Ep. 47 - Electoral & Radical Politics 2.0 ft. Alderwoman Maria Hadden

BrownTown listens, learns, and again converses about electoral
and radical politics with sitting 49th Ward Alderwoman Maria
Hadden of Chicago. With a changing political landscape on the
local, national, and global level, Maria and BrownTown discuss
how and why Left and/or "progressive" policies are gaining more
mainstream appeal, how movements are shaping platforms, and how
to push elected officials to embrace a radical imagination for a
more equitable future.


Following up from the first installment with activist Camille
Williams, BrownTown listens, learns, and again converses about
electoral and radical politics with sitting 49th Ward Alderwoman
Maria Hadden of Chicago. With a changing political landscape on
the local, national, and global level, Maria and BrownTown
discuss how and why Left and/or "progressive" policies are
gaining more mainstream appeal, how movements are shaping
platforms, and how to push elected officials to embrace a radical
imagination for a more equitable future.


GUEST
Maria Hadden is the Alderwoman of the 49th Ward of Chicago. Maria
is one of the first Black Aldermen on the North Side of the city
as well as the first openly gay women of color on Chicago's City
Council. In addition to the Progressive Caucus, Ald. Hadden sits
on the Chicago Aldermanic Black Caucus, the Women's Caucus, and
the LGBT Caucus.


Previously, Maria was the Executive Director of Our City Our
Voice, a nonprofit organization supporting civic engagement
processes for transformative social justice. Maria is a founding
board member of the Participatory Budgeting Project and, from
2010-2018, led their technical assistance work in the Midwest and
Southern United States.


She earned her B.A. in International Peace and Conflict Studies
from The Ohio State University before moving to Illinois to serve
as an AmeriCorps VISTA. Maria's interests in community voice and
the role of civil society were the focus on her graduate studies
at DePaul University, where she earned an M.S. in International
Public Service Management. Maria serves on the board of directors
for Voqal, and she lives with her partner and their two dogs in
Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood.


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Follow Maria on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Stay up to date
with the ongoing of her office at 49thward.org and sign up for
their newsletter! Campaign site here.


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CREDITS: Intro news clip sound bites layered
onto song God Won't by Fiendsh. Outro song Juicy by
Notorious B.I.G. Audio engineered by Genta Tamashiro. Recording
session photos by Andrew Merz.


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