Episode 27: Black Unhoused Lives Matter
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Theo covers and speaks at the "Defund The Police: Rally For Black Unhoused Lives" in Echo Park. We hear powerful testimony from Unhoused Echo Park resident Lady Bliss, a musical performance from Unhoused EP resident Ayman Ahmed, a call to action from LA CAN's General Dogon, John Blackman, and EP resident Zach talks about a camp shower he built. Theo then interviews congressional candidate David Kim, a self professed "PHIMBY" aka Public Housing In My Back Yard. (Photo: A portrait of Charley "Africa" Keunang, an unhoused resident of Skid Row who was murdered by LAPD in 2015. Rest In Power)
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