Hear Our Voices Podcast: ‘If We Don’t Stick Together, We Won’t Make It’

On the latest episode host Kadisha Davis speaks to Charisma White of the Safety Net Activists about her work in homelessness advocacy and her past experiences looking for housing with a Section voucher A rally outside City Hall in calling for an end to family homelessness Gerardo Romo NYC Council Media Unit Charisma White grew up around activists and advocates Her mother was an artist who attended Medgar Evers College and was deeply involved in district advocacy in Brooklyn work that gave White the opportunity to meet prominent civil rights activists like Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King I was constantly involved in protesting White stated this week on the latest episode of the Hear Our Voices podcast which shares stories support and information about family homelessness in New York City the podcast is produced by the Family Homelessness Coalition whose members include Citizens Committee for Children a City Limits funder function d u ac var s d createElement 'script' s type 'text javascript' s src 'https a omappapi com app js api min js' s async true s dataset user u s dataset campaign ac d getElementsByTagName 'head' appendChild s document 'u kmqsczew vunxutxmd' But it wasn t until her own experiences with homelessness that she fully stepped into the role of activist herself she stated I sought to find out where are the materials White stated podcast host Kadisha Davis Where does the money and funding that comes down from the executive to go into the guidance how is it getting there Where is it going What stops does it make along the way Does it indeed get to the region White has worked as an advocate with Urban Pathways the New York City Continuum of Consumer Care and the Safety Net Activists an organizing group that s part of the Urban Justice Center s Safety Net Project The number one thing is we have to stick together as a people right If we don t stick together we won t make it anywhere she mentioned of that work You can listen to the conversation below the first in a two-part interview in which White also describes her experiences as Section tenant and the frustration of trying to find an apartment with rental voucher in New York City For five years with my voucher in hand I could not find housing and I didn t really think it was the issue of the voucher she notified Davis It was more of the issue of agencies non-communication with each other landlords and realtors discriminating against the voucher To reach the editor contact Jeanmarie citylimits org The post Hear Our Voices Podcast If We Don t Stick Together We Won t Make It appeared first on City Limits