“They always say it takes something bad to bring people together.” — Mama Rose Adams
The 30-minute sharable.net audio story on Chico’s Mutual Aid pandemic response punctuated by heartfelt and gripping lived experience stories of love, redemption and persecution from those Without a Roof.
00:00 — Top of the hour and show theme
02:53 — Show introduction
04:22 — Mama Rose on mutual aid from her Project Roomkey residence in Chico, California
07:50 — Roy's disabled houseless veteran on location at Windchime Park
10:22 — Kelly and Roy just after they enter their Project Roomkey hotel room
13:16 — Learn more about Project Roomkey
44:27 — Danny on mutual aid from the horseshoe pit at One Mile Recreation Area.
47:38 — Thomas a houseless resident in the horseshoe pit area on being told to leave his camp.
50:27 — Details on the eviction
52:29 — Chris Walter, a houseless resident in the horseshoe pit area on being told to leave his camp.
55:21 — Signing off
56:32 — Chico Vice Mayor Alex Brown, words of gratitude for mutual aid
57:32 — Paul Boden, Executive Director at Western Regional Advocacy Project