Connie Chan is running for the most important house seat in the country. Her path here has been unlike anyone else's.

Connie is an immigrant and a daughter of San Francisco's Chinatown. She rose through the ranks of its city government, eventually coming to represent a large portion of it. She's a proud progressive from a very proudly progressive city, now in a race for mainstream power.

Join us for sentimental conversation about how Connie got her name, what went wrong in San Francisco and Chai's question that made Connie pause.

0:07 Chai's Warm Intro to Connie
1:50 Origin of her name
3:29 Moving to the US at 13
4:50 First time in San Francisco
6:30 SF Chinatown
7:15 Connie's childhood hero
8:43 Starting out as a translator
14:19 How Connie won her campaigns
17:30 Connie's view of SF politics
20:02 Connie's district 1
21:20 Daughter of Chinatown
22:50 Immigrant civil rights movement
27:54 Why run for Congress
29:26 What makes a good campaigner
37:02 Debate with Saikat Chakrabarti and Scott Wiener
38:40 SF's problems
44:42 Loss of civic pride in SF
48:10 SF is the future
49:28 Role of SF's Congresswoman
53:44 What to say to 13 yo Connie
54:45 Name after Connie Chan

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Hosted by Chai Mishra
Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley.

Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider.

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