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In 2021, Joe Biden was the first president to recognize April as Arab American Heritage month on a federal level. 

Civic Influencers fellow Ruby Scupp and co-host Josie Cantelmo talk with Amani Attia, a professor in Pitt’s Department of Linguistics and Nasrin Nahnooch, a first-year law, criminal justice and society and psychology double major serving on the Middle Eastern North African Student Association board, to discuss the importance of Arab American heritage and the challenges this group faces.

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Although women gained the right to vote more than 100 years ago, there are still significant barriers preventing women from entering politics and achieving pay equity. These barriers are even more exaggerated for women of color. 

Civic Influencers fellow Ruby Scupp hosts a conversation with Michele Knoll, president of the League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh, and Kelsey Pohlig, Weeam Boumaza and Ulyera Brooks from Pitt Women in Politics to talk about what local groups are doing to empower women.

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Civic Influencers fellow Ruby Scupp hosts a conversation with Ben Pisano, a staff writer at The Pitt News, Jaycee Brown, an organizer at-large for Civic Influencers, and Jacob Scupp, director of research at The Black Institute in New York City. 

They talk about the origin of Black History Month, Black joy and how students can support the Black community. 

During the podcast, they reference some events Pitt hosted during February, including a talk with Damon Young, the author of the award-winning memoir “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker,” and “A Night of Celebration: Honoring Local Heroes of Black Resistance,” which honored six Pittsburghers — some Pitt affiliates — who have championed equality, inclusion and anti-racism initiatives in the city. Pisano also mentions an article he wrote on Pitt’s new majorette team.

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Audio edited by Sinéad McDevitt.

Music by FASSounds from Pixabay.

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