Sarada Peri

I had the pleasure of hearing the insights from former President Obama’s speechwriter Sarada Peri. I was thrilled to get her perspectives on the writing process, leadership, the role of education, and the turning point of the American nation faces - in its politics and its system. Her work can be found at www.pericommunications.com . Her husband’s band Kingsley Flood can be found at www.kingsleyflood.com , they are also available on Spotify!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/evelisa/message

On today’s episode of Quality Content, host Alex Paterson speaks with Sarada Peri, former Senior Speechwriter to President Barack Obama and visiting Global Fellow with the Ryerson Leadership Lab, about the 2020 presidential primaries, the state of the democratic party and what it will take for them to win the next election.

On Wednesday, January 30th, Canada 2020, alongside the Ryerson Leadership Lab, welcomed former senior speech writer to President Barack Obama, Sarada Peri to Ottawa for a discussion about today's current political climate both in the U.S. and Canada, how to respond to the rise of populism, and her experiences working alongside the former commander in chief.

The Changing Nature of Political Communications

Sarada Peri is a speechwriter and communications strategist. She was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Speechwriter for President Barack Obama. Prior to joining the White House, she was a Principal at West Wing Writers, where she worked with corporate, political and nonprofit clients on speechwriting, speech delivery, op-eds, books, and message strategy. She was also a member of the 2012 and 2016 Democratic National Convention speechwriting teams.As the political season heated up in the fall of 2015, the rhetoric against minorities and immigrants got ugly. Many people, including the White House, were concerned and even fearful. So when President Obama was asked to speak at a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives, we speechwriters saw an opportunity. On this episode she discusses the speech she wrote for President Obama and what it meant for her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Sarada Peri, former senior speechwriter to President Barack Obama and Visiting Global Fellow at the Ryerson Leadership Lab. Sarada will give us ringside seats to Obama, his thinking and how the greatest orator of our time formulates arguments. We’ll also touch on the state of American politics. But what we’ll hear most strongly, is the point of view of a person who thinks that the deck is stacked against women from the very beginning, revealing itself in every aspect of life, including politics.

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