Friday Power Lunch

The April 12, 2024 Friday Power Lunch was a conversation on tools, tactics, and current events to best position our work.

GUESTS

Senator Tim Kaine gives an update on his campaign.

Gene Rossi, our favorite legal analyst discusses the Trump hush money case that starts next week.

Deepak Puri, founder of Democracy Labs, demonstrates 3 free tech tools

Nick Knudsen, founder of Demcast, the largest and most impactful organic digital amplification network in the world, speaks about how we can amplify our message this election cycle.

Delegate Marcus Simon, HD13 – County of Fairfax, gives an inside look into Governor Youngkin's vetos and what we might expect during next week's reconvened session of the General Assembly.

ABOUT THE FRIDAY POWER LUNCH

The Friday Power Lunch is a weekly podcast produced by the badass women of Network NOVA to amplify the voices of the Grassroots on politics, culture, and women making change.

To get tickets to attend the recording of the live Zoom program, https://fridaypowerlunch.com

The April 5, 2024, Friday Power Lunch explored what really happens in Richmond during the General Assembly. In other words, how the legislative sausage is made.

Show hosts for this episode are Katherine White and Carrie Short.

GUESTS

LUISA BOYARSKI from the Virginia Grassroots Coalition gives an overview of where we are with our priority bills.

DELEGATE SAM RASOUL (HD38 - Roanoke) explains how the process for getting legislation passed in the General Assembly works in theory and in practice.

DELEGATE JOSH THOMAS (HD21 - Prince William County) talks about his surprises, delights, and disappointments from his first session.

MICHAEL POPE (Journalist and host of Pod Virginia) shares stories about what he has seen, heard, and learned covering Virginia politics.

ABOUT THE FRIDAY POWER LUNCH

The Friday Power Lunch is a weekly podcast produced by the badass women of Network NOVA to amplify the voices of the Grassroots on politics, culture, and women making change.

To get tickets to attend the recording of the live Zoom program, https://fridaypowerlunch.com

The March 29, 2024 Friday Power Lunch was the special monthly national program where we explored building community as one of the core values of grassroots work today.

In addition to show hosts Katherine White & Finale Norton, Susan Wagner from the Grassroots Collaboration Project joined the team for this program.

GUESTS

ELLEN CASSEDY, Activist and author of "Working 9 to 5: A Women's Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie") was interviewed by SUSAN WAGNER. They spoke about how in 1973 women won rights and respect at the office and changed workplaces throughout America. Ellen also reflected on how their lessons learned can help our work today.

There are many postcard programs, but none receives more positive feedback than the year round program through NE Arizona Native Democrats. JENNIFER STOKELY EIS, Out-of-State Director, NEAZ Native Democrats, and ELIZABETH REINGOLD, Leadership Team, Markers for Democracy, were interviewed by FINALE NORTON. They discussed how this program lives its Democratic values every day and focuses on building a community of voters instead of promoting campaigns or candidates.

JUDY KINCAID, North Carolina Activist and Founder of Leaflet Every Door, was interviewed by KATHERINE WHITE. They spoke about how and why Judy started this program to hand out leaflets to revitalize her local precinct and connect with voters regularly, not just around elections.

ABOUT THE FRIDAY POWER LUNCH

The Friday Power Lunch is a weekly video podcast produced by the badass women of Network NOVA to amplify the voices of the Grassroots on politics, culture, and women making change.

To get tickets to attend the recording of the live Zoom program, https://fridaypowerlunch.com

We've all heard about the glass ceiling, those social barriers preventing women from being promoted to top jobs in management.

But what about the more subtle gender barriers and bias women face in the workplace, especially in the political world.

For this inaugural episode of the audio version of the Friday Power Lunch, we will talk about the glass walls women face, how to identify them, and what to do about them.

To get us started in this conversation, we talk to DR. AMY DIEHL, information technology leader and gender equity researcher, about her new book, Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work.

LYNLEE THORNE, Political Director of the Rural GroundGame, discusses the barriers faced by rural candidates.

KAREN BAKER, Democratic candidate in Virginia's 9th Congressional District, talks about how no matter how qualified a candidate is, women in rural areas are never qualified enough.

And DELEGATE VIVIAN WATTS, the longest-serving woman in the Virginia House of Delegates, shares the challenges she's faced over the years and the strides that have been made.

ABOUT THE FRIDAY POWER LUNCH

The Friday Power Lunch is a weekly video podcast produced by the badass women of Network NOVA to amplify the voices of the Grassroots on politics, culture, and women making change.

To get tickets to attend the recording of the live Zoom program, https://fridaypowerlunch.com

The Friday Power Lunch is a weekly podcast produced by the badass women of Network NOVA to amplify the voices of the Grassroots on politics, culture, and women making change.

To watch the video version of this podcast or to get tickets to attend the live Zoom recording, go to fridaypowerlunch.com