The Way with Anoa

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Pen America's Nora Benavidez on World Press Freedom Day and 'Targeted Dissent' May 03, 2020

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On this special edition of The Way with Anoa for World Press Freedom Day. Anoa talks with Nora Benavidez of Pen America about pressing issues in media and journalism including targeted dissent and disinformation. Nora also highlights a need for increased responsibility in sharing information across social platforms. She also suggests consumers of digital media content to think of themselves as publishers of the content instead of passive social sharers, creating a heightened sense of responsibility. Anoa and Nora also engage in a discussion about the state of journalism and what is needed to have a truly representative media.

Check out the Pen America Report on Local Watchdog Journalism Faces a Crisis Moment

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Leaders Igniting Transformation: Ending the School-to-Prison-to-Deportation-Pipeline Oct 24, 2019

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Back from hiatus with the first of many conversations. Organizers with LIT take us through the newly released Youth Mandate for Presidential Candidates. The Youth Mandate was a collaborative effort of the Center for Popular Democracy and the Alliance for Educational Justice. Check out the Youth Mandate here.

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Get Free Fridays Ep. 3 - Moving Beyond Trauma Porn in Immigration Reporting and Progressive DAs Jul 05, 2019

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Anoa is joined by two guests this episode. First up is Tina Vasquez an analyst and journalist with Rewire.News focusing on immigration. Tina recently wrote a piece, The Image America Shouldn't Need, examining the obsession with showing the picture of a deceased Oscar and his daughter Valeria as they tried to cross the border. Tina says that with all the reports and documented accounts of what is happening pictures such as that of Oscar and Valeria is completely unnecessary. Anoa and Tina also discuss a second piece about the challenges in the case of a young gender nonconforming asylum seeker Rene Lopez.

In the second segment, Anoa talked with Audia Jones who is running as a progressive candidate for Harris County DA in Texas. Learn more about Audia at her website and make sure to check out Audia on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

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Get Free Friday Ep. 2 - Nse Ufot and Aimee Castenell on SCOTUS , Voting Rights, and Dem Debate Part 1 Jun 28, 2019

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Anoa is joined by Nse Ufot, executive director of the New Georgia Project and New Georgia Project Action Fund and Aimee Castenell, communications director extraordinaire. The trio chop it up about the recent SCOTUS cases on gerrymandering and the census. Nse ties in the deep work happening in Georgia around voter engagement and fighting the ghost of Jim Crow with the Roberts' Court active dismantling of voting rights and civic engagement. Learn more about the New Georgia Project and the New Georgia Project Action Fund here.

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Get Free Friday Ep. 1 - Mailaka Jabali on Debunking Electability and Organizing to Expand the Political Imagination Jun 21, 2019

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Just in time for the start of summer, Anoa sits down with Malaika Jabali on the first edition of Get Free Fridays! Each Friday across the summer we will have fresh conversations pushing the boundaries of the political conversation. Malaika talks about debunking Electability and organizing to win. Read Malaika's recent piece in In These Times "Sick of Hearing About Electability? It Will Take Organizing To Expand Our Political Imagination."

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Racial Equity and Electoral Justice with Kentucky State Representative Attica Scott Jun 11, 2019

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Civic Engagement and Grassroots Organizing with Audra Wilson and Shannon Watts May 28, 2019

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Two in-depth conversations with two amazing women building better discourse and pushing necessary conversations in these crucial times. Audra Wilson brings a refreshing perspective to the work of the League of Women voters and how we need to engage and support a better informed electorate. Shannon Watts discussed redefining what it means and how to organize for the long term. Shannon highlights the importance of having clear action items for volunteers and lifting up local leaders. Check out the links to learn more and wear orange on June 7 for National Gun Violence Awareness Day.

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Biden isn't Naive About Republicans. He's Friends with Them. May 08, 2019

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Second episode discussing how Joe Biden is not for us, is like MAGA for liberals, and will not help us move forward. This conversation continues from the last episode on "context" around Biden's record.

LET’S NOT REWRITE HISTORY TO DEFEND JOE BIDEN’S RECORD OF CYNICAL DOG-WHISTLE POLITICS

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Joe Biden and Crime Bill Context with Brian Sonenstein May 03, 2019

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On this episode, Anoa is joined by Brian Sonenstein of Shadowproof and the Beyond Prisons podcast. Brian and Anoa discuss Joe Biden's rollout and the calls for "context" around his support for the 1994 Crime Bill. Anoa and Brian parse through the calls for context, providing actual context to the discussion. There is a racist subtext to the conversation. Positioning the conversation as an attack or undermining the effort underway prioritizes the feelings and needs of someone who spent his career supporting and advocating for some of the most draconian laws of the modern political era. Despite all the praise and supposedly "wokeness" achieved after 13th, too many liberals are willing to cast aside real opportunities for progress to slide back. There are several good articles that lay out the issues with Biden's criminal justice record. This doesn't even begin to address his issues across multiple other areas. Accountability and Justice is critical to many communities and that should not be set aside because a wealthy white man who is politically connected decides to run for president a fourth time.

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