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Millions of Americans cannot work or vote because they lack identification. Kat Calvin is here to change that. Join Tori and Benji for an encouraging conversation about how we can make a material difference in the lives of our neighbors by advocating for identification. Connect with Kat on her website.Buy Kat's book from an Indie Bookshop! Support ID4ID.org Support the show! www.whitehomework.comFollow Benjamin Faye on Bluesky Follow Benjamin Faye on Instagram  Follow Tori on Bluesky Follow White Homework on Instagram www.instagram.com/whitehomework

In this episode L. Joy welcomes special guest Kat Calvin back to the front of the class. Kat is the founder and executive director of Spread The Vote + Project ID and the cofounder and CEO of the Project ID Action Fund. Kat Calvin is the author of "American Identity Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Activist," where she shares her experience at the front line of social activism in America, emphasizing the complexities of getting an ID in the U.S. and how social media has played an important role in her activism.

Kat Calvin returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about how Spread The Vote is working to help thousands of Americans get their ID and her new book "American Identity in Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Activist".

Kat Calvin & Omkari Williams Kat Calvin and I both wrote books! Kat's is American Identity In Crisis: Notes from  an Accidental Activist. Mine is Micro Activism: How You Can Make a Difference in the World (Without a Bullhorn).  When we realized that our books were coming out within weeks of each other we thought that we should have a conversation about them and the work we do in the world. Kat's work is getting the 26 million Americans who don't have ID the state issued ID that they need to do things like get a job, a home, a bank account, you know, little things like that. Mine, if you don't know, is getting folks to engage in micro activism, tiny actions that add us to big changes.  In this conversation we not only talk about serious things but we also laugh, a lot. I loved this conversation and I think you will too.  Definitely, buy both our books. They are really good! We did not write them together, though the covers do coordinate beautifully and the themes do have a lot of crossover. Holiday gifts, yeah!!! Have you met Kat? About Kat: She's been a guest on the podcast before, but in case you haven't met her, let me tell you about her. Kat Calvin is the founder and executive director of Spread The Vote + Project ID and the cofounder and CEO of the Project ID Action Fund. A lawyer, activist, and social entrepreneur, she has built a national organization that helps Americans obtain the IDs they need for jobs, housing, life—and in some states, the voting booth. Kat and her work have been featured in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic,  and on NPR, PBS, BET, and many other outlets. She has been a guest commentator on MSNBC, CNN, Headline News, Sirius XM, and more, as well as a frequent keynote speaker and a sought-after voice for her expertise and opinions on politics, voting, ID-related issues, and more. For a written transcript of this episode click here   Connect with Kat: Project ID Instagram Credits: Harmonica music courtesy of a friend.

Kat Calvin is the founder and executive director of Spread The Vote + Project ID and the cofounder and CEO of the Project ID Action Fund. Discussing new book, American Identity in Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Activist Hardcover – September 19, 2023 pub date A trailblazing activist's passionate and incisive look at why she started a movement to ensure that 26 million Americans have access to the IDs they need to escape poverty and live healthy and productive lives American Identity in Crisis weaves together three remarkable stories: the making of an activist in the wake of the 2016 presidential election; the fight against the onerous rules that are being used to keep vulnerable and targeted populations from participating in all facets of American life -from obtaining jobs and housing to going to the polls- and how we can solve a problem that impacts millions of American adults. Kat Calvin ties all of these threads together in profound ways. In American Identity in Crisis, she takes us on a cross-country tour as she and her team uncover one of the biggest secrets in America and learn how to solve it. We meet veterans, the unhoused, and senior citizens, and learn the story of the fierce advocate who insists on recognizing their humanity and seeing them as souls who are resilient and striving for change. Told in a voice that is strong and vulnerable; funny and fearless, confident and self-deprecating, American Identity in Crisis is a defense of human dignity and everyone's right to have access to the pursuit of happiness. https://www.katcalvin.com/ About the Author Kat Calvin is the founder and executive director of Spread The Vote + Project ID and the cofounder and CEO of the Project ID Action Fund. A lawyer, activist, and social entrepreneur, she has built a national organization that helps Americans obtain the IDs they need for jobs, housing, life—and in some states, the voting booth. Kat and her work have been featured in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Essence, Glamour, and Marie Claire, and on NPR, PBS, BET, and many other outlets. She has been a guest commentator on MSNBC, CNN, Headline News, Sirius XM, and more, as well as a frequent keynote speaker and a sought-after voice for her expertise and opinions on politics, voting, ID-related issues, and more.

26 million American adults do not have ID—ID they need to get housing, medical care, a bank account, and other life-saving services. Following the 2016 election, Kat Calvin, the founder of Spread the Vote and Co-Founder and CEO of the Project ID Action Fund, set out to do something about it. Kat joins The Electorette to discuss her new book, American Identity in Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Activist, where she chronicles her journey as an activist and organizer, and walks us through the failures and successes during the earliest days of the organization, and her tireless efforts to help people get the ID they need to live full lives. From This Episode ABOUT THE GUEST Kat Calvin is the Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote + Project ID and the Co-Founder and CEO of the Project ID Action Fund. A lawyer, activist, and social entrepreneur, Kat has built a national organization that has helped more than 11,000 people obtain the IDs they need for jobs, housing, and life and that also allows them to go to the polls. Spread The Vote registers 92% of their eligible clients, taking them from 0 to 40% voter turnout through their voter education program. Through their Vote By Mail in Jail program, they have a 71.4% turnout rate of incarcerated voters. 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. Also, 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

Friday, September 22nd, 2023Today, in the Hot Notes: Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chairman of Fox News and the Fox News Corporation; House Republicans leave for vacation after failing to reach a solution to the looming government shutdown; Jack Smith files a proposed gag order in the DC coup case; Georgia fraudulent electors argue they're federal officers in their bid to move their case to federal court; a judge denies an Oath Keepers' motion for acquittal; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.Our Guest: Kat CalvinAmerican Identity in Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Activisthttps://twitter.com/KatCalvinLAhttps://www.spreadthevote.orghttps://www.projectid.orghttps://www.projectidaf.orgDon't Ask Don't Tell ResourcesWant some sweet Daily Beans Merchhttps://shop.dailybeanspod.com/Check out other MSW Media podcastshttps://mswmedia.com/shows/Follow AG and Dana on Social MediaDr. Allison Gill Follow Mueller, She Wrote on Posthttps://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrotehttps://twitter.com/dailybeanspodhttps://www.tiktok.com/@muellershewrotehttps://instagram.com/muellershewroteDana Goldberghttps://twitter.com/DGComedyhttps://www.instagram.com/dgcomedyhttps://www.facebook.com/dgcomedyGoogle Doc of legislation threatening trans people and their families:LGBTQ+ Legislative TrackingHave some good news; a confession; or a correction?Good News & Confessions - The Daily BeansListener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:The Daily Beans on Apple PodcastsWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?https://dailybeans.supercast.techOrhttps://patreon.com/thedailybeansOr subscribe on Apple Podcasts with our affiliate linkThe Daily Beans on Apple Podcasts

Democracy is in danger in America and around the world. Kat Calvin, author of the new book American Identity in Crisis, joins Danielle to talk about the important work she does as founder & executive director of Spread The Vote + Project ID.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EPISODE 1732: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Kat Calvin, author of AMERICAN IDENTITY IN CRISIS, about the 26 million American adults who have no government ID and, thus, in the eyes of the government, don't really exist Kat Calvin is the Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote + Project ID and the Co-Founder and CEO of the Project ID Action Fund. A lawyer, activist, and social entrepreneur, Kat has built a national organization that helps Americans obtain the IDs they need for jobs, housing, and life and that also allows them to go to the polls and is working towards the passage of the IDs for an Inclusive Democracy Act. Her book American Identity Crisis will be released on Amistad by Harper Collins on September 19, 2023. Kat is one of the TIME Magazine 16 People and Groups Fighting for a More Equal America, 2018 Fast Company 100 Most Creative People in Business, and has been a Business Insider 30 Under 30, The Grio 100, and more. Kat has been featured in the New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, Atlantic, Essence, Glamour, NPR, PBS, BET, Marie Claire and many more print and digital outlets. She has been a guest commentator on MSNBC, CNN, Headline News, Sirius XM, and more. She is a frequent keynote speaker and a sought after voice for her expertise and opinions on politics, voting, ID related issues, and more. Along with STV/PID, Kat is an enthusiastic photographer, an avid traveler, a fellow in the Royal Arts Society and their Los Angeles Ambassador, and leads the LA chapter of The Outbound City Project. She writes weekly insights and pop culture recommendations at Hot Takes and Applesauce. Kat attended Mount Holyoke College and the University of Michigan Law School. She is an Army brat mostly from Seattle and Arizona and currently lives in Los Angeles. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Something many of us take for granted, if we've never been without it, is how vitally important it is to have photo ID. In this day and age you can't do pretty much anything without ID—from accessing public benefits to renting an apartment to voting, and so much more. So for this week's episode, Rebecca sat back down with a dear friend who's been leading the charge when it comes to ensuring that 26 million Americans have access to the IDs they need to escape poverty, access benefits, vote, and be fully part of American society—and that's Kat Calvin. She's the founder of Spread the Vote and the Project ID Action Fund and author of a new book called American Identity in Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Activist. They had a far-ranging conversation about the story behind the organizations she started and her new book; how she got involved in helping people get IDs; who doesn't have ID in the United States and why it matters; why the U.S. ID crisis is both an economic justice issue and a democracy issue; and lots more.

