The College Unbound course “Cultural Activism in the Classroom” interviews Letcher County Culture Hub leader Gwen Johnson and Performing Our Future lead organizer Ben Fink. They discuss their asset-based approach to community organizing and the ways in which they “reach people where they’re at instead of telling them what to do”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BmNe8FdkiI&feature=youtu.be]
Performing Our Future is a multiracial coalition of rural and urban communities working through culture to build power and wealth. Our goal is a future where everyone belongs and everyone's contribution matters -- where together, we own what we make. Performing Our Future was initiated by Roadside Theater, emerging from Roadside's decades of community cultural development residencies across the country and internationally.