In the News: Homeless find platform on radio ...

Fresno chosen for annual show to call attention to city sweeps, here [via The Fresno Bee; Wednesday, February 21, 2007 (includes photos)].

Last Hour, Waning Minutes

Nobody (Jeremy Weir Alderson) grills President Bush's Homelessness Czar, Phil Mangano, Director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness concerning the Bush Record On Homelessness.


[photo via the Homelessness Marathon Tabernacle of Truth live Webcam]

10th Annual Homelessness Marathon National Radio Broadcast: Airs Tonight (2/20th) @ 7pm Until Tomorrow (2/21st) @ 9am [EST]

Call in, starting from 7:00 PM [EST] tonight
(Tuesday, Feb. 20th)
until 9:00 AM [EST] tomorrow morning
(Wednesday, Feb. 21st):

1-877-NOBODY-8
(1-877-662-6398)

If you are homeless: 1-866-LEFTOUT
(1-866-533-8688)

Email your questions:
questions@homelessnessmarathon.org

For additional information, including where to access the broadcast via online streaming, visit the Annual Homelessness Marathon Website.

Open Thread

As the description of this blog indicates, [t]his blog has been set up for the Annual Homelessness Marathon for people to use to discuss what they hear during the broadcast, [...]. Let us hear from you.

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In the News: Fresno's homeless

[...]

Recent discussion about Fresno's homeless has been fueled, in part, by criticism heaped on the city by a federal judge and some national advocates, including one who is coming to town Tuesday to broadcast a national radio show.

[...]

A national advocate says he decided to air a radio broadcast in Fresno after hearing about a number of the city's controversial tactics, including penalizing shopping-cart thieves, throwing away possessions during encampment raids and fencing off places where the city's destitute gather.

Jeremy Weir Alderson, a broadcaster from New York state, says he will interview some of Fresno's homeless and several local advocates during a 14-hour radio show scheduled to begin Tuesday afternoon.

Alderson airs his show from a different city each year and targets places that have made national headlines for their handling of the homeless. His 10th annual Homelessness Marathon will begin at 4 p.m. and be carried locally on KFCF 88.1 FM.

Fresno First Mexican Baptist Church will host the show, which will be made available to Pacifica Radio Network, allowing stations throughout the country to broadcast it.

[...]

Read the entire article, here [via The Fresno Bee; Monday, February 19, 2007 (includes photos as well as blog post type of commenting featuring available at bottom of page)].

"Homeless, not hopeless"

Article published with the Thursday (February 15, 2006) edition of the Burlington Free Press (Burlington, Vermont), here [online edition of article includes photo].

fyi: Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS)

Broadcast Schedule & Stations Airing List Posted

The 10TH Annual Homelessness Marathon (2007) broadcast schedule has been posted, here and, the station list was also posted as well, here [Homelessness Marathon Website].

7th Annual Homelessness Marathon Video Excerpts

Part 1
(length: 10 minutes)


Part 2
(length: 6:46 minutes)



[via YouTube]

Homelessness Marathon on MySpace

Visit the Homelessness Marathon site hosted on MySpace, here (includes videos).

'Homeless Man Crusades Against Condo Conversions in Burlington' [Vermont]

Must-read article: A House Divided, here [via Seven Days; alternative weekly newspaper; Burlington, Vermont].

[cross-posted at Norsehorse's Home Turf]