You’re invited to join the live studio audience for How To Citizen with Baratunde, a podcast where we reimagine "citizen" as a verb and remember how to wield our collective power. Baratunde will be in conversation with Josh Thompson and Zoë Jenkins of Civics Unplugged, a nonpartisan social enterprise that provides leaders of Generation Z training, funds, and support to work on projects that strengthen their communities and American democracy.
How To Citizen with Baratunde reimagines the word “citizen” as a verb and reminds us how to wield our collective power. So many of us want to do more in response to the problems we hear about constantly, but where and how to participate can leave us feeling overwhelmed and helpless. Voting, while critically important, simply isn’t enough. It takes more to make this experiment in self-governance work. Listen in to learn new perspectives and practices from people working to improve society for the many. Join writer, activist, and comedian Baratunde Thurston on a journey beyond politics as usual that will leave us all more hopeful, connected, and moved to act.
Baratunde Thurston is an Emmy-nominated host who has worked for THE ONION, produced for THE DAILY SHOW, advised the Obama White House, and wrote the New York Times bestseller HOW TO BE BLACK. He’s the executive producer and host of WE’RE HAVING A MOMENT, a limited-run podcast series that captures this defining moment of pandemic, policing, and race in the U.S and the creator / host of the weekly pandemic show, LIVE ON LOCKDOWN. In 2019, he delivered what MSNBC’s Brian Williams called “one of the greatest TED talks of all time.” Right now, the writer, activist and comedian is using his powerful voice to help people understand this revolutionary moment with his unique blend of criticism, humor, and optimism.
Josh is CEO and & Co-Founder of Civics Unplugged. He is also a Venture Partner at Human Ventures and CEO and Co-Founder of Onward Labs. Josh has spent his career at the intersection of public/private partnerships, beginning with his landmark work alongside former Mayor Cory Booker to reimagine the possibilities for education and economic development leveraging the $100 million investment by Mark Zuckerberg. While serving in Newark, Josh had the privilege of returning to his former high school, St. Benedict’s Prep, as Vice President of Institutional Advancement and then Athletic Director. He has served as Director of Education in Bridgeport, CT and describes himself as an executive assistant to Gen Z in building the future of democracy.
Zoë Jenkins is a high school senior in Lexington, KY. She is the founder and Executive Producer of the Get Schooled podcast with the Prichard Committee Student Voice Team and a Civics 2030 Steering Committee Member with Civics Unplugged(CU). She is also the founder of DICCE, a Civics 2030 Project, which creates diversity, inclusion, anti-racism, and equity programming and training materials for Gen Zers.
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