Something many of us take for granted, if we've never been without it, is how vitally important it is to have photo ID. In this day and age you can't do pretty much anything without ID—from accessing public benefits to renting an apartment to voting, and so much more. So for this week's episode, Rebecca sat back down with a dear friend who's been leading the charge when it comes to ensuring that 26 million Americans have access to the IDs they need to escape poverty, access benefits, vote, and be fully part of American society—and that's Kat Calvin. She's the founder of Spread the Vote and the Project ID Action Fund and author of a new book called American Identity in Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Activist. They had a far-ranging conversation about the story behind the organizations she started and her new book; how she got involved in helping people get IDs; who doesn't have ID in the United States and why it matters; why the U.S. ID crisis is both an economic justice issue and a democracy issue; and lots more.  Links from this episode: Check out Kat's new book American Identity in Crisis Learn more about Spread the Vote and the Project ID Action Fund Follow Kat Calvin and Spread the Vote/Project ID Action Fund on Twitter/X @KatCalvinLA @SpreadTheVoteUS Subscribe to Kat's newsletter, Hot Takes and Applesauce

Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 Today, in the Hot Notes; a showdown between the FBI and the DoJ over the surprise search of Mar-a-Lago; Matt Gaetz tries to gotcha Biden's Under Secretary of Defense by accidentally introducing propaganda from the People's Republic of China; an intelligence review finds the Havana Syndrome is not caused by an energy weapon or a foreign adversary; Congressional Dem leaders send a letter to Fox News following the Dominion lawsuit revelations; plus AG delivers your Good News. Dana is on a boat.  Kat Calvin https://twitter.com/KatCalvinLA Project ID https://www.projectid.org/ American Identity in Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Activist katcalvin.com/preorder Check out other MSW Media podcasts https://mswmedia.com/shows/ Follow AG and Dana on Twitter: Dr. Allison Gill  https://twitter.com/allisongill https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote https://twitter.com/dailybeanspod Dana Goldberg https://twitter.com/DGComedy Promo Codes: Get 20% off all mattress orders plus 2 free pillows at HelixSleep.com/dailybeans with code HELIXPARTNER. Thanks Athletic Greens. Go to athleticgreens.com/dailybeans to get a FREE 1-year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase.  Google Doc of current legislation threatening trans people and their families: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fTxHLjBa86GA7WCT-V6AbEMGRFPMJndnaVGoZZX4PMw/edit?usp=sharing Have some good news; a confession; a correction? https://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/ Listener Survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kat Calvin, the founder and executive director of Spread The Vote, and Project ID discusses the state of voter ID laws, and addresses the problem of tackling the approximately 26 million eligible voters who are without the necessary ID to vote. We also discuss how the expense and red tape of obtaining ID creates a separate class of citizens, one in which those without ID are often unable to secure housing, jobs, benefits, and even medical care. Lastly, Kat discusses her upcoming book, American Identity Crisis. From This Episode Pre-Order American Identity Crisis here Vote by Mail in Jail Movement Advancement Project: Examining How Barriers to ID Harm Different Communities and Impact Everyone 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. Also, 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 Instagrama Electorette Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 740 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls. We used to be 800 so lets get back up there! Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more Michael A. Cohen is a regular contributor for The Boston Globe on national politics and foreign affairs. He is also the author of “American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and the Politics of Division.” Michael has written for dozens of news outlets, including as a columnist for the Guardian and Foreign Policy and he is the US Political Correspondent for the London Observer. He previously worked as a speechwriter at the US State Department and has been a lecturer at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Please check out and hopefully subscribe to Michael's Substack newsletter Truth and Consequences!  Stand Up subscribers get a discount on Michael's new newsletter!   ----------------------------------------------------- Kat Calvin is the Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote + Project ID and the Co-Founder and CEO of the Project ID Action Fund. A lawyer, activist, and social entrepreneur, Kat has built a national organization that helps Americans obtain the IDs they need for jobs, housing, and life and that also allows them to go to the polls and is working towards the passage of the IDs for an Inclusive Democracy Act. Her book American Identity Crisis will be released on Amistad by Harper Collins on September 19, 2023. Kat is one of the TIME Magazine 16 People and Groups Fighting for a More Equal America, 2018 Fast Company 100 Most Creative People in Business, and has been a Business Insider 30 Under 30, The Grio 100, and more. Kat has been featured in the New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, Atlantic, Essence, Glamour, NPR, PBS, BET, Marie Claire and many more print and digital outlets. She has been a guest commentator on MSNBC, CNN, Headline News, Sirius XM, and more. She is a frequent keynote speaker and a sought after voice for her expertise and opinions on politics, voting, ID related issues, and more. Along with STV/PID, Kat is a keen amateur photographer, an avid traveler, a fellow in the Royal Arts Society and their Los Angeles Ambassador, and leads the LA chapter of The Outbound City Project. She writes weekly insights and pop culture recommendations at Hot Takes and Applesauce. Kat attended Mount Holyoke College and the University of Michigan Law School. She is an Army brat mostly from Seattle and Arizona and currently lives in Los Angeles. Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page

Spread the Vote founder Kat Calvin is inspiring and profoundly practical in her approach to resolving the daily challenges millions of Americans face in their struggle to obtain valid photo IDs.  Unconventional in her approach, fearless in her determination, Kat pulls no punches as she discusses the challenges and achievements Spread the Vote has faced and overcome in the past 5 years.Relying on strong volunteer support, particularly in election years, Kat's approach to recruiting, training and retaining volunteers may hold some answers for your Giving Season planning, plus great advice on promoting recurring donations through monthly giving programs and the immediate impact of good storytelling all year round.  While her unusual thinking around nonprofit collaboration in the areas of grants and funding opens up a potential new avenue for small or start-up organizations to consider.Find out more, volunteer or donate to Spread The Vote here: https://www.spreadthevote.org/Join Jena and the catalyzing passion of Kat Calvin today, to take your nonprofit to the next level tomorrow!If you have any questions on the Nonprofit Fundraising Podcast, or a story to share reach out to Cara or Jena at - Podcast@donorbox.org  To kickstart your fundraising journey, visit: https://bit.ly/3SKfTdo today! Support the show

In Which We Discuss: 1. Our long-promised guest Kat Calvin is finally here! 2. Biden is collecting his own binders full of women for Breyer's soon-to-be-open SCOTUS seat. 3. After 36 years of single handedly saving democracy, Pelosi assures us she will run again! 4. We incepted the San Jose Mayor to try gun insurance and couldn't be more excited! 5. The Olympics are here, so you can finally experience the splendor of living through the Golden Age of Ice Dancing TM. 6. Of course the Bidens are cat people. Find Kat and Her Work Online: Kat on Social: @katcalvinla Subscribe to Kat's Newsletter  Spread The Vote (@spreadthevoteus on social) Project ID Action Fund (@projectidus on social)   Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram! And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind

We're back! And better than ever with our first guests of 2022 (cue the air horns!), Maddie Medved and Sammy Kanter, co-founders and hosts of Girl and the Gov podcast. That's right, we're getting * political * this week. Tune in as we talk about how Maddie and Sammy met (takeaway here, don't be afraid to slide into the DM's), what they're building at Girl & The Gov and why political discourse and engagement are fundamental. Then we're switching gears and asking the tough questions: What happens when you don't see eye-to-eye with your friends when it comes to politics? Are there some things that can't be reconciled? How do you have a productive conversation if you don't agree? Maddie and Sammy share their tips for keeping conversations productive, drop some wisdom on opinions vs. values and explore how romantic relationships can be the perfect testing grounds for creating healthy boundaries in your friendships around politics. Our takeaway from this week? Diversity in friendship is important, and diversity in political views is no exception! While you're at it, check out their social at @girlandthegov and @girlandthegovpodcast to stay up to date on new episodes, events and join their amazing digital community. And be sure to check out these favorite episodes we mentioned on todays' episode: SexEd Today in the USA with Danielle Bezalel, Anti-Choice Politics of Louisiana with State Rep. Mandie Landry and Photo ID and Access with Kat Calvin. Get involved! We'd love to hear from you. Instagram: @willyousitwithme TikTok: @willyousitwithmepod Gmail: willyousitwithme@gmail.com

