Live The Legacy Podcast

Join us for this Earth Day Bonus Episode featuring Catherine Mongella, the Executive Director of Our Climate, on how young people are at the forefronts of the movements addressing the climate crisis and building a just democracy. 

The final episode of Season Four, Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere alumna Annabelle Bangs discusses civic engagement on campus at Binghamton University and her role as the Civic Engagement Coordinator today.

The fourth season of the Live The Legacy Podcast continues with an episode featuring Marta Hanson, the National Program Manager at Power The Polls about the importance of stepping up to become a poll worker to help run elections in our local communities.

The fourth season of the Live The Legacy podcast continues on with an enlightening conversation on voter ID with Selene Gomez, the National Outreach Director at VoteRiders.

Bryce Bennett, Executive Director at Vote Early Day, joins the Live The Legacy Podcast for a conversation on the importance of early voting access and how you can vote early throughout the 2024 election cycle.

Join us for a conversation on why you should and how you can vote at home with Barbara Smith Warner, the Executive Director at the National Vote at Home Institute.

Join us for a conversation on registering folks to vote in 2024 and social media with Chyann Sapp, the Campaign Director at National Voter Registration Day.

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In this Bonus Episode of The Live The Legacy Podcast, Mo Banks introduces new co-host Mia Matthews and the two discuss a recent blog post about the power of music as it relates to social movements in our country's history. Read our blog: Civics For Change: Music & Movements on andrewgoodman.org/news “Only a Pawn in Their Game” - Written and performed by Bob Dylan, produced by Tom Wilson “What's Go...

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Read by our Director of Programs, Caroline Smith, this bonus episode provides unique insights into the events of Freedom Summer 1964. Freedom Summer, or the Mississippi Summer Project, was a 1964 voter registration drive aimed at increasing the number of registered Black voters in Mississippi. To learn more, visit our website at andrewgoodman.org.

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James Earl Chaney (May 30, 1943 – June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist who played an integral role in Freedom Summer 1964. He was one of three men murdered by the KKK in Mississippi for trying to register Black Americans to vote. Listen to the story of his life and his legacy on the anniversary of what would have been his 80th birthday.

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We are wrapping up Season 3 of the Live The Legacy Podcast with two of our favorite people! Gabrielle Slaughter, AGF's HBCU Lead Program Manager, and Caroline Smith, AGF'S Director of Programs, join the podcast this week to talk about the powerful role that HBCUs play in our democracy. We also discuss how the Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere program is supporting young people across the nation to ge...

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Need a breath of fresh air? We've got what you need in this week's episode of the Live The Legacy Podcast. Hannah Williams of Kutztown University provides a no-nonsense approach to why young voters are showing up to the polls in record-breaking numbers. Listen to this refreshingly honest conversation about how young voters are refusing to let elected officials continue to roll back their rights. F...

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What do STEM students and a passion for civic engagement have in common? In this case, it's Hayley Piazza! Join us for Episode 4 of this season of the Live The Legacy Podcast as we hear from Hayley, a second-year student at Pace University majoring in Health Science. We also discuss important topics like the overturning of Roe v. Wade, gun control, and climate change.

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What's a more iconic duo than peanut butter and jelly, Batman and Robin, or bread and butter? You guessed it — our partnership with Students Learn Students Vote Coalition (SLSV)! We are thrilled to feature Zoë Williamson this week on the Live The Legacy Podcast. Zoë is an Andrew Goodman Aluma of the VoteEverywhere program at Louisiana State University, where she also served as the President of Gea...

Join us this week as we hear from Josh Dineros, a fourth-year Andrew Goodman Ambassador at the University of San Francisco. Josh and I have a powerful conversation about the impact of seeing yourself represented in our democracy through more diverse political candidates running for office, how the hateful legislation targeting the LGBTQ+ community impacts us, and how crucial intergenerational orga...

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We're kicking things off by talking with Alexa Hoekstra. Alexa is a third-year student and Andrew Goodman Ambassador at Texas Woman’s University, majoring in Political Science with an emphasis in Law and minoring in Business Management. We discuss strategies she and her Andrew Goodman Campus Team at TWU are using to get out the vote, the importance of safe access to abortion and other reproductive...