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On this episode we sit down with City Councilor Marche Johnson to discuss her journey into becoming a District 3’s City Councilor of Montgomery, Alabama. If you want to know more about Councilor Johnson and receive updates from her campaign visit her website at www.marchejohnson.com . Follow her on Instagram @marche4d3 .

Every year, The Alabama Legislature goes into what is called a legislative session. Apart of this legislative session is where bills are created and bills are passed that affect our state in some way form or fashion! Allow us at Evolve America to assist you in learning more about the in's and out's of Alabama's legislative session! Organizations featured in this episode: - The Alabama Channel - thealabamachannel.org - The League of Women Voters of Alabama - https://www.lwval.org/index.html - Alabama Arise - www.alarise.org

If you're interested in voting rights decision being heard by the Supreme Court this term, join me alongside Leslie Proll from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights & Gino Nuzzolilo from Common Cause as we sit and discuss the potential repercussions of Moore V. Harper and Merrill V. Milligan and the future of democracy in America! This conversation was hosted by the Declaration of American Democracy Coalition on Tuesday November 29th, 2022. 

This was a conversation that was had between Paige Horace and Khadidah Stone at the University of Alabama's chapter of IGNITE National! We had the opportunity to speak on the importance of grassroots organizing and coalition building and how those tactics were utilized in some of our history's most prominent civil and social movements. 

On this episode we speak with Dillon Nettles, Policy and Advocacy Director at The American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama. We discuss all of the ways the ACLU is fighting on the ground for Alabamians to have a safe, fair and equitable state. For more information on The American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, go to aclualabama.org .

In this episode we talk to Representative Jeremy Gray about HB 246. HB 246 is a bill that would allow public schools to offer yoga as a class. We talk about the depth of this bill, as well as some of the other bills that he has presented in the legislature this session. Follow us on Instagram @evolve_america .

This episode is featured with Representative Kelvin Lawrence who represents District 69. In District 69 he represents Wilcox, Lowndes, Autauga and Montgomery County. In this episode we discuss some of his own struggles in starting a small business as well as his love for entrepreneurship.

This episode is featured with State Representative Corley Ellis who represents Shelby County, District 41 for the state of Alabama. In this episode we discuss his work before politics, his love for serving people but most importantly leaving Alabama a better place than how we found it.