The Friday Power Lunch is a weekly dynamic video LIVE podcast to amplify the voice of the grassroots in Virginia and across the Nation on politics, culture, elections, politics, and people making change.
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We Won't Back Down! Going LIVE on June 12 at 12 PM ET w/ Historian Paul Quigley & Delegate Dan Helmer. WE WILL SURVIVE 💋!
We are going LIVE Friday at 12 pm ET. Register here for the LIVE show.
Season 6 | Episode 22 | Show 257
Friday, June 12, 2026 | Noon ET
SHOW UP • POWER UP • FIGHT BACK
THE WARNING SIGNS
The Cost of Normalizing Violence...
No Red Line: What Is So Powerful That You Will Watch Democracy Die Before You Vote Democrat?
Watching a news program this morning was unnerving yet again. Not my resolve — but my capacity for patience.
Two pivotal races. Two flawed candidates. And in both, the pundit said: Republicans will not vote for a Democrat. Under any circum...
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Watch 🎥 Episode 21: “SOUNDING THE ALARM: Pride, Power & the People Who Tell the Truth.”
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SOUNDING THE ALARM
June 5, 2026
Last Friday’s Friday Power Lunch opened Pride Month with a powerful reminder:
Truth still matters.
Courage still matters.
Com...
Watch 👀 Episode 20 w/ TN Senator Oliver, Delegate Sam Rasoul & Jen Morrow, Bards Alley Book Store Business Owner 📚
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HOPE IS ROOTED IN ACTION
May 29, 2026
Dear FPL Fam,
Our show “Hope is Rooted in Action” centered our souls on the work ahead...
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Network NOVA Live is the media arm of Network NOVA. We host online & in-person events to build community, share resources, & inspire each other. We lead & create opportunities to magnify our impact on an excellent, equitable, & democratic society.
Red-state Democrat working to help Democrats fight everywhere; Co-founder and ED of Every State Blue. Champion of grassroots action. Democracy defender. Gardener. Painter. I've been told I smile too much.
You can find my content here: https://open.substack.com/pub/fridaypowerlunch Activist in Coastal Virginia. Convener of badass women, leader of COVA Coalition and co-host of Network NOVA's Friday Power Lunch. Slacktivists need not follow.
Finale Norton is a grassroots organizer, innovation leader, and media host who spent 26 years in corporate leadership before turning her focus to civic engagement, rural organizing, and building community power across Virginia.
Badass, feminist, and focused on kicking patriarchy to the curb. Co-Founder of NETWORK NOVA & creative agent at Network NOVA LIVE. Program Director/Producer of Friday Power Lunch & Women's Summit.
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