Bonus Episode: A Night At Persist With Way To Win
The Brown Girls Guide to Politics
Acast Creative Studios
3.3 • 845 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In March of 2025, A’shanti Gholar co-hosted the inaugural event of the Persist network – a network dedicated to uplifting women and their voices. It was hosted at Diane Von Furstenberg’s studio in NYC, and was a convening of women who are putting in the work day in and day out to fight back against the current administration.
In this bonus episode, presented by Way to Win, A’shanti and Tory Gavito, President and Co-Founder of Way to Win, talk about what they are both doing to persist in the face of it all. They talk about what they’re seeing in Washington D.C. and in their communities across the country, and what we can do to continue fighting back each day.
We also hear from attendees of the event, and get a sense of what the energy was like in the room.
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.
Way to Win is a donor network that invests in data, new media, and grassroots power to win long-term political change.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back Brown Girls. It's Ashanti, host of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast. |
| 0:13.8 | We're coming to you today with a special bonus episode. We're chatting with Tori Gavito, |
| 0:23.4 | president and co-founder of Way to Win. |
| 0:31.2 | In early March, I co-hosted an event with the Persist Network, a new network bringing together women from all over the country who are dedicated to persisting in this moment. |
| 0:40.4 | Today, Tori and I will chat about the event, |
| 0:44.8 | why community is so important going into 2025 and beyond, |
| 0:47.6 | and what you can do to stay involved. |
| 0:58.3 | Tori, thank you so much for joining me today. We are excited to have you back on the podcast. |
| 1:08.8 | How are you doing? Oh, I am surviving. I'm surviving. This is a challenging time. I think anyone who is acting differently, you know, is status quo is not paying |
| 1:15.1 | attention. So here we are. Here we are. You know, the last time we each had it, it was about |
| 1:21.8 | Project 2025. And unfortunately, we are living under Project 2025. |
| 1:28.7 | It wasn't the outcome that we hoped for. |
| 1:32.0 | But during our discussion, we said that no matter what happens, we know that the work has to continue. |
| 1:38.1 | And that the work that will be led by women is going to become even more essential. |
| 1:43.4 | And that is what we are talking about today, |
| 1:45.9 | because the women are leading, they're doing the work, and yet again, they're going to be the ones |
| 1:51.2 | to help save us during this crazy time. So for our people who unfortunately did not listen to |
| 1:58.2 | the project 2025 season, and you need to go back and listen to it |
| 2:01.5 | because like I said, we're living under it. You warned us all, Ashanti, you warned us all. |
| 2:09.4 | You demystified every piece of it and here they are dismantling our government. It is insanity. |
| 2:15.8 | Yeah, I think at the time of us recording this, they're already a third of |
| 2:19.9 | the way through everything that they wanted to accomplish. And these people moved click. It took |
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