In today's episode, Kimmy speaks with Ai-jen Poo. She is the co-founder and Executive Director of the non-profit National Domestic Workers Alliance. The organization works to bring quality work, dignity, and fairness to the growing numbers of workers who care for our loved ones and clean in our homes, the majority of whom are immigrants and women of color. Ai-jen is brilliant, funny and gives Kimmy hope about ways to change the system for everyone. 

National Domestic Workers Alliance

https://www.domesticworkers.org

Sunstorm Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sunstorm-with-alicia-garza-ai-jen-poo/id1494375133

Reference Buffy Wicks

https://www.thelily.com/she-asked-to-vote-remotely-to-protect-her-newborn-but-was-denied-so-she-brought-her-baby-to-the-california-house-floor/

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In the United States, women face a professional penalty for having children. As a working mom, Jess Zaino knew there had to be a better way for new parents to work and receive childcare, so she founded Ahmni Co. Her organization is a family solution for corporate America. It is a program for employers to support working parents. Jess was preparing to launch Ahmni Co. when COVID-19 hit, and she quickly shifted gears to help essential healthcare workers with emergency childcare relief. She is a mom that gets things done!! Kimmy and Jess talk about how the pandemic has forced a conversation about the issues working parents face and how to create a system that supports new moms. 

Find Jess, the Founder & CEO of Ahmni Co. on her socials @jesszaino

Visit https://www.ahmni.co to learn more.

Also mentioned in this episode: The event company, Mesh Kids Co. - Find them @meshkidsco

References:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/16/womens-earnings-drop-after-having-a-childbut-mens-do-not.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/03/big-factor-holding-back-us-economic-recovery-child-care/

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In today's episode, Kimmy speaks with Amber Coleman-Mortley about how to talk to your kids about race. Amber is the Director of Social Engagement at iCivics -the nonprofit founded by Sandra Day O'Connor to promote civic engagement among children and educators using games and digital resources. She is the mom of three daughters and has a blog MomOfAllCapes, which covers parenting strategies in edtech, civic education, parent-teacher partnerships, and social-emotional development. She is AWESOME and shares with Kimmy the importance of understanding the United States complicated history, how to raise an anti-racist kid, and visual suggestions/ tools to help parents have this important conversation. 

Amber Coleman-Mortley 

Blog https://www.momofallcapes.com

Twitter @MomOfAllCapes

https://www.icivics.org

Amber's Podcast with her daughters -Let's K12 Better

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-k12-better/id1509974517

Recommended reading, viewing, listening

The 1619 Project - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html?referringSource=articleShare

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html?referringSource=articleShare

Eyes On The Prize - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/eyesontheprize/

Watchmen -

https://www.hbo.com/watchmen

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