #racialequity #racism #RacialEquity #POC #politicalactivist  #racialjustice #equity #RaisingtheWage #GAMinimumWage #MinimumWage #education #diversity #inclusion #workingtorestoredemocracy #voterrights #democraticoperative #localpolitics #countypolitics #statepolitics #politicalraces #voterturnout #redistricting #gerrymandering #votersuppression #voterrights #politicalhistory #gapol #ruralrevival #ruraloutreach #DemocraticPartyofGA  #DPG #EconomicJustice #democraticgoals #democraticcharacter #democraticvalues #democraticintegrity  #TurnGABlue #Transparancy #GADems  #gapol #BestDemocratPodcast #Ethics #Integrity #ElectingDemocrats #LocalElections #CountyElections #StatewideElectionsGA #NationalElections #Healthcare #SocialJustice #EconomicJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #UnderservedPopulations #BlackCommunities #HispanicCommunities #LatinoCommunities #RacialEquity #RacialJustice #LGBTQ+  #GayRights #CivilRights #Advocacy #PoliticalAdvocacy #Activist #ProChoice #Immigration #MedicaidforAll #ACA #GunReform #ObamaCare  #Education #VoterRights #ProChoice #WomensRights #DemocraticCandidates #AtlantaGA #GALTGovernor #ProgressivePolicies #ElectProgessiveWomen #Healthcare #EconomicSecurity #CriminalJusticeReform #Equity #Equality #Education #VotingRights #GASB202 #ProgressiveWomen #Unions #JohnLewisVotingRightsAdvancementAct #FreedomToVoteAct #VoterSupressionGA #VoterSuppression #VotingRestrictions #CivilRightsViolations #VotingAttacks #VoterSupression #CommunityOrganizer #Diversity #Inclusion #Policy #Action #BlackWomen #BlackandBrownPeople #UnderservedPopulations #PoliticalActivist #ElectProgressiveWomen #ProChoiceWomen #ProChoice #WomenSupportingWomen #WomensRights #ERA #ReproductiveJustice #ProChoiceDemocrats  #ProgressivePublicPolicy #ChinitaAllen #Leadership #GAWomen #GADemocrats #PresidentGeorgiaFederationofDemocraticWomen #DemocraticWomen #WomenDemocrats #EqualRights #EqualRightsAmendment #ERA #EqualPay  #GAFederationofDemocraticWomen #GFDWSupport the show (https://NorthGeorgiaBluePodcast.com/patron)

The North GA Blue: Getting into Good Trouble podcast covers democratic politics in North GA, the 9th Congressional District, and across the state of Georgia. The podcast is in Q&A/Interview format with various democratic politicos including county chairs, democratic operatives, politicians, and more. It is our mission to deliver crucial information to our listeners in a timely manner as we fight for community values and principles in the 3rd most Conservative district in the state. Our website is: https://www.fcdpga.com/podcastsOur guests highlight democratic activities and actions to work toward a Blue Georgia. The 9th Congressional District spans 20 counties across the region and covers a good deal of northern GA including Blue Ridge, Morganton, Fannin, Union, Banks, Athens/Clarke, Dawson, Elbert, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, and White counties. Our democratic party podcast also disseminates information and interviews powerful Democrats across the state of GA working to overthrow the suppression tactics of the GOP and ensure democracy and our values, grassroots efforts, and goals remain intact. #podcasts #politicalpodcasts #democraticpolitics #democraticparty #stateofga #democraticactivism, #democraticgrassroots #community #gademocraticparty #georgiademocrats #democraticpodcasts #bestdemocraticpodcasts #GAPOL #ClimateChange #freedemocraticpodcasts #deepdemocracypodcasts #gademocrats #democracy #republic #democraticpodcastslisten #fightthegop #votersuppression #voterrights #bluestates #redstates #podcastsdemocraticpolitics #grassrootsactivism #climatechange #environment #9thCongressionalDistrict #9thcongressionaldistrictchairs #ruraldemocrats #racialequity #racism #RacialEquity #POC #politicalactivist  #racialjustice #equity #RaisingtheWage #GAMinimumWage #MinimumWage #education #diversity #inclusion #workingtorestoredemocracy #voterrights #democraticoperative #localpolitics #countypolitics #statepolitics #politicalraces #voterturnout #redistricting #gerrymandering #votersuppression #voterrights #politicalhistory #gapol #ruralrevival #ruraloutreach #DemocraticPartyofGA  #DPG #EconomicJustice #democraticgoals #democraticcharacter #democraticvalues #democraticintegrity  #TurnGABlue #Transparancy #GADems  #gapol #BestDemocratPodcast #Ethics #Integrity #ElectingDemocrats #LocalElections #CountyElections #StatewideElectionsGA #NationalElections #Healthcare #SocialJustice #EconomicJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #UnderservedPopulations #BlackCommunities #HispanicCommunities #LatinoCommunities #RacialEquity #RacialJustice #LGBTQ+  #GayRights #CivilRights #Advocacy #PoliticalAdvocacy #Activist #ProChoice #Immigration #MedicaidforAll #ACA #GunReform #ObamaCare  #Education #VoterRights #ProChoice #WomensRights #DemocraticCandidates #AtlantaGA #GALTGovernor #ProgressivePolicies #ElectProgessiveWomen #Healthcare #EconomicSecurity #CriminalJusticeReform #Equity #Equality #Education #VotingRights #GASB202 #ProgressiveWomen #Unions #JohnLewisVotingRightsAdvancementAct #FreedomToVoteAct #VoterSupressionGA #VoterSuppression #VotingRestrictions #CivilRightsViolations #VotingAttacks #VoterSupression #CommunityOrganizer #Diversity #Inclusion #Policy #Action #BlackWomen #BlackandBrownPeople #UnderservedPopulations #PoliticalActivist #ElectProgressiveWomen #ProChoiceWomen #ProChoice #WomenSupportingWomen #WomensRights #ERA #ReproductiveJustice #ProChoiceDemocrats  #ProgressivePublicPolicy #GailBuckner #Leadership #FormerGASenator #FormerGA Rep #PresidentNationalFederationofDemocraticWomen #DemocraticWomen #WomenDemocrats #FederalBoards #NonProfitBoards #USGovernment #EqualRights #EqualRightsAmendment #NationalFederationofDemocraticWomen #NFDWSupport the show (https://NorthGeorgiaBluePodcast.com/patron)

Les ONG RIT Foundation, All India et Democratic Women's Association ont récemment déposé à la Haute Cour de Bombay une requête de révision d'un article de la Constitution indienne qui définit "le crime de viol". La Haute Cour de Delhi s'est saisie de l'affaire.Dans l'attente d'une décision, les réseaux sociaux sont le lieu de débats enflammés entre les hommes et les femmes. Certains Indiens sont même allés jusqu'à lancer une "grève du mariage" en signe de protestation. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

The topic of this episode is, “What differences do women make in Congress?” My guest is https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RbbCAAS/michele-swers (Michele Swers), professor of American government at Georgetown University. She studies Congress, congressional elections, and women in politics. She has written a lot of research articles and book chapters, and also is the author of two books on women in Congress. The first one is titled https://amzn.to/3ozw9j8 (The Difference Women Make: The Policy Impact of Women in Congress). The second book is titled https://amzn.to/3Ho4URi (Women in the Club: Gender and Policy Making in the Senate). And, I would be remiss if I did not mention, she is the coauthor of https://amzn.to/3kEuRT2 (Women and Politics: Paths to Power and Political Influence). Kevin Kosar: Welcome to Understanding Congress, a podcast about the first branch of government. Congress is a notoriously complex institution, and few Americans think well of it, but Congress is essential to our republic. It's a place where our pluralistic society is supposed to work out its differences and come to agreement about what our laws should be. And that is why we are here: to discuss our national legislature and to think about ways to upgrade it so it can better serve our nation. I'm your host, Kevin Kosar, and I'm a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank in Washington, DC. It is to Professor Swers we now turn to learn about women in Congress. Professor Swers, welcome to the program. Michele Swers: Thank you, Kevin. Thanks so much for having me. I'm a big fan of your podcast. Kevin Kosar: Oh, thanks for saying. Let's start with a really simple question. How many women are in Congress today? Michele Swers: So, right now you have 120 women in the House. Eighty-nine are Democrats, 31 are Republicans. And in the Senate, you have 24 women, 16 Democrats, 8 Republicans. From those numbers, you can tell that there are more women who are Democrat than Republicans. And that's because the number of women really started to increase in 1992, and people called that the Year of the Woman, but it was really the Year of the Democratic Women. It was Democrats who elected more women at that time. They had a pretty good year that year. Even in years where Republicans had good years, like 1994, they elected more women, but not a lot more women. In 2018, Democrats elected another Year of the Woman, but they elected more women of color. So there was a lot of attention to that. And that's when I'm sure your listeners know that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez comes into the picture and Ayanna Pressley and some others. And then in 2020, Republicans did have a very good year. They went from 13 women to 31 in the House of Representatives, and they elected a greater mix of women and minorities. It was a good year from their perspective. But you can tell though that by these numbers, when Democrats are in charge, women have more access to the majority and seats of power. So women are about 40 percent of the Democratic caucus in the House, and that means they have some seniority level. In the House, on the Democratic side, anyway, committee assignments work based on seniority, so you have more women who have access to be chairs. So Rosa DeLauro, head of Appropriations, or Carolyn Maloney as the Oversight chair, Maxine Waters at Financial Services — important committees. On the other hand, for Republicans, women are only about 15 percent of their caucus. They've had a woman in the conference chair position for a very long time — obviously turnover with different women. Most recently, Liz Cheney was pushed out, and Elise Stefanik is now the conference chair. But they don't have as many women with seniority. There are not as many women who will reach those committee chairmanships when Republicans are in charge. Right now you do have Kay Granger at Appropriations. She's the ranking member, so maybe she'll...

The group was founded in 1985 to get Democratic women who back abortion access elected to office and has faced criticism in the years since from people who say the group has not done enough to support Black women and other candidates of color.Now, EMILY's List has chosen a new leader: Laphonza Butler. She is the first first woman of color and the first mother to lead the group and spoke with NPR political correspondent Juana Summers and NPR White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe about her plans.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.orgJoin the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.

Long before joining the House Democratic Caucus in 2021, Jessica Bateman, both as a private citizen and as a member of the Olympia city council, was a fighter -- for climate action, affordable housing, and affordable and accessible health care, for social justice, equity, and kids at risk. Now that she's representing the 22nd legislative district as a state representative, Jess fights for those same issues, but in a larger arena. We'll talk about all this and more in today's special edition of Capitol Ideas.

