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This edition: Walking With FUREE - Short Film

Episode Details

Original tape date: August 17, 2017. First aired: August 17, 2017.

Wanda Imasuen, a Harlem-raised believer in the American Dream, found herself jobless and going to the welfare office. The humiliation she felt, and the persistent efforts of the women at FUREE (Families United for Racial and Economic Equality), led Wanda to become an activist and speaker and to recruit other women to empower themselves.

Guest List

Wanda Imasuen Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE)

Web Extras

Interview with Shatia Strother

Empowering low-income women of color for leadership and community organizing.

  • About this series

  • Short Docs, a CUNY TV Digital Series, showcases short documentaries related to the experiences of the minority communities of New York City with subjects including immigration, human rights, education, diaspora, multiculturalism, environmental issues and criminal justice, among others. The documentaries stream alongside​ with interviews with the filmmakers and the subjects related to the pieces.​

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