Listen "Episode 8: How Business Improvement Districts are Privatizing the Block"
Episode Synopsis
This episode features an interview with Paul Boden of Western Regional Advocacy Project, a local organization coordinating a regional response to the criminalization of homeless people. We talk about Business Improvement Districts, the shadowy private entities that are turning neighborhoods across the country into outdoor malls - and determining who has access to spaces that were once public. Get Involved!Western Regional Advocacy Project: https://wraphome.org/Learn more about Business Improvement Districts (AKA Homeless Exclusion Districts): https://wraphome.org/homeless-exclusion-districs/Weather report brought to you by Mega Bloom, a local preschool teacher and musician whose new album is coming out this winter. Hear their first album Music for Little Sprouts here: https://megabloomsmusic.bandcamp.comSupport for Street Speak comes from our listeners! Please donate to us online at https://coalition.networkforgood.com/Support the show
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