PALITICUS
PALITICUS is the official podcast of PALCUS, the Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States. www.palcus.org PALITICUS seeks to drive discussion amongst the Portuguese community in the US around public service, the issues affecting the community and what each individual can do about it.
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Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Mayor Rui Pereira was born in Portugal and is a long-time resident of Wickenburg and has previously served on the council from 2008 – 2012 and again from June 2016 through December 2018. He was elected Mayor in June 2019.
He talks about his path to public service and the current pandemic.
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Our guest is Adam Medeiros, Trustee in the Kings County Board of Education. He talks about moving to the US with his family when he was 2 and his path to public service.
Adam T. Medeiros has been an active member, volunteer, and business owner in Hanford for nearly 40 years and is currently serving his first term on the Kings County Board of Education. Prior to his election in 2018, Adam held a board position at Kings River-Hardwick Union School District. During his ten years with Kings River-Hardwick, the school has been a California Honor Roll School every year since 2014 and recently received the California Gold Ribbon Award.
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry grew up in western Yolo County and has long served her community. After going to school and working in the Bay Area for several years, she moved back to her hometown of Winters where she almost immediately became active in the local community and a regional leader on several issues. She first served as planning commissioner and then was elected to the city council eventually serving as the first female mayor of Winters and becoming the longest standing mayor. She is now a member of the California State Assembly, representing District 4.
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Listen in as we talk to Buddy Mendes, Supervisor representing District 4 in Fresno County, CA. Supervisor Mendes has been very active in the local community, serving 20+ years on a variety of Boards and Committees including the Riverdale Unified School District Board of Trustees, Southwest Transportation Agency which provides student transportation for 13 school districts and the Riverdale Public Utility District.
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Today's guest is Timothy Perry, who is Chief of Staff & Deputy Homeland security Adviser in the Government's Office of Emergency Service in the state of California. Listen in as he talks about how he got started as the first volunteer for David Cicilline's campaign when he ran for Mayor of Providence, RI. and his interesting journey to where he is now.
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Senator Jessica de la Cruz is the State Senator for District 23. De la Cruz is a lifelong Rhode Island native and first-generation American born to Portuguese immigrants. She tells us what motivated her to run for State Senate and her hopes for the future.
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
This is the ninth in a series of PALITICUS episodes in video forma recorded at the Inaugural Portuguese American National Conference in Washington, DC. Today's episode features Robert M Silva, President of the Portuguese Discovery Monument Foundation.
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
This is the eight in a series of PALITICUS episodes in video forma recorded at the Inaugural Portuguese American National Conference in Washington, DC. Today's episode features Mina Grosso, Chairwoman of LUSO-East Fraternal.
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
This is the seventh in a series of PALITICUS episodes in video forma recorded at the Inaugural Portuguese American National Conference in Washington, DC. Today's episode features José Morais, CEO Morais Vineyards.
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
This is the sixth in a series of PALITICUS episodes in video forma recorded at the Inaugural Portuguese American National Conference in Washington, DC. Today's episode features Jason Fragoso, Attorney.