Stephanie Schriock
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Stephanie Schriock is a seasoned political organizer with a strong background in campaign finance and grassroots mobilization. This interview highlights her commitment to building coalitions and driving principled change within the Democratic Party, particularly in challenging environments.
“We've never elected a woman as president, so we don't have any idea really deep down how folks are going to feel about that. So that was sort of the beginning. So that's the beginning challenges. And then we've got what I would say was A constant, constant beating on the emails in Benghazi.”
“And as I travel around the country and we see particularly for Emily's list this wave of women who are coming into the political process for us, it's women saying they want to run for office, but on the ground it's women marching and organizing and pulling their communities together. This is not the direction they want to go.”
“Of money. It was all small instruments, and it was small increments from everywhere. It was online, it was direct mail, it was telemarketing. We were doing these events, these meetups we called them, where people are organizing, but they're also making small contributions. I used to call them pay to rally.”
“Right, right. I did not know what I was getting myself into. And I ended up not doing it that long because I showed up on the campaign. They had just fired their finance director. And for every student who's done an internship, hear this one, I had done an internship at a place in Washington, D.C.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 232 - Stephanie Schriock
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