Episode description

Broadcast on March 16, 2023

Hosted by Chris Garlock

Tuesday, March 21, a group of older Americans, along with their intergenerational friends and supporters, will hold a day-long action here in Washington DC to demand that the country's biggest banks stop funding fossil fuels. They’re planning a Multi-Faith Prayer Circle, a Walk of Hope, a Rally, and a March of Action. In addition, small groups of elders in rocking chairs will take up a 24-hour vigil outside downtown offices of the four dirtiest banks. Some of these elders will block the entrances, risking arrest.

We talk with Jos Williams, former president of the metro Washington Labor Council AFL-CIO and David Mott, retired SEIU Organizing Coordinator, about the Banking on our Future Day of Action.

Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman.

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