Organize the Rich Radio
Nerding out about the theory and practice of organizing the rich towards justice.
We share both interviews from Organize the Rich as well as season 1 of the podcast Movement Money with Allison Budschalow and Michael Gast.
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Organize the Rich Radio
From rural North Carolina to the Times100: Talking about money, class and movement building with Monica Simpson
In the last episode of this season, hosts Michael Gast and Allison Budschalow sit down with Monica Simpson.
Monica is, among many things, the Executive Director of SisterSong, the United States' largest organization dedicated to reproductive justice for women of color, and one of TIME magazine's 100’s most influential people of 2023. She is also a member of the Trust Web, the redistribution project we learned about in our first episode with Elspeth Gilmore.
Monica shares her journey from a small rural town in North Carolina to becoming a national leader for reproductive justice, and how her nickname "Money" foreshadowed a life deeply engaged with questions of wealth, power, and equity.
Monica reflects on her experience with the Trust Web—a collective of 12 social justice leaders who redistributed a $7 million inheritance through no-strings-attached gifts. She discusses what she calls the "generational poverty mindset," exploring how it shaped her relationship with money and how breaking through it has transformed both her personal life and her leadership of SisterSong.
This conversation delves into the challenging and essential work of building cross-class, multiracial relationships and coalitions. Monica talks about pivotal moments that taught her to see the humanity in people across class divides, the spiritual dimensions of money and survival, and why showing up at uncomfortable tables is crucial for movement building.
Interested in wealth redistribution, cross-class organizing, reproductive justice, and what it takes to build movements that transform? This is the episode for you.
What a great bookend to our first season!
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