{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Bloc Power Hour with Sarah Harris","title":"Preparing for Tomorrow: Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas on AI, Workforce and Community Investment","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3d4b0adf\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2694,"description":"On this episode of The Bloc Power Hour with Sarah Harris, we welcome California State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, Chair of the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee and representative of California’s 28th Senate District.\nSenator Smallwood-Cuevas has dedicated her career to advancing worker protections, economic justice, and equitable opportunity. From her leadership in the Justice for Janitors movement to co-founding the Los Angeles Black Worker Center and serving in the California State Senate, she has remained committed to uplifting working families and historically underserved communities.\nSarah and Senator Smallwood-Cuevas discuss the future of work, artificial intelligence, workforce development, small business readiness, LA28 procurement opportunities, the Historic South LA Black Cultural District, America’s 250th anniversary, and how California can ensure that communities are prepared to participate in and benefit from the next era of economic growth.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/IsulluHPLwKMeRc3UkxDSEcVWNxUmOLCULiMJnt4gHc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84MTcz/NmMyYmQ3YzkzZjFl/Mzg5N2M3ZWFjOWY4/OTMzYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}