The Homelessness Marathon
America's only national broadcast focusing on
homelessness and poverty
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| The broadcast booth at the 20th Homelessness Marathon in Washington, DC in 2018. |
The Homelessness Marathon is a unique radio program that
gives homeless people and their allies a chance to speak with the nation about
their experiences. Broadcasting from a different city each year, the Marathon features live reports, interviews with advocates and experts,
and calls from listeners all over the country. Each hour of the program focuses on a different aspect of the problem, from youth to veterans, and from evictions to shelters.
Above all, the program centers
the voices of homeless people talking about their real circumstances,
obstacles, and potential solutions.
The goal is to create a dialogue on poverty, its causes and effects, and ideas for solving the homelessness crisis. The program goes beyond just talking about homelessness. instead, it focuses on hearing and learning from the lived experiences of homeless people around the nation... ideas and voices that are completely missing from current political discourse.
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The Homelessness Marathon goes underground
to talk with some of the forgotten people of Washington, DC. |
The goal is to create a dialogue on poverty, its causes and effects, and ideas for solving the homelessness crisis. The program goes beyond just talking about homelessness. instead, it focuses on hearing and learning from the lived experiences of homeless people around the nation... ideas and voices that are completely missing from current political discourse.
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| Outside the 16th Homelessness Marathon, which took place at the First Baptist Church of Brattleboro,Vermont in February 2014. |
