Karen Letkowski and Megan Messina
Recorded
May 18, 2022
Archived
May 18, 2022
49:19 minutes
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Id:
ddv001717
Description
One Small Step partners Karen Letkowski (61) and Megan Messina (28) share how their upbringings shaped them, their artistic practices, and their political values.Subject Log / Time Code
Megan (M) describes her experience of intense community backlash against her father’s work when she was a child and how it developed her sense of empathy.
M shares how she supports marginalized groups in the field of advertising, particularly supporting other women creatives and other DEI initiatives.
Karen (K) reflects how her experiences in a dysfunctional family shaped her into a strong, self-sufficient person.
K talks about how her work as a manager for Marriott allowed her to move across the country, and about the impact it had on her children.
K considers how her experiences as a single working mother affected her political views, and shares an experience she had when seeking assistance that made her more conservative.
K and M share their art backgrounds, with K discussing her quilting and M reflecting on her grandmother’s influence on her art.
M says her mother is her biggest influence, and K recalls a boss who challenged and supported her throughout her career.
M considers equity and service as her political values and shares her views on politicians who focus on profit over people.
K says she centers the individual in her political values, and also focuses on equitable and fair opportunities. She describes herself as a midline conservative and asks how M describes herself. Meg response is as a liberal and borderline socialist.
K and M discuss LGBTQ rights, equity, and the women’s liberation movement.
Participants
- Karen Letkowski
- Megan Messina