Homelessness Marathon bannerHomelessness Marathon - October 21, 2012
The Homelessness Marathon is making some changes after 14 years. We are happy to announce we are changing from our traditional February show to October. This year we'll broadcast during daytime hours on the weekend. The program will be live on Sunday October 21st beginning at 10am EST. These changes mean the voices and stories of homeless people from all around the United States will be heard right before the Presidential election. The Homelessness Marathon features live call-ins via a national toll-free number. The Homelessness Marathon is available for free to all non-commercial radio stations.
BROADCAST SCHEDULE
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14th ANNUAL HOMELESSNESS MARATHON -- BROADCAST SCHEDULE
The Homelessness Marathon is primarily composed of short, prerecorded reports and longer live discussions. All hours will include calls as well as comments from homeless people at the microphone in Kansas City, MO. All times are Central.
The Homelessness Marathon is primarily composed of short, prerecorded reports and longer live discussions. All hours will include calls as well as comments from homeless people at the microphone in Kansas City, MO. All times are Central.
| HOUR 1 6-7 p.m. | Welcome from host “Nobody.” Then a panel of homeless families currently residing at Restart in Kansas City | |
| HOUR 2 7-8 p.m. | Short | “Winter Shelter” – Andrew Olanoff |
| Long | Homelessness in KC. Kar Woo, of Kansas City Artists Helping the Homeless, Staci Pratt, homeless liaison for the Kansas City, KS public schools. | |
| HOUR 3 8-9 p.m. | Short | “How Did Homelessness Become A Crime” by Sam Lewis |
| Long | What Makes Homeless People Die? Co-Hosts: Dr. Jan Gurly who made a study of homeless mortality and Dr. Sharon Lee, director Family Health Clinic in Kansas City, Kansas. | |
| HOUR 4 9-10 p.m. | Short | “San Francisco Bans Sitting And Lying On the Sidewalk” by Andrew Stelzer |
| Long | What Should Kansas City Do? Co-Hosts: George Harris, PhD, vice-chair Kansas City Task Force on Homelessness and Kansas City Police Chief Jim Corwin. | |
| HOUR 5 10-11 p.m. | Short | “Wait For Section Eight” by Ryan Dawes |
| Long | “It’s Not All About The Money” Co-Hosts, Desiree Monize, executive director of Hope Faith Ministries and Richard Tripp, executive director of COPP, Inc. During this hour, Richard Tripp will announce the recipients of the First Annual COPP Compassion Awards. | |
| HOUR 6 11 p.m. – midnight | Short | “Street Shrink” by Erika Beras |
| Long | What Is Mental Health and How Do We get It?” Co-hosts: Corinna West, creative director, Wellness Wordworks, Lauren Moyer, special projects director for ReDiscover. | |
| HOUR 7Midnight – 1 a.m. | Short | “Artists Help Homeless Men” by David Weinberg |
| Long | “Random Guest Hour I” Guests to include Mark Horvath, founder of InvisiblePeople.TV and Paul Boden, director Western Regional Advocacy Project and Mike Rhodes, editor Community Alliance newspaper of Fresno. Guest hosts: Jeff Humfeld and Mike Murphy of KKFI. | |
| HOUR 8 1-2 a.m. | Short | “Teen Homelessness” by Eric Stearly |
| Long | “Homeless Teens: What’s There For Them On The Streets?” Guests: A panel of teen residents of KC’s “Synergy Services” | |
| HOUR 9 2-3 a.m. | Short | Street Poetry |
| Long | “Foreclosure and How To Fight It” Guest Host: Cheri Honkala, director Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign | |
| HOUR 10 3-4 a.m. | Short | “It Could Happen To Anyone, Even My Dad” by Iris SanGiovanni |
| Long | First a check-in with the Canadian Homelessness Marathon. Then, “Busting Unions and Going Bust.” Co-Host, Larry Bresler of Organize Ohio. Guest Host: Cheri Honkala. | |
| HOUR 11 4-5 a.m. | Short | “Homeless Street Paper” – Adam Kampe |
| Long | “International Hour” Guest: Ann Johnson, program officer with the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. | |
| HOUR 12 5-6 a.m. | Short | “Searching Abandoned Buildings of New Orleans” – David Weinberg |
| Long | First: “Aftermath” Joanne Hughes of the Louisiana Coastal Heritage Society on poverty after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Then: Open Mic. Time. | |
| HOUR 13 6-7 a.m. | Short | “Homeless Teens in Houston” –by Shannon Young |
| Long | Open Mic Hour. Guest Host: Roger B. who is currently homeless. With special guests from KC’s Grand Ave. Temple and also Greg Staffa, a homeless man who helps the homeless. | |
| Hour 14 7-8 a.m. | Short | “Real Voices of the Homeless” by Claudia Cragg |
| Long | “What Does It Cost?” A representatives of Dignity Village, Portland, Oregon’s legal homeless encampment; an official with Santa Barbara’s “Safe Parking” program, and the manufacturers of pre-fabricated domes talk about the cost of sheltering homeless people using their models. | |
