MOMocrats Karoli, Aliza Worthington, and Donna Schwartz Mills emerge from their social isolation to talk about the latest pandemic news…
…before turning attention back to our election, which is still happening even as presidential campaigns are cancelling in-person rallies and appearances. Their guest this week is Liuba Grechen Shirley, of VoteMama.org, a PAC that supports Democratic mothers running for office.
Mothers with young children make up 13% of the US population, but their representation in Congress is less than 5%. This lack of representation hurts us all, according to Liuba.
“We’re missing out on a critical voice,” says Liuba. “We’re missing out on the voice of people who know at a visceral level what it’s like not to have access to paid family leave; who know what it’s like not to be able to find affordable, quality child care; who know what it’s like to rely on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to cover their children’s healthcare.”
Join the MOMocrats as they discuss ways to encourage more younger women with children to run for office in this week’s political podcast from a progressive point of view, part of the #DemCast family
