On the radio show this week Kristin and company cover what’s in the American Rescue Plan for YOU and how you can access those benefits. They discuss the Equality Act that’s moving forward in Congress and what you can do to help make this critically important bill pass. They also touch on how you can help stop anti-Asian hate and violence and they hear about a new initiative called We As Ourselves and discuss the importance of the “invest and divest” frame as we advance public policies. *Special guests include: Laura Peralta-Schulte, The Network Lobby, @NETWORKLobby; Kierra Johnson, National...

For the lastes on our Breaking Through podcast tune in to Spotify , TuneIn or Apple podcasts! Have you checked out our most recent podcast? Most recently we covered women, the economy and the policies we all need to advance gender justice, racial justice, and economic justice with special guests Dr. C. Nicole Mason, Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), @IWPResearch; Teresa Younger, Ms. Foundation for Women, @msfoundation; and Jess Morales Rocketto, Care in Action and National Domestic Workers Alliance, @domesticworkers . We also discussed key opportunities for change in this critical...

As we close out the year we have some special guests on the radio show this week as we talk about how much emergency relief from Congress it will take to revive the U.S. economy. We also discuss the need to extend paid leave and sick days and uncover what's going with after school care and how to get support for children during a pandemic with . We close out the show discussing how to best support a loved one if they come out as trans. This week's guest include Mark Paul, Assistant Professor of economics and environmental studies at New College of Florida and a fellow at the Roosevelt...

As parents we know it can be hard to find creative and age appropriate ways to discuss social justice and all the uncertainty in the world with our children. Finding quality material to engage your kids in social activism, voting and other social justice issues can be overwhelming, and daunting especially if you're unsure of where or how to start. Most of us were not raised with age appropriate books on the electoral college, the process of voting or even who can vote! Fortunately we have the power to change that with our own children. We thought it was high time we made a list of books to...

There’s an all new episode of our Breaking Through podcast show this week where we cover all the many GOOD things that could be done with the funds Trump wants to use for his ridiculous wall. We also talk about Breast Cancer Awareness month and how women’s healthcare is under attack. And you can hear as we get fired up for change and learn about the impeachment proceedings. Finally, we dive into modern communications and what you can do. *Special guests include: Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Planned Parenthood’s Jacqueline Ayers @PPAct @PPFA Reggie Hubbard, MoveOn, @MoveOn award-...

This week on a brand new episode of the #BreakingThrough podcast we cover civil rights and preschool and why police violence is gun violence. We discuss why and how we can work to stop climate change; and we’ll also get the low-down on some important wins for dignity within food justice. *Special guests include: Cemeré James, National Black Child Development Institute, @NBCDI Dante Barry, Million Hoodies Movement for Justice, @MillionHoodies Sandra Steingraber, ecologist and author, as well as a distinguished scholar in residence at Ithaca College, @ssteingraber1 Jessica Bartholow, Western...

On an all new episode of Breaking Through this week we discuss the urgent importance of ending police brutality and advancing criminal justice reform. We also learn about the high impact of cultural change and how YOU are more powerful than you think. There’s talk about the Super Majority and the movement for women to rise in 2020! And we’ll find out more about BlackBreastfeedingWeek and how you can get the information and support you need year all round. *Special guests include: Monifa Bandele, Senior Vice President MomsRising, @monifabandele Dream Hampton, award-winning filmmaker, writer...

New on #BreakingThrough this week: we cover the growing (and winning!) movement for paid family/medical leave with Executive Director for Healthcare America, Margarida Jorge. We also discuss how important it is that we all fight to protect access to healthcare and affordable medicine including via www.lowerdrugpricesnow.org . There’s a tremendous update on a breaking news win; and we also get the inside scoop from Kamilah Tisdale of Advocates for Youth about the important movement to #ProtectTransHealth in a time when the Trump Administration is ridiculously and harmfully rolling back anti-...

This week on a brand new episode of Breaking Through we are joined by another awesome panel of guests as we cover what’s happening with democracy in this country, the democratic debates and dancing. We’ll also hear about a powerful campaign to raise the minimum wage that’s gaining ground. There’s a rousin discussion on hunger in American and how you can help combat it and we’ll close out the show with more information on healthcare policies and the #MedicaidCoversUS project. *Special guests include: Reggie Hubbard, MoveOn, @MoveOn Dr. Alicia Farris, ROC United, @rocunited Josh Protas, @...