Organizing to Victory

Lee-Alyse Perry
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Welcome to the Organizing to Victory Podcast with Lee-Alyse Perry, a climate activist and community organizer based in Orlando, FL.

  1. 1d ago

    Health Care Is Personal: Darryl Block's Run for Florida House 36

    Darryl Block and his wife Melanie lost their health insurance while their son was in the ICU, and then they lost him. Now Darryl, a Democrat, is running for Florida House District 36 in Seminole County so that no Florida family goes bankrupt just trying to take care of their own. He joins Lee Perry on Organizing the Victory to share his story. Darryl is an attorney, certified mediator, social worker, and youth sports coach, and a Babe Ruth baseball dad of four. He talks about why he first ran in 2018, how health insurance and regular checkups caught his own heart condition and saved his life, and what he's hearing at the doors: school closures, rising utility bills, property insurance, overdevelopment, and affordability. He also covers protecting Seminole County's rural boundary, defending local control from state preemption, funding public education, and strengthening unions. In this episode: The family tragedy behind Darryl's run, and why health care is personal for himHow health insurance saved his own lifeWhy Tallahassee runs like a middle school, and how mediation skills helpPublic education, teacher pay, and school closuresUtility bills, property insurance, and affordability in Seminole CountyData centers and Flock camerasLocal control, home rule, and state preemptionWhy Darryl urges voters to read Amendment 3 closely and ask "who is this for?"Reaching independent and Republican voters, and why low turnout is a messaging problemBreaking the GOP supermajority Election Day is November 3. 🔗 LINKS Darryl's campaign: https://www.blockfor36.com or https://www.darrylblock.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarrylBlockFL Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blockfor36/

  2. 2d ago

    Sending a Teacher to Tallahassee: Judy Ngying for Florida Senate District 8

    Public school teacher, grandmother, and Harley rider Judy Ngying is running for Florida State Senate District 8 (Volusia and Brevard counties). She joins Lee Perry on Organizing the Victory to talk about why she's leaving the classroom for Tallahassee. Judy taught chemistry and biology in Volusia and Seminole counties for years, served as a union steward, and lobbied in Tallahassee for 16 years. She breaks down how the Legislature really works, what vouchers and union-busting laws are doing to public schools, and what she hears at the doors: flooding, property insurance, overdevelopment, and the rising cost of living. In this episode: • Why three people control what becomes law in Florida • What vouchers, school closures, and teacher contracts mean for public education • The laws targeting teachers unions, and what comes next • Flooding, property insurance, and "slow the growth" in Volusia County • Local control and state preemption • Why breaking the Senate supermajority matters • How to reach voters who've tuned out of politics Election Day is November 3. 🔗 LINKS Judy's campaign: https://www.judyforsenate8.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/judyforsenate8/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/judyforsenate8/

  3. Aug 29

    Fixing Orlando's Transit (with Giancarlo Rodriguez from Sunrise Movement Orlando)

    On this episode of the Organizing Victory Podcast, Lee Perry talks with Giancarlo Rodriguez, local chapter organizer with Sunrise Movement Orlando, about turning Green New Deal politics into real local wins. Orlando has zero rapid transit and one of the fastest-growing housing crises in the country. Giancarlo breaks down the Star Plan, Sunrise's plan to fix it. They dig into what the Green New Deal actually proposes and the propaganda used against it, the Star Plan's push to fund rail and bus rapid transit across eight corridors (Colonial, Semoran, Silver Star, Orange Blossom Trail, International Drive, the Sunshine Corridor, Kirkman, and SunRail), and how Orlando's tourism economy shaped decades of underinvestment in transit and housing. They also cover Florida's $7 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funding and the $400 million Solar for All program blocked by DeSantis, why volunteer-powered organizing can outweigh corporate money in local elections, and what's on the ballot in 2026. This episode was recorded before the August 18th primary election. https://www.sunriseorlandofl.org/star

  4. Aug 17

    Gen Z’s Political Power Is Here (with Leighann Franklin)

    In this episode of Organizing to Victory, host Lee Perry sits down with Leighann Franklin, a former UCF rowing athlete turned local campaign manager and political operations strategist in Orange County, Florida. Leighann shares her journey growing up in conservative Texas, attending a Tennessee boarding school, and stepping into grassroots progressive organizing. They dive deep into why traditional political messaging fails with young voters, how local campaigns can meet people where they are, and why investing in local community infrastructure is essential to preventing "brain drain."

  5. Jul 27

    A Florida We Can Afford (with Marialana Kinter)

    Marialana Kinter supervised a nuclear reactor on an aircraft carrier and spent 342 days straight at sea. She came home to a veterans program that DOGE cut out from under her. Now she is running for Congress in Florida's 7th District against Cory Mills, with no corporate PAC money and an average donation of $21. In this episode she shares her personal background and discusses what she would actually do in Congress. Fully funding the VA. Single payer health care, and the incremental steps that get us there. Universal pre-K and full day child care treated as economic policy. Trade certifications inside public schools. And getting money out of politics, because none of the rest moves until that does. THE FLORIDA PRIMARY IS AUGUST 18, 2026 Florida wiped out every mail ballot request made before 2025. If you want to vote by mail, you have to request your ballot again. Check your registration and request your ballot here: https://registertovoteflorida.gov Website and policy platform: https://kinterforcongress.com

  6. Jul 20

    Flipping North Florida and Supporting Small Farmers with Amanda Marie Green

    On this episode of Organizing to Victory, host Lee Perry sits down for the show's very first Zoom podcast with Amanda Marie Green, who is running in the primary for Florida’s 2nd Congressional District. Encompassing 16 massive counties across North Florida and the Panhandle, CD-2 is a heavily rural district grappling with severe, everyday economic challenges.Amanda joins the show to discuss her unique background specializing in global food security and humanitarian aid with USAID, and how witnessing federal programs get gutted fueled her decision to step up and run. At 32 years old, this new mom breaks down what it means to run a "back-to-basics" campaign that centers on small family farms, lowering the skyrocketing cost of property insurance, expanding VA healthcare, and fully funding SNAP to ensure no child goes hungry. https://www.amgforcongress.com

  7. Jul 11

    What Florida Can Learn from Orange County (with Wes Hodge)

    Lee Perry interviews Wes Hodge: a longtime Central Florida organizer, former Orange County DEC Chair, LGBTQ advocate, and current Treasurer for the Florida Democratic Party.Wes shares the story that pushed him into politics and how Orange County managed to flip local power. We also talk transit, sprawl, tourism “economic leakage,” voter suppression, and why 2026 could be the year Florida voters finally say "enough!" Visit https://www.weshodgeoc.com/

  8. Jul 5

    Rebuilding Voter Trust with Angie Gardner

    What does it take to transition from leading America’s oldest incorporated African-American municipality to representing nearly 200,000 residents at the county level? On this episode of the Organizing to Victory podcast, host Lee Perry sits down with legacy public servant Angie Gardner, the former mayor of Eatonville who is now stepping up to run for the newly redistricted Orange County Commission District 7. Angie pulls back the curtain on her time as mayor, sharing the unfiltered truth behind the headlines of the historic Hungerford property dispute, her defense of local home rule, and why her philosophy on true affordable housing centers on pure homeownership rather than perpetual rent. Tune in as we discuss her vision for District 7, including community-driven public safety measures, aggressive flooding infrastructure design for neighborhoods like Orlo Vista and Fairview Shores, and her grassroots approach to running an authentic campaign that puts people over corporate political action committees (PACs). Campaign Website: http://angiegardner.com Organizing to Victory Network: http://organizingtovvictory.com

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Welcome to the Organizing to Victory Podcast with Lee-Alyse Perry, a climate activist and community organizer based in Orlando, FL.

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  • Creator
    Lee-Alyse Perry
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    58
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Lee-Alyse Perry
  • Show Website
    Organizing to Victory