Our Top 5 Picks for the Quarter Stay informed and entertained by this quarter’s media choices reflecting on aspects of affordable housing, social justice,
and other relevant topics. 1. Photography Exhibit
Images always speak louder than words. The images of Camilo José Vergara Chilean American photographer, documents continuity and change in American urban spaces. He is especially interested in the built environment including ruins, housing projects, prison and drug treatment facilities, transportation and industrial corridors, and areas undergoing gentrification. See his work at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture . 2. Film to See As we create more housing designed to enable those experiencing homelessness to leave the streets, we were intrigues by this film. Inspired by true events, the acclaimed film No Address follows the harrowing journey of Lauren, a young woman pushed onto the streets and forced to survive against all odds. Alongside a makeshift family of outcasts—each with their own haunting story of struggle and loss—Lauren discovers that home is not just a place, but the people who refuse to let you fall. 3. Read This The “trades” are what keep construction alive in affordable housing and all building industries. In Such a Good Man, Dustin M. Hoffman shines a light into the dark corners of American suburbia. The housepainters, contractors, plumbers, painters, and roofers that populate these pages are doing their best to overcome life's brutal indifference. 4. And this In There is No Place for Us , Brian Goldstone, a journalist for The New York Times , and Harper’s Magazine , among others, tells the stories of five Atlanta families, personifying the dramatic rise of the “working homeless” in cities across America 5. Listen to this We have tackled the topic of loneliness amongst seniors and others in some affordable housing communities. Strangers on The Way is a podcast bent on transforming the world, one stranger at a time. On a quest to eliminate loneliness and isolation, writer and speaker Lauren Hansen is on a mission to encourage every person to meet someone new every day. This podcast shares inspirational stories of her interactions with strangers across the world. Be inspired through her stories to create new stories of your own.
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