When The Cavalry Came‪!‬ Kari Assad

We decided to air an episode this week because I and my guest, Lisa Laureta, both protested at Black Lives Matter Marches. When the Cavalry Came supports BLM and encourages our listeners to get involved by protesting, donating, and sending emails to their local officials. 

Lisa shares her experience at the BLM protest on Saturday, May 30th at Pan Pacific Park. She explains that the protest was peaceful and emotional until the cops showed up. The cops were provocative and aggressive to the protestors. 

Lisa then shares a story about a recent time COVID19 forced her to lose her jobs and go on food stamps. She explains that she had to go to Trader Joe's to buy food for her and a friend. Her food stamp card wasn't working, but instead of letting her go home without food the cashiers at Trader Joe's teamed up and paid for Lisa's food. 

When the Cavalry Came supports humans helping humans and encourages everyone to do their part to fight the racial injustice happening today. 

Lisa Laureta: 

Website: https://www.lisalaureta.com/ 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/lisalaureta/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LisaLaureta 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJR9ZL-XWeghLKaw6VDyYbw 



Where to donate: 

George Floyd Memorial Fund - https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd 

Minnesota Freedom Fund - https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/ 

Black Vision Collective - https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/ 

Reclaim the Block - https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home 

Campaign Zero - https://www.joincampaignzero.org/ 

Unicorn Riot - https://unicornriot.ninja/ 

Welcome to the prologue episode of When the Cavalry Came! This new podcast, hosted by comedian Kari Assad, will feature comedians and performers sharing about a time in their life when they received unexpected help. Part feel good and part hilarious, it's definitely the podcast we need to get through 2020. 

In today's episode, Kari invites old co-host and fellow comedian Tessa Vonderhaar on. Tessa and Kari officially say goodbye to their old podcast, Lost It, and Tessa shares a time when she fled a bad boyfriend and received unexpected help in an otherwise dangerous neighborhood. Tune in! 

The hilarious and beloved comedian, Lexie Grace, Facetimes with Kari and explains how her quarantine is going, that her favorite book is "The Count of Monte Cristo", and shares about a time when she was bullied in school and the popular girl went out of her way to take care of Lexie. Tune in!