White & Working On It

Brittany Giammona

Host Brittany Giammona wants to talk about racism in the United States. She is on a quest to be a better ally to the Black Lives Matter movement and is taking you with her. We (white people) are going to unlearn our bias and re-learn black history in America. We are going to hold ourselves accountable and talk about how to take action against racial injustice. Tune in each episode for conversations with black and white activists, educators, lawyers, authors, friends, and more. Brittany is not qualified on all the subject matter. She's white and she's working on it.

Episodes

  1. 08/28/2020

    Episode 004: Do You Know About Black August?

    Better late than never this week! Brittany shares her thoughts on the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the events that occurred thereafter. This week we also work on educating ourselves on the significance of #BlackAugust and the freedom fighters you may not have learned about in white history. TAKE ACTION IN #JUSTICEFORJAKE - Sign Color of Change's petition calling for the firing and arrest of the officer who shot Jacob Blake: https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/justice_for_jacob/?source=sms_082420_opt-in - Donate to Jacob's Gofundme page organized by his mother for medical & healing costs: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justiceforjacobblake - Donate to Milwaukee Freedom Fund to help arrested protesters: bit.ly/mkefreedomfund - Call or Email Wisconsin State officials to demand justice for Jake — Kenosha District Attorney⁣⁣: 262-653-2400⁣⁣, Michael.Graveley@da.wi.gov Kenosha Mayor and City Administrator: 262-653-4000⁣⁣, mayor@kenosha.org, cityadministrator@kenosha.org Kenosha City Attorney⁣⁣: 262-653-4170⁣⁣, webcityattorney@kenosha.org, Edward Antaramian at eantaramian@kenosha.org Wisconsin DOJ: 608-266-1221⁣⁣ CONTACT: Reach out to the pod with feedback, critiques, discussion suggestions, or if you're interested in joining Brittany on an episode! whiteandworkingonit.com Instagram: @WAWOIpodcast Twitter: @WAWOIpodcast Facebook: @WAWOIpodcast Email: whiteandworkingonit@gmail.com

    18 min
  2. 08/19/2020

    Episode 003: Racial Voter Suppression

    This week on White & Working on it, Brittany defines voter suppression in all of its modern-day forms. Listen and learn how Black and Hispanic voters are strategically kept from the polls at every election. TAKE ACTION AGAINST VOTER SUPPRESSION: - Donate to Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC) to help returning citizens pay fines & fees https://wegotthevote.org/finesandfees/ - Petitions to allow/extend Vote-By-Mail in all 50 states 1. https://www.change.org/p/legislators-and-secretaries-of-state-protect-the-november-2020-election-by-offering-vote-by-mail-in-all-50-states 2. https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/covid-19-expand-vote-by-mail-in-every-state 3. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-urge-your-governor-to-make-vote-by-mail-available-to-all-voters-we-must-ensure-our-democratic-right-to-vote/ 4. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-to-your-state-election-officials-vote-by-mail-must-be-available-to-all-voters HELP SAVE THE USPS: - White House Petition https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/save-united-states-postal-service-0 - Change.org Petition https://www.change.org/p/save-the-usps - TEXT "USPS" to 50409 to send an autogenerated letter urging your State Senators and local Representatives to support funding for the U.S. Postal Service CONTACT: Reach out to the pod with feedback, critiques, discussion suggestions, or if you're interested in joining Brittany on an episode! whiteandworkingonit.com Instagram: @WAWOIpodcast Twitter: @WAWOIpodcast Facebook: @WAWOIpodcast Email: whiteandworkingonit@gmail.com

    28 min
4.9
out of 5
36 Ratings

About

Host Brittany Giammona wants to talk about racism in the United States. She is on a quest to be a better ally to the Black Lives Matter movement and is taking you with her. We (white people) are going to unlearn our bias and re-learn black history in America. We are going to hold ourselves accountable and talk about how to take action against racial injustice. Tune in each episode for conversations with black and white activists, educators, lawyers, authors, friends, and more. Brittany is not qualified on all the subject matter. She's white and she's working on it.