Opal Lee
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Sep 14, 2026
EJ CarrionHOST
And I think now that you have candidates, we're all trying to push for that.
EJ CarrionHOST
So I think right now we're in this weird, like, Opal Lee's b- birthday.
EJ CarrionHOST
Um, man, we had, we- we're having a lot of progress of being national on the news.
EJ CarrionHOST
Um, but the hard work of the work showing up, like, is still needing to happen.
7 MINS LATER
EJ CarrionHOST
This is, like, a very exciting activation in Fort Worth, and it's, like, ran and organized by teachers and parents.
EJ CarrionHOST
So it's just really cool to see, like, how does this move towards advocacy and fruit for longer term change in Fort Worth? Um, because what I'm...
EJ CarrionHOST
You know, there was a lot of educators at the Opal Lee thing last night, and what felt like the energy is everyone's kinda waiting till November.
EJ CarrionHOST
And there's some real beliefs that parents are, are...
EJ CarrionHOST
... ballot, and today we have Dionne Sim, who's running for Congress for Texas 25.
EJ CarrionHOST
She's a community organizer, someone who believes in the unity and the possibilities we have for the city and this county and the state, but also the granddaughter of Opal Lee, which we all had the privilege to celebrate-
Ann ZadehHOST
[laughs]
EJ CarrionHOST
... just yesterday.
28 MINS LATER
EJ CarrionHOST
Yeah.
Dione SimsGUEST
For sure.
EJ CarrionHOST
One of my greatest motivations when I tell people to come canvas with me, they're like, "Oh, it's too hot." I'm like, "Opal Lee was out here." [laughs]
Dione SimsGUEST
[laughs]