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Maggie Bush is the Programs and Outreach Director for the League of Women Voters of the US and has more than a decade of political advocacy and strategic communications experience.

She currently manages the League’s nationwide voter registration programs, which have resulted in hundreds of thousands of voters registered in major election years.

She has authored several publications and training manuals related to voting rights, voter registration and youth voter engagement.

Maggie provides voter engagement training to volunteer activists and allied partners nationwide.

Maggie holds a master’s degree in Political Management as well as a bachelor’s in Political Science and Anthropology from the George Washington University.

Maggie lives with her husband and daughter in Arlington, VA, where they love to explore the outdoors, spend time with friends and learn about local history.

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On this episode we talk about Walk Outs, Gun Reform, @Everytown and Michael Jordan with Ryan Pascal, 18 year old activist and former member of the Students Demand Action advisory board with Everytown for Gun Safety for two years, working to enact common sense gun legislation and register voters. Her writing has reflected the social justice work she pursues and has been published in Teen Vogue, Seventeen, USA Today, and Buzzfeed. She is currently pursuing a gap year and will be a freshman at Yale University next fall. Grab a drink and a pen!

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Erin Loos Cutraro is the Founder and CEO of She Should Run, a nonpartisan nonprofit promoting leadership and encouraging women from all walks of life to run for public office. Since its founding in 2011, more than 26,000 women have been encouraged to run for office through She Should Run’s efforts, and over 18,000 women have indicated they are preparing for a future through She Should Run’s flagship program, the Incubator.

Erin has an extensive background in designing and implementing strategic programs for companies, campaigns, and organizations that traverse the public policy, nonprofit, and financial business arenas. She is a respected voice on gender equality in elected leadership. She has been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Vice News and was profiled in 2019 as one of Entrepreneur magazine’s 100 Powerful Women.

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Ryan Vasquez is a California born, New York-based actor on Broadway, television, and film. He most recently performed as Alexander Hamilton on Broadway in Hamilton, and is also the only actor to have played Hamilton, Aaron Burr, George Washington, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson in the show. He is a 2020 Drama Desk nominee for his role in The Wrong Man, written by multi-platinum songwriter Ross Golan. He has appeared in the original cast of Waitress on Broadway, as well as in the company of Wicked. On television he can be seen in the first season of The Good Fight on CBS, The Code, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. In addition to performing, Ryan started an organization called Swing From Home, which connects remote volunteers to state legislative races in anticipation of the election.

Swing From Home is an organization whose mission is to connect remote volunteers and fundraising to state legislative races across the country. By bringing artists from the Broadway community and beyond to share their voices in both performance and perspective, Swing From Home has raised nearly $400,000 for state legislative candidates and made over 350,000 calls to voters in the process.

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Raie Gessesse - Midwest Program Manager at IGNITE. Raie is a passionate advocate for racial and gender equity through blending her interests in culture, policy, and community organizing. During her undergraduate tenure, she has successfully engaged in numerous opportunities ranging from the non-profit, government, and philanthropy sectors. In recognition of her community advocacy, she was appointed by former Governor Mark Dayton to serve as a cabinet member on the first-ever Young Women's Cabinet. In this role she thoughtfully elevated the voices of young women across the state in impacting policy at the local, state and national level. She has also had the opportunity to speak to young women across the US, and internationally on the power of cultivating purpose into social impact. As the Midwest Program Manager, Raie oversees IGNITE’s high school and college programming as well as political engagement trainings for young women across the region. #VOTE

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Cece and Ryan have been enjoying @pressseltzer on the podcast this month. Their current favorite flavor “Pineapple Basil”

Cece and Ryan go unfiltered for this episode. They take you behind their politics and their feelings on the SavagexFenty show among many other topics. This episode was recorded via Zoom and a portion can be found on their YouTube channel and their @twistedtimesapodcast IG series on Instagram. Make sure to #VOTE ! yJqit18PAOu464ECrvxW

Nia Fairweather is an award-winning Actress (The Roe Effect, Paralysis) and Writer/ Producer (OORDEEL, Four Seasons) whose work has been featured at the Cannes Film Festival, American Black Film Festival, UrbanWorld Film Festival, Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival and BlackStar Film Fest; on HBO, Nickelodeon, Cinemax, CBS, AspireTV, BET, Centric and Creative Control, to name a few.

