Original air date: March 14, 2016
Host Taylor Weech interviews LaToya Brackett (educator & African American and African Studies scholar), Sherry Jones (feminist author & Spokane Area NOW member), and Amanda Mansfield (president of Spokane Area NOW) on their work building a chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in Spokane, the grounding of that chapter in intersectional values, historical racial dynamics within the organization, each guests current views on womanism and feminism, and the local campaigns and issues that affect women.
Spokane Area NOW is a co-sponsor of this year’s International Women’s Day celebration, Saturday March 19th from 4:00-8:00 PM at Riverside Place in downtown Spokane. Information on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1765493000346692/
For more information and to connect with Spokane Area NOW, email now.spokane@gmail.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SpokaneNOW/
Dr. LaToya Brackett’s website and blog is at www.brackettperception.com