DeJuana Thompson: “Your voice is critical.”
The Brown Girls Guide to Politics
Acast Creative Studios
3.3 • 845 Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2020
⏱️ 30 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. Welcome back, Brown Girls. Ashanti here, the founder of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics, |
| 0:55.1 | the one-stop shot podcast for women of color who want to hear and talk about the world of politics. |
| 1:01.7 | As we continue with our collaboration with She the People, we are highlighting women from their 20 women of color to watch in 2020 lists. |
| 1:09.5 | These are all barrier-breaking women who are changing |
| 1:12.2 | the political landscape this year and beyond. DeWanna Thompson is the creator of WokeVote, |
| 1:18.3 | a program to train new organizers and engage historically disengaged voters across the South. |
| 1:24.0 | WokeVote is one of the key organizations that helped Alabama elect the state's first Democratic |
| 1:28.3 | Senator in 25 years and helped Florida pass Amendment 4, which restored voting rights |
| 1:33.8 | to people with felony conventions. |
| 1:36.2 | From her roles on Capitol Hill to the Democratic National Committee, DeWana has played |
| 1:40.2 | a role in shaping politics and policy across the country. |
| 1:43.5 | I hope you enjoy this conversation. |
| 1:47.2 | DeWana, thank you for joining us today, sis. How are you? You know, in the midst of everything, |
| 1:52.5 | I feel very blessed. And I feel good. How are you? Hanging in there. You got to make the best of |
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