No Place Like Home

About the Episode

Finding home in America has long been a complicated act for Black people. In this episode we train a light on the plight of the unhoused, policies to help and do-gooders being the change we seek.

  • Khadijah Williams
    Senior Education Organizer at Rocketship DC

    “School was a way to escape from homelessness… It’s really important to feel like you can strive towards the future, that you can fight, especially for homeless children.”

  • Sheila Tyson
    Convener, Alabama Black Women’s Roundtable, Alabama Coalition on Black Civic Participation

    “We are rich, we have more technology, we have more money than anywhere. [Why] should we be living in any type of poverty like a third world country?”

  • Yesica Prado
    Multimedia Journalist

    “When you’re parked on the street, you’re waking up to incoming traffic at 6:00 in the morning…You’re basically opening up your door to anybody that walks down that street”

  • Stephanie Williams
    Convener, Kalamazoo Michigan Black Women’ Roundtable

    “We have to demand that local government has policies in place that protects homeowners, ensures home ownership, but also protects renters from landlords that are price gouging.”

  • Staci Moore
    Board Chair of the Women’s Community Revitalization Project

    “Home is definitely a safety and shelter – a sanctuary, security, being able to simply say I have…Everyone deserves to have that.”

    Editorial Team
    April 30, 2021

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