The Furies sit down with Texas League of Women Voters president Tae-Mi Lee and former president Joyce LeBombard for a conversation spanning over a century covering the fight for voting rights, registration and access! Tae-Mi and Joyce break down what has changed, what hasn't, and why the Voter's Guide might be the most underrated tool in the democracy toolkit. A conversation about power, persistence, and why showing up still matters.

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The Furies sit down with Texas League of Women Voters President Tae-Mi Lee and former president Joyce LeBombard. for a conversation spanning over a century of the fight for voting rights. Tae-Mi and Joyce break down what's changed , what hasn't, and why the Voters Guide might be the most underrated tool in our democracy toolkit. A conversation about power, persistence, and why showing up still matters as the battle continues for voter registration and access.

The November elections are coming and we rely on news sources for information. Get a taste of how it works with one of our favorite career journalists, Bob T. Garrett!

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The Full Furies revisit “ People are the Revolution” with the motivating Nancy Keenan. As the midterms approach we can all use a lesson in leadership. There is so much at stake for women with this upcoming election. Nancy Keenan reminds us why we need to VOTE!

The U.S. political system has created an immigration machine that lacks due process ( kangaroo courts) and sets up undocumented workers to fail. Kari Hong, immigration attorney and expert, shares her experience working within the system, the cruelty and greed of detention centers and ICE in Part two of this informative conversation.

Facts & figures provided!

Toolkit for Universal Legal Representation (immigration attorney for all): https://www.vera.org/advancing-universal-representation-toolkit

Resources:

Find out if a detention center is near you or is being planned to be built near you: https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/b0228ccb-6fcf-4ab6-9d9b-41dd53292ec6/page/p_uy4yssvm0d

Toolkit to organize to stop ICE, stop detention centers, and support people who are detained: https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/communitiesnotcages/toolkit-fight-detention-deportations

How did we get here Kari Hong? In 1996 we got IIRAIRA from Bill Clinton and now our system lacks due process and has become a deportation machine. Are we as a country cutting off our nose despite our face? Is justice available to all?

What did Ronald Reagan say?

https://www.niussp.org/video/open-doors-for-the-american-dream-reagans-last-speech-as-president-1989/

Resources:

Toolkit for Universal Legal Representation (immigration attorney for all)

https://www.vera.org/advancing-universal-representation-toolkit

Toolkit to organize to stop ICE, stop detention centers, and support people who are detained:

https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/communitiesnotcages/toolkit-fight-detention-deportations

Find out if a detention center is near you or is being planned to be built near you

https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/b0228ccb-6fcf-4ab6-9d9b-41dd53292ec6/page/p_uy4yssvm0d

The Full Furies go video getting caught up on the World Cup playoffs. What is all this flopping about? Spain vs Argentina will take the pitch.

The Full Furies holds a masterclass on Public Lands with Tracy Stone-Manning. An American environmental policy advisor and expert on public lands. Tracy is the current president of The Wilderness Society, and served as the director of the Bureau of Land Management under the Biden administration.

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As we enter July 4th weekend and the USA commemorates 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Full Furies continues to focus on what makes America strong with Will Schiek.

Next week our episode will honor Public Lands, and later in the month we take a candid assessment of Immigration.

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