Chrishelle Palay, NLIHC board member and director of the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity (HOME) Coalition, will co-host “But Next Time,” a limited-series podcast airing next month. The series will lift up powerful narratives of collective action that are transforming how communities prepare for and respond to climate-fueled natural disasters.
The four-part podcast will include stories of community-led language-justice advocacy, tenant organizing, pandemic response, and more. The series will highlight courageous individuals who have stepped up to serve their communities, from a beloved radio host broadcasting crucial information in Spanish while the Tubbs fire engulfed Sonoma to moms fighting for housing justice in flooded Houston after Hurricane Harvey. These community members demand change from those in power to ensure that the next time a climate-fueled disaster strikes, the response will be different.
The HOME Coalition, which Chrishelle directs, was created in 2017 in response to Hurricane Harvey to ensure all Houstonians recovered from that disaster in an equitable manner. She will host the podcast with Rose Arrieta, a multimedia journalist working as senior communications lead at Causa Justa. The senior producer and editor of the series will be independent documentary filmmaker Leah Mahan. “But Next Time” is one of five innovative media projects created by the Rise-Home Stories Project. Rise-Home Stories was formed in 2018 when a group of multimedia storytellers and housing, land, and racial justice advocates (including from NLIHC) came together to reimagine the past, present, and future of our communities by transforming the stories we tell about them.
The first episode of “But Next Time” will air October 6 and October 12 on the Making Contact program. To access the show, check local listings or watch the podcast feed.
Watch a preview of “But Next Time” at: https://bit.ly/39T2BWR
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