Host: Diane Gil

Co-Host: Antonio Moore 

Episode Introduction: In today’s episode of the Now What Podcast, Diane is joined by Antonio Moore to talk about Senator Kamala Harris who was elected as Joe Biden's running mate for Vice President. 

Episode Summary: 

The episode revolves around Kamala Harris’ work as a prosecutor as well as her selection as Joe Biden’s running mate for Vice President. It also discusses her history as a prosecutor and the allegations made on her. 

Notable Facts: 

• August 11th, 2020 was an historic day for America as Senator Kamala Harris was named as Joe Bidens running mate for Vice President.

• Kamala Harris is the first woman of color to be placed on the ballot for a major political party. 

• Kamala Harris’ father is Jamaican and her mother is Indian. She was born in America, she’s a black American.

• Kamala’s values have been grounded in doing the brave work to use the law to uphold injustices throughout her adult life.

• Kamala is educated, sophisticated, and politically powerful. She is who we need to shut down the patriarchy in America. 

Call-To-Actions: 

• Listeners should do their own research on Kamala starting with; 

• • Her success in taking down predatory for profit colleges, including canceling the debts of those impacts

  • Her support to make lynching a Federal Crime

  • Her support of legislation to ban police hold, like the one that killed Eric  Gardner and George Floyd.

  • Her record of creating creative policies such as Back on Track, to give non violent first time offenders alternative options (such as boot camp) rather than sending them into the criminal justice system. 

  • Her success in creating a new path for juvenile sex workers by creating safe houses, support and treatment when she had a chance to convict them for crime. 

  • Her success in creating a public database of violent encounters between the police and the public.

  • Winning 16 billion increase in funds in the middle of the foreclosure crisis

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This episode was executive produced by: LG Media

Episode show notes by: Tanishka Kherajani