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There is a vast bank of incredible Ted Talks that address homelessness and its potential solutions. You are free to find some on your own, but here are some examples to start off:

Click here for a 10 minute Ted Talk by housing advocate Brandi Tuck on “trauma-informed” homeless shelters: shelters whose architectural design emphasizes flexibility, comfort and aesthetics and contribute better outcomes for the unhoused there

Click here for a 12-minute Ted Talk by Albuquerque mayor Richard Berry on his citywide initiative to help pan-handling unhoused individuals by giving them cleaning day jobs and a place to sleep.

Click here for an 18-minute Ted Talk by law enforcement consultant Dean Joseph on his interactions with mentally ill members of the unhoused community in Skid Row, and his ideas on how the police could more effectively handle those interactions and care for those individuals.

// Variable HP hrs = Receive variable hours by watching one or more homelessness-focused Ted Talks and responding to them via the Media Hours Form //

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Skid Row: A mental health state of emergency | Deon Joseph | TEDxGrandPark

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The largest Tiny Home village in the US was recently opened in Highland Park, Los Angeles. Funded and constructed by the City of Los Angeles, the village features 117 units (containing 224 beds) for unhoused individuals seeking immediate, transitional housing. It is still too early to gauge whether the village, and the tiny home model in general, is an effective solution to the housing crisis in LA -- but the project has garnered much hopeful support from housing rights activists.

To learn more about the Tiny Home Village, click here for the official website, here for the basic rundown; and here for pictures.

// 0.5 HP hrs = Receive 30 mins for viewing the links above and for sharing your opinions on the Tiny Home solution to homelessness via the Media Hours Form //

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LA has unveiled the US' largest prefab tiny home village for the homeless - see inside the $5.1 million community

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The village will have 117 tiny homes and 224 beds. It's Los Angeles' latest multimillion dollar bet to help alleviate the homelessness crisis.

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The Greater Los Angeles Point-In-Time Homeless Count is an annual survey, conducted by volunteers on a single night in January, that records the total number and demographic breakdown of the unhoused community in Los Angeles. The survey gives us key insights into the structural and systematic causes of homelessness by revealing, for example, how foster-care youth and individuals of color experience homelessness at disproportionately high rates. The 2021 Count was cancelled due to COVID-related difficulties in gathering volunteers, but click here to view the key findings from the 2020 Count.

// 0.5 HP hrs = Receive 30 mins for investigating the trends and key results from the 2020 Homeless Count presentation and responding to it via the Media Hours Form //

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2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count Presentation

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"Soft White Underbelly" is a YouTube channel, created by photographer Mark Laila, that interviews various members of the Skid Row community, including many unhoused individuals.

Due to the sensitive topics this channel covers, viewer discretion is advised! Trigger warning for the topics of domestic violence, sexual abuse, and substance abuse.

// 1 HP hour = Receive one hour by watching 2 SWU episodes (each video ranges in length from 10 to 50 minutes) and responding to it via the Media Hours Form. //

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Soft White Underbelly interviews and portraits of the human condition by photographer, Mark Laita. Contact:soft_white_underbelly@yahoo.com For ad-free, uncensored versions of SWU videos, as well as some exclusive videos please subscribe to: https://www.patreon.com/softwhiteunderbelly Here's a link to audio only versions of my videos: https://asmrdb.fanlink.to/softwhiteunderbelly

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"We The Unhoused" is a podcast that features members of the unhoused community in Los Angeles and sheds light on their lived experiences and struggles. Housing rights activist Theodore Henderson started this podcast two years ago and has since produced nearly 50 episodes. Click here to access the podcast, which is available on Spotify/Soundcloud/Apple Podcast.

// 1 HP hour = Receive 1 hour for listening to one podcast episode and responding to it via the Media Hours Form //

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To provide accurate news coverage for the unhoused community about the unhoused community. To educate the housed community on how to debunk the anti-Unhoused sentiment that permeates the world.

Lifting the Voices and Struggles of the Unhoused in LA and Beyond

Theodore Henderson is an unhoused Angeleno advocating for the rights of the most vulnerable: those forgotten by the system.

His podcast "We The Unhoused" sheds light on the daily hardships that the unhoused community in Los Angeles faces as he interviews a different unhoused guest in each episode.

Theodore's work has received recognition from big publications like BBC and the LA Times. He strives to elevate the voice of the unhoused in the media and talk to them, not at them.

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To provide accurate news coverage for the unhoused community about the unhoused community. To educate the housed community on how to debunk the anti-Unhoused sentiment that permeates the world. Lifting the Voices and Struggles of the Unhoused in LA and Beyond Theodore Henderson is an unhoused Angeleno advocating for the rights of the most vulnerable: those forgotten by the system.

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Volunteer on your own with an org of your choice (in-person or otherwise) and send us some form of proof to the HP email. Some potential organizations include  UCLA4All, Street Watch LA, LA Food Bank and We The Unhoused.

// Variable HP hour = Receive a variable hour amount depending on how long you volunteered //

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If you are able, donate to an organization of your choice (money, clothes, food, hygiene products, etc.) and send some form of proof to the HP email.

// 1 HP hour = Receive 1 hour per donation //