Bestselling author, speaker, and podcaster <a href= "http://www.anniefdowns.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Annie F. Downs</a> joins Eddie this week to share an emotional journey she's been on to find out how she can more effectively incorporate activism into her own life. Annie interviews Guy Adams, President and CEO of <a href="http://www.christianapp.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christian Appalachian Project</a>, and tells us how she is able to serve this community of people in her own backyard. Show Notes: 20/20 Story, "A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTQO8B-8sAs" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Video</a> - <a href= "http://abcnews.go.com/2020/children-mountains/story?id=6845926" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Article</a> <a href="http://www.liberategathering.org" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Come to the IJM Liberate gathering</a>! (use promo code THENEWACTIVIST) Social: Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/NewActivistIs" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">@NewActivistIs</a> Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/newactivistis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@NewActivistIs</a> Website - <a href= "http://www.newactivist.is">www.newactivist.is</a> Host - <a href="https://twitter.com/edwardoreddie" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">@EdwardorEddie</a> --- The New Activist is a joint production of <a href= "https://relevantmagazine.com/podcasts/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The RELEVANT Podcast Network</a> and <a href= "https://www.ijm.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Justice Mission</a>.

Sarah Quezada

From IJM comes The New Activist podcast. Each week, you’ll hear from the activists and world changers tackling some of the world’s biggest problems.

Presented by International Justice Mission (ijm.org)