Creating Art as an Act of Courage: A Conversation with Jessie Golem

On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with activist and artist Jessie Golem about her portrait series, Humans of Basic Income, and her work on guaranteed livable basic income. Humans of Basic Income tells the stories of people who took part in Ontario’s basic income pilot project, and what happened when the pilot was cancelled prematurely. Ms Golem speaks about the impact that the Humans of Basic Income series, and the pilot project itself, has had on her own life, and her perspective on the importance of creating art as an act of courage, especially during uncertain times.See the Humans of Basic Income portrait series here, and associated film “A Human Picture” here.  To get involved with work being done on basic income in your community, please see UBI Works and Basic Income Canada Network. You can read about the cancelled Ontario basic income pilot project here.More information about the basic income class action case can be found here.