How We Build This

Hope After the Gut Punch: Leading Through Crisis with MoveOn’s Rahna Epting

Episode Summary

Host May Boeve welcomes Rahna Epting, Executive Director of MoveOn

Episode Notes

What does it take to lead a progressive movement in the midst of rising authoritarianism and political despair? MoveOn Executive Director Rahna Epting joins How We Build This host, May Boeve, to share her path from aspiring family lawyer to one of the most pivotal organizers in the country. Boeve asks Epting about building solidarity in times of disillusionment, the mentors who shaped her approach to leadership, and how the progressive movement is finding power through community and joy—even in the face of a Trump 2.0 era. 

How We Build This is created and hosted by May Boeve

Producer: Phil Surkis

Theme music: ‘Within’, composed by Ruthie Dineen, and performed by Negative Press Project.

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