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		<title>Stories in Sound</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out Housing is a Human Right's first volume of nearly a dozen stories in sound.  

In their own words: a young couple facing foreclosure and homelessness because of lack of healthcare coverage; a businesswoman whose successful store is threatened with displacement; a man struggling with addiction until he finally gets a place to call home, and MORE.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Below are the voices of nearly a dozen Housing is a Human Right Storytellers. Their stories were recorded in New York and initially presented at a Laundromat in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Stories are available for broadcast and exhibition. Email<a href="emailto: info@housingisahumanright.org" target="_blank"> info (at) housingisahumanright (dot) org</a> for more info or to purchase a CD.<br />
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<p><em>Produced by Rachel Falcone and Michael Premo, Additional Sound Design by DJ Oja</em></p>
<p><em>Note: Each Track begins with Remixed Testimony.</em></p>
<p><strong>LORENZO DIGGS AND JOSEPH FERDINAND</strong></p>
<p><strong><em><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1030" title="Diggs_Ferdinand" src="http://housingisahumanright.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Diggs_Ferdinand-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="135" height="135" />Lorenzo Diggs</em></strong> takes us inside the harrowing conditions of the Bedford-Atlantic Armory shelter in Brooklyn, remembering his long road to home. After hearing his neighbors express concern about their children&#8217;s safety,<strong><em> Joseph Ferdinand</em></strong> is compelled to take an active role in improving the conditions of his building.</p>
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<p><strong>LINDA CONTES AND EVELYN WILLIAMS</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1086" title="Contes Williams" src="http://housingisahumanright.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Contes-Williams-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="135" height="135" />While battling cervical cancer, <strong><em>Linda Contes</em></strong> struggles to pay her hospital bills and mortgage payments. <strong><em>Evelyn Williams</em></strong> remembers a fire that ravaged her building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in the 1980s and the fight for her home.</p>
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<p><strong>ROB ROBINSON AND BEVERLY CORBIN</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="Corbin-Rob-6316-150x150.jpg" src="http://housingisahumanright.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Corbin-Rob-6316-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" />Shortly after being promoted and relocated from New York to Miami, <strong><em>Rob Robinson</em></strong> is laid off and unable to find work. <strong><em>Beverly Corbin</em></strong>, a resident of public housing for more than twenty years, talks about the community that helped her raise her children and the stereotypes and criminalization that still threaten their lives.</p>
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<p><strong>WHERE WE GONNA GO?</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1134" title="ElderlyCouple_7358" src="http://housingisahumanright.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ElderlyCouple_7358-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="135" height="135" />A senior citizen, who wishes to remain anonymous, grapples with living in New York on a fixed income. On the day of their possible eviction, an elderly couple in Crown Heights, who also fear sharing their names, describe how they are being harassed by their landlord.</p>
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<p><strong>MAISHA MORALES AND JABIR SULUKI</strong></p>
<p><strong><em><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1088" title="Suluki_Morales" src="http://housingisahumanright.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Suluki_Morales-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="135" height="135" />Maisha Morales</em></strong> and her 10-year-old son <strong><em>Anthony</em></strong> talk about how her successful store in Downtown Brooklyn was displaced to make way for luxury condominiums. <strong><em>Jabir Suluki </em></strong>talks about the block in Clinton Hill where he has spent the last 50-plus years, and how gentrification is changing his home.</p>
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<p><strong>JAMES ROBERTS</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1087" title="James&amp;Williams-0530" src="http://housingisahumanright.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/JamesWilliams-0530-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="135" height="135" /><strong><em>James Roberts</em></strong> shares his journey trying to save his ailing partner <strong><em>William</em></strong>, who has HIV, and their home together.</p>
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