21st Annual Homelessness Marathon to Air Tomorrow (Wednesday)
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Jeremy Alderson
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21st Annual Homelessness Marathon Set to Air
The 21st Annual Homelessness Marathon will air from 10am to midnight Eastern
time tomorrow, Wednesday, July 24th! Founded in 1998, the broadcast will be
carried by about 40 non-commercial radio stations coast-to-coast. This year's
broadcast has been produced in conjunction with WMBR, the radio station of MIT.
Though there will be many highlights to this year's broadcast, the biggest
"highlight" may be one the audience will never hear - the voices of
presidential candidates. Twenty-one presidential candidates were invited to
give their views on ending homelessness. These included many Democrats (all
the leading ones), Green and Libertarian party members as well as the
incumbent.
Only Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins accepted (he will appear during the
4-5pm hour), but the question isn't where are the other candidates? The
question is, where are their plans for ending homelessness?
Still, the Marathon will have many, many interesting guests (a schedule is
attached). These will include Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern; Cheri Honkala,
head of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign; Mass. State Rep. Mike
Connolly and Poor People's Campaign co-chair Rev. Liz Theoharis.
In addition to all of the homeless and formerly homeless people who will be
with us in the WMBR studio or on the phone, we will also be originating live
from places where homeless people congregate. These will include the offices
of Spare Change, the homeless paper of Cambridge; a Health Care Without Walls
facility where homeless women are given free treatment; the Common Cathedral's
Common Arts program, where homeless artists, skilled and unskilled, are
provided with materials and a place to work; and The Paulist Center Supper
Club, which has been feeding people in need for fifty years!
The call in number for the broadcast will be 877-NOBODY-8 (877-662-6398).
We hope you'll join us, because Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Pete
Buttigieg, Kamala Harris and President Trump won't!
Jeremy Weir Alderson
Director, Homelessness Marathon
The 21st Annual Homelessness Marathon will air from 10am to midnight Eastern
time tomorrow, Wednesday, July 24th! Founded in 1998, the broadcast will be
carried by about 40 non-commercial radio stations coast-to-coast. This year's
broadcast has been produced in conjunction with WMBR, the radio station of MIT.
Though there will be many highlights to this year's broadcast, the biggest
"highlight" may be one the audience will never hear - the voices of
presidential candidates. Twenty-one presidential candidates were invited to
give their views on ending homelessness. These included many Democrats (all
the leading ones), Green and Libertarian party members as well as the
incumbent.
Only Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins accepted (he will appear during the
4-5pm hour), but the question isn't where are the other candidates? The
question is, where are their plans for ending homelessness?
Still, the Marathon will have many, many interesting guests (a schedule is
attached). These will include Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern; Cheri Honkala,
head of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign; Mass. State Rep. Mike
Connolly and Poor People's Campaign co-chair Rev. Liz Theoharis.
In addition to all of the homeless and formerly homeless people who will be
with us in the WMBR studio or on the phone, we will also be originating live
from places where homeless people congregate. These will include the offices
of Spare Change, the homeless paper of Cambridge; a Health Care Without Walls
facility where homeless women are given free treatment; the Common Cathedral's
Common Arts program, where homeless artists, skilled and unskilled, are
provided with materials and a place to work; and The Paulist Center Supper
Club, which has been feeding people in need for fifty years!
The call in number for the broadcast will be 877-NOBODY-8 (877-662-6398).
We hope you'll join us, because Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Pete
Buttigieg, Kamala Harris and President Trump won't!
Jeremy Weir Alderson
Director, Homelessness Marathon
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