Millennial Politicians on Finding Common Ground: Jillian Gilchrest and Devin Carney

Let's Find Common Ground

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🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In US politics bipartisanship is now the exception, not the rule. But the Millennial Action Project is pushing back: it trains young leaders to bridge the partisan divide and work together to solve America’s problems. In this episode, we meet two members of the Millennial Action Project from opposite sides of the aisle. They are state representatives from Connecticut, Republican Devin Carney and Democrat Jillian Gilchrest. They discuss the joys and challenges of being a local politician at a time when national politics is so divisive. ‘Get to know me’ is something they often say to constituents who judge them solely on the ‘R’ or ‘D’ after their name. Carney and Gilchrest talk about listening and responding to their constituents, having their own prejudices upended, and how they find ways to agree for the good of their state.

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0:00.0	National politics can seem hopelessly fractured and flawed.
0:04.4	It seems to thrive on division with elected politicians calling each other out,
0:09.9	rather than collaborating to solve the country's problems.
0:13.4	But one group of up-and-coming legislators is taking a different tack.
0:17.6	The Millennial Action Project is training young leaders to bridge the partisan divide
0:22.1	and work together to transform American politics.
0:30.7	This is Let's Find Common Ground. I'm Ashley Melntite.
0:34.8	And I'm Richard Davies. In this episode, we meet two members of the Millennial Action Project,
0:40.5	Connecticut State Representative Devon Karney, who's a Republican and Democrat,
0:46.0	Gillian Gilcrust. Each of them is working to ensure their state politics are more functional
0:52.0	than the nations as a whole. First, Devon and Gillian, welcome to Let's Find Common Ground.
0:58.4	Thank you for having us.
0:59.8	Yeah, thank you. Tell us a little bit about the Millennial Action Project
1:04.4	that both of you are members of. Could you start, Gillian?
1:07.7	Sure. So, Millennial Action Project, the goal is to bring together millennial lawmakers
1:15.1	from both sides of the aisle to find common ground to policy solutions and to engaging folks
1:21.5	in the legislative process. And they also provide resources on a number of policy
1:28.8	topics. And it just been a really great connector to colleagues both in Connecticut and across
1:33.1	the country. I agree with everything, Gillian said, you know, just really a wonderful opportunity,
1:39.0	not only to work alongside colleagues from Connecticut across the aisle, but also to meet
1:45.5	folks in both parties from different states that have interesting and different perspectives
1:51.6	on issues that Connecticut faces. And we can learn from each other. So, it's really about
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