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Alicia Garza is joined this week by activist, writer, and public speaker, Malkia Devich-Cyril. They are also the founding director and a Senior Fellow at MediaJustice. Garza and Devich-Cyril chat about everything from kittens, to the concept of media justice. Plus, Garza’s weekly round-up of all things awful and wonderful known as “Lady Don’t Take No”. Malkia Devich-Cyril on Twitter. 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. She shares her thoughts on the women transforming power in Marie Claire magazine every month. Her forthcoming book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (Penguin Random House) will be published in October 2020, and she warns you -- hashtags don’t start movements. People do.  DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER TO VOTE!