Mandana Dayani on What's Motivating Millennial Voters

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In 2018, Mandana Dayani watched as the family-separation policy played out at the southern border. It was deeply unsettling. Her family fled as refugees from Iran to the US as an authoritarian regime took over. She asked herself: how could a country that saved my life do this? Mandana quickly learned that civic engagement was the only way things could meaningfully change. Enter: I am a voter., Mandana's org that's on a mission to rebrand voter identity to get young people to the polls. In this episode of 9 to 5ish, Mandana shares: The culture shock of being a refugee in the US How she went from being a lawyer to a brand strategist to the co-founder of a political org The advice she got from Mom's Demand Action founder, Shannon Watts (spoiler alert: women get sh*t done) How trust in existing brands and celebrities jumpstarted I am a voter.

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0:00.0	I saw the first images of the child separation policy and I'm seeing these kids in
0:06.9	aluminum blankets and cages. My entire brain just disintegrated like I couldn't understand how the same country that saved my life could do this.
0:16.0	I'm Carly Zakin and I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:20.0	Welcome to Nine to Five-ish with the skin.
0:22.0	We've run into so many questions. Welcome to 9 to 5-ish with the skin.
0:22.8	We've run into so many questions over the years
0:25.7	and had so many moments where we needed advice
0:29.0	and we got it from women who'd been there. And that's what we're bringing you with this show.
0:34.0	Each week we're helping you get what you want out of your career
0:37.0	by talking to the smartest leaders we know.
0:40.0	Because we know your work life is a lot more than 9 to 5.
0:44.6	All right, let's get into it.
0:48.8	Hi everyone. Today our guest is Mondana Diani.
0:52.7	She's the co-founder of I am a voter,
0:55.1	a nonpartisan organization that's creating
0:57.5	a cultural shift around voting and civic engagement.
1:00.9	Mondana has had a varied career. She was a lawyer, worked as a talent agent, and was a vice president for the stylist Rachel Zoe.
1:09.0	She was also the president of Prince Harry and Megan's company, Archwell.
1:15.2	No big deal. Just a lot, a lot in there. In 2018,
1:19.9	Mondana was following the news about the family separation policy at the border.
1:24.0	She was sickened by the story she read and learned that the best way to change things
1:29.0	was through political action.
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