THE FUNTIMES EXCHANGE WITH REP. DARISHA K PARKER

Thanks for joining us again at the FunTimes Exchange. Today we share the incredible story of a public servant who is changing the very meaning of making change from the bottom up.  We are going to take a closer look at the work and perspective of State Representative Darisha K Parker. She's doing something different in politics, and we think you'll find her story pretty compelling.

Parker has this way of taking the stuff that actually matters to people, like whether kids have access to period products at school, or whether the elders can actually read the forms the government sends them, and turning those concerns into real legislation. It's not the flashy kind of politics you see on TV, but it's the kind that changes lives. What strikes us about her approach is how she connects the dots between community organizing and lawmaking.

She sees problems that other politicians might overlook such as menstrual equity, gun violence prevention, making sure seniors aren't left behind, and she figures out how to address them through policy.

If you've ever wondered how change actually happens at the ground level, or what it looks like when someone brings a community organizer's mindset to the state legislature, Parker's story offers some real insights. She's proving that sometimes the most important work in politics is the quiet, persistent kind.

So let's dig into how she's doing it.