Alicia Garza’s Roundup of what’s new in politics, pop culture, and situationships from the past week. To dig deeper, subscribe to her podcast, Lady Don’t Take No.This edition of the roundup focuses on death, destruction and devastation in Gaza, and how we are careening towards fascism.
About Alicia Garza: Alicia believes that Black communities deserve what all communities deserve — to be powerful in every aspect of their lives. An author, political strategist, organizer, and cheeseburger enthusiast, Alicia founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics.
She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and is a co-founder of Supermajority, a new home for women’s activism.
She is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (One World Penguin Random House), and she warns you — hashtags don’t start movements. People do.