What about your guests so far-have there been any particularly insightful quotables? So we want to build a group of people who are relentlessly undistracted-who are focused on matters of intersectional justice, who are focused on leveraging all of their power toward that end, and who are committed to doing the work necessary, even when it’s difficult. And when we decide to stop, justifying who we are and remain focused on what we have to do-I just believe there’s so much power in that. It keeps you explaining your reason for being. And there’s something really clarifying about seeing and understanding racism to be a distraction-that, as she says, it keeps you from doing your work. What was so powerful about her was not just how beautiful her words were, but how piercing they are. I find that Toni Morrison quote so inspiring.
It keeps you from doing your work,” by Toni Morrison. I noticed Undistracted also references a quote: “The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction.
The Meteor is named after an Audre Lorde quote. The latter took place on Election Day, which was most definitely still trending when she spoke with W on Thursday. Each episode begins with a look at the “untrending news” (like how a record 574 LGBTQ candidates were up for election on Tuesday), followed by a conversation with fellow intersectional feminists like Nikki Giovanni, Cecile Richards, and Soledad O’Brien. Last week, she added another outlet to that roster: Undistracted, a podcast she hosts and executive produces. In the five years since, Packnett Cunningham has taken her voice to NBC, MSNBC, Pod Save America the anti-police brutality platform she cofounded, Campaign Zero and the feminist media platform The Meteor, which she also cofounded.
Louis, Packnett Cunningham was an elementary school teacher. Subscribe, rate, and review: Apple Podcasts and Spotify.In 2015, President Barack Obama told Brittany Packnett Cunningham her voice was “going to be making a difference for years to come.” That was just one year into her pivot to activism before a police officer killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in her hometown, St. Ilhan Omar, Gloria Steinem, Noam Chomsky, Winnie Byanyima, and Janaya Future Khan. For more, hear our conversations with Dr.Portland State University Library Special Collections & University Archives: Oregon Public Speakers Collection. John, Primus Callahan, John Callahan, Judy and Baker, Lloyd,“Black Studies Center public dialogue. ( Portland State University Morrison, Toni St. Find the Portland State panel Toni Morrison spoke on in 1975.Listen to UNDISTRACTED’s episode with Tricia Hersey.Learn more about Brittany and her work on her personal website.
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