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What is the Homelessness Marathon?

The Homelessness Marathon is an annual 14-hour radio broadcast featuring the voices and stories of homeless people from around the United States The Homelessness Marathon features live call-ins all night long via a national toll-free number. The Homelessness Marathon is available for free to all non-commercial radio stations.

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13^th ANNUAL HOMELESSNESS MARATHON -- BROADCAST SCHEDULE

The Homelessness Marathon is primarily composed of short, pre-recorded reports and longer live discussions. “Double Testimony” hours are when we have two or more guests who are not speaking on the same topic. All hours will also include calls as well as comments from homeless people at the microphone in Detroit. All times are eastern.

HOUR 1 7-8 p.m.		Welcome from host "Nobody." Then "There But For The Grace of God And AFG." A panel of young women saved from life on the streets by programs at Detroit’s Alternatives for Girls.
HOUR 2 8-9 p.m.	Short	"Playin' For Change - The Story of A Homeless Musician"
HOUR 2 8-9 p.m.	*Long*	An Open Mic Hour, during which Michigan Senator Carl Levin will call in for ten minutes (at quarter past the hour) to field questions and comments directly from the homeless people.
HOUR 3 9-10 p.m.	Short	"Foreclosed!"
HOUR 3 9-10 p.m.	*Long*	"Homelessness in Detroit." Co-hosts: Maureen Taylor, state chairperson of Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and John Cromer, with Neighborhood Legal Services
HOUR 4 10-11 p.m.	Short	"A Rural Soup Kitchen’s Struggle To Keep Up"
HOUR 4 10-11 p.m.	*Long*	"Health Care Here And There." Homeless people in America and Canada compare notes on how they get help with medical issues.
HOUR 5 11p.m. – 12 mid.	Short	"A Homeless Theater Company"
HOUR 5 11p.m. – 12 mid.	*Long*	A Double Testimony Hour, featuring Dr. Christopher Parks of the Tumaini Center, Detroit’s shelter of last resort and Nick Monterosso, outreach coordinator for Detroit’s "211" system.
HOUR 6 12-1 a.m.	Short	"Collecting Bottles"
HOUR 6 12-1 a.m.	*Long*	A Double Testimony Hour, featuring Mike Rhodes, editor of the Community Alliance newspaper in Fresno, California, Brian O’Neil, a Detroit musician who lived homeless to understand what it is like, and Anthony Dixon who is trying to start a shelter but getting no help from the city. Guest host, Robert Norse, Founder of Homeless United for Freedom and Friendship.
HOUR 7 1-2 a.m.	Short	"Pre-Natal Care for Homeless Women"
HOUR 7 1-2 a.m.	*Long*	"Don’t Move On Unless You're Marching," a discussion on forming a homeless movement with guest hosts, Cheri Honkala, director of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, and Paul Boden, director of the Western Regional Advocacy Project.
HOUR 8 2-3 a.m.	Short	"A Homeless Couple in Rural Tennessee"
HOUR 8 2-3 a.m.	*Long*	"There’s No Place Like Home," a live remote from WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana, on the problems of homeless families. Then open mic time with guest hosts Boden and Honkala.
HOUR 9 3-4 a.m.	Short	"A Tent City Portrait"
HOUR 9 3-4 a.m.	*Long*	First, "Live And Homeless From Los Angeles," a discussion with homeless people in L.A.’s notorious skid row. Then, "The Story of Safe Haven," a tent community in Urbana, Illinois that is now on its way to permanency.
HOUR 10 4-5 a.m.	Short	"Homeless Peers Reaching Out"
HOUR 10 4-5 a.m.	*Long*	A Double Testimony Hour, featuring Kathleen Johnson, director of Katrina Relief in Mississippi and Chris Hellman of the National Priorities Project.
HOUR 11 5-6 a.m.	Short	"A UN Inspector Tours LA"
HOUR 11 5-6 a.m.	*Long*	First, "Live and Homeless From Belfast," then, talking auto industry with Ron Gettlefinger, president of the UAW.
HOUR 12 6-7 a.m.	Short	"Burying Homeless Dead – In France"
HOUR 12 6-7 a.m.	*Long*	A Double Testimony Hour, featuring Conn Carol, blogger at "The Next Right," and Peter O'Driscoll, executive director of ActionAid USA. Guest host, Robert Norse.
HOUR 13 a.m.	Short	"Street Poetry"
HOUR 13 a.m.	*Long*	"Taking It From The Streets… To City Hall." Homeless people in Detroit talk to representatives from the Mayor's office. Guest host Matt Johnson, president of the Detroit Action Commonwealth, a grass roots homeless organization.
Hour 14 8 – 9 a.m.	Short	"Spare Change – The Newspaper"
Hour 14 8 – 9 a.m.	*Long*	"All Degreed Up With Nowhere To Go," a panel of people with post-high-school degrees who are, nonetheless, homeless.

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What is the Homelessness Marathon?

BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Short

"Foreclosed!"

"A Rural Soup Kitchen’s Struggle To Keep Up"

"A Homeless Theater Company"

"Collecting Bottles"

"Don’t Move On Unless You're Marching," a discussion on forming a homeless movement with guest hosts, Cheri Honkala, director of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, and Paul Boden, director of the Western Regional Advocacy Project.

"A Homeless Couple in Rural Tennessee"

"Homeless Peers Reaching Out"

"Burying Homeless Dead – In France"

A Double Testimony Hour, featuring Conn Carol, blogger at "The Next Right," and Peter O'Driscoll, executive director of ActionAid USA. Guest host, Robert Norse.

"Street Poetry"

"Taking It From The Streets… To City Hall." Homeless people in Detroit talk to representatives from the Mayor's office. Guest host Matt Johnson, president of the Detroit Action Commonwealth, a grass roots homeless organization.

"Spare Change – The Newspaper"

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