Join @LegalShield CEO Jeff Bell as he speaks with Lawyer, Activist and Social Entrepreneur Kat Calvin to discuss the massive US veteran crisis and how veterans are struggling to access medical services at the VA, to even get benefits. Many Veterans are living in real poverty, dependant on food stamps and handouts. Also the discussion covers the general difficulty experienced when trying to get ID, get the vote, and access to benefits for many groups in society in the US including veterans. Despite many leading politicians and organisations saying they support the veterans cause, in reality we are seeing little evidence of this. Chapters: 00:00 Episode introduction 01:19 How Kat’s upbringing has led her to being a lawyer and an activist 06:20 Kat’s work with veterans who have no IDs 07:10 Jeff’s family veteran experience 09:05 About Spread the Vote, voting rights for veterans and new legislation regarding IDs 16:23 US policy for giving ID to all residents and citizens? 21:38 About the documents you need to get an ID in the US and the challenge for veterans 29:40 The challenges for urban vs rural for getting IDs 34:41 The Supreme Court decision regarding the law change in Arizona 39:15 How difficult it is to find a notary 41.48 Project ID Action Fund - what is it about? 45:48 About Rag Tag technology and how it helped Spread The Vote 48:00 What is Kat watching on streaming television right now Watch, listen and subscribe on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Read more about the LegalShield mission at https://bit.ly/2Wx69uD Head over to our website to learn more about the different ways LegalShield can help you! https://bit.ly/3iaoNko Follow Us on Social Media: --- Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/LegalShield/ --- LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/lega... --- Twitter | https://twitter.com/legalshield --- Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/legalshield/ LegalShield, a consumer brand under PPLSI, is leading the quest to provide equal access to legal advice, protection, and representation to every human, everywhere. Serving 4.5 million individuals and 140,000 businesses, we are the world's largest platform for legal, identity, and reputation management services. Founded in 1972, we provide the tools and services needed to affordably live a just and secure life. We’re using technology and innovative products and partnerships to transform how and where people receive legal care by connecting members to our expansive

Founder of Spread The Vote, Lawyer, Activist and Social Entrepreneur, Kat Calvin, sits down with Lurie to discuss how the requirement of Voter ID's leads to voter suppression. Changing ID policy at every level. Learn more about Project ID.Follow Lurie Daniel Favors @LurieFavors on Twitter and listen to her live M-F, 10 a.m.-noon ET on SiriusXM, Ch. 126.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nancy chats with Kat Calvin about voter suppression and the complexities of obtaining IDs for everyday use. Kat also talks about the California recall election and tips to starting a non-profit. Kat Calvin is the Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote and the Co-Founder and CEO of the Project ID Action Fund. A lawyer, activist, and social entrepreneur, Kat has built a national organization that helps Americans obtain the IDs they need for jobs, housing, and life and that also allows them to go to the polls. Kat is one of the TIME Magazine 16 People and Groups Fighting for a More Equal America, 2018 Fast Company 100 Most Creative People in Business, and has been a Business Insider 30 Under 30, The Grio 100, and more. Kat has been featured in the New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, Atlantic, Essence, Glamour, NPR, PBS, BET, Marie Claire and many more print and digital outlets. She has been a guest commentator on MSNBC, CNN, Headline News, Sirius XM, and more. She is a frequent keynote speaker and a sought after voice for her expertise and opinions on politics, voting, ID related issues, and more.Along with STV/PID, Kat co-hosts Vote! The Podcast, is a photographer, an avid traveler, and is currently writing a book.Kat attended Mount Holyoke College and the University of Michigan Law School. She is an Army brat mostly from Seattle and Sierra Vista, AZ and currently lives in Los Angeles.Nancy: Website, Instagram, Twitter Welcome to Progressive Opinions of Color (POC), a podcast that creates space for people of color in conversations about economics, politics, and culture. Your host is Nancy Wu. Nancy is an Asian American woman, an economist, and a huge politics and policy nerd. Nancy triple majored in Economics, Government (Political Science) and Gender Studies at Dartmouth and has a Master's in Development Economics from Oxford. She works as an Economist full time and has previously worked in economic policy at the White House (under Obama, of course) and progressive think tanks.  The goal of this podcast is to engage the state of the economy, and other pressing topics in politics, economics, and culture, all through perspectives inclusive of the lived experiences of people of color. Whether you're new to politics or already a huge politics nerd, we hope this podcast inspires community and conversation among us. Join us in reimagining politics and economics with underrepresented voices.

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow to voting rights in its recent 6-3 decision in Brnovich v. DNC. The Court's conservative majority upheld two Arizona voter suppression laws and gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. Join Lindsay Langholz and Kat Calvin for a discussion about the impact of this decision and the Court's previous decision in Shelby County v. Holder. They discuss where the fight to protect voting rights goes from here and what listeners can do in their local communities. ----------------- Join the Progressive Legal Movement Today: ACSLaw.org Today's Host: Lindsay Langholz, ACS Director of Policy and Program Today's Guest: Kat Calvin of Spread the Vote Link: Supreme Court's decision in Brnovich v. DNC Link: ACS's 2020-2021 Supreme Court Review Program Visit the Podcast Website: Broken Law Podcast Email the Show: Podcast@ACSLaw.org Follow ACS on Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube ----------------- Production House: Flint Stone Media Copyright of American Constitution Society 2021.

In Which We Discuss: 1. Kat Calvin (@KatCalvinLA) is in the studio to tell you why we can't have a Dem consensus on Voter ID that involves...having Voter ID. [Go share her twitter thread about it!] 2. Democrats are bad at power: an exposé 3. The latest on infrastructure season is that it is now infrastructure year. We will never have an infrastructure deal. Get a new hobby. 4. The NYC Mayor's race is ending in the same chaotic fashion it started: with headlines about Andrew Yang 5. Rhode Island: A non-surprising place to find an all-white country club 6. Happy Father's day to all, including the sad men crashing weddings and funerals just for the attention while they work as unpaid hotel concierges at tacky resorts in Florida! Also: CALL YOUR REPS. ABOUT EVERYTHING. Make this number your profile picture. Tweet it every day. Add it to your phonebook: Capitol Hill Main Switchboard: (202) 224-3121   Brain Trust Live is (still) Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!

In conversation with Kat Calvin, Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote. Spread the Vote helps members of our communities empower themselves to be heard at the polls: with IDs, registration, education, and turnout.

Shug, KB, and Elle are joined by special guest Kat Calvin to discuss her non-profits - Spread the Vote and Project ID Action Fund. The ladies get real as they discuss elections, voting rights, and racial and social justice in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. Be sure to connect with Kat on Instagram at @katcalvin.  Be sure to follow #FNF at @FemmeNoirFiles on IG, Facebook, and Twitter! Subscribe to the Femme Noir Files Patron account to receive exclusive content. Go to www.patreon.com/femmenoirfiles to join today. Lastly, be sure to rate the podcast, leave a review, and share the episode with your village! Stay connected with the ladies on social media for the most up-to-date news.   #FNFPodcast #QuarantineChronicles #Blackgirlmagic Executive Producer: Jimmi Em Episode Produced By: DJ KB & X Music Mix By: @djsolebrother (Instagram)

First, let us apologize for opening this episode talking about hot dogs… BUT beep, beep absolute icon coming through! That’s right this episode we were honored to speak with Kat Calvin, Co-Founder & CEO of Project ID Action Fund (and Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote), who, through her incredible work, has been honored as a TIME Magazine 16 People and Groups Fighting for a More Equal America, a 2018 Fast Company 100 Most Creative People in Business, and has been a Business Insider 30 Under 30. This lawyer, activist, and full-time badass spent the episode cracking us up and informing us on an issue we admit, we knew very little about. That issue? Identification politics and policy. When we say identification politics, we don’t mean the concept of selecting a party or opinion based on one’s background, we mean the politics of living in the United States with or without formal, government identification. Complex and nuanced, this topic and its relation to the mission set forth by Project ID Action Fund take center stage.P.S. Kat is also the co-host of an amazing podcast as well - Vote! The Podcast. Check it out as they gear up for season 2. Links:https://www.katcalvin.com/https://vote-the-podcast.simplecast.com/https://www.patreon.com/m/5628126/posts

About 21 million eligible voters in the United States do not have a photo ID. Having an ID is one just more marker separating the haves from the have-notes. Apart from the many states that have imposed voter ID laws, this lack of identification can also prevent people from signing a lease, obtaining health care and living life. As our guest Kat Calvin says, 99% of the 1% vote -- and 77% of the people she works for have never voted before. Kat is the Founder and Executive Director of Spread the Vote and the Co-Founder and CEO of the Project ID Action Fund. She works in communities to advocate for accessible laws and policies to help residents obtain their IDs. Hear about her work in the January Georgia run-off elections and how social work students can get involved. Note: This episode was recorded before the run-off elections in Georgia.

In Which We Discuss: 1. Trump interfered so badly in the Georgia runoffs that even the muesli caucus was able to win 2. Speaking of muesli caucus, they were awarded three cabinet positions this week 3. You know the president is dangerous when even Pinterest has a Trump ban  4. The vaccine rollout is chaos. See you guys in December. 5. It’s women that are losing all of the jobs. 6. We’re joined by Spread the Vote founder and guest extraordinaire Kat Calvin! Donate or volunteer for Kat's fantastic organizations, which help get IDs to the people who need them to work, get healthcare, get services, and more!  Spread The Vote Project ID   Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!