On this episode of The CC: America Podcast host Tomeria Jordan interviews TaQuonda Hill,  experienced IT Transformation Leader with expertise in Digital Strategy & Organizational Change Management. TaQuonda is a servant leader with a heart for her community, mentoring others, leadership development and so much more. During this episode TaQuonda discusses: How life events have shaped the woman that she is, Black Women in Leadership, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Corporate Strategies, Resilience and faith, How The Fortitude Collective is helping the next generation of Black Women leaders to take their rightful seat of leadership, And so much more… Download and share this episode today! It inspired me in so many ways and I know it will be a blessing to you as well. Who is TaQuonda Hill? TaQuonda Hill, the oldest of three girls, was born in New Haven, CT and raised in Virginia Beach, VA. She has over 15 years of experience across Professional & Financial Services Industries. TaQuonda has worked for major Fortune 500 Companies, as well as, top tier Big4 Consulting Firms. TaQuonda currently leads large scale IT Transformation Programs for Delta Air Lines across all IT portfolios and operations. TaQuonda has a passion for travel, serving her community, mentoring, leadership development, and is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. TaQuonda is currently the president & CEO of Charm & Company,  Co-founder of the Fortitude Collective, serves on the Board of Directors for the Change Management Institute, and is an executive Board Member of the Henry County Georgia Federation of Democratic Women. TaQuonda was also recently recognized by South Atlanta Magazine for their Under 40 Spotlight. TaQuonda received her Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Political Science with a minor in Public Administration from Norfolk State University. She also has a Master's in Business Administration and Human Resources Management. Connect with TaQuonda Instagram: Fortitude Collective @fortitudecollective.ibmc and TaQuonda Hill @quonda32 Facebook: Fortitude Collective and TaQuonda Hill Rate, comment, subscribe & share The CC: America Podcast We believe in inspiring the world so let's make The CC: America Podcast the #1 podcast for self-improvement, religion, spirituality and education so that we can inspire, uplift and transform lives.  Ratings help improve our rankings so definitely leave us your feedback so we know how we are doing. You can also screenshot the show as you listen and share the show links with your network so they too can be encouraged. Thanks for your continued support.  Follow our blog & access show links at ccamericapodcast.com The CC: America Podcast is available for replay on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Amazon.  New episodes are added every other week. On occasion a new show will be added weekly.  To stay informed follow the show on IG (@ccamericallc), Facebook at Confidence Centers of America (@ccamericallc) and now Tik Tok (@ccamericapodcast).  Love the Show? Buy Us a Coffee To help support the costs associated with producing the CC: America Podcast you can now buy us a coffee to show appreciation. Visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ccamerica Opening Music Surface by Loxbeats | https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats      Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com        Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

The North GA Blue: Getting into Good Trouble podcast covers democratic politics in North GA, the 9th Congressional District, and across the state of Georgia. The podcast comprises a Q&A/Interview format with various democratic politicos including county chairs, democratic operatives, politicians, and more. It is our mission to deliver crucial information to our listeners in a timely manner as we fight for community values and principles in the 3rd most Conservative district in the state. Our website is: https://www.fcdpga.com/podcastsOur guests will highlight democratic activities and actions to work toward a Blue Georgia. The 9th Congressional District spans 20 counties across the region and covers a good deal of northern GA including Blue Ridge, Morganton, Fannin, Union, Banks, Athens/Clarke, Dawson, Elbert, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, and White counties. Our democratic party podcast also disseminates information and interviews powerful Democrats across the state of GA who are working to overthrow the suppression tactics of the GOP and ensure democracy and our values, grassroots efforts, and goals remain intact. #podcasts #politicalpodcasts #democraticpolitics #democraticparty #stateofga #democraticactivism, #democraticgrassroots #community #gademocraticparty #georgiademocrats #democraticpodcasts #bestdemocraticpodcasts #freedemocraticpodcasts #deepdemocracypodcasts #gademocrats #democracy #republic #democraticpodcastslisten #fightthegop #votersuppression #voterrights #bluestates #podcastsaboutdemocraticpolitics #grassrootsactivism #climatechange #environment #9thdistrictcongressionalchair Episode is Not LivePublish: May. 08, 2021 @ 1AM EditPublishAdd Chapter MarkersListeners can tap through & see what's coming up.Create a Visual SoundbiteBest way to share to social media for engagement.Share Episode OnFacebookTwitterEpisode is LivePublished: May. 18, 2021 @ 7AM EditUnpublishAdd Chapter MarkersListeners can tap through & see what's coming up.Create a Visual SoundbiteBest way to share to social media for engagement.Share Episode OnFacebookTwitterLinkedInSupport the show (https://NorthGeorgiaBluePodcast.com/patron)

Today we discuss Biden's first 100 days in office and give him a grade (spoiler alert, he did pretty well), we talk about the census and what redistricting means for Democrats, and we look at the efforts of local Anti-abortion advocates and their push to make Naples a sanctuary city for the unborn. Plus we have our moments of positivity. But before we get into all of that here is some Democratic Party news. First, it is with great sadness that we announce the resignation of our State Committee woman Sara McFadden. Sara has been a huge asset to the local party over the last 5 years. She has run twice for office and made huge strides in a very difficult district, growing the party with all of her efforts both as a candidate and as our State Committeewoman. She will remain on as a Precinct committee person, but she is taking a much deserved break. A huge thank you to Sara for all of her efforts. With Sara's resignation, we have to replace her position and we are excited to announce that Jane Schletweig has agreed to become our new State Committeewoman. Jane is a precinct committeewoman out of Marco, she is Vice-President of the Democratic Women's Club of Marco, and she is the Region 7 Chair for the Democratic Women's Club of Florida. Jane has worked closely with the leadership of the Collier Democratic Party over the last 4 years and we are excited for her to join our leadership team. The Democratic County Chairs Association met for the first time this past month and we had State Party Chair Manny Diaz and Executive Director Marcus Dixon on to update us on all the Florida Democratic Party efforts. They are doing a great job of getting the party back moving in the right direction. They have proposed a annual budget of 12 million dollars, focusing heavily on voter registration and communication. They have budget money to combat what will prove to be contentious redistricting process. They have had to deal with a lot of unforseen issues that have arisen after their election, but they have righted the ship and are pushing forward. Here are the upcoming meetings to put on your schedule. Thursday May 6th @ 6:30 is the Monthly DEC meeting. This is the business meeting of the party, it is open to the public. Tuesday May 11th @7:00 is the monthly meeting of the Democratic Womens Club of Marco. I will speaking at this meeting along with our outgoing State Committeewoman Sara McFadden. We will be discussing the legislative session and the voting trends as seen around Collier County. Monday May 17th @ 6:30 is the monthly meeting of the Collier Democratic Club. Please remember to volunteer and donate. We are an all volunteer organization and we rely on your generosity to maintain the website, produce this podcast, and promote the agenda of the Democratic party through out Collier and Southwest Florida, so please donate a little time or money to our efforts. It is greatly appreciated.   Support this podcast

In launching your professional or business dreams and goals do you sometimes feel like the odds are stacked heavily against you? There are so many challenges pressing against women but those challenges can be the very things that push women forward to levels of success beyond what they can imagine. In this episode, Sabrina Newby, a successful entrepreneur, business mentor, and change agent has used the challenges of her life to fearlessly propel her beyond mediocrity and criticism to new heights and clear a path of opportunities for other driven entrepreneurs. Sabrina shares experiences from her childhood & humble upbringing that forever shaped the way she would do business. So the question for you is--What do you have in you that you want to launch in your business and career? What's been holding you back? Sabrina's insights will give you the tools you need to aim high and reach for the stars. Enjoy this honest, energetic and engaging interview. About Sabrina: Sabrina Newby is a native of Louisiana, an entrepreneur, and the Coastal Georgia Minority Chamber Of Commerce and The Market's CEO. Sabrina has created several initiatives such as 'Smart Women Achieving Greatness,' also known as S.W.A.G, a platform that empowers women to lead. The "Inner Circle" platform features Georgia entrepreneurs and hidden treasures. The "It's Just Politics" platform, otherwise known as the safe space for politicians to opt-in on business and policy. Creating economic opportunities while building equity for minority enterprises has been the driving force for Sabrina, so much so that she established the "Minority Small Business Week" initiative as the introduction to the multilayered program that gives prominence to minority-owned companies. Sabrina is a Social Justice and Community Activist. She currently serves as the Chairman of the 1st Congressional District Federation of Democratic Women of Georgia, the Vice-Chair for the Hinesville Downtown Development Authority, and the Economic Development Chair for the Liberty County NAACP. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate's in Public Administration and has an Executive Leadership Certificate from Harvard Kennedy School.

Women makeup 51% of the US population and yet account for only 24% of the Senate and 27% of the House of Representatives. How can women start to change that landscape? Jillian Schoene, Emerge Oregon’s departing Executive Director, joins us to discuss how her organization trains and empowers Democratic women to run for public office.Highlights and soundbites from the interviewNo one runs and wins alone.4:26-What I love about our program is…the cohort model because these women get to know each other and then when they do go on to run for office they can contact each other and be supported by each other. Or be reminded by them about how to do X Y or Z because it's impossible to remember it all and no one runs in wins alone.Local politics8:34 “I think there's a lot of attention on the state and the Congressional level but we have women that are just thriving in leadership roles at the school board and parks and district,levels, (and city council)and that is really where policy is implemented really quickly and impacts people's lives immediately. Why it’s important to focus on training women from outside of Portland, OR to run for office11:36 You know from Bend, or Pendleton, OR Klamath Falls…Those are women that we definitely need to be working with…because most likely in their communities the left side of the spectrum is probably not being represented…Probably no one else on that City Council or School Board shares your values and so getting them ready to run and at those decision making tables, it's incredibly important for the long-term health of democracy in our state.Most of the Emerge Oregon candidates are working parents16:33: "Most of our women who run are also working parents and so I campaign is like the third or fourth thing on their plate and so you know when they have a question… I try to respond as quickly as possible because I know the time is ticking"23:30: "Democracy is all of our responsibilities, including recruiting and choosing our elected leaders"

In today's News: Head of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod called home  The Rev. John Arthur Moldstad, Jr., president of the evangelical Lutheran Synod, died in Madison Lake, Minnesota, on Jan. 29. He was 66. For almost 10 years, LCMS president Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison has met informally once a year with Moldstad and Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod President Rev. Mark Schroeder. A funeral is set for Saturday, Feb. 6, at 11 a.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, North Mankato, Minnesota, with committal immediately following at Norseland Lutheran Cemetery in St. Peter, Minnesota. Visitation will be held at Peace on Friday, Feb. 5, from 4 to 7 p.m., and on Saturday, Feb. 6, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.  Democrats urge elimination of religious protection  President Joe Biden is facing pressure from fellow Democrats to eliminate a division of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) created under the Trump administration in 2018. The Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the HHS Office for Civil Rights was established to ensure the federal enforcement of laws that exist to protect the fundamental rights of conscience and religious freedom. Both the Democratic Women’s Caucus and Secular Democrats of America are calling on Biden to end the division. Sixty female Democrat lawmakers penned a letter to Biden in December encouraging him to “use executive powers to immediately begin reversing the harm wrought by the outgoing administration…” on the list of their demands is the elimination of the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division of HHS, claiming that it “has been weaponized to justify discrimination.”  First Liberty seeks conscience exemption  Yesterday, First Liberty Institute sent a letter to the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) demanding that it immediately approve senior Marcail McBride’s request for a religious accommodation exempting her from the school’s student gender and sexuality program. IMSA requires students to complete the student gender and sexuality program before graduation. Students must agree to both “stay engaged” and “experience discomfort” while participating in the program, which uses sexual language to identify sexual preferences and gender identity. In November, Marcail’s parents notified IMSA leadership that Marcail could not participate in the program because it forces Marcail to violate her religious beliefs. The IMSA leadership repeatedly denied the McBride’s request and threatened to punish Marcail if she does not participate in the program.  Court okays a Nativity Scene  The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a Nativity Scene displayed annually at the Jackson County Courthouse in Indiana. Liberty Counsel represents Jackson County. The Seventh Circuit ruled that the Nativity Scene is Constitutional under the Supreme Court’s recent decision in American Legion v. American Humanist Association, which upheld the Peace Cross in Maryland. The Seventh Circuit wrote, “applying American Legion, we conclude that the county’s Nativity Scene is Constitutional because it fits within a long national tradition of using the Nativity Scene in broader holiday displays to celebrate the origins of Christmas — a public holiday. 

Good morning, it's Monday February 1st and this is The Herald Review's Daily Chirp podcast. We're bringing you a closer look at one of our top stories, along with other important things going on in our community.  Today - According to the Sheriff's office, crossings by undocumented persons from Mexico have been on the rise since last March. Before we begin, some local history. Tucked on the corner of San Pedro and Fifth streets, the Benson Historical Museum is filled with a treasure trove of exhibits that introduce visitors to the area's rich history. They even have a 1.72 million-year-old prehistoric mammal exhibit which came from area excavations, just 12 miles from Benson. Today's history is brought to you by Benson Hospital - they're doing more than treating illnesses in Benson, they're building a healthier community. Benson Hospital is now collaborating with the Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona to provide diaper assistance to families in need. For more information visit their website at bensonhospital.org. Now, our feature story.  law enforcement officials have said that the number of undocumented individuals crossing into Cochise and its neighboring counties has skyrocketed since March. In some months they've seen five times as many people coming in. The increase in illegal crossings is followed by a spike in human smuggling across the area. Sheriff's deputies, local police and Border Patrol agents have been attempting to capture the coyotes — which are people who smuggle immigrants across the U.S.–Mexico border. On Friday morning a group of legislators from Arizona and other states gathered in front of the Sierra Vista Justice Court building for a briefing from Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels and Cochise County Attorney Brian McIntyre on how dire the situation has become. McIntyre highlighted two recent events in which coyotes carrying several undocumented people in their vehicles attempting to race onto I-10 ended up in fatal and near-fatal crashes. The fatal wreck occurred in the Bisbee traffic circle in early January after authorities tried to stop the driver who had eight undocumented people in his vehicle. The driver, William Brown of Mesa, was driving at speeds often exceeding 100 mph. Investigators said Brown had retrieved his human cargo in Douglas and was heading toward Bisbee. And on Tuesday night, a 16-year-old boy carrying several undocumented people in his truck tried to turn onto I-10 near Benson and crashed into another motorist. The other driver and his passenger were injured, as were the undocumented people riding with the teenager. McIntyre said that Brown is facing two counts of first degree murder; the 16-year-old will be tried as an adult. Michael Hyatt, is the agent in charge at the Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station near Bisbee. He noted that human smuggling involves more than just people walking across the border into the United States. According to Hyatt inside that human smuggling is a lot of child exploitation and sex trafficking.  brought to you by ApexNetwork Physical Therapy in Benson and Sierra Vista. They're doing more than just treating patients, they're helping patients get back to living their daily lives. Using extensive knowledge, their therapists treat each patient one-on-one, focusing on individual care. To learn more, go to ApexNetworkPT.com. We recently spoke with Benson's athletic director, Chris Taylor, about the Wrestling season. Here are his thoughts on wrestling during the pandemic. Next, an announcement brought to you by our sponsors, Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative. The Arizona Fraternal Order of Police wants Google to stop providing a platform for individuals who record law enforcement and then post videos on YouTube bad mouthing the cops. At least one local lawman agrees social media holds sway over some people against the police. In a press release sent earlier this week, the AZFOP asked the public to sign a petition that calls on video giant YouTube — owned by Google — to immediately de-platform the accounts of multiple so-called ‘police auditors.' They claim that these video camera vigilantes regularly interfere by harassing, threatening, and abusing police officers to create a video spectacle. Finally - we'd like to remember the life of David Thompson, a builder and teacher. The issues he felt strongly about and worked for were: ending America's Forever Wars, Reducing Income Inequality, making America great by encouraging immigrants from all over the world to come here, empowering women in formerly all-male occupations, and serious gun control. Like Charles Lindbergh, he flunked out of college after 3 semesters. He went to work in New York City in the shadow of the Empire State Building while going to college at night. After two years he had enough credits to qualify for Marine flight training. He graduated near the top of his class and was sent to Vietnam. In back to back tours he flew over 500 missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. These were the best years of his life until he retired to Sierra Vista.  After retiring in Sierra Vista in 2014, he started a pro-bono career as an after-lunch, after-dinner speaker for the library, Democratic Women of Southeast Arizona, and a few other local organizations. He also served on the City Planning and Zoning Commission and was an honorary board member of Southeast Arizona Contractors Association. He will be greatly missed by comrades, colleagues, friends, nieces, nephews, and siblings. Thank you for taking a moment today to remember and celebrate David's life. Thanks for tuning in to the Herald Review podcast today, join us again on Tuesday! For more information on any of the stories you heard about today, visit us at myheraldreview.com.  Thanks for tuning in to the Herald Review podcast today, join us again on Tuesday! And remember, the Herald Review is here for you with local news you can trust. For more information on any of the stories you heard about today, visit us at myheraldreview.com. Right now you can become a member starting at just $1.99 per week. Support the show: https://www.myheraldreview.com/site/forms/subscription_services/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rep. Jackie Speier has survived violence twice. Once in 1978, when she was a young aide to Rep. Leo Ryan and was shot and left for dead on the tarmac of an airport in Guyana after her boss was murdered trying to help members of the People's Temple cult escape. And again last week, when she was in the House chamber in the U.S. Capitol when it was attacked. Join Rep. Speier and retired Santa Clara County Judge LaDoris Cordell for a timely and frank behind-the-scenes look at the attack on the U.S. Capitol and its implications. What is the state of the country and of American democracy following the events of the past week? What will America look like after January 20? Can the divisions in the country be healed? Congresswoman Speier has served in Congress since 2008. California's 14th Congressional District stretches from San Francisco through San Mateo County to East Palo Alto. Representative Speier serves on the House Armed Services Committee, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. She is also co-chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus, the Bipartisan Task Force to End Sexual Violence, and the Gunviolence Prevention Task Force. Don't miss this opportunity to ask questions of this long-time lawmaker at a crucial point in history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Special * Sherry hosts a provocative ‘healing summit’ between Democratic and Republican voters...

In this episode of Lite It Up, Dr. Aginah Musherah, reveals another level of transparency as she shares all of the exciting things she's working on as well as her realization that she is a WORKAHOLIC! This episode is a reminder that we must begin to live in the moment and cherish the time that we have with family and friends but more importantly, exercise self-care. During the episode, Dr. Aginah shares a few highlights of her journey as a working mom of three teens. You can check her out on Friday, November 6th on TrailBlazererz Radio: "The Author’s Alley" with Fredrick Beaty. The live call-in radio show is accessible on BlogTalk Radio https://www.blogtalkradio.com/trailblazerz_radio. The fun begins at 9:30pm EST, 8:30pm CST, and 6:30pm PST for those on the west coast. The discussion will center around Dr. Aginah's writing journey, her book, Women Who Persevere: Navigating Motherhood With Power And Grace, her role as an educator, advocate, and of course this podcast, LITE It Up! Dr. Aginah would love to talk to you live, so if you’re so inclined, tune in to The Author’s Alley on BlogTalk Radio https://www.blogtalkradio.com/trailblazerz_radio and call 516-387-1938 to give her a shout out or ask a question. If you're interested in learning more about the Democratic Women of the Southland Region -- new organization that Dr. Aginah is a founding member of, check out the website: www.ildwsr.org. Connect with Dr. Aginah M. Muhammad Visit Dr. Aginah's Website: www.aginahmuhammad.com Facebook: @liteituppodcast and @DrAginahM Instagram: @liteituppodcast and @DrAginahM YouTube: www.youtube.com/liteituppodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aginah-m-muhammad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/aginah-m-muhammad/support

Representative Zakiya Summers joins the roundtable for an exclusive interview about this year's election with podcast co-host Aisha Carson. Summers earned a B.A. in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia in May 2005. She began working as the director of communications and advocacy at the ACLU of Mississippi in September 2015. Summers worked as the director of communications and events for One Voice from April 2012 to November 2014, as a public relations manager for the Jackson Medical Mall Foundation from August 2008 to March 2012, and as a news producer at WLBT-TV 3 from 2006 to 2009.[1] Summers was appointed to serve as the Hinds County District 3 election commissioner in 2015 and went on to win a full term in 2016. She resigned in February 2019 in order to run for state legislature. Summers has served as co-chair for the Mississippi Sickle Cell Foundation, as a board member of the University Mississippi Medical Center Community Advisory Board, as secretary for the Jayne Avenue Neighborhood Association, as public relations committee chair for the NAACP Jackson Branch, and as a Class Two Fellow of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network. She has also served on the United Way of the Capitol Area's Young Professional Leaders Council, Women for Progress of Mississippi, Hinds County Federation of Democratic Women, Hinds County Health Department Family Planning Council, Jackson Association of Black Journalists, and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority.[1] Voting Resources: https://www.aclu-ms.org/en/news/vote-your-voice-absentee-voting-guide https://www.msvotes.org/voter-resources/pledge-to-vote/

Rudy, Rudy, Rudy Giuliani “NO!” What is wrong with you? (Borat 2) Kudos to Democratic Women!

