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Darlene Thomas is the Mayor of St. Mary's Center, a senior resource center and homeless shelter in Oakland, California. The Bay Area has seen a large increase in the number of homeless seniors in recent years, owing in part to an increase in the price of rent and rising health-care costs.
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Darlene Thomas is the Mayor of St. Mary's Center, a senior resource center and homeless shelter in Oakland, California. The Bay Area has seen a large increase in the number of homeless seniors in recent years, owing in part to an increase in the price of rent and rising health-care costs.
Broadcast History
North Gate Radio, KALX, 11/7/07
Transcript
Narr: Meet the mayor (:03)
Mayor: [Loud Laugher] (:03)
Narr: Darlene Thomas is no typical politico. She's the mayor of Oakland's St. Mary's Center in West Oakland, a homeless shelter for seniors in West Oakland.(:09)
Mayor: Why do they call me the mayor? Well, [more laughter] I nominated myself the mayor. (:07)
Narr: St. Mary's is a social hub for the neighborhood's senior citizens and families in need. It provides free food for needy families, recreation and health care for seniors, but it's best known for its work as a temporary shelter for the growing population of homeless senior citizens in the area. It wasn't long ago that the Mayor hit upon hard times. Like many, she had trouble stretching her budget to cover her food, her medications, and rent? (:22)
Mayor: ?and I became homeless, at an old age ? which I shouldn't have. And then, I lived in the shelter for a while...
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Review of The Mayor of St. Mary's
Pertinent, very today, brief piece. It may be aired around the subjects of baby boomers, homelessness, middle age, housing, urban landscapes, women making a difference, women taking charge, people helping each other.