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Title: Chon Gotti Interview, March 31, 2015
Date: March 31, 2015
Creator: Person responsible unknown; Person responsible unknown
Description: PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community
Subject: Church of the Epiphany; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness;
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1526
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Title: Hope Lassiter Interview, March 25, 2015
Date: March 25, 2015
Creator: Person responsible unknown; Person responsible unknown
Description: SUMMARY: The interview with Hope Lassiter goes over main points such as her past and current working experiences, conditions of the jobs, ability to make ends meet, skills acquired, barriers to seeking employment and her own vision for the homeless. It touches upon her acquiring license at Roosevelt STAY, her acorn and day labor jobs, as well ass her security jobs at CSC. She has typing skills and would like to get a permanent job and go back to school. She currently works on commission at Street Sense. She is homeless since she was 29 years old and has been unemployed since 2013. Her jobs do not usually lead to future one and she thinks homeless need to get out of the shelters and be provided with resources so they can attend proper job interviews. Ultimately, the homeless need better wages. PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
Subject: Church of the Epiphany; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness;
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1537
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