Episode 179: "Active Participants in Our Own Liberation"

ACS recently completed our 2025 National Convention Series, taking a deep dive into states' responses to the pressing issues of immigration, democracy and voting, economic and racial justice, and transgender rights. This week, we bring you brief excerpts from that series, highlighting perspectives from a diverse set of experts on the stakes of this moment and what we can do in response.  

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Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program, ACS

Guest: Aura Bogado, Senior Reporter, Injustice Watch

Guest: Alina Das, James Weldon Johnson Professor & Co-Director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic, New York University School of Law

Guest: Marina Multhaup, Senior Associate, Barnard Iglitzin, & Lavitt LLP (Counsel for Starbucks United)

Guest: Kylar W. Broadus, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Public Speaker, Strategist, Legislative, Policy, Management

Guest: William McGinty, Assistant Attorney General, Washington State Office of the Attorney General

Guest: Dawn Blagrove, Executive Director, Emancipate NC

Link: Then They Came for Me: Protecting Our Neighbors and Ourselves

Link: Resisting Oligarchy + Building Power 

Link: Combatting a Campaign of Erasure: Upholding the Rights of Trans People to Exist and Thrive

Link: Power Plays

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