Activist Interview Episodes
“Instead of thinking, ‘we should,’ I just said, ‘I will'” (w/ Shannon…
You’re skilled in the arts and you want to use those skills to make change, so what do you do? For Shannon Downey, a.k.a. Badass Cross Stitch, the answer was simple: Build a community of craft lovers and doers, and …
“Feel the fear and do it anyway” (w/ Rachel Dawn Davis of Waterspirit)
If you can see how big, seemingly-intractable national and international issues impact your local community, what do you do? For Rachel Dawn Davis, community activist and public policy and justice organizer with Waterspirit, ...
“I became enamored with this thing called politics” (w/ A'shanti Ghol…
If you don’t see any people in power who look like you or come from your background, what do you do? For A’shanti Gholar, President of Emerge America, the answer was to jump into the ring herself. From her high …
“I'm always looking for people's superpower” (w/ Kristin Urquiza and …
A new crisis explodes and you’re the frontlines. What do you do? Marked by COVID co-founder Kristin Urquiza’s father died from COVID after trusting Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s claims that “it was safe to resume normal activ...