This week I sit down with one of our community's most important leaders, Tabatha Taylor, the Chair of the Shreveport City Council. You can find our full discussion here.
Here are the questions I asked:
0:42 1. For more than 25 years, you have been advocating for autism awareness. Your adult son, Dominique, is non-verbal and was diagnosed with autism at age 2.
Your advocacy efforts have led to so much great change. Talk to me about where autism resources and awareness were when you first started this work 25 plus years ago and some of where they are today.
6:26 2. You grew up in the Cooper Road area and now represent that district, District A, as its city councilwoman. I’ve heard you talk about why your memories of going to pay the water bill with your grandmother was important. Can you share of that story?
9:55 3. You are one of the most positive, forward-looking leaders we have in our community. And I have always been struck by how much pride the people I have met from Cooper Road seem to have.
Talk a little about the Cooper Road/MLK area. How is it similar to the way it was when you were growing up there and how it is different?
14:50 4. As you look out at our community as a whole, what are some of the things that concern you the most?
19:41 5. And what are some of the things that you make you feel that we are headed in the right direction?
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