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#108 Seyi Akiwowo: Fighting Racial Abuse in Politics
2020-06-10
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Hello and welcome to the Wanna Be Podcast! a behind the scenes look at the opportunities available in the creative and entertainment industries so you can get to
where you wanna be 30 minutes or less. I am of course your host, Imriel Morgan
Shoutout to you for listening to last week’s episode with the incredible Lolly Adefope who provided some much needed relief for us all last episode.
I’m honoured to bring you today’s guest! Seyi Akiwowo is the Founder and Executive Director of Glitch. An organisation she set up to tackle online abuse. At 23, Seyi was the youngest elected black female councillor in Newham, East London.
You are in for a real treat with today’s episode, if you’re considering a career in politics then this episode is for you. If you’re finidning yourself more politically engaged due to recent events this is also an episode to listen to. Seyi doesn’t hold back on her experience in UK politics as a young black women. We talk about how to survive in politics, what it takes to see change in our systems and how to combat and deal with online abuse if you’re ever faced with it. Let’s do this!
When I tell you that editing this down was HARD I mean it was HARD. Seyi was speaking the truth throughout! I highly recommend you go follow her if you aren’t already @SeyiAkiwowo on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about Glitch go to fixtheglitch.org
For updates on Wanna Be follow Content is Queen on Twitter @ContentisQn and Instagram @contentisqueenhq.
If you’re enjoying this podcast, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends via your insta-stories. We’ve pulled some amazing quotes from the episodes which you can reshare via Instagram and Twitter.
To get extended show notes listing any of the tools and resources we’ve talked about on this episode visit wannabepodcast.com.
This podcast is proudly a Content Is Queen Production. As always huge love and hugs to Ellie Clifford for pulling this episode out of the bag this week!
AND thank you for listening!
Until next time… Bye
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where you wanna be 30 minutes or less. I am of course your host, Imriel Morgan
Shoutout to you for listening to last week’s episode with the incredible Lolly Adefope who provided some much needed relief for us all last episode.
I’m honoured to bring you today’s guest! Seyi Akiwowo is the Founder and Executive Director of Glitch. An organisation she set up to tackle online abuse. At 23, Seyi was the youngest elected black female councillor in Newham, East London.
You are in for a real treat with today’s episode, if you’re considering a career in politics then this episode is for you. If you’re finidning yourself more politically engaged due to recent events this is also an episode to listen to. Seyi doesn’t hold back on her experience in UK politics as a young black women. We talk about how to survive in politics, what it takes to see change in our systems and how to combat and deal with online abuse if you’re ever faced with it. Let’s do this!
When I tell you that editing this down was HARD I mean it was HARD. Seyi was speaking the truth throughout! I highly recommend you go follow her if you aren’t already @SeyiAkiwowo on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about Glitch go to fixtheglitch.org
For updates on Wanna Be follow Content is Queen on Twitter @ContentisQn and Instagram @contentisqueenhq.
If you’re enjoying this podcast, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends via your insta-stories. We’ve pulled some amazing quotes from the episodes which you can reshare via Instagram and Twitter.
To get extended show notes listing any of the tools and resources we’ve talked about on this episode visit wannabepodcast.com.
This podcast is proudly a Content Is Queen Production. As always huge love and hugs to Ellie Clifford for pulling this episode out of the bag this week!
AND thank you for listening!
Until next time… Bye
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