EPISODE 46 - Season 1 Finale! LIVE with Emily Ramshaw, Editor-in-Chief (for now) of the Texas Tribune, TX State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, Royce Brooks of Annie's List & Dyana Limon-Mercado
WHEW, y'all. This is our fav (& final!) episode of season one. By some Texas-sized miracle, we got to talk with Emily Ramshaw mere hours after she announced she'll be leaving her post as editor-in-chief of the Texas Tribune to create a new non-profit media venture at the intersection of women, politics and policy right here in Austin, TX. It's a don't-miss conversation. We put political F-M-K in the capable hands of some of our sheroes and paid them back with The Rabble's first ever awards. Plus, Ashley hooked us up with a "sh*t to do" so epic, it's guaranteed to hold you over 'til 2020. Catch ya next year!
PRESENTING SPONSOR - THE RIVETER CO-WORKING
The Riveter is a co-working space built by women for everyone. Rouser has been officing at The Riveter for the past couple months, and we literally cannot say enough nice things about it. The space is great, we love having events there, we love the free mentoring sessions they offer, and we love all the incredible folks we've gotten to meet at neighboring desks, from campaign staffers to entrepreneurs to innovators of every sort. If you're looking for an office or co-working space, check them out!
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ADDITIONAL SPONSORS
If you need a little extra help prepping for those hard holiday conversations…. Lucky you! Citizen Discourse offers trainings that help folks grow listening skills, develop more self awareness and engage in authentic conversations. AND their restorative workshops support a more connected and trusting community. Check them out: https://www.citizendiscourse.org
Circle Brewing Company, local beer that’s tasty, clean and progressive. No chemicals, stabilizing or clarifying agents, cheap additives or gimmicky flavors.
https://www.circlebrewing.com/
The Austin Chapter of APAPA (Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs), who are doing a lot of work for the 2020 Census.
https://www.apapa.org/chapters/austin-texas/
Margaret Chen Kercher for Judge in Travis County Court at Law #4
Pritesh Gandhi for Congress in Texas’s 10th district
https://www.gandhifortexas.com/
Maria Cantú Hexsel for Judge in Travis County’s 53rd District Court
https://www.mariaforjudge.com/
Flip the Texas House: 17<10 - A Blue Action Democrats statewide initiative
Ann Howard for Travis County Commissioner Pct 3
https://www.annforcommissioner.com/
José Garza for Travis County District Attorney
The Blue Squad app, which you can download now to do all the
Julie Oliver for Congress in Texas’s 25th district
Annie's List, a nonprofit Electing Progressive Women in Texas.
Casey Chapman Ross Photography and her I am an Activist Coloring Book, available at a live show near you on Nov. 19
https://www.caseychapmanrossphotography.com/product-page/i-am-an-activist-coloring-book
Valinda Bolton for Travis County Commissioner Pct 3
Amy Meredith for Judge in the 460th District Court
https://www.amymeredithforjudge.com/
Wendy Davis for Congress in Texas’s 21st district
CItizen Discourse, offering trainings that help folks engage in more authentic conversations, like those hard holiday conversations we just talked about
Texas Civil Rights Project, legal advocates for the rising social justice movement
https://texascivilrightsproject.org/
Progress Texas, media and digital strategy company promoting progressive ideals while pushing back on the Texas right wing.
Heidi Sloan for Congress in Texas's 25th district
Judge Tamara Needles for Judge in Travis County’s 427th District
http://www.needlesforjudge.com/
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THIS WEEK’S GUESTS:
Emily Ramshaw, Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Tribune (and about to launch something BIG come January)
Texas State Representative Gina Hinojosa
https://twitter.com/GinaForAustin
Dyana Limon-Mercado, Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Texas Votes and Chair of the Travis County Democratic Party
https://twitter.com/DyanaforChair
Royce Brooks, Executive Director of Annie's List
https://twitter.com/RoyceBrooksTX
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SH*T TO DO:
“How To Do Thanksgiving Makeup That Has Nothing To Do With The 566 Federally Recognized Tribes.”
