If organizing starts with deep listening, and is sustained by enduring relationships, how do organizers stay the course? Miya Yoshitani, Executive Director of Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) and long at the vanguard of the environmental justice movement, talks with George about the importance of articulating what we fight for. They also discuss showing up authentically as an organizer; and what it means to light a fire within -- rather than under -- communities whose voices have often gone unheard.

You can learn more about Miya Yoshitani's work at peoplesaction.org/nextmove.

Miya is on twitter @miya_yosh.

People’s Action is a national network of 40 state and local grassroots, power-building organizations united in fighting for justice. 

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