Civil Rights and Wrongs for April 26, 2022

This Tuesday we speak with Jordyn Middlebrooks, Kristen Herring and Annie Fierro, members of the Austin Hub of the Sunrise Movement.  Sunrise is a youth movement to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. It is building an army of young people to make climate change an urgent priority across America, to end the corrupting influence of fossil fuel executives on politics, and to elect leaders who stand up for the health and well-being of all people.   Michelle Manning-Scott, Associate Producer of the show, is also with us.

We also speak with Austin Sanders, Staff Writer for the Austin Chronicle.  He tells us about a “right to return” policy which can provide affordable housing to people who have been displaced by gentrification.   Land is held by the city (or a non-profit organization) in a community trust.  The house is sold to qualified buyers, but the land remains in the trust.  We also get an update on efforts to unionize employees of Integral Care, the Travis County public mental health care agency.  Management appears to be weakening the operational framework that establishes the structure and power of the union.