The Girlfriends S4/Bonus Ep 5: Sparking A Movement

About this episode

Khadijah discusses the impact of Emmet Till's murder and how to mobilize communities for change.

Emmet Till’s murder sparked a 70 year movement, in this episode Khadijah speaks to a woman whose family has been fighting to preserve his legacy about what it takes to launch a movement and how you can mobilise your community to enact change. US resources for Violence and Sexual Assault: https://rainn.org/ International resources for Violence and Sexual Assault: https://nomoredirectory.org/ US Suicide & Crisis Helpline: https://988lifeline.org/ International Suicide & Crisis Helplines: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/ The Girlfriends: Untouchable is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit https://novel.audio/. You can listen to new episodes of The Girlfriends: Untouchable completely ad-free and 1 week early with an iHeart True Crime+ subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Khadijah

Topics covered

• social justice
• community mobilization
• legacy preservation
• violence awareness
• historical movements

Keywords

• Emmet Till
• movement
• community
• change
• violence
• sexual assault
• legacy
• social justice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RAINN, No More Directory, 988 Lifeline, Open Counseling

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