EPISODE · Apr 20, 2021 · 1H
Echo Park Rise Up...House Keys Not Handcuffs...Services Not Sweeps
from Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong · host MTAS Productions
When Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell turned the water and electricity turned off, the unhoused built showers, and drinking water sources to compensate for ones that O’Farrell had taken away from them. They had constructed a community kitchen that was opened to all housed and unhoused residents and regularly prepared meals for both. Does that sound like community blight to you? Meet the people who lived at Echo Park Lake before the city moved them out: Monica of Echo Park Lake, and Ayman and Wallstreet of Echo Park Rise Up. Thanks to General Dogon of Los Angeles Community Action Network (LACAN) Cangress.org
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When Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell turned the water and electricity turned off, the unhoused built showers, and drinking water sources to compensate for ones that O’Farrell had taken away from them. They had constructed a community kitchen that was opened to all housed and unhoused residents and regularly prepared meals for both. Does that sound like community blight to you? Meet the people who lived at Echo Park Lake before the city moved them out: Monica of Echo Park Lake, and Ayman and Wallstreet of Echo Park Rise Up. Thanks to General Dogon of Los Angeles Community Action Network (LACAN) Cangress.org
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