From Immigration Law to the New York State Assembly with David Orkin

About this episode

David Orkin discusses his journey as an organizer and his campaign for the New York State Assembly.

David Orkin stops by Left on Red Studios Intl. to share his origin story as an organizer and DSA member, and introduce his campaign for NY State Assembly. Scott once again outs himself as a canvassing hater (register your disagreement in the comments, please) and nobody seems to know how to pronounce mayoralty. If you'd like to get more involved, check out: Website: https://www.david4queens.com/ Donate link: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/david4queens?refcode=web01

People in this episode

Hosts: Susan Kang, Stylianos Karolidis

Guest: David Orkin

Topics covered

• immigration law
• New York State Assembly
• political campaigning
• organizing
• DSA

Keywords

• David Orkin
• New York State Assembly
• DSA
• organizer
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DSA, Left on Red Studios Intl.

Places: New York, Queens

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