Use the Power You Have

Call Your Girlfriend

Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

How can we create change from within institutions? We talk with longtime civil rights activist, Pramila Jayapal, who was elected to Congress in 2016 about her work with the Congressional Progressive Caucus, pushing for change within the Democratic Party. Plus, the challenging pace of change within government and the prospects for better federal policy to support immigrants, people out of work, and Black and brown communities devastated by police violence and other structures of white supremacy. We also discuss the viral moment in a 2019 hearing, when she reflected on being the parent of a non binary child. Rep. Jayapal's new book is Use the Power You Have.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Call Your Girlfriend!
0:01.6	A podcast for long-distance festies everywhere.
0:04.3	I'm Amina Tussaud, and I'm Ann Friedman.
0:07.3	Hey Ann Friedman!
0:09.3	Hello, hello, hello.
0:11.3	I know we do not often do interviews together for reasons of logistics, and it can be kind of...
0:17.4	It can be kind of difficult to have two people jumping in, but um...
0:21.2	I love listening to you work! I was like, yes! This is the best!
0:26.3	I love hearing you ask some questions, like in real time, as opposed to when I listen back to the episode.
0:31.4	I hear you.
0:35.5	I realize this is all a very like, um, mysterious lead-up to saying who our guest actually is.
0:41.6	Um... I...
0:43.8	No!
0:45.4	On the real agenda today, we have an excellent interview with Congresswoman Pramila Jaya Pal,
0:52.0	who has represented Washington's seventh congressional district, which is kind of the Seattle area,
0:59.2	since 2017.
1:01.1	She is also the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, um, which is a caucus that makes up
1:06.9	approximately 40% of House Democrats, and she is the author of a new book called Use the Power You Have,
1:14.2	a Brown Woman's Guide to Politics and Political Change.
1:22.6	...
1:46.2	Congresswoman, thank you for joining us today!
1:49.2	I am so excited to be with you both!
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