episode 54
The Silent Killer of the American Dream: How "Systemic Erasure" Dictates Your Life with Sade Elhawary
The Pipeline From Prison to Homelessness
What if trusting and investing in our neighbors could disrupt the pipeline from prisons into homelessness? 🤔 In this short clip from our full podcast And Now Love, Sade Elhawary discusses community-based support for people experiencing homelessness, referencing efforts like the Homecoming Project and an Oregon approach that helps pay rent for rooms offered to people living on the streets. She emphasizes healing from trauma, leaning in as a community, and creating the supports that allow people to thrive. 🏠❤️ #AndNowLove #PodcastClip #SadeElhawary #Homelessness #SkidRow #Reentry #CommunityCare #Healing #HousingFirst #MutualAid
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Push on Every System
Why do we accept the status quo when it’s clearly failing the people who are first to be forgotten? 🤔 In this short clip from our full podcast And Now Love, Sade Elhawary challenges the “that’s how it was” mindset and calls for pushing on every system, asking every question, and committing to change together. She speaks about how hard it can be to lift people up from places like skid row—and argues that this is exactly why we must invest more, rethink our approach, and refuse to leave anyone behind. 🎙️✨ #AndNowLove #PodcastClip #SadeElhawary #ChangeTheStatusQuo #Community #InvestInPeople #SocialImpact #Justice
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Stop Demonizing Families Treat Addiction Like Public Health
What if, instead of demonizing families impacted by addiction, we treated it like the public health issue it is? In this short clip from our full podcast And Now Love, Sade Elhawary reflects on how families affected by the crack cocaine epidemic were labeled as addicts and pushed toward incarceration or child removal, rather than being supported with healing and rehabilitation so they could reunite with their children. 🎙️💔👨👩👧👦 #andnowlove #PodcastClip #FosterCare #CrackEpidemic #AddictionRecovery #PublicHealth #FamilyReunification #Healing #Rehabilitation
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Hold Billionaires Accountable to Change Everything
Who holds billionaires and the ultra-wealthy accountable when the human toll keeps rising? In this short clip from our full podcast And Now Love, guest Sade Elhawary argues that real change requires working together rather than staying siloed or chasing ego and future political platforms, and stresses the urgent need to focus on supporting community members right now. #WealthGap #Billionaires #Accountability #CommunityFirst #LALegislature #PowerToThePeople
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“Locking People Up Isn’t the Answer”
Is criminalizing our communities actually making things better? This short clip from our full podcast, And Now Love, with guest Sade Elhawary, discusses how some people want to lock up those struggling with addiction or mental health or send people back to where they’re from, and argues that incarceration isn’t the answer and only continues a cycle of real trauma in communities. #criminaljusticereform #57thDistrict #PolicyChange #BreakTheCycle #SocialJustice #EndMassIncarceration
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