How to be a changemaker - Shaniqua McClendon, VP of Politics at Crooked Media

Shaniqua and I met in Professor Seglin’s writing class at the Harvard Kennedy School. She tells me about what growing up as the daughter of a single mom was like. How she got into politics and landed her dream job at Crooked Media, along with all the failures and how she learned from them along the way. We talk about what everyday citizens can do to contribute toward building the America we care about, how to bridge political divide and what is important to her these days. An absolute gem of a woman, I am lucky to call Shaniqua a friend, and stoked y’all get to know her as well.
Connect with Shaniqua: / shaniquamcclendon
Mentioned in this episode:
- Shaniqua's Boston Globe Article: www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/...
- Vote Save America: votesaveamerica.com/
- Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: amzn.to/42eT72g
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[0:00] Intro
[4:25] Growing up with a single parent and realizing what she did for me after she passed away
[12:35] relationship with sisters and the joys of aunty life
[18:25] developing an interest in politics and her mother’s last gift to her
[28:24] Crooked Media origins
[30:54] Shaniqua’s failures along the way and how she got hired to Crooked Media
[34:49] VP of Politics role at Crooked Media
[38:05] What can you and I do to act on the issues we care about - vote save America
[41:31] Crooked Media’s vision
[43:55] Interacting with folks different from us to bridge the divide
[49:20] What’s important to Shaniqua these days - progress
[53:45] How Shaniqua takes care of herself and where she gets her best ideas!

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