🕒 Timestamp 0:07 Punam shares co-host of WiseUp TX empowering people to vote (nonpartisan manner) 

3:30 Avoiding identity politics 

5:30 Hate crime & attitude against South Asians 

7:07 How Punam became interested in politics  

8:20 Engaging in political process & getting others involved 

12:05 New Year's resolution to everyone - check who your elected official is  

13:40 useful and practical ways to keep an elected official accountable 

16:15 Why it is important to keep updated with legal changes & ways to participate in the political process 

21:40 Why is diversity and inclusion important in political leadership?  

25:50 Is there a cause or concern that South Asians have advocated for as a community?  

30:18 What are some of your considerations for voting on a judicial candidate?  

38:00 Spurs talk

✅ Bio Punam Kaji is Assistant General Counsel at Ben E. Keith Company, a food and alcohol distributor.  Her practice focuses on employment and litigation matters for the Company, which has about 5000 employees working in 14 states.  She is Board Certified in Labor and Employment law.  Punam’s expertise comes from years of counseling and litigating employment law matters for clients while working at Haynes and Boone, LLP in the firm’s Fort Worth, Dallas, and Houston offices.   Punam received her Juris Doctor from SMU Dedman School of Law and her Bachelor’s degree in government and Plan II from the University of Texas at Austin.  Punam has been recognized for her legal work as a 2019 Top Lawyer in Fort Worth Magazine, and she was a Finalist for a Corporate Counsel award from the ACC-DFW in 2019. When Punam is not handling labor and employment issues, she serves her community. She is currently on the Diversity Committee of the Tarrant County Bar Association. She was recently appointed to the State Bar of Texas Diversity Taskforce. She is the past Chair of the Asian Pacific Interest Section of the State Bar of Texas. She has served on the board of the South Asian Bar Association of Houston (SABA Houston) and as a committee chairperson of the Dallas Asian American Bar Association (DAABA).

Punam’s commitment to local bar associations has been recognized on various occasions - In 2013, she was recognized as DAABA’s Member of the Year.  In 2016 she received the Outstanding Public Service Award by SABA Houston. She has served on the board of various non-profit organizations in Houston and Dallas. She is currently on the board of New Leaders Council Dallas as the Mentorship Chair, and she is on the board of WiseUp TX, a nonprofit for South Asian Texans to become more engaged citizens and a host of their podcast.   Punam regularly speaks at conferences and other venues regarding workplace issues, employment law, and on diversity and inclusion. She enjoys traveling with her husband, eating out and cooking (you can follow her food adventures on Instagram @eatsbyPK).    Check out Wise Up TX podcast on their website - https://www.wiseuptx.org/

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⚡️QUESTION - Which state surprised you with their voter turnout?  #PresidentialElection #Trump #Biden #2020Election #VoterSuppression

In this episode, John Ting shares 4 key points including the count total of the key states as of 11 am Friday November 6, 2020.

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⚡️QUESTION - Which state surprised you that flipped to other party?  

In this episode, I share the vote comparison from earlier in the morning and the different scenarios to 270 for both candidates. Within 24 hours, VP Biden nabbed a few key states, but there are still more to wait on. Meanwhile, Trump campaign filed several lawsuits to block votes. 

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⚡️QUESTION - Did you vote by mail and which state?  I review which battleground states are still not called and what it will take for VP Biden to win.

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⚡️QUESTION - Did you vote by mail?

In this episode, you will hear the rationale of Justices Gorsuch, Roberts, and Kavanaugh. Many voters fear that their vote will not count if their ballot is not received by Election Day, November 3, 2020. The 7th Circuit Appellate ruled that these Republican groups did not have standing to file the lawsuit in the first place. This is another attempt to suppress the vote.  #Election2020 #PresidentialElection #DisenfranchiseVoters #VoterSuppression

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⚡️QUESTION - Do you know an employer not paying the correct wages?  