Today is Supermajority's Supercharge! It starts at 1pm CT and we can't wait to see you there. It's Day 8 of The Rabble podcast's Daily Democracy Challenge, where we count down 46 days of impactful-yet-achievable action items to flip Texas and elect our 46th president.Only 38 more days until the election! TODAY'S ACTION:Join the incredible organization Supermajority, founded by Cecile Richards, Ai-Jen Poo, Alicia Garza, Jess Morales-Rocketto, and other amazing women organizers. Here's what they say about themselves: "Women are 51 percent of the population, and we are the majority of grassroots volunteers, donors and voters. That means it's time our government looks like us, our leaders fight for us, and our country actually works for us." We have loved EVERY event Supermajority has put on.Today they are hosting SUPERCHARGE at 1pm CT -- we'll hear from Ayanna Pressley, Eva Longoria, Elizabeth Warren and so many more heroes. Plus, we hear there's a dance party?!And we can't wait to see you live in the chat tomorrow, 9/27 at 5pm for our "The Rabble, In The House: What the healthcare?!" episode: https://www.facebook.com/events/352607089144490FOLLOW THE RABBLE PODCAST:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRabbleTX/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therabbletxTwitter: https://twitter.com/TheRabbleTXSubscribe to our Friday newsletter, T-GIF: https://www.rousertx.com/tgif/

Jen Perelman, who recently ran in the Democratic Primary for the US House of Representatives representing Florida's 23rd Congressional district, stops in to talk about her campaign and her community work. Though Jen ran against a popular incumbent, she managed to secure nearly 28% of the vote, coming in with 20,721 votes in her favor. The incumbent was Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who is one of the more popular and powerful members of the Democratic caucus within the House. Jen spends a lot of time working for her community in the Miami area. She has worked with the Juvenile Justice Committee, the League of Women Voters in Broward County, the Democratic Women's Club of West Broward, the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida, the Broward County Bar Association, the Sunrise Movement of South Florida, and the Mobile School Pantry. As a lawyer, she has donated many hours of pro bono work to Probation Station, which helps people on probation as they transition out of the system. Spend an interesting hour listening to a community activist who really puts it on the line and walks the talk.

A night of powerful women and big names are set to speak at the DNC, including Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama. Join CNN Political Director David Chalian for his insights on what you can expect from the third night of the convention. Plus, after months of undermining voting by mail, the president’s trying to save face with his most recent message about mail-in ballots to his supporters and a new bipartisan Senate report says 2016 Russian election interference was not a hoax. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Democrat Joe Biden names California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. President Donald Trump suggests Harris is a weak candidate and calls her “nasty.” Advocates urge Governor Gavin Newsom to support renter protections in new bill. Democrats denounce Trump administration's move to triple cost of vote by mail ballots. San Francisco Mayor London Breed proposes $446 million coronavirus response. Contra Costa County Supervisors give sheriff $12 million of coronavirus relief for more deputies. Democratic Women's Caucus discusses legislation to lower gender pay gap. The post Democrat Joe Biden names California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate; Advocates urge Governor Newsom to back renter protections bill amidst pandemic – August 11, 2020 appeared first on KPFA.

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Democrat Joe Biden names California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. President Donald Trump suggests Harris is a weak candidate and calls her “nasty.” Advocates urge Governor Gavin Newsom to support renter protections in new bill. Democrats denounce Trump administration's move to triple cost of vote by mail ballots. San Francisco Mayor London Breed proposes $446 million coronavirus response. Contra Costa County Supervisors give sheriff $12 million of coronavirus relief for more deputies. Democratic Women's Caucus discusses legislation to lower gender pay gap. The post Democrat Joe Biden names California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate; Advocates urge Governor Newsom to back renter protections bill amidst pandemic – August 11, 2020 appeared first on KPFA.

Amerikan Therapy sits down with Topeka K. Sam, a vibrant and ardent freedom fighter who works to improve the humane treatment of women currently within the justice system, specifically those under Federal incarceration. Topeka knows first hand what these women go through as a former federal inmate.While in Federal Prison, Topeka K. Sam witnessed firsthand the epidemic and disparity of incarceration on women, more specifically women of color. She felt the urgency to bring the faces and voices of women in prison to the public in order to bring awareness to women’s incarceration and post-incarceration issues in order to change the criminal legal system.After her release in 2015 and in response to what she saw and learned in prison, Topeka created The Ladies of Hope Ministries (The LOHM) an organization whose mission is to help disenfranchised and marginalized women transition back into society through education, entrepreneurship, spiritual empowerment, and advocacy. With Vanee Sykes, Topeka developed the vision for Hope House NYC while they were incarcerated. Hope House NYC is a safe housing space for formerly incarcerated women located in the Castle Hill neighborhood of the Bronx.Topeka K. Sam is a ‘2017 Soros Justice Fellowship‘ recipient. Her fellowship, The Probation and Parole Accountability Project focuses on the broken and arbitrary probation and parole systems. Her op-ed, It’s Time to Overhaul America’s Broken Probation and Parole Systems, was published widely. Sam is a ‘2015 Beyond the Bars Fellow‘ and a ‘2016 Justice in Education Scholar‘ both at Columbia University.In early December, in partnership with Grammy-winner and activist John Legend’s FREE AMERICA, Bank of America, and New Profit, Topeka was named as one of eight people to the first cohort of Unlocked Futures, an accelerator for social innovators who have been impacted directly by the criminal justice system.Additionally, Topeka is consulting with Senators Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren on the Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act, and she has been a TEDxMidAtlantic presenter. In December 2017, Topeka was one of three women who met with Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Lee, Shelia Jackson Lee and 17 other members of the Democratic Women’s Working Group where she spoke with them about the realities faced every day by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women.Sunday, December 31st, 2017, on page 1 of the Metropolitan Section of the New York Times, featured a story about Topeka K. Sam’s vision to creating and now struggle to a safe house for formerly incarcerated women A House for Women Leaving Prison Sits Empty.Beginning on January 7th, 2018 and on every Sunday at 9 AM est., Topeka K. Sam hosts the weekly show,

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Introduction to Episode Tender education is the single most important measure of success for kids, and we can’t have it because of the market failure of care. My guest, Tiffany Chapman, and I dive into what care is, why it’s important, and what we can do to change it. Podcast Episode Summary My guest today is Tiffany Chapman, a regional organizer with Family Forward. Today, we speak about the work that Family Forward Action does to address the growing childcare disparities we face. Care work is invisible, and if it didn’t happen, no one would be able to work. And, it’s seen as women’s work, the thing we are supposed to do. We discuss how ultimately, the way we handle care as a US society has resulted in a large market failure, where the supply doesn’t meet the demand, we have a shortage of child care because no one can afford to subsidize a system this big. Tiffany and I further discuss that creating a tender environment is the most important thing, above all the other learning, in order to determine a child’s success. We discuss steps we can take to articulate those values and tell our politicians that this is a priority. Quotables Care work is the work that makes all other work possible. We want to elevate the issue of care and make sure these jobs are good-paying jobs and there is quality across the board. Parents and workers can’t afford to subsidize a system this big. Child care is a necessity, not a luxury, and all American Family’s should get that need met. Episode Clarifications The HEROES Act has passed the House, but it still needs your support in the Senate. Contact your representatives and tell them you want it passed. Tiffany’s numbers for the price of preschool/ in-state college tuition were wrong.  In-state college tuition in Oregon annually is $16,823.  Infant care annually in Oregon is $13,518.  Walter Mondale was a co-sponsor of the Comprehensive Child Development Act in 1972. Recommended Resources Find your representatives and tell them we need to prioritize care and pass the HEROES Act (Senate): https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/addr/ Statistics for care in Oregon: https://www.epi.org/child-care-costs-in-the-united-states/#/OR The second round of grants for child care providers is opening soon: https://oregonearlylearning.com/COVID-19-Resources/Grants Learn more about Family Forward Action: https://www.familyforwardaction.org Tell your care story here: https://www.familyforwardaction.org/story/ Learn more about the political actions done through the Mother PAC: https://www.motherpac.org/what-we-do/ Emerge trains Democratic Women to be candidates. See Oregon’s chapter here: https://or.emergeamerica.org. Some info on the HEROES Act: https://www.debt.org/2020/06/01/heroes-act/ More info on the HEROES Act: https://www.businessinsider.com/stimulus-package-covid-19-coronavirus-phase-four-us-economy-poverty-2020-6 For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/balanceshared/support

#plugintodevin Show Guest: Elizabeth Hill Chair of the Democratic Women of Utah County Issue: solving the homeless crisis in Utah County, access to Mental Health Services and Suicide Prevention, gerrymandering, Affordable Insurance or Universal Health Care, overcrowded classrooms, helping folks transition from gov assistance with a better living wage, equal pay for women and rational student loan programs We all know someone or are someone that has been personally affected by these issues Elect leaders that also care deeply about these issues that are committed to addressing and solving them. Volunteering time and resources can make a big difference in many of these areas. Bio: Elizabeth Hill- Chair of the Board for Democratic Women of Utah County. I am a paralegal working in Family Law and a firm believer in access to justice. I am a senior manager of volunteers for FanX, managing 150+ volunteers for Vendor Floor and Artist Alley. A firm believer in the value of volunteering whenever and wherever I can to make a difference in this world. DWUC is a group of women and men in Utah County that are committed to engaging in monthly meetings that provide information about local opportunities to volunteer, candidates running for office and global issues that affect us locally. We try to highlight local organizations that are making positive contributions to our community. Our membership dues are used solely to provide a scholarship for a nontraditional student seeking to further their education through UVU. Throughout the year we hold opportunity drawings at the monthly dinners for an item that is donated by a board member, and the money raised is donated to Project Read. We also do a yearly sub for Santa for the holiday and provide a wonderful holiday for a local family through the generous donations of our members. We have been highlighting Utah Women from our past and present this year as we celebrate the anniversary (150 for Utah!) of the right to vote. Some of the key issues that concern our members are: solving the homeless crisis in Utah County, access to Mental Health Services and Suicide Prevention, gerrymandering, Affordable Insurance or Universal Health Care, overcrowded classrooms, helping folks transition from gov assistance with a better living wage, equal pay for women and rational student loan programs. Of course, we could go on and on about the issues that we as a group care deeply about. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Democratic-Women-of-Utah-County-199367541541/ Photo credit: Reiko Turner

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM The Constitution is being strenuously tested. How is our Constitution being adhered to or challenged today? Or, is it just a quaint piece of paper as former AG Roberto Gonzales once stated? What are the impacts of the hostility between the president and a few Supreme Court judges who, like himself, are supposed to function as impartial judges and enforcers of the Constitution? Like the president himself, many executive roles have been manipulated to gain political advantage and powers expanded or contracted accordingly, but these certain governmental functions were intended to be above the fray. Also, as the President recently stated is he really the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of America? Are free speech rights under attack, or being abused? Interview Guests: Michelle (Mickey) Welsh, J.D., is a professor of Constitutional Law and Employment Law at Monterey College of Law with a legal expertise in employment, education and civil rights. She is a previous chair of the Northern California American Civil Liberties Union board of directors and has been an active member in the Monterey County chapter for 40 years. Currently, Mickey chairs their Legal Committee. In addition, Mickey is past chair of the Monterey County Women Lawyers Association and has served on numerous organization board of directors in Monterey County. Mike Rotkin is a former five-time mayor of the City of Santa Cruz and served six terms on the Santa Cruz City Council between 1979 and 2010. Mike retired after teaching 42 years in the Community Studies Dept. at UCSC, where he served as Director of the Field Studies Program. Mike was on the board of directors on the Santa Cruz chapter of the ACLU for several decades. And currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Coastal Watershed Council and the Democratic Women's Club of Santa Cruz County.

