How To Find Joy In The Resistance - Paola Mendoza and Sarah Sophie Flicker, Women's March Organizers

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As national organizers for The Women’s March and leaders of The Resistance Revival Chorus, artist activists Paola Mendoza and Sarah Sophie Flicker see their purpose as connecting fellow members of The Resistance to the moments of joy and transcendence that come with being a part of history in the making. They walk in the footsteps of the Nina Simone’s and Joan Baez’s and Aretha Franklin’s of the world--the artists who helped to fuel the Civil Rights movement by nourishing the souls of the people who marched for freedom.

And if there was ever a time when we need to consistently keep our souls replenished for the fight against injustice, it would be now.

Hear how Paola Mendoza and Sarah Sophie Flicker use the power of art and culture in activism, what they learned in documenting The Women’s March for the newly released book, Together We Rise, and how you can participate in the 2018 Women's March.

And tell us how you found your voice in 2017 and what you are going to do with it in 2018, on our Facebook page!

Paola Mendoza and Sarah Sophie Flicker, photo by Guy Murrow

How To Get Even More Women In Office - Kate Black, Chief of Staff for EMILY's List

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More women than ever are raising their hands to run for office. But what does it actually take to to win? And what will be different when they do? Kate Black, now at the FCC, recorded with me in August when she was Chief of Staff for EMILY's List, an organization that helps pro-choice, Democratic women run for office. And she has her own story of awakening to the fact that we need more women in office. 

Kate Black

How To Activate Your Activism - Jess McIntosh co-Founder of Signal Boost

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Jess McIntosh headed up influencer outreach for the Hillary Clinton campaign. Now, she's leading an initiative to amplify women's rights' activism. Starting with the Women's March, she and her co-founder Zerlina Maxwell are boosting the growth for the many movements being catalyzed around the march. It's called "Signal Boost." 

Jess McIntosh

Defending the Women's March on Washington-Rhea Suh, President of NRDC

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The National Resources Defense Council has signed on as a partner to the Women's March on Washington. The president of the NRDC, Rhea Suh talks with Lauren about about why the Women's March matters for the environment and what's at stake with the new administration.

Rhea Suh

Photo Credit: Zoe Fisher/NRDC

Jess McIntosh, Hillary for America

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Jess worked to get pro-choice female Democrats elected while at on the team at Emily's List. She was the spokesperson for Al Franken's senatorial campaign, and now, as the Director of Communications for Hillary for America, she's on the front lines working to get Hillary Clinton elected as the first female president of the United States. 

JESS MCINTOSH

Joan Blades & John Gable, Bringing Civil Conversations to Schools

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Liberal activist Joan Blades co-founded MoveOn.org, Moms Rising.org and Living Room Conversations.org, to provide a guide for meaningful conversations between people with different views. Now, she has teamed up with Republican John Gable on an initiative called AllSides for Schools to bring civilized conversations about controversial topics to the classroom. We talk about why students need these tools now and what these conversations were like in high school for Joan and John.

JOAN BLADES

JOHN GABLE

Jennifer Harris, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations

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Pentagon and related budgets will account for more than half of all federal discretionary spending--almost $600 billion in 2015. That's roughly the size of the next seven largest military budgets around the world, combined--while non-defense related spending continues to shrink. How much are we getting for those billions? And more to the point, what are we losing? Jennifer Harris, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and an advisor to Hillary Clinton during her tenure in the State Dept-- has co-authored a book called "War by Other Means. Geoeconomics and Statecraft" proposing new prescriptions for how the government spends our money. 

JENNIFER HARRIS