There’s a real reckoning going on in the Democratic Party. Their reputation for being the party of the working class had been waning for years. It took a crushing defeat - emotionally and electorally - for the party establishment to get on the page some people have been on for years: a majority of the electorate see the Democrats as the party of the elite. 

Congresswoman Delia Ramirez of Illinois, a proudly working class Latina, makes clear the obvious antidote: recruit, support, and elect more working class people to political office. Elected officials who are determined to deliver for working people. And Graciela Guzman, Senator Elect for IL District 20 underscores the power of authenticity in Ramirez’s path to victory.

You’ll hear Ramirez speak candidly about the challenging path to political office for working class candidates, including a car catching on fire; being haunted by credit checks; intel on the identity crisis happening in the Democratic Party; and how if you want to win, you’ve got to bring the receipts.

Shifting Terrain Executive Producers: Amanda Cowper and Rachel Rybaczuk

Production Consulting and Audio Mixing: Karen Given

Music: BlueDot Sessions

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