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Our Future Now Goal 17 Media
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5.0 • 15 Ratings
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Our Future Now is the official podcast of the National Children's Campaign. NCC is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that serves as a catalyst to inspire and empower America to make children a priority by promoting health, education, safety, economic and environmental security through the power of media, grassroots, internet partnerships, business and community leaders, celebrities and subject matter experts.
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Keep Fighting for Democracy
In this episode of Our Future Now!, National Children’s Campaign co-founders Natalie Mebane and Jonah Gottlieb are look back over the first season of Our Future Now! Reflecting on some of the themes that permeated season 1 and highlight some of the moments that made season 1 so impactful.
Visit vote4ourfuture.org to learn more about how Zero Hour and the National Children's Campaign are galvanizing Americans to vote on behalf of our nation's 74 million children, who deserve bold climate action and environmental justice.
Guests and Episodes: (List is organized into order guest appeared in the episode)
● Dr. Mills - Back to School with COVID?
● Mustafa Ali - COVID-19s’s Connection to Environmental Injustice
● Destiny Hodges - Creating Black Spaces in the Environmental Movement
● Cherrell Brown - Defund vs Abolish the Police
● Devin Del Palacio - The BLM Movement to Transform this Country: Defund & Reinvest
● Tom Steyer - Why Tom Steyer is Mobilizing Millenials & Gen Z for Biden
● Antonique Smith - Vote for Love, Vote for Our Future
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Get involved with the National Children’s Campaign
This episode of Our Future Now! was produced and edited by Sean Fox for Goal17Media.com and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify.
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Using Indigenous Practices To Live with Wildfires
In this episode of Our Future Now!, hosts Natalie Mebane and Jonah Gottlieb speak with UC Berkely Professor Kent Lightfoot, who studies how humans have interacted with fire throughout history. Though climate change has worsened fire season across the western United States, Professor Lightfoot explains how fire suppression policies enacted by colonists has brought us to where we are today and why reviving Indigenous burning practices and changing attitudes about fire needs to be part of the solution.
Check out how the Karuk Tribe is using burning as part of their climate change adaptation plan.
Find out which Native Nation’s land you’re living on.
Learn more about Julie Oliver, the progressive congressional candidate running to flip Texas’ 25th District, by visiting her website and/or watching her new campaign video, in which she talks about how experiencing homelessness as a child led her to where she is today.
Learn more about elections in your area and apply for your absentee ballot
Get involved with the National Children’s Campaign
Visit vote4ourfuture.org to learn more about how Zero Hour and the National Children's Campaign are galvanizing Americans to vote on behalf of our nation's 74 million children, who deserve bold climate action and environmental justice.
This episode of Our Future Now! was produced and edited by Sean Fox for Goal17Media.com and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify.
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Respect My Vote, The Intersection of Art and Activism
In this episode of Our Future Now!, National Children’s Campaign co-founders Natalie Mebane and Jonah Gottlieb are joined by Hip-Hop Caucus lead on coalition and issues work, Cesar Cardenas to talk about the intersection of art and activism. Talking about the history of the hip-hop caucus, how it is mobilizing in 2020 and what the Respect My Vote Campaign is all about.
Visit vote4ourfuture.org to learn more about how Zero Hour and the National Children's Campaign are galvanizing Americans to vote on behalf of our nation's 74 million children, who deserve bold climate action and environmental justice.
Learn more about the Respect My Vote Campaign
Learn more about Hip-Hop Caucus
This week we’re shining our spotlight on Beth Doglio. Learn more about her work as an elected official in the state of Washington.
Learn more about elections in your area and apply for your absentee ballot
Get involved with the National Children’s Campaign
This episode of Our Future Now! was produced and edited by Sean Fox for Goal17Media.com and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify.
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Why Tom Steyer Is Mobilizing Millennials & Gen Z for Biden
In this episode of Our Future Now!, National Children’s Campaign co-founders Natalie Mebane
and Jonah Gottlieb are joined by philanthropist and former democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer, to talk about his work mobilizing Millennials and Gen Z to vote in the 2020 elections. We talk about everything from Tom’s starting point in activism, his organization NextGen America and why this generation can mobilize the change for a better world.
Visit vote4ourfuture.org to learn more about how Zero Hour and the National Children's Campaign are galvanizing Americans to vote on behalf of our nation's 74 million children, who deserve bold climate action and environmental justice.
Learn more about NextGen America at: https://nextgenamerica.org/
Learn more about elections in your area at https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page
Apply for your absentee ballot here: http://www.vote4ourfuture.org/votebymail.html
If you’re interested in getting involved with the National Children’s Campaign visit: tinyurl.com/teamncc
This episode of Our Future Now! was produced and edited by Sean Fox for goal17media.com and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify.
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Meet The Kids Suing The Federal Government Over Climate Change
In this episode of Our Future Now!, National Children’s Campaign co-founders Natalie Mebane and Jonah Gottlieb are joined by two plaintiffs of Juliana vs US, Jayden Foytlin and Levi Draheim, to talk about how a revolutionary lawsuit is being spearheaded by kids. They talk about, what they’re specifically fighting for and what a win with this lawsuit will mean for our future.
Visit vote4ourfuture.org to learn more about how Zero Hour and the National Children's Campaign are galvanizing Americans to vote on behalf of our nation's 74 million children, who deserve bold climate action and environmental justice.
Learn more about Juliana v. United States at: https://www.youthvgov.org/our-case
Help expand the squad by checking out some local candidates we’re rooting for:
Donna Imam: https://votefordonna.com/
Learn more about elections in your area at https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page
Apply for your absentee ballot here: http://www.vote4ourfuture.org/votebymail.html
If you’re interested in getting involved with the National Children’s Campaign visit: tinyurl.com/teamncc
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November 3rd Is Coming. Pay Attention To Local Races Too!
In this episode of Our Future Now!, National Children’s Campaign co-founders Natalie Mebane
and Jonah Gottlieb are joined by Isabella Fallahi, Co-founder of Polluters Out, talk about the steps they’ve taken to transform the system by getting progressive candidates elected, how you can get involved and what candidates you should know about.
Visit vote4ourfuture.org to learn more about how Zero Hour and the National Children's Campaign are galvanizing Americans to vote on behalf of our nation's 74 million children, who deserve bold climate action and environmental justice.
Learn more about Isabella’s work by visiting pollutersout.org.
Help expand the squad by checking out some local candidates we’re rooting for:
Kara Eastmen: https://www.eastmanforcongress.com/
Paula Jean Swearngin: https://paulajean.com/
Marquita Bradshaw: https://www.marquitabradshaw.com/
Learn more about elections in your area at https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page
Apply for your absentee ballot here: http://www.vote4ourfuture.org/votebymail.html
If you’re interested in getting involved with the National Children’s Campaign visit: tinyurl.com/teamncc
This episode of Our Future Now! was produced and edited by Goal17Media.com and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Customer Reviews
Inspiring, action motivating, intelligent, amazing
Created by two inspiring people that are knowledgeable on the subjects that we are all speaking about. These shows are current and on point on subject that I country needs to talk about.
Voice and action for Yourth
What a fabulous first in the series. I can’t wait for more. Youth are a much needed voice in government and shaping how we move forward as a Nation.