In Which We Discuss: 1. We’re joined by the founder of Spread The Vote and host of Vote! The Podcast, Kat Calvin!  2. Joe Biden was declared the winner by Lila Nordstrom a full 12 hours before network news had the balls to step up and say something. 3. Alaska‘s not bothering to count at all, GA’s going to have to count forever because they’re having two Senate runoffs in January. 4. We lost all sorts of house races b/c people won’t listen to AOC. 5. Californians fucked up on the props. And after we literally did all the work for you! 6. The Biden transition talk is as infuriating as you’d expect because Pete Buttigeig is involved.   Donate to organizations doing critical GOTV work in Georgia: Spread The Vote New Georgia Project   Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!  

Lawyer, activist and social entrepreneur Kat Calvin is the founder and executive director of Spread the Vote, a nonprofit organization that helps people get government-issued photo ID. She is also a skincare Queen with her own skincare fridge! Hear all about her organization, how the hunnies can help spread the vote, and what is in her fridge. Plus, which skincare product represents the politics of 2020? We get down to the bottom of democracy, and the bottom of your favorite jar of cream! For a list of everything mentioned in this episode, go to www.natchbeaut.com.

This episode features two amazing women doing hugely important things for our democracy. Our first guest is Amanda Litman. Amanda is the co-founder and executive director of Run for Something, an organization supporting young candidates running in state and local elections. Later in the program, we hear from Kat Calvin, founder and executive director of Spread the Vote, a non-profit dedicated to clearing obstacles that keep poor people from getting the IDs needed to vote. Have you made your voting plan? Have you voted yet? It's not too late, and your democracy needs you. Visit IWillVote.com to get started. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message

Here’s how presidential elections normally work: Votes are cast on the first Tuesday in November. Ballots are counted. And usually, sometime late that night, a winner is announced. Not this year. Election officials are expecting a big bump in mail-in ballots, which take longer to count. Some experts think up to half of all ballots cast this year will be done by mail. That means it could be days or even weeks before we know if President Donald Trump won a second term or if Democratic contender Joe Biden unseated him. Thursday at 9 a.m., MPR News host Kerri Miller will talk with two voting experts about what to expect on election night 2020.  Guests: Barry Burden, political science professor and director of the Election Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Kat Calvin, founder and executive director of Spread the Vote and co-host of Vote! The Podcast. Correction (Sept. 17, 2020): A previous version of this story misspelled Barry Burden’s name. The story has been updated. To listen to the full conversation you can use the audio player above. Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts , Spotify or RSS

In this episode of Notes From America, voting rights expert Kat Calvin and I will discuss through how many hoops Americans have to jump in order to vote, what her organization Spread The Vote does, and we'll also examine the context and history of voter suppression to finally answer the question: Why is this happening? This is part 2 of a mini series about the upcoming U.S. election. We recorded the interview in late July. Guest:Kat Calvin, lawyer, voting rights expert and founder of Spread The Vote. https://www.spreadthevote.org/ Listen to more from Kat Calvin over at Vote - The Podcast, which she does with Vote.org's Andrea Hailey. https://vote-the-podcast.simplecast.com/ Useful linksInformation for the rules, requirements, and deadlines to vote in your state (from voter registration forms to polling station addresses) + links to your state's official election center website: www.vote.org You will vote for more positions than the president's office, but who else will be on your ballot? Find out at Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Sample_Ballot_Lookup At Vote Smart you can look up the candidates' bios, donors, and positions on a range of issues you might care about: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/ The ACLU’s How to Vote Guide answers many practical questions about the election, including what to do if you run into obstacles: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/voting-rights/

Eleanor LeCain talks about a proven strategy for getting more people to vote with Kat Calvin, founder and executive director of Spread the Vote, a national organization that helps Americans get the IDs they need for jobs, housing, and voting.

