🎙️ The Interconnected Roots of Disability Justice & Housing Rights with Janiah Miller
Janiah Miller in conversation on the roots of change podcast
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🎙️ The Interconnected Roots of Disability Justice & Housing Rights with Janiah Miller
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In the Episode
- Personal Stories in Housing Justice
- Accessibility as a Basic Human Right
- The systemic roots of housing and disability crises
- The impact of systemic racism and government policies
- Inclusive organizing and embedding disability frameworks
- The trickle-up effect and the curb cut analogy
- Reclaiming community through gatherings and shared spaces
- Building sustainable systems and the role of cooperativism
- Tenant advocacy and local policy victories
- Self-care and community care as resistance
- Storytelling, systemic change, and imagining futures
Media, Resources, & News
- Homes Guarantee
- Addressing Housing Instability with Equity in Mind
- Housing for the People. Housting Justice as a Central Voting Issue
- Gentrification: The Destruction of the Poor
- The Curb Cut Effect
- Transgender Marxism
- Community Meal at Casa Chavez
- Kansas City Tenants
- We're More Segregated Than Ever
About Janiah Miller (she/her)
Janiah Miller (she/her) is a dedicated advocate with experience in Black Feminist organizer with expierence as an cross-movement organizer, campaign managemer, and political strategist. She currently serves as the Senior Campaigns Organizer at Black Feminist Future, advancing the transformative power of Black feminisms for collective liberation.
Her career began at Cincinnati City Hall, where she led community organizing during the pandemic and civil unrest. She contributed to police accountability reforms, fought for affordable housing through legal action against exploitative landlords, and elevated political awareness on housing justice.
The first woman to serve as President of the Southwest Ohio Young Black Democrats, Janiah has received the NAACP Outstanding Community Service award. She holds a Master of Public Administration in Social Justice and a certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from the University of Cincinnati, and a BA in Integrative Studies from Northern Kentucky University.
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