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Architects of Hope

Uplifting Leaders

Follow along with our host Julie Fernandes as she sits down each month with the organizers, researchers, and other movement leaders from across the country who are doing the vital work of organizing people into collective action.

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In this inaugural episode of Architects of Hope, host Julie Fernandes speaks with Minister JaNaé Bates Imari, co-executive director of ISAIAH and Faith in Minnesota.

Drawing on the successful efforts to force a drawdown of ICE agents from the Twin Cities earlier this year and the long fight to restore voting rights to formerly incarcerated Minnesotans, JaNaé shares lessons on how organizing – rooted in developing belonging and collective agency – transforms everyday people into leaders with the collective power to drive meaningful change.

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