"You deserve a voice at the table," with School Board Candidate and Activist Andrew Taban

This week’s guest is Andrew Taban, school board candidate and activist.

Andrew grew up in Santa Clarita, CA, a community north of Los Angeles. Some may recognize it as the home of Magic Mountain. He is now running for William S Hart Union School District Trustee Area 2.

Andrew’s participation in his community started at age 13. He became an activist in response to school budget cuts taking away the chance for kids to take part in a promotion ceremony from junior high to high school.

In high school worked in the GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) and joined board of PFLAG. He has worked as an education advocate and youth-based non-profits including Lifeworks in Los Angeles which is part of the Los Angeles LGBT Center. We talk about all of this work and how he was impacted by the homeless youth who had come out and has helped facilitate conversations with parents.

During State Assembly person Christy Smith’s term, Andrew worked as the education liaison in the State Assembly. His current platform for his school board campaign is three-pronged focusing on representation, funding and student wellness.

Learn more about Andrew and may spark your own activism along the way!

Note from Rabiah (Host): 

It’s Pride Month and I’m very proud to have had the chance to speak with Andrew for this episode. He is one of the people I thought of when I started the podcast because he has been so authentic in how he lives his life and pursues his goals since that first day. This episode is also my way of honoring the LGBTQIA+ this month which is very important to me. Happy pride. 

At the top of the show, you’ll hear a pre-roll which indicates I support a woman’s right to choose. I do, wholeheartedly. The decision made by SCOTUS last week was appalling and is scary. I stand 100% in opposition to it and was proud to participate in the project to add this pre-roll in support of women to my podcast. Thank you to Arielle Nissenblatt from Squadcast for thinking of this and getting the project started.

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Find Andrew

Website: https://www.andrewtaban.com/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewTabanCA 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewtaban.ca/ 

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Mentioned in this episode:

Christy Smith: https://www.christyforcongress.org/ 

PFLAG: https://pflag.org/ 

LifeWorks : https://lifeworksla.org/

Betty White: https://www.facebook.com/bettymwhite 

Dolly Parton: https://dollyparton.com/ 

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