Underreported, Underrepresented, Never Unforgettable: The LA Black Worker Center

About this episode

Theo highlights the work of the Los Angeles Black Worker Center in supporting the Black unhoused community.

Theo rings in the new year by spotlighting another crucial, underreported segment of the unhoused — the Black unhoused community. We speak with Angela, Ted, and Jeremiah of the Los Angeles Black Worker Center about the crucial work, they’re doing to support Black Angelinos in not just job training and help finding housing, but political education.  Learn more about LABWC here:  https://linktr.ee/Labwc?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=d68e94b8-e500-4448-88a7-efefb26f8d75 Sign up for Ready 2 Work here:  https://secure.everyaction.com/NJkCBf_6yk2T3m95V9lqJA2 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Theo

Guests: Angela, Ted, Jeremiah

Topics covered

• Black unhoused community
• job training
• housing support
• political education
• Los Angeles
• social justice

Keywords

• Black unhoused
• Los Angeles
• job training
• housing
• political education
• social justice
• LABWC

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Los Angeles Black Worker Center, Ready 2 Work

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