Interview with Julie Campbell-Bode and Lori Goldman of Fems for Dems. Fems for Dems is an awesome citizen activist group that had a major impact in the 2020 election. The New York Times cited them 5 times last year because of their amazing work. Julie and Lori are funny, irreverent and inspiring. Learn from them what you can do to make a difference now and in future elections.

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Shirley Beckley was born on July 30, 1942. She was raised by her mother on Wall St. and attended Jones School, Mack School, and Bach Schools in Ann Arbor. Shirley started as a housing manager for the Ann Arbor Housing Commission, later becoming housing director in Lansing and Muskegon. She reminisces about working at Jacobson’s, dances at the Dunbar Center, businesses on Fourth Avenue and Ann Streets, and tense racial incidents in the schools. Shirley continues to be deeply involved in social justice issues at the local level.

Bring It Back, Take It Forward (BIBTIF), a 3-day conference celebrating 50 years of activism in southeast Michigan, will take place March 12-14, 2010. In this podcast, we talk with two of the conference organizers, Elizabeth Gonzalez and Jim Toy.