In Their Words: COVID Survivors
The Brown Girls Guide to Politics
Acast Creative Studios
3.3 • 845 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
- Marked By COVID is an incorporated non-profit organization focused on building community and implementing local, state, and national strategies to ensure elected officials center the needs of those most harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Ramp Your Voice is an organization focused on promoting self-advocacy and strengthening empowerment among disabled people.
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, support others breaking into the political sphere, and 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. Before we get started with today's episode, I want to let you know that we'll be talking with a COVID survivor about some of the traumatic effects of the virus. |
| 0:59.6 | If this is too difficult for you right now, please check out the show notes for some resources. |
| 1:06.0 | We're talking about this today so that you know that you're not alone. |
| 1:22.6 | Thank you. this today so that you know that you're not alone. Welcome back, Brown Girls. It's Ashanti Golar, host of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics. And today, it's our season finale. And there is no other way for us to conclude the season than to talk with those who have |
| 1:31.6 | survived and lost loved ones to COVID. |
| 1:36.4 | Our first guest is co-founder and co-executive director, a marked by COVID, Kristen |
| 1:41.6 | Rekiza. |
| 1:43.4 | Having had a family member pass away due to COVID-19's misregulation, she shares with us how the pandemic brought forth an urgent need for action on a range of inequities. |
| 1:55.0 | Our second guest is schoolteacher and activist for long COVID, Shamir Smith. |
| 2:01.6 | She gives us a raw look into her life after contracting COVID |
| 2:05.6 | and discusses the long-term effects of the virus |
| 2:08.6 | that many are simply not talking about. |
| 2:12.6 | And last, but certainly not least, |
| 2:15.1 | we are joined by Valissa Thompson, |
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