Jesse Houle is the commissioner for District 6 of Athens Clarke County. They've contributed greatly to Nuçi's Space, a nonprofit organization that focuses on preventing suicide. Jesse also cofounded Athens for Everyone!

See Jesse's platform here:
http://jesseforathens.com

Recommendations from the interview:

Demand Everything: Lessons of the Transformative Organizing Model
by Steve Williams

East of Eden
by John Steinbeck

Off the Map
Find here:
https://crimethinc.com/books/off-the-map

Slapstick
by Kurt Vonnegut

Being Peace
by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Places that Scare You
by Pema Chödrön

Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration
by Christine Montross

The New Jim Crow
by Michelle Alexander

Documentary - the 13th
Find on Netflix or here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krfcq5pF8u8

Anything by Ursula K. Le Guin, particularly The Dispossessed