12 Annual Homelessness Marathon coming to CKDU on Wednesday, February 26!

The Homelessness Marathon is an annual live radio event which broadcasts nationally all night, coast to coast to coast, to raise awareness of homelessness in Canadian communities. The twelfth annual Homelessness Marathon is being produced out of community radio station CJSR in Edmonton and will be broadcast by dozens of campus and community stations across Canada in the evening and overnight of Wednesday, February 26 – Thursday, February 27 (from 7pm to noon) airing on CKDU 88.1fm or streaming live from www.ckdu.ca). Different cities are highlighted each hour and a live panel of speakers and performers from Halifax will be part of the national broadcast. CKDU will be hosting a community event at Saint Matthew's United Church (1479 Barrington Street) on the night of Wednesday, February 26 so people can gather together to listen to the broadcast, contribute their thoughts, share in a free meal and enjoy some live entertainment. This event will be from 7pm- midnight, open to everyone and is free of charge. Learn more at http://cjsrnews.com/homeless/ We are pleased to share that Jean Ketterling from the South House Sexual and Gender Resource Centre will be facilitating our community roundtable from 8-10pm. This will be a space for all members of the community to share their ideas and perspectives with a national audience. Specifically, our discussion will focus on homelessness in Halifax and the intersection of sex work and homelessness. Please come on out,. be part of a national radio event and broadcast and have a free meal with CKDU.  Here's a sneak peek at what the Marathon will be boradcasting from across Canada over the night: SEGMENT TIME SEGMENT HOST 8-10PM Halifax (CKDU) (9-10PM ATL TIME) "The Intersection Between Sex Work & Homelessness" 10:00-10:30PM Burnaby (SFU) (6-6:30PM PST) "Surrey: Voices from the Suburbs" 10:30-11PM Abbotsford (6:30-7PM PST) "No place to go: NIMBYism in action in Abbotsford" 11-1AM Montreal (CKUT) (10-12AM EST) -health/mental health 1-1:30AM Smithers (9-9:30PM PST) 1:30 - 2AM Prince George (9:30 - 10PM PST) "Meet Me Downtown, Up North: On the streets of Prince George" 2-3AM Edmonton (CJSR) OPEN MIC 3-4AM Vancouver Co-op (11-12AM PST) "Another Side of Reconciliation: Truths about Indigenous Homelessness" Community event:  Wednesday, February 26 at Saint Matthew's United Church, 1479 Barrington Street, south entrance. 7Pm-midnight. Event will include a listening party, free food, entertainment, a speaker's corner and opportunities to be part of the national broadcast. Radio broadcast:  7pm Wednesday, February 26 to noon Thursday, February 27. You can listen live on-air by tuning into 88.1fm or by streaming live from ww.ckdu.ca