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Understanding Homelessness Podcast

Understanding Homelessness Podcast


Understanding Homelessness Podcast

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Length:
16 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

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You are here for answers, and so are we. This podcast illuminates the underlying causes of homelessness, explains systems that perpetuate it, explores innovative solutions, and shares stories from those with lived experiences. Dr. Marisa Zapata, director of PSU’s Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative, talks with experts, including those with lived experience, on how to better understand and address homelessness in Portland and beyond.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 16 episodes

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Seeking Research Justice

Dr. Andres Lopez, research director for the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC), an...

58 minutes
Aug 04, 2022

Episode 14: Villages as Alternative Shelter

Todd Ferry from Portland State University shares the results of his study on villages a...

56 minutes
Jul 19, 2022

Episode 13: Invisible Homelessness Counts

People living doubled up with friends or family due to economic hardship, sometimes cal...

52 minutes
Jun 07, 2022

Episode 12: Racial inequity in permanent supportive housing

Dr. Norweeta Milburn and Earl Edwards from UCLA share their recent study with co-author...

45 minutes
May 13, 2022

Episode 11: Understanding student homelessness through comics

When Portland State University instructor Kacy McKinney got the idea to create a series...

45 minutes
Apr 15, 2022

Episode 10: Eviction Defense: Seeking justice in an unjust system

FREE EVICTIONS SUPPORT: Tenants facing eviction can get help at (888) 585-9638 or at or...

39 minutes
Feb 09, 2022

Episode 9: The fight for racial equity

In this episode we talk with Julia Delgado, the vice president of the Urban League of P...

35 minutes
Jan 25, 2022

Episode 8: Listening to those most impacted

In this episode, we talk with Jessica Mathis and Calvin from Welcome Home Coalition, a ...

36 minutes
Dec 07, 2021

Episode 7: Is homelessness on the rise in PDX? And other key questions

In this episode we switch it up, and Dr. Marisa Zapata is the one answering the questio...

20 minutes
Nov 19, 2021

Episode 6: Her story is her power

In this episode, we talk with Raven Drake, manager of the Streets Roots Ambassador Prog...

37 minutes
Oct 18, 2021