On the show this week we discuss why it’s critical to our economy and to our communities to value caregiving, paid and unpaid, in our nation; cover the importance of everyone being able to vote; talk about the just released Black Lives Matter platform; and hear from two high school students about why and how they started Genders Equality Clubs at their high schools.
*Special guests include:
- Ai-jen Poo, Caring Across Generations and National Domestic Workers Alliance - @aijenpoo, @CaringAcrossGen, @domesticworkers;
- Barbara Arnwine, Transformative Justice Coalition - @TJC_DC; @barbs73;
- Alicia Garza, Black Lives Matter and National Domestic Workers - @aliciagarza,@domesticworkers #BlackLivesMatter; and
- Anna Finkbeiner and Olivia Roskill, high school students.
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