Power Station

There is a lot of joy in what we are trying to build

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If we have learned anything from the last several years, it is that while we have shared collective pain, a global health crisis, economic freefall, mass shootings, and political discourse so fractured we cannot agree that democracy is a core value, the impacts of these events have landed starkly unevenly. The data shows what progressive nonprofits know: low income, people of color, immigrants, and LGBTQ communities continue to be disproportionately harmed by systems, rooted in racism that make these outcomes inevitable. On this episode of Power Station, the brilliant lawyer, strategist, and organizer Afua Attah Mensah shares stories of community based organizations across the nation that are building the relationships and policy solutions needed to make transformative change possible. We may not hear about these achievements on the nightly news, but we should. The good news is that Community Change, a national nonprofit with deep community roots and a long history of bold activism invests its assets, staff w