Who Gets to Vote? (with Stacey Abrams and Angela Lang)

Our America with Julián Castro

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Stacey Abrams and Angela Lang are no strangers to voter suppression. In their respective states of Georgia and Wisconsin, they have seen communities of color disproportionately silenced time and again by restrictive voting measures. This week we sit down with each of them to talk about knocking on doors, getting out the vote, and what it means to have representation in positions of power, particularly in this moment in history. With less than a week left, we consider how our collective voting power will determine the fate of the country for the next four years and beyond. Follow Fair Fight on Twitter Follow Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC) on Twitter Keep up with Julián on twitter @JulianCastro and Instagram @JulianCastroTX Support the show by checking out our sponsors You can digitally purchase life insurance from Haven Life Insurance Agency at havenlife.com/ouramerica. Haven Term is a Term Life Insurance Policy (ICC17DTC) issued by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), Springfield, MA 01111 and offered exclusively through Haven Life Insurance Agency, LLC. Policy and rider form numbers and features may vary by state and not be available in all states. Our Agency license number in California is 0K71922 and in Arkansas, 100139527. The Marguerite Casey Foundation, creating greater freedom for changemakers to create a truly representative economy. Learn more at caseygrants.org, and connect with the Foundation on Twitter and Facebook. If you’re looking to switch up your workout routine, why not try boxing from the comfort of your own home? FightCamp’s 12-week starter program has 400 different workouts to teach you the fundamentals of boxing. Try it for 30 days with their money-back guarantee at www.joinfightcamp.com/castro. To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america shortly after the air date. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Out now, wherever you get your podcasts. In just a few days, our country will make an historic decision.
0:48.6	And he is among more than 54 million Americans who have already cast early
0:54.1	ballots at a record setting pace ahead of November 3rd.
0:57.6	For more on the early voting...
0:58.6	It's a right that's been fought for around the world, a right that some, even right here in America are fighting for today.
1:07.6	Your vote is so important, so powerful. The sound of our collective voice will be heard and its reverberations will determine
1:16.1	the future and further shape what we call our America.
1:29.0	But the outcome of an election is not always what we expect or want. Wisconsin native Angela Lang knows this all too well.
1:32.0	In 2010, before she was a grassroots
1:35.2	organizer, she was a young woman at home watching Scott Walker's bid for
1:39.9	governor. And I remember having pizza with my friend on election night in watching the results come in.
1:45.9	Let me introduce for the first time the next governor of the Great State of Wisconsin
1:52.2	Scott Walter.
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