Catherine Powell and Joseph Gabriszeski
Recorded
May 19, 2022
Archived
May 19, 2022
50:14 minutes
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Id:
ddv001724
Description
One Small Step partners Catherine Powell (60) and Joseph "Joe" Gabriszeski (70) talk about poverty in the US, share who their biggest influences are, and discuss their political views.Subject Log / Time Code
Joe (J) talks about how living near Washington, D.C. has shaped his view on politics. He also talks about his focus on class issues as someone who has come from a poor and working class background.
Catherine (C) talks about working as an educator in an English Language Learners course.
J shares his experience of going to community college. C shares more about her work.
J recalls how his uncle Tom influenced his life as the first person in their family to go to college.
C considers her husband David to be her biggest influence.
J describes his political views as typically on the conservative side, shares his views on Trump, and talks about the nomination of judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
C says she has been a registered Democrat and is liberal.
J and C discuss the role of race and representation in government.
J says that, if he could, he would help the poor by creating better job opportunities and taxing big businesses. He also talks about how to address energy.
Participants
- Catherine Powell
- Joseph Gabriszeski