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The Brown Girls Guide to Politics
Acast Creative Studios
3.3 • 845 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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To learn more about Black Voters Matter Fund, visit https://www.blackvotersmatterfund.org/.
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 women in politics, to support others breaking into the political sphere, and to celebrate incredible people changing the course of the country. A’shanti founded the blog 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 and making this season possible. |
| 0:41.5 | Listen to The Brown Girls Guide to Politics wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:51.0 | Welcome back, Brown Girls. |
| 0:52.2 | Ashanti here, the founder of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics. |
| 0:55.0 | And today we're chatting with Latasha Brown, one of the co-founders of the Black Voters Matter Fund. |
| 1:01.0 | If you're a regular cable news watcher, then you may have seen Latasha on your TV screen |
| 1:06.0 | talking about the importance of voter education and mobilization and communities of color. |
| 1:11.9 | Latasha and I chat about why Black Voters Matter Fund was created and the importance of |
| 1:16.4 | protecting the right to vote ahead of the 2020 election. I hope you enjoy the conversation. |
| 1:23.7 | So thank you for joining us and let's get started by having you tell us what drew you to get |
| 1:28.9 | involved in nonprofit work because you have this really amazing strong career that's rooted in |
| 1:35.1 | community service. |
| 1:37.1 | You know, I am, I'm a native of Alabama. |
| 1:39.9 | My family was a working class, black family down in Mobile, Alabama. |
| 1:45.8 | And, you know, what I have always been drawn to is the ability to help people. |
| 1:53.0 | Like I always, even as a child, I like helping people. |
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