Meena Harris, KAMALA AND MAYA'S BIG IDEA
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
In this special weekend re-release, Zibby interviews lawyer and entrepreneur Meena Harris about Kamala and Maya's Big Idea, a beautiful and empowering picture book about two sisters who work together with their community to make changes in their playground, inspired by a true story from the childhood of the author's aunt, Vice President Kamala Harris!
"An inspirational reminder to choose courage over fear. A must-read for little girls around the world." —Elizabeth Warren
“I love this book—the power of persistence and being bold is one of the most important lessons we can teach young people.” —Megan Rapinoe
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:06.7 | This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes. |
| 0:14.9 | I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir. |
| 0:21.9 | Our books are already out now. |
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| 0:35.4 | And I recently opened a bookstore in L.a called zibby's bookshop |
| 0:40.3 | at one one one three montana avenue at 11th street in san monica i hope that you are able to |
| 0:47.0 | enjoy some of our other offerings but this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in |
| 0:53.3 | 2018 and no matter what i do this is basically my of all of it and started in 2018. And no matter what I do, this is |
| 0:56.1 | basically my favorite thing. Enjoy it. |
| 1:03.2 | This episode with Mina Harris is one of my re-releases for the weekend in case you missed it. |
| 1:09.9 | It's really awesome. And Mina has since come out with other books and has re-releases for the weekend in case you missed it. It's really awesome and Mina has since come out |
| 1:12.9 | with other books and has really grown her phenomenal business and brand and everything. So I hope |
| 1:18.5 | you enjoy. I had so much fun talking to Mina Harris. Mina is the author of Kamala and Maya's |
| 1:24.7 | big idea, which is based on her aunt and mom Kamala and Maya Harris Big Idea, which is based on her aunt and mom, Kamala and Maya Harris, |
| 1:29.3 | who campaigned to change the playground outside their building when they were kids. |
| 1:34.3 | Mina is the founder and CEO of the Phenomenal Woman Action Campaign. |
| 1:38.3 | She is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Law School. |
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