Part of the life that was happening over the past month was our participation in a town-hall style presentation to the Washington State speaker of the house - Frank Chopp.  Yvonne and I were recruited to tell our story along with a list of other speakers who are passionate about the prospect of passing Paid Family Leave in Washington state.  Despite hand writing our notes on the ferry on the way to the meeting due to a move-enforced technology drought, our presentation went well with Yvonne giving her reasons for supporting paid family leave while I held our toddler then us traded notes for boy so I could say my piece.  I'd include the transcript of our presentation but the notes are packed in a box somewhere.  I'll add the content of our presentation once that particular box is unearthed. 

 

Speaker Chopp appeared to recieve the presentation well and he had some good advice about posiitoning our message and who else would need convincing in the Washington state political arena.  Interestingly I think the venue had an impact as Speaker Chopp has a history of grassroots organizing in the same room.  He told a few stories about his start in politics and sounded well in support of what we are trying to achieve.  Also he suggested that "Family leave insurance" sounds more sellable than "Paid Family Leave".  What do you think?