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Pressures, Power, and Afrolatinidad with Analilia Mejia
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54 minutes
Released:
Sep 25, 2022
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Podcast episode
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Listeners, we're back this week with Analilia Mejia.
Analilia Mejia is one of the foremost national political leaders in the progressive movement and is the Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy, the nation’s largest multiracial organizing network on the left. Prior, she served as the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau Deputy Director. Previously, Mejia built on her experience of running victorious issue advocacy campaigns to serve as Political Director on Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign, which built a massive rank-and-file union support program and galvanized Latino groups across the country. Analilia is a proud Afro-Latina, Jersey girl, and mom of two.
During this episode we talked about:
04:40 - Growing up working class
05:27 - Thrive and not just survive
08:46 - A union job changed everything
14:56 - Privileges
17:28 - Types of organizations and being a power-building org
18:15 - All actions are worthy
21:45 - Being afrolatina
31:08 - Education
36:27 - Her work journey
38:04 - Pressures and power
41:28 - History of violence
Y tu abuela dónde está? Poem
This episode is brought to you by Cox.com, Gold Peak and First Republic Bank.
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Analilia Mejia is one of the foremost national political leaders in the progressive movement and is the Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy, the nation’s largest multiracial organizing network on the left. Prior, she served as the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau Deputy Director. Previously, Mejia built on her experience of running victorious issue advocacy campaigns to serve as Political Director on Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign, which built a massive rank-and-file union support program and galvanized Latino groups across the country. Analilia is a proud Afro-Latina, Jersey girl, and mom of two.
During this episode we talked about:
04:40 - Growing up working class
05:27 - Thrive and not just survive
08:46 - A union job changed everything
14:56 - Privileges
17:28 - Types of organizations and being a power-building org
18:15 - All actions are worthy
21:45 - Being afrolatina
31:08 - Education
36:27 - Her work journey
38:04 - Pressures and power
41:28 - History of violence
Y tu abuela dónde está? Poem
This episode is brought to you by Cox.com, Gold Peak and First Republic Bank.
Follow Analilia on all things social:
Website
CPD Action Twitter
Follow Cafe con Pam on all things social
http://cafeconpam.com/
Join the FREE Cafe con Pam Challenge
Join our Discord space and let's keep the conversation going!
If you are a business owner, join us for Aligned Collective Mastermind
Learn about PowerSisters
Subscribe, rate, review, and share this episode with someone you love!
And don't ever forget to Stay Shining!
Released:
Sep 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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