The Vax Episodes: Part 3

E4 – HOUSING 1: Coordinated Entry, Etc.

In this audio “collage” we’re introduced to some of the challenges currently facing our community in terms of housing and the resources available to those in crisis. We’re joined by Valerie Joeckel, Deb Holman, Ashley Grimm, Sarah Kjorlien, and Andrea Crouse.

E3 – RESOURCES: Waiting For Beds

Artist Moira Villiard talks about the project “Waiting For Beds”—a multimedia collaborative art project between Moira and Carla Hamilton that delves into the tumultuous and vicious cycles of mental health crises, healthcare, and social service systems that are at odds in American society. In this episode, we also hear excerpts from a panel discussion recorded at The Prøve Gallery in 2023.

E2 – ENVIRONMENTS: Love Your Block & The First Ladies of the Hillside

Annika Frazier and Jon Otis discuss their work with the Love Your Block program and how that led to a collaboration with the Duluth Center for Women & Children (formerly the First Ladies of the Hillside) to address the problem of sharps/needles in our community.

E1 – CONNECTION: Cyndy & Marah

Healthy Hillside team members Cyndy Klinksiek and Marah Evans talk transportation, loneliness, mobility, technology, and much more.

The Vax Episodes: Part 3

“What now?” In the third, and final, episode of this mini-series we continue to listen, and to explore what has made this such a complex issue for our community.