Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1

Produced by Rachel Falcone

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Image by: Michael Premo 

This is the first series in a growing collection of first-person stories about the struggle for home.

The Housing is a Human Right storytelling project creates a space for people to share stories of their community and ongoing experiences trying to obtain or maintain a place to call Home. We are building a collection of intimate, viscerally honest narratives exploring the complex fabric of community, creating a living portrait of human rights.


Additional Files

6 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Linda Contes and Evelyn Williams
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
From Rachel Falcone
Caption: Ms Evelyn Williams, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. With mounting hospital bills, Linda Contes and her husband struggle to make mortgage payments...

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Maisha Morales and Jabir Suluki
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
From Rachel Falcone
Caption: Children playing in Brooklyn, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about gentrification and the struggle for home. Maisha Morales and her 10-year-old son Anthony talk about how her successf...

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  • Added: May 09, 2011
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James Roberts
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
From Rachel Falcone
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James Roberts shares his journey trying to save his ailing partner William, who has HIV, and their home together. Full piece includes story with i...

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  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 00:08:10
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Where We Gonna Go?
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
From Rachel Falcone
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Two first-person stories from seniors about their struggle for home. A senior citizen, who wishes to remain anonymous, grapples with living in New ...

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Rob Robinson and Beverly Corbin
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
From Rachel Falcone
Caption: Young man walking in Brooklyn, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. Shortly after being promoted and relocated from New York to Miami, Rob Robinson is laid off a...

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  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 00:13:07
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Lorenzo Diggs and Joseph Ferdinand
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
From Rachel Falcone
Caption: Lorenzo Diggs, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. Lorenzo Diggs takes us inside the harrowing conditions of the Bedford-Atlantic Armory shelter...

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  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 00:10:11
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