Meeting the Moment is a podcast hosted by Edina Lekovic, who talks to innovative changemakers who find opportunities for immense good in moments of crisis.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined March 2017
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Ep11 is now LIVE! Reporter & media company founder @Maria_Hinojosa joins @EdLek to chat breaking media barriers & starting @futuromedia, covering #KeepFamiliesTogether & what she does to stay hopeful despite the bad news avalanche. MTMpod.com or anywhere you listen!
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This is gut wrenching. Thank you, Anita Hill, for sharing the devastating consequences of your willingness to simply tell the truth. It is not just survivors of sexual assault who suffer when their painful stories are challenged. Their families often must watch helplessly.
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"I just want to say to the men of this country: just shut up and step up. Do the right thing for a change," Sen. Mazie Hirono slams treatment of Brett Kavanaugh's accuser. cbsn.ws/2MJA2gK
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Let’s start a prayer chain for Professor Christine Blasey Ford. Pray for her strength, her courage, and for senators to reject Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Please RT if you will join the prayer chain.
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Ahead of one of the most historic gubernatorial races in Georgia history, there's plans to close 75 percent of polling locations in a majority black county. nytimes.com/aponline/2018/08…
Thank you @Discover_Pods & @ArielleNiss for naming Meeting the Moment 1 of the 14 Best Podcasts of 2018 (so far)!! Proud & grateful. Tell ya friends folks! discoverpods.com/best-podcas…
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Inspired by my sisters running for office. It takes courage. These candidates could be America’s first Muslim women in Congress. #futureisfemale m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5…
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What do these cities have in common?
San Francisco
Compton
New Orleans
Atlanta
Washington, DC
Baltimore
Charlotte
Camden
Gary
New Haven
Takoma
Toledo
Flint, Michigan
#BlackWomenMayors
And there are more in smaller cities that I didn't list in MD, LA and CA.
Glenetta Pope is the product of Oakland public schools, UC Berkeley, and Harvard School of Education. We talk about what mothers and leaders can do to end gun violence and the impact education has had on her own life.
Listen now @ MTMpod.com or other podcast apps!
What happens when we stick together and make sure our community provides quality education? The youth succeed and thrive in the real world. Watch tomorrow’s guest, Glenetta Pope discuss how the quality of education affects a child’s future.
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Facts don't change people, feelings do. But how do you change a person's feelings? In our recent report, @brieloskota, @EdLek, & others explore how to be an effective ally and build relationships, and not just "partner" in a self-serving way. Learn more: aspeninstitute.org/blog-post…
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A good question, seriously held, generously posed, is a powerful thing - a mighty form of words.
Reveling now in the bounty of beautiful questions that have come my way today in response to this morning's query. I will ponder, and we will find ways to share. Thank You.
This week on @MTMpod: People, Power & People Power. @EdLek interviews @manaro_77, legislative and advocacy advocate for the @ACLU. Listen to their conversation on protecting people and building power at MTMpod.com, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts.
From the archives: Listen to Ep. 2 with @lennonflowers, co-founder of @DinnerPartiers and @peoplessupper. Find us at MTMpod.com or wherever you listen to podcasts!
"The work of movement chaplaincy is about bringing the sacred to the center. It looks like holy care by being a soulful presence for those on the front lines of movement work." Catch up on Ep. 7 with Rev. Jennifer Bailey at MTMpod.com.
Catch up on @MTMpod and listen to Ep. 7 with Rev. Jennifer Bailey, founder of @faithmattersnet. Listen at MTMpod.com, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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One of the first kids shot today at Santa Fe was the killer's ex-girlfriend. We see this over and over, and it's almost never centered in the discussion of these tragedies. xitter.gq/JessicaValenti/status/…