459. Lynda Woolard. Louisiana Lefty

<div>459. We <a href="http://archive.org/download/459-lynda-woolard/459--Lynda_Woolard.mp3" target="_blank">talk</a> to Lynda Woolard, host of the "Louisiana Lefty" podcast. "Lynda Woolard’s political life started with Barack Obama, in a campaign and advocacy relationship that lasted from his 2007 announcement to his 2013 inauguration. <a name='more'></a>She was then recruited by Louisiana Democratic Party Chair Karen Carter Peterson to create and run their grassroots mobilization effort, Team Blue Dat, until Governor John Bel Edwards’ election in 2015. In 2017, she convened a weekly statewide “Resistance Leadership” conference call to connect new organizers with experts in the field, so they could share strategies and best practices for countering the worst elements of the Trump presidency. She also organized with national groups working against Republican attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. In 2018, she led statewide field efforts for the Unanimous Jury Coalition to pass Constitutional Amendment 2, ending Louisiana's discriminatory practice that allowed a defendant to be convicted of a felony with a non-unanimous jury. She also received the Organizer of the Decade award from the Louisiana Democratic Party. In 2019, Lynda was one of John Bel Edwards’ first hires for his re-election campaign. After a pandemic year of Democratic presidential campaign zooms, she launched the Louisiana Lefty podcast in January 2021, available on your favorite podcast platform or at <a href="https://louisianalefty.rocks/">LouisianaLefty.Rocks</a>. Later that year, she managed the PAC for Justice campaign in support of Orleans Parish’s new sheriff, Susan Hutson. .... In her free time, Lynda raises Monarch butterflies, cares for her many rescue pets, plans trips to cities where Hamilton the musical is playing, and enthusiastically supports the New Orleans Saints" (<a href="https://www.bayoubrief.com/author/lyn