Women in Politics: Martha Escutia with Fran Pavley

Let's Find Common Ground

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In honor of Women’s History Month, CPF hosts a discussion with former California State Senators Martha Escutia and Fran Pavley on the role of women in politics and the challenges they face as leaders. They discuss how they got involved in politics, Sen. Pavley's landmark work on environmental and climate change legislation, and how they overcame challenges they faced as women legislators in the California Assembly and State Senate.

Featuring:

Fran Pavley: Former California Senator (2008-2016); Environmental Policy Director, USC Schwarzenegger Institute
Martha Escutia: Former California Senator (1992-2006); Vice President, USC State Government Relations and Special Counsel; Spring 2023 Fellow, USC Center for the Political Future
Kamy Akhavan: Executive Director, 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.
0:11.7	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 respect
0:22.0	each other and respect the truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.2	My name is Kami Akevan. I'm the executive director of the USC Dornside Center for the Political
0:35.9	Future. It is, thank you, thank you. It's March,
0:42.3	and March is Women's History Month. We all know the theme of the month, but did you know that
0:48.1	holiday started here in California, it started in Santa Rosa in 1978. This is our 45th year of honoring
0:55.7	Women's History Month, and we do that in part with today's event. We've had lots of events
1:01.0	over the course of this month, and today will be part of that. Today's event is hosted by the
1:05.7	USC Dornside Center of the political future. It's an organization headed by two people who
1:10.6	are political opponents.
1:12.1	Bob Schrum, Democratic strategist, a legendary one, and Mike Murphy, who is also a legendary
1:18.8	Republican strategist. There are opponents for years, but they're not enemies. And that's really
1:23.7	the ethos that the Center for the Political Future embodies, is that we can
1:27.9	disagree and still pursue a politics where we respect the facts, we respect each other,
1:33.7	even though we can have strongly held opposing beliefs. So we are joined in partnership today by
1:40.6	many student organizations and the very prestigious U.S. prestigious USC Schwarzenegger Institute.
1:47.1	I wanted to mention the student organizations that are part of today's event, including
1:51.3	political student assembly, vote SC, women in politics, and the USC College Republicans.
1:59.0	We appreciate your support very much.
2:01.8	So what you're here to see today is a conversation between two women who have made a dramatic impact in our state
2:09.1	of California, with the fourth or fifth largest economy in the entire world. Those two women
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