Actions, Not Just Words: Every Day Action to the Rescue

About this episode

Theo speaks with Sam Luu and Hillary Cohen about their mutual aid efforts and ongoing work to support the unhoused and film industry professionals.

To close out 2025, Theo speaks with Sam Luu and Hillary Cohen of Every Day Action. We learn how they scaled their pandemic-era mutual aid effort to feed the unhoused to where they are today, continuing that work by preventing food waste on film sets and helping out-of-work film industry professionals during the ongoing labor crisis.  Learn more about Every Day Action here:  https://www.youreverydayaction.org/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Theo

Guests: Sam Luu, Hillary Cohen

Topics covered

• mutual aid
• food waste
• film industry
• labor crisis
• pandemic response

Keywords

• mutual aid
• food waste
• unhoused
• film industry
• labor crisis
• Every Day Action

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Every Day Action, iHeartPodcasts

Places: 2025

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