Listeners, we're back this week with Analilia Mejia.

Analilia Mejia is one of the foremost national political leaders in the progressive movement and is the Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy, the nation’s largest multiracial organizing network on the left. Prior, she served as the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau Deputy Director. Previously, Mejia built on her experience of running victorious issue advocacy campaigns to serve as Political Director on Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign, which built a massive rank-and-file union support program and galvanized Latino groups across the country. Analilia is a proud Afro-Latina, Jersey girl, and mom of two.
 
During this episode we talked about:

• 04:40 - Growing up working class
• 05:27 - Thrive and not just survive
• 08:46 - A union job changed everything
• 14:56 - Privileges
• 17:28 - Types of organizations and being a power-building org
• 18:15 - All actions are worthy
• 21:45 - Being afrolatina
• 31:08 - Education
• 36:27 - Her work journey
• 38:04 - Pressures and power
• 41:28 - History of violence
• Y tu abuela dónde está? Poem
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