Breaking Through with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (Powered by MomsRising)

On the #RADIO show this week, we cover white insurrectionism, the ties between white supremacy and gun violence, and analyze what happened at the U.S. Capitol and why we need still accountability including for Trump to be convicted by the US Senate; then we cover the wins in Georgia, how the state was flipped, and what you can do to protect democracy; hear about the road ahead with the Biden administration, the solutions we can help push through together, and why its important to stay engaged; and talk about the importance of ending structural racism in policing and getting counselors in schools, not cops.

*Special guests include: Joshua Horwitz, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, @CSGV; Tamieka Atkins, ProGeorgia, @TamiekaAtkinsGA; Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; and Beatriz Beckford, MomsRising, @MomsRising. 

Originally Aired December 7, 2020

On the radio show this week, we talk about how much emergency relief from Congress it will take to revive the U.S. economy; then jump into the need to extend paid leave and sick days; uncover whats going on with after school care and how to get support for children during a pandemic; and we close the show discussing how to best support a loved one if they come out as trans.

*Special guests include: Mark Paul, Assistant Professor of economics and environmental studies at New College of Florida and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, @NewCollegeofFL, @MarkVinPaul; Ruth Martin, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Jodi Grant, Afterschool Alliance, @afterschool4all; Alexis Bleich, Co-Director of the Clinical Services at Kip, @kiptherapy  

On the #RADIO show this week we cover the power of the #MomVote; whats happening in the U.S. Supreme Court; how your vote kicks open doors that we can (and must!) walk through for real change: and how healthcare is on the line and what you can do to help.

*Special guests include: Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Lena Zwarensteyn, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, @civilrightsorg, Reggie Hubbard, MoveOn, @MoveOn; and Joan Alker, Center for Children and Families, Georgetown University, @GeorgetownCCF.

Originally Aired November 1, 2020 

On the #RADIO show this week we cover whats happening with vote counts in battleground states including Pennsylvania; the powerful organizing by Black Voters Matter to get out the vote and move policy forward; the incredible impact of LatinxVotan; and the latest with jobs and unemployment insurance in America.

*Special guests include: Dr. Lara Putnam, professor at the University of Pittsburgh, @PittTweet; Brittany Smalls, Black Voters Matter, @BlackVotersMtr; Xochitl Oseguera, MomsRising/MamsConPoder, @MomsRising; and Elizabeth Pancotti, Employ America, @employamerica 

On the radio show this week we cover: The exit polls showing white women have much more work to do dismantling systemic racism within white communities; The ways in which the votes, organizing, and leadership of Black women and women of color protected our democracy; Hear how we each can combat the massive disinformation that the Trump campaign is still spreading; and find out whats up next to turn our voting power into policy powering in order to advance legislation that opens the doors for everyone to thrive.

*Special guests include: Laura Flanders, The Laura Flanders Show, @theLFshow; Kimberly Peeler-Allen, co-founder of Higher Heights, visiting practitioner at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, @HigherHeights4; Bridget Todd, Ultraviolet,
@UltraViolet and host of iHeartRadios critically acclaimed podcast There Are No Girls on the Internet, @UltraViolet: Jess Morales Rocketto, Civic Engagement Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the Executive Director of Care in Action,
@domesticworkers