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM “Fredrickson exposes the powerful, wealthy string-pullers manipulating American politics with dark money, fake science, front groups, and—increasingly—amenable judges. Knowledge is power, and her book will help empower us to reclaim our country.” — Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, author of "Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy" What gave the Right the winning hand was not unethical or anti-democratic content, but the fact that they had grabbed control of the rule book. In elections, the Left needs to put as much or more energy into the composition of the electorate as into the campaign platform – while the Right has tried to limit the number of voters, the Left needs to expand the pool and make it easier to vote. Redistricting and election administration, court rules and administrative procedures, all of these must rise to the top of the progressive agenda. We can be ruthless about gaining power and changing the rules of the game while remaining true to our values of democracy, equality, and justice. Interview Guests: Caroline Fredrickson is the author of The Democracy's Fix. Caroline was President of the American Constitution Society (ACS) from 2009-2019 and now is President Emerita. During her tenure, Caroline helped grow the ACS that now has lawyer chapters across the country, student chapters in nearly every law school in the United States, and thousands of members throughout the nation. Caroline has published works on many legal and constitutional issues and is a frequent guest on television and radio, including noteworthy appearances on “All in with Chris Hayes” on MSNBC in 2018 discussing the Russia investigation. Mike Rotkin is a former five-time mayor of the City of Santa Cruz and served six terms on the Santa Cruz City Council between 1979 and 2010. Mike retired after teaching 42 years in the Community Studies Dept. at UCSC, where he served as Director of the Field Studies Program, supervising student interns working on social and environmental issues in Santa Cruz and around the globe. Mike currently does part-time organizing and grievance work for the University Council of the American Federation of Teachers. He has been recalled to teach part-time at UCSC and serves on the Board of Directors of the Coastal Watershed Council and the Democratic Women's Club of Santa Cruz County. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM Our democracy is in danger and Protect Democracy (protectdemocracy.org) is watching and indexing the threats not seen in generations. In partnership with the “Authoritarian Warning Survey”, they currently rank the threat level as: “Substantial Erosion.” What does this mean and how do we fight the significant threats to our already teetering democracy? Protect Democracy has identified six threats to our ability to save our American democracy: Politicizing Independent Institutions, Spreading Disinformation, Executive Power Grabs, Quashing Dissent, Delegitimizing Communities, and Corrupting Elections. Please join in by listening to Ben Berwick, Counsel for Protect Democracy, and Mike Rotkin, five-time Mayor of the City of Santa Cruz, as they discuss more fully what these threats are and how we may fight to save the Republic. Interview Guests: Ben Berwick, Counsel, Before joining Protect Democracy, Ben worked for 6.5 years in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) – spending most of the time as a Trial Attorney with the Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch. In that capacity, Ben defended against challenges to federal statutes and actions of the Executive Branch. He litigated cases involving a variety of statutes and agencies, including as the lead attorney in cases challenging the Department of Education's and DOJ's interpretation of Title IX as prohibiting discrimination against transgender students. Mike Rotkin is a former five-time mayor of the City of Santa Cruz and served six terms on the Santa Cruz City Council between 1979 and 2010. Mike retired after teaching 42 years in the Community Studies Dept. at UCSC, where he served as Director of the Field Studies Program, supervising student interns working on social and environmental issues in Santa Cruz and around the globe. Mike currently does part-time organizing and grievance work for the University Council of the American Federation of Teachers. He has been recalled to teach part-time at UCSC and serves on the Board of Directors of the Coastal Watershed Council and the Democratic Women's Club of Santa Cruz County. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

For our show this week, we are listening back to a civil conversation put on by AVOW, Advancing Voices Of Women. The full title is Republican and Democratic Women: Alike or Different? During this program we’ll hear from Amy Levander, Board President for Hoosier Women Forward, and Anne Hathaway, Executive Director of The Lugar Series. Special thanks to AVOW founders Patti Hays, Rachel Tobin-Smith, Marilyn Moran-Townsend and Faith Van Gilder for organizing this event, and thank you to Luke Holliger and his team at Arts United for providing audio for this program. Our music is by Mark Waldick and Noah Campodonico. Our web producer is Loyal Vandenburg.

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM Our democracy is in danger and Protect Democracy (protectdemocracy.org) is watching and indexing the threats not seen in generations. In partnership with the “Authoritarian Warning Survey”, they currently rank the threat level as: “Substantial Erosion.” What does this mean and how do we fight the significant threats to our already teetering democracy? Protect Democracy has identified six threats to our ability to save our American democracy: Politicizing Independent Institutions, Spreading Disinformation, Executive Power Grabs, Quashing Dissent, Delegitimizing Communities, and Corrupting Elections. Please join in by listening to Paulina Montañez-Montes from Protect Democracy, and Mike Rotkin, five-time Mayor of the City of Santa Cruz, as they discuss more fully what thesProtect Democracy Media Releasee threats are and how we can fight to save the Republic. Interview Guests: Paulina Montañez-Montes has spent nearly a decade serving as an advisor and operative in both local and federal government and for political campaigns. Before joining Protect Democracy, she was Senior Digital Strategist at a boutique digital firm where she led fundraising email programs for a number of high-profile Congressional races critical to flipping the House in 2018. She has also served the Obama administration in Secretary Penny Pritzker's office at the U.S. Department of Commerce and on the Advance Travel Team for the Office of the Vice President Joe Biden, ensuring the seamless execution of trips or engagements in the U.S. and abroad. Paulina earned her master's degree from the George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management. Mike Rotkin is a former five-time mayor of the City of Santa Cruz and served six terms on the Santa Cruz City Council between 1979 and 2010. Mike retired after teaching 42 years in the Community Studies Dept. at UCSC, where he served as Director of the Field Studies Program, supervising student interns working on social and environmental issues in Santa Cruz and around the globe. Mike currently does part-time organizing and grievance work for the University Council of the American Federation of Teachers. He has been recalled to teach part-time at UCSC and serves on the Board of Directors of the Coastal Watershed Council and the Democratic Women's Club of Santa Cruz County. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We play volleyball on the beach and stand-up paddle board in the lake, run miles and drink rosé along the Riverwalk. This spring, storms sprung up approximately every other day, saturating us (May was the wettest on record, since we began keeping track in 1871). It’s easy, in Chicago, to take water for granted—we’re surrounded by it. But Debra Shore, a commissioner at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago since 2006, cautions us against this carelessness, especially in the face of climate change. On this week’s episode of #WeGotGoals, Shore implores us to be more thoughtful about how we use and protect this vital resource. After all, our bodies are made up of 50 to 60 percent water, and there are more humans than ever to soak it all up. “There are no substitutes for fresh water and it's the substance on which almost all life depends,” she said. “Whether we are good stewards or not is going to be increasingly important in the future.” If you’re wondering exactly what the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District is, you’re not alone—Shore admits she frequently has to explain the agency’s work. When we decided to do a segment on creating a better earth, I knew I wanted to have her on to educate us. The MWRD, as it’s known, is charged with both protecting the water we drink and reclaiming what falls from the sky. The agency’s roots go back to 1889. As Chicago’s population first began to boom, its residents dumped waste of all types—human, animal, and industrial—into the river, which flowed into Lake Michigan. Then, as now, the lake served as the source of our drinking water. “Not a good idea to put raw sewage into your drinking water,” Shore said. “And indeed, people were getting sick from cholera and typhoid and other waterborne diseases. So the city planners at the time knew that Chicago could not continue to grow if they didn't have a safe, secure source of drinking water.” Officials came up with an ingenious plan—in a brilliant feat of engineering, they dug canals that reversed the flow of the river, carrying these toxins away from the lake instead. And, they established the Sanitary District of Chicago, which would later become the MWRD, to stand guard over the drinking-water supply. Now, the MWRD oversees wastewater treatment and stormwater management for a massive 882.1-square-area encompassing Chicago and 128 suburbs. That’s a total of 10.35 million people whose hydration needs the agency meets (and whose basements it keeps from flooding). Shore’s personal interest in conservation began back in her Brownie days, where she and her troopmates collected leaves and learned about nature on hikes. Her best friend’s family brought her on frequent camping and backpacking trips to places like Colorado and New Mexico. After she moved back to her native Chicago in 1982 (she spent some time in Dallas, Baltimore, and Providence), Shore aimed to commune with the landscape around her. “I found out about a group of volunteers who go out to the Cook County Forest Preserves and engage in habitat restoration, trying to restore health to the remnant prairies and oakwoods and wetlands that are part of our precious forest preserve system,” she said. She found the work purposeful and personally therapeutic: “A writer named Bill Jordan has said that restoration is a reciprocal act, that in working to restore nature, it restores us, our bodies and our spirits. I certainly found that to be true.” That led her to help launch a quarterly publication called Chicago Wilderness in 1997, and eventually, to run for office. Those in power didn’t always listen to the on-the-ground experiences of forest preserve volunteers, she realized; she suspected that with her conservation background, she could make a difference. So she participated in a candidate training program called the Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership, through the Democratic Women in Illinois. She wasn’t sure exactly where to plug in until someone approached her in 2005 about running for a seat on the MWRD. She began harnessing her various social networks—the conservation community, the LGBTQ community, the Jewish community, and politically minded people she’d met through volunteering for presidential candidate Howard Dean—to build the support she’d need to win a countywide election. (Which she did, handily, and has then been re-elected twice  since.) Assembling coalitions has also been an important part of her work as a commissioner, helping her achieve some big goals during her 12 years of service, Shore told me. One accomplishment she’s particularly proud of is an ordinance to expand a safe, secure collection program to dispose of unused or expired medicine, which otherwise pollutes our water and harms the health of humans, animals, and plants. Pharmaceutical companies weren’t in favor, in part because similar programs in other states require them to pay for these efforts to collect and dispose of the drugs. “This fits within this model called product stewardship, where the maker of a product, whether it's paint or tires or electronics, should be responsible for the whole life cycle of the product,” she said. To move the process along, Shore and her fellow board members emphasized the broad nature of the problem. “One of the things we learned is that 50 percent of the people who become addicted to prescription drugs start with the drug dealer in their own home, namely their medicine cabinet,” she said. So, they enlisted public safety experts, police and sheriff departments, and public health departments, along with representatives of the environmental community. “We had a broad and diverse coalition of people who came to the county board and provided testimony and lent their names in support of this. And it's really hard to object to something like that,” she said. If you’re inspired to do more by these types of arguments or the threat of climate change, Shore has advice for you. For one thing, vote for public officials who pledge to protect the earth. You can educate yourself by reading the annual reports Shore writes each year—they are incredibly well-crafted and engaging—and signing up for her email newsletter. There, she shares important updates as well as everyday actions we can all take to be more mindful of our water use and minimize our impact on climate change. Some she divulged on the show include: Run the dishwater only when it’s full; similarly, don’t do half-loads of laundry Collect the water that runs before your shower heats up and use it to water plants or flush toilets Cut down on car use; consolidate your errands or take public transit instead If you own your own home, switch to low-flow toilets, and consider more natural landscaping instead of a lawn Listen to the full episode for more on Shore’s journey and her practical advice, including an answer to the age-old question of whether it’s better to throw food scraps away or use your garbage disposal, if you have one. And if you like what you hear, please subscribe, rate and review the show on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts—that helps other goal-getters find the show.

