Yolanda Knox and Katrina Houser
- Yolanda Knox (She/Her): I’m a mother of four and Grandmother of twelve. I’m a lifelong resident of Kingston, NY. I began organizing with Rise Up Kingston in 2018. I began doing activism in the Housing Circle. I was voted onto the Board at Rise Up in 2019. In 2019, I created a documentary with the help of a fellow Rise Up member called “Housing is a Human Right”. This documentary was about my struggle to find stable housing. I was bounced from one motel to another. The living conditions were not up to par. I decided to speak my truth and began to make changes to this broken housing system. In 2023, I started hosting a radio show called Rise Up Radio. The show airs on Radio Kingston every second Thursday of the month at 6 pm.
- Katrina Houser (They/Them): I was born in Hempsted, NY and moved to Kingston NY when I was five. And this my story begins!! I’m a mother of one and Grandmother of seven. In 2019, I became a member of Rise Up Kingston and joined the Criminal Justice Circle. Currently, I am a co-host on Rise Up Radio with Yolanda Knox. The show airs the second Thursday of the month at 6 pm on 1490AM WKNY. We have various guests on our show every month and we bring you topics that affect our community with the intention of collectively finding solutions. Outside of the radio show, I’m an abolitionist who will go to Albany and shout on behalf of all of us to have housing security and a chance at a future with a clean slate. My motto is ”CAN’T STOP, WON’T STOP!!!”
Made in Kingston, NY