Kat Calvin is the Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote and the Co-Founder and CEO of Project ID. A lawyer, activist and social entrepreneur, Kat has built a national organization that helps Americans obtain the ID they need for jobs, housing and life, and that also allows them to go to the polls. Kat is also the co-host, along with Andrea Hailey of Vote! The Podcast.   More info about The Passionistas Project. Full Transcript: Passionistas: Hi, and welcome to the Passionistas Project Podcast. We're Amy and Nancy Harrington. And before we start our interview today, we wanted to tell you about our upcoming event from Friday, August 21st through Sunday, August 23rd, we'll be hosting the Passionistas Project Women's Equality Summit. The three-day virtual event will feature live panel discussions, prerecorded presentations, daily workshops. The Passionistas Portraits storyteller event. The LUNAFEST® short film festival, a virtual marketplace and a Pay It Forward Portal. We'll also be presenting the first annual Passionistas Persist Humanitarian Award to a very special honoree. The weekend is centered around the theme of women's equality and intersectional feminism from a range of perspectives, including racial equality, LGBTQ plus rights, financial equity, voter suppression, ageism, physical and mental health issues, religious persecution, and so much more. And best of all, it's free for the weekend. Go to ThePassionistasProject.com to register. And now for today's interview, we're talking with Kat Calvin, the Founder and Executive Director of Spread the Vote and the Co-Founder and CEO of Project ID. A lawyer activist and social entrepreneur, Kat has built a national organization that helps Americans obtain the ID they need for jobs, housing and life. And that also allows them to go to the polls. Kat is an advisor to Ragtag and DemCast and sits on the boards of the California Women's List. Kat is one of the Time magazines 16 people in groups fighting for a more equal America, 2018 Fast Company 100 most creative people in business and has been a Business Insider 30 under 30, Grios 100 and more. So please welcome to the show. Kat Calvin. Kat: Thanks so much for having me. Passionistas: Thanks for joining us today. What's the one thing you're most passionate about? Kat: That's an incredibly difficult question, probably movies. I love movies more than anything. That's probably my greatest passion in life. What is it about movies that mean so much to you? I came up in theater and I love storytelling and I love accessible storytelling. And so I sort of studied a lot of theater and sort of the difference between the way theater was during the times of Eschalas and Shakespeare, what it was for the commons. And now it's less successful, but TV and film and took lately. Now that we have streaming, et cetera, it's accessible for everyone. And I think that great storytelling that everyone can see is really amazing. And I come from a big movie loving family. So it's most of my early memories have to do with like Butch and Sundance or Hitchcock or something. It's pretty much what I talk about all the time. If I'm not talking about IDs or voting, most people like you are the wrong business. If I had to choose one great passion, I'm sure the answers should be something related to what I do for a living, but it's actually movies, which is no secret to anybody. Passionistas: So let's talk a little bit about what you do for a living. So talk about Spread the Vote. What inspired you to start it. Kat: At Spread the Vote we help people get government issued photo ID, which they use for jobs, housing, to get food at many food banks to sleep in many shelters, etc, everything you need an ID for in life. And then in many States across the country, they also use them to vote. So we help folks get all of the documents required. Birth certificates, proofs of residency insurance, not insurance identity, etc. We pay for everything. We provide transportation advocacy at the DMV and government offices and do whatever it takes to get an ID of their hands. This is all pre apocalypse, of course. And then when an election comes around, we make sure they're all registered to vote. And then we do a lot of voter education. 77% of our clients have never voted before. So we do a lot of helping just walk folks through the process and what's going to be on the ballot and how to vote, et cetera. And then we take them to the polls. So that's sort of the process A to Z. I started it after the 2016 elections. Actually we're about to have our third birthday. I started December of 16, but we count our official birthday is May 6, which is when we launched our first chapter. And so now we're in 12 States. We're working hard, getting ideas everyday until like a month ago. And now we're all just like waiting for the zombies to come. Passionistas: Don't watch any more zombie movies. That's not going to help you right now. It's just going to make it harder. That is an incredible mission to be on. Was there an inciting incident that inspired you to do this, or was it just kind of something that had been on your mind? Kat: I would say the election in November of 2016 was the inciting incident. I had studied voting rights in law school and some done a lot of work around it and sort of the voting rights act, but we still had one at that time. I didn't really feel that it was a really pressing me to like go into voting rights work. And I went into some other spaces. And then when the VRA was declined in 2013, we started to see a lot of things change about voting in America, particularly voter ID laws were being passed pretty quickly. And then the '16 elections were the first national elections where we didn't have the protections of the voting rights act and where we saw the effects of a lot of these new laws and rules. I'm including the effects of voter ID laws I'm and I had run some other organizations and I had some health issues. I had sort of decided to retire that lasted a year, then the election happened. And so then I knew I had to sort of get started again. And there were a lot of really fantastic organizations trying to fight voter ID laws through judicial or legislative remedies, which have been less successful than would be desired, but there weren't any organizations, national organizations just getting IDs. So that sort of made sense to me as a good place to start. Passionistas: Talk about the nuts and bolts of it. How do you go about finding the people who need these ideas and how do you help them? Kat: Well, there are over 21 million people in the country over the age of 18 who do not have government issued photo ID. So finding people who need help getting ideas, not a challenge. We partner with a ton of organizations, uh, any type of organization that works with the same 11% of the population that we work with. Um, if you don't have an ID, then you can't get a job. I get housing, et cetera. So it's a large percentage of people who are experiencing homelessness, a lot of returning citizens, um, a lot of seniors and students with low or no incomes. Um, so we partner with shelters and food banks and prisons and jails and public defenders and schools and senior centers and just all of those types of organizations. And we either go to them or they refer people to us, depending on the situation. You know, we work with a lot of, uh, domestic violence. I'm the shelters. And so, you know, there, we have to be specially trained and they refer people to us versus if we're going to a food bank once a week. So we really work with each community based on what works best for them. I am. And then we have our mostly volunteers. We have over 600 trained volunteers, but then we also have a few field staff who go into these spaces, um, and, and connect with the clients. Uh, we also get, you know, at this point, a lot of people who call us or email us, or fill out a form online that we have, but they all get connected with someone who then walks them through that process of helping them get those documents, paying for everything, helping them get to final records and the DMV and wherever they need to go and making sure they get the idea in their hand. Passionistas: Why is this so important right now? Kat: Now it's important because there are over 21 million people in this country who don't have the ID. They need to see a doctor, right? Like there are really immediate needs. You can't do anything really without an ID. And so when you think about, you know, people who need to get employed, one of the first things that happens almost every time we get someone IDs, they say, I can apply for jobs now, or we have a lot of people who get jobs. I can't start them because they don't have ID. And so, you know, you cannot escape poverty without an ID. Um, you can't get off the streets independently without an ID. And so being able to help someone get that means that they are able to, you know, pursue employment opportunities. Um, you know, a lot of cities and, and shelters have place housing placement services, but you can't get one without 90. And I'm the reason we work with a lot of government agencies and shelters, et cetera, is because they don't have the capacity and knowledge to get ideas. So, you know, we've got people lining up around multiple city blocks to go to food banks right now, most food banks require ID. So they're necessary for life. They are, they can literally be life and death. And we've seen that more than once, but they are also a requirement to be able to change one circumstance. And then on top of that in a quite few States, you need an ID to be able to vote. And so if you don't have that identification, then you don't have the ability to exercise a basic fundamental rights. Passionistas: This is also for us an obvious question. I mean, we need to get an ID. We need to know the real ID that's coming out. So we have to gather together our social security card and a electric bill and go to the DMV, but someone who's homeless and living on the streets, doesn't have an electric bill and doesn't maybe have access to the social security card. So how do you help them actually qualify to even get an ID? Kat: So every state has very long lists of the types of documents that you can bring to the DMV. For most people, it's a mortgage or, or a, you know, uh, electric bill or whatever. And so those are sort of the top things on the list that most people go and get. However, there are a lot of other types of documents. And so it depends on the state and it depends on the person's situation. Um, but you know, we can frequently use a church or a shelter address, uh, to get, uh, to use for the DMV. One great thing about voter registration is that a voter registration card counts as a proof of identity in most States. So we can use that. We have frequently had to chase down. We're constantly having to chase down records from the Department of Corrections or military records because we have a lot of veterans get IDs and they can't get the VA VA benefits without IDs, but they're veterans don't just get IDs. And so I'm depending sort of on that their background, or we, you know, track down sort of medical records or old school records or sort of whatever. So it, depending on the state and on the person situation, we go through the very long list of what documents are accepted by the DMV. And then we compare that with what the person has or what their history is. And so we figure out what it is we think we can get for them. Passionistas: The amount of people on your team must have to be enormous. Can you talk about your team and how you've built that over the course of the last few years? Kat: Yeah. I mean, we certainly need a ginormous team. I mean, we're lucky we have, we have a lot of really incredible volunteers and we have an online training program that they go through to get certified. I mean, I invented this certification, but I can't say, but they get trained to be able to work with our clients and get ideas. We have some field staff members in the, in some of our States who are incredible and sort of just get ideas full time, that's their job. And they do a really amazing job at that. And then we have a, you know, sort of small national team that helps with yeah, you know, our general counsel who is just constantly busy. I am, you know, and, and helping organize things. And our volunteer director, who's one person who's managing a risk, et cetera, volunteers. We are mostly working with volunteers and mostly just working really hard to recruit and train and support our volunteers and, you know, 12 States with as many people as there are, there's always some adventure every day. There's a phone call with a new situation. Um, and so sort of dealing with all of that while also having, um, you know, we're lucky enough to have some field staff who are able to just everyday do this. We have some volunteers who've been with us since actually, since they helped us get our, the volunteers that helped us get our very first IDs in Virginia years ago are still with us and are now up to hundreds and are now probably the world's leading experts in getting ideas. And then, you know, we have a field staff who I've gotten hundreds of ideas and I do it every day, um, et cetera. And so for the first year or a little under, if the first year I was our only employee, I sort of did everything. And then I'm just, you know, it's a nonprofit. So it's just all fundraising all the time. I was able to fundraise enough to start hiring staff and was able to bring in some great people. And then we sort of grew and built it out and sort of tried to figure out an experiment, like what makes the most sense as far as staffing and sort of just a lot of this sort of basic startup stuff of you, throw it out there, you figure it out. And I just ended up with this really great team. Passionistas: Obviously the current state of voting rights issues is a little crazy. There's a lot going on. There's a big election coming up. So why is this issue important and why should people care about what's going on with voting rights right now? Kat: Life is interesting right now. So there's a couple of things happening. The first is we have zero idea what life is going to look like in November. You know, hopefully I will be allowed to leave my house soon, or I might burn it down. I am, but you know, we don't know what the world is going to look like. And so a lot of us, I think most of us in this space are really trying to build out like 12 contingency plans. Everyone saw the disaster in Wisconsin, uh, forcing people to vote, uh, forcing them to vote in fewer polling places where now we, you know, they've had multiple, I think the last I saw was 19, but it's so highly contagious at that number will go up of COVID cases that are coming out of that situation. And so everyone, I think, recognizes that regardless of what the world looks like in November and whether we're allowed back out, it's not going to be anything close to normal. We're still going to have to avoid gathering in large groups. And it's going to be very, very important to keep as many people away from the polling places as possible so that people who have to vote in person are able to. So there is a big movement right now towards vote by mail, which is fantastic. I vote by mail is by no means a panacea. It should not be the only option in any state. However, it should be part of a really great comprehensive voting package. And so the goal is to get all of the States that don't have vote by mail or easy vote by mail. A lot of States, you can do it if you are absentee with certain excuses, things like that, to open that up so that, um, anyone can vote by mail, which would significantly reduce the number of people that go to polling places and we'll have some increase on, on voter turnout as well. So I think that's one thing that's really moving forward. The irony is that no state, well, there's a possible Kentucky exception, which I'll talk about, but the idea's not required when you vote by mail, which is ironic because the only type of voter fraud that exists in a very, very, very small percentage is by mail. However, fraud is used as the excuse to pass the ID laws of it's not. So, you know, that is one benefit to it. Kentucky just took time out of a pandemic to pass an even stricter voter ID law that they already had. And they are trying something new. They are trying to make people have to make a photocopy of their ID to send in with their vote by mail ballot, which I can't imagine standing in courts for one thing who owns a printer, nobody owns a printer. I like the idea that this is a thing that could happen. I think it's bonkers. I might, but it is something that they're trying. So we'll see. But that is, I think that's a new thing in pretty much every other state, you don't have to show ID to vote by mail. There are other problems with vote by mail studies have shown over and over again, that people of color have their ballots thrown out at a much higher percentage than white voters. And so that is something that, you know, that's why a lot of people of color choose to vote in person, because there is no guarantee that if you vote, your ballot is ever actually going to be counted. I think that there are a lot of things that we can do to try to make that process more secure, but we're also in a global pandemic. And so for a lot of us, the choice will be vote by mail don't. I vote by mail every election because I don't believe in wearing pants when I'm voting. Like where my PJ's, I have a glass of