Episode 11: New York State Community Equity Agenda Pt. 1
Producers’ Note: This series of interviews was conducted before the COVID-19 outbreak. While we engage in mutual aid efforts and digital org...
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Let's Be Real: A New Economy Project Podcast
Let’s Be Real, A New Economy Project podcast, introduces you to the people, places, and organizations at the forefront of the movement for justice in NYC. Interviews with organizers on the g...
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11 episodesEpisode 10: UPROSE
In this episode of Let’s Be Real, we speak with Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director of UPROSE. Founded in 1966, UPROSE is Brooklyn’s ol...
Episode 9: Housing Justice For All
In this episode of Let’s Be Real, we speak with Dominga Payano, a tenant organizer with Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition. Domi...
Episode 8: Neighbors Beyond Amazon
In this episode of Let’s Be Real, we speak with two organizers—Fahd Ahmed from DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving), and Sasha Wijeyeratne from...
Episode 7: Organizing for Community Control, a Conversation with Linda Levy
When the last remaining bank branch on the Lower East Side closed its doors in 1986, local activists took matters into their own hands and o...
New Yorkers Speak Out: Kenneth Lovell & Patrick Lovell
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Episode 6: We're Fed Up!
This episode, we take a look at a campaign that focuses on the Federal Reserve System and its impact on working people and people of color....
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While the larger fight continues, we're grateful to be working with our network of partners to support DACA recipients in our communities. P...
Episode 5: A Vision for Financial Justice in New York
This episode, we focus on the payday lending industry’s most recent attempt to legalize high-cost predatory lending in New York. We feature...
Episode 4: The Fight to #DefendDACA, with Walter Barrientos
Watch video-podcast here: https://youtu.be/ABgDCYOn-Xo “What’s happening is a major assault on immigrant communities that…will go down in th...
Episode 3: "Who knows better than the people who live there?"
This episode, we feature a conversation with Mychal Johnson, co-founder and leader of South Bronx Unite, about the group's work organizing f...