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Linda Sarsour: Intersectional Activism and Organizing

Linda Sarsour is an activist most known for her work in organizing the 2017 Women’s March, involving an estimated four million participants nationwide.

Today, she leads the organizations, MPower Change and Until Freedom.  Sarsour discusses what intersectional organizing looks like, as well as what she has experienced as a Muslim activist in these times.

Sarsour penned, We Are Not Here to be Bystanders and a young readers book, We’re In This Together.

Valley and Mountain Fellowship will be hosting Linda Sarsour to speak at the event, Against Islamophobia & White Supremacy on Sunday, January 22nd at 3:30 pm at Seattle’s Rainier Arts Center.  This is a part of Valley and Mountain Fellowship’s Set Us Free From Fear series.

A New York Times  article referred to in the interview is here

Producers: Laura Florez and Yuko Kodama

African-American Suffragettes of 1913

What do the recent Women’s Marches and the Women’s Suffrage March of 1913 have in common? Racial controversy.  Listen in on what it took for people with intersectional identities to fight for the right to vote.

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Women’s March 2018: Voices About Inclusion in the Movement

On Saturday, January 20th, 2018, tens of thousands of people marched through Seattle for the second annual Women’s March. Some criticized last year’s march for mostly representing white women, and not offering a broader message representing a diversity of women’s experiences. KBCS’s Casey Martin was at the march and asked people if this year’s march felt more inclusive than last year’s.

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Women’s March On Seattle

Between 150,000 and 175,000 people took part in Saturday’s Women’s March on Seattle. Listen in on some sounds from the event and hear what people had to say.

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A large crowd of peaceful protesters

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Filling the streets

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A look at a march puppet in action

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Taking Your Kid To A March Or Rally?

A buzz among the local parent crowd leading up to this weekend’s women’s marches is whether or not to take kids to the event. KBCS’s Yuko Kodama spoke with the co-authors of the blogpost “Activist Mama’s Guide to taking kids to a march” for some advice on how to prepare to go with children in tow.