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Practical Kindness: Running for Office

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Published March 3, 2023 at 12:28 PM CST

Practical Kindness is a new multimedia project from Brandi Malarkey that will explore caretaking, people with dementia, and we'll hear from single parents.

Today, we start the series with hearing about the daunting task of running for office for the first time.

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Learn more about Practical Kindness at practicalkindness.org.

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