Women Rising Radio: Election Protection and Democracy
From Making Contact | Part of the Making Contact series | 29:00
Election protection is increasingly seen as a critical issue in the US. From gerrymandering and voter purges, to precinct closures and problems with voting machine technology, Women Rising Radio explores threats to the US electoral process with two election protection activists.
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Election protection is increasingly seen as a critical issue in the US. Since the gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court, there have been problems with voter purging, voter ID laws, what some call modern-day poll taxes, precinct closures, and difficulties with voting machines. Congress has noted serious attempts to hack into voting systems in the US based in partisan politics. In this episode, Women Rising Radio joins two election protection activists to talk about threats to the US electoral process.
Featuring:
Jennifer Cohn, attorney, journalist and election integrity advocate, associated with National Voting Rights Task Force; Andrea Miller, IT specialist and founder of Center for Common Ground/Reclaim Our Vote and People Demanding Action.
Program #11-20 Begin date: 03/11/20. End date: 09/11/20.
Promo available from https://www.radioproject.org/sound/2020/MakingCon_200311_promo.mp3
88-01: Why Rosie the Riveter is "Not My Icon” - Betty Reid Soskin, National Park Service
From KALW | Part of the Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller series | 54:00
For the past decade, now 98-year-old Betty Reid Soskin has served as the nation’s oldest Park Ranger, where she gives talks at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historic Park. But the triumphant story of the now ubiquitous feminist icon, Rosie the Riveter, is not Betty’s story. While Rosie was breaking barriers for twentieth century white women in the workforce, Black women like Betty and her slave ancestors had been serving as laborers for centuries. In our 2018 live talk at INFORUM at the Commonwealth Club, Betty offers a clear-eyed perspective on the untold stories of the American narrative and the ever-rising spiral our country is making toward equality.
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For the past decade, now 98-year-old Betty Reid Soskin has served as the nation’s oldest Park Ranger, where she gives talks at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historic Park. But the triumphant story of the now ubiquitous feminist icon, Rosie the Riveter, is not Betty’s story. While Rosie was breaking barriers for twentieth century white women in the workforce, Black women like Betty and her slave ancestors had been serving as laborers for centuries. In our 2018 live talk at INFORUM at the Commonwealth Club, Betty offers a clear-eyed perspective on the untold stories of the American narrative and the ever-rising spiral our country is making toward equality.
David Buckley - Film and Television Composer - The Town, The Good Wife, Papillon, Greenland, The Good Fight, and Trees of Peace
From MergingArts Productions | Part of the Spoiler Alert Radio series | 29:00
David Buckley - Film and Television Composer - The Town, The Good Wife, Papillon, Greenland, The Good Fight, and Trees of Peace
David's film include: The Town, The Nice Guys, Papillon, Angel Has Fallen, Greenland, Unhinged, Nobody, and Trees Of Peace.
David's television work includes: The Good Wife, The Good Fight, Mercy Street, Evil, and Stay Close.
David's upcoming projects include: the wildlife documentary In The Womb/Growing Up Animal and the narrative feature Kandahar again for director and writer Ric Roman Waugh.