CYLS 131: How Childhood Poverty and Observation Shaped One of New York City’s Most Influential Advocates of Change with Stanley Fritz
Summary: About our Guest: Stanley Fritz is the New York City campaign manager at Citizen Action of New York. He is the engineer and co-host of Let Your Voice Be Heard radio, and fights for progressive issues and standing up for disenfranchised communities through organizing activism and storytelling. Episode Summary This week, Kevin is joined in the studio with special guest Stanley Fritz, a huge voice in New York City’s Political and social change community involvement. Stan’s experience growing up impoverished in New York drew him into awareness of issues confronting NYC residents to provide a voice to push for power among the underserved and underrepresented. He has championed bills to make public transportation cheaper and much more. In this exclusive discussion he proves that drive and determination are key components to ensuring change. **Special Guests: Art McGinley and Mark Moriarty who Kevin met at the recent Podcast Movement conference were also in attendance. Insight from this episode: Three crucial tips for mobilizing people and creating change to affect politics. Strategies for staying humble and grounded when working in politics. Stanley impresses the importance of having a 10 year plan. The importance of staying grounded in the people to ensure success. Strategies for setting goals. Kevin’s secrets to keeping yourself focused. Strategies for continuing to learn and become better in all areas of your life. Secrets for deciding when to pivot and go in a different direction. Quotes from the show: “I think that it’s super important for us to make sure that we do amazing things and look to impact people both positively and abundantly when we have the opportunity and we have the platform to do so. ” - Kevin Y. Brown, Episode 131 “At that age, the way that I looked at it was, ‘Something is wrong, because no one cares enough to speak up and no one has enough power.’ So in the beginning, it was ‘I need to accumulate as much power as possible so that I can change things.” - Stanley Fritz, Episode 131 “I figured out that politics was the way that you move things. Because even if you couldn’t change things, you would have enough power through your political position to move the people that could.” - Stanley Fritz, Episode 131 “When the bar is so low that people don’t expect you to be a regular, living person, it’s an accomplishment when you prove them wrong.” - Stanley Fritz, Episode 131 “Politics is all about organized money, organized people, organized dollars.” - Stanley Fritz, Episode 131 “The personal is the political.” - Stanley Fritz, Episode 131 “There seems to be this idea that poor people just commit crimes because they’re bored. No! They’re trying to survival.” - Stanley Fritz, Episode 131 “This is a validation nation. We’re always waiting to be validated by somebody else.” - Stanley Fritz, Episode 131 “I don’t think that you can fail. The only way to fail is to quit.” - Kevin Y. Brown, Episode 131 “I don’t believe that you should be the same person three months from now that you are now.” - Kevin Y. Brown, Episode 131 “Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.” - Oscar Wilde, quoted by Ant McGinley, Episode 131 Resources Mentioned: On the Left Side Awesound Facebook Live Medium Favorite Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Favorite Quote: “If you don’t give me heaven, I’ll raise hell.” - Jay-Z 3 keys to Create Your Best Life: Stop waiting. Stop waiting. Stop waiting. Stay Connected: Create Your Life Series: https://www.facebook.com/cylseries/ https://www.instagram.com/cylseries/ Kevin: www.kevinybrown.com www.instagram.com/kevinybrown www.twitter.com/kevinybrown www.facebook.com/kevbrown001 Stanley Fritz: Let Your Voice Be Heard Radio www.instagram.com/stanfritz/ www.twitter.com/stanfritz www.linkedin.com/in/stanley-fritz Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on itunes, google play, stitcher and www.createyourlifeseries.com/podcast
