Oral Histories

Kiahni Willard

   January 27, 2025

   

Member/Leader, ACORN/UFT child care campaign, New York, starting in 2001

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1. January 27, 0025 Interviewed by Francine Streich

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Kiahni Willard was an NYC childcare provider and leader in the joint ACORN/UFT childcare campaign. In this interview, she speaks about the fight to unionize child care providers, as well as doing housing work on rental speculation issues and participating in actions during the Fight for 15. She has also been involved in NYCC, an ACORN successor organization in New York, and she mentions internal conflicts among member/leaders there.