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Alicia Garza is joined by Jemele Hill, host of the Spotify podcast Jemele Hill is Unbothered, and co-host of Vice TV’s Cari a Jemele (won’t) Stick To Sports. Garza and Hill talk about the dangers of speaking the truth, and the state of activism in the sports ecosystem. Plus, Garza’s weekly round-up of everything good and awful.  Jemele Hill on Twitter a Instagram. Lady Don't Take No on Twitter, Instagram a Facebook. Alicia Garza on Twitter, Instagram a Facebook. This pod is supported by the Black Futures Lab Production by Phil Surkis Theme music: "Lady Don't Tek No" by Latyrx Alicia Garza 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, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. Garza serves as the Strategy a Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance. She is the co-founder of Supermajority, a new home for women’s activism. Alicia was recently named to TIME’s Annual TIME100 List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, alongside her BLM co-founders Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors. She is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (Penguin Random House),  and she warns you -- hashtags don’t start movements. People do.