1 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: Good morning, peeps, and welcome to woke Ep Daily with 2 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: me your girl, Danielle Moody recording from the Home Bunker. Folks. 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 2: First off, thank you for sending me a happy anniversary 4 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 2: WOKF messages and comments and you know, just letting me 5 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 2: know how much you all appreciate this show. 6 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 1: It really just warmed my heart. So I just wanted 7 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: to start off today with saying just a deep, deep 8 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: appreciation and gratitude for all of you who have been 9 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: writing with me for so long and listening to the 10 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: show Switching gears. Though God, I hate Donald Trump. 11 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 3: It's like. 12 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: I just I wonder if there will ever come a 13 00:00:55,800 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: day where I don't mention that man's name. I feel 14 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: like I say his name more than I say my own, 15 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: because it is just every fucking place that you look, 16 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: this motherfucker is doing something that deserves not just attention 17 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: but condemnation in a way that it's not being received. 18 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: So you know, over the Easter holiday weekend, right you 19 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: had Donald Trump hockin bibles and posting imagery of Joe 20 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 1: Biden Hogtide behind a car, and just I am just 21 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 1: so in awe, and by in awe, I'm just like 22 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: fulabergasted at the media after seven fucking years, the inability 23 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: to just call out this motherfucker. You have never met 24 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:57,279 Speaker 1: a person more handled with kid gloves than fucking Donald 25 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: Trump and corporate media. It is a I mean, just 26 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: think about if any other politician, Republican or Democrat, were 27 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 1: to repost a picture of political violence, what the fuck 28 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: would happen. I miss the days where the smallest gaps 29 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,799 Speaker 1: would result in you losing your fucking job. I miss 30 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: those days. I long for them. But my god, Donald 31 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 1: Trump is just such fucking trash and a criminal, and 32 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: instead of us just honestly being able to call it 33 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: what it is, we still have these conversations in media 34 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: as if we don't know what he's up to, as 35 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: if Donald Trump is just like an overgrown fucking toddler. 36 00:02:55,240 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: He's not. He's been scamming and grifting and lying and 37 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: cheating for the last fifty fucking years and has been 38 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: able to do so without having any accountability for any 39 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:15,679 Speaker 1: of his actions whatsoever. Right now, you have foot soldiers 40 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: of the insurrection in prison that he is referring to 41 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: as political prisoners that he will free, but not the 42 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: man that was the architect behind the insurrection and continues 43 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: right to court violence on his enemies, whether they be 44 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: Joe Biden or the judges or the judge's family that 45 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: are hearing his bevy of criminal cases. I'm just so 46 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: sick to fucking death, and I honestly I pray for 47 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: a day when there is no more conversation about Donald Trump, 48 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: but to talk about like him in the past fucking 49 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: tense as like a warning. That's the day that I 50 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: pray for. My God, I'm just so over it. Coming 51 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: up next, though, is my conversation with president of Children's 52 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: Partnership is a policy and advocacy organization focused on advancing 53 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: child health equity through research, policy, and community engagement, and 54 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: we get into a conversation about where we are currently 55 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: with women's reproductive rights, abortion, IBF and more. That conversation 56 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: with Mara Alvarez from Children's Partnership is coming up next, folks. 57 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: I am very excited to welcome to OOKF Daily for 58 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: the very first time. Mayra Alvarez, who is the president 59 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: of the Children's Partnership, a policy and advocacy organization focused 60 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: on advancing child health equity through research, policy and community engagement. 61 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: Myra First, I got to tell you that I feel 62 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: when I have conversations with people in your line of work, 63 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 1: it is a tough time to be in this type 64 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: of work, in child advocacy, in reproductive care, in any 65 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: type of community that frankly is under attack right now. 66 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: And so I just want to ask you, you know, 67 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: with your organization, with Children's Partnership, how are you dealing 68 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: with the current political climate and attacks that we are 69 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: seeing on our children, on families, and on just our 70 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 1: well being. 71 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's a great question, Danielle. 72 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 3: Well, first, I just want to say thank you for 73 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 3: the opportunity to be a part of this conversation and 74 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 3: for creating the space to engage in the common with you. 75 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 3: It is a really tough time as advocates for children, 76 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 3: particularly children from marginalized communities, black and brown families, immigrant communities. 