In the 2018 midterm
elections, progressives will have their next big chance to regain power in our
government, but this will take a lot of work and even more organizing, which is
why we need groups like Swing Left that are starting early to unify
progressives who promote tolerance, equality, unity and fairness in an effort
to out-organize Republicans. In the 2018
elections there will be 53 Swing Districts, places where the last election
was won by 15% of the vote or less, and we all need to get active in
order to win 80% of these districts in order to take back the
House. Joining me today to talk all
about the important work that Swing Left is doing and how you can help is Adrienne Lever, one of the people
leading Swing Left's national organizing efforts.
April is Sexual Assault
Awareness Month, but in order to end domestic violence and sexual assault, we
all need to be part of the solution, and this means educating yourself and
others, helping a friend who is being abused, speaking up, and being an engaged
bystander are all examples of things you can do to help. Joining me today to discuss the importance of
talking about these issues openly, ending the shame and stigma that domestic
violence and sexual assault survivors are burdened with, and what you can do to
help is Jane Randel and Venkayla Haynes. Jane is a co-founder of NO MORE, and
organizations dedicated to getting the issues of domestic violence, sexual
assault and abuse out of the shadows and Venkayla is a College Campus Sexual
Violence Advocate & NO MORE Ambassador.
The Millennial
generation, which is generally defined as people born between 1982 and 2000,
was supposed to be the generation that forged what has been called “a new
national consensus” in favor of gender equality, but according to a set of
reports released by the Council on Contemporary Families, fewer of the youngest
millennials, those aged 18 to 25, support egalitarian family arrangements than
did the same age group 20 years earlier.
Joining me today to talk all about the reports and the reasons behind
the decline in support for gender equality among Millennials is Stephanie Coontz the Director of
Research and Public Education for the Council on Contemporary Families.
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