For our 12th episode, we sat down with veteran organizer and movement elder Baba Akili to discuss his 52 YEARS of organizing. We cover the first organization he ever joined - NIA and his time organizing with Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. He would later co-found the United Domestic Workers Union, one of the few unions started by people of color. We also examined his time with Neighbor to Neighbor and the Farm Labor Organizing Committee during the 1980s.

Tune back in for the final part of this podcast this Friday where we’ll dive into Akili’s time as a National Organizer for Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign, his time on other notable senate campaigns, his organizing with SEIU, Black Lives Matter, and more. We cap the conversation by hearing why he’s running for the 57th Assembly District in the State of California.

This episode was hosted by Jason Reedy, Albert Corado, and Ricci Sergienko. Follow us on twitter @pplscityprop and @pplscitycouncil. Follow our hosts Jason Reedy @AxumSelassie and Albert Corado @digitalurn and follow our guest Baba Akili @akili4thepeople

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