77 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 3: It's a challenging time, and it's been a challenging time 78 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 3: for many of our families. Remember, we're not that far 79 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 3: removed from the global pandemic that hit our families harder 80 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 3: than other communities, and we're not far removed from the 81 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 3: very many challenges that they were facing even before that 82 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 3: global pandemic. So you can imagine it's been difficult. And 83 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:35,119 Speaker 3: I think what motivates me every day and what gets 84 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 3: me up every day are the families that we're seeking 85 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 3: to uplift and the incredible resilience and strength that they're 86 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 3: bringing to these conversations into this work every day, because 87 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 3: I think that that resiliency and the ability to move 88 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 3: forward and believe that we can have hope rests and 89 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 3: the experiences of our black and brown families that have 90 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 3: overcome so much for centuries and that continue to lead 91 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 3: the way, and that continue to be strong, and the 92 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 3: way they raise their children and the way they contribute 93 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 3: to their communities, and the way they are demonstrating time 94 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 3: and time again how strong they are and how they 95 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 3: are the ones that are holding the solutions that we 96 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 3: need to abide by in order to create a more welcoming, 97 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 3: more equitable environment. 98 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 4: For children and families. 99 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 3: So that's what gives That's what gives motivation every day 100 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 3: in our work, and I think we hold on to that, 101 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 3: hold on to that hope every day. 102 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: You know, it is like you were saying, you know, 103 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: from the beginning throughout history, black and brown families communities 104 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: have faced so many attacks through policy, right through policy 105 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: that whether it is not providing you know, hungry children meals, 106 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: whether it is not providing universal pre K and you know, 107 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: things that would actually go to strength in the family 108 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: and strengthen children and help build of resilience and possibility. 109 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: We have a party, the Republican Party, that has always 110 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: couched themselves and their policies as pro children, as pro life, 111 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: and yet there is nothing that they do that actually 112 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: is about strengthening the lives and the livelihood of children. 113 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 1: As of late, in some states, they have rolled back 114 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: child labor laws. Right in some states now just recently, 115 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: we're seeing IVF even the ability to create the family 116 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: that you want being taken away from families. We've seen 117 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: the criminalization of people who seek reproductive care through abortion. 118 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: And so I want to talk to you about the 119 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: systematic kind of roll out that we are seeing that 120 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 1: isn't that is coming from everywhere. It's like, we're going 121 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,719 Speaker 1: to get you while a fetus is in utero, We're 122 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,839 Speaker 1: going to get you. If you're forced into labor, we're 123 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: going to get you. And you know, say that your 124 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: children have to be put to work because in these 125 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: you know, states that are rolling back child labor laws. 126 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: It's not white children that they are targeting. It's not 127 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: white children that are going to be in these in 128 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 1: these factories. And so I want to get a sense 129 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 1: from you, how are you able to fight back and 130 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: make the greater case around health and wellness for our children, 131 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: which are in fact the future, not just the future 132 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: of our workforce, not just the future right in terms 133 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: of how capitalism continues to flow, but like really are 134 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: our future and we should be caring for them in 135 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: that way. 136 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 4: Absolutely, I could not agree with you more. 137 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 3: And you know at where I work at the Children's 138 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 3: Partnership where you know, where a nonpartisan organization or one. 139 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 4: Three, and actually really believe that across. 140 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:09,319 Speaker 3: The political spectrum, children generally are upheld as this universal 141 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 3: value that across the board, across income, across race, across ethnicity, 142 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 3: again across politics, people speak to the issue of children 143 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 3: as a top priority and it's in their actions that 144 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 3: we want to hold them accountable. And as you said, 145 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 3: time and time again, there are certain elected officials who 146 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 3: are talking about children but not demonstrating that commitment in 147 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,319 Speaker 3: their actions. And I think what's important to remind ourselves 148 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 3: is that when we talk to people individually, one on one, 149 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 3: that we can delve deeper than when we talk about 150 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 3: politics at a national level and we hear soundbites coming 151 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 3: from elected officials. I think it goes back to this 152 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 3: idea of building community with one another. It's really hard 153 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 3: to do that when you're waking up in a twenty 154 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 3: four to seven news cycle to multiple sound bites that 155 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 3: are preaching the divisiveness, that are making clear how politically 156 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 3: contentious everything is, how we're in the stalemate, how we're 157 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 3: not making progress. And yet in a community level, when 158 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 3: we are having one on one conversations as parents, as mothers, 159 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 3: as neighbors. 