On this new episode of CitizensNYC Live, we talk with Rue Parkin, the Executive Director of HelpNYC about their experiences being queer and unhoused and how they bring that personal experience to their work of providing resources for unhoused, unsafe, unstable, or under-supported communities. Rue Parkin (he/they/them) was street and shelter homeless for several years in New York City. Struggling with mental health and substance use concerns they struggled, as did various service providers, to...
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On this new episode of CitizensNYC Live, we talk with Rue Parkin, the Executive Director of HelpNYC about their experiences being queer and unhoused and how they bring that personal experience to their work of providing resources for unhoused, unsafe, unstable, or under-supported communities. Rue Parkin (he/they/them) was street and shelter homeless for several years in New York City. Struggling with mental health and substance use concerns they struggled, as did various service providers, to...
S2|EP10: The Right To Choose with Congressman Ritchie Torres
CitizensNYC LIVE
26 minutes
3 years ago
S2|EP10: The Right To Choose with Congressman Ritchie Torres
There’s a lot going on in the world today—living through a pandemic that shined a light on many racial disparities in the classroom or bans that stripped away the rights women had over their own bodies. We have a very special guest for this episode to speak on these issues and a whole lot more. He goes by Congressman Ritchie Torres and represents New York's 15th Congressional District, which covers most of the South Bronx. Find out about CitizensNYC 's grant programs here: https:/...
CitizensNYC LIVE
On this new episode of CitizensNYC Live, we talk with Rue Parkin, the Executive Director of HelpNYC about their experiences being queer and unhoused and how they bring that personal experience to their work of providing resources for unhoused, unsafe, unstable, or under-supported communities. Rue Parkin (he/they/them) was street and shelter homeless for several years in New York City. Struggling with mental health and substance use concerns they struggled, as did various service providers, to...