President Trump ramped up his demand for four Democratic congresswomen of color to leave the U.S. “right now,” claiming “many people agree with me.” The four lawmakers are condemning what they called “xenophobic bigoted remarks” and're calling for impeachment proceedings. House Democrats say they're planning a vote on a measure that strongly condemns Trump's racist remarks. North Korea has suggested it might call off its suspension of nuclear and missile tests because of summertime U.S.-South Korean military drills that the North calls preparation for an eventual invasion. The statement comes amid a general deadlock in nuclear talks. China has called the Iran nuclear deal "irreplaceable" and the sole way to resolve the concerns over the Iranian nuclear program. A Foreign ministry spokesman says "the complete and effective implementation of the agreement is the only viable and effective way to settle the Iranian nuclear issue and ease tensions."

Five Democratic freshmen, all women with military or intelligence backgrounds, are banding together to help each other fundraise for their 2020 races. They all flipped Republican districts in 2018, and they know winning districts like theirs is the key to holding and expanding the House majority in 2020. After a few months in Congress, they've figured out who are the "workhorses" and who are the "show ponies," in the words of Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin, and they're tired of the latter getting all the attention. Along with Slotkin, Reps. Elaine Luria and Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey and Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania are fighting to hold the majority. CQ Roll Call's senior political reporter Simone Pathé tells us how they are trying to get re-elected in this Political Theater podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bi-weekly guest Tamara Shealey will discuss both the Democratic Party and media disregard for women candidates. The second segment will continue our daily addressing of Medicare for All to ensure the hoodwinking stops.

We touch briefly on the looming return of the government shutdown. Then, we talk about lots of men in power who are in varying levels of trouble: Jeff Bezos, Ralph Northam, and Justin Fairfax. In our main segment, we talk about the Democratic women running for president and whether or not media coverage of them has been sexist. Included in that discussion are our thoughts on Amy Klobuchar's staffing issues. Outside of politics, Beth watched Black Mirror and Sarah talks about her mother-son book club. Recommended Resources: Government Shutdown Looms Again Jeff Bezos Medium post National Enquirer Denies Extortion National Enquirer Strikes Deal Justin Fairfax and Ralph NorthamCompliment the Other Side: Mark TakanoWe are so thankful to our wonderful patrons who support the show. If you'd like to join the ranks of our faithful supports and get access to bonus content, visit our Patreon page.Thanks to our sponsors: Nurx, Pact, and ThirdLove.Want more of our voices in your ears? Check out our recent interviews on From the Front Porch and Currently Reading.Our book, I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening), is available! You can purchase it now - for yourself, for friends, for your representative, for your senator, for everyone! We appreciate all of you who are spreading the word about the book to your local bookstores, libraries, and social circles.Thanks to Kelly for starting the #IfYouGiveARepABook initiative! We are beyond thankful to her for her creative and drive. To learn more about the initiative, click the links above or email Kelly at books4reps@gmail.com. If you're on the fence about buying... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A forum was held last week by the Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County to address the issues of human trafficking and forced prostitution in the county. KCSB's Harry Lawton covered the event.

