Episode 30: All about Womxn Run the Vote Relay with Keshia Roberson

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English - September 14, 2020 09:00 - 49 minutes - 46 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 29: Vanessa Foerster on Diversify Triathlon Movement and Training your Mind

Next Episode: Episode 31: NOlympics LA and confronting our humanity as sports fans

The Womxn Run the Vote Relay, by Oiselle and Run 4 All Women, is a virtual relay from Atlanta, Georgia to Washington, DC. on September 21st-27th, 2020. Teams of 15-20 will virtually cover the 680-mile journey, learn about Civil Rights historic sites and people, and raise money for Black Voters Matter, an organization dedicated to increasing power in marginalized, predominantly Black communities. Registration includes an exclusive invitation to a virtual event featuring LaTosha Brown, Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter, on September 22nd (National Voter Registration Day).

Learn more about Women Run the Vote Relay and register: https://www.oiselle.com/pages/womxn-run-the-vote-relay

Donate to Black Voters Matter: https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/donate/

Discussed in this episode:

--Run 4 All Women

--Oiselle

--Barbara Rose Johns Powell, high school civil rights activist

--Greensboro Sit-in

--1977 International Women's Year Torch Relay

--Angela Davis

--Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism, by Bell Hooks

--Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown

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