Relationships, uncertainty, and asking for help: Q&A with writer and activist Mia Birdsong
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Written by writer, storyteller, and activist Mia Birdsong, How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community gathers interviews, research, and personal stories to explore the process of cultivating relationships and defining community when traditioRelationships, uncertainty, and asking for help: Q&A with writer and activist Mia Birdsong
Written by writer, storyteller, and activist Mia Birdsong, How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community gathers interviews, research, and personal stories to explore the process of cultivating relationships and defining community when traditional systems and institutions fail to provide for our everyday needs. Currently a senior fellow at the Economic Security Project, Birdsong builds on her work in economic security and narrative-shifting, which has included a widely-viewed 2015 TED Talk challenging the way poverty is discussed. Recently, Birdsong hosted a four-part podcast series with The Nation focused on universal basic income. In How We Show Up, Birdsong encourages readers to push past notions of worth and value that do not recognize our full humanity. Read more