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August 31, 2024 45 mins

Welcome to today’s episode, “On the Corner of Homelessness & Public Libraries ”. Today host Joe Ader is joined by guest host Gwyn Griffith, and guest Andrew Chanse.

Homelessness is a complex issue. We don’t claim to explore every part of this intersection, but hope that each conversation brings new clarity to the reality as a whole. Please keep an open, curious mindset as you listen, and seek to learn, just as we are.

Guest: Andrew Chanse Executive Director of Spokane Public Library

Hosts Emma Hughes and Joe Ader of ⁠⁠Family Promise of Spokane⁠⁠.

Produced by Cheree LaPierre and Gwyn Griffith

Recorded at Central Spokane Public Library

Links to Spokane Library:

Library of Things

Social Services at Central

Friends of the Spokane Library


Links to additional reading:

Spokane Public Library will add new social work team to central branchWindstorm closes schools; 380,000 without powerSpokane’s cooling resources for extreme heatPeer Spokane partners with Spokane Public Library to put peer service specialists in librariesThese States Have the Largest Homeless PopulationsNational Center on Family Homelessness | American Institutes for ResearchAdvocacyWhy Public Libraries Will Stay Relevant in 2019 and BeyondNeil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreamingThese innovative library ideas showcase outside-the-box thinkingLibraries Reaching Out: A Year of Innovation

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