The First Podcast Museum

Expanding the Dignity Museum w/Love Beyond Walls

I’m excited to share that this week, we launched the first-ever podcast museum in the U.S. dedicated to homelessness.

This new project builds on and expands the work we started in 2019 with the launch of the Dignity Museum through Love Beyond Walls, which was the first museum to focus entirely on homelessness.

Now, we’re taking things a step further by creating a mobile, podcast-driven museum that combines storytelling and advocacy in a new way.

Why now?

1. Homelessness is on the rise, with more people becoming unhoused who have never experienced the plight.

2. I wrote about the new era of mass homelessness in an older post titled: Is the Affordable Housing Crisis Propelling a Third Mass Homelessness Era?

Additionally, as more harmful laws and policies are passed that negatively impact the unhoused community and harmful stereotypes increasingly shape public perceptions, it’s more crucial than ever to demystify and change the narrative surrounding those who are vulnerable—a narrative that is rooted in humanity, love, justice, belonging, and grace.

Watch the actual launch video below:

Why a Podcast Museum?

I am glad you asked.

Quantitative data often reduces people to numbers in research, but qualitative data—stories, voices, emotions—reminds us of the humanity behind those statistics. By sharing the lived experiences of real people impacted by homelessness, we’re not just passing the microphone to them; we’re inviting them to tell their own stories, in their own words—and teach us what they need.

This podcast museum launched yesterday in North Carolina in partnership with Everfi and Principle Foundation to educate students and educators about this plight in this state and beyond using qualitative data. It will officially launch in Atlanta soon.

But what I am most excited about is that this museum will house the Imagine Dignity Podcast—a project I recently collaborated on with Love Beyond Walls.

Museums often focus on history, preserving the past and documenting what’s already happened. At the same time, podcasts amplify the voices of influencers, experts, or people with a platform.

Getting the museum to travel to North Carolina

With this podcast museum, we’re doing something different. We’re combining the educational role of a museum with the immediacy of podcast storytelling, using both to elevate the voices of people who are too often overlooked. I am deeply grateful to the William Josef Foundation for supporting our work and helping us launch this Dignity Museum version.

By making this museum more mobile and accessible, we can bring these stories directly to communities across the country. Where will we go next?

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Order “Zion Learns To See: Opening Our Eyes To Homelessness” [HERE]

If you want to explore homelessness in the U.S., please consider reading “I See You: How Love Opens Our Eyes to Invisible People.”

Explore my book “When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together” to learn about the impact of community involvement and collective action on social change.

Discover “All God’s Children: How Confronting Buried History Can Build Racial Solidarity to gain insight into the significance of understanding the historical narratives that shape people and how you might stand in solidarity with your neighbor.

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