wine. I can vote like vote pantsless. It's just, it's the only way to go. So I think that's one big thing we're seeing. Another big thing we're seeing is trying to get young people to be poll workers, poll workers are traditionally heavily elderly ladies. My mother is always a poll worker. My mother is always one of the youngest people there and there, there are these wonderful, amazing, dedicated women who do this. And, and you know, a lot of men, there's a lot of older ladies and it is poor work hard. It's a miserable job. I always have to help my mother clean up and set up. And it's a very difficult thing that I think they go very under appreciated. But right now the exact population who we really need to stay inside and be protected is the population that usually works the polls. And so there are now some efforts being made to really try to get younger people, to be trained, to work the polls. In many States, you get paid some amount of money in order to do it. You know, it's an important service and we really need a different demographic to come out and choose to do that. So there's an effort to recruit folks to do more of that. So I think that, that everyone is sort of trying to figure out there's also, this has really changed the way we do geo TV. I mean, normally, you know, normally my organization would be out getting IDs right now as I speak and we're not, I am. And so we're having to change the way we work and do work virtually and, you know, do more things if state agencies, you know, a jail that we're working with got 27 IDs last week because they can still do that. And so we're trying to do as much work as we can in the ways that we can. This is right now at the time when voting rights organizations would be out talking to communities of color, low income communities and starting to, you know, not even starting, really being in the middle of the process of talking to people about voting because the get out the vote process is a very long process. It's not something you can just do an October. Um, and there are a lot of communities that don't have access to the internet or to phone. And so we, there's, it's a difficult thing to do right now. So everyone's trying to adapt and trying to figure out, okay, if we can all leave our houses in August, then that gives us, you know, two and a half months maybe to be able to like, get back on the streets and work. And what does that look like? So there are some efforts being made. There's also just a lot of contingency planning and there's some just sort of like, okay, well, we're going to do what we can now have been, wait and see what happens because we don't know what the world's going to look like in November, Passionistas: We're Amy and Nancy Harrington and you're listening to the Passionistas Project Podcast and our interview with Kat Calvin. We're excited to announce the Kat will be moderating the panel "How far have we come in a 100 years? Making sure all women can vote" on Saturday, August 22nd during the Passionistas Project Women's Equality Summit. To register for free for the online event visit ThePassionistasProject.com. Visit, SpreadTheVote.org and ProjectID.org to learn more about the work Kat is doing. And be sure to tune in, to Vote! The Podcast with her cohost, Andrea Hayley, available wherever you get your podcasts. Now here's more of our interview with Kat. So during these crazy times, what can the average person do to help you and your organization? And also just in terms of keeping focused on the election I had, what can we do do to help? Kat: So you can go to SpreadTheVote.org/volunteer. Luckily all of our training is already online. So you can I'm if you live in one of our 12 States, which you can find on our website, you can get trained. We're going to have, we also already do all of our volunteer summits virtually, and we had one planned for this summer. So I, we are working very hard to build an even bigger volunteer army so that the day that we can get back on the streets, we can go out in full force and try to make up for some lost time. I also recommend, you know, I, I am, I am always going to, uh, preach in favor of local elections and say, stop paying attention to the iron throne. It really doesn't matter all that much local elections matter and state elections matter. And Congress matters and candidates are working very hard to make sure that there are virtual conflicts come up with virtual ways to campaign. And, you know, we had some already text making and phone banking and things like that. They're coming up with creative ways, find some local candidates who you care about, like, who is your Senator? Who is your con your representative in Congress? Who are your state legislative representatives and work on supporting them and helping to get out the vote and particularly looking at and press them on, how are they working to reach communities of color and low income communities that they traditionally would either be reaching out to in person or frankly, most don't really pay attention to even when they should be, because they really need to be thinking about what that looks like, and they really need support. And I think there are a lot of people who think that they can't support candidates right now because they can't like go knock on doors or they can't have a texting party and you still can't. So that's really critical. And then, you know, I always point people towards Indivisible, which is a fantastic organization, which has a lot of local. I think they have at least two chapters in every district in the country. It doesn't say please, working on finding really innovative and great ways for people to get involved, whether it's virtual, I now, or in person later. Everyone right now is trying very hard to figure out what to do and, and, you know, sort of switch methods as much as possible. And we really need people to help get involved, whether it's doing a lot right now, or whether it's prepping right now to be able to do a lot, the second we can get back on the ground. Passionistas: Is there a particular trait that you think has helped you succeed? Kat: Well, I mean, I guess, I mean, I could say perseverance is such a cliche, but it's true. I don't think you can't be a successful entrepreneur without it are probably successful. Anything else, but I've only ever been a successful entrepreneur, perseverance, like just knowing, all right, I'm doing this thing. It's important. I'm going to figure it out. I'm going to fail like 8,000 times and yeah, but that's fine. Like I'm gonna make it work, I think is really important. And so whether that's perseverance or a little bit of grit or both I think is, is really key because you will hit so many roadblocks and have so many tragedies and you know, like I, if I could burn just all of last year to the ground, I would, I am. And like, you just have to really just keep getting up every day, “Frozen 2,” first of all, if you haven't watched Frozen 2,” turn this off, watch “Frozen 2” come back and finish this. It's incredible. It's not Disney+, which is the greatest thing to happen to 2020, which is a low bar, but still, but the best song in “Frozen 2,” it's "Into the Unknown." Sorry, I'll say it's actually "The Next Right Thing." And it is a sign. As soon as I heard it, I was like, “Oh my God, this is my life.” Because it's all about how, when everything is terrible, you just have to take one more step. If you just have to think, what is the next thing I'm supposed to do? And sometimes that's just like, get out of bed can be really hard. And that's when you are an entrepreneur, when you're trying to do something new or something no one's ever done before, it's going to be really difficult. And you're going to have a lot of people tell you all of the reasons that you are an idiot and a failure, and this will never work. And you're a terrible person and you're wasting time or whatever. And, you know, things will get really hard. And if you can just do next right thing, just take the next steps. Send the next email. Send the next, you know, fundraising letter or whatever like that actually does get you through. Cause then you look back, if you did 10 things and now you're, you're at a better place. Um, and that, that I think is probably the biggest key to my like still being alive and still running this thing. Passionistas: Is there a lesson that you've learned on your journey that really sticks with you? Kat: And I think it's the other side of that. I was very afraid to go into this year because last year was so terrible. And then I was talking to someone and they were like, yeah, but you survived last year and you're here. And I was like, Oh, actually, that's true. If I survived that, I stupidly that I could survive anything, not knowing the apocalypse. I may not survive being stuck in my house for the rest of my life. But I'm, you know, I think that it's the constant lesson and this has been a big lesson just of my entire life. And like the older I get, the more that I learned this is like, things seem so terrible when you're on one side of it, particularly when you're young, like when I was in my teens and twenties, like one bad thing would happen and I thought it was the end of the world. But then the older you get, you realize, Oh, actually I survived that. And I forgot about it. That thing that I thought was going to kill me six months ago, I don't even remember anymore. I am another thing I was obsessing about for weeks can't even remember that person's name. And so I think that, you know, and then the older you get and the more you do and the bigger risks you take and the more successful you are, the crashes are harder and they're still very frequent, but you get through them more quickly and more easily because you know, I'm going to get through this. I survived that last thing I can survive this. It's okay if I'm super obsessing about this today, because in three days, I know I won't be, you just have that perspective, which you can only get through just living and just failing and just trying things failing again. It's like, you know, I, I love to run and workout and every run, well, not everyone is easier, but like six months, you know, I can do a run and, you know, like the 10 miles is way easier than I can think back, like, Oh my God, six months ago, like eight was really hard, you know? And it's the same thing with life experience. And I think that that makes you more willing to try big things. I'm and it also, it makes the inevitable failures a little easier because you know, you're going to get through it. You have before. Passionistas: So what's the most rewarding part of your career? Kat: Oh, the people who, uh, who we have good IDs and, you know, we get just every day, there's, you know, there's so many stories that come in of peoples whose lives have changed and people who didn't have IDs for sometimes six months sometimes, you know, I think the person who we helped get an ID who didn't have one the longest was 40 years and everything in between. And just knowing that every single day we're able to help someone get the thing that they need to change their lives, that they couldn't get on their own. And that was the big barrier between them living the lives that they, they want to live, that they hope to live, um, and stuck in the same place. So just getting to do that every day and getting to do that with a really amazing group of people, uh, is, is completely rewarding. Passionistas: What's the biggest risk you have taken and how did it pay off? Kat: Oh, definitely this, I quit my job and drove my car across the country with some money we raised on, uh, like me have some volunteers raised with a little crowdfunding campaign and was like, I'll just start a nonprofit if it works out. And I'll put all of this on my Amex and figure out how to pay it off later. Um, like that was, was, you know, I've taken a little risks, I've started other things, but this was by far the biggest risk. And I mean, I'm gonna knock on all the words so far has paid off. Like even, even if disaster strikes and we entered the greatest depression and you know, I have to shut all the doors and move under a bridge. I, you know, there are thousands and thousands of people who have IDs now whose lives were changed because of the work we did. And so that will always stand. So no matter what happens in the future, it is 100% worth everything had to go through because, you know, there's that person whose life was changed because of this. Passionistas: What advice would you give to a young woman who wants to be an entrepreneur? Kat: Don't go to law school. I could go back. I don't go to law school. Don't do anything that would have you acquire student loans. I, you don't need to go to that incredibly expensive school, go to the great, fantastic state school, state school that will either be less expensive or give you a full ride. So that's my first thing. Like student loans will kill you and it makes it much more difficult to be an entrepreneur. Sure. Also, I know there's a big trend towards trend. I mean, at this point, it's as old as I am, but you know, like being very young and starting a thing, but then there's a reason that we so often see those companies either have horrifically bad managers who torture their staffs or they're running Ponzi schemes, or they're feeling an ethic ways or, you know, going to prison. Sometimes I, you know, there is real value in learning from people who've been there before you, I learned, well, I have had some horrible jobs at places that people think are really great and are actually like insidious hell holes. And I learned a lot there. And a lot of what I do is like things that I learned not to do and those corporations or those large nonprofits or whatever, but you just, you get so much experience everything that I am using that I used to build, Spread the Vote are lessons that I learned and things I learned how to do, or at least learned the basics of from previous jobs. And I think it's so important. And also, you know, I try to listen and learn from people who are older than me, as much as possible if I'm talking to an older person and they start a story with "during the war," like my whole day is canceled. I am staying there. I will keep buying these during the war. That is literally, I live for that. I've heard great stories from old men at bars about like stuff Vietnam. And I'm sure 80% of it is a total lie and I don't care. You know, it's, it's so important, you know, um, we know always have people who are older than me, you know, working at the organization or as mentors or whatever. And you can just learn so much from people who've been there before you. And it even feels weird to me to say that, but there's this like such derision against anyone who's not like a 21 year old genius and there are no 21 year old geniuses. And so I think that really being sure you're learning and that you're giving yourself plenty of opportunities to figure out who you really are and what you really want to do. Um, and then that you're studying that space. I get so many young people who want to talk to me about their businesses and, you know, say I spoke to a young woman, wants to, she wanted to start a business in fashion. And I mentioned something about Women's Wear Daily and she didn't know what it was. And it's like, well, you can't, you can't run an organization, a business and fashion. If you don't know, Women's Wear Daily, it's the like cornerstone fashion magazine. Right? And like, you have to do your research. You have to know the basics. If you're going into voting rights, read every book about voting rights, know the text of the voting rights act, know who came before you and what they've done. You know, we, I think we interviewed everybody that we could find for me, but Brendan center, it's a local organizations, as we were trying to figure out, what do people tried before? What has worked? Why has it worked? You know? And then we would come up with ideas and we'd call back, you know, some of the same people and say, what do you think about this? And they'd say this is going to work. And that's a terrible idea. And this is why this has failed 85 times. And that's what help is get to a solution that worked. You have to do your homework and you have to be knowledgeable. Um, there's nothing cute or fun or interesting about being an entrepreneur who doesn't know their space and Google is free. So really you ha you have to know what you're doing are know the business you're getting into in order to be able to know what you're doing. And don't go to law school for the love of God. Passionistas: Thanks for listening to the Passionistas Project Podcast and our interview with Kat Calvin. Visit SpreadTheVote.org and ProjectID.org to learn more about the work Kat is doing. And be sure to tune in, to Vote! The Podcast with her cohost, Andrea Hayley, available wherever you get your podcasts. Don't forget to register for the Passionistas Project Women's Equality Summit to hear Kat's live panel "How far have we come in a 100 years? Making sure all women can vote" on Saturday, August 22nd. The summit is sponsored by Annette Kahler innovation and intellectual property attorney, LA Pride/Christopher Street West, Luna whole nutrition bars, the premium beverage company Tea Drops, TrizCom Public Relations and public speaking coaching company, ubu skills. To register for free for the online event visit ThePassionistasProject.com and be sure to subscribe to the Passionistas Project Podcast so you don't miss any of our upcoming inspiring guests.

