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Media Center FeatureBy Sounds from the Street / Angie Whitehurst September 16, 2015

🎧 Sounds From the Street
Angie Whitehurst Part 1 of 2: A Life Interrupted

Angie Whitehurst’s story explodes any and all stereotypes of what homelessness is or “looks like.” An econ and poli-sci major…

Media Center FeatureBy Sounds from the Street / Jeffery McNeil September 2, 2015

🎧 Sounds From the Street
Jeffery McNeil on Self-Determination

Jeffery McNeil discusses the joy of writing, welfare (and why he’s not for it) and how his regulars helped him…

Media Center FeatureBy Sounds from the Street / Cynthia Mewborn August 19, 2015

🎧 Sounds From the Street
Cynthia Mewborn on PTSD and Recovery

Cynthia Mewborn lived in a tent for a year on the street. In spite of the mental and emotional toll…

Media Center FeatureBy Sounds from the Street / Levester Green July 22, 2015

🎧 Sounds From the Street
Levester Green on Art and Finding Stability

Thanks in large part to police brutality and racism, Levester Green has been homeless off and on for years. But…

Media Center FeatureBy Sounds from the Street / Sasha Williams July 8, 2015

🎧 Sounds From the Street
Sasha Williams on Finding a Home

Episode 3 of our brand new podcast, Sounds From the Street. Sasha Williams navigates the road to housing, provides a window into the District’s family shelter and celebrates success!

Media Center FeatureBy Sounds from the Street / Bardia Saeedi June 24, 2015

🎧 Sounds From the Street
Bardia Saeedi on the Homeless Art Bus

In this interview Artist-in-Residence Bardia Saaedi, explores interactive art, becoming an activist, and, of course, his dynamic art/bus project. The…

Media Center FeatureBy Sounds from the Street / Eric Thompson-Bey June 10, 2015

🎧 Sounds From the Street
Eric Thompson-Bey on Go-go, Homelessness and more

Sounds from the Street sits down with Street Sense vendor Eric Thompson-Bey to discuss his experience with the paper, shelter conditions, go-go music and more.

Media Center FeatureBy Street Sense Interactive Art Group June 1, 2015

🔧 I Have a Home Here

Support “I Have a Home Here” Today! Read more about the project in The Washington Post, or tune in to…

Media Center FeatureBy Homelessly in Love May 14, 2015

📹 “I Couldn’t Imagine Living Without My Kids”

A young couple, Alyssa and Marvin, struggles to protect their children from homelessness. | Preview excerpt from the documentary Homelessly in Love.

Media Center FeatureBy Street Sense Filmmakers Co-op / Robert Warren / Reginald Black April 29, 2015

📹 Fairness Rising

A Street Sense Filmmakers Co-op production, directed by Robert Warren and Reginald Black, touching on homeless advocates, hard winters, a mayor’s race and more.

Media Center FeatureBy Street Sense Filmmakers Co-op / Morgan Jones April 29, 2015

📹 Late Show

A Street Sense Filmmakers Co-op production, directed by Morgan Jones, touching on internships, sacrificing for family, saving a man’s life and more.

Media Center FeatureBy Street Sense Filmmakers Co-op / Levester Green April 29, 2015

📹 I Am Levester Joe Green II

A Street Sense Filmmakers Co-op production, directed by Levester Green, touching on poetry, police harassment, education and more.

Media Center FeatureBy Homelessly in Love April 14, 2015

📹 “They Hand You a Spoon”

Best friends Orock and Anyang tell us about the men in their lives.

Media Center FeatureBy Homelessly in Love April 1, 2015

📹 “I’m a Cougar”

Michelle Rae Lesher discusses her latest relationship.

Media Center FeatureBy Street Sense Interactive Art Group March 7, 2015

🔧 One Step Away

This project, performed at public events and community rallies, aims to demonstrates the invisibility that can come with homelessness and…