#26 Democrashe's Sarah Jakle on supporting young women running for office

In episode 26, Sarah Jakle discusses (0:26) supporting historically underserved high school girls in going to public service, (0:52) teaching perseverance and positive self-talk, (3:35) vastly underestimating the high school girls that she works with, (4:29) showing, not telling, leadership from young women through peer-to-peer mentorship and leadership programs, (6:20) building a pipeline for recruiting young women in office, (8:00) using grounding techniques in every step of Democrashe's workshops, (11:19) paying a stipend to Democrashe's participants in a grassroots effort to fight unpaid internship work, (14:40) instilling a sense of birthright and belonging for young girls in the U.S. to running for office and leading the country, (15:28) meeting success in using Instagram as a platform for recruiting girls nationally to Democrashe, (20:28) mentoring girls in Democrashe to take on authentic responses as they  grow confidently into roles such as public office, (21:44) Sarah's military master's in social work at USC as part of her training to start Democrashe, (22:32) addressing the underrepresentation and misaligned treatment of women in U.S. politics, (25:20) further supporting the development of Democrashe and its work, (28:04) opening the speaker floor at Democrashe for any woman who is passionate about a cause or topic, (28:14) resourcing funding for Democrashe, (28:53) expanding Democrashe's workshops in the latter half of 2026, (34:23) passing bills in the House floor for Democrashe to prepare women to go into office in equipping them to save lives in the real world, (35:17) accrediting Melinda French Gates for giving roles to different sectors of society for the safekeeping of the United States as a republic and how advocating for women and girls to properly go into politics fits into that story.   Links: www.democrashe.orghttps://www.facebook.com/DemocraShe-110108011246367https://www.instagram.com/democrashehttps://www.tiktok.com/@democrasheorghttps://www.linkedin.com/company/democrashe/   Find us on: www.thesocialgoodpod.com www.youtube.com/@socialgoodpodcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/6OBpddWHUqO1jGWsMHidmGhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-good-podcast/id1562812869www.instagram.com/socialgoodpodhttps://music.amazon.com/podcasts/435c2adf-d21c-42b6-8dd8-50132dd97fac/social-good-podcast   Also by Rose: Support me on my journey in building my charity dining app. Sign up for the waitlist at www.getyourbrighton.com