Tonight on HeartBeat, Cindi Bright welcomes former Senator Mona Das and former Representative Jesse Johnson to the Black Media Matters Studio to discuss their experiences as elected officials and their successes and challenges within the legislative system.

They’ll discuss topics like what it’s like being an elected official of color, how they worked to get legislation introduced and passed, why did these officials choose not to re-run for office, and how the community responds and/or recruits others to step up into elected office.

HeartBeat this week welcomes former Senator Mona Das and former Representative Jesse Johnson to have this conversation with us.

With regular commentary from Joy Stanford, Stefani Coverson, Erin Jones and Karen Fleshman.

You can watch at the link above on Wednesday at 5:30 pm PST