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How do Californians see themselves and their state in this strange and dangerous historical moment? Capital & Main explores this question through the words of 10 Californians from very different racial, economic and geographic backgrounds.
A video by Marco Amador capturing the optimism of Californians in a time of uncertainty.
Today we hear from 10 Californians who were interviewed by Sasha Abramsky and who articulate what it means to live in the Golden State at a time when the basic foundations of community life and personal happiness are threatened by a toxic political climate.
She specializes in Japanese history and is a seventh-generation Californian. He is a pioneering expert in the field of computational linguistics and a first-generation Californian, a migrant from St. Louis.
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Will Scott is president of the African-American Farmers of California. He spoke in the living room of his ranch house just outside Fresno.
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Justino Mora is a DREAMER and cofounder of undocumedia.org.
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Lydia Avila is a young Boyle Heights-based community organizer with California Calls, an alliance of 31 social justice organizations across the state that conducts voter-engagement campaigns.
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Evan Minton, a one-time staffer at the Capitol in Sacramento, recently transitioned from female to male. He is currently co-chair of the state Democratic Party’s LGBT Caucus.
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Chukou Thao is president of the National Hmong American Farmers, an association based on the outskirts of Fresno, in California’s Central Valley.
Stephanie Honig lives in Napa with her husband and their children. The family’s winery is known both for the quality of its produce and for its sustainable methods.