Alicia Garza is joined this week by journalist and activist, Josie Duffy Rice. Duffy Rice is the President of The Appeal, as well as co-host of the podcast, Justice in America. Garza and Duffy Rice discuss the Blueprint for A Safer and More Just America, a comprehensive framework for national criminal justice reform. Plus, Garza is back with her  round-up of all things good and awful from this past week.

Josie Duffy Rice on Twitter & Instagram

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

Alicia Garza on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook.

This pod is supported by the Black Futures Lab

Production by Phil Surkis

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

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. Alicia was recently named to TIME’s Annual TIME100 List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, alongside her BLM co-founders Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors. She is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (Penguin Random House),  and she warns you -- hashtags don’t start movements. People do.