Deep Democracy

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 education, and voting rights in southern California. A longtime Stark Trek and DC comics fan and self-described nerd, Nourbese talked with us about building an equitable future for all, the power of community organizing, and turning "black girl magic" into Black women power. Check out Black Women for Wellness: https://www.bwwla.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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-sustainability. She ran Stacey Abrams successful (though stolen) campaign for governor in Georgia, and is the founder of Three Point Strategies—a firm built for and by badass people of color that supports folks in the movement and those who run for office.

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 low-income Black and brown residents. Her mayoral run has been challenging, between an incumbent who doesn’t want to debate and some embarrassing old tweets, but this Memphis native is determined to show her community what deep democracy looks like.

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 will provide capacity building support to several organizations in Mexico and the United States with the goal of increasing support for vulnerable immigrants and creating leadership opportunities for immigrants. Here she brings us inspiration to keep fighting for a more just world.

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 tirelessly toward equal representation. Here she talks about her path there, what keeps her optimistic, and what she's got her sights set on beyond 2020.  Check out A'shanti's show The Brown Girl's Guide to Politics here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-brown-girls-guide-to-politics/id1457611450!