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Join host Mila Atmos for in-depth conversations with citizen changemakers that inspire civic action and hope. Citizen participation is fundamental to a thriving democracy. Now more than ever, our engagement is critical.
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We discuss the growing phenomenon of pregnancy criminalization, examine the path forward in a post-Dobbs world, and consider what a just jurisprudence of pregnancy might look like.
Karen's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Educate yourself at the Pregnancy Justice website: https://www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/our-issues/
2) Make your voice heard, put pressure on district attorneys who bring cases to criminalize pregnant people.
Karen Thompson is the Legal Director of Pregnancy Justice and leads a team defending the rights of people who face criminalization because of their pregnancies or pregnancy outcomes.
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We discuss the history of citizenship schools, their profound importance in the Civil Rights Movement, and the critical lessons they offer for our present moment.
Elaine's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
Share the power of voting with your neighbors.
Start your own community citizenship schools!
Elaine Weiss is a journalist, speaker, and author of Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools that Built the Civil Rights Movement. She's also the author of The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote, which was a source for the Broadway musical SUFFS.
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We assess the first 100 days of the Trump administration and what we can expect going forward.
Skye's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
Join a dinner for democracy or a coffee for change
Resist isolation and say yes to building a future for ourselves.
Skye Perryman is the President and CEO of Democracy Forward, which uses the law to build collective power and advance a bold, vibrant democracy for all people.
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We discuss what's happening in the AI space to augment human life in this moment, and what the potential intersections are with democracy.
Natalie's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
Use AI and lean into it
Explore the ways AI can empower you
Natalie Monbiot is a strategist and pioneer in AI and virtual human technologies. She is the Founder of Virtual Human Economy, the co-founder of Hour One, and writes the Augmented Human blog.
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We discuss rethinking the Constitution as a way to reimagine democracy. In addition, we examine the role of constitutionalism in exporting the principles of democracy as the underpinning of American imperialism.
Aziz's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
Join a union or a party formation or a tenants' association in your community
Get involved in shaping the terms institutions that serve as meaningful checks
Aziz Rana is professor of law at Boston College and the author of The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document That Fails Them and The Two Faces of American Freedom.
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We discuss the Green New Deal and how youth movements like the Sunrise Movement are the secret sauce in getting the federal government to drive the effort to stop the climate crisis.
Aru's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
Hold on to a disciplined form of hope
Join Sunrise Movement! Sunrisemovement.org/become-a-member
Aru Shiney-Ajay is the executive director of Sunrise Movement, a movement of young people to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process.
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We discuss the great reshuffle of land in the last few centuries and the intersection of land, power, and democracy.
Michael's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
Support conservation easements
Learn about the indigenous communities that have been displaced from the land where you live and finds ways to support reallocation
Michael Albertus is professor of political science at the University of Chicago and the author of five books. His most recent is Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies.
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We discuss the anti-democratic and reactionary nihilistic nature of the Christian nationalist movement. Christian nationalism is an ideology that functions as a tool for a leadership driven organization machine that turns mythology into political power.
Katherine's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
Mobilize the pro-democracy majority
Stop purity testing
Katherine Stewart is the author of Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy. Katherine is an expert on religious nationalism and the assault on American democracy. Her previous book, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism was awarded first place for Excellence in Nonfiction Books by the Religion News Association and was the basis of the Rob Reiner documentary feature film, God & Country.
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We discuss mobile voting as the definitive way to make elections more accessible for everyone — especially for Americans with disabilities and overseas citizens — and therefore finally increase turnout in significant numbers.
Bradley's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
Sign up and get involved at mobilevoting.org
Rally your friends and family to demand change.
Bradley Tusk is the co-founder of the Mobile Voting Movement, the founder and CEO of Tusk Holdings, and previously served many years in public service. He's the author of Vote with Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot at Saving Democracy.
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We discuss whether executive orders can change the Constitution, the ongoing transformation of executive power, and the true intersection of the Constitution and democracy.
Julie's civic action toolkit recommendations are:
Get a pocket Constitution and read it over with a red pen!
Think about the kind of democracy you want to live in and decide how the Constitution will get us there.
Julie Suk is the Hon. Deborah A. Batts Distinguished Research Scholar, Professor of Law. She's a legal scholar of constitutional amendment, equality, and feminism in the United States and globally, and the author of two books, We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment and After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do about It.
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