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March 17, 2025 • 100 mins

📢 Episode 18: Steven Stegall on Building Bridges & Creating Change for Monroe, NC🔥 Episode 18: Change for Monroe – Organizing for Progress 🔥Live from Union County, North Carolina! Radical Roots is a bold and unapologetic podcast where we dig deep into politics, community empowerment, and social change through the lens of history and lived experiences. From national policies to local grassroots efforts, we expose hypocrisy, challenge propaganda, and amplify voices that fight for progress.In this episode, we dive into:✅ The Shutdown That Wasn’t – How Democrats fumbled their leverage and handed Republicans a win.✅ Schumer’s Weak Leadership? – Indivisible, progressive groups, AND centrists call for resignation.✅ Fighting for Monroe – Our guest, Steven Stegall, founder of Change for Monroe, breaks down his grassroots movement to challenge local extremism and take back Monroe for its people.✅ Mayor Coin Flip – Why Robert Burns is pushing a white Christian nationalist agenda and how his policies are hurting the community.✅ Apathy vs. Action – Monroe’s abysmal 14% voter turnout and why mobilization is key.✅ The Fight Against Anti-DEI & Drag Bans – The latest attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion and the push to classify drag as ‘adult entertainment’ in Monroe.✅ Building Community, Not Just Politics – Change for Monroe’s grassroots approach to civic engagement through direct action, mutual aid, and local organizing.📢 Join the Movement:💬 Have thoughts on this episode? Drop a comment below!📲 Follow us for more updates: @RadicalRootsPodcast🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell so you don’t miss an episode!597 Days Until the Midterms: The Fight for Our Future#RadicalRootsPodcast #Politics #CommunityPower #StayWoke #northcarolina #RadicalRoots #Democrats #ChangeForMonroe #CommunityEmpowerment #UnionCountyNC #GrassrootsMovement #MonroeNC #schumer #chuckschumer #robertburns #votelocal

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