Sundra Flansburg and Robin Bumbera

Recorded June 16, 2022 Archived June 16, 2022 52:49 minutes
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Description

One Small Step partners, Sundra Flansburg (63) and Robin Bumbera (60), share about their experience as mothers, what they find important, and how visiting Central American and Caribbean countries have shaped their views about politics and poverty.

Subject Log / Time Code

Robin and Sundra remember their first experiences with politics growing up and talk about how the Vietnam War greatly affected those around them.
Robin and Sundra learn about how the other leans politically, with Robin becoming more right-leaning over time and Sundra identifying as progressive.
Robin tells Sundra that she and her husband have been self-employed since 1987 and how that experience has shaped her political beliefs.
Sundra shares with Robin what it was like living in Costa Rica and how learning about different lifestyles and values shifted her views on the U.S.
Robin and Sundra remember how their children perceived race growing up, and Sundra shares what it was like raising a Guatemalan daughter as a white woman.
Sundra asks Robin to expand on how her experience as a business owner has shaped her political beliefs.

Participants

  • Sundra Flansburg
  • Robin Bumbera

Partnership Type

Outreach

Initiatives