Tune in! Our latest #podcast episode discusses the difficult path to women’s suffrage & what voting means to women today. Featuring historian Susan Ware, @nyuniversity professor @lgordon, journalist @lfeatherz & director of @knockdownmovie, Rachel Lears.
https://t.co/eJ3bIiWMXA
Primary results from #Missouri are in & @CoriBush has won! Bush was one of four progressive women candidates in the Netflix documentary @knockdownmovie. Listen to the Exiles speak to the film's director Rachel Lears (@jubileefilms)! #podcast
Listen here: https://t.co/eJ3bIiWMXA
LGBTQ #PrideMonth occurs in June to commemorate the #Stonewall Riots. Join us in learning about the origins of the New York City Drag March with Brian Griffin in this special excerpt of Exiles for #PRIDE2020
Listen here: https://t.co/t7Tah9oW5L
In the new episode of @ExilesOn12th, Brain Griffin tells Executive Editor and host Claire Potter (@TenuredRadical), the story of how a rainbow flag, a new crush, and a life in activism combined to create the first Drag March.
Listen here: https://t.co/GxADlbDLrl
#LGBTQ#Pride
As far as we have come since Juneteenth in 1865, the fight for racial justice is nowhere near finished, as evident from the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks and so many more. Continue to educate yourself @PublicSeminar and @ExilesOn12th & take action
As we celebrate #JuneteenthDay, commemorating the abolition of slavery, Exiles is pleased to share an episode from last year. On "The Fire This Time," we discuss racial justice, local activism & the Black Arts Movement
https://t.co/d6jKvIUoXa
We also recommend this excerpt w/writer Kaitlyn Greenidge (@surlybassey), who talks about the new generation of Black creatives. Her novel, "We Love You, Charlie Freeman" follows an African American family raising a chimp for a New England research project
https://t.co/rxSKquiEou
Celebrate Mother’s Day with @PublicSeminar's podcast, Exiles on 12th Street, as they chat with historian Susan Ware, whose latest book, Why They Marched, tells the story of the suffrage movement through historical artifacts: https://t.co/P4qfAgP7wL
Tune into our latest #podcast episode, “Nevertheless, She Persisted,” if you want to learn more about women’s suffrage from Susan Ware. Could be an interesting precursor to this @nytimes event!
We’re kicking off the @nytimes “Unfinished Work” series: “The Road to Women’s Suffrage,” with @ValerieJarrett, @kate_c_lemay and Susan Ware, @jennyschuessler, and me. Next Tues, May 19th, at 4. Join in. Ask hard questions. https://t.co/XtDkPWGJ8E
We are so excited to have chatted with the director of @knockdownmovie, Rachel Lears (@jubileefilms), about grassroots activism & the making of this film. Episode dropping TOMORROW, stay tuned!
Many young people ask me why & how I started running for office from a restaurant, w/o any special connections or big money.
@knockdownmovie tells that story.
Due to COVID, Netflix is releasing the film for free along w/ educational toolkit & curriculum:
#Coronavirus has us all cooped up indoors, but #podcasts are a great way to pass time! We’re hard at work getting ready to drop a new episode, but in the mean time, catch up with Exiles and stay safe! @PublicSeminar@TheNewSchool
https://t.co/MuvASYPBze