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Leveraging the Overlooked Power of State Legislatures - Melissa Walker
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This week on The Nick Halaris Show we are featuring Melissa Walker, the Head of the Giving Circles Program at the States Project, an organization focused on leveraging the consistently overlooked and massively underestimated power possessed by State legislatures in our system. On top of being a passionate civic activist, Melissa is a popular author of teen novels and an accomplished magazine contributor.
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I wanted to have Melissa on the show to learn more about the States Project and the role they are trying to play in improving our American democracy. In this day and age, when hardly a citizen can even name their state representatives let alone know what policies they stand for, Melissa and her colleagues at the States Project are smart to focus here. While the big-money players have all but captured the national scene, State legislature elections are as accessible as they are impactful. The American Constitution grants vast power to the states and state-level laws are often much more impactful to citizens’ daily lives than Federal laws.
Tune in to this inspiring episode to learn:
Stay tuned to the end to learn why Melissa set aside her thriving career as an author to work on the States Project full-time and why she believes this work is the most powerful thing she can do today.
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Chapters
1. Introduction to the States Project and Its Mission (00:00:00)
2. Understanding State Legislative Power (00:02:52)
3. Bipartisanship and Shared Values in State Politics (00:06:11)
4. The Importance of Local Engagement in Politics (00:09:11)
5. Civic Apathy and Local Elections (00:14:50)
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