The Power of the Black Voter with Nse Ufot

Published: Oct. 16, 2020, 7 a.m.

b"Welcome to Season 2 of Black History Year.\\nIn everything we do at PushBlack, we\\u2019re always asking, \\u201cHow do we work together to make things better for Black people?\\u201d In this season of the Black History Year podcast, we\\u2019re stepping to that challenge in an even bigger way.\\xa0\\nWe have episodes that\\u2019ll open eyes to new ideas about reparations, criminal justice reform, and the ways Black cooperative economics can help us strengthen our communities and build wealth. And we\\u2019re gonna reconnect to the beautiful parts of our culture found in our food and spiritual practices.\\n12 episodes. Twice as much Black History as our first season!\\xa0So make sure you tell your people that we\\u2019re back and let\\u2019s get to it.\\nIn our season kick-off, we're sitting down with the amazing Nse Ufot, the executive director of the New Georgia Project, where she\\u2019s working to get eligible voters registered and participating in our democracy.\\xa0 We know there is A LOT going on around voting rights. Nse is exactly the right person to get us focused on what\\u2019s important. It was a great conversation and we're really happy to have her with us to kick off season two.\\nThis podcast is produced by PushBlack, the nation\\u2019s largest non-profit Black media company.\\xa0\\nPushBlack exists because we saw we had to take this into our own hands. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at Black History Year dot com. Most people do 5 or 10 bucks a month, but everything makes a difference. Thanks for supporting the work.\\xa0\\nSpecial thanks to Detroit\\u2019s Motor City Woman Studio and Andrea Daniel.\\xa0\\nThe Black History Year production team includes Tareq Alani, Patrick Sanders, William Anderson, Jareyah Bradley, Brooke Brown, Shonda Buchanan, Eskedar Getahun, Leslie Taylor-Grover, Abeni Jones, Akua Tay, Darren Wallace and our producer, Cydney Smith.\\nFor Limina House, our producers are Jessica Rugh Frantz and Sasha Kai Parker, who also edits the podcast. Black History Year\\u2019s Executive Producers are Julian Walker for PushBlack and Mikel Ellcessor for Limina House.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nUseful links:\\nThe New Georiga Project\\nGeorgia My Voter Page\\n\\n \\nTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy\\n \\n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices"