Hope From The Front Lines

01/09/2024

Season 4 of Change Agents the podcast is NOW up and OUT!! Check out our 6 new episodes produced by amazing emerging journalists collaborating with trailblazing activists removing barriers to homeownership and full citizenship -

Change Agent is a podcasts series by Chicagoans trained to tell stories of their neighborhood transformations and the folks who make that happen.

12/14/2020

ICYMI: "Once I reached out to my employer and let them know that I tested positive, it kind of turned into like a blame game." In this episode, one home healthcare worker talks about how she was able to finally get paid after catching COVID-19 on the job. AVAILABLE NOW... bit.ly/HFTFL-surviving

12/11/2020

Nine months into the Coronavirus pandemic, childcare providers are doing double and triple duty supervising school aged kids with remote learning for much of each day, while doing their regular duties caring for the children of working parents. But providers fear that if and when schools reopen, their risk of COVID exposure will increase as kids shuttle back and forth between daycare and classrooms. They're placed between a rock and a hard place as their dilemma is unnoticed and under appreciated. In this episode, childcare providers Jamila Ife Wilson and Tahiti Tamer make their voices heard. LISTEN HERE: http://bit.ly/daycare-double-bind

12/11/2020

"Do childcare providers matter is what I'm asking?" In this episode, two essential workers make their voices heard. AVAILABLE NOW... http://bit.ly/daycare-double-bind

12/03/2020

Healthcare workers in homes face increased COVID-19 exposure risks, just like traditional front line workers. So why are agencies using legal loopholes to avoid paying some essential workers sick leave? The issue is that home healthcare workers have exposure risks that extend far beyond their clients. If they’re doing the job properly, they’re exposed to their clients, the client's other caregivers, family members and friends, as well as nearly daily contact with the public as they handle their client’s affairs. In this episode, one home healthcare worker talks about how she was able to finally get paid after catching COVID-19 on the job. LISTEN HERE... bit.ly/HFTFL-surviving

11/26/2020

🦃 HAPPY THANKSGIVING 🦃 We're thankful for all of you - our listeners, and the essential healthcare workers who've shared their stories with us this year... LISTEN HERE: https://bit.ly/HFTFL-podcast

11/23/2020

AVAILABLE NOW... Hope From The Front Lines... Mid-Season Review https://apple.co/2J8TyH2

11/12/2020

Throughout Chicagoland and across the country nursing homes continue to bear the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic. For the past 11 months, the linoleum tiled hallways of these facilities have carried not only orderlies, gurneys, and residents, but also more than 38% of all Covid-19 related deaths in America. But what many don’t know is that staff of these facilities, and the industry advocates that fight for them were not in the least bit surprised by the magnitude of the tragedy. For decades now they have watched owners cut staff in favor of profit, leaving facilities unable to properly care for their residents. LISTEN HERE... bit.ly/HFTFL-breaking

11/06/2020

Need a break from the news cycle??? Take 10 minutes & check out highlights from the first half of the series: frontline workers receiving no pay for time spent in quarantine, daycare providers left to fend for themselves as they reopen in the midst of a pandemic, healthcare-providers working in unsafe conditions for unfair wages, and nursing home attendants left in the dark regarding infection rates of staff and residents. AVAILABLE NOW... bit.ly/HFTFL-midseason

10/30/2020

Shawndra Robinson, an essential healthcare worker, reflects on the current racial climate and how the struggle for justice and equality for African Americans continues in peoples’ hearts and minds, and in the streets. AVAILABLE NOW... bit.ly/enough-is

10/30/2020

'It's just made me fight harder." Black American caregivers talk George Floyd, the power of organizing, and the importance of voting. AVAILABLE NOW... bit.ly/enough-is

10/29/2020

Essential healthcare worker, Ashley Mosley, reflects on the actions needed for racial justice during a pandemic and a presidential election cycle... Listen to "Enough is Enough" (EP 14) here... http://bit.ly/enough-is