July 07, 2023
Phyllis Bennis on the Poor People’s Campaign and “This Extraordinary Opportunity”
IPS expert Phyllis Bennis explains how she got connected with the Poor People's Campaign and how IPS's work fits in.
Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, joins the “Discern This” podcast to discuss the Poor People’s Campaign, the campaign’s key issues, and intersectional social movements, among other things.
Originally in Discern This.
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