Nia employs awareness, empathy and vision to write and perform impactful stories that take audiences on poignant journeys through critical social issues; from prostitution in ‘My Thai’, childhood abandonment in 'Mommie Dearest' and homelessness in ‘Sparrow’.

Currently, Nia is developing New Amsterdam, the feature film adaptation of her viral short film OORDEEL, the TV series expansion of Four Seasons and sharing discoveries along the way FIRE SPUN, an audio short story series.

A firm believer in the importance of giving back and community, Nia is a volunteer and supporter of the Assistance League of Los Angeles, A People’s Concern (formerly LAMP Arts), an arts studio and creativity center serving LA’s Skid Row community, GLIDE’s Meal Program, United Way’s HomeWalk to end homelessness and in 2016 founded OCTO Collective, a group of creatives whose mission is to foster community through thought provoking projects, conversations and experiences.

As recipient of the 2016-2017 Creative Arts Practice Fellow at Omi Gallery @Impact Hub Oakland, Nia assisted with the production and installation of ‘Surviving Pending Revolution: Comrade Sisters’, ‘The Nasty Women Oakland’ and various artist’s exhibits and events.

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Annette Haywood-Carter began her directing career with The Foot Shooting Party, a 30 minute short film starring a young Leonardo DiCaprio as well as Foxfire with a then undiscovered Angelina Jolie. Prior to her directorial debut, Annette spent a decade working as a script supervisor winning the respect of Academy Award-winning producers, directors and actors. Steven Spielberg, Bruce Cohen, Bruce Beresford, Saul Zaentz and John Lithgow, among others, took a personal interest in her career and helped her transition into directing. In addition to directing, Annette worked as a writer-for-hire. Her credits include aTV miniseries for CBS, a book adaptation for Disney, original scripts based on studio concepts and script doctoring -- rewriting screenplays green- lit for production. Annette took a break from Hollywood to teach while her children were young. A key creator of the renowned Film & Television program at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), she developed curriculum, taught Directing, Screenwriting and Production, and served as Thesis Chair on MFA films. Annette is a member of the Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, Women in Film and Film Fatales, and a former member of IATSE.

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Constance Shulman is an actor and most recently seen in The Rose Tattoo at the Roundabout, American Airlines Theater (with Marisa Tomei, dir. Trip Cullman); received a Drama Desk nomination for Bobbie Clearly, Roundabout Underground; Barbecue, The Public; Women on Fire, The Royal Family. Original cast of Steel Magnolias, WPA and Lortel Theater. TV: Netflix, Orange Is The New Black (three time winner of SAG Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series), Pop TV’s, Florida Girls; SVU, Broad City, The Blacklist; Voice of Patti Mayonnaise in Nickelodeon’s animated series, Doug. FILM: from Fried Green Tomatoes to The Broken Ones and several in between. Co-produced the documentary, Looks Like Laury, Sounds Like Laury, America ReFramed (NYTimes top 10 docs of 2015)

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Brittany Spanos is a senior writer at @RollingStone and wow, she is living the dream. She has interviewed pop culture stars like JoJo, Hayley Williams, and Katy Perry--which makes our teenage selves scream. She has written many of the iconic cover stories for the magazine including one on Janelle Monae, Cardi B, and Lizzo. Recently on Rolling Stone’s Podcast “Music Now,” she joined with Rob Sheffield and the podcast host, Brian Hiatt, to discuss all the factors that led to the Beatles breaking up (apparently it was not all Yoko Ono’s fault, according to the podcast). Brittany recently wrote an article concerning black and POC pop stans’ struggle to be seen. She writes, “For decades, the overwhelming cultural image of what a fan of pop music looks like has remained the screaming white teen girl, an image based almost entirely on the de facto segregation of the early days of rock & roll.” Tune in while Cece and Ryan chat with the boyband aficionado, Twitter guru, and pop culture goddess, Brittany Spanos.

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