Global Ethics Weekly: Ethics as a Campaign Platform, with Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox

Jan 24, 2019

Quinnipiac University's Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox speaks about her 2018 campaign for state representative in Connecticut, which she lost by a slim margin. After months of speaking to her fellow citizens and absorbing their differing viewpoints on the campaign trail, she discusses the importance of ethics and political engagement and how we can remain civil in this divisive time.

Quinnipiac University's Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox speaks about her 2018 campaign for state representative in Connecticut, which she lost by a slim margin. After months of speaking to her fellow citizens and absorbing their differing viewpoints on the campaign trail, she discusses the importance of ethics and political engagement and how we can remain civil in this divisive time.

Gadkar-Wilcox has recorded several Carnegie New Leader Podcasts on Gandhi's teachings, the Indian Constitution, and other topics. This podcast also references this video of her husband on the campaign trail.

(Carnegie Council is a non-partisan institution. We do not support any political parties or endorse any specific candidates.)

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