Showing Up with Mia Birdsong

<p>Alicia Garza is joined this week by author and activist <a href="http://www.miabirdsong.com/about">Mia Birdsong</a>, whose 2015 TED talk has been viewed more than 2 million times. She recently published her book, <a href="https://www.hachettego.com/titles/mia-birdsong/how-we-show-up/9781580058063/">HOW WE SHOW UP<i>: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community</i></a>. Garza and Birdsong cover everything from gardening to defunding the police. Plus, Garza’s weekly roundup of all things great and awful known as Lady Don’t Take No!</p><p> </p><p>Mia Birdsong on <a href="https://twitter.com/miabirdsong">Twitter</a> and at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/miabirdsong/">Instagram</a></p><p>Lady Don't Take No on <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/shows/7931cb88-5dac-45af-97c3-5f029ea025b7/episodes/@LadyDontTakeNoPodcast">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/shows/7931cb88-5dac-45af-97c3-5f029ea025b7/episodes/@LadyDontTakeNoPod">Instagram</a> & <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/shows/7931cb88-5dac-45af-97c3-5f029ea025b7/episodes/fb.me/ladydonttakeno">Facebook</a>.</p><p>Alicia Garza on <a href="https://twitter.com/aliciagarza">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chasinggarza/?hl=en">Instagram</a> & <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChasingGarza">Facebook</a>.</p><p>Support the <a href="http://blackorganizingproject.org/">Black Organizing Project</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This pod is supported by the <a href="https://blackfutureslab.org/">Black Futures Lab</a></p><p>Production by Phil Surkis</p><p>Theme music: "Lady Don't Tek No" by <a href="https://twitter.com/Latyrx">Latyrx</a></p><p><br />Alicia Garza founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. Garza serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the <a href="https://www.domesticworkers.org/">National Domestic