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Activism. The departure of the only africanamerican woman serving on the state legislature points to a points to an alarming lack of diversity in the legislative body. We welcome her to our program. Gloria thank you for having me. Karen thank you for being here. Let me start by asking you, you have been here for some time now, Public Service has a Bad Reputation in todays world. Lived in i began organizing in whittier street, and then i was prodded by pat rainer to be one of the paid Community Organizers through the antipoverty program. I worked my way from an organizer to the director of the i stayed there until i was asked to run in 1984. I came in, in a special election in 1985, because name could not be taken off the ballot. I had to come in, in the spring of 1985, and i have been there, ever since. Karen see women running for political office, then and what challenges do you still see, now . Gloria always, the issue around financing and money, the money it takes to run a campaign,

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