When you are homeless

When you are homeless

By Blake Sanz and Alison TurnerSociety & Culture
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When you are homeless episodes

  • Analyn’s Story
    Analyn describes her determination to stay with her children despite abusive partners and entanglements with social services.
    “Every lawyer that I have is denying my case...They say, we believe that you were done wrong, but you can't fight the system. It's too much for us.”
    30 min
  • Devin's Story
    A young man from Raleigh looks to find his place in a new city.
    “I'm not going to be no specialized big vocabulary word person. I'm going to give it to them straight up. How do you get through situations?"
    32 min
  • Episode 4: Trauma
    How can you know what traumas another person carries?
    It’s only a hose, but maybe you’ve seen too many snakes to trust your eyes.
    44 min
  • Episode 3: Art on the Margins
    Hear the ways that people use coloring to cope, writing to roam, and music to reclaim.
    It's like, "Here. Okay. Finally, you all understand now? You all see? This is what I've been doing. This is what I enjoy doing. This is...me."
    37 min
  • Nicole's Story
    A mother experiences homelessness for a second time and uses coloring to cope.
    "The first time, I wasn't expecting it, because the way things happened. This time, I'm more in control of my feelings... because it was my fault."
    26 min
  • Donjuan's Story
    An artist from Philadelphia works on a photography project: Four Seasons in a Day.
    “I wasn't homeless. I had a home. I had a life. I had a business. I had everything. I literally walked away from everything to freaking write, to take pictures, to just get in my body and bring something out.”
    33 min

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