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Your Hobby Could Make You A Better Citizen

Season 1 Episode 5 | 9m 44s

Mutual aid requires many skills: organization, tracking inventory, cleaning and maintaining supplies, and most of all building relationships. But what if you could practice all those skills—by collecting sneakers? KJ visits Harlem's Closet sneaker shop in Columbia, SC, and the Rock Hill Community Fridge to learn how two business owners are using their hobbies to practice community care.

Aired: 05/13/24
Funding for CITIZEN BETTER is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Extras
Is it possible to be civically engaged outside of formal activities?
The history of student protest shows us why campuses are so often incubators for activism
To help close wage gaps, Millennial and Gen Z workers are asking each other how much they make.
When climate change showed up in Beata's life, the solution started in her neighborhood.
Can Social Media activism actually work?
KJ learns the surprising history of the DAP and how it connects to affordable housing.
Community organizer KJ Kearney learns about the link between food and freedoms.
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