QLS: A Conversation with Adrianne Shropshire of BPAC

Questlove Supreme

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Music, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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In a special bonus episode of Questlove Supreme, Laiya St. Clair has an important conversation with Adrianne Shropshire, executive director of the Black Progressive Action Coalition (BPAC). BPAC is an independent progressive coalition of individuals and organizations committed to empowering Black communities through civic engagement, community mobilization and campaigns that turn issues into policies that change people’s lives.

Listen as Laiya and Adrianne discuss the importance of having a plan in place to ensure your vote counts and dispel the myths about early voting. Whether voting in-person, by mail, or early voting in states that allow it, make sure your voice is heard.

For more information and resources, visit www.bpacdemocracytoolkit.com

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0:00.0	I'm Carrie Champion and this is season four of naked sports. Up first I explore the making of a rivalry
0:06.9	Caitlin Clark versus Angel Reese. People are talking about women's basketball just because of one single game
0:12.4	Clark and Reese have changed the way we can women's basketball just because of one single game.
0:12.6	Clark and Reese have changed the way we consume women's basketball.
0:17.1	And on this new season, we'll cover all things,
0:19.6	sports and culture.
0:21.2	Listen to Naked Sports on the Black Effect Podcast Network, I-Heart Radio apps, or wherever you get your
0:25.8	podcast.
0:26.8	The Black Effect Podcast Network is sponsored by Diet Coke.
0:30.8	Questlove Supreme is a production of I-Heart Radio.
0:34.0	Okay, I'm going to downplay this and say I'm a little excited to have some good old political
0:46.9	talk in this good old political season with somebody who knows what they're talking about
0:50.7	and is excited to get people out and vote. Ladies and
0:53.7	gentlemen, voters and voters introducing Adrian Shopshire, the executive
0:58.3	director of B-PAC. Hi Adrian, how are you doing? I am doing well, thank you. Are you like the rest of us?
1:08.0	We're a little more excited than maybe we were in, let's say, early August?
1:14.0	Yes, well, if I could quote
1:16.2	Michelle Obama at the DNC, Hope is making a comeback.
1:20.3	So, yes it is.
1:21.6	And let's talk about you and your place in this process. Let's talk about BIPAC because I like to have conversations too on a very basic level so everybody understands the language. So B PAC Black Progressives, correct?
1:34.0	Black Progressive Action Coalition.
1:36.0	Action Coalition.
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