Women running in the midterms 2018 Dems

Elizabeth Tulasi, who brings 15 years of political and non-profit management experience to her Board role for California Women's List, a political action committee that supports Democratic women running for state office in California. She started her career as a Capitol Hill staffer in Washington DC. Upon returning to California, Elizabeth worked at a Food Bank, advocating to make healthy food more accessible and other programs that serve families living in poverty. Most recently she managed issue campaigns at California's largest business advocacy alliance as COO. More about California Women's List. Learn more about The Passionistas Project.   FULL TRANSCRIPT: Passionistas: Hi, and welcome to The Passionistas Project Podcast. We're Amy and Nancy Harrington. Today we're talking with Elizabeth Tulasi who brings 15 years of political and nonprofit management experience to her board role for California Women's List a political action committee that supports democratic women running for state office in California. She started her career as a Capitol Hill staffer in Washington, DC. Upon returning to California, Elizabeth worked at a food bank advocating to make healthy food more accessible and other programs that serve families living in poverty. Most recently, she managed issue campaigns at California's largest business advocacy alliance as COO. So please welcome to the show Elizabeth Tulasi. Elizabeth Tulasi: Hi, thank you so much for having me. Passionistas: Thanks for being here. What are you most passionate about? Elizabeth: I'm most passionate about, I think finding the truth and everybody recognizing what is the truth and what is real. And I think that if people have information and people recognize what's going on, then we can all make better decisions. I think a lot of things in our economy and our society and our political processes are hidden and obfuscated often on purpose. So if those things come to light and people have that information, then we can all make better choices that I think are better for everyone better for our clinic. Passionistas: How does that relate to the activism that you do? Elizabeth: Well, I think a lot of people don't know what decisions are made at all various levels of government. I think a lot of people don't even know what the various levels of government are. The presidential campaigns take up a lot of space in people's minds and they are of course, very important, but the decisions that affect your and my everyday life are usually made much closer to home. And we also have more control over those things. So, you know, thinking about schools, if we want good schools in our communities, those decisions are made by local school boards. The funding that schools have are determined because of state and local taxes that are also determined by state and local representatives. If you have good parks in your neighborhood or in your state, those again are determined by local and state elected officials. So a lot of power resides much closer to wherever you live. And I really want people to know about that and to insert their voices into those conversations. You know, Nancy and I were talking just a minute ago about the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and she has so many quotable nuggets of wisdom. But I think that I think a lot about is one where she said women belong in all places where decisions are being made and decisions are being made all around us. And we need to know what decisions those are, who's making them. And how do we be part of that? Let's go back. Passionistas: When did you get interested in politics and activism? Elizabeth: I remember as a kid, I was even in girl Scouts, which wasn't necessarily political, but it was public service. And a lot of the things that we were working on, it became a question of why is this problem? You know, like when we would go make sandwiches and give them out to homeless folks, living in our area as a kid, you're always asking why are there so many homeless people, why do we need to clean up the parks? You know, like all of the little service projects that we did, it was kind of, the question is always like, well, why is it this way? So I think that that really leads to understanding what factors govern our lives. And then in high school, I was in the, I think 10th grade or 11th grade when nine 11 happened. And so there was a lot of political choices that led to that and were coming out of that. And so I became more active at that point. And then I think also, you know, even things like LGBT rights, I mean, in high school, I was involved in drama in a theater. So I had a lot of gay friends. And at the time, I don't know that I knew that much about the politics of that, but, you know, you become kind of an activist in defending people's rights to just exist.   Passionistas: You actually worked in DC early in your career. So what did you do there? Elizabeth: I went to DC to do AmeriCorps. So AmeriCorps is like our domestic peace Corps program. So I gave a year to work for a foundation that promoted public service and volunteerism. So I did that for a year. And then I worked for a member of Congress who is actually from Los Angeles, Grace Napoitano. So I worked there as her scheduler. What did that entail? I definitely had a lot more power than I knew I had at that time. I did not capitalize on that as well as I should have a member of Congress is just constantly in demand by their constituents by special interest groups by lobbyists. They're always, time is just of the essence. And so my job was to manage her time and to assess all of those requests that were coming in all the time and assign them to other staff members or make the time on the congressman's calendar. There's just a lot of balancing of priorities. Passionistas: Did you like being in the DC system? Elizabeth: No, I did not like it there. I left after that second year. So a few reasons why I don't like D C one, weather it's terrible, there's like three nice weeks in the spring and three nice weeks in the fall. And then the rest of the time it's either like sweating, like anything you've ever experienced. You're trudging through sleet. And it's not like pretty glistening white snow and I'm from LA. So I, you know, you can't hang with that for a long.  Then two is the, I felt just professionally. The first question anybody asks you in any setting is who do you work for? And it's very much about assessing how valuable you are to them in that moment. And I just felt like people just talked about work all the time. And when I came back to California and I remember my lunch break at my, my first day at work and, you know, there's people in the kitchen, you know, microwaving their lunches or whatever. And people were talking about what they did on the weekends. People were talking about their, you know, how they went, kayaking. People talked about a meeting they were going to after work. I mean, I just realized like, Oh my God, you people talk about other things besides just what happens in this building. And I thought that was very impressive.   Passionistas: During your time in DC. was there something you learned there that you've sort of taken through your career? Elizabeth: I mean, it was also the very beginning of my career. So I think there's a lot that you just learn from being new in a professional workplace. One thing which may or may not be specific to politics, but is, you know, know your audience and understand what does this person, or what does this group want and how can I address that with whatever I have. And sometimes that doesn't necessarily mean giving them what they want, but it means like making them feel heard. And I think that that is applicable in a lot of different industries. I guess, making people feel heard without actually giving them anything or committing to anything is a skill that is useful. Passionistas: Did you come straight back to LA or did you go to San Francisco first? Elizabeth: I went to San Francisco after DC. I wasn't quite ready to move back home or move back to my home area. And I lived there for five years. What did you do there? I worked for a food bank there. So actually I lived in the East Bay. I lived in Oakland and Berkeley for some time, but I worked in San Francisco for the San Francisco Marin food bank. And I started out as an executive assistant, which was a good kind of transition from a scheduler type of role and also great for being able to see all the different parts of the organization and the business, how things run. And also at that organization, deep policy and advocacy stuff really happened with the CEO and in his office, out of his office directly. So I was useful in that space. Then I transitioned to become a major gifts officer, which is basically you talk to high net worth individuals and try to give them money for things that you're trying to do for the community. Passionistas: Was there a part of being of service in that job that you connected to? Elizabeth: I think what was really cool about that job is that I was basically Robin hooding, you know, like I was taking money from rich people and using it to buy food for poor people. And that, you know, just in a very simplistic way, it feels like a good use of time, energy. And we were really making a huge impact, even in a place as wealthy as San Francisco. One in four people are at risk of hunger and don't know where their food is. Next meal is going to come from. Most of those are children and the elderly, and that's true for a lot of places across the country. So we did, I think, really good work also on the policy front, there's a ton of policy that affects whether or not people have enough money for food and can afford to pay rent and pay for medical bills and pay for food. So I did some cool stuff there. I think that ultimately as a service organization, the amount of time that they could spend on advocacy is smaller than what I was interested. And so eventually I left because I wanted to get more into politics. Passionistas: So then you moved back to LA at that point, you worked for the Los Angeles County business Federation. Talk about that job and what you did there. Elizabeth: So the LA County business Federation is an Alliance of a bunch of different business groups. So if you think about every industry has an association, every ethnic or minority group basically has a chamber of commerce. Every city has a chamber of commerce. So you think about the national association of women business owners or the bicycle coalition or the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce or any of these kinds of groups that are operating in California. We kind of organized all of them together so that we could be advocating for economic policies. When, when we all agreed on them, we represented 400,000 business owners across California. And we're the largest association of associations basically in the country. Passionistas: While you were doing that, were you also volunteering at nonprofit org? Elizabeth: Yeah. I had all of these volunteer roles while I was working. So over the course of my time at that job, I also served on the board of the United left, the next fund. I also served on the local democratic club, our Stonewall young Democrats here in LA, and I'm started on the board of California women's list. Passionistas: Tell us about the California Women's List and what they do and what you do for them. Elizabeth: California Women's list is a political action committee. So we raise money for and support democratic women running for office here in California. And we're very focused on state level offices. So the state legislature, and also there's a lot of constitutional offices. So think about things like the treasurer, the controller, the secretary of state, the governor, those kinds of directly elected positions.  We are a fully volunteer run board and organization. So I'm the external relations chair. And I help to create partnerships with other organizations and to work on a lot of our kind of more public facing campaigns right now, for example, we are starting selling merchandise that sends electrical women. And so if you go to CaliforniaWomenPlus.org, you can shop our store and buy cool merch that is professionally designed by an awesome graphic designer that we have on our board. I mean, it's unique and very different from a lot of the other kind of political t-shirts that I've seen around there and hats and whatnot. So, you know, we had to get that store up and running. So that was a project I worked on. Passionistas: What is California Women's List most focused on as we get into crunch time leading up to the election? Elizabeth: We have endorsed 24 candidates for state office this cycle. So we are very focused on raising money for them and giving it to them right away so that they can spend that on mail on the technology that they need to, you know, transition and have transitioned from a lot of door knocking and in person events to now everything is digital. So those digital tools cost money, some cases, depending on their market, they might be doing radio or TV ads. So they need money for all of that kind of thing. Also in California, especially important for women running for office in California is now finally you can use campaign funds to pay for childcare. There are only 17 States that allow candidates to pay for childcare campaign funds and California just became one of those States last year. So if there are, you know, some, a lot of our candidates are moms and childcare is really important to make sure that more women who have kids are able to run for office and be successful. Passionistas: Tell us about The Grace Society and what that is. Elizabeth: Grace Society is the donor circle for California Women's List. So if you want to help elect more women in California, then you can be a member of our Grace Society. It's only $50 for a year. And so you can pay that all at once or you can do $5 a month or whatever you need to do, and it helps you be a part of the fabric of our organization and a more consistent way. We have a little lapel pin that we send. That's nice. You get early access to our merch when we launch new products and also to our events that we have, you get early access and discounted tickets and all that sort of thing. So it's just a way for folks who want to support our work to help us sustain this effort, because it is a lot of fundraising around campaign cycles, but the work is ongoing and particularly for a lot of local and state races, those are not always happening at the same time as kind of these more well known races like the presidential. So that organizing work is happening all year. Passionistas: Why is it so important to have more women in politics? Elizabeth: When we see more women in elected bodies, those elected bodies have more transparency and they aren't, they tend to be more effective. So it's really important that everybody is represented at the level that they are in the society. You know, so not just women, but also people with disabilities, people who are immigrants, people with different kinds of work experience, people of different ethnic and language backgrounds. All of these folks are part of our society, but they are not all represented commensurate to their numbers and society. So that is a symptom of a problem. You know, if all things were equal, then everybody would just be part of the process. But because they're not in California, only 33% of our legislature is women. And that's basically an all-time high in the early two thousands, California ranked sixth in the nation for the percentage of women in the legislature. But by 2013, we fell to the 32nd place. And that's not because other States made a ton of progress. It's because the number of women in California state legislature went down. So it's really important that we have equal representation. And it's important that we are all fighting for it all the time because the number went down because we took our eye off. The ball progress is not linear. You know, I think we see that, especially that has become very clear as people over the last four years, we can't just count on it happening.  Passionistas: Why don't more women run for office? Elizabeth: Women do win their races basically as often as men do, it's just that they don't self-select and run that much. Women have to be asked to run for office multiple times before they start. So I really want women to know that you have just as good of an opportunity to run. And I also want women and men to know, and everybody to know that a big challenge that women candidates face is raising money. And that is because women can also raise as much as men do. We just tend to do it in smaller chunks. So men generally have access to wealthier donors and business circles and things like that. And so they are often able to raise more money faster. Whereas women have to spend longer cultivating more donors who are giving at smaller or lower amounts. And so I say that because I want everybody who's listening to, this can be a donor, not everyone's going to run for office and that's fine, but everybody can be a donor. Everybody can be a volunteer. And so really think about how you can give as much as possible, how you can encourage other people to give to political candidates. Women give a ton to charity, but we do not give as much to political campaigns and investing in a political campaign is investing in the future that you want to see your list. Passionistas: You're listening to The Passionistas Project Podcast and our interview with Elizabeth Tulasi. Visit californiawomenslist.org to find out more about the organization. And join The Grace Society to receive an exclusive annual pin, a members only quarterly newsletter discount to tickets, to CWL programs and access to special members only events. Now here's more of our interview with Elizabeth. If there was a woman that wanted to get into the political arena, what would you want her to know? Elizabeth: I want women who are interested in politics to know that there are organizations out there to help support you to get you involved. So you don't have to feel intimidated. I think so many women feel like they don't know enough. And frankly, I wish more men recognize that they don't know enough because they don't know more than we do. They just don't care that they don't know more than we do now. And so I wish women would recognize that just because you don't know everything doesn't mean that you cannot be an effective leader in your community. It doesn't mean that you don't know good solutions. There are organizations out there of other women who can help support you as you learn more and figure out how to make change in your community. Passionistas: Why is it so important for women to get involved in all levels of government? Elizabeth: It's important to have women in all elected offices, but a thing that I want people to know about, you know, state and local is that those are the pipelines for higher office. So you look at somebody like Kamala Harris who ran for president. She's now the vice presidential nominee, but right now she's a Senator or US Senator. Prior to that, she was serving at the state level. She was California's Attorney General. And before that she was serving at, in her city. And a lot of the women that we heard of that were vice presidential contenders worked at various levels of government before they get up to that level. So it was great because of this democratic primary. There were a bunch of women who were running and had very viable campaigns, but obviously in the past, there was always hope putting all of our hopes and dreams on one woman. And that's because the pipeline to get to that level was so sweet. So if we have more women serving at various levels, then we have more opportunity for them to go higher. There are great women serving in state legislatures all across the country. So a couple of that, I just wanted to shout out Sarah Innamorato is elected in Pennsylvania. She's been serving since 2018 and she's from the Pittsburgh area. She's 34. And she beat an incumbent in a landslide by fighting for progressive values in a state that is very ideologically diverse. So she started her own marketing firm previously. And then she decided to run for office in Texas. There's a woman named Gina Calanni. She was a paralegal and a mom of three boys, and she ran. She's the first woman to represent her area in the state, Texas state legislature. She beat an incumbent Republican, and she's already passed 11 bills. And she's only been in the state legislature for a year. She's focused on the minutia of processes that slow things down like forensic testing or allowing school funding to go towards these big separate packages for fired administrators. So these are kind of unsexy details that really matter to how well your government works in Virginia. There was a woman named Masha Rex Baird, and she was the youngest woman ever elected to the Virginia House of delegates. When she won in 2015, she was 28 years old at the time. She's so active in her community. When you read her bio she's on so many different, you know, volunteering and serving on so many different boards and commissions, and she's focused on her service on economic development and education so that her community has good jobs in it. And then the folks in the community have the skills to be able to get into those jobs. And just this week, she passed a bill banning, no knock warrants in Virginia, which is the kind of warrant that police officers used when they murdered Brianna Taylor. So all of these women in different parts of the country are breaking barriers in their own ways and making really important change. You can see how important that is to their state. And so I share all of these examples because if you started looking at some of the women that are serving in your community in leadership roles, you will see that they're women just like you and your experience is important to bring to bear in California. Somebody who's now become a national figure is Katie Porter and in her first term in Congress. And she's the only single mom serving in Congress right now. And so she brings a lived experience that is really important because obviously there's so many single moms across America and the people who are making the rules and govern their lives, have no idea what they're doing. And so whatever you have, if you know anybody else who has that same kind of experience, then that voice deserves to be heard. Passionistas: Why are state and local governments so important? Elizabeth: That is keeping you up at night these days, or that's, you know, you're really stressed out about and state and local government have a huge impact on that. So COVID obviously is really on the top of everyone's mind. And the hospital capacity in your area is a function of probably your County government or, you know, what the kinds of facilities and specialties that they have in your area are also determined by state policy. Every community has a public health official and how much the politicians listen to that public health official. That's all determined. I mean, that's all happening at the local level. I think another thing people are really stressed out about right now is money. So how much you earn and how much it costs to live, where you live, that's all determined by local factors. A lot of money stuff is happening in your area.   And it's very specific to where you live national policies affect these things, of course, but the bulk of the economic policies that affect your day to day life are happening in your city or in your County or your state. I think a lot of folks right now also are paying more attention to family policies and also to unemployment. And that is handled at the state level. And so if have not yet received your unemployment check or you had the system was down when you tried to apply, that's because of stuff that's happening at the state level education and childcare education is handled by your local school board. How much money they have is determined by state and local taxes. Policing and prisons are really top of mind for folks right now, your city council and your mayor determine how much money the police are going to get in your city.   If you are in a place where you, you don't have municipal police, you might have a County sheriff. The sheriff is usually in elected position all across the country. So that's a directly elected person who's handling those policies and jails. I just learned in California that there's a bill going through the state legislature right now that is focused on how we in California treat people who are in jail and prison who are pregnant and whether or not they can be handcuffed to their hospital bed during childbirth, whether or not they get preference for the bottom bunk in, in their jail, you know, or have to climb up to the top bunk, whether they can be put in solitary confinement while you're pregnant. So there's a lot of policies that have to do with how we treat prisoners in our States that really matter and voting is another big one.   There's a lot of concern with the integrity of our various voting systems. And every one of those voting systems is controlled by your state government and your local elections. Or so if you're concerned about who has access to voting or who doesn't have access to voting, or how easy or hard it is to vote in your area that is completely determined by your state government, why is voting important to you? Really broadly voting is important to me because so many people have died for this, right, and have died, or, you know, really put their wives at risk for this democracy. And this democracy only works if people participate in it. So that is very motivating to me. And then I think specifically right now, why it's important that everybody vote is because I think we think of ourselves as very polarized right now as a country.   And that is certainly true, but there are so many more people that are not participating in that at all, that I think their voices don't matter, but they do. We often hear people saying that it doesn't matter. Who's elected all the politicians are the same. And I think we can see now that that is not true, that people who are elected have power over our lives. And we need to make sure that those people have values and lived experiences that are similar to ours. And I think that government is created to be hard for people to get engaged. A lot of our systems right now are, are designed that way. And similar forces want us to believe that our votes don't matter, that our voices don't matter. And that again, is to achieve certain goals that I don't agree with. And I don't want, I think we've also seen how much, particularly for women, the power and the status that we have as women now that certainly my mother's generation didn't have. My grandmother's generation did not have. That was hard fought recently won and backsliding. As we speak, women are still mostly responsible for what happens at home. So when we are all home all the time, now that means we're responsible for everything all the time. And a lot of women who are also trying to work, but then they're not able to spend as much time at work or working because of all of this kind of unpaid domestic labor that we're involved in. And it's going to have long-term effects on women's economic mobility. And then I think there's also, you think about maternal mortality, maternal mortality is going up in America. We're one of the only countries where maternal mortality is increasing and it's particularly a problem with black and indigenous and women of color. If our government is worth anything, it should be that it doesn't let women die while they're giving birth. We see like the number of elected women is going up right now, partly because of the rates that women feel. So we're taking to running and supporting each other. But again, that is not guaranteed, that kind of progress. And we need women in all rooms where decisions are being made. So in state legislatures at your city hall, in board rooms and CEO's offices in the white house, we need women's voices and all of these places. And that again is not guaranteed. And when people say things like make America great, again, this kind of backsliding is exactly what that means to them. And that is very motivating to me to not let that happen. Passionistas: How can the average person have an impact on the upcoming election? Elizabeth: All of us have spheres of influence and all of us have people that listen to us and care about what we're saying. A lot of people feel like helpless right now, or they don't know where to start. And like I said, it is confusing on purpose, but you can vote and you can get three other people to vote. You can check your voter registration today. You can encourage three other people to check their voter registration. You can call your friends. Everybody who is getting a Christmas card from me is also getting a phone call from me, asking them, what is your voting plan? Because asking somebody, what is your plan? And having them just verbalize that to you is actually a really proven, effective way to get people to actually vote. And so in that scenario, you're not even telling them like, Hey, you should vote for this person that I care about. Cause sometimes those are awkward conversations or, you know, whatever, even though that's what's necessary right now is have those conversations with people in your life. But at the minimum, what you can do is just ask people to vote and encourage them and make sure that they have the information. Passionistas: Thanks for listening to our interview with Elizabeth Tulasi, visit californiawomenslist.org to find out more about the organization. And join The Grace Society to receive an exclusive annual pin, a members only quarterly newsletter, discounted tickets to CWL programs and access to special members only events. Please visit thepassionistasproject.com to learn more about our podcast and subscription box filled with products made by women-owned businesses and female artisans to inspire you to follow your passions. Sign up for our mailing list, to get 10% off your first purchase. And be sure to subscribe to The Passionistas Project Podcast. So you don't miss any of our upcoming inspiring guests. Until next time, stay well and stay passionate.  

