Empowering People in Disaster; Creating a Stronger Democracy; and All Things SCOTUS

Our Body Politic

Diaspora Farms, LLC

News Commentary, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government, News

4.8 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This week, Farai speaks to Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto, former mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico about what it took to guide her people through the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, as well as to create a compass for women leaders to understand their own power. In "Our Body Politic Presents..." A’shanti Gholar, host of the podcast “The Brown Girls Guide to Politics” interviews Dr. Sadaf F. Jaffer, the first Asian-American woman and first Muslim American woman sworn into the New Jersey General Assembly, about what it means for someone with her intersecting identities to have a voice in legislation. On our weekly segment, Sippin’ the Political Tea, Farai talks with Georgetown University law professor and OBP legal contributor Tiffany Jeffers and University of Baltimore law professor and Op-Ed columnist for the Atlantic and Politico Kim Wehle about all things Supreme Court.

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0:00.0	Hi, folks, we are so glad that you're listening to Our Body Politics.
0:19.2	If you have time, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcast.
0:23.4	It helps other listeners find us and we read them for your feedback.
0:27.2	We'd also love you to join in financially supporting the show if you're able.
0:31.0	You can find out more at ourbodypolitic.com slash donate.
0:37.0	We are here for you, with you, and because of you.
0:41.4	Thank you.
0:43.6	This is Our Body Politic.
0:45.7	I'm Farai Chidea.
0:47.6	This week we're spotlighting pioneering women of color who've stepped in and triumphed in the political arena.
0:53.6	One such woman is Carmen Julian
0:55.7	Cruz, the former mayor of San Juan Puerto Rico from 2013 to 2020. Now, among many accomplishments,
1:02.3	Cruz was tasked with shepherding the disaster relief response for San Juan following Hurricane
1:07.6	Maria. In that, she proved to be a fierce advocate for her constituents and a
1:12.6	fearless critic of the U.S. government's lack of aid. I sat down with Cruz to hear about that
1:18.2	experience as mayor and what fueled her strength then and now, plus any political wisdom she might
1:24.3	impart for other women office seekers.
1:30.7	Mayor Cruz, thank you for joining us.
1:33.5	Well, thank you very much for having me. We met at the Kennedy School at Harvard, and from what I can tell, you're setting a compass
1:39.2	for women from around the world who are already leaders in many ways to understand their own power.
1:48.2	Is that how you think of what you're working on?
1:51.2	Well, the position is called leader in practice, and it is a program at the JFK school called
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