Alexis McGill Johnson: “Everyone has a contribution.”
The Brown Girls Guide to Politics
Acast Creative Studios
3.3 • 845 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast is all about amplifying the voices of women who are too often forgotten in media coverage. Host A’shanti Gholar leads conversations with women changing the face of politics. In the BGG to Politics blog, A’shanti created a space for women of color to learn about the current state of politics, to support others breaking into the political sphere, and to celebrate incredible women changing the course of the country. A’shanti founded the blog in 2018 and Wonder Media Network is thrilled to extend her platform to audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all. I'm Ashanti Golar, host of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics. |
| 0:05.1 | The BGG is the one-stop shop for women of color who want to talk and shape the world of politics. |
| 0:12.9 | This season, we're getting deep into the details of Project 2025. |
| 0:18.7 | In 900-plus pages, it's proposing dramatic conservative changes to education, |
| 0:24.3 | health care, and foreign affairs. But underpinning it all is an entirely new vision for how |
| 0:31.1 | the government operates, and that could change everything. Thank you so much to our friends |
| 0:37.2 | at Way to Win for supporting us |
| 0:39.0 | and making this season possible. Listen to The Brown Girls Guide to Politics wherever you get |
| 0:44.8 | your podcast. Hey everybody. Ashanti here, the founder of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics. |
| 0:57.1 | The BGG podcast is about creating a space for black, brown, and indigenous women of color |
| 1:01.4 | to learn about the current state of politics, to support others breaking into the political sphere, |
| 1:07.0 | and to celebrate incredible women changing the course of the country and its history. |
| 1:12.1 | My special guest today is Alexis Miguel Johnson. |
| 1:15.2 | She is the acting president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. |
| 1:21.7 | I hope you enjoy the conversation and talk to you soon. |
| 1:25.8 | Hi Alexis. |
| 1:26.9 | How are you doing today? I'm great, Ash Alexis. How are you doing today? |
| 1:28.8 | I'm great, Ashanti. How are you? |
| 1:30.9 | Good. |
| 1:32.0 | So excited to talk with you, especially during this time of dealing with COVID and learn more about the work that Planned Parenthood is doing. |
| 1:41.7 | But first, I definitely want our listeners to learn more about you. So everything |
| 1:47.4 | that you do, it's really rooted in social justice, which I admire so much in advocacy. |
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