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Hey, this is just a friendly reminder to make sure that you are registered to vote for the

upcoming elections in November. Make sure to text the word voter to 2697 right now to check your registration and to receive your polling location and reminders for all

local, state, and federal elections in the future. Thank you. Thank you. Hi, this is Deborah Messing. I'm an actress and social justice advocate.

I am and Donna Dayani, creator and co-founder of the

nonpartisan movement. I am a voter. So Mondana and I are best friends and we're

constantly sending each other inspiring stories of people who completely blow

our minds.

And then one day we realized something.

Most of them had no intention of becoming heroes.

They just knew they had to do something and did it.

So we decided to do what we do best.

Completely geek out on endless hours of research to create our list of the 20 dissenters who

blew us away.

Based on Ruth Bader Ginsburg's iconic I descent slogan,

a dissenter is someone who stood up to an injustice

or challenged the status quo,

someone who fought to build a better way.

Each episode, we will meet one of these incredible accidental activists and learn all about their

journeys and how each one of us can make a huge difference. This week we speak

with actress, writer, and activist Jamila Jamila.

Jamila is the founder of the I-Way Movement as well as the host of the I-ay podcast and has effectively fought for the ban on

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