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Our Future Now

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  • Our Future Now is the official podcast of the National Children's Campaign. NCC is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that serves as a catalyst to inspire and empower America to make children a priority by promoting health, education, safety, economic and environmental security through the power of media, grassroots, internet partnerships, business and community leaders, celebrities and subject matter experts.
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Episodes
  • Keep Fighting for Democracy

    Keep Fighting for Democracy
    Oct 29 2020
    In this episode of Our Future Now!, National Children’s Campaign co-founders Natalie Mebane and Jonah Gottlieb are look back over the first season of Our Future Now! Reflecting on some of the themes that permeated season 1 and highlight some of the moments that made season 1 so impactful.   Visit vote4ourfuture.org to learn more about how Zero Hour and the National Children's Campaign are galvanizing Americans to vote on behalf of our nation's 74 million children, who deserve bold climate action and environmental justice.  Guests and Episodes: (List is organized into order guest appeared in the episode) ●     Dr. Mills - Back to School with COVID? ●     Mustafa Ali - COVID-19s’s Connection to Environmental Injustice ●     Destiny Hodges - Creating Black Spaces in the Environmental Movement ●     Cherrell Brown - Defund vs Abolish the Police ●     Devin Del Palacio - The BLM Movement to Transform this Country: Defund & Reinvest ●     Tom Steyer - Why Tom Steyer is Mobilizing Millenials & Gen Z for Biden ●     Antonique Smith - Vote for Love, Vote for Our Future   Learn more about elections in your area and apply for your absentee ballot   Get involved with the National Children’s Campaign   This episode of Our Future Now! was produced and edited by Sean Fox for Goal17Media.com and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    15 mins
  • Using Indigenous Practices To Live with Wildfires

    Using Indigenous Practices To Live with Wildfires
    Oct 22 2020
    In this episode of Our Future Now!, hosts Natalie Mebane and Jonah Gottlieb speak with UC Berkely Professor Kent Lightfoot, who studies how humans have interacted with fire throughout history. Though climate change has worsened fire season across the western United States, Professor Lightfoot explains how fire suppression policies enacted by colonists has brought us to where we are today and why reviving Indigenous burning practices and changing attitudes about fire needs to be part of the solution. Check out how the Karuk Tribe is using burning as part of their climate change adaptation plan. Find out which Native Nation’s land you’re living on.  Learn more about Julie Oliver, the progressive congressional candidate running to flip Texas’ 25th District, by visiting her website and/or watching her new campaign video, in which she talks about how experiencing homelessness as a child led her to where she is today.  Learn more about elections in your area and apply for your absentee ballot Get involved with the National Children’s Campaign Visit vote4ourfuture.org to learn more about how Zero Hour and the National Children's Campaign are galvanizing Americans to vote on behalf of our nation's 74 million children, who deserve bold climate action and environmental justice.   This episode of Our Future Now! was produced and edited by Sean Fox for Goal17Media.com and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 mins
  • Respect My Vote, The Intersection of Art and Activism

    Respect My Vote, The Intersection of Art and Activism
    Oct 15 2020
    In this episode of Our Future Now!, National Children’s Campaign co-founders Natalie Mebane and Jonah Gottlieb are joined by Hip-Hop Caucus lead on coalition and issues work, Cesar Cardenas to talk about the intersection of art and activism. Talking about the history of the hip-hop caucus, how it is mobilizing in 2020 and what the Respect My Vote Campaign is all about.   Visit vote4ourfuture.org to learn more about how Zero Hour and the National Children's Campaign are galvanizing Americans to vote on behalf of our nation's 74 million children, who deserve bold climate action and environmental justice.    Learn more about the Respect My Vote Campaign Learn more about Hip-Hop Caucus This week we’re shining our spotlight on Beth Doglio. Learn more about her work as an elected official in the state of Washington.   Learn more about elections in your area and apply for your absentee ballot   Get involved with the National Children’s Campaign   This episode of Our Future Now! was produced and edited by Sean Fox for Goal17Media.com and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    20 mins
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