Social Abuse: Community, Care & Contracts

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Social Abuse — Community, Care & Contracts exists to explore the systems, policies, and power structures that shape the lives of unhoused people in America and to bring policymakers, service providers, and the people being served to the same table in pursuit of a shared standard of human dignity.We are a podcast for anyone working in, affected by, or simply paying attention to the systems that shape the lives of unhoused people, the people doing the work, making the decisions, and living with the consequences, and for everyone who believes that dignity should never be optional and that we can always do better.Every episode goes beyond the headlines and into the conversations that rarely happen in public, pulling back the curtain on how decisions about unhoused people actually get made. Into the rooms where contracts are awarded and policies are shaped, yet the people most affected are too often the last ones in the room. Into the frontlines where dedicated workers fill the gaps institutions leave behind, and the systems designed to track poverty rather than end it. Because when the gap between policy and people goes unaddressed, everyone pays the price.We believe that behind every person without a home is a complex story. For some, it is a system that failed them. For others, it is the cumulative weight of personal choices made before crisis took hold and the absence of the support needed to course correct. In most cases, it is both. What we share across all of those stories is this: systems are made of choices, and choices can always be made differently.Naming them clearly, honestly, and without apology is the first step toward making better ones.We are not here to point fingers. We are here to spark honest, grounded conversation that moves people from awareness to action — and builds unity among those who serve, those being served, and the local governments responsible for both.Our commitment is to the truth of lived experience, the rigor of evidence, and the dignity of every person who has ever been reduced to a statistic, a problem to be managed, or a line item in someone else's budget.This is the conversation that needs to happen. We’re having it.

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28 Million Dollars & Nobody's Healed: A Solo Conversation on Inner City Housing Crisis & Social Abuse Episode 5

Council Member Soheila Bana had an emergency council meeting. She'll be here in Episode 6. But this week, host Vanessa sits alone with the mic and says everything that's been sitting heavy since Dr. Jamelia Brown gave us one of the most honest, most painful episodes this podcast has ever produced. Housing First. The money trail. The hazing inside City Hall. The way social abuse hides behind help. And what it means to keep showing up for a city that doesn't always show up for you. This is _________________, ________ (Richmond, CA) you fill in the blank for where you're watching/listening from. And we are not done talking about it. New episodes bi-weekly. Follow the Social Abuse Podcast wherever you listen. Please send you comments and insights. We'd love to hear from you. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2603170/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2603170/support] https://youtube.com/@socialabuse2024?si=jeoaqxUZB53zz4wi [https://youtube.com/@socialabuse2024?si=jeoaqxUZB53zz4wi] w2lconsulting@gmail.com 510-827-9859

12 jun 2026 - 52 min

Exclusive: Social Abuse - The Cost of Public Service

In this episode, Council Member Dr. Jamelia Brown gets personal. She shares at this point Richmond isn't a city of pride and purpose we're a city of pain and poverty. She's clear on her thoughts regarding the Housing First method. Dr. Brown, serves on the Richmond City Council representing a city whose history is inseparable from questions of race, industry, labor, and survival. As a sitting elected official, a Black woman, and a mother of four, she navigates the intersection of policy and lived experience every single day. This episode centers her voice, not just as a public servant, but as a whole person shaped by and bearing witness to social abuse on all its forms. Please send you comments and insights. We'd love to hear from you. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2603170/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2603170/support] https://youtube.com/@socialabuse2024?si=jeoaqxUZB53zz4wi [https://youtube.com/@socialabuse2024?si=jeoaqxUZB53zz4wi] w2lconsulting@gmail.com 510-827-9859

29 mei 2026 - 1 h 0 min

All Hands on Deck - Episode 3

In this episode Host, Vanessa Calloway has open, candid, light hearted conversation with two of Richmond California local candidates. Brandon Evans (Southside Son) running for City Council District 3 and Demnlus Johnson III whose running for Mayor. You'll hear county vs city responsibilities. Their why for staying in Richmond and now hoping to gain constituency by being voted into office. Primary voting takes place June 2, 2026. In upcoming episodes you will hear from Council Member Soheila Bana, Supervisor John Gioia and Council Member Dr. Jamelia Brown. Please send you comments and insights. We'd love to hear from you. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2603170/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2603170/support] https://youtube.com/@socialabuse2024?si=jeoaqxUZB53zz4wi [https://youtube.com/@socialabuse2024?si=jeoaqxUZB53zz4wi] w2lconsulting@gmail.com 510-827-9859

15 mei 2026 - 57 min

What's Social Abuse

In Episode 2 of the Social Abuse Podcast,host Vanessa Calloway gets into the heart of what is show is built on, defining, naming, and exposing social abuse in all places it hides. With over 30 years of front-line experience working with the unhoused community, Vanessa doesn' speak theory. She speaks from what she has lived, witnessed, and refused to stay silent about. This episode is where real conversations begin. Please send you comments and insights. We'd love to hear from you. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2603170/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2603170/support] https://youtube.com/@socialabuse2024?si=jeoaqxUZB53zz4wi [https://youtube.com/@socialabuse2024?si=jeoaqxUZB53zz4wi] w2lconsulting@gmail.com 510-827-9859

1 mei 2026 - 35 min

Welcome- It's Time for Real Talk Episode 1

"What happens whe the people closest to the problem have the least power in the conversation?" Welcome to the Social Abuse Podcast. A space built for real talk, radical transparency, and long overdue accountability. In this debut episode, host Vanessa A. Calloway introduces herself and lays out the heart behind this podcast. Vanessa has spent over 30 years, working directly with the unhoused population. That lived experience on the font lines of homelessness services is the foundation of everything you'll hear on this show. But this podcast isn't just about homelessness. It's about the systems surrounding it, and what those systems too often get wrong. Please send you comments and insights. We'd love to hear from you. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2603170/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2603170/support] https://youtube.com/@socialabuse2024?si=jeoaqxUZB53zz4wi [https://youtube.com/@socialabuse2024?si=jeoaqxUZB53zz4wi] w2lconsulting@gmail.com 510-827-9859

17 apr 2026 - 16 min

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