Susana de Alvarez and her family had to flee Venezuela after her uncle was murdered. Living in Wisconsin with her children and elderly father, she had to find a way to provide the 9 different medicines and insulin that her father required. We talk about how she put this story together and the political context of her family's decision to flee. We did our first 'activist origin story' and interviewed Jenny Pressman.
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We listen to a story Susana de Alverez told at the Madison Moth 2019 GrandSlam at the Barrymore Theater, explore the themes in the story and discuss how she crafted the story. We also did our first activist origin story.
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