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Baltimore-based Healing Politics prepares nurses to run for elective office

By Sheilah Kast,
Melissa Gerr
Published November 27, 2024 at 10:41 AM EST
The non-partisan, non-profit Healing Politics recruits and trains nurses and midwives to be more civically engaged. Pictured are graduates from the 2024 Campaign School. Photo: Healing Politics
The non-partisan, non-profit Healing Politics recruits and trains nurses and midwives to be more civically engaged. Pictured are graduates from the 2024 Campaign School. Photo: Healing Politics

Nurses are problem-solvers and collaborators. They assess settings on the fly. Does that make them a fit for public office? “Healing Politics” says yes. We ask co-founder Lisa Summers how they get the job done.

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Sheilah Kast
Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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