In this episode, A.J. talks about writing about social change and the duty that activists have to collectively tell our own stories.
A. J. Withers organized with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty for over 20 years, including as a paid organizer. They are the author of A Violent History of Benevolence: Interlocking Oppression in the Moral Economies of Social Working (with Chris Chapman) and Disability Politics and Theory and numerous other articles and book chapters. A. J. recently completed a PhD in social work at York University.
They are the Ruth Wynn Woodward (RWW) Junior Chair at Simon Fraser University.
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