The Values You Pass On | Congressman Jonathan Jackson | Ep. 17

 

How do you pass down your values without deciding who your children have to become? Congressman Jonathan Jackson talks with Judge Greg Mathis, Linda Mathis, and Greg Mathis Jr. about growing up with Reverend Jesse Jackson, finding his own direction, and why he never felt afraid to come home.

Jonathan remembers starting out in speech therapy and tells the story of the push from Judge that helped him decide to run for Congress. Linda brings her experience running childcare centers to a conversation about what working parents can afford, while the family discusses civil rights, public service, and continuing the work of the generation before them.

There are also the stories only longtime friends can tell: campaigning before the cameras, Grandma Gertrude choosing the Judge Mathis show over a real phone call with Judge, and a borrowed Bentley that took some effort to get back.