Interview & conversation with community organizers, James Hayes (2008-2018)& Marie Nahikian (1968-2018). Range of
topics: Black Lives Matter in Ohio & Crown Heights, police violence in Wash,DC; SNCC Legacy Project & Freedom Summer
2014, what is community organizing & importance of inter-generational leadership.
Veteran community organizer Marie Nahikian hosts The Usable Past, where activists share their stories of past and present organizing for better housing, food, banks, jobs, environmental and social justice. A Brooklyn resident, Marie most recently worked with U.S. Housing & Urban Development under President Obama and has participated in building 5,000 affordable homes in Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and New York. Marie has been a neighborhood, civil rights, housing and labor organizer, a community journalist, and in 1977 was a founder of WPFW-FM Pacifica radio in Washington, DC.