Patience Milrod and Carmen Zamora
Recorded
January 27, 2024
Archived
January 27, 2024
41:25 minutes
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Id:
oss000152
Description
One Small Step conversation partners Patience Milrod (71) and Carmen Zamora (45) talk about their work serving the Fresno community, leadership, community advocacy, and their shifting views towards politics and the political system.Subject Log / Time Code
Carmen Zamora (CZ) talks about her daughter's influence in her career in education.
Patience Milrod (PM) talks about her parents' influence on her desire to serve, her own journey through law school, her mother's involvement in and passion for politics.
CZ talks about the transition from being a parent to an advocate, her desire to serve and be a leader.
CZ talks about the importance of giving others opportunities to advocate.
PM talks about her move from the Bay Area to Fresno in 1980, and the mutual support system she has found in her policy work.
PM talks about her concerns with Fresno's housing, broadband access, hospital system.
CZ talks about how she is a Democrat but has lost hope in both parties, and her desire to empower individuals to step up as candidates.
PM talks about how her views on politics have evolved over time, and the balance in politics between serving and pandering.
CZ talks about considering running for office.
CZ talks about her hope for her community to organize around housing, health and education, and her hope that the people will hold politicians accountable.
PM talks about her hope for people to get organized and start running for local office; her hope for everyone to have a home, food, education, and healthcare.
Participants
- Patience Milrod
- Carmen Zamora