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1863: The WOMB and the story of a Black-led, multi-racial, safe haven in the middle of Akron, OH

July 17, 2018

By Community Change Action

Get your soul fed in this conversation with Emily Chittenden Laird. “It didn’t feel like a good use of my life.” Emily left DC to join the child advocacy movement in Appalachia.

1863: Inside the Evergreen cooperative in Cleveland with John McMicken

July 17, 2018

By Community Change Action

What happens when workers are also the bosses? A conversation with John McMicken inside the Evergreen cooperative in Cleveland.

What you don’t know about West Virginia

July 9, 2018

By Community Change Action

In the coalfields of Appalachia, there lives a job training program unlike any other. People get the community support they need, graduate with a 2-year degree, and best of all:…

1863: A conversation with Rukia Lumumba about her brother’s historic run for mayor

July 5, 2018

By Community Change Action

1863: A conversation with Jen Meccozzi, “I went through it, balls hard”

June 17, 2018

By Community Change Action

Jen tells her story of going from angry parent to organizer to school board member.

1863: Charlene Carrothers and the questions we have to ask ourselves.

May 17, 2018

By Community Change Action

If you could use a dose of pure courage, listen in to our conversation with Charlene Carrothers about the questions we must ask ourselves and how we find the courage to be unapologetic.

1863: Who Should Buffalo Belong To? A conversation with Aaron Bartley

May 10, 2018

By Community Change Action

One way to stop gentrification is for the community to buy all the buildings itself. A grassroots organization called PUSH Buffalo now owns, manages, and has reimagined over 100 properties – all while never losing their edge as a powerful voice for change.

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