In this episode, I wanted to find inspiration, a hero. It's 2020 and it's an election year in America. Behind all of the politicking, campaign, and primaries noise, I found an exemplary woman actually making democracy happen. That's Kat, Calvin, saving American democracy one voter ID at a time.Support the show (https://www.unmuted.africa/support-us/)

Was - und wer - hindert US-Bürger*innen am Wählen? Der Glaube, das Rennen zwischen Donald Trump und Joe Biden sei schon gelaufen, spielt da nur eine kleine Rolle. Im Vordergrund stehen Sabotage und subtile Regeln, die einzelne Gruppen ausschließen, bis hin zu einer Aktion, die mich echt geschockt hat. Obendrein erfahrt ihr, was engagierte Amerikaner*innen gegen Wahlbehinderung unternehmen, welche Maßnahmen eine sichere US-Wahl 2020 unter Pandemiebedingungen ermöglichen sollen und warum es Quatsch ist, vor Wahlbetrug zu warnen. Spoiler alert: Die Kurzantwort steht da unten schon hinter dem *. Gäste: Kat Calvin, Anwältin und Gründerin von Spread The Vote und Elaine Kamarck, Politikforscherin an der Brookings Institution. Ganz wie bei den Wahlen hilft auch beim Podcasten jedes bisschen. Unterstützt Notizen aus Amerika: steadyhq.com/de/notizenausamerika/ Auf notizenausamerika.de findet ihr wie immer weiterführende Links, dort könnt ihr auch eine Frage oder ein Thema für eine neue Folge vorschlagen. Neuerdings gibt's auch eine Facebookseite - die bleibt, wenn sie ein Publikum findet. ;-) *Wahlbetrug ist in den USA extrem selten.

As the Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote, Kat is helping people attain the state IDs necessary to vote - which is more important than ever right now. Beyond her story of founding Spread the Vote, Kat shares lessons in learning from those who come before you, the challenges of social entrepreneurship, and the fundamental rule in leadership: treat your employees the way you would want to be treated. Enjoy this fun episode!

Voter turnout in the US is notably lower than in other established democracies. Kat Calvin, Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote and Project ID, and Andrea Hailey, CEO of Vote.org, discuss their new podcast Vote!, which addresses questions about voting and motivates voters to get to the polls. They'll also take calls from listeners who don't vote, or who don't vote in every election. It's part of our ongoing series "Protect the Vote."

Kat Calvin, founder and executive director of Spread the Vote, an organization that focuses on helping Americans get the ID they need to vote, discusses how the Coronavirus outbreak has affected these communities. We also discuss how the stimulus package and other relief efforts and resources fail to meet the needs of vulnerable populations. Get 15% Off from M.M. LaFleur! M.M. La Fleur is offering Electorette listeners 15% off of their first order when they use code ELECTORETTE. Just visit MMLaFleur.com/Electorette and enter code ELECTORETTE for this exclusive listener discount! Read more about M.M. LaFleur's "Ready to Run" program here. Support the Electorette Rate & Review on iTunes: https://apple.co/2GsfQj4 Support Electorette on Patreon for $2/month: http://bit.ly/Electorette-Patreon Also, if you enjoy the Electorette, please subscribe and leave a 5-star review on iTunes. Also, please spread the word by telling your friends, family and colleagues about The Electorette! Want to support the Electorette so that we can bring you more great episodes? You can help us produce more episodes with just $2/per month on Patreon. Every bit helps! Patreon.com/Electorette WANT MORE ELECTORETTE? Follow the Electorette on social media. Electorette Facebook Electorette Instagram Electorette Twitter The Electorette is a proud member of the DemCast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly chats with Kat Calvin, Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote + Project ID. They chat about the work of STV, the difficulties people face in obtaining IDs, and the new challenges for that same population during the current COVID-19 crisis.

Kelly chats with Kat Calvin, Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote + Project ID. They chat about the work of STV, the difficulties people face in obtaining IDs, and the new challenges for that same population during the current COVID-19 crisis.

In this episode I talk with Kat Calvin, founder of Project ID and Spread the Vote about why her organization focuses on getting ID for the millions of Americans who don't have any.This goes so far beyond what I was expecting when I got into this conversation. I had no idea about some of the things people can't access without identification. Things that make just doing daily life really hard.Have a listen! It's equal parts fascinating and horrifying.

In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden sit down with Kat Calvin, founder of Spread the Vote, an organization dedicated to helping voters get the proper IDs in order to vote! Join them as they discuss why the organization was founded, what states have the toughest voter ID laws, and why voter suppression is a very real problem.  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back for our last episode of 2019! On this episode of Your Vote Matters, we're joined by special guest Kat Calvin, Founder of Spread the Vote. She gives perspective on identification as means of elevating the quality of life for millions of people without one. Once people can change their lives, then they'll vote. Spread the Vote just began work in two new states - Michigan and Pennsylvania - and Talyce and Ellie were natural volunteer recruits. After the break, Dan, Talyce and Ellie turn back to the 2020 Presidential Primary! We break down the primary schedule, state's rights, third party candidates, and more. Presidential primary season is around the corner, and we want everyone to be in the know. We'll be back in January with more phenomenal guests and nonpartisan election coverage! Find Spread the Vote on Social Media @spreadthevoteus Cover Art: Brandie Stonge @hummingbee_studio Like what you heard? Leave us a review! As always, connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @campus_elect. #pizza at the polls

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

We're back from the holiday break! On this episode of Your Vote Matters, we're joined by special guest Rainesford Stauffer, a journalist who covers culture and politics. She gives insight on rural and young voters, nonpartisan work in journalism, and sheds light on this hot topic: should the voting age be lowered to 16? After the break, Dan, Talyce and Ellie give a breakdown of how a caucus works versus a ballot primary! Presidential primary season is around the corner, and we want everyone to be in the know. Next week we'll be joined by Kat Calvin from Spread the Vote. 'Tis the season for exciting special guests! Find Rainesford on social media or Muck Rack by searching @RainesfordStauffer. Cover Art: Brandie Stonge @hummingbee_studio Want to share your thoughts on the interview? Tag us on Twitter or Instagram @campus_elect. Like what you listened to? Leave us a review!