160 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 4: There's a shift. 161 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,679 Speaker 3: There's a shift, and I have to believe that that 162 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 3: one on one interactions, the relationship building, the community building, 163 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 3: is the absolute necessity to make change happen in this country. 164 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 3: And it's the only thing that's going to make change 165 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 3: happen in this country because as people, we can see 166 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 3: that we are not able to rely on elected officials 167 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 3: and the way that we have wanted you, because the 168 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,199 Speaker 3: policies that are moving forward are not reflective of what 169 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 3: families need and want, particularly black and brown families. 170 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 4: But as you saw with the recent Alabama decision. 171 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 3: Many white families have spoken out with serious concern about 172 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,839 Speaker 3: what the ramifications of that decision were. 173 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:03,079 Speaker 4: And I think this is. 174 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 3: The time to really demonstrate that the decisions that you 175 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 3: said disproportionately impact black and brown communities are actually lynch 176 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 3: pins for what is happening to communities at large, right 177 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 3: And I think that's the danger, and that's why we 178 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 3: have to really consider ourselves part of one larger community. 179 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 3: And that only happens with building relationships. And it's you know, again, 180 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 3: coming out of this pandemic where we saw social isolation 181 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 3: as a necessity of keeping ourselves safe. In a world 182 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 3: of increased technology where frankly, you don't have to talk 183 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 3: to anyone outside of your four walls, creating community and 184 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 3: building relationship is that much more difficult, but it can 185 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 3: be done. And again, it is necessary in order to 186 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,079 Speaker 3: ensure that we're going to continue to prioritize the needs 187 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,959 Speaker 3: of our children, in order to prioritize the needs of 188 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 3: all of us, given that children are our future. 189 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 4: And again, I. 190 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 3: Really want to emphasize that we need to start holding 191 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 3: accountable elected office for their commitments to children, because that 192 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 3: talking point is just a talking point in many instances, 193 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 3: and when we think about. 194 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 5: Being pro life, not being pro embryo, not being pro 195 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 5: what's happening in that process, but the birthing process, the 196 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 5: birthing process. 197 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 3: That has taken far too many lives of black women 198 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 3: and black birthing people across the country just proportionately dying 199 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 3: compared to white women. Also when that child is growing 200 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 3: up their early childhood development and investing in their screenings 201 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 3: and preventive services, and making sure they can see a 202 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 3: doctor in their neighborhood in a way that is culturally competent, 203 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 3: that speaks their language. Those are investments that we have 204 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 3: to make. Our education system and ensuring that we have 205 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 3: a public education system that provides the necessary skills and 206 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 3: environment to support again the healthy development of children. These 207 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 3: are all incredible responsibility. These that is a society we 208 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 3: have for children, and that we need to hold our 209 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 3: elected officials accountable to again across both sides of the aisle, 210 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 3: and I think it's important to emphasize that that really 211 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 3: rests in the power of people and really recognizing the 212 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 3: power of people to hold those elected officials accountable through 213 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 3: the many very processes of civic engagement that we can 214 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 3: make happen for people in this country. 