“Native Land” app
The Tonkawa Trail of Tears
http://www.tonkawatribe.com/trailoftears.html
Support Native businesses
http://www.beyondbuckskin.com/p/buy-native.html
The Indigenous Solidarity Networks’ “Rethinking Thanksgiving Toolkit” from Showing Up For Racial Justice https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Me3v2fdjIPBQVkzALHhge2K8q4bCBe7cCBvVAZ11UQc/edit
Native American Rights Fund, which is working on voter protections for indigenous populations and promoting native humans rights
The Indigenous Environmental Network and Climate Justice Alliance also just released an online toolkit to make it easier to understand community resisting around the environment, like discussing the problems with carbon pricing.
http://co2colonialism.org/?fbclid=IwAR2wP6wkAUL-1Q-yRxwfCPtEOGU-wMri-D7piqW40qjMFAKTVf2baR4eGqg
Society of Native Nations, which is a TX-based nonprofit dedicated to advocating for native people and the earth by helping to protect and preserve native culture, spirituality, teachings, medicine, and way of life.
http://societyofnativenations.org
Help stop the largest ethane cracker plant in the world from being built on the gulf of Corpus Christi by calling or emailing the contacts below with the following script, provided by the Society of Native Nations.
CALL: Mayor McComb of Corpus Christi
361-826-3100
Email: joe.mccomb@cctexas.com
CALL: Environmental Protection Agency, in Houston
281-983-2100
Sample script:
“My name is ____ I am calling to voice my concern with the approval of the ExxonMobil petrochemical plant being built in Corpus Christi that will hurt the local neighborhoods surrounding the plant with health issues and pollution to our air, land, and water. It will also hurt the billion-dollar tourism, of which 50% was ecotourism. I also feel concerned about children attending Corpus Christi Universities with such a higher risk of pollution to the local environment and beaches that will carry the pollution to other parts of the world.
I ask you to please consider stopping the construction of the Cracker Plant and consider other economic choices for Corpus Christi that are more environmentally friendly that will ensure our children have a healthy environment in the future.”
Find unregistered voters in your area
Help register voters
MOVE Texas
Texas Rising
Jolt
Blue Action Democrats
https://www.blueactiondems.com/
Blue Squad
She the People
Swing Left
Common Cause
Battleground Texas
https://www.battlegroundtexas.com/
17<10 Flip The TX House
League of Women Voters of Texas
The Census: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aheRpmurAo#action=share
2020 Complete Count Committees
https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-complete-count-committees.html
Fair Maps Texas
https://www.facebook.com/groups/FairMapsTexas/
Contact Senator John Cornyn about ending Migrant Protection Protocol, or the "Remain in Mexico" policy with the following sample script, provided by the Children’s Defense Fund.
https://www.tfaforms.com/4720928
https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/contact
Southeast Texas: 713-572-3337
South Texas: 956-423-0162
West Texas: 806-472-7533
South Central Texas: 210-224-7485
Central Texas: 512-469-6034
East Texas: 903-593-0902
North Texas: 972-239-1310
Or use resist bot to fax or email.
Text RESIST to 50409.
Sample Script:
"My name is ____ and I am a constituent from zip code ____. I urge Senator Cornyn to defund and terminate the harmful Migrant Protection Protocol policy. MPP is a violation of U.S. Immigration law and international humanitarian law. The Department of Homeland Security must be held accountable for violations of the rights of migrants due to their policies. Asylum seekers should be allowed to wait for their asylum hearings in safety within the United States, not be sent to harm in Mexico to wait for months. I am alarmed that they are being returned to dangerous Mexican cities where they are at risk for kidnapping and extortion. I implore you to speak out against these policies. My community welcomes and values immigrants & refugees, and as someone who represents my community, I urge you to do the same."
LINKS WE MENTIONED:
WIRED25: Stories of People Who Are Racing to Save Us
Saying ‘Enough’ to Lousy, Vulnerable Voting Technology (Dana DeBeauvoir, County Clerk, Travis County, Texas)
https://www.wired.com/story/wired25-stories-people-racing-to-save-us/
T-Squared: Emily Ramshaw and Amanda Zamora launching a national news organization for women
https://www.texastribune.org/2019/11/19/emily-ramshaw-amanda-zamora-t-squared/
Emily Ramshaw