Our inaugural episode features social entrepreneur and civic innovator, Kat Calvin, discussing voter suppression and turnout plus what it's like running a nonprofit as a Black woman founder.

Who will be the electorate in 2020? What voters will be motivated to show up to the polls on Election Day and what will be the implications of the voter suppression actions in the states? Kat Calvin the Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote and Project ID comes to the front of the class to discuss her efforts to getting communities educated, registered and prepared to vote. Kat Calvin was named by Fast Company as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2018. She is a lawyer, activist, and social entrepreneur. Kat is the Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote and Project ID ~ a national organization that helps Americans obtain the IDs they need for jobs, housing, and life and that also allows them to go to the polls. Bonus #FirstCivicAction with one of L. Joy’s favorite civically engaged senior citizen Fannie Connor a retired super volunteer with the League of Women Voters (LWV). LWV was founded in 1919 and is a non-partisan group dedicated to promoting informed and active civic participation in government.

This episode brings together three previous interviews with voting experts to cover all aspects of voter suppression and voting rights, including the history of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark Supreme Court Case Shelby County vs. Holder, the GOP redistricting plan - Project RedMap, and voter ID laws. Interviews With: Carol Anderson, Professor & Author of “One Person, No Vote” Kira Lerner, Thinkprogress Reporter Kat Calvin, Founder of Spread the Vote RESOURCES: http://www.SwingLeft.org/Electorette Spread The Vote: www.SpreadtheVote.org Black Voters Matter: https://www.blackvotersmatterfund.org/ Campus Vote Project: http://campusvoteproject.org/ COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: No copyright is claimed in use of or for included archival news clips included and to the extent that material may appear to be infringed, we assert that such alleged infringement is permissible under fair use principles in U.S. copyright laws. If you believe material has been used in an unauthorized manner, please contact The Electorette (www.electorette.com). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

-- DIALOGUE LAB PODCAST EPISODE 013 - Kat Calvin: Spread the Vote -- After the 2016 presidential election, Kat Calvin took a hard look at the state of voting rights in this country, and did not like what she saw. Like the fact that in 34 states, eligible voters are being turned away from polling stations because they don’t have a state-issued ID. So Kat founded Spread the Vote, which is working to get people their IDs, so they can vote. As well as find jobs, apply for housing -- all sorts of essential things. I talked to Kat about what motivated her to build Spread the Vote from scratch, and about her leadership and life at the head of an ambitious effort to secure people’s voting rights in advance of these critical midterm elections. -- One of the things we talked about was how successful social impact leaders don’t try to go it alone. They check their egos at the door, so they can prioritize what’ most important: their missions. And Kat talked about how you can usually tell when someone is letting their ego drive the bus -- and driving potential allies and partners away. And if you ask me, the fact that it’s easy to spot -- that’s good news. Because spotting it is the first step to repairing and building the kind of strong partnerships you need to pull off your ambitious vision for change. I’ll be sending out an email the Tuesday after this episode goes live with a list of some of the key signs that tell you it might be time to take a look at who is driving your bus. If you want to get that email, go to dialoguelab.org/antidote and subscribe.

Sophy and Kelly speak with Kat Calvin, the founder of a 501c3 nonprofit called Spread the Vote, that helps eligible voters obtain government-issued photo IDs. They discuss the difficulties and expenses that people can face in obtaining photo IDs to vote, how Spread the Vote connects with people who need IDs in five states, and how listeners can help.

Sophy and Kelly speak with Kat Calvin, the founder of a 501c3 nonprofit called Spread the Vote, that helps eligible voters obtain government-issued photo IDs. They discuss the difficulties and expenses that people can face in obtaining photo IDs to vote, how Spread the Vote connects with people who need IDs in five states, and how listeners can help.

On this episode, Anoa chats with Kat Calvin, founder of Spread the Vote. about her work expanding on the principle of protesting with purpose. We have a lot of reactionary critique happening but what are people doing about it? Kat talks about some steps she's taken to help carve out spaces for folks to get involved from helping people get ID to signing up for volunteer legal services for folks harassed by white people calling the police, civic teach and engagement is an untapped resource in our field. The to pieces we referenced are shared below. Check it out and share! "Protest Without Strategy is Performance" https://blog.usejournal.com/protest-without-strategy-is-performance-ce3ea7e682e "Rose-Colored Glasses" https://medium.com/@katcalvinla/rose-colored-glasses-65c0ae3efe0f

This week we talk to Spread The Vote founder Kat Calvin about how her organization is working to get IDs to some of the 21 million eligible US voters who currently lack them. We learn about all the ways not having an ID can negatively affect a person's life, and the hands-on work it takes to get a person back to full participation in democracy. We encourage continued work against the recent Supreme Court nominee, and give the Golden Pantsuit to a woman making sure her shero great-grandmother finally gets the recognition she deserves. Subscribe and share today!

This week we talk to Spread The Vote founder Kat Calvin about how her organization is working to get IDs to some of the 21 million eligible US voters who currently lack them. We learn about all the ways not having an ID can negatively affect a person's life, and the hands-on work it takes to get a person back to full participation in democracy. We encourage continued work against the recent Supreme Court nominee, and give the Golden Pantsuit to a woman making sure her shero great-grandmother finally gets the recognition she deserves. Subscribe and share today!

We welcome Kat Calvin, Founder of SpreadTheVote, on our first episode of Season 2! In this episode, Kat shares how life on the road as a non-profit founder informs her self-care practices and conceptions of boundaries. From Instagram to “Stickk,” she sheds light on how apps and social media contribute to self-discipline and self-accountability. She shares her take on the more physical components of self-care in her discussion of sports and veganism. She ends with lessons from her mother about life as a black woman and reflects on the privileges being a single woman entails. Find Kat on Twitter and Instagram @KatCalvinLA, and follow us on Twitter @SelfCareSundays, Facebook.com/SelfCareSundaysPodcast, and on our website (https://www.selfcaresundayspodcast.com). At Self Care Sunday's, we strive to make our content accessible to everyone. A transcription of this episode is available here. Our show is possible because the generosity of our listeners! Please consider becoming a patron on Patreon (Patreon.com/SelfCareSundays).

Kat Calvin on her definition of success. Hear more from Kat: BONUS: Kat Calvin on her favorite quote BONUS: Kat Calvin on her dream for women BONUS: Kat Calvin on the women she would like to be for one day More info about The Passionistas Project.

Kat Calvin on the women she would like to be for one day. Hear more from Kat: BONUS: Kat Calvin on her favorite quote BONUS: Kat Calvin on her dream for women BONUS: Kat Calvin on her definition of success More info about The Passionistas Project.

Kat Calvin on her favorite quote. Hear more from Kat: BONUS: Kat Calvin on her dream for women BONUS: Kat Calvin on her definition of success BONUS: Kat Calvin on the women she would like to be for one day More info about The Passionistas Project.

Kat Calvin on her dream for women. Hear more from Kat: BONUS: Kat Calvin on her favorite quote BONUS: Kat Calvin on her definition of success BONUS: Kat Calvin on the women she would like to be for one day More info about The Passionistas Project.  

Spread the Vote is an organization that tackles undemocratic voter ID laws by directly working with citizens in marginalized groups to help them obtain their state ID. Spread the Vote founder, Kat Calvin, discusses the original motivation by her organization's start, as well as the cost and challenges many eligible voters face in getting the necessary ID in order to vote. We also discuss the many hidden barriers that not having an ID poses in every day life, not related to voting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brittany, Sam, DeRay and Clint are on for the news. Wendy Kopp, co-founder and CEO of Teach For All, joins DeRay talk through lessons learned across the international education community and the need for diverse and community-driven leadership. DeRay talks with Kat Calvin, founder and CEO of Spread the Vote, to help us understand voter ID laws and how to get involved in advance of upcoming elections. 

Kat Calvin joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in activism and how Voter ID laws are actually voter suppression laws and what Spread the Vote is doing to ensure that people have the identification they need to vote | Episode 74

Have you heard of Blerdology? Formerly known as Black Girls Hack, Blerdology is a social enterprise focused on the enhancement and celebration of the Black tech community. The CEO and Founder Kat Calvin along with PR Manager Amanda Spann will talk with BGN to discuss the accomplishments of this organization and how it affects our community.

#BlackGirlsHack (#BGH) is the first non-profit hackathon series specifically targeting the African American tech community. Our mission is to bring the black tech community around the country, to help black founded startups and non-profits develop the mobile and web apps that they need to take their businesses to the next step, and to benefit a local non-profit with the proceeds from our events. Kat Calvin is an entrepreneur, a lawyer, a traveler, and an avid TV watcher. She is the CEO and co-founder of Character’s Closet, and the founder of Michelle in Training and DC Young Entrepreneurs. kat is a geek who was thrilled to discover that there are a lot of other #blackgirl geeks out there. So she started #blackgirlshack as a way to bring the black geeks of the world together, builds some awesome apps to help other black founders, and raise money for amazing charities. For more about her, see katcalvin.com. http://blackgirlshack.com