When you google the term "trans activist" you'll find Raquel Willis is at the top of your results. Empowered & encouraged by her loving and supportive family, even in the wake of her father's passing, Raquel was lit up by the activist flame as Black Lives Matter took center stage in the US, but frustrated by the lack of support for transgender people within the movement - Raquel was determined to shift her activist focus specifically to her own trans community. When she was catapulted to the stage at the inaugural Women's March in DC (where her mic was cut off, by the way!) she quickly rose to the forefront in the fight for equal rights that our trans sisters face everyday. Oh yeah, and she's only 33!
Listen now to hear her whole story, including her groundbreaking role as Executive Editor of Out Magazine - the FIRST transgender and black person to hold the position in it's 30-year reign.
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Dr. Marian Croak — "Black Engineer of the Year" Who Invented VOIP Technology & Expanded the Internet [Sara Gorsky]
Indestructible Women — Joy Andrew, Margery McCall, & Richmodis von Aducht [Chloe Skye]
Broadly Speaking #2: Introducing Co-Host Chloe Skye!, Coming Out as Transgender, TV Recommendations, & more!
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Dr. Jane Cook Wright — Revolutionized Cancer Research [Sam Eggers]
Melina Abdullah — Academic & Civic Leader; Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles [Chloe Skye]
Shirley Chisholm — First African American Woman to Run for President of the United States [Sara Gorsky]
Jacinda Ardern — PM of New Zealand [Chloe Skye]
Bessie Coleman — First African-American & Native American Woman to Earn Pilot's License [Sam Eggers]
Caroline Herschel — Astronomer & Creator of “New General Catalogue” of Stellar Objects; First Woman to be Paid a Salary as a Scientist [Chloe Skye]
Mother Teresa — The Controversial Nun who Lived Intentionally in Poverty & Became a Saint [Sam Eggers]
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Wangari Muta Maathai — First African Woman to Win a Nobel Prize & Founder of the Green Belt Movement (Responsible for Planting 20M Trees Worldwide)
Mary Edwards Walker — First female U.S. war surgeon, POW, & only woman to receive the Medal of Honor
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