From Surviving to Leading: Youth Homelessness Through the Eyes of Experience
UnHoused & UnFiltered | MCAH's Podcast on Homelessness & Hou... by Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness
Episode notes
In Episode 8 of UnHoused and UnFiltered, we sit down with youth homelessness advocate and leader Azaria Terrell to explore the realities facing young people experiencing homelessness in Michigan and beyond.
Drawing from both her lived experience and her extensive work on youth advisory boards and advocacy initiatives, Azaria offers a powerful perspective on the barriers young people face while navigating homelessness, housing instability, and systems designed to support them. The conversation examines the connection between foster care involvement and youth homelessness, the challenges created by limited transitional supports, and the critical importance of ensuring young people have access to stable housing, trusted adults, education, employment opportunities, and community connections.
But this episode is also about hope. A ...