In 2024, I spent a Holy Week in Cuba. I went with the Nonviolent Medicaid Army, a national network building
Joe Paparone
Joe Paparone is a community organizer with the Nonviolent Medicaid Army, New York State Poor People’s Campaign and National Union of the Homeless. He is a credentialed leader in Mosaic Mennonite Conference and a member of Bethany Mennonite in Bridgewater, Vt. He lives in Albany, N.Y., with his wife, Lesley, and their dogs, Artax and Nym. He can be reached at [email protected].
“Some people just don’t want help.” When I talk about the organizing I do with poor and unhoused people, this
