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Mar 2022
28m 40s

Women in Activism (w/ Maria Teresa Kumar...

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Throughout history and around the world, women have not only led the fight for women’s rights, they have played a vital role in nearly every movement for social change. 

This week, Chelsea is sitting down with Maria Teresa Kumar, founding president of Voto Latino, the leading Latinx voter registration and advocacy organization in the U.S., to look at women in activism – the progress we’ve made toward equality, representation, and what needs to happen next.

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