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The Nerve! Conversations with Movement Elders

Sep 4, 2024

In this episode we're exploring the role of voting in our movements through an intergenerational conversation between elder and younger organizers based in Georgia and New York.

In this conversation National Council of Elders members and younger organizers dig into questions such as: Where do elections fit in our...


Aug 7, 2024

In this episode we're exploring the paradoxes in nonviolence and self defense through an intergenerational conversation between elder and younger organizers based in New Jersey, Florida, East Tennessee, and North Carolina.

In this conversation, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) veterans and...


Jul 3, 2024

In this episode we're exploring creative resistance and climate change, through an intergenerational conversation between elder and younger organizers based in rural New Mexico, Puerto Rico, and southwest Virginia who have been resisting the state and advocating for climate justice in a myriad of ways. We know that...


Jun 5, 2024

In this episode we're exploring why the right is so scared of gender through an intergenerational conversation between elder and younger organizers across the South: Miss Major, Suzanne Pharr, Nathalie Nia Faulk, and Lorie Bryant. 

We have seen a rampant increase in organized attacks on trans people across the U.S. over...


May 1, 2024

In Seasons 1 and 2 we brought you excerpts from oral history interviews with members of The National Council of Elders (NCOE). In our 3rd season we’re bringing you a series of intergenerational conversations between elder and younger organizers about important topics in our movements today. First up: we're digging...