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What Can I Do

What Can I Do

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You voted (again), you protested (again), you posted on social media (again), yet you’re still reeling from all the terrible news. But…what else can you do? We’ll help you figure that out! Each week hosts Kelly Therese Pollock and Lila Nordstrom interview activists working on a range of issues, from national policy to local concerns, not about why but about how they took action: What got them started, who helped them along the way, and what they’d do differently if they had to do it all again. In the process, we’ll offer concrete advice on how to take the leap from freaking out on Twitter to making a difference, building community, and finding joy in getting involved.

Recent Episodes

  • “There will be a November 6th.” (w/ Sara Guillermo, CEO of IGNITE)

    3 weeks ago

  • “How does my message align with this person's cultural identity?” (w/ Kelsye Adams, Director of DC Vote)

    4 weeks ago

  • “Government’s not the problem, it’s the prize.” (w/ DaMareo Cooper, co-Executive Director of Popular Democracy, formerly CPD)

    1 month ago

  • “Work doesn’t feel like work when it’s fun.” (WCID Jr. w/ Joan Galat, author of Make Your Mark, Make a Difference)

    2 months ago

  • "Find the joy in today." (w/ Dr. Deborah Vinall, psychologist, Author of Gaslighting and the Trauma Recovery Workbook for Teens)

    2 months ago

  • “In order to get there, you have to build out infrastructure.” (w/ Jane Kleeb, Chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party, author, and Climate Breakthrough Awardee)

    3 months ago

  • “I listen to the people that these elections are truly life and death for.” (w/ Maggie O’Keefe, Chicago 40th Ward Committeeperson, community organizer.)

    3 months ago

  • “Words mean things” (w/ Anat Shenker-Osorio, Host of Words to Win By, Principal of ASO Communications)

    3 months ago

  • The FTA & Antiwar Protests in 1971 (Cross-Post from Unsung History)

    4 months ago

  • “What can we do as community to protect each other?” (w/ Angela Ferrell-Zabala, ED of Mom’s Demand Action)

    11 months ago