Every renter needs a tenants union

Aimee has been a part of the housing justice movement for over 9 years, starting as a volunteer counselor on Tenants Together’s statewide hotline. She trained as a community organizer through the Midwest Academy’s Organizing intern program, then worked professionally on starting and managing volunteer programs and developing education and outreach services for tenants’ rights. Her role at Tenants Together ranged from developing their volunteer and tenant education programs to online organizing and communications to leading their local capacity-building and movement-building support team. She is now Communications Coordinator at the national alliance It Takes Roots.