Welcome to BeCause & Effect, a podcast from the Winnipeg Foundation, where we talk to people about the causes they care about and the effect that it has on their lives.

Today’s guest is Michael Barkman, Manitoba Network Manager for CCEDNET, the Canadian Community Economic Development Network, a collective that

Michael and I talk about a modern approach of empowering communities to be economically sustainable, the current political and social climate in our city, and his advocacy and organizing work with Make Poverty History.

Please enjoy my conversation with Michael Barkman.