Episode 24: Nishiki Maredia on Retail Innovation and Social Justice Organizing

Episode #24 Notes1:00 - How did you get into the retail business?4:30 - What are your customers shopping for?7:15 - What do you sell that sets you apart from other retailers?8:00 - Do you cooperate with other immigrant owned businesses?10:15 - How does the cooperative work?15:30 - How has your business changed with COVID?18:15 - How does your assortment continue to change and evolve through COVID?21:00 - Retailers, Bernie Sanders, and Social Justice.24:30 - On defunding the Austin Police Department.27:15 - On APD and diverting their budget.31:15 - What does APD do with their budget currently?36:30 - On wielding social media for activism.39:45 - How has Austin responded to defunding the police?45:00 - How have other small businesses responded to the Black Lives Matter movement?52:00 - On juggling retailing and activism.56:30 - Suggested readings:All About Love, bell hooksThe Will to Change, bell hooksInterpretative Maladies, Jhumpa LahiriFun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Alison BechdelStone Butch Blues, Leslie FeinbergThe Yellow Wallpaper, Charolette Perkins GilmanSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.