215 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: You know, one of the things that I want to 216 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: go back to when you have mentioned COVID a few times, 217 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: and I know that you were appointed to President Biden's 218 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: COVID task Force, I believe in what twenty twenty one 219 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: or twenty twenty What gets me myra is that it's 220 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: been four years, right since the global health pandemic started 221 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: claiming the lives of millions of people in this country 222 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: and globally, since children, jobs, education was disrupted. What troubles 223 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 1: me about where we are right now is as if 224 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: we have pretended that it never happened, and yet so 225 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: many things are fundamentally different now than they were four 226 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 1: years ago, particularly how our children feel safe and engage 227 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: with one another, engage with their schooling, the amount of 228 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: education socialization that was lost in that time period that 229 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 1: we're still building back, and really don't talk about the 230 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: effects of what has happened. So I want to get 231 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: your thoughts on how just we as a society have 232 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: kind of I thought we had an extraordinary opportunity to 233 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: kind of choose a different path, to see what wasn't 234 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: working right and be able to refresh and start a 235 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: new but instead we have, in my opinion, have regressed considerably, 236 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: and so I want to get your thoughts about how 237 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: we have dealt and continue to deal with the effects 238 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: of COVID and that time that we collectively experience together. 239 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 4: Yeah. Absolutely, I mean I think. 240 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 3: I'm going I feel like I'm an optimist at my core, Danielle, 241 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 3: and I hold on to that optimism as a strength 242 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 3: to believe that we there is hope, and hope is 243 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 3: something I. 244 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 4: Hold on to as much as possible. 245 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 3: And I have to say that one of the greatest 246 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 3: takeaways from COVID was the opportunity to listen to community 247 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 3: members about what they needed. Because as we were in 248 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 3: the thick of COVID, it was clear that the federal 249 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 3: government couldn't our state governments couldn't do it alone, that 250 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 3: they could not reach people with the that they needed, 251 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 3: that they could not educate folks, that they could not 252 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 3: make people come in to get vaccinations and learn about 253 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 3: what was necessary in order to keep themselves healthy alone. 254 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 3: It was only in partnership with community organizations, with church leaders, 255 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 3: with community health workers and promotas that our state and 256 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 3: country really was able to make any type of progress 257 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 3: in response and even within that, you know that disproportionately 258 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 3: decimated many of our black and brown communities with the 259 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:38,640 Speaker 3: COVID deaths, with how hard it was hit, I taught 260 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 3: I think a lot about I shared this when I 261 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 3: was part of the task force about my own mom, 262 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,639 Speaker 3: you know, during the pandemic, and my own my own siblings, 263 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 3: my mom, you know, during the pandemic, cleaned houses, My 264 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 3: mother made, did everything to make ends meet, and there 265 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 3: was no stopping her job. Right that For many families 266 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 3: across this country, it was not it was not an 267 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 3: option to work from home. And for those of us 268 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 3: privileged myself included, to work from home, it was often 269 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:09,880 Speaker 3: because there were people facing the frontlines every day and 270 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 3: recognizing that so I personally was not far removed from 271 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 3: that for many in our communities they were. And so 272 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 3: thinking about holding those experiences, putting ourselves in other people's shoes, 273 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 3: was absolutely necessary during COVID and is that much more 274 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:27,439 Speaker 3: necessary now? And I think it's those experiences and the 275 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:32,439 Speaker 3: realization of government how critical the reliance was on partnerships 276 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:35,199 Speaker 3: with the community that enabled us to again come out 277 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 3: of that pandemic, but also to think differently about what 278 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 3: are we doing moving forward? And I see that today 279 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 3: in our healthcare system. You know, the Biden administration has 280 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:48,160 Speaker 3: released multiple efforts to try and strengthen community partnerships through 281 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 3: the federal government, whether it is something like community health 282 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 3: workers and really stabilizing that workforce across the country, or 283 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 3: whether it is through local health departments and their collaboration 284 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 3: with local organizations, or through many of our more historic 285 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 3: events in our country. There has to be a commitment 286 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 3: to that partnership in order to make progress. And so 287 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 3: I'm hopeful that we will continue that trend. And again, 288 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 3: this is absolutely necessary in black and brown communities, but 289 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 3: it's absolutely necessary and predominantly white communities do. It's necessary 290 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 3: in rural communities where we rely, where neighbors rely on 291 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,919 Speaker 3: each other to be able to get support from one 292 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 3: another and be connected to services and have someone in 293 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 3: their community that they trust to answer those questions. That 294 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 3: skepticism of government or the skepticism of large institutions that 295 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 3: crosses our color lines, and we have to understand that 296 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 3: we need to work against that in order to ensure 297 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 3: that there is trust in what the government is able 298 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 3: to provide. And that is only necessary again through trusted 299 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 3: messengers through those strong partnerships. So and like I said, 300 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,239 Speaker 3: I have seen some of that as we've worked, you know, 301 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 3: since the quote unquote ending of the public health emergency. 