This series will connect listeners to leaders who helm organizations that serve and uplift primarily marginalized communities. Today, we are seeking to understand the decisions they suddenly face, the values they are considering, and the compromises they are making to ensure their organizations remain durable throughout COVID-19, one of the most uncertain periods of time our country has faced. As a result of this series, listeners will have an opportunity to learn from incredible leaders and garner insight to consider how we keep critical organizations afloat, especially when our communities most need them.
Meet Brian Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, an organization focused on advancing pro LGBTQ public policy, building civic power in the LGBTQ community across the state, and getting LGBTQ people into positions of public leadership. Listen to the decisions he was grappling with in early May, six weeks into the COVID-19 Pandemic and find out how lessons in snowboarding have been relevant as he has led the organization through tremendous uncertainty.
Meet Meg Ansara, CEO and founding partner at 270 strategies, a public engagement consulting firm that grew out of Obama for America. She was the battleground states director for Hillary Clinton, in 2016 and is a mother of three. Learn from her some of the strategies she's leaning into in our not-normal new normal as she leads, parents, and sets the vision for the 2020 democratic ground game in these unprecedented times.
Meet John Valverde, CEO of Youthbuild USA. John has been a lifelong advocate for youth, motivated in part by his 16 years in prison. He explains how the lessons he learned while incarcerated are relevant to his leadership and decision making amid tremendous uncertainty during COVID-19. Listen as he shares some of his infinite wisdom to others who are facing the unknown.
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