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Never underestimate the power of moms to get shit done. They are often the life force of every family and every community around the world.
As proof, I give you activist and organizer Shannon Watts, a mother of five, who founded Moms Demand Action as a grassroots movement to promote gun control legislation and protect American children from gun violence and mass shootings. She is also a board member of Emerge, an organization that trains Democratic women to run for elected office.
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Relying on her immense experience, she recently took the baton from Black women and decided to organize “White Women for Kamala Harris,” which ended up raising over $11 million in two days and broke Zoom. Since then, there’s a snowball effect where specific communities are calling their members to join a movement dedicating to preserving our democracy against Trump’s dictatorial agenda.
In this Chai Talk, Shannon discusses the importance of calling in white women, specifically, to join an intersectual movement united towards progress and equity, and she gives hard-earned advice on how people, who might seem powerless, can use their talents to rally their communities for democracy.
Grab a chai and give us a listen!
How Can Americans Mobilize and Organize a Grassroots Movement for Democracy?