Deep Democracy Podcast
1) Nourbese Flint on Turning Black Girl Magic into Black Woman Power
As the Policy Director / Program Manager for Black Women for Wellness, Nourbese Flint has helped to spearhead legislation around reproductive justice, public health, environmental health, sex educatio...Show More
2) Ep. 7 Jessica Byrd on Building the Movement and Owning the Journey
Jessica Byrd is a political strategist focused on recruiting and electing people of color and working with people of color-centered and led organizations on strategic political programming and self-su...Show More
3) Ep. 6 Memphis Mayoral Candidate Tami Sawyer on Why Representation Matters
As a county commissioner, Tami Sawyer saw that while Memphis might be doing a good job of attracting new businesses to town, the city hasn’t been working for the majority of residents, particularly lo...Show More
Ep. 6 Memphis Mayoral Candidate Tami Sawyer on Why Representation Matters
1:02:29 | Sep 30th, 2019
4) Ep. 5 Groundswell Fund's Transborder Migrant Justice Fellow Xiomara Corpeño Gets Deep on Immigration, Ancestors, and How Inappropriate Jokes Can Keep You Sane
Xiomara Corpeño is a longtime immigrants rights organizer who spent 12 years as the Organizing Director for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) in Los Angeles. Through March 2020, she w...Show More
5) Ep. 4 Emerge America's Political Director A'shanti Gholar on Playing the Long Game for Gender and Racial Parity in Politics
A'shanti Gholar got interested in politics through C-span as a kid and got activated by a politician's lies in high school. Today she's the political director for Emerge America, where she works tirel...Show More
6) Ep. 3 Abortion Bans, "Skilled" Immigrants, and the Women Leading the Fight against Voter Suppression in Tennessee
In the lead-up to 2016, Charlane Oliver and Tequila Johnson, co-founders of the Equity Alliance, led a coalition that registered 85,000 Latinx and Black voters. We check in on their fight, take a look...Show More
7) Ep. 2 Organizer Clarissa Brooks on Accountability
A look at why local elections are important to remember in the run-up to 2020, the three big issues heading to the supreme court—abortion "heart rate" bills, voter restriction, and the Census citizens...Show More
8) Ep. 1 She The People's Aimee Allison on Rebuilding
Wilnelia and Gina break down everything from what's happening with newly elected women politicians across the country to Ocasio-Cortez's latest committee appearances to why everyone is so intent on St...Show More
9) Welcome to Deep Democracy
Welcome to the politics show about moving forward, not getting mad, a show where we lift up movement builders and grassroots organizers and hold both political parties accountable for their role in cr...Show More