Green Tide Rising

Election 2024 Recap: This is Not the End of the Fight (English)

Hosts Asha Dahya and Monica Morales Garcia reflect on the 2024 election results, from the presidential outcome to ballot measures in ten U.S. states. They are joined by feminist lawyer and researcher Ximena Casas, Charo Valero of the Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, Maria Di Franco Quinonez at Equis, and a chorus of feminist leaders from throughout Season One. As always, they turn to the Green Wave for guidance. These experts remind listeners that our tools include evidence and data, grassroots movement building, storytelling, education, and legal and policy strategies. Because, as Ximena says, “Governments pass, but movements remain.” Join our movement at www.greentiderising.com [http://www.greentiderising.com/], listen back to Season One for a blueprint on where we go from here, and watch our accompanying video series ENTONCES.

Election 2024 Recap: This is Not the End of the Fight (Bilingual)

Hosts Asha Dahya and Monica Morales Garcia reflect on the 2024 election results, from the presidential outcome to ballot measures in ten U.S. states. They are joined by feminist lawyer and researcher Ximena Casas, Charo Valero of the Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, Maria Di Franco Quinonez at Equis, and a chorus of feminist leaders from throughout Season One. As always, they turn to the Green Wave for guidance. These experts remind listeners that our tools include evidence and data, grassroots movement building, storytelling, education, and legal and policy strategies. Because, as Ximena says, “Governments pass, but movements remain.” Join our movement at www.greentiderising.com [http://www.greentiderising.com], listen back to Season One for a blueprint on where we go from here, and watch our accompanying video series ENTONCES.

U.S. Part 2: The Green Tide Rises (Bilingual)

In the final episode of Season One, we’re on the U.S.-Mexico border, meeting some of the women at the forefront of bringing the Green Wave to this country. On the cusp of an election that could change the course of reproductive rights for generations, their stories show us that the fight for bodily autonomy has no borders. In the face of extreme anti-abortion policies spearheaded by the religious right, that are actively harming pregnant people in Texas and many other States, the stories we feature in this episode show us a roadmap of how to reclaim our individual power by being part of a community. Our powerhouse guests include Verónica Cruz Sánchez, founder of Las Libres, an organization that helps women all over the globe have medication abortion; Dr. Roopan Gill, OBGYN and CEO and co-founder of Vitala Global, whose new app Aya Contingo - created with the help from the feminist movement in Latin America - provides resources for obtaining and using abortion pill; Nancy Cárdenas Peña, campaign director for Abortion On Our Own Terms, a national campaign advocating to make safe, effective, self-managed abortion accessible to all; Lourdes Rivera, the president of Pregnancy Justice, a national legal organization that advocates for and defends the rights of pregnant people in the U.S; Maria Consuelo Mejia, a devout Catholic who co-founded and became the Executive Director of Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir México; and Maria de Franco Quiñonez, Research Director and Nery Espinosa, Senior VP or Communications from Equis, a set of organizations that work to engage Latino voters in the U.S. Join us as we get ready to head to the polls! Visit greentiderising.com to learn more about the series, watch our accompanying Youtube video series Entonces, subscribe to and download the series wherever you get your podcasts, and join the movement by following us on social media @greentiderising.

U.S. Part 2: The Green Tide Rises (English)

In the final episode of Season One, we’re on the U.S.-Mexico border, meeting some of the women at the forefront of bringing the Green Wave to this country. On the cusp of an election that could change the course of reproductive rights for generations, their stories show us that the fight for bodily autonomy has no borders. In the face of extreme anti-abortion policies spearheaded by the religious right, that are actively harming pregnant people in Texas and many other States, the stories we feature in this episode show us a roadmap of how to reclaim our individual power by being part of a community. Our powerhouse guests include Verónica Cruz Sánchez, founder of Las Libres, an organization that helps women all over the globe have medication abortion; Dr. Roopan Gill, OBGYN and CEO and co-founder of Vitala Global, whose new app Aya Contingo - created with the help from the feminist movement in Latin America - provides resources for obtaining and using abortion pill; Nancy Cárdenas Peña, campaign director for Abortion On Our Own Terms, a national campaign advocating to make safe, effective, self-managed abortion accessible to all; Lourdes Rivera, the president of Pregnancy Justice, a national legal organization that advocates for and defends the rights of pregnant people in the U.S; Maria Consuelo Mejia, a devout Catholic who co-founded and became the Executive Director of Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir México; and Maria de Franco Quiñonez, Research Director and Nery Espinosa, Senior VP or Communications from Equis, a set of organizations that work to engage Latino voters in the U.S. Join us as we get ready to head to the polls! Visit greentiderising.com to learn more about the series, watch our accompanying Youtube video series Entonces, subscribe to and download the series wherever you get your podcasts, and join the movement by following us on social media @greentiderising.

U.S. Part 1: Storytelling, Conversation & Community

If it’s policy change we want, narrative change is the tool. In this episode, we are highlighting stories of people in the United States who are being harmed by restrictive abortion laws, and how storytelling can be the spark that creates change. Joining the conversation are Green Wave leaders who are bringing the movement to the U.S. - Colombian-American filmmaker, author and activist Paola Mendoza, who is catalyzing the movement through storytelling, specifically with her new short film “Romina”; Danielle Rodriguez, the Georgia Coordinator at at Sistersong who explains how reproductive restrictions in the U.S. have been harming Black and Brown women for generations including her own family; and Ximena Casas, our resident Green Wave expert and feminist lawyer who shares how her own upbringing in Colombia shaped her lifelong desire to advocate for abortion rights. As Ximena often reminds us, the Green Wave has many different tones where each of us can play a role in the fight for bodily autonomy, especially when we build community with one another.  Visit greentiderising.com to learn more about the series, watch our accompanying Youtube video series Entonces, subscribe and download the series wherever you get your podcasts, and join the movement by following us on social media @greentiderising.