In this episode, Kelly & Sophy talk to guests in Florida about gun laws, climate change, the rising cost of healthcare and housing, restoring voting rights for people who have served time for felonies, the movement of people from Puerto Rico to Florida, and races to watch in Florida in November.Guests (in order by segment, with time stamps listed): Patty Farley, President of the Democratic Women's Club of Florida (2:04); Margaret Melanie Gold from Indivisible Central Florida (24:30); Pam Keith, Candidate for US Congress from the Florida 18th District (49:08); Phil Ehr, Candidate for US Congress from the Florida 1st District (1:01:28).

We speak with columnist Ellis Henican about more allegations made against Al Franken. Then, Megan Barth joins us to discuss the fallout from John Conyers' sudden retirement from Congress.Image credit: Veni/Flickr

There is little more polarizing than political discussion...there is also nothing more important than political discussion with open minds, reaching for a greater understanding of not only the common truth of our political horizon but a comprehension of issues on all sides so we can choose the best leaders. While it may be true that national elections tend to take the media spotlight, it is state and local elections which truly impact us in our everyday life. With election time just around the corner the Dudes n Beer podcast is proud to welcome Lorraine Garcia, President of the Capital Area Democratic Women to the show to discuss some of the important issues up for vote. What are some of the pressing issues regarding women's rights on the ballot? What does the CADW stand for? Who are they backing for office in not only the local, but state elections of 2017? What can we do to not only make an impact upon our local election, but our state election as well. Tune in Tuesday Night October 10th at 8pm CST for an in depth discussion with Lorraine Garcia of the Capital Area Democratic Women. download the FREE Dudes n Beer Podcast app for Android and iDevices or visit our LISTEN LIVE page and join the conversation.

PNN - Persephone's Return Dr. Maureen McKenna who will be discussing the Women's Democratic Clubs of Florida and  and  Monica Readus who will discuss the PERSISTERS Rally Join the first DWCF STATEWIDE PerSisters RALLY honoring all members of The Democratic Women’s Club of Florida and saluting Democratic Women’s Month! The 2017 DWCF PerSisters Rally will serve as a historical celebration of the DWCF and Democratic Women everywhere. We will celebrate with Music, an INSPIRING SpeakerLine-Up, Entertainment and conclude with a DWCFBanner March around beautiful Lake Eola in downtown, Orlando! We want to see each club in attendance; Loud and Proud, with Banners and Placards Blazing!!  >From 1956 to 2017, let’s show the world just how far the DWCF has come!!? PerSisters Rally & Banner March Date:    May 20, 2017 Time:    10:00am -12:00p (Table Set Up:  9:00am) Location: Lake Eola Park Amphitheater 512 E Washington Street Orlando, FL 32801 Chair, DWCF PerSister Rally DWCFRally@gmail.com

Episode #57 of the Nevada Magazine radio show features respective interviews with Mary Works Covington and Ann Libby of the Nevada Arts Council and Donna Curtis, Donna Curtis, president of the Carson City Democratic Women's Club. Listen to the show below.Subscribe to the Nevada Magazine Radio Show on iTunes.

PNN PRESENTS - Women's Health & RightsJoin News Director Rick Spisak as he welcomes these guests:  Heidi Williamson - Senior Policy Analyst for the Women's Health and Rights program at Center for American Progress   Dr. Ellen Shaffer, PhD Director, Trust Women/Silver Ribbon Campaign,  Co-Director of the EQUAL Health Network, and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco  Gretchen Borchelt Senior Counsel & Director, State Reproductive Health Policy, National Women's Law Center  Dr. Maureen McKenna President of the Democratic Women's Club of Florida.  Tune in 7-9pm (Eastern)  

PNN News Director Rick Spisak, bring a group of Women Activists together to discuss the pending Legislation called VAWA or Violence Against Women Act, which curiously enough, several Republicans are opposing. PNN  welcomes these dynamic guests: Dr. Maureen McKenna  Legislative Director of Democratic Women's Club of Florida will discuss the VAWA History, Journalist and Author Seeta Bejuiwill discuss Violence against women, Meredith Ockman Vice President of NOW Florida and Lisa Murano of Planned Parenthood will also add their insight into these and related matters. Tune in Live or Anytime

PNN brings some special guests in for the KICK OFF show for 2013. We first present the third in the series of Candidate Interviews with people running for Chair of the Democratic Party of Florida. Ms. Allison Tant Chair Leon County Democratic Party appears before our panel of Interviewers: Ms. Susan Smith, President, Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida; Ms. Sally Phillips, Florida Democratic GLBT Caucus President; and Dr. Maureen McKenna, Democratic Women's Club of Florida 1st Vice-President  Then Progressive Democrats of America founder Tim Carpenter who will discuss the POST ELECTION  Strategies for Progressives. And special guest Rachel Sutz Pienta PhD., College Education Professor at Valdosta State University, will discuss her observations as chair and state committee woman of the Wakulla Democratic Party.  PNN has been honored by a listing in GREG PALAST - Media You can Trust - in his latest book, Billionaire and Ballot Bandits Join Us Sunday at 7pm  

Candidates who hope to lead the Florida Democratic Party into the next Election wil appear and be questioned by a select group of Progressive Leaders. Our questioners and co-hosts are: Susan Smith, President, Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida Sally Phillips, President, Florida Democratic GLBT Caucus Dr. Maureen McKenna, 1st Vice President, Democratic Women's Club of Florida We have invited: Alan Clendenin (Hillsborough County) Candidate Annette Taddeo (Miami-Dade) Candidate Allison Tant Richards Candidate Join us we have had over 60 Questions sent in, and our questioners will select from a very eclectic set of topics Tune in Sunday at 7pm or Anytime - All Shows are archived