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Miriam Aydoun

“It's never one woman in your path. It's never just one woman. I would say, if there is anybody, I would say…
Hillary Holley

"When I first saw the film Storming Caesars Palace where Ms. Ruby organized with domestic workers and hotel workers, it was just…
Maria Soto

"The people like Ruby Duncan who are actively trying to expand [welfare], they're literally looking the beast in the mouth and being…
Sabiyha Prince

In this intimate conversation with DC social justice advocate Sabiyha Price, we learn her motivations for the work she’s been doing for…
Jackie Toomer

"I was self employed. But I lost my home to a predatory lender. So I lost my business. And I went down…
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Eshe Shukura

"I loved guaranteed income. But I often was like, I don't want it to feel like dignified welfare, I think it is…
Venorica Tucker

Venorica shares how the pandemic created and exacerbated insecurity for food workers. “We don't have some people who were finally buying a…
Lindsay Cassella

"Gabriella was 14 when her pregnant mother passed away, leaving her and her father to raise her newborn sister with their devastation…