On tonight’s episode of The Bayard Desk, Pierce County Council Chair Derek Young spoke with me about his life and personal experience in elected office  and how he and others on the Pierce County Council are working to advance equity and opportunity for all community members. At the end of our conversation, he urged all Pierce County residents to engage with their elected representatives in County Government: 

“The American Rescue Plan and the Proposed American Jobs Plan… This is our generation’s New Deal… We have to get this right.”