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Closing the CALeg gender gap, with Susannah Delano

Capitol Weekly editor Rich Ehisen with Susannah Delano of Close the Gap

by CAPITOL WEEKLY STAFF posted 06.26.2023

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Susannah Delano, Executive Director at Close the Gap California, joined us to talk about the work of identifying and preparing women to run for elected office, and about the very real challenges women face when they choose to enter public life.

In the wake of a tragedy like Newtown, there’s an understandable impulse to fight fire with fire.   To fortify schools with fences, barbed wire and metal detectors.  To call for more police officers and even suggest that teachers and principals should carry weapons alongside their lesson plans.  To do anything that could protect our