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    Foluke Nunn

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    At a Glance

    Public Housing Residency: Forest Cove Apartments

    Themes: Housing Justice, Tenant Rights, Housing Organizing

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    Primary time periods: None

    Primary locations: None

    Keywords: HUD, Millennia, American Friends Service Committee, National Millennia Resistance Campaign

    Descriptive Context

    Interview Summary

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    In this oral history, Foluke Nunn describes her upbringing in a family where her parents were community activist, advocates, and organizers. She went to an integrated school where she experienced racial oppression and learned how to act against oppression during her college years after the murders of Michael Brown and others by law enforcement. Nunn shares how she arrived in Atlanta and began her work with American Friends Service Committee (ASFC) and Housing Justice League (HJL) with housing and economic justice work with the residents of Forest Cove Apartments. 

    About the Narrator

    Narrator Full Name: Foluke Nunn

    Narrator pronouns: she/her

    Refer to as: None

    Self-identified race and/or ethnicity: Black American

    Biographical Context:

    Foluke Nunn has worked as a community organizer with the Atlanta Economic Justice Program of the American Friends Service Committee since late 2017. She began her time with AFSC as a youth organizer, developing and leading community organizing internship programs for young people. More recently, Foluke’s focus has been providing organizing support to various tenant associations, tenant campaigns, and home defense fights in metro Atlanta.

    Foluke is a member of Housing Justice League’s Eviction Defense Team, which works to help tenants at risk of eviction build power and know their rights. Prior to working for AFSC, Foluke was an assistant to Atlanta City Councilmember Michael Julian Bond. Foluke graduated from Stanford University in 2016 with a B.A. in Public Policy and a B.A. in African and African American Studies. She was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida.

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    About the Interview

    Interviewer: Nedra Deadwyler

    Date of Interview: 2022-11-15

    Method of Interview: remote

    Location of Interview: Atlanta

    Language: English

    Duration: 01:03:30

    Formats Available: mp3, m4a

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    Post-Production by: Nedra Deadwyler

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