On the 15th episode of the #VoteHerIn series, a partnership project of Two Broads Talking Politics/Kelly Pollock and Rebecca Sive, author of Vote Her In: Your Guide to Electing Our First Woman President, Kelly and Rebecca interview Anna Valencia, the City Clerk of Chicago. They talk about finding the confidence to lead when you’re the only woman in the room, women supporting women, and how women electeds can draw on their own life experiences to promote and enact policies that help women and girls.
Links:
- Vote Her In Series
- Anna Valencia Biography
- Chicago Tribune article on Valencia’s commitment to public policy benefiting women and girls
- Valencia’s TedX talk on women in government and politics
- In Vote Her In: Your Guide to Electing Our First Woman President, Anna makes her first appearance in a book.
Our End Credits are read by Sonya Daniel.
Musical credits:
“Are You Listening” from Elephant Shaped Trees by IMUNURI.
Released February 3, 2018.
Composed by André Pilette, with the help of Adam Garcia, Stephanie Leary, and Dan Wilson.
Lyrics written by Stephanie Leary.
Produced by André Pilette and Stephanie Leary.
Mixed by Brett Ryan Stewart of The Sound Shelter in Nashville, TN.
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper of Turtle Tone Studio in NYC.
Song used with permission by the band.