The Colored Girls: "Know your own power."
The Brown Girls Guide to Politics
Acast Creative Studios
3.3 • 845 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
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 |
| 0:39.0 | and making this season possible. Listen to The Brown Girls Guide to Politics wherever you get |
| 0:44.8 | your podcast. Welcome back, Brown Girls. Ashanti here, the founder of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics, |
| 0:56.9 | and this is the first episode of Season 2 of the BGG podcast. If you're new to our podcast, welcome. |
| 1:04.4 | And if you're a regular listener, welcome back. And thank you for your support of season one. |
| 1:10.0 | This episode is very special for me, |
| 1:12.1 | as I had the chance to interview a group of women |
| 1:14.3 | who have had a profound impact on my life, |
| 1:17.1 | both professionally and personally. |
| 1:19.4 | I can easily say that I would not be the woman that I am |
| 1:22.4 | without the mentorship, support, and love that they have given me. |
| 1:25.8 | The colored girls, Don Marzille, Yolanda Caraway, |
| 1:29.9 | Bishop Leodotry, and Minion Moore are four women who blazed trails in politics, but left |
| 1:35.3 | the door open for the women behind them and saved them a seat at the table. They recently |
| 1:40.3 | released the paperback version of their NWACP Image Award-winning book for color girls |
| 1:45.3 | who have considered politics. I caught up with them at the Jack and Jill of America Conference |
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