Vibras +⚡️Vibin’

Campaign work, the Importance of Representation in Voting: Amanda Squiemphen-Yazzie


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For this Podcast Episode, there is an emphasis on Finding your own fire to understand how someone can impact, serve + work for future generations. Importance of learning + understanding what it means to take part in Dismantling White Supremacy Culture. The beauty of Experience over Brains. Redefining what Beauty means in the mainstream media culture. The importance of representation. How can the Indigenous community work alongside the Black community? Tune in as we talk about: Voter Suppression, Field work of Campaign + how it was able to adapt with Social Media tools due to COVID-19. How Social Media can be a form of activism, Assimilation, + conversation on how Anti-Blackness is a form of racism. As we need to continue to uplift the Black community. This Podcast highlights the impacts of taking part in Voting. As voting is an act of community.
Amanda graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Social Work and Minor in Civic Leadership from Portland State University in 2019. She currently resides in Portland and is a proud member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and proud descendant of the Navajo, Wasco and Yakima tribes. Amanda was a 2018 PolitiCorps fellow with Next Up Oregon, formally known as The Bus Project, and part of the 2017-2018 NAYA LEAD Cohort, where her passion for grassroots organizing grew even stronger with both organizations.
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