Episode 1: I've Got the Light of Freedom
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Book: I've Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition & the Mississippi Freedom Struggle by Charles M. Payne
Guests: Quinn Rallins and Tess Raser
Hosts: Monica Trinidad & guest host Dominique Barron
Length: 52:49
In this first episode, Monica Trinidad & guest host Dominique Barron speak with Tess Raser, an organizer with Assata's Daughters and teacher in Chicago's Parkway Gardens, and Quinn Rallins, social activist, organizer, essayist, and poet. We chat with Tess & Quinn about I've Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle by Charles M. Payne, originally published in 1995.
I've Got the Light of Freedom offers an in-depth history of the early civil rights movement in the south, highlighting the work of Ella Baker, Septima Clark, and everyday community members doing on-the-ground work in places like Greenwood, Mississippi.
Key Questions:
I've Got the Light of Freedom offers an in-depth history of the early civil rights movement in the south, highlighting the work of Ella Baker, Septima Clark, and everyday community members doing on-the-ground work in places like Greenwood, Mississippi.
Key Questions:
- What is organizing?
- How do you build sustainability?
- What is slow & respectful work?
- Are mass meetings effective?