Tune In Tonight At 8 PM To Meet The Women Of TWIST-Patti Austin, Chaka Khan, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Brenda Russell, Sheila E., Terri Lyne Carrington, India.Arie, Ledisi, Siedah Garrett & More Plus A Special Appearance By Angela Davis

Tune in tonight at 8 PM ET to meet the women of TWIST (Tuff Women In Strange Times) during a live stream. Patti Austin created the group of women artists to remind voters, especially women of the power they have to make a difference. Chaka Khan, Lisa Fischer, Lalah Hathaway,Dee Dee Bridgewater, India.Arie, Brenda Russell, Ledisi and Siedah Garrett have all made videos to share who the women are that inspired them to vote. Sheila E. and Terri Lyne Carrington provided music for the vignettes that have been airing daily. Tanika Ray will host the live stream tonight and there will be a special appearance from Angela Davis. Viewers are encouraged to use #WeAreTWIST2020 on social media. 

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Chaka Khan, Ledisi, Lisa Fischer, Lalah Hathaway, Sheila E., India. Arie, Brenda Russell, Siedah Garrett, Patti Austin, Terri Lyne Carrington & Dee Dee Bridgewater To Appear In TWIST2020 Voter Participation Campaign & Event

Chaka Khan, Ledisi, Sheila E., Lisa Fischer, Dee Dee Bridgewater, India.Arie, Lalah Hathaway, Patti Austin, Terri Lyne Carrington, Siedah Garrett and Brenda Russell have formed TWIST(Tuff Women In Strange Times) a supergroup of women artists to rally voter participation for the 2020 election. Activist, author and professor Angela Davis will appear in a series of videos encouraging voting under the TWIST2020 banner. The campaign has started with a video of the late Maya Angelou and it can be viewed at www.twist2020.com, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. There will be a live event on October 20th titled This Is Why I Vote at 8PM ET that can be viewed on www.twist2020.com, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Viewers are encouraged to use #WeAreTWIST2020 on social media. 

Austin, who is the brainchild behind TWIST, says the campaign is to remind voters particularly women of the historic power they have to make a difference especially in light of September 18, 2020, passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She says, “We’ve all got incredible stories about a school teacher, our mother, or her mother, or just other powerful women that influence our lives. We’ve got this election coming up. We have the power of the world in our hands, given to us by the women who came before us.”

Patti Austin, Tammy McCrary, Julie Bergman and Gwendolyn Quinn are the producers of TWIST2020.Â