Bonus Episode! Essential Workers: Conversations from the Frontlines

On this special bonus episode of The Next World, we feature highlights from a recent conversation with organizations of essential workers and impacted communities. Cathy Albisa of Partners for Dignity & Rights facilitated a conversation on how we can not just save lives, but also expand human rights and make us all safer in the future. 

Speakers on this episode include:

Poet and organizer Cynthia Dewi Oka.
Tim Bell, Executive Director, Chicago Workers' Collaborative.
Magaly Licolli, Cofounder of Venceremos.
Merle Payne, Co-Director of Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha (CTUL).
Scott Nova, Executive Director, Worker Rights Consortium.
Marita Canedo, Program Coordinator, Migrant Justice - Justicia Migrante
Todd Cherkis, Co-Founder, United Workers
Nijmie Zakkiyyah Dzurinko, co-founder and co-coordinator Put People First! PA, co-chair PA Poor People’s Campaign and national steering committee member.
Letha Muhammad, Director, Education Justice Alliance and Coordinating Committee Member, Dignity In Schools Campaign.
Regan Pritzker, Board President, The Libra Foundation.
And (in the Q&A) Marley Monacello, Staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers.

See more of the work of host Max Rameau at pacapower.org. Thank you to Jesse Strauss for Audio Mixing and Editing. Stay subscribed to The Next World for more news from the frontlines of movements for justice and liberation.

You can read more about the issues we explore on our podcast and much more at dignityandrights.org, the website of Partners for Dignity & Rights.

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