Alicia Garza welcomes the Founder and CEO of Rise, Amanda Nguyen.
Alicia Garza welcomes the Founder and CEO of Rise, Amanda Nguyen. Garza asks Nguyen about The Sexual Assault Survivors’ Rights Act, her background in astrophysics, and what makes a good broth. Plus, Garza delivers all the news you can use in her weekly roundup.
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This pod is supported by the Black Futures Lab
Production by Phil Surkis
Theme music: "Lady Don't Tek No" by Latyrx
Alicia Garza founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. Garza serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance. She is the co-founder of Supermajority, a new home for women’s activism. Alicia was recently named to TIME’s Annual TIME100 List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, alongside her BLM co-founders Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors. She is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (Penguin Random House), and she warns you -- hashtags don’t start movements. People do.