Teach Me How To Politic w/ A'shanti Gholar

While Black

REVOLT

Education, Self-improvement

4.1 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Have you ever considered leaping into politics..have you ever considered stepping inside the system to help change it from the inside out...If you have or if you know someone who needs to do just that - then this episode is for you. Today we sit down with A'shanti Gholar, the first black President of Emerge (an organization dedicated to preparing democratic women for public office) and the host of The Black Girls Guide To Politics, as she breaks down how her organization is helping to change the American political landscape forever. Listen up, get dialed in, and push for the change you need to see on your block, in your community, and throughout your world. Get closer to and engage with A'shanti, her work at Engage, and her podcast, The Brown Girls Guide To Politics, by clicking HERE Make sure you join our Patreon community for other dope content and benefits, including exclusive access to the video for this episode. (Patreon.com/whileblack). Don't forget to get social with While Black IG: WHILE_BLACK; TWITTER @whileblackpc; FB @whileblackpodcast or email: [email protected] Recorded @ drsatl.com Theme song Produced by Wahid Gomes and licensed through Verde Music Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	At State Farm, we're committed to uplifting Black futures.
0:03.8	In collaboration with organizations like 100 Black Men and National Urban League,
0:09.0	State Farm provides high school students with the opportunity to learn and apply
0:13.2	best practice strategies for saving and investing, all while offering academic support,
0:18.8	life skills, and exposure to college access programs to prepare these students for life after high school.
0:25.1	Check out 100BlackMen.org and NUL.org to donate and learn more.
0:31.6	Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.
0:39.1	But what about the woman who says,
0:42.1	I don't have a network. I can't fundraise.
0:46.8	I don't know what's going to vote for me. How do you reach teaching and push her?
0:52.5	The Network thing. That question. That one always feels like they have huge networks of support.
1:01.6	Everyone does. Your network is in your phone. Your network is your Facebook, Instagram,
1:10.0	Twitter. Your network is your family. Your network is your co-workers. It's your church.
1:16.3	It's your sorrows. Everyone has a network. Heck, it's the people you invited to your wedding.
1:24.2	Your holiday card list. Everyone has a network. So I really want us to retire that thinking that
1:32.4	we're nobody's that we don't have people. There are people that you have influence with.
1:38.4	And those are the people that you're going to start with. And if you talk to those people,
1:44.3	many of them will be excited that you are running for office. And they will tell you,
1:50.0	you are the one that we've been waiting for.
2:04.7	Well, welcome to Wow Black, a seriously opinionated podcast bringing you the real and
2:11.9	wrong on anything happening while black. If black cultures there, we're there. If you're pissed
2:19.3	or empowered, then let's talk about it right with us on this all black everything.
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