To close out 2025, Theo speaks with Sam Luu and Hillary Cohen of Every Day Action. We learn how they scaled their pandemic-era mutual aid effort to feed the unhoused to where they are today, continuing that work by preventing food waste on film sets and helping out-of-work film industry professionals during the ongoing labor crisis. 


Learn more about Every Day Action here: 

https://www.youreverydayaction.org/

To close out 2025, Theo speaks with Sam Luu and Hillary Cohen of Every Day Action. We learn how they scaled their pandemic-era mutual aid effort to feed the unhoused to where they are today, continuing that work by preventing food waste on film sets and helping out-of-work film industry professionals during the ongoing labor crisis.&nbsp;
 Learn more about Every Day Action here:&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.youreverydayaction.org/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youreverydayaction.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1766501006920000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Bw86kSQ0l8oMl9EYnGLKo">https://www.youreverydayaction.org/</a>

We the Unhoused is a podcast created by Theo Henderson with the goal of uplifting voiceless citizens. Begun while Theo was living on the streets of LA for over eight years, the show provides an intimate look at the unhoused experience.

We the Unhoused is a podcast created by Theo Henderson with the goal of uplifting voiceless citizens. Begun while Theo was living on the streets of LA for over eight years, the show provides an intimate look at the unhoused experience.

We the Unhoused

Actions, Not Just Words: Every Day Action to the Rescue

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Theo does a round table discussion with returning guests Zen Sekizawa and Mario Correa of JTown Action and Solidarity, Melissa Acedera of Polo's Pantry, and Neil Blakemore of the Long Beach Assembly to discuss the current state of mutual aid in Los Angeles as services and resources for the unhoused remain under attack at the city, state, and federal level.

 

Follow Polo's Pantry here: https://www.polospantry.org/

Follow JTown Action and Solidarity here: https://jtownaction.com/

Follow Long Beach Assembly: https://www.instagram.com/longbeachassembly/

Neil Blakemore's article on mutual aid: 

https://neilblakemore.substack.com/p/mutual-aid-organizations-are-mass

Theo does a round table discussion with returning guests Zen Sekizawa and Mario Correa of JTown Action and Solidarity, Melissa Acedera of Polo's Pantry, and Neil Blakemore of the Long Beach Assembly to discuss the current state of mutual aid in Los Angeles as services and resources for the unhoused remain under attack at the city, state, and federal level.
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Follow Polo's Pantry here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.polospantry.org/">https://www.polospantry.org/</a>
Follow JTown Action and Solidarity here:&nbsp;<a href="https://jtownaction.com/">https://jtownaction.com/</a>
Follow Long Beach Assembly:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/longbeachassembly/">https://www.instagram.com/longbeachassembly/</a>
Neil Blakemore's article on mutual aid:&nbsp;
<a href="https://neilblakemore.substack.com/p/mutual-aid-organizations-are-mass">https://neilblakemore.substack.com/p/mutual-aid-organizations-are-mass</a>

The People's Partnership: The State of Mutual Aid in Los Angeles

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/200147e8-84b3-44ca-ba56-b479001917c7/transcript

Theo interviews Fred Vars, author of Through the Fire: How People with Mental Illness Are Empowering Each Other on the intersection of houselessness and mental illness, and how failures at city, state, and federal levels to put housing first makes it more difficult than ever to be unhoused in the U.S. Also: an upcoming screening at Crushing Wheelchairs, a film with an unhoused cast and crew, and the long-term consequences of Spencer Pratt's ghoulish anti-unhoused language.


See Crushing Wheelchairs at Vidiots in LA, June 25th:

 https://givebutter.com/crushing-wheelchairs-vidiots

More on Through the Fire: How People with Mental Illness Are Empowering Each Other: 

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/through-the-fire-fredrick-e-vars/1148151502?ean=9781493087839

Theo interviews Fred Vars, author of Through the Fire: How People with Mental Illness Are Empowering Each Other&nbsp;on the intersection of houselessness and mental illness, and how failures at city, state, and federal levels to put housing first makes it more difficult than ever to be unhoused in the U.S. Also: an upcoming screening at&nbsp;Crushing Wheelchairs, a film with an unhoused cast and crew, and the long-term consequences of Spencer Pratt's ghoulish anti-unhoused language.
 See&nbsp;Crushing Wheelchairs&nbsp;at Vidiots in LA, June 25th:
&nbsp;<a href="https://givebutter.com/crushing-wheelchairs-vidiots">https://givebutter.com/crushing-wheelchairs-vidiots</a>
More on Through the Fire: How People with Mental Illness Are Empowering Each Other:&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/through-the-fire-fredrick-e-vars/1148151502?ean=9781493087839" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/through-the-fire-fredrick-e-vars/1148151502?ean%3D9781493087839&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1781636369266000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1eI_uGQ_dBbASVzk9FIOxW">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/through-the-fire-fredrick-e-vars/1148151502?ean=9781493087839</a>

Mindful Moments Through the Fire

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f5058f9e-57b5-439e-aa02-b46b0014bf22/transcript

Theo attends an action opposing the continuing sweeps in DSA-endorsed candidate Hugo Soto-Martinez's district; then, he speaks with author and activist Nicole Lynn Lewis, who speaks on her own experience as a houseless student and parent, and on her latest book Student Parent: The Fight for Families, the Cost of Poverty, and the Power of College.


Order Nicole's book here: https://www.beacon.org/Student-Parent-P2452.aspx

Learn more about Generation Hope: https://www.generationhope.org/student-parent-book

Theo attends an action opposing the continuing sweeps in DSA-endorsed candidate Hugo Soto-Martinez's district; then, he speaks with author and activist Nicole Lynn Lewis, who speaks on her own experience as a houseless student and parent, and on her latest book Student Parent: The Fight for Families, the Cost of Poverty, and the Power of College.
 Order Nicole's book here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.beacon.org/Student-Parent-P2452.aspx" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.beacon.org/Student-Parent-P2452.aspx&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1780423507891000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1PZRQVoYY3_5olBDbsskJ2">https://www.beacon.org/Student-Parent-P2452.aspx</a>
Learn more about Generation Hope: <a href="https://www.generationhope.org/student-parent-book" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.generationhope.org/student-parent-book&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1780423507891000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2NvxRl8QjECUujax2wprr7">https://www.generationhope.org/student-parent-book</a>

Let's Talk Knowledge: the Untold Stories of Unhoused Students and Parents (with Nicole Lynn Lewis)

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/181d2224-69cd-455f-a9ab-b45c01617299/transcript

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