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 education, and voting rights in southern California.

Ep. 7 Jessica Byrd on Building the Movement and Owning the Journey

Oct 31st, 2019 1h 22m

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-sustainability. She ran Stacey Abrams successf

Ep. 6 Memphis Mayoral Candidate Tami Sawyer on Why Representation Matters

Sep 30th, 2019 1h 3m

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 low-income Black and brown residents. Her mayo

Ep. 5 Groundswell Fund's Transborder Migrant Justice Fellow Xiomara Corpeño Gets Deep on Immigration, Ancestors, and How Inappropriate Jokes

Aug 30th, 2019 1h 25m

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 will provide capacity building support to sev

Ep. 4 Emerge America's Political Director A'shanti Gholar on Playing the Long Game for Gender and Racial Parity in Politics

Jun 29th, 2019 1h 16m

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 tirelessly toward equal representation. Here she

Ep. 3 Abortion Bans, "Skilled" Immigrants, and the Women Leading the Fight against Voter Suppression in Tennessee

May 25th, 2019 1h 2m

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 at abortion bans across the country, and di

Ep. 2 Organizer Clarissa Brooks on Accountability

Apr 26th, 2019 1h 13m

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 citizenship question—and how they will impact us fro

Ep. 1 She The People's Aimee Allison on Rebuilding

Mar 28th, 2019 1h 14m

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 Stacey Abrams running for Senate but not presi

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Welcome to Deep Democracy

Mar 13th, 2019 2m 14s

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 creating the current messes in the U.S. govern