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Understanding Homelessness Podcast

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 tho... Read more

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Seeking Research Justice

Seeking Research Justice

Dr. Andres Lopez, research director for the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC), and Dr. Mira Mohsini, CCC’s senior ... Read more

4 Aug 2022

58mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 14: Villages as Alternative Shelter

Episode 14: Villages as Alternative Shelter

Todd Ferry from Portland State University shares the results of his study on villages as alternative shelter and the how... Read more

19 Jul 2022

56mins

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Episode 13: Invisible Homelessness Counts

Episode 13: Invisible Homelessness Counts

People living doubled up with friends or family due to economic hardship, sometimes called invisible homelessness, is no... Read more

7 Jun 2022

52mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 12: Racial inequity in permanent supportive housing

Episode 12: Racial inequity in permanent supportive housing

Dr. Norweeta Milburn and Earl Edwards from UCLA share their recent study with co-authored with California Policy Lab col... Read more

13 May 2022

45mins

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Episode 11: Understanding student homelessness through comics

Episode 11: Understanding student homelessness through comics

When Portland State University instructor Kacy McKinney got the idea to create a series of comics featuring PSU students... Read more

15 Apr 2022

45mins

Ranked #6

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

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 oregonlawcenter.org/eviction-defens... Read more

9 Feb 2022

39mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 9: The fight for racial equity

Episode 9: The fight for racial equity

In this episode we talk with Julia Delgado, the vice president of the Urban League of Portland, about the higher rates o... Read more

25 Jan 2022

35mins

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Episode 8: Listening to those most impacted

Episode 8: Listening to those most impacted

In this episode, we talk with Jessica Mathis and Calvin from Welcome Home Coalition, a group of organizations working to... Read more

7 Dec 2021

36mins

Ranked #9

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

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 questions about rates of homelessness, a... Read more

19 Nov 2021

20mins

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Episode 6: Her story is her power

Episode 6: Her story is her power

In this episode, we talk with Raven Drake, manager of the Streets Roots Ambassador Program. The program builds on the ta... Read more

18 Oct 2021

37mins

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