181: with Laural O'Rourke, 4J School Board (incoming)
Description
Laural O'Rourke is a mother, a 4J graduate, and a disaster relief manager with Lane County Human Services. While being the "mama bear" advocate for her kids who navigate special education plans, she has cultivated a fire for justice that she's bringing to the 4J school board, along with some inclusion and representation of the Black community in Eugene.
We discuss disaster relief and changemaking (1:14 ), tone-policing of strong voices (7:50 ), disability and advocating as a mom (11:59 ), today's civil rights movement (15:34 ), running for office and working for the whole community (26:40 ), spending and public funds (33:43 ), "our kids are behind" and mental health (42:55 ), music, from Matthews to Simone (56:49 ), conservative views (1:03:51 ), and cancel culture or consequence culture (1:12:18 ).
The discussion is on video at https://youtu.be/p7ovZiq6sXc.
Learn more at https://www.lauralfor4j.com. Ballots are due May 18th!
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