302 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 3: And I say quote unquote because for many of our 303 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:05,439 Speaker 3: low income families, again across color lines, across and ethnicity, 304 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 3: it's still an emergency. You know, housing is still too 305 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 3: high of a cost, health care access is still a challenge, 306 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 3: getting the healthy foods and the mouths of their children 307 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 3: is still a challenge. 308 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 4: And so those are emergencies for families every day. So 309 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 4: when we think. 310 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:24,159 Speaker 3: About the opportunity to offer flexibilities during the public health emergency, 311 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 3: which we did many of our public programs, families were 312 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 3: allowed to stay enrolled in those public programs because they 313 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 3: didn't want to cause more burdens during the emergency. Why 314 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 3: aren't we offering those types of same flexibilities now again 315 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,439 Speaker 3: when it's always an emergency for low income families who 316 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 3: are trying to take care of themselves and their families. 317 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 4: There were certain. 318 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 3: Again flexibilities, certain opportunities that afforded themselves in our country 319 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 3: because of this quote unquote public health emergency or the pandemic. 320 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 4: And now as we're trying to come out of it. 321 00:20:56,560 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 4: How can we explore what needs to stay, what worked in. 322 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 3: Order to better respond to people's needs during the emergency, 323 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 3: that we can continue to strengthen how our systems respond 324 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 3: to people. And I put that back on our elected officials, 325 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 3: on our policy makers to think that through. Here in California, 326 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 3: we've asked our state of California to keep children continuously 327 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 3: enrolled in the medical program so that those first five 328 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 3: years of life. Why are we asking new parents or 329 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 3: parents that are stressed out about the first few years 330 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,360 Speaker 3: of their child life to go back and make sure 331 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 3: you're still eligible for Medicaid. 332 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 4: Oh, give me your income statements. 333 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 3: When the overwhelming amount of time people stay eligible, it's 334 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,120 Speaker 3: not like they're making so much more money that they're 335 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 3: going to be out of eligibility. No, those first five 336 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 3: years of life. I'm a relatively new mom. My baby's 337 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 3: two and a half years old, and I went to 338 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 3: the doctor more times in her first couple of years 339 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:52,880 Speaker 3: than I have been in. 340 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 4: My last ten years of my life. Yeah. 341 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 3: Right, If I had to worry that I didn't have 342 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 3: insurance coverage or I had to pay full price for 343 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 3: a vaccination, that is something that no parents should have 344 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 3: to worry about No parents would have to worry about 345 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 3: whether they're child's and they get a service. And we 346 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 3: have the opportunity to do that through our policy process, 347 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,439 Speaker 3: and I think across the political spectrum that's something we 348 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 3: want to offer. 349 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: Folks, how do you think that we need to be 350 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: talking about the needs of children, children's health as we 351 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: move to one of the most consequential elections in our time. 352 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 1: Many people are and I know that your organization is nonpartisan, 353 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: and I think that elections are about exercising your responsibility 354 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 1: as a citizen right to vote for people that will 355 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: represent your best interests, and a lot of people are 356 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: siloed voters. But what we saw, particularly during the pandemic, 357 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: two million women dropped out of the workforce because they 358 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: had to be caretakers. Right. We have seen so much 359 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: again be reshaped by tragedy, by disaster, and I'm wondering 360 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: how you think we focus the narrative over the next 361 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: several months around the needs of families, around the needs 362 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 1: of children, to energize people in a way that shows 363 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:17,719 Speaker 1: out in the votes. 364 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 3: I love that, and that's exactly what we're trying to 365 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 3: do because to your point, even as a nonpartisan organization, 366 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 3: we are able to ensure that people are thinking about 367 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 3: the issues in front of them and who is going 368 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 3: to best fight for those issues, who is the best 369 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 3: best fight for their kids for their well being. By 370 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 3: being in these positions of power and privilege, it's real 371 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:44,679 Speaker 3: privilege to be an elected official and serve the people 372 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 3: that sent you there to do this work right. 