Episode Description: The Rev. Matthew Heyd sits down with Charles King, Founder and Executive Director of Housing Works. King shares his story of how he came to be at the forefront of Act Up! In the eighties in New York City, fighting for housing rights for homeless people dying of HIV, and went on to found Housing Works. Both pastor and advocate, King is currently at the center of transforming housing for homeless people infected with COVID using a harm-reduction model, often cleaning rooms for residents himself when no one else will do it.
About Charles King:
Charles King is one of the founders and CEO of Housing Works, Inc. a community-based, not–for–profit organization that provides a full range of services including housing, health care, mental health, chemical dependency services, legal, advocacy, and job training and employment for homeless men, women, and children living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic conditions. Charles served on the governing body of UNAIDS as a member of the NGO Delegation to the PCB and was Co-chair of the NYS End of AIDS Task Force. He is currently the co-chair of the Ending the Epidemic Subcommittee of the NYS AIDS Advisory Council. He also co-chairs ACT Now: End AIDS, a national ending the epidemic Coalition, and co-chairs the Visioning Committee of the National AIDS Housing Coalition. Charles holds both a Law Degree and a Master of Divinity from Yale University and is an ordained Baptist Minister.
Follow this link for the Housing Works site: https://www.housingworks.org/
Produced by Lucy Breidenthal
Edited by Jillian Jameson
Episode Description: The Rev. Matthew Heyd sits down with Charles King, Founder and Executive Director of Housing Works. King shares his story of how he came to be at the forefront of Act Up! In the eighties in New York City, fighting for housing rights for homeless people dying of HIV, and went on to found Housing Works. Both pastor and advocate, King is currently at the center of transforming housing for homeless people infected with COVID using a harm-reduction model, often cleaning rooms for residents himself when no one else will do it.
About Charles King:
Charles King is one of the founders and CEO of Housing Works, Inc. a community-based, not–for–profit organization that provides a full range of services including housing, health care, mental health, chemical dependency services, legal, advocacy, and job training and employment for homeless men, women, and children living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic conditions. Charles served on the governing body of UNAIDS as a member of the NGO Delegation to the PCB and was Co-chair of the NYS End of AIDS Task Force. He is currently the co-chair of the Ending the Epidemic Subcommittee of the NYS AIDS Advisory Council. He also co-chairs ACT Now: End AIDS, a national ending the epidemic Coalition, and co-chairs the Visioning Committee of the National AIDS Housing Coalition. Charles holds both a Law Degree and a Master of Divinity from Yale University and is an ordained Baptist Minister.
Follow this link for the Housing Works site: https://www.housingworks.org/
Produced by Lucy Breidenthal
Edited by Jillian Jameson