Start With the Workers (Episode 167) |

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Lemalé Torres has a calling in educating union members on how they can be empower themselves to take charge. She is passionate about understanding the political landscape as an advocate of social justice. Another role in her life deeply affects how much she cares about the issues — motherhood. She met co-host Wendy Sheridan at an event sponsored by Indivisible. They sat down to talk about Torres’ knowledge of Project 2025 and its plans for labor laws from a union perspective as well as what it has to say about education, families, and more. Lemalé Torres says, “The work starts with community, and that is where my allegiance will always lie.”

In This Fortnight I Learned, co-host Robin Renée gets some info on rabid wildlife and Wendy discovers an interesting factoid about why we may need sleep. News includes the terrible Trump rally at Madison Square Garden, ballot boxes for early voting have been attacked in Washington State and Oregon, voter rolls purged in Virginia, war in the Middle East, and New York state hits environmental goals ahead of schedule. In the Blanket Fort, Robin and Wendy cope with election anxiety. The Lefty of the Week is not a single person this time – It is every single one of us who has voted or will vote in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. It takes all of us. LFG!

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Read Kamala Harris’ policy positions vs. Project 2025.

Volunteer to help get out the vote.

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Visit Wendy Sheridan at the Rahway Craft and Art Fair, Saturday, November 2nd. 10% off if you voted!