Air Date: 1/5/2018
Today we take a look at some of the challenges and triumphs for women of color and what thanks they should get in return
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Show NotesCh. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Why We Riot: The language of the unheard - NewsBeat - Air Date 12-18-17
Ch. 3: Song 1: Streamer - Arc and Crecent
Ch. 4: Act 2: Who stands in solidarity with women of color? - In the Thick - Air Date 11-21-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: Entrap - Darby
Ch. 6: Act 3: Watch The Moment Doug Jones Supporters Found Out He WON - Ring of Fire Radio - Air Date: 01-02-18
Ch. 7: Song 3: When We Set Out - Arc and Crecent
Ch. 8: Act 4: Ryan Grim On Roy Moore, Racism, & Voter Suppression - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-02-18
Ch. 9: Song 4: Tyrano Theme - Tyrano
Ch. 10: Act 5: Understanding the double consciousness of blackness - Revolutionary Left Radio - Air Date 10-12-17
Ch. 11: Song 5: Theme - Towboat
Ch. 12: Act 6: Charles Barkley Slam Dunks Dems - The Zero Hour - Air Date 12-16-17
Ch. 13: Song 6: Third in Line - Arc and Crecent
Ch. 14: Act 7: Thank Black Women with Actions Not Just Words - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 15: Song 7: That River Wide - Sketchbook
Ch. 16: Act 8: Alabama black women #BlackWomenLead - Sunday Civics - Air Date 12-17-17
Ch. 17: Final comments on access journalism and the one time it’s been used to bring down the powerful
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Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
(Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions)
Activism:
TAKE ACTION!
Read: Black Women Kept Roy Moore Out of Office. Here’s How to Thank Them. (The Cut)
Read: 15 Real Ways to Thank Black Women for Carrying the Country on Their Backs (The Little Rock Sun)
Learn About: Higher Heights Leadership Fund
Learn About: Woke Vote
Learn About: Stay Woke Florida Voting Initiative Petition (February 1st petition deadline!)
Learn About: Color of Change PAC
EDUCATE YOURSELF
Black Turnout in Alabama Complicates Debate on Voting Laws (The New York Times)
'Black Votes Matter': African-Americans Propel Jones To Alabama Win (NPR)
White Women Thank Themselves for Thanking Black Women Today (Reductress)
After Alabama: Say ‘Thank You’ to Black Women, and Mean It (LA Progressive)
Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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