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Rural America Fights the Right

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This week on the show we explore how folks in rural communities are fighting back against the MAGA agenda. Cayden is joined by Appalachia Peoples Union Director for Standing Up for Racial Justice, Beth Howard, and organizer with West Virginia Can’t Wait, Stephen Smith. They recently published a piece with us entitled From Rural America With Love: An Invitation to Bravery. We’ll spend today’s episode going deeper into the work Beth and Stephen laid out in that article.

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Cayden Mak
Cayden Mak

Cayden Mak is the publisher at Convergence Magazine and the host of Block & Build: A Weekly Roadmap for the Left.

Prior to Convergence, Cayden spent nearly a decade in various roles at 18 Million Rising, including five years as Executive Director and two as Chief Technology Officer, developing the organization inside and out into the digital-first anchor of national progressive Asian American organizing. His other movement work has included organizing for community-designed affordable housing with the Save E. 12th Coalition, co-founding Youngist, a youth media collective, organizing graduate research assistants for a labor union, and helping coordinate tracks and network gatherings at the Allied Media Conference. He serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Kairos Fellowship and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the International Storytelling Center.