This week, Theo speaks with activist Kris of LA Street Care and Mutual Aid about the state of mutual aid, and how we can all rise to the occasion in a moment where most systems have turned their back on the unhoused. In Unhoused News, we take a closer look at the consequences of the brutal new HUD policies, and the drastic increase of the elderly unhoused.

Follow LA Street Care and Mutual Aid: https://www.instagram.com/lastreetcare/

This week, Theo speaks with activist Kris of LA Street Care and Mutual Aid about the state of mutual aid, and how we can all rise to the occasion in a moment where most systems have turned their back on the unhoused. In Unhoused News, we take a closer look at the consequences of the brutal new HUD policies, and the drastic increase of the elderly unhoused.
Follow LA Street Care and Mutual Aid: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lastreetcare/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/lastreetcare/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1778012520070000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3SzHuOCH9yKtEtDETBJwF-">https://www.instagram.com/lastreetcare/</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

Activist Kris is Keeping Mutual Aid Real

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/e93ed568-4b5f-4c21-a0ea-b4410003f2cf/transcript

Theo interviews Meg Stone, author of Don't Fight Back: And 10 Other Myths About Crime, Personal Safety, and Gender-Based Violence about how the unhoused and other marginalized people are encouraged not to defend themselves, and are frequently presented as aggressors themselves. In the field, Theo shares the findings of Los Angeles's Mutual Aid Research Collective in their new report on the unhoused community's experiences with the LA fires.


Follow the Mutual Aid Research Collective's Work here: https://www.instagram.com/maresearchco/

Get a copy of Don't Fight Back here: https://www.beacon.org/Dont-Fight-Back-P2456.aspx

Theo interviews Meg Stone, author of Don't Fight Back:&nbsp;And 10 Other Myths About Crime, Personal Safety, and Gender-Based Violence about how the unhoused and other marginalized people are encouraged not to defend themselves, and are frequently presented as aggressors themselves. In the field, Theo shares the findings of Los Angeles's Mutual Aid Research Collective in their new report on the unhoused community's experiences with the LA fires.
 Follow the Mutual Aid Research Collective's Work here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/maresearchco/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/maresearchco/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1784065801728000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3r8ahuoSt-VE7lsO7mPmZz">https://www.instagram.com/maresearchco/</a>
Get a copy of Don't Fight Back&nbsp;here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.beacon.org/Dont-Fight-Back-P2456.aspx" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.beacon.org/Dont-Fight-Back-P2456.aspx&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1784065801728000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1IYb1qrRSGqax5_sIfPc4I">https://www.beacon.org/Dont-Fight-Back-P2456.aspx</a>

History's Falsehoods: The Reality Check

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/34adcbe3-6d84-42ec-a081-b486016927e4/transcript

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

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