A'shanti Gholar got interested in politics through C-span as a kid and got activated by a politician's lies in high school. Today she's the political director for Emerge America, where she works tirelessly toward equal representation. Here she talks about her path there, what keeps her optimistic, and what she's got her sights set on beyond 2020. <br><br>Check out A'shanti's show The Brown Girl's Guide to Politics here: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-brown-girls-guide-to-politics/id1457611450">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-brown-girls-guide-to-politics/id1457611450</a>!

Ep. 5 Groundswell Fund's Transborder Migrant Justice Fellow Xiomara Corpeño Gets Deep on Immigration, Ancestors, and How Inappropriate Jokes

Forget about getting mad or getting even, this is a political show about how we are moving forward. Movement building pros Gina Christo and Wilnelia Rivera helped get Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-7) elected and know how deep democracy works when it centers the people we usually see at the margins. Each month they look at dumpster fires happening on the political ground and highlight the women, queer folk, and POC fighting the good fight and winning key battles across the country.