2010

StoryCorps -- the national storytelling organization -- joined the Atlanta 2010 Building Movements convening. Grantees shared stories of their work, lives and vision for a more just and safe world.

LaTausha Nedd, of the Georgia Citizens Coalition on Hunger, on the organization and the passion she finds in her work fighting poverty and inequality.

LaTausha Nedd (1:32)

 

Sarah White, Board President of the Mississippi Center for Workers' Human Rights, on a union mobilization and action against disastrous working conditions in a Mississippi catfish processing plant.

Sarah White (1:57)


Sarah White's vision of a just Mississippi where all workers rights are ensured.

Sarah White's vision (1:03)

 

Khalilah Collins, Executive Director of Women in Transition, on her personal experience as a member of WIT and questioning whether her experience can be called a success.

Khalilah Collins (0:57)

Iris Carter, Board Member of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade on a campaign to make Shell take responsibility for the harmful pollution spewing from its chemical plant in Norco, LA. 

With the help of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Carter and the citizens of Norco negotiated a financial settlement with Shell for their contaminated properties.

Iris Carter (1:57)