Created by The Meteor in partnership with Emerge, an organization that recruits and trains Democratic women who want to run for office, The Power Lounge was a series of exciting conversations at the Democratic National Convention in 2024. Speakers included U.S. Reps. Jasmine Crockett and Ayanna Pressley, state legislators Danica Roem and Mallory McMorrow, Sean Astin, Busy Philipps, Professor Anita Hill, and many more.
Women and the Court
How the Supreme Court really figures into the 2024 election; with Watering Hole Media CEO Ashley Allison, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), and National Women’s Law Center CEO Fatima Goss Graves.
This Election is About Abortion
Busy Philipps moderates this conversation with Arizona State Sen. Eva Burch, abortion-access advocates Kaitlyn Joshua and Amanda Zurawski, and president and CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All Mini Timmaraju.
Project 2025: Harm to Education and Beyond
Attorney and activist Katie Grossbard talks to U.S. Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) and actor, poet, and activist Amber Tamblyn about the real and imminent danger that Project 2025 poses to students of all ages.
Year of the Gen Z Vote
This generation is delivering more than just hot memes: Deja Foxx, the founder of GenZ Girl Gang, talks to Annika Krovi, the president of High School Democrats of America, and Maine state legislature candidate Ellie Sato about the real political power of Gen Z.
SPEAKERS
A’Shanti F. Gholar
Emerge, President
Ai-jen Poo
National Domestic Workers Alliance, President
Amanda Zurawski
Activist
Amber Tamblyn
Actress, Poet, Activist
Angela Ferrell-Zabala
Activist and Executive Director, Moms Demand Action
Anita Hill
Author, Professor
Annika Krovi
South Carolina, Delegate
Ashley Allison
Watering Hole Media, CEO
Ayanna Pressley
Congresswoman, Massachusetts
Becca Balint
Author
Beth Silvers
Author and Co-Host, Pantsuit Politics
Brianna Titone
State Representative, Colorado
Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Activist
Busy Philipps
Actress and Host, Busy Phillips is Doing Her Best
Cindi Leive
THE METEOR, CO-FOUNDER
Danica Roem
State Senator, Virginia
Deja Foxx
Activist
Dr. Brittney Cooper
Rutgers University, Professor
Dr. Salamishah Tillet
Activist
Ellie Sato
Maine House of Representatives, Candidate
Eva Burch
State Senator, Arizona
Fatima Goss Graves
National Women’s Law Center, CEO
Gloria Johnson
State Representative, Tennessee
Jasmine Crockett
U.S. Representative, Texas
Kaitlyn Joshua
Community Organizer
Katie Grossbard
Attorney
Lauren Underwood
U.S. Representative, Illinois
Liz Plank
Journalist
London Breed
Mayor, San Francisco
Lucy McBath
State Representative, Georgia
Lynda Carter
Actress, Singer, Miss World USA 1972
Mallory McMorrow
State Senator, Michigan
Mini Timmaraju
Reproductive Freedom for All, President
Paola Ramos
Journalist
Reshma Saujani
Girls Who Code, CEO
Ross Morales Rocketto
Run for Something, Co-Founder
Samantha Barry
Glamour Magazine, Editor-in-Chief
Sami Sage
Betches, Co-Founder
Sarah Jones
Actress and Host, America Who Hurt You?
Sarah Stewart Holland
Author and Co-Host, Pantsuit Politics
Sean Astin
Actor, Director, Activist
Shaniqua McClendon
Crooked Media, Vice President of Politics
Shannon Watts
Moms Demand Action, Founder Emerita
Tarana Burke
Me Too., Founder
