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The Helpers

The Helpers

FromIn Deep


The Helpers

FromIn Deep

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Oct 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In the wake of three historic storms, people in Lake Charles, Louisiana, were left to largely fend for themselves. With the federal government’s slow response to the storms, many residents struggled to meet their basic needs. 
Roishetta Sibley Ozane felt she had to do something to keep her community together. She started feeding people, clothing people, even paying to house them in hotels — all while she struggled to find a permanent home for her six children.
In this episode, we follow Roishetta as she becomes the safety net for a city that the federal government neglected.
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Released:
Oct 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (15)

In Deep is a podcast about water, climate and environment from The Water Main at American Public Media. In Season 1, we tackled the strangely fascinating yet troubling world of clean water -- from tap to toilet. Season 2 shines a light on environmental equity with a rich journalistic portrait of a working-class city and its residents at a perilous moment in our planet's existence.