Hear Our Voices Podcast: 'If We Don't Stick Together, We Won't Make It'

""I was always involved in protesting," White said this week on the latest episode of the "Hear Our Voices" podcast, which shares stories, resources and information about family homelessness in New York City (the podcast is produced by the Family Homelessness Coalition, whose members include Citizens' Committee for Children, a City Limits funder)."

""I wanted to find out...where are the resources?" White told podcast host Kadisha Davis. "Where does the money and funding that comes down from the government to go into the resources, how is it getting there? Where is it going? What stops does it make along the way? Does it actually get to the community?""

""The number one thing is we have to stick together as a people, right? If we don't stick together, we won't make it anywhere," she said of that work."

Charisma White grew up around activists and advocates; her mother was an artist who attended Medgar Evers College and engaged in community advocacy in Brooklyn, enabling meetings with leaders like Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King. Personal experiences with homelessness prompted White to deepen her activism and investigate where government funding and resources actually go and what barriers interrupt their delivery to communities. White has worked with Urban Pathways, the New York City Continuum of Consumer Care, and Safety Net Activists within the Urban Justice Center. She emphasizes collective solidarity and describes prolonged difficulty finding an apartment in New York City while holding a Section 8 voucher.

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