Homeless In Las Vegas

Our America with Julián Castro

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Below the iconic Las Vegas Strip, another reality exists in stark contrast to the gambling and entertainment excesses. This week, Louis Lacey of HELP of Southern Nevada paints the picture of homelessness in the city’s drainage tunnels, and how his personal experience with homelessness has influenced his community outreach work. We also talk with Emily Paulsen of the Nevada Homeless Alliance about solutions to homelessness and the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Keep up with Julián on twitter @JulianCastro and Instagram @JulianCastroTX. Resources from this episode: Follow HELP of Southern Nevada and the Nevada Homeless Alliance’s community initiatives on Twitter. Support the show by checking out our sponsors You can digitally purchase life insurance from Haven Life Insurance Agency at havenlife.com/ouramerica. Haven Term is a Term Life Insurance Policy (ICC17DTC) issued by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), Springfield, MA 01111 and offered exclusively through Haven Life Insurance Agency, LLC. Policy and rider form numbers and features may vary by state and not be available in all states. Our Agency license number in California is 0K71922 and in Arkansas, 100139527. The Marguerite Casey Foundation, creating greater freedom for changemakers to create a truly representative economy. Learn more at caseygrants.org, and connect with the Foundation on Twitter and Facebook. To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america shortly after the air date. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, it's me Ricky Lake. You probably know me for my hit 90s talk show, but if I'm being totally
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0:36.0	Lemonnotta. I've gone through what you're going through. I have
0:45.0	gone through what you're going through.
0:47.0	I have experienced homelessness. I know what it's like to not
0:52.0	have anywhere to go. I know what it's like to not have anywhere to go.
0:53.0	I know what it's like to be sitting outside and to have that realization
0:58.0	that I do not matter and that I am pretty much invisible.
1:02.0	Louis Lacy leads the crisis out of the and that I am pretty much invisible.
1:03.3	Louis Lacy leads the crisis outreach team at help of southern Nevada.
1:07.8	But before he was helping homeless Nevada
1:09.7	and secure permanent housing, he was one of them.
1:13.0	It's one thing for someone to walk by a person stuck in a hole and say, hey, I hope you get out.
1:19.0	Here's a rope or, you know, here's a map on how to get out I can literally jump in that
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