“This country has always had moments like this — and it's been a lot worse. And if John Lewis and Fannie Lou Hamer can stand up and say ‘I'm going to keep on fighting’ - then who am I to say ‘I'm tired, I can't take it’?” Rotimi Adeoye is an opinion columnist for The Daily Beast, and communications advisor for the American Civil Liberties Union, helping oversee communications strategy for the ACLU’s voting work. Before joining the ACLU, Rotimi worked on Capitol Hill as a Press Secretary to Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus. Prior to that, Rotimi worked as an assistant to Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and a battleground state volunteer on the Obama Campaign in 2012. While in college Rotimi ran the student-led voter registration organization, HWS Votes, that during the 2016 Presidential election earned the distinction of the number one campus nationally, based on students who registered to vote (51.9%). Rotimi currently lives in Washington, D.C. and graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a degree in Political Science. With an election right around the corner, you’ll enjoy this candid conversation about empathy, listening, not sitting still, and taking action.  LEARN ABOUT ROTIMI  instagram.com/_rotimia /// twitter.com/_rotimia  aclu.org/bio/rotimi-adeoye thedailybeast.com/author/rotimi-adeoye MENTIONS ACLU: The Fight for Voting Rights: How the Past Informs the Current Discriminatory Landscape  Daily Beast: Election Workers Are Under Attack. We Need to Fight for Them FILM: Remember the Titans (2000): imdb.com/title/tt0210945/ PERSON: Giannis Antetokounmpo - wikipedia.org/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo FILM: Rise (2022): imdb.com/title/tt11242162/ This episode is sponsored by the Department of Health & Human Services, who’s encouraging you and your community to make sure you’ve got the COVID-19 Vaccine & Booster. We can do this, together. Find vaccines and boosters near you @ VACCINES.gov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices