In this episode of The Austin Common Radio Hour, host Amy Stansbury shares the importance of city boards & commissions and explains how you can apply to serve on one. Guests include current board/commission members Pooja Sethi & Rocky Lane, as well as Austin City Council Member Leslie Pool.
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Pooja Sethi is a member of the City of Austin Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission. She has also served on the Office of Police Oversight Advisory Committee and the Climate Equity Plan Steering Committee. For her day-job, she’s an immigration attorney.
Rocky Lane serves on the Public Safety Commission, as well as the HIV Planning Council. He also serves on the board of the Transgender Education Network of Texas and is a grassroots community organizer with Austin Black Pride and the newly formed Black Trans Leadership of Austin (BTLA). He’s also a former City of Austin paramedic.