Real Stories

“That Night, We Slept Out on the Street”: A Young Refugee’s Story

In the newest StoryCorps "Finding Our Way" interview, Solomon Muche tells his mentor Elizabeth Stein about his family's experience with homelessness. Image credit: StoryCorps.
In the newest StoryCorps "Finding Our Way" interview, Solomon Muche tells his mentor Elizabeth Stein about his family's experience with homelessness. Image credit: StoryCorps.
Since 1984, King County has been the fifth-largest recipient of refugees in the U.S. Many refugees are at risk of homelessness, suffer from loneliness and depression, and face instability. Despite this uphill battle, many refugees, like a remarkable young man whose story is featured on KUOW today, find community support and achieve their dreams.

Domestic Violence Survivor’s Story Is All Too Common

In a new StoryCorps "Finding Our Way" story that airs on KUOW today