Barbara Arnwine is the founder and CEO of the Transformative Justice Coalition and also the co-leader, along with Rev Jesse Jackson, of the Voting Rights Alliance. 

Barbara and Terry talk about the loss of John Lewis and CT Vivian, two civil rights giants who changed American history and affected Barbara deeply. Their heroism continues to inspire her to fight, as they did, against voter suppression. Many of the same voter suppression tactics that were so popular in the American South during the Jim Crow era have reared their ugly heads again.  

In this episode, Terry talks with Nancy Hogshead-Makar, an Olympic champion who won three gold medals in swimming and then went on to become a women's rights attorney and founder of Champion Women, a nonprofit advocacy organization for women and girls in sports.

Nancy has been a leader in recent efforts to protect Olympic athletes from sexual harassment and sexual assault. She helped lead the fight to pass the Safe Sport Act of 2017 which created the U.S. Center for Safe Sport. And she’s also a leading advocate in the effort to create a power shift that gives athletes more information and say-so about the policies and practices in their sport.

The CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare discusses the importance of expanding our Social Security system and defeating Donald Trump's "hare-brained" idea of choking off its funding by canceling the payroll tax.

Patricia Ireland understands the women’s movement and labor movement from a unique vantage point. She was the President of the National Organization for Women for 10 years and then become a labor law attorney, representing unions and union members against their employers. On this episode, we look at the unique ecosystem of the women's movement and the labor movement, how we are allies, how that allyship has been working and how we need to go forward.

The CEO of Higher Heights for America talks about expanding Black women's leadership and voting power through trainings, convenings, and virtual Sunday brunch. 

This podcast brings intersectional feminism to life through conversations with feminist and progressive leaders. We examine the barriers faced by women of all identities in their communities, workplaces, and homes, as well as opportunities to make lasting change.