“What are our radical imaginations telling us? We need to be able to create a vision for a future where we cannot just struggle and survive, but actually thrive.”

On the latest Legal Lens podcast episode, April Verrett’s words invite us to imagine caregivers, cleaners, healthcare workers experiencing lives of stability and joy, not just getting by.

April reminds us that when working people unite and lift each other up, we all find more room to breathe, connect, and grow together.

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In this Legal Lens podcast episode, April Verrett, the esteemed President of the Service Employees International Union (@SEIU ), shares why women leaders reshape power from the inside out, especially when they lead with lived experience.

Childcare workers uniting, jobs with dignity, justice that reaches working families: women at the top see these connections and advocate differently.

April’s voice is a reminder that women in power don’t occupy seats, they redefine what leadership looks like and whom it lifts up.

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On the latest Legal Lens podcast episode, April Verrett, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and I dive into SEIU’s vision for a “more just society.”

She discusses how the labor movement can be a vehicle to end poverty‑wage work, build worker power, and create a society where all work is valued and respected regardless of background or race.

Her grandmother, a @SEIU Local 46 steward, taught her that collective power across race changes everything: from wages to dismantling generational poverty. And now, as the first African American president of North America’s largest union, April is living that truth every day.

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I’m excited to share the latest Legal Lens podcast episode which features April Verrett, President of the Service Employees International Union (@SEIU ) and the first African American person to lead North America’s largest union of 2 million plus working people.

From her grandmother’s kitchen table on Chicago’s South Side to steering SEIU’s boldest initiatives, April represents the power of workers uniting across differences to demand dignity, fair wages, and real prosperity.

April challenges us to reconsider the narrative and to embrace the idea that when caregivers and service workers thrive, all of us rise.

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“We believe that the [Second Amendment] should not supersede the ability of our children to go to school without fear, for communities to live without fear.”

Angela Ferrell-Zabala’s words from the latest Legal Lens podcast cut straight to the heart of why the work of Moms Demand Action matters.

As she shares stories from the road with Moms Demand Action (moms, survivors, and young people stepping up in their own ways) it reminds us of the power of everyday people engaging in the issues that matter most to them.

The full episode is available for you. Comment “Legal Lens” below for the link, or check my bio.

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In the latest Legal Lens podcast episode, Angela Ferrell‑Zabala, Executive Director of @MomsDemandAction and I discuss what progress we have seen in the areas of public and gun safety, including stronger background checks and policies designed to help keep guns out of dangerous hands.

We talk about what these wins actually mean for families, schools, and neighborhoods, and what’s currently on deck.

For me, this conversation is a reminder that change often happens one policy, one community, one hard‑won step at a time, and that staying engaged over the long haul truly matters.

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In this Legal Lens podcast conversation, I ask Angela Ferrell‑Zabala to share the path that brought her from political and social sciences, to years of volunteer work in civil rights and gender justice, to leading
@MomsDemandAction ’s grassroots network across the country.

She talks about advocacy days at state capitols, supporting gun safety champions on the campaign trail, and building partnerships with communities that haven’t always felt heard in the conversations around public safety and gun violence.

If you’ve ever wondered where someone like you can plug into this work, this episode offers practical, grounded ideas for taking that first step—right where you are!

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In this new Legal Lens podcast episode, I sit down with Angela Ferrell‑Zabala, the first‑ever Executive Director of @MomsDemandAction , to talk about how a Facebook group launched in the wake of Sandy Hook has grown into one of the most influential grassroots movements for gun safety in our country.

We dig into how gun violence touches families in every community, and how really listening to young people can show us where hope and change are already taking root.

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As a co-founder of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, Attorney Fatima Goss Graves provides us on the Legal Lens podcast with an update on the #MeToo movement and its impact 10+ years later and what is next for the movement.

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Attorney Fatima Goss Graves cuts to the core on this most recent Legal Lens podcast episode. She reminds us, ‘Courts aren’t just buildings. They’re the steady hands upholding rule of law, earning our trust through fair interpretation. When that trust erodes, democracy frays at the edges.’

Her call stirs something vital: what happens when we all show up to protect that foundation? What happens when we all stand together to protect the rule of law, holding space for justice no matter the storm.

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