All People's Health Collective Podcast

James Nelson is an integral part of the All People’s Health Collective and is also an amazing advocate for incarcerated and reentry people.

At the age of 19 , James was arrested and convicted for a murder he did not commit. He spent 29 years in prison and has now been home for 12 years advocating for others because of his experience.

In this episode, our host Susan Li speaks with Nicholas Shapiro of Carceral Ecologies lab, a collective of multidisciplinary researchers that document violence within carceral systems, advance practices of accountability, and support community self-determination.

Shapiro directs the Carceral Ecologies lab, advancing research at the intersection of environment, health, and mass incarceration. As a specialist in community-centered methodology, he is also the Director of Research of the UCLA-CDU Dana Center for Neuroscience and Society. His first book, Homesick (Duke, 2025), asks how the homes became a primary site for toxic exposure and how we can collectively struggle for cleaner indoor air.

In this episode, we speak with Trinh Phan, Director of State Income Security at Justice in Aging, a national organization that uses the power of law to fight senior poverty by securing access to affordable health care, economic security, and the courts for older adults with limited resources.

Trinh breaks down the complexity of the benefits system and how to improve the programs low-income adults depend on.

Welcome to the beginning of an ongoing convo we will be having about the nuances of substance use in the “post” drug war world.

Eric Harris, Associate Executive Director of External Affairs, returns to the pod to talk about what the ADA got right, and where it fell short, on improving the economic conditions of people with disabilities.

In this episode, our host Susan Li speaks with The Fund for Guaranteed Income's (F4GI) Executive Coordinator, Melody Parker. 

F4GI is a 501(c)(3) public charity launched in August 2020 to prove a viable path to guaranteed income–direct, recurring cash transfers that support those who have been locked out of welfare programs and economic systems.

By building technical tools and political coalitions, they re-imagine the social safety net.

F4GI partners with governments and communities in the fight for the political and economic liberation of all people.
 

Todd Cunningham is the Food and Wellness Organizer at Los Angeles Community Action Network. #FoodJustice

APHC member Katherine Wolf engages the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers’ Russell Dawson Rawlings in an in-depth conversation about the movement for independent living.

Susan from APHC interviewed Andy Imparato, CEO of Disability Rights California about his experience doing policy work for 4 decades, and where it took us, where it moved things, what it achieved, where it failed, and what he’s learned

All People’s Health Collective podcast co-host, Susan Li, is joined in conversation with Gretchen Berman, co-founder and executive director of A New Path, a non-profit advocacy organization of parents, concerned citizens, individuals in recovery, healthcare professionals and community leaders working together to educate the public, media and decision makers about the true nature of the disease of addiction, and to expand access to treatment services. A New Path advocates to end discriminatory drug policies that serve as roadblocks to recovery.