United SHE Stands

In episode 170, we’re joined by our new friend Haley Pepper! We dig into the nuance of whether influencers have a responsibility to speak up, how beauty culture and the male gaze are being reexamined, and what it really means to ‘protect your peace’ when the world is on fire.
Haley is a women’s health activist, birth and postpartum doula, NFL wife, and mom of two. She hosts Detoxed, which is an evidence-based wellness podcast dedicated to redefining and reclaiming women's health beyond trends and consumerism. She’s loud on social media about politics and we LOVE her for it!
Resources:
* Substack - DETOXED
* Substack - Haley Pepper
* Instagram
* TikTok
We’re bringing together digital creators from across the state to build a powerful digital organizing network called Ohio Creators for Progress. Support and donate to this effort below! ⬇️
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In episode 169, we announce the launch of Ohio Creators for Progress, a digital organizing network bringing together creators from across the state to win elections online. We also break down some of the worst bills moving through the Ohio Statehouse right now and share how you can take action.
Resources:
* OhioBills.WTF
* TAKE ACTION: Ohio Statehouse 2025-2026
* Ohio House Bill 1
* Ohio Senate Bill 88
* Ohio Senate Bill 156
* Ohio House Bill 269
* Bill would require schools to teach Ohio students ‘success sequence’ as life path
* Ohio House Bill 585
* Ohio House Bill 249
* Trans Ohio - Calls to Action
* Ohio House Bill 561
* Abortion Fund of Ohio - House Bill 347
* Ohio House Bill 347
* Abortion Forward - Action alert: Stop 24-hour waiting periods
* Ohio House Bill 531
* Honesty for Ohio Education - Help Stop Ohio HB 531
We’re bringing together digital creators from across the state to build a powerful digital organizing network called Ohio Creators for Progress. Support and donate to this effort below! ⬇️
Connect with United SHE Stands:
* Substack
* Instagram
* TikTok
* YouTube
* Threads
* Buy us a coffee ☕️
This episode was edited by Kevin Tanner. Learn more about him and his services here:
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In episode 168, we chat with Jerrad Christian, Democrat running for Ohio's 12th Congressional District on a no-corporate-money, people-first platform. We get into healthcare, foreign policy, the economy, and what hope looks like when the stakes feel impossibly high.
Jerrad Christian grew up in rural Ohio in a working-poor family where government programs and community weren’t abstract policy debates; they were the difference between eating and not. He couch-surfed as a kid, watched his mom fight cancer with Medicare keeping her alive, and saw Social Security barely stretch far enough for the people in his life.
Jerrad served in the U.S. Navy as a flight deck fueler on a carrier during Operation Iraqi Freedom and, later, a meteorologist and oceanographer. After getting out and becoming a father, he took a job as a janitor in a factory - now he’s a software engineer. He’s never been rich; he worked his way to where he is through a lot of work and a lot of luck. He want successes like his to be the rule, not the exception.
Jerrad is running for office because he refuses to hand his son a country hollowed out by corruption, cruelty, and short-term thinking. He believes in clean water, honest government, working families, being a good human, and telling the truth even when it’s uncomfortable. He doesn’t worship politicians. He doesn’t punch down. And he won’t back away from a fight when the stakes are this high.
Resources:
* Jerrad Christian for Congress
* Donate to Jerrad’s Campaign
* Social Media:
* Instagram
* Facebook
* TikTok
* YouTube
* X/Twitter
* Threads
We’re bringing together digital creators from across the state to build a powerful digital organizing network called Ohio Creators for Progress. Support and donate to this effort below! ⬇️
Connect with United SHE Stands:
* Substack
* Instagram
* TikTok
* YouTube
* Threads
* Buy us a coffee ☕️
This episode was edited by Kevin Tanner. Learn more about him and his services here:
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In episode 167, we sit down with Sean Connolly to talk about what it looks like to run for Congress as a labor Democrat in a true primary. We dig into his bold vision for investing in eastern Ohio, from high-speed rail to strengthening unions, lowering costs, and rebuilding the middle class, and what sets him apart from the rest of the field.
Sean Connolly was born and raised in Ohio and built his life around hard work, personal responsibility, and creating opportunity. As a small business owner for nearly a decade, he runs his tattoo shop on the belief that leadership means working alongside people, not over them. He considers himself a labor Democrat, loyal first to working families and focused on raising wages, protecting unions, and lowering costs even if that means challenging his own party.
He’s running for Congress on a big, ambitious idea: invest in America again, starting with a high-speed rail corridor connecting eastern Ohio to major job markets, and a broader push to modernize infrastructure, create good-paying jobs, and rebuild the middle class. He says he’s not running to be a career politician, but to refocus government on working people and restore accountability for Ohio’s 6th Congressional District and then returning to what he loves - tattooing.
Resources:
* Sean Connolly for Ohio | Ohio's 6th Congressional District
* Donate to Sean’s Campaign
* Social Media:
* Instagram
* Facebook
* TikTok
* YouTube
* X/Twitter
Connect with United SHE Stands:
* Substack
* Instagram
* TikTok
* YouTube
* Threads
* Buy us a coffee ☕️
This episode was edited by Kevin Tanner. Learn more about him and his services here:
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In episode 166, we sit down with Ashley Craig of Patriotic Millionaires to unpack how extreme wealth inequality took hold in the United States and what it will actually take to fix it. Ashley breaks down why “tax the rich, pay the people, and spread the power” isn’t just a slogan - it’s a roadmap.
Ashley Craig is a former finance and audit professional who has spent her career working primarily for large corporations like The Walt Disney Company, Interpublicgroup, and Morgan Stanley. Craig is a life-long environmentalist, advocate for fair taxation, and corporate social responsibility. She retired from corporate work in 2022 and currently volunteers with political and social causes.
Resources:
* Patriotic Millionaires
* Books by Patriotic Millionaires:
* Pay the People! Why Fair Pay Is Good for Business and Great for America
by John Driscoll, Morris Pearl, and The Patriotic Millionaires
* Tax the Rich! How Lies, Loopholes, and Lobbyists Make the Rich Even Richer by Morris Pearl, Erica Payne, and The Patriotic Millionaires
Connect with United SHE Stands:
* Substack
* Instagram
* TikTok
* YouTube
* Threads
* Buy us a coffee ☕️
This episode was edited by Kevin Tanner. Learn more about him and his services here:
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