On this episode we hope to energize our listeners ahead of the midterm elections with the help from our friends, Adri Perez, an organizer, educator and danzante based in Texas, and Jiyoung Park, one of the Defenders of Justice running for Superior Court Judge in LA county.

About Our Guests

Adri Perez is a transgender, queer, first-generation immigrant whose intersectional experience fuels their passion for strategy building across multiple areas of advocacy. A life-long El Pasoan, Adri is an educator, organizer, danzante, and UTEP graduate, with over 8 years of civic engagement, reproductive justice, LGBTQIA+ community organizing, and policy justice experience in Texas. Adri led the LGBTQIA+ work at the ACLU of Texas where they advocated for the full dignity of all people to thrive, but specifically that of trans people, trans kids, and all those who love them. 

Carolyn “Jiyoung” Park is a daughter of Korean immigrants and was born and raised in Los Angeles. Jiyoung currently has a private general practice which handles civil rights, labor, tenant and social impact business matters. Jiyoung worked for over six years at a public sector union as a staff attorney litigating cases on behalf of the union and union members before the State Personnel Board, Public Employee Relations Board, Office of Administrative Hearings, and in civil court. She represented union members in arbitrations and in collective bargaining. Learn more about her and The Defenders of Justice: https://thedefendersofjustice2022.com/

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