Episode 3

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20th May 2020

Holding Elections in Times of Crises with Robbie Abelon

Second up this week is our interview with Robert Abelon, California Deputy Secretary of State for Policy and Planning. He is in charge of legislative actions and modeling around the state’s elections. Recently he’s been modeling what scenarios we might have to consider for voting given the recent COVID-19 Pandemic. Tre talks to Robert about how to guarantee safe and accessible elections, what reforms are in place now and might be put in place for November and what citizens can do to counter misinformation and tampering that they witness.

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WHAT WE GON DO?
Every week host Tre Borden invites his most knowledgable friends to make sense of our society’s most pressing problems.
Ever feel like all you can do when you look out at the world is throw your hands in the air and scream, 'WHAT WE GON DO!?!?'

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Every week host Tre Borden calls up a BIPOC, QUEER, and/or FEMALE friend to share their knowledge and expertise on a subject of social matter. Together they discuss how we got here, where we're going, and how regular folks can help create a hopeful future without losing our minds in the process. Topics range from: Racism in the Museum World, How to Twerk For Justice, Running Against an Incumbent, How To Raise Anti-Racist Kids, How to Get Behind Joe Biden(Really tho), How to Promote Black Healing, Centering Black and Indigenous People, Why Our Mayors Ain’t Shit. and much more.

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