Our House Art Humanity Action

Justin Maffett is a lawyer and activist living in Yorkville on the Upper East Side of New York. Here's his story of growing up as a Black kid in predominantly white spaces, becoming an activist, and how a protest in his local community helped him find his voice in the recent and ongoing Black Lives Matter demonstrations following the horrific police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

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OUR HOUSE Credits:
Speech audio from Carl Schurz Park via @ justinmaffett on Instagram.
Production and editing by Jeff Rose.
Music by Audioblocks.
Hosted by Nicole Ferraro.

Jennifer Bartlett has long been using her voice to advocate for people with disabilities: first as a poet and a writer, and later as an activist in New York City.

Here’s her story of how speaking up for disabled people at a Rise and Resist activist meeting led her to her current role within the MTA President's Office for Systemwide Accessibility, where she works on changing the culture around disability access.

Support Jennifer’s work at zoeglossia.org: a community for writers with disabilities.

Find Art, Humanity & Action on Instagram (instagram.com/arthumanityaction), Facebook (facebook.com/arthumanityaction), Twitter (twitter.com/arthumanityact), and www.arthumanityaction.com

OUR HOUSE Credits:
Production and editing by Jeff Rose.
Music by Audioblocks and Jeff Rose.
Hosted by Nicole Ferraro.

As an undocumented immigrant from Mexico growing up in the US, Jazmin Chavez learned at a young age that she would need to work especially hard to achieve her goals. Here’s her story of how she did exactly that, while organizing to help others in the immigrant and undocumented community as well.

Keep up with Jazmin at @ jazminchavez on Twitter. And check out the Center for Popular Democracy and sign up for their emails at populardemocracy.org.

Find Art, Humanity & Action on Instagram (instagram.com/arthumanityaction), Facebook (facebook.com/arthumanityaction), Twitter (twitter.com/arthumanityact), and www.arthumanityaction.com
OUR HOUSE Credits:
Production and editing by Jeff Rose.
Music by Audioblocks.
Hosted by Nicole Ferraro.
PR by PKPR.

John Proctor is a teacher at Manhattanville College who started a volunteer creative arts program on Rikers Island. Here's his story of why he started the program, the myriad challenges to getting it off the ground, and how you can get involved with criminal justice reform and supporting the incarcerated population.

Follow John's work @ johnproc on Twitter, and get involved with Court Watch at https://www.courtwatchnyc.org/.

Find Art, Humanity & Action on Instagram (instagram.com/arthumanityaction), Facebook (facebook.com/arthumanityaction), Twitter (twitter.com/arthumanityact), and www.arthumanityaction.com

OUR HOUSE Credits:
Production and editing by Jeff Rose.
Music by Audioblocks.
Hosted by Nicole Ferraro.
PR by PKPR.

Liuba Grechen Shirley, mother of two, made history during the 2018 midterms by successfully petitioning the FEC to use her congressional campaign funds for childcare. Since the election, she's used her experience running for Congress to launch Vote Mama: the first PAC to mentor and financially support moms running for office at all levels of US government.

Learn more about Vote Mama and get in touch about running, or to support other moms who are running, at www.votemama.org, or email sarah@votemama.org. Follow @ VoteMamaUS on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Find Art, Humanity & Action on Instagram (instagram.com/arthumanityaction), Facebook (facebook.com/arthumanityaction), Twitter (twitter.com/arthumanityact), and www.arthumanityaction.com

OUR HOUSE Credits:
Production and editing by Jeff Rose.
Music by Audioblocks.
Hosted by Nicole Ferraro.
PR by PKPR.

Paola Mendoza believes in the power of art to move people to a place of action. That belief led her to becoming artistic director of the Women’s March. And this past November, it took her to Mexico to tell true stories from the immigrants and refugees in the caravan headed to the US.

You can see Paola's stories from the caravan on Instagram: instagram.com/paolamendoza. Find her on Twitter at twitter.com/paolamendoza

To get involved in the fight to help immigrants and refugees, follow and support the organizations mentioned in this episode including:

-Families Belong Together: www.familiesbelongtogether.org
-RAICES: www.raicestexas.org
-United We Dream: www.unitedwedream.org
-Informed Immigrant: www.informedimmigrant.com
-Texas Civil Rights Project: www.texascivilrightsproject.org

Find Art, Humanity & Action on Instagram (instagram.com/arthumanityaction), Facebook (facebook.com/arthumanityaction), Twitter (twitter.com/arthumanityact), and www.arthumanityaction.com.

OUR HOUSE Credits:
Production and editing by Jeff Rose.
Music by Audioblocks.
Hosted by Nicole Ferraro.
PR by PKPR.