Our first bonus show presents more of the epic conversation between Alicia Garza and hip hop historian Davey D. They discuss the November election, what it will take to engage black voters, and what has and hasn't worked in the not too distant past. 

Learn more about Davey D: 

Lady Don't Take No on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook.

Alicia Garza on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook.

Production by Phil Surkis

Theme music: "Lady Don't Tek No" by Latyrx

This pod is supported by the Black Futures Lab

Alicia Garza founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. Garza serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance. She is the co-founder of Supermajority, a new home for women’s activism. She shares her thoughts on the women transforming power in Marie Claire magazine every month. Her forthcoming book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (Penguin Random House) will be published in October 2020, and she warns you -- hashtags don’t start movements. People do.