Stephanie Young in Conversation with Angela Rye and Brittany Packnett Cunningham

Let's Find Common Ground

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In honor of Black History Month, USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future (CPF) hosted an all-star panel discussion with Spring 2023 CPF Fellow Stephanie Young and activists Angela Rye and Brittany Packnett Cunningham on their careers, political impact, and challenges. On Tuesday, February 21, these women discussed the importance of Black History Month, how race and identity impact politics, and the current political roadblocks affecting our democracy. This event was in partnership with VoteSC, USC Political Student Assembly, Trojan Democrats, and USC College Republicans.

Featuring:

Angela Rye: Attorney, Activist, CEO of IMPACT Strategies
Brittany Packnett Cunningham: Speaker, Political Analyst, Social Justice Champion
Stephanie Young: Executive Director, When We All Vote; Spring 2023 Barbara Boxer Fellow, USC Center for the Political Future

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0:00.0	Welcome to the bully pulpit from the University of Southern California's Center for the Political Future.
0:11.8	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we
0:21.6	respect each other and respect the truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.4	Hello, folks. I am going to give a very quick introduction, welcome, and then we're going to
0:36.1	turn over today's events to Stephanie
0:38.4	Young to lead us through a very important discussion with some very esteemed panelists today,
0:43.0	so we're thrilled to do that.
0:44.5	What I wanted to share is that today's event is going to be video recorded so you can watch
0:50.7	it on YouTube.
0:51.6	It is also being live streamed to Facebook, and the audio will be a
0:57.1	podcast for the Center for the Political Futures Bullipopet podcast. So it'll be five distribution methods
1:03.2	for the single event. That's how much we believe the world needs to see what you're about to
1:07.5	experience. This semester, we have the great fortune of having seven esteemed
1:11.6	fellows, and we are thrilled that Stephanie Young, one of our premier fellows, is going to lead
1:17.5	today's conversation. So without further ado, folks, thank you for coming today's event, and thank
1:21.8	you, Stephanie. Thank you, Kami, and thank you to all the staff. I'm going to sit down, but I figured
1:26.4	I would just greet you here first, do some introductions, and then we will sit in the middle and have a lively discussion. And it won't be lively if you all do not participate. So we will definitely have time for questions and get some hopefully really good answers. The first person I want to talk about is Brittany Packnick Cunningham,
1:45.6	who is joining us today in conversation. Well, one quick thing. I just wanted to give you a little
1:52.0	bit more background on who I am. I'm an esteemed fellow. I'm so excited to be here at USC teaching
1:58.0	in class in the intersection of pop culture and politics. And here are some of the
2:02.2	wonderful people in my class. If you guys could raise your hands, they ask amazing questions
2:07.4	every week. They are going to be the future of politics in this country. And I'm very hopeful
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