✅ Guest Bio: Jay Forester is a Class, Collective, and Mass Action lawyer and founding partner at Forester Haynie PLLC. Mr. Forester also manages the firm’s wage & hour practice, a subject matter he has regularly presented on and published on, including for the American Bar Association. In addition to wage and mass torts matters, Mr. Forester has also represented individuals in personal injury lawsuits, deceptive trade practice cases, breach of contract disputes, Title VII discrimination and harassment matters, and other retaliation claims.  Prior to receiving his JD from Southern Methodist University, Mr. Forester received a BA from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and MA from the George Washington University. Mr. Forester is a member of the State Bar of Texas and has been admitted to practice in numerous federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.  Outside of work, Jay is a dedicated public servant. He serves on numerous boards including for the American Bar Association where he is currently serving a two-year term as the ABA Young Lawyer Division’s Representative from North/West Texas. Mr. Forester has previously served as the Chair of the Individual Rights and Responsibilities section of the State Bar of Texas, is a member of the Texas Bar College, and is a Fellow for numerous bar foundations.  

Matthew Haynie, a founding partner at Forester Haynie, has dedicated his career to fighting large pharmaceutical companies that have put profits before people’s lives. Matthew manages the firm’s pharmaceutical and medical device litigation team where he enjoys partnering with clients and their families and helping them navigate the legal process during what is often the most difficult time of their lives. Matthew is honored to have the trust of so many clients and their families as they deal with often life-threatening injuries.  Since starting his career, Matthew has worked on thousands of cases from start to finish. Through his many years as a pharmaceutical and medical device lawyer, Matthew has developed an in-depth understanding of the legal system and how to best navigate that system on behalf of his clients. In fact, Matthew has helped clients recover tens of millions of dollars in settlements. Though Matthew’s career has focused on representing plaintiffs in pharmaceutical litigation, he knew early in life that he wanted to dedicate his career to helping others.  As an undergraduate student, Matthew interned for Andrew Laming, a Queensland House Representative in the Parliament of Australia who was instrumental in gaining access to healthcare for indigenous Australians. Matthew also worked on an award-winning documentary about exiled Tibetans living in refugee camps and monasteries across India. Both of these encounters opened his eyes to the atrocities human beings experience and strengthened his resolve to pursue a career in law that would allow him to seek justice for those who are injured by the wrongful acts of others.  Matthew has been named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, American Academy of Attorneys Top 40 Under 40 Personal Injury Lawyers, and was recently named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers. 

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⚡️QUESTION - Did you have any issues voting?  

📗 Show Notes / Key tips throughout the show ➡️ 

Research your candidate.  

Keep your elected official accountable post election 

Fill out the Census online https://2020census.gov/en.html

Ballot Drop-Off lawsuit based on Texas Governor Abbott's Oct 1 Proclamation 

Election Code 61.003 Electioneering & Loitering

Early Voting locations from this Tuesday October 13 to 30th:

Go to www.VoteTexas.gov for your early voting location and sample ballot.

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⚡️QUESTION - What ways have you been able to share awareness of domestic violence?  

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Guest bio: Rachna Khare is the Executive Director for Daya, a Houston nonprofit that empowers South Asian survivors of violence through culturally specific services and community education. Rachna serves on the Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative. She sits on the Housing Steering Committee and the Interfaith Advisory Council for the Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council and is a Board Member for the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault. Previously, Rachna has held leadership positions in academic programs across the country in international and domestic women’s health. She is a native Houstonian and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.  

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⚡️QUESTION - Do you know a nonprofit to share with someone that is suffering from domestic violence?  

Guest Bio:  Kristine Cruz graduated cum laude from SMU Dedman School of Law in 2016, and completed her bachelor's degree with honors in International Affairs at the George Washington University in 2012. Prior to law school, Kristine completed a post-graduate fellowship at the Polaris Project (now Polaris) in Washington D.C. Before coming to Mosaic as a staff attorney, Kristine completed a Fellowship where she practiced constitutional and immigration law, challenging discriminatory immigration laws in federal court. In addition to managing the legal program, Kristine practices immigration and family law.    

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There was disturbing news reports a few weeks ago about the lack of COVID-19 protections and inadequate medical care, including a report that a number of women detained at the Irwin detention center in Ocilla, Georgia were unnecessarily subject to hysterectomies. These allegations are the clearest examples to date of the horrors of our immigration detention system—a system that perpetuates racial violence and undermines access to justice, while providing billions of dollars in profit annually to private prison companies. DHS oversight bodies and Congress must launch full investigations into these claims immediately and those responsible must be held accountable. We must not turn a blind eye to the impact that our immigration detention system has on individual lives.

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