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Deep Democracy
Forget about getting mad or getting even, this is a political show about how we are moving forward. Movement building pros Gina Christo and Wilnelia Rivera helped get Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-7) elected and know how deep democracy works when it centers the people we usually see at the margins. Each month they look at dumpster fires happening on the political ground and highlight the women, queer folk, and POC fighting the good fight and winning key battles across the country.
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3.8 stars from 100 ratings
Checking privilege
I wish there was another WOC who could also host with Wilnelia. As a Boston WOC listener, I was like “what?” when I heard the other co-host say that her demographic is “nerdy women.” Really? As a person with an intersectional identity, I am born with my identities - racial, class - and I don’t...Read full review »
emembee5 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 02/27/20
A.V. Club - May 2019
"Sorting through the current political trash heap can feel tiring and demoralizing, but movement-building pros and hosts of Deep Democracy Gina Christo and Wilnelia River infuse politics with Beyoncé and T.J.Maxx candles, creating an engaging conversation that calls you to joy and justice....Read full review »
Gina Christo via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/08/19
I'm a politics junkie and love the fresh perspective these hosts bring, as gay women, and Wilnelia as a WOC, and as progressive movement builders with state, local and national experience. The point they made in the second episode about forgetting winning back the white working class and...Read full review »
francinegil via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/08/19
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