Listen and subscribe on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, or Audacy. And we can’t wait to share Season 3 with you-coming in 2023. Follow her Seasons 1 and 2, Packnett Cunningham sat down with everyone from Tracee Ellis Ross and Representative Ayanna Pressley to America Ferrera and Tarana Burke. Her book We Are Like Those Who Dream is forthcoming. Described by President Barack Obama as a leader “whose voice is going to be making a difference for years to come,” she was a member of the White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing and the Ferguson Commission, as well as a three-time Harvard Institute of Politics fellow. Our host is Brittany Packnett Cunningham-an educator, activist, TV commentator-and someone who always, always, asks better questions about the world. Welcome to UNDISTRACTED, a weekly podcast that looks at the news through lenses that are too often neglected (but so real to all of us): gender, race, ability and more. We are undistracted.”- Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Host, UNDISTRACTED We got work to do, and we’re going to do it together, and we’re going to find our joy along the way. Ianne Fields Stewart: Founder of The Okra ProjectĬ.“Enough with the distractions, the noise, the billions of tweets. Sylvia Rivera: A trans Latina activist and veteran of the 1969 Stonewall uprisingĬrystal LaBeija: The legendary founder of The House of LaBeija.Īnd some of her trans “siblings” leading the fight today:Ĭeyenne Doroshow: Founder and Executive Director of GLITS Inc Johnson: A Black trans woman who was among the first to resist police raiding Stonewall, sparking the LGBTQ Rights Movement. Mary Jones: A Black trans sex worker living in New York in the 1830s.įrances Thompson: A formerly enslaved Black trans woman who fought in the Memphis Riots and later testified before Congress. Here are the legendary trans ancestors Raquel mentions in the episode: Plus, Brittany brings you the latest Untrending news. How can we fix this? Host Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits down with activist and writer Raquel Willis to talk about everything from the new administration to the trans ancestors you never heard about. President Biden signed new protections for LGBTQ people on Day One of his presidency-but new anti-trans legislation is cropping up everywhere, and violence against gender-nonconforming folks, especially Black trans women, remains high. Jubilee Justice - A Black farmer funding alternative to the USDA () Planet FWD - For coordinating organic food supply () Soul Fire Farm - Reparations map to donate land to Black farmers () Here’s a list of the resources Natalie mentions in this episode: Plus, Brittany brings us the latest Untrending News. She talks to Brittany about her new anthology that’s been making waves, We Are Each Other’s Harvest, and how a new generation of young, Black farmers are returning to the land and building upon the legacy of their ancestors. Queen Sugar author Natalie Baszile believes that true Black freedom is tied to land ownership, food sovereignty, and a renewed dedication to the soil. In a week that marks one year since George Floyd's death, there’s no better time to talk about cultivating the world we deserve. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: (202) 224-3121Īnd here’s a script you can use when calling: Capitol Switchboard operator can also connect you directly with the Senate office. To support voting-rights legislation, you can find your Senator’s number on this sheet: (She also explains dark matter, in case you’ve forgotten-we had.) Plus, Brittany brings the latest Untrending News. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein has thoughts on that-she’s a physicist, Black feminist theorist, and cosmos expert, and she sits down with host Brittany Packnett Cunningham to talk about patriarchy in the lab, and how we should be thinking about space. On Tuesday, Jeff Bezos became the latest contestant in the “billionaire space race,” prompting a million memes-and serious questions about how exactly this makes life better for those of us here on earth.
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