But Next Time

Rise-Home Stories Project
But Next Time

Community organizers Chrishelle Palay and Rose Arrieta lead us on a journey, learning from frontline survivors, first responders, and multigenerational organizers who have found creative ways to serve their communities when they were hit by devastating wildfires and hurricanes. As they capture these reflections, the people they meet are forced to put all they’ve learned to the test when confronted by new crises — more wildfires, unprecedented earthquakes, a hurricane, and a global pandemic. BUT NEXT TIME is a limited-run podcast that spotlights powerful stories of community-led disaster prevention and recovery and answers one vital question: how can we ensure that next time will be different?

Episodes

  1. 12/01/2021

    Episode 3: Rising Waters

    No matter where we come from, or how much money we make, we all deserve a safe and healthy place to call home. In this episode we meet parents who are fighting to save their families’ homes despite a perfect storm of greedy landlords and hurricane-related flooding. Jaime, a mom who lives in subsidized housing in Houston Texas, joins with other moms to stand up to landlords and local officials whose policies and practices have kept working-class Black and Brown families trapped in moldy and unsafe homes for years. Before and after Hurricane Harvey, Jaime and organizers in Houston come together to take collective action and push for change. Along the way they connect with leaders in Puerto Rico who have also been resisting and re-building in the wake of ongoing disaster. We hear from renowned Puerto Rican activist and former political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera,Luis O. Gallardo Rivera, director of Centro para la Reconstrucción del Hábitat and Adriana Godreau, director of Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico, who along with our host Chrishelle Palay engage in on the ground work and advocacy in their communities, in the halls of Congress, and beyond. Whether they are educating their communities, building back power grids, or bringing their fight to the courtroom, these community leaders are working together to shape the healthier future we all deserve. Join us to hear their stories as they work tirelessly to ensure that next time will be different. Featuring:Jaime - Mother in Houston Texas who is part of the 12 Moms campaignZoe Middleton - Southeast Texas and Houston co-director for Texas HousersErika Bowman - Community organizer with Texas HousersCashauna Hill - Executive Director of the Louisiana Fair Housing Action CenterAriadna Godreau - Founder and Director of Ayuda Legal Puerto RicoLuis O. Gallardo Rivera - Executive Director, Center for Habitat ReconstructionOscar Lopez Rivera - Puerto Rican activist and former political prisonerMaría Yvelisse Inirio - Executive Assistant Corporación del Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín PeñaMariolga Juliá Pacheco - Director of Citizen Participation Corporación del Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña)

    27 min
  2. 10/12/2021

    Episode 2: From the Ashes

    Continue delving into community-rooted responses to disaster in California, from the fires to the pandemic. You’ll hear about how people banded together to build mutual aid networks, translate emergency messages in Spanish and indigenous languages, and disseminate crucial recovery information to their communities. In Sonoma County organizers hit the fields with information about where to get food, shelter, and support. In San Francisco they set up a strong response to COVID-19 in the city’s Mission District. Tune in and hear how these leaders act collectively to confront those in power, work for justice before and after disaster, and together answer one vital question: how can next time be different?Because we are committed to language justice, we're offering a video version of But Next Time with Spanish subtitles on our site's listen page. To learn more about the people and organizations featured in But Next Time please visit ButNextTime.com. You'll find resources for disaster preparation and recovery, housing justice organizing, climate justice work, and more.Original music for But Next Time by Fernando Arruda. (https://soundcloud.com/FJAZZ)RISE HOME STORIES: But Next Time is one of five innovative media projects created by the Rise-Home Stories Project. Rise-Home Stories was formed in 2018 when a group of multimedia storytellers and housing, land, and racial justice advocates came together to reimagine the past, present, and future of our communities by transforming the stories we tell about them. Our five groundbreaking multimedia projects include: Alejandria Fights Back; a bilingual children’s book about a young Afro-Latinx girl battling the gentrification of her neighborhood; Dot’s Home, a video game which explores the history of racist housing policy in the U.S. through the eyes of a young Black woman who time-travels to key moments in her family’s past, present, and future; MINE,

    27 min

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Community organizers Chrishelle Palay and Rose Arrieta lead us on a journey, learning from frontline survivors, first responders, and multigenerational organizers who have found creative ways to serve their communities when they were hit by devastating wildfires and hurricanes. As they capture these reflections, the people they meet are forced to put all they’ve learned to the test when confronted by new crises — more wildfires, unprecedented earthquakes, a hurricane, and a global pandemic. BUT NEXT TIME is a limited-run podcast that spotlights powerful stories of community-led disaster prevention and recovery and answers one vital question: how can we ensure that next time will be different?

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