Welcome to the Voices for Human Needs Podcast! We hope to educate both emerging and experienced activists in their journey of activism alongside organizers, community leaders, and policy advocates on behalf of greater equity and justice. Each episode will focus on a current issue of anti-poverty policy being debated in Washington D.C., feature local leaders and national experts discussing this policy issue, and inform listeners about how they can get involved with ongoing advocacy campaigns.

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Episode summaries

Learn more about each episode’s topic, speakers, and actions you can take to get involved with ongoing advocacy campaigns at each episode’s blog post summary below. Accessible show transcripts are provided in each post.

TRAILER EPISODE: WELCOME TO THE VOICES FOR HUMAN NEEDS PODCAST

Episode 1: Raising the Federal Minimum Wage

Episode 2: A Critical Moment to Reduce Child Poverty

Episode 3: How to Ensure Equity Before and After Birth for All Families? Investments in Paid Leave and Child Care. A Conversation with Advocate Joy Spencer

Episode 4: Housing is Health Care, and finding the political will to end homelessness. 

EPISODE 5: SECURING A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP & IMMIGRATION REFORM

EPISODE 6: UNDOCUMENTED AND UNAFRAID, STUDENT ADVOCATES SPEAK OUT FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM

Episode 7: DEMYSTIFYING LOBBYING: HOW YOU CAN LOBBY FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE

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