373 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 4: And I think what we. 374 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 3: Talk about when we talk about children's health health is 375 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 3: oftentimes when you think about health, people think about, oh, 376 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 3: let me go to the doctor, let me access these services, 377 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 3: let me have a health insurance card. 378 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 4: And those are apps absolutely essential tools to health. But 379 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 4: if you think. 380 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 3: About our health and our well being, it's connected to 381 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 3: so many different aspects of our lives. You can look 382 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 3: at any of our biggest goals as a country, when 383 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 3: we want our children to do well in school, when 384 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 3: we want our parents to work a full work week, 385 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 3: our community members to contribute to the well being. 386 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:21,919 Speaker 4: Of their community. 387 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 3: Improving health is connected to every single one of those goals, 388 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 3: and on an individual level, health is fundamental to opportunity. 389 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 3: The healthier we are, the more freedom we have to 390 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 3: pursue our dreams and to contribute to our families and 391 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 3: our workplaces and our communities. And so we know that 392 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 3: as we're trying to build in our state a healthier California, 393 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 3: but a healthier country, we need a chance to have 394 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,400 Speaker 3: many more of our people to be able to reach 395 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 3: that full potential. And so I think if we think 396 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 3: about children's health, we need to be able to connect 397 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 3: it towards those other facets of life, and that as 398 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:59,439 Speaker 3: we think about the path towards equity, that it's the 399 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 3: path towards health. 400 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:00,879 Speaker 1: Right. 401 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 3: So I'm really thinking about how we can elevate these 402 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 3: issues to be far more than the bubble that we 403 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 3: place our health issues in, and that it is connected 404 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 3: to nutrition and housing and economic security and racial justice. 405 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 4: All of these issues are impacting our well being, our health. 406 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 3: And that is why when we think about our elected 407 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,120 Speaker 3: officials and who we're putting in these positions, we want 408 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 3: them to hold that and hold the complexity of that, 409 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 3: because we're putting that on our families every day. A mother, 410 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 3: a parent can't say I'm going to take care of 411 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 3: my child care today and take care of their health 412 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 3: care tomorrow. It's all at once, all the time. And 413 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 3: as we think about the multifaceted lives of families. We 414 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 3: need to actually put that responsibility on our policymakers to 415 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 3: do more than one thing at once as well, and 416 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 3: oftentimes we're forced to choose. 417 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 4: And when we think about who. 418 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 3: Has hit hardest by levels of uninsurance, who's hit hardest 419 00:25:56,320 --> 00:26:00,199 Speaker 3: by levels of food insecurity, housing insecurity, it's often the 420 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 3: same communities. And so we have again this responsibility on 421 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 3: our policymakers to move forward that whole child, whole family 422 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 3: agenda in order to ensure that our families are taken 423 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 3: care of holistically. And it's a lot of work and 424 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 3: it's what we should be expecting and demanding of our 425 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 3: elected officials. And I think as you again, as we 426 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 3: saw during COVID, as we saw in multiple chants in 427 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 3: the street, and the calls for justice is what we heard, 428 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,400 Speaker 3: calls for justice, to demand better for the well being 429 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 3: of our children, particularly our black and brown children. And 430 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 3: that's what I hope we'll see rise up as we 431 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:39,920 Speaker 3: head into this election year. 432 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: Amazing Maira, please tell people how they can learn more 433 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: about children's partnerships, how they can get involved. 434 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 3: Absolutely so, we have a website Www dot Children's partnership 435 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:56,360 Speaker 3: dot org. We seek to advance a whole child agenda 436 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 3: utilizing the strength of partnership. We'd love to be connected 437 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 3: to folks engaged in this work and wanting to do 438 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 3: better and do right by our children. 439 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 1: Really appreciate you your work and thank you so much for 440 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 1: making the time to join WOKF. 441 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 3: Thank you for the opportunity, Danielle. 442 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: That is it for me today. Dear friends on wok 443 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: F as always power to the people and to all 444 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 1: the people. Power, get woke and stay woke as fuck.