Ep. 32: Parenting in 2020: COVID19, Losing Child Care and The 2020 Elections

08/27/20 • 31 min

In this episode, Diana checks in and shares what has been happening in her family's life during the pandemic.

She also discusses what parenting during this time has been like, losing child care and how that affected her family and the overwhelming feelings of parenting during this global pandemic.

In this very real and raw conversation, she gets real about the 2020 Election and what's at stake for our families and our country.

In this episode, Diana checks in and shares what has been happening in her family's life during the pandemic.

She also discusses what parenting during this time has been like, losing child care and how that affected her family and the overwhelming feelings of parenting during this global pandemic.

In this very real and raw conversation, she gets real about the 2020 Election and what's at stake for our families and our country.

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Ep. 31 How Family Separation Brought Two Moms Together

What would make you leave everything you have ever known behind, and pack the most minimal things in a backpack, grab two of your children, and decide to make a dangerous trip in extreme conditions, across a border, to a country where you didn’t know the language, or the culture and where you didn’t have anyone?

In this episode Diana talks to Rosy Pablo Cruz and Julie Schwietert Collazo, authors of The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border.

The book tells the story of Rosy, who arrived in the United States a few days after the zero tolerance immigration policy went into effect in 2018. Once she arrived, she was separated from her children for over 80 days.

It also tells the story of how one mom channeled her anger at this inhumane policy to make a difference: At first, Julie thought she would raise money to help one mom, and to date, the organization she co-founded along with her husband and an army of volunteers has raised over $1 million and has post bond for 120 families.

The Book of Rosy does a beautiful job of humanizing Rosy's story, which shows you a glimpse of the factors that force parents to flee incredibly dangerous conditions to make it to the United States.

It's a must read especially in these troubling times when families are still being detained and separated.

Listen to this conversation to learn how these family separation brought two women from different worlds together in a story full of despair, hope and faith.

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Ep 33: Why White Women Vote the Way They Do with Jenna Arnold

Why are white women voting against their self-interests?

In this episode Diana talks to Jenna Arnold, the author of Raising Our Hands, How white women can stop avoiding hard conversations, start accepting responsibility and find our place on the new front lines about the white women vote, progressive white women, white motherhood, the drug that Fox is giving its viewers, and what is at stake in the 2020 election. (spoiler alert: our democracy).

Jenna traveled all over the United States to talk to white women from all different backgrounds: across political spectrums, across socio-economic backgrounds, in rural, suburban, and urban settings, of all religious backgrounds and ages.

You can follow Jenna on Instagram at @itsjenna

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