Interview: Alison Mariella Désir and Lauren Fleshman on Womxn Run the Vote Relay

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Amira talks to Alison Mariella Désir and Lauren Fleshman about the ongoing Womxn Run the Vote Relay, its evolution and its intention -- and looks back at the 1977 torch relay from Seneca Falls to Houston for the National Women's Conference. This episode was produced by Martin Kessler. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: teespring.com/stores/burn-it-all-down Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.7	Hey, Flamethrowers.
0:52.1	Amir here.
0:52.8	And I am thrilled to be joined in conversation with Lauren Fleshman and Alison DeSier around women run the vote.
1:01.3	Now, you're listening to this midway through the relay.
1:04.9	If you've been looking at Bayad's social media pages, you know we are super excited to have our team on board with this amazing
1:11.9	event. And I wanted to check in with Allison and Lauren to talk about how this event came to be
1:18.6	in all the ways they've kind of evolved and pivoted as, you know, COVID curveballs, climate change,
1:27.0	and many things came to bear on the original
1:30.7	idea for this event. And I think what we have now, what we're in the midst of, is an incredibly
1:36.1	inclusive, important event that's raising money for Black Voters Matter. I believe at this point,
1:41.8	it's over $2,600 have been raised.
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