Telling Our Stories: The Housing Chronicles
Housing is a human right. The housing crisis is wreaking havoc nationally. This podcast highlights how this is playing out specifically in Black Berkeley, California. Healthy Black Families Inc chronicles the lived experience behind what people call "gentrification" and documents our endeavor for our "Right to Stay" & our "Right to Return".
Telling Our Stories: The Housing Chronicles
Episode 13: I AM - Friends of Adeline (Part I)
In this Part I of a three-part interview, we meet some key members of Friends of Adeline - Ms. Ritchie Smith, Willie Phillips, Mari Mendonca, and Chris Schildt. These four neighbors that call South Berkeley home tell us who they are and how they (along with other neighbors) came to be the mighty Friends of Adeline.
Contact Guests:
Phone (510) 338-7843
Emailfriendsofadeline@gmail.com
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofAdeline/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/foaberkeley/
Website https://www.friendsofadeline.org/about/
Relevant Links:
Adeline Corridor Plan: https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/our-work/adopted-plans/adeline-corridor-specific-plan
Second Great Migration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Great_Migration_(African_American)
Japanese American Life During Internment: https://www.nps.gov/articles/japanese-american-internment-archeology.htm
Theodore ’Ted’ Ohashi – Cal Basketball Player, YMCA Coach: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Theodore-Ted-Ohashi-Cal-basketball-player-2466955.php
Sewage in Berkeley’s Creeks: https://www.bpfp.org/affiliate-groups/F5C/SewageInCreeks.htm
Land Acknowledgement Recognizing Berkeley as the Ancestral, Unceded Home of the Ohlone People (City of Berkeley):
https://berkeleyca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022-10-11%20Item%2019%20Land%20Acknowledgement%20Recognizing%20Berkeley.pdf