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RCV for Colorado is a non-partisan advocate of giving voters more voice through ranked choice voting.

Better Elections are easy as 1-2-3 when voters get to rank their choices. You won't have to choose between the lesser of two evils - if your favorite candidate can't mathematically win, your vote is transferred to your second choice. Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is a real option to improve our democracy. Other countries use RCV - Australia has been using it for over 100 years! The Colorado Secretary of State has guideline for local and county administrators. RCV for Colorado wants to help you make this happen...follow us for events and coordinated local efforts.

Learn more at: https://rcvforcolorado.org/

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Launching her campaign in Nov 2018, Lorena Garcia ran a powerful people centered campaign for US Senate in Colorado. Garcia has been working on the frontlines leading non-profit social justice policy advocacy organizations for the last fifteen years, fighting for equity, dignity, and justice for everyone, especially those who have been pushed to the margins. Being on the ground working directly with communities is her calling.  As a veteran organizer, women’s rights activist and nonprofit administrator, she has worked in the interest of the public good throughout her career. As a 7th generation Coloradan on her father’s side and first generation on her mother’s side, Garcia’s family background mirrors many families in Colorado and across the country. Her commitment to the well-being of families can be tied back to her own as the youngest of six siblings and aunt of 16 nieces and nephews. She and her wife, Jaimi, have been married for seven years. Garcia has a Bachelor’s in film studies from CU Boulder and a MBA from the George Washington University.

Check out Lorena's website and other items we referenced:

Lorena Garcia for Senate Website | https://bit.ly/34CtLjl
Postal Banking and Deregulation | https://bit.ly/31qVXUi
Ranked Choice Voting for Colorado | https://bit.ly/31teD5V
Dan Price Gravity | https://bit.ly/31rHdED

Promo: Voices From the Underground
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We were honored to have the Director of Research of More in Common, Stephen Hawkins, take some time to share about their history, goals, and discoveries.

More in Common was founded in 2016 to address division in society and find ways for us to focus on what we have in common. While there are similar forces threatening democratic societies, they have established separate national teams with their own national strategies, because they believe strategies to strengthen resilience against the forces of division must build on each society’s unique national and regional characteristics.

In their work, they aim for originality, strategic rigor and a sound evidence base. They put learning at the center of our work. They don’t have all the answers, but they are committed to deepening their insights, improving their approaches and measuring their impact. As a learning organization, they put a high value on collaboration and are committed to sharing their own insights generously with those who share their goals.

Learn more about More in Common by visiting their site:

More in Common Site | https://bit.ly/39I0kgm
Jo Cox Foundation | https://bit.ly/3fftzIm
For George Floyd, a complicated life and a notorious death | https://bit.ly/3hRG66J

Promo: https://twitter.com/BodyCountPod
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COVID19 has created a world in which news that would normally be headlines and stay front and center have been de-prioritized and forgotten. 2020 was already winding up to be a newsworthy year with the frenetic election cycle, Trump's impeachment, and the assassination of Iranian General Soleimani. Also, we discovered that if we close all the schools in the US, we won't have any school shootings for an entire month.

First 100 days of 2020 | https://bit.ly/2Zy9zfv
Collusion and Quid Pro Quo | https://bit.ly/2WrSbay

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Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding is a Founder of the Truth and Conciliation commission, an activist, public commentator, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Colorado Springs and associate professor of Women's and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. She holds a B.A. in English from Clark Atlanta University, as well as a M.A. in American Literature and a Ph. D. in American Studies both from Purdue University. Rev. Dr. Rose is the author of Recovering From Racism: A Guidebook to Beginning Conversations (2015) and Abolishing White Masculinity from Mark Twain to Hiphop: Crisis in Whiteness (2014).

Promo: Fresh Brewed Coffee

Truth and Conciliation site | https://bit.ly/2YtYStO
IBRAM KENDI, ONE OF THE NATION’S LEADING SCHOLARS OF RACISM, SAYS EDUCATION AND LOVE ARE NOT THE ANSWER | https://bit.ly/3fOVLmj

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Many of us, children and parents, view 18 as a magical time when we are suddenly no longer in the same relationship we have been in since our children were born. However, that transition takes time, attention, and thought. Avery Russell coaches parents on how to bridge that transition and will talk about some of the things she teaches her clients and what motivated her to take this mantle up.

Service, mentoring, and leading are the core values Avery lives by. She is the founder and CEO of Stellamaris Coaching, and creator of Parenting 2.0 - "The Grief, The Relief, and What’s Next", a support group and workshops for parents of adult children. She also coaches one on one for parents who need a little more help connecting with their twenty something kids and developing a strong relationship. Avery has spent the last 25 years raising her four children, serving on boards in education, the arts, and in her community. She recharges her batteries playing badminton, reading, crafting, and laughing with friends and family.

Avery's Coaching Site | https://bit.ly/2B586n5

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Erik and I stand with the protesters and activists who are calling for broad sweeping changes in our communities to end state sanctioned harassment and murder of black people. 

This episode  is exactly 8 minutes and 46 seconds long. This is the amount of time George Floyd was slowly choked to death while a crowd of onlookers pleaded for his murderer to cease this brutal behavior. 

We ask you to take the rest of this episode, which will be silence, to honor George Floyd’s memory, as well as the hundreds, if not thousands, of brutalized and murdered black people in our communities over the past 413 years. We hope you will feel the sense of heartache and shame that we do. Even more, we hope that feeling will spur you to action and allyship with our black community.

We will include links in the show notes with resources and further reading, as well as ways to get involved and make a difference.

Peace at any price is actually tyranny of the powerless. While peace is the goal, the path is justice. The brutalization of black people by the state is neither peace nor justice. Not standing against it is standing for it. If we want to end the violence, we must end it through justice and action.

In solidarity,
Aicila & Erik
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10 Documentaries To Watch About Race Instead Of Asking A Person Of Colour To Explain Things For You

https://bit.ly/3dAVK4z

A 'Forgotten History' Of How The U.S. Government Segregated America

https://n.pr/3dATTNk

How Hoover worked to deceive the white community and undermine black organizers
https://bit.ly/3eShQjn

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We need each other. We need liberty and we need personal responsibility.

Patriot Act https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/13/us_spying_laws/

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