Less than five miles away in a historically Black neighborhood, Donna Goldsmith, 62, addressed a room of 15 people gathered around a scarred folding table. They are part of Louisville's burgeoning tenants union, which mobilizes the residents of low-income apartment complexes, rural trailer parks and gentrifying neighborhoods to challenge the corporate landlords that they say have devastated affordable housing.
Goldsmith initially organized her senior-living community to demand better maintenance, and now attends rallies across the city to encourage others to see themselves as leaders. Her most successful organizing strategy: I cuss out landlords. She had one message for this room of people mostly young enough to be her grandchildren. I want to win before I die so that you all know that you can win, she declared.
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