Building an Inclusive Democracy with Afua Atta-Mensah of Community Change

Redacted History

Dr. André White

History, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

For this installment of the Redacted History Podcast, I sat down with the ever knowledgeable Afua Atta-Mensah, the Director of Programs at Community Change. In this episode we discuss what an inclusive democracy looks like, how history impacts the present, and how you can get build coalitions and get active in your community going forward. Community Change is a nonprofit organization founded in 1968 at the height of the civil rights movement by leaders of the civil rights and anti poverty movements. They fight for economic freedom, a care economy that allows families. Providers, and communities to access care, and an immigrant inclusive multiracial democracy. They believe that unless we can find a path toward an immigrant-inclusive multiracial democracy, the number of Americans excluded from basic social and economic protections will continue to increase, and conflicts over rights and resources will tear us apart. You can find more information on Community Change and how to get involved here: https://www.communitychange.org Stay Connected with Me: PATREON: patreon.com/redactedhistory https://www.tiktok.com/@Blackkout___ https://www.instagram.com/redactedhistory_ Contact: thisisredactedhistory@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.2	The way that this administration has been viewing the ideas of who actually belongs is something that should be of concerned to everyone.
0:42.5	Something that could be so summarily and arbitrarily taken away means there's no safety for anyone.
0:48.4	And so for those who have this steadfast feeling that they are safe in their Americanness, I would advise that many people who
0:54.9	have status, right, who currently have status, be a TPS and other levels of status, summarily had
1:00.7	their status taken away. And if it can happen to one, it can happen to many. And I would say
1:05.9	specifically the communities of color and what a black communities, Asian communities, and other Latinos who
1:11.1	have status, but particularly for a moment to black communities, we see these, I mean, not even
1:18.8	hidden attempts to roll back who gets to belong that has this conspicuous overlay with the amount
1:26.5	of melanin and where they can trace their families
1:28.6	back to. It should give people great pause because at what point do folks either in this
1:35.1	administration or others determine what makes you an American?
1:38.6	This episode is brought to you by Community Change. Community Change is a non-profit organization, founded in
1:46.4	1968 at the height of the Civil Rights Movement by leaders of the civil rights and anti-poverty
1:53.0	movements. They fight for economic freedom, a care economy that allows families, providers, and
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