Deep Democracy
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Deep Democracy
Forget about getting mad or getting even, this is a political show about how we are moving forward. Movement building pros Gina Christo and Wilnelia Rivera helped get Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-7) elected and know how deep democracy works when it centers the people we usually see at the margi...
Recent Episodes
9 episodes
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,...
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 organizati...
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 work...
Ep. 5 Groundswell Fund's Transborder Migrant Justice Fellow Xiomara Corpeño Gets Deep on Immigration, Ancestors, and How Inappropriate Jokes
Xiomara Corpeño is a longtime immigrants rights organizer who spent 12 years as the Organizing Director for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights...
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...
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 Bla...
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"...
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 commit...
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...