Immigrant to Activist with Thomas Kennedy Pt. 2

Thomas Kennedy writes about corruption and corporate greed. He is a journalist, organizer, writer and an immigrant. Thomas graduated with an International Relations major from Florida International University and a master's in Community and Social Change from the University of Miami.  Thomas has worked for nonprofits and civil rights organizations, including Service Employees, International Union, The New Florida Majority and as the Political Director for the Florida Immigration Coalition, managing statewide electoral campaigns and voter registration efforts. Recently he worked for Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign where he helped manage a team of volunteers across 50 states and worked at United We Dream.  As national campaign manager he currently advises progressive and immigrant rights organizations and serves at the Democratic National Committee member who is focused on reforming the institution to make it more democratic and focused on working class issues. Thomas is one of our people. He is changing the narrative. 

What You Will Hear:

Getting involved in activismThe Dream ActThomas’s catalyst in to and successes through activismFighting corruption and corporate greedFederal court law suit against DeSantisManaging mental health within the workClimate change, technology and the state of the worldMaking a conscious choice to do the right thingFlorida election fraud and schemesThomas’s message

Quotes:

“I got involved in activism because of my immigration status.”

“Growing up and never seeing Congress be able to do something like immigration reform really atunes you to like looking at the legislative process and how stagnant it is 

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

“I think we live in like a pivotal time in human existence right now and it's incumbent on all of us to try to steer it in the right direction because there's malicious actors, some of them in Florida, that are fighting every single day and every single night to steer us in the oppressive reactionary, fascist direction.”

“The alternative is a brighter, more tolerant, equitable future, you know, in which again, we can realize the full potential that we have as a human species and let's face it. Like we are awesome. Like we have done incredible things. We have the potential to do so many more incredible things.”

“You don’t do politics, politics is going to do you.”

“How much worse can it get? You don't know until you sit back and do nothing.” 

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