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‘It feels like democracy is challenged’: How an Ohio organizer empowers formerly incarcerated people

caption: Fred B. Ward serves as state director of the grassroots organization Building Freedom Ohio. (Courtesy)
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Fred B. Ward serves as state director of the grassroots organization Building Freedom Ohio. (Courtesy)

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A community organizer in Ohio is helping formerly incarcerated people who feel powerless exercise their power by engaging in democracy.

Here & Now’s Deepa Fernandes revisits a conversation she had in January with Fred B. Ward, state director for the grassroots organization Building Freedom Ohio.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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