Podcasts by Pod for the Cause
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights launched “Pod for the Cause” podcast to expand the conversation on critical civil and human rights challenges of our day: census, justice reform, policing, education, fighting hate
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S06 E12: 10 Years Since Shelby SCOTUS Decision: How Voting Rights Have Drastically Changed in a Decade from 2023-06-20T19:34:43
Join Kanya Bennett as she discusses the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder with Carolyn Shields, President of the Shelby County Branch of the NAACP, and Deu...
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S06 E11: Honoring Juneteenth and the Need for Reparations for Black Americans from 2023-06-16T00:17
Join Kanya Bennett as she discusses Juneteenth and reparations with Jeff Robinson of The Who We are Project, Kavon Ward of Where is My Land, and Keenan Keller of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee.
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S06 E10: Attacks on Black Political Power from 2023-06-09T16:09
Join Kanya Bennett and cohost Jheanelle Wilkins, director of state and local government affairs at the Leadership Conference, as they discuss recent attacks on Black political power with District o...
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S06 E09: Banning Books, Queer People, and Black History Part 2 from 2023-05-30T14:00
Join our host, Kanya Bennett, as she continues the conversation around book bans and curriculum censorship with Maggie Tokuda-Hall.
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S06 E09 Banning Books, Queer People, and Black History Part 1 from 2023-05-30T13:50
Join our host, Kanya Bennett, as she discusses book bans and curriculum censorship with Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead and Khalil Gibran Muhammad.
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S06 E08: Talking Traffic Stops: The Urgent Need for Police Accountability and Transparency from 2023-05-08T14:55
Join our host, Kanya Bennett, as she discusses police violence and reform with Chelsea Glass and Josh Adams of DeCarcerate Memphis and Krissy Roth, Senior Policy Associate at The NAACP Legal Defens...
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S06 E07: Until Justice Is Won: Civil Rights and Sports from 2023-04-26T04:00
Join our host, Kanya Bennett, as she discusses the role of sports in the civil rights movement with Domonique Foxworth — former NFL defensive back, senior writer for Andscape, and host of The Domon...
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S06 E06: Combatting Online Misinformation and Disinformation from 2022-11-23T22:30
Our host, Kanya Bennett, is joined by Joe Miller, President and CEO of The Washington Center for Technology Policy Inclusion (WashingTECH), and Dave Toomey, Voting Rights and Technology Fellow at...
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S06 E05: Now What?: Post-Election Accountability from 2022-11-09T22:36
Our host, Kanya Bennett, is joined by Paige Fernandez, the National Organizing Manager at the Center for Popular Democracy, and Tanya Clay House, Executive Vice President of Campaigns and Advocacy ...
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S06 E04: Affirmative Action Means Opportunity for All from 2022-10-26T18:11
On today's episode of Pod For the Cause, our host, Kanya Bennett, is joined by Star Wingate-Bey, a 2016 graduate of the University of North Carolina and a student intervenor who helped defend UNC's...
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S06 E03: Our Bodies are on the Ballot from 2022-10-12T20:55
On today’s episode of Pod for the Cause our host, Kanya Bennett discusses the intersectionality of abortion rights and voting and its impact on Black women with Marcela Howell, president and CEO of...
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S06 E02: Why Our Courts Matter from 2022-09-28T16:14
On today’s episode of Pod for the Cause our host, Kanya Bennett will discuss the importance of our courts with Kadida Kenner, chief executive officer of the New Pennsylvania Project and co-chair of...
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S06 E01: Vote to Save Democracy from 2022-09-14T20:00:22
Welcome back to Pod for the Cause Season 6! On today’s episode our new host, Kanya Bennett, managing director of government affairs at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Le...
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S05 E08: Vote For Justice from 2022-04-06T12:00
Our host Vanessa Gonzalez is joined by Sakira Cook, Senior Director of the Justice Program at The Leadership Conference and the The Education Fund, and Reginald Belle, Campaigns and Programs Fellow...
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S05 E07: Local Organizing&the Legacy of Black-led Civil Rights Movements from 2022-03-22T23:13:39
Our host Vanessa Gonzalez is joined by Arekia Bennett-Scott, executive director of Mississippi Votes, and Jordan Johnson, executive director of Georgia Shift, to discuss the legacy of Black-led civ...
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S05 E06: Trans Rights are Civil Rights from 2021-12-21T18:59:57
Our host Vanessa Gonzalez is joined by Diego Sanchez, Director of Advocacy, Policy&Partnerships at PFLAG and Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equalit...
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S05 E05: Winning the Narrative from 2021-12-14T21:42:54
What is narrative and why should it matter to activists? Vanessa is joined by Ellen Buchman, President at The Opportunity Agenda, Dr. Jiggy Geronimo, a progressive research and messaging expert, an...
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S05 E04: What are our Civil Rights on the Internet? from 2021-11-23T11:00
Our host Vanessa Gonzalez is joined by Sofia Ongele, Founder of ReDawn and Creative Advisor Intern at Kode with Klossy, and Laura Murphy, President of Laura Murphy&Associates, LLC and Author of The...
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S05 E03: Immigration and Race in America from 2021-11-15T11:00
Our host Vanessa Gonzalez is joined by Lia Parada, Director of Legislative Advocacy at The Immigration Hub, and Abraham Paulos, Deputy Director at the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, to discus...
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S05 E02: The Biden Scorecard Episode from 2021-10-28T06:00
Our host Vanessa Gonzalez is joined by Lena Zwarensteyn, Senior Director of the Fair Courts Campaign at The Leadership Conference and The Education Fund, and Patricia Richman, National Sentencing R...
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S05 E01: The Intersections of Abortion Bans from 2021-09-20T15:21:29
Our host Vanessa Gonzalez is joined by Aimee Arrambide, Executive Director at Avow Texas; Leila Abolfazli, Director for Federal Reproductive Rights at National Women’s Law Center; and Nancy Cardena...
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Vision for Justice: Reimagining Public Safety from 2021-08-05T07:00
On the finale of the Vision for Justice miniseries, our guest host, Monifa Bandele, Movement for Black Lives Leadership Team, reimagines public safety with Thea Sebastian, Director of Policy, Civil...
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Vision for Justice: Pretrial Justice from 2021-07-22T02:19:31
Our host Vanessa Gonzalez is joined by Congressman Ted. Lieu (D-Calif.) to discuss pretrial justice, its current framework, and the inequities that exist within it. Then, in a special Pod Squad seg...
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Vision For Justice: The ’94 Crime Bill from 2021-07-09T10:00
On this second episode of our special series, Vision For Justice, our host Vanessa Gonzalez is joined by Congressman Bobby Scott (D-Va.), to discuss the passing of the 1994 Crime Bill and its long-...
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Vision For Justice: 50 Years of the War on Drugs from 2021-06-17T22:50:14
On this first episode of our special series, Vision For Justice, our host Vanessa Gonzalez is joined by Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), to discuss the policies and ramifications of the ...
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S04 E08: School in the Time of COVID from 2021-06-16T18:21:16
Vanessa Gonzalez is joined by Sylvia Tanguma, president of the McAllen American Federation of Teachers and a teacher at James Bonham Elementary in McAllen, TX, to discuss how teachers heroically pi...
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S04 E07: "Unmasking Reopening" from 2021-05-11T16:45:15
Pod for the Cause host Vanessa N. Gonzalez is joined by mental health experts: Melvin Wilson (Senior Policy Advisor for Social Justice and Human Rights, at the National Association of Social Worker...
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S04 E06: We Must Keep Fighting Barriers to the Ballot from 2021-04-28T15:57:57
Pod for the Cause host Vanessa N. Gonzalez is joined by voting leaders: Bo Shuff (Executive Director at DC Vote), Lisa Cylar Barrett (Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense&Educational Fund,...
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S04 E05: SHE-cession from 2021-03-23T08:00
Pod for the Cause host Vanessa N. Gonzalez is joined by Adrienne Lawrence (Attorney and Sr. Consultant at Jennifer Brown Consulting, Media and Legal Consultant at Bantam Impact, and the Author of S...
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S04 E04: #AVLExplains Local Elections from 2021-03-09T21:32:01
Pod for the Cause host Vanessa N. Gonzalez is joined by amazing members of the All Voting is Local team: Peter Burress (Wisconsin Campaign Manager), Rosemary Avila (Arizona Campaign Manager), Ifeol...
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S04 E03: Black Justice is Our Justice from 2021-02-26T02:10
Pod for the Cause host Vanessa N. Gonzalez is joined by Claudia Flores (Senior Campaign Manager at the Center for American Progress), Abraham Paulos (Deputy Director of Policy and Communications at...
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S04 E02: The First 100 Days of Biden-Harris from 2021-02-09T05:00
Pod for the Cause host Vanessa N. Gonzalez is joined by Monica Simpson (Executive Director of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective), Tina Tchen (President&CEO of TIME'S UP), an...
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S04 E01: This Is America from 2021-01-26T15:24:53
On the season 4 premiere of Pod for the Cause, Wade Henderson, civil rights lawyer, human rights activist, and interim president of The Leadership Conference, and Nelini Stamp, Director of Strategy...
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S03 E09: Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021 from 2020-12-29T05:00
2020 has been a year unlike any other - from the COVID-19 pandemic to racial injustice, a historic presidential election and more - as we close the door on 2020 and welcome a New Year, The Leadersh...
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S03 E08: Allyship 101: Listening, Learning, and Loving Others in the Age of Black Lives Matter from 2020-11-24T05:00
Schuyler Bailar, athlete, activist, life coach, and the first openly trans NCAA Division I athlete and swimmer, and Sam White, social impact strategist and advocate, join host Allyn Brooks-LaSure f...
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S03 E07: Election Breakdown with Travon Free&Jenny Yang from 2020-11-11T21:05:27
On our first post-Election episode, comedians Travon Free and Jenny Yang join host Allyn Brooks-LaSure to break down the 2020 Election and the state of comedy as we transition from the Trump Presid...
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S03 E06: The Election Episode from 2020-10-27T16:45:36
Welcome to The Election Episode of Pod for the Cause! Host Allyn Brooks-LaSure sits down with Leigh Chapman, Program Director of Voting Rights at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights...
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S03 E05: Courts&Voting from 2020-10-13T14:24:04
On this week's Pod for the Cause, we talk all about the Supreme Court confirmation hearings and voting with Aklima Khondoker (Georgia State Director, All Voting is Local), Kayla Griffin (Ohio State...
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S03 E04: College During COVID from 2020-09-29T18:42:57
How are college students feeling during COVID-19? What's it like to be an undergrad during a global pandemic? On this week's Pod for the Cause, we check in with student leaders of color across the ...
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S03 E03: Healing Our Hearts and Minds During COVID-19 from 2020-09-15T14:06:19
This week's Pod for the Cause episode hosted by Allyn Brooks-LaSure is all about the psychological impacts of COVID-19, especially for communities of color. Author, Veteran, and Heart Healer Rob Hi...
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S03 E02: Census Counts from 2020-09-01T04:00
Pod for the Cause is all about the census this week! Stand-up comedian Cristela Alonzo joins us to talk about the power the census holds for historically undercounted communities — and the urgency ...
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S03 E01: The Horrible Storm from 2020-07-28T15:40:41
In the season 3 premiere of "Pod for the Cause", host Ashley Allison is joined by Compton’s Mayor Aja Brown to discuss the horrible storm - between COVID-19, police violence, and everything else th...
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S02 E10: Will Our Lives Still Matter? from 2020-06-16T11:07:30
Pod for the Cause is guest hosted by Allyn Brooks-LaSure to discuss the momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement in unprecedented times - we cover allyship, true change, and more, all with a pac...
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S02 E09: A Mother's Day Tribute — 1 Year Later from 2020-05-08T16:05:21
In honor of the Mother's Day and the one year anniversary of Pod for the Cause, host Ashley Allison is joined by former Obama Administration Senior Advisor, New York Times Bestselling Author, and m...
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S02 E08: Getting Educated in America from 2020-05-01T17:17
Pod for the Cause host Ashley Allison is joined by the creator, writer, and director of the Netflix series Dear White People, Justin Simien, and the actress who portrays the character Joelle Brooks...
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S02 E07: Black Lives and COVID-19 from 2020-04-17T20:57:28
Pod for the Cause host Ashley Allison is joined remotely by New York Times bestselling author, historian and antiracist activist Dr. Ibram Kendi to talk about the disproportionate impact COVID-19 h...
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S02 E06: Staying Connected at Home from 2020-04-10T14:50:30
Pod for the Cause host Ashley Allison is joined remotely by Vanita Gupta, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference, to talk about how COVID-19 has impacted our world and how, now more than ev...
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S02 E05: Get Out The Count, Get Out The Vote from 2020-03-11T04:00
Pod for the Cause host Ashley Allison is joined by Stacey Abrams, the former Democratic nominee for the governorship of Georgia, the Founder and Chair of Fair Fight, and the Founder of Fair Count, ...
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S02 E04 (Part 2): For The People — Meet Your Representatives from 2020-02-13T15:34:42
Pod for the Cause host Ashley Allison is joined by powerhouse Representatives Kathy Castor, Darren Soto, Marc Veasey, Al Green and John Sarbanes for part two of a special episode live from the Maxi...
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S02 E04 (Part 1): For The People — Meet Your Representatives from 2020-02-11T22:22:28
Pod for the Cause host Ashley Allison is joined by powerhouse Representatives Pramila Jayapal, Barbara Lee, Sheila Jackson Lee, and Maxine Waters for part one of an episode live from the Maxine Wat...
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S02 E03: We Are Democracy from 2019-12-11T09:00
Pod for the Cause host Ashley Allison is joined by Cecile Richards, Mayra Macias, and Alicia Garza for a very special episode live from The Leadership Conference Education Fund's "We Are Democracy"...
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S02 E02: DACA - The Fight Continues from 2019-11-20T09:00
Pod for the Cause host Ashley Allison is joined by Martín Batalla Vidal, the lead plaintiff in the New York case McAleenan v. Vidal, to discuss DACA and how the fight will continue to create a path...
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S02 E01: Let Our People Vote: The Fight Against Voter Suppression from 2019-11-04T16:04:49
To kick off season two, Pod for the Cause host Ashley Allison is joined by special guest Dawn-Lyen Gardner, star of Queen Sugar, to discuss voter suppression, the importance of representation, and ...
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S01 E09: Gun Violence - Thoughts, Prayers, Action&Reform from 2019-08-19T19:58:53
Pod for the Cause host Ashley Allison welcomes David Hogg, activist and co-founder of March For Our Lives and Zion Kelly, activist and student at Florida A&M University, to discuss their tragic exp...
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S01 E08: Disability Rights Are Civil Rights from 2019-07-26T15:10:06
Pod for the Cause host Ashley Allison welcomes Vilissa Thompson, creator of #DisabilityTooWhite and founder of RampYourVoice, to discuss how disability rights are civil rights -- and how we should ...
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S01 E07: What Do Freedom&Justice Look Like? from 2019-07-12T20:16:26
Pod for the Cause host Ashley Allison and the iconic Rev. Dr. William Barber II, president and senior lecturer of Repairers of the Breach and architect of the Moral Mondays movement, discuss what j...
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S01 E06: Immigration – Keeping Families Together from 2019-07-02T15:56:39
Pod for the Cause host Ashley Allison and film director, author, and activist Paola Mendoza discuss immigration and family separation. The conversation includes experiences of families on the borde...
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S01 E05: Out&Proud – Celebrating Pride Month from 2019-06-17T15:20:28
Pod for the Cause host Ashley Allison interviews actress and model, Isis King, to discuss her breakout role in When They See Us. The conversation includes what pride month means to her and to the L...
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S01 E04: My Body – My Choice from 2019-05-29T21:53:48
Pod for the Cause host Ashley Allison, Alabama Senator Vivian Figures, and Kimberly Inez McGuire, executive director of Unite for Reproductive&Gender Equity (URGE), discuss the recent Alabama abort...
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S01 E03: Civic Engagement – Women Rally for Change from 2019-05-15T09:56:27
Ashley Allison, host of Pod for the Cause, interviews Ai-jen Poo, director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, co-director of Caring Across Generations, and founder of Supermajority, to disc...
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S01 E02: Census – Counting All Communities in 2020 from 2019-05-15T09:53:58
Ashley Allison, host of Pod for the Cause, interviews Dale Ho, voting rights program director at the ACLU, to discuss all things census. They discuss the Supreme Court oral arguments case to remove...
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S01 E01: A Mother's Day Tribute from 2019-05-15T09:53:08
Ashley Allison, host of Pod for the Cause, interviews Marion Gray-Hopkins, Executive Director of Coalition of Concerned Mothers and Rhanda Dormeus, Treasurer of Coalition of Concerned Mothers, on h...
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S01 E00: Introducing "Pod for the Cause" from 2019-05-13T23:46:34
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights launched “Pod for the Cause” podcast to expand the conversation on critical civil and human rights challenges of our day: census, justice reform,...
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