It's Your Vote with Blair Walsingham

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Ryan Tillman of Breaking Barriers United is committed to the youth in our communities. As tensions have grown between law enforcement and communities, we recognize the future lies in the hands of our youth. With this realization, Breaking Barriers United invests in our youth by going into their neighborhoods and locating tomorrow's leaders, through relationship-building and mentoring programs.

Their mission is to repair the bond between law enforcement and the community by promoting transparency and building relationships.

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Kyle Christensen, 41, was selected to receive $1,000 per month from Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang for the next year. He discusses with Blair how this changed he and his mom's life. This is an example of a true, humble, human experience and how UBI programs like the Freedom Dividend have an undeniable positive impact.

Kyle Christensen Has Been Taking Care of His Mother, Who Was Diagnosed With Cancer in 2016. Christensen Sold His Musical Equipment & Launched a GoFundMe Campaign to Help Pay For Medical Bills After His Mother Became Sick. Christensen Plans to Donate a Kidney to His Mother

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On this episode of It's Your Vote: Blair Walsingham welcomes Dan Larson

Daniel Larson thinks that the Republican Party has lost its moral standing and the values that made it a party the championed the rights of the individual. Citing the party realignment that occurred in 1968, he argues that the party has become driven by "corporate interests" and a "conservative power base" that tolerates racism.

And he's convinced that a universal basic income is a conservative solution to economic inequality and unfairness in the United States.

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DanforMontana/

Twitter: @danformontana

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7HY9lEQ5uUNn1oNo6aEIrA/featured?disable_polymer=1

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On this episode of It's Your Vote: Blair Walsingham welcomes Diane Pagen

Diane R. Pagen has been a social worker for New York City and a social policy analyst and writer for fourteen years. Diane was born in Queens, New York and has lived in Paris, New York, San Juan, and Seville. She has been a social worker in the city and in the country. She was privileged to be mentored by and work with welfare expert and activist Theresa Funiciello from 2000 to 2008, and co-wrote The Adventures of Carrie Giver: The Cost of Caring with Theresa in 2007. Diane is a founding member of Basic Income Action and Basic Income NYC and working to build the Basic Income Movement with others.

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On this episode of It's Your Vote: Blair Walsingham welcomes Pastor Steven Broers

Steven has been a pastor in small town Iowa for a little over ten years. He joined Blair to tell us why a Christian pastor like himself supports UBI. Steven says: While he has lived in many places around the country, (North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Ohio, Nebraska and Connecticut) He finds that despite our many differences, most Christians share the same value for humanity. For instance, even though Christians may differ on how to express Jesus' command to "love your neighbor as yourself", He trusts that all Christians have a deep desire to support families and serve the poor.

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Youtube: Yang Gang Christians https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Uxu0tN6S8PhIo8YwqDGKQ/featured

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steven.broers.5

Twitter: @BroersSteven

https://christiansforubi.com/

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On this episode of It's Your Vote: Blair Walsingham welcomes Trae Crowder

Trae Crowder is an American comedian and co-author of The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin' Dixie Outta the Dark.

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Instagram: www.instagram.com/officialtraecrowder

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On this episode of "It's Your Vote," Blair Walsingham welcomes Steven Shafarman.

Steven Shafarman has been talking and writing about basic income since the mid 1980s, and published his first book about it in 1998. His most recent book, with a cover quote from Andrew Yang, is /ital/ Our Future: The Basic Income Plan for Peace, Justice, Liberty, Democracy, and Personal Dignity./ital/

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TED: https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_shafarman_the_case_for_universal_basic_income/transcript?language=en

Facebook: hhttps://www.facebook.com/shafarman

Twitter: @SShafarman

http://www.OurFutureUBI.com/

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On this episode of "It's Your Vote," Blair Walsingham welcomes Karl Widerquist, political philosopher and economist at Georgetown University.

He is best known as an advocate of basic income, but is also an interdisciplinary academic writer who has published in journals in fields as diverse as economics, politics, philosophy, and anthropology.

Widerquist has been a supporter of some form of basic income guarantee since he heard the topic discussed on an episode of Milton Friedman's television show Free to Choose at the age of 15 in 1980.

Widerquist has worked on basic income as an economist, a political theorist, a public policy analyst, and an organizer. In 1999, Widerquist co-founded the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee (USBIG) Network.

Widerquist has been the co-chair of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) since 2008. In 2011, together with Yannick Vanderborght, Widerquist co-founded BIEN's news website, Basic Income News, serving as its principal writer and editor until 2014, and he still periodically contributes to it. Along with BIEN's other co-chair, Louise Haagh, Widerquist chartered BIEN as a non-profit organization in 2016 and oversaw the expansion of BIEN's activities.

Widerquist's writing on basic income includes several articles reexamining the results of the negative income tax experiments conducted in the United States and Canada in the 1970s. He and Michael Howard co-edited two books on Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend, addressing it as a small model of a basic income.

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In this episode of "It's Your Vote," Blair Walsingham welcomes Principal Chief Richard Sneed of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Get a peek into the pre-show conversation between Blair and Chief Sneed.

"How do we make sure that we are engaged in the critical dialogue that is necessary for change and compassion?"

Richard G. Sneed life's work has been one of public service advocating for youth, community building, and cultural preservation.

During his time in office, Chief Sneed has successfully passed legislation that enhanced transparency, accountability, and economic opportunities for the EBCI. He believes in the unrestricted potential of the Eastern Band and its ability to sustainably meet the needs of its people. By investing in a long-range vision that responsibly balances resources with the needs of the Cherokee people, Principal Chief Richard Sneed is committed to ensuring that the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians continues to thrive for generations to come.

This is Part 2 of 2 in an interview with Chief Sneed. Part 1 was released on Tuesday; enjoy a bonus clip of a candid conversation between Blair and Chief Sneed reflecting on the world we live in today, hoping to make it better.

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