How To Change Our Future and Organize Our Communities: VOTE with Brooklyn Democratic Community Organizer and Local Activist Michele Kaufman

Happy Juneteenth, Friends! On the heels of the first official New York State recognition of this holiday recognizing and celebrating the emancipation of slavery is the 2020 New York Primary Election on June 23. Although I hope you’re all dancing at your BBQs and cookouts over the weekend, there is still work to be done in The Revolution! This week we invited our friend and activist Michele Kaufman on to the show to talk to us about the different positions that are up for our local election, and how they shape the legislation that we want reform on. Michele is a North Brooklyn local activist and democratic community organizer, our local political expert, neighbor, and friend of the show. It’s worth mentioning that even if you catch this episode after June 23, there is tons of information about political seats and positions that you might not know exist, why you NEED to know about them, and how you can be a part of your local political process. As Michele teaches us, if we don’t take care of things on the local level, we can never expect to take care of them on the national level. I know that we are all tired, and stressed, and anxious! I know you have all been marching, and yelling, and picking up the phone! Thank you! The fight for change is just beginning, and we need all hands on deck! Today’s True Beauty Brooklyn Podcast episode is dense with information about our democratic political system because it’s important to know all of the different levels of participation that it takes to truly create long-lasting change both within our immediate communities and on the national level. PollSiteLocator.com Citylimits.org Your Voters Guide to the 2020 Primary SheShouldRun.org Knock Down The House To get in touch with Michele, you can send messages to [email protected] Please send us any questions to [email protected], add us on Instagram @truebeautybrooklyn or @truebeautybrooklynpodcast and the studio is back open in Phase 3 of NYC reopening July 6, 2020. To make an appointment, visit www.truebeautybrooklyn.com, if you don’t live locally, please consider joining us for as little as $1 a month as a Patreon Member. To download Michele's North Brooklyn Voter Guide, visit the episode page on truebeautybrooklynpodcast.com/episodes/ep12 and click the link at the bottom for a printable PDF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices