Rashad Robinson
American civil rights leader and former president of Color of ChangeWikipedia
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Oct 13, 2026
David HuntCORRESPONDENT
Among the specific titles challenged last year, 39% represented the lived experiences of LGBTQIA plus people and people of color.
David HuntCORRESPONDENT
Rashad Robinson is an openly gay civil rights activist and former president of Color of Change, the nation's largest online racial justice organization.
David HuntCORRESPONDENT
He spoke to WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, New York, about why certain books are censored.
Rashad RobinsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, banning stories and banning ideas is about power.
Jamal BryantHOST
And there's a whole lot that we have been saying, but not actually doing.
Jamal BryantHOST
Rashad Robinson, one of the most critical organizers for this generation, has pulled up to hold us accountable, take us to task and to raise the bar.
Jamal BryantHOST
He's dealing with leadership at a whole nother level.
Jamal BryantHOST
From Presence to Power.
Jane CoastonHOST
Before we go, every Tuesday on Assembly Required, Stacey Abrams doesn't just diagnose problems, she talks about solutions and connects listeners to people doing boots on the ground work.
Jane CoastonHOST
This week, she's talking with social justice strategist Rashad Robinson to discuss how we can come together to confront authoritarianism, make it harder for bad actors to profit from harming others, and how we hold corporations accountable.
Jane CoastonHOST
Listen to Assembly Required now on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.
Jane CoastonHOST
That's all for today.
Rashad RobinsonGUEST
Because if more of us think about our roles differently, if more of us think about that we are on assignment, then I think that the possibilities, not just to win elections, but to win real-world change, is in front of us.
Stacey AbramsHOST
Rashad Robinson, From Presence to Power, thank you for joining us today on Assembly Required.
Rashad RobinsonGUEST
Thank you.
Stacey AbramsHOST
[Instrumental music] As always at Assembly Required, we give you actionable tools to help make a difference.
Melissa MurrayHOST
That was the court's decision last June that allowed candidates to coordinate with party committees about how party committees spend their insane war chests.
Melissa MurrayHOST
And because the court, in a recent shadow docket order that Rashad Robinson and I just discussed a couple weeks ago on the pod, allowed the Federal Communications Commission to demand that broadcasters give the party committees huge discounts on ads, which just exacerbates the spending asymmetries between the parties.
Melissa MurrayHOST
So again, the Supreme Court, like a doula, I'm ready to catch this baby.
Melissa MurrayHOST
Let's go.
Tavis SmileyHOST
Can Democrats meet the moment? We'll talk about it with Joe Trippi in our three.
Tavis SmileyHOST
But let's commence today's show in dialogue with Rashad Robinson, social justice leader, host of the digital series Freedom Table and author of From Presence to Power.
Tavis SmileyHOST
how to take on the fights that matter and win.
Tavis SmileyHOST
As you can tell, just a wee bit vocally challenged today.
Tavis SmileyHOST
We're going to get through it.
Tavis SmileyHOST
I'm going to ask some short, pithy questions and let them do all the talking.
Tavis SmileyHOST
Rashad Robinson, how are you, sir? Good to have you back.
Tavis SmileyHOST
It's always good to be with you.
Dominique DiPrimaHOST
Yeah.
Melina AbdullahGUEST
But also organizers like Rashad Robinson, right? Union members, union leaders, like former UTLA president, now National Education Association executive board member, Cecily Meyer Cruz was there.
Melina AbdullahGUEST
And so it's, Really important to remember that it takes people in office, but also a momentum on the ground to push for the kinds of things that we need as black people, especially.
Dominique DiPrimaHOST
Yes, indeed.