Summary: On this episode of #SundayCivics L. Joy shares where she’s been and what she has been doing<br> with <a href="http://www.higherheightsforamerica.org/">Higher Heights</a>, sends love to our “Lawya” Lurie Daniel Favors and continues our<br> conversation surrounding technology and our online data, which we believe will move you to<br> #GetCivicallyEngaged, with Comedian, Writer and Activist <a href="http://baratunde.com/">Baratunde Thurston</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> #CIVICDOCKET - 03:23<br> A few of the civic related stories we discussed on the show that you may have missed in mainstream media. Follow the hashtag #CivicDocket on Twitter or view more <a href="https://www.sundaycivics.org/civicdocket/">here</a>.<br> <br> * The Ohio Purge and the Future of Voting <a href="http://snip.ly/y3k0yt">http://snip.ly/y3k0yt</a><br> * Maine Voters To Decide On Whether They'll Rank Candidates In Future Elections<br> <a href="http://snip.ly/ld4nmj">http://snip.ly/ld4nmj</a><br> <br> 12:12 - #10for2018: Let’s get the more than 50 million people who are eligible Registered to Vote this season! Take the challenge…just register 10 people. We can do this! Use our online <a href="https://www.sundaycivics.org/register-to-vote/">Voter Registration Tool</a> to get started and if you need suggestions, check out L. Joy’s <a href="http://youtube.com/sundaycivics">#TakeCivicAction Friday video</a>! Share with us you progress! <br> <br> 13:48 - Check out our friends at <a href="http://LolaAndDoe.Com/shop-1?ref=ljoywilliams">Lola & Doe</a>! They have a full range of all-natural body products! Use our code CIVICS at checkout to save on your smell-goods!<br> <br> ABOUT OUR GUEST<br> Baratunde Thurston is a futurist comedian, writer, and cultural critic who <a href="https://medium.com/@baratunde/i-am-leaving-the-daily-show-14f83aae398b#.8yr1e786c">helped re-launch The Daily Show with Trevor Noah</a>, co-founded <a href="http://cultivatedwit.com/">Cultivated Wit</a> and the <a href="http://showaboutrace.com/">About Race</a> podcast, and wrote the New York Times bestseller <a href="http://baratunde.com/#howtobeblack">How To Be Black</a>. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy award as host of the Spotify/Mic series, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2XQi_mM38jhIZK84Gl3A6RvBbAhJbwgi">Clarify</a> and is a highly sought-after public speaker, television personality, and thought leader who has been part of noteworthy institutions such as <a href="http://fastcompany.com/user/baratunde-thurston">Fast Company</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/program/ted-talks/">TED</a>, the <a href="http://directorsfellows.media.mit.edu/">MIT Media Lab</a>, <a href="http://www.theonion.com/">The Onion</a>, and the gentrification of Brooklyn, New York.<br> <br> 14:50 - Joy and Baratunde discuss what he’s been up to since writing his New York Times Bestseller “<a style="" href="https://amzn.to/2MJAeNU">How to Be Black</a>” and he shares his #FirstCivicAction.<br> <br> 23:40 - How did the Glass Room get Baratunde to go on a <a href="http://snip.ly/6zumxo">Data Detox</a>? And what is a Data Detox? Baratunde breaks it all down explaining our online data, who knows what about you and what they may be doing with it.<br> <br> 34:32 - Baratunde shares his “A New Tech Manifesto”, <a href="http://snip.ly/m383qp">#Manifestunde</a>, which includes six demands that can be made to Big Tech to make technology work best for everyone. <br> <br> ---<br> <br> BECOME A CIVIC PATRON<br> Help us continue to grow and spread civic education and engagement by becoming a Civic Patron. Your financial support will help fund day-to-day costs and ensure the show will continue to be free and available for all to learn and share. You can contribute as little as $3 a month <a href="ht..."></a>
