This week, Joe talks to the executive director of Florida's largest LGBTQ human rights organization; Nadine Smith. Nadine comes from a long line of people fighting for human rights and she takes the legacy seriously.

Nadine is an award winning journalist, named to Time's 100 most influential people in the world and sat with President Bill Clinton in the first meeting between a sitting president and national LGBTQIA leaders.

This conversation is so important, as she reminds us that history already holds the answers to our resistance. Like she said, "There is power in looking back at what we've overcome."

To find out more about Nadine and her work, please click HERE.

Mentioned in the episode:

Wide Awake American Podcast

NY Times Article

Pride at the Capital and Lobby Days

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