The Brightline Podcast

In our new podcast mini-episode, hear from CYC Youth Leader, Ken Chen, about his work educating seniors about air quality issues, the importance of helping young people organize for change in their own communities, and his hopes for the future of his community.  

In this mini episode, we spotlight the work of SRO tenant organizer Reggie Reed. We'll hear about the Central City SRO Collaborative's fight for tenants' rights, wildfire air quality surveying efforts, and the need for a holistic approach to housing in San Francisco.

In this episode, we take a deep dive into San Francisco Chinatown's Single Room Occupancy hotels, or SROs. We'll take a look at what it's like to live in such extreme density, why open space is a critical resource for residents, and how local community organizations are tackling a set of escalating environmental health crises here. 

In this episode, we explore air quality as a crucial piece of the environmental justice (EJ) puzzle in the Bay Area. We dig into the importance of monitoring air quality at the neighborhood scale, covering the roles of community residents, government agencies, and a 3-year-old state program called AB-617. 

Here's a quick preview of our new show, The Brightline Podcast. From Brightline Defense Project, this podcast will explore environmental justice (EJ) issues in the broader Bay Area, highlighting the work of local activists, decision-makers, and community-based nonprofits like ours. Stay tuned for our first episode on Air Quality Monitoring, out later this March.