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The Hub is a community that lives to see young people connect with the just, inclusive, and liberating love of Christ. We currently have 3 podcasts: Winter is Coming is a podcast about housing justice in Kitchener Waterloo and beyond. We chat with local community members and leaders about how we confront and respond to the housing crisis we’re living through. The Hubcast features conversations with members of our community exploring occasions where we were wrong or when we changed our mind in life and faith. The Hub @ Trinity Podcast features conversations with friends from Trinity United Church on how they’re living out the call of discipleship in the 21st century.
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Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
When I was hungry did you feed me? When I was thirsty, did you gave me drink? When I had no place to stay, did you shelter me?
It’s these words of Jesus that inspired our affordable housing podcast “Winter is Coming” With winter returning so is our podcast where, in Season 2, we continue to ask how we go from housing crisis to housing justice? We'll hear from frontline workers, developers, political leaders and affordable housing experts on where we go from here to make housing truly enshrined as a human right.
This season we’ll be hearing not only what is NOT working with our system of housing, we’ll be hearing solutions. Join us every Tuesday for the next few weeks as we learn how to take action and go from housing crisis to housing justice. And for info on how to get connected with our companion project, the "Affordable Housing Advocacy Group" e-mail us at adam@hubcommunity.ca
Follow our work:
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Check out the trailer for "SAFE" a documentary by John Butler (Trailer audio used with permission):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgQ_t1CVUI
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
In our final episode of Season 1, Adam sits down with Leah Logan of Indwell. As Waterloo's regional manager for affordable housing developer Indwell, Leah has been working at many ends of the spectrum. From design and development to forging relationships with neighbourhoods and local residents, many of whom are not initially sold on the idea of affordable housing in their communities.
Leah talks about the Indwell approach to people-centered development, and how they work to overcome the "Not in my backyard" or NIMBY attitudes of many of our neighbours who are resistant to the idea of affordable housing situated where they live.
This episode marks the end of season 1 so follow us and hit subscribe to keep up with news about season 2 coming soon! And if you've been impacted by thie podcast or want to know how you can support this project please reach out to: hubleadership@gmail.com
Follow Indwell's work:
https://indwell.ca/
Check out the trailer for "SAFE" a documentary by John Butler (Trailer audio used with permission):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgQ_t1CVUI
Find a viewing of "SAFE" near you:
https://indwell.ca/events/
Follow our work:
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
This week we are joined by co-founder and director of The Working Centre Joe Mancini. For over 40 years Joe and his partner Stephanie and countless Working Centre staff and volunteers have been combatting poverty in Kitchener-Waterloo and carrying out "common work" as the antidote to the kind of bureaucracy that maintains poverty and housing injustice. Adam and Joe talk about how the pandemic has changed their work, and the success of a shelter that found innovation by having no rules.
Follow Joe and The Working Centre:
https://www.theworkingcentre.org
https://www.theworkingcentre.org/volunteer/83
Check out Joe and Stephanie's book: "Transition to Common Work"
https://catalogue.theworkingcentre.org/books/transition-common-work
Follow our work:
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
How can local churches help move us from Housing Crisis to Housing Justice? And how can they go from learning to action? This week Adam is joined by affordable housing advocate Cathy Baer to explore those questions. Cathy is a member of Trinity United Church in Kitchener, and long before Trinity helped make this podcast possible, they were advocating for and supporting affordable housing with their time, energy, and resources. Cathy joins us to share how Trinity went from simply being aware of the housing crisis, to actively making an impact as a church, and offers a roadmap for other churches and community organizations who want to see housing justice advance in their neighborhoods.
Follow Trinity's work:
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/
https://www.facebook.com/TrinityUnitedKW
Follow our work:
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
This week Adam is joined by Katherine Bitzer.20 years ago Katherine started a 6-month contract with the Working Centre in Kitchener and with no end in sight she remains as committed as ever to working to address the housing crisis. A member of Trinity United Church's affordable housing committee, Katherine discusses our neighbour in encampments, and the proof that the Working Centre exemplifies; that there is another way to do housing and do it justly.
Follow The Working Centre's work:
https://www.theworkingcentre.org/
Follow our work:
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
We're back from our Holiday break with our newest episode! This week Adam sits down with author, pastor, and world-renowned global justice advocate Danielle Strickland to talk about her story, changing how we do life together and the epidemic of loneliness. We also find out about her work with IMBY Homes, and how it's so it's using tiny homes to change housing forever.
Follow Danielle's work:
https://www.imbyhomes.org/
https://www.daniellestrickland.com/
Follow our work:
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
On this week's episode, Adam connects with friend, Hub community member, and supportive housing worker Gemma Ricker to talk about her past time at the Working Centre's University Avenue Supporting Housing project. We talk about how supportive housing differs from emergency shelters, and the intersection of housing justice, safe supply, and the opioid crisis.
Follow our work:
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Follow The Working Centre's work:
https://www.theworkingcentre.org/
For more on how we fight the Opioid Crisis Gemma Recommends Overdose by Benjamin Perrin:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/605163/overdose-by-benjamin-perrin/9780735237889
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Election season has come and gone but winter is still coming for our neighbours who have been targeted by housing injustice.
This week Adam is joined by systems design engineer Kirsten Wright as we start to explore how our entire system of housing can be transformed to take us from housing crisis to housing justice. We also explore how we forge a path towards cities invested in community wealth, and what it takes to create perpetual affordability in housing.
Follow our work:
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Follow Kirsten's work:
https://leadershipwaterlooregion.org
Follow Keepers of the Circle:
https://keepersofthecircle.com
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Election day is coming! This week Adam sits down with Steph Stretch; city council candidate in Kitchener's Ward 10, to talk about how she went from concerned neighbour, to volunteer, to non-profit work and now local politics.
Listen in on the critical role of local government, building relationships with people and organizations who are street-involved, and how we can go from taking little bites to really developing teeth in the fight to go from housing crisis to housing justice.
Follow our work:
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Follow Steph's campaign:
www.votestretch22.ca
www.instagram.com/votestretch
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
The Hub and Trinity United Kitchener are excited to bring you a new podcast series this fall! We're inviting you to listen, share and invite friends to check out "Winter is Coming: A podcast about Housing Justice in Kitchener-Waterloo and Beyond"
In our second episode, Adam chats with Kitchener Centre MP Mike Morice about his work as a community leader in KW, from his seat in the house of commons, and how just housing practices can help us combat "legislated poverty", particularly for our neighbours who live with disabilities.
Follow our work:
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
www.trinityunitedkw.ca
Follow Mike's work:
https://mikemorricemp.ca/
https://twitter.com/morricemike