This special Lady Don’t Take No is a reaction to presumed Democratic Party nominee for President Joe Biden, announcing his running mate: California Senator Kamala Harris. Instead of our regular format, Garza asked many of her friends to send their initial reactions to this news. You’ll hear from Angela Rye, Amanda Seales, Joy Reid, Patrisse Cullors, Brittany Packnett Cunngingham, Rashad Robinson & Van Lathan. Plus, Garza’s weekly round-up of all that’s awful and great known as “Lady Don’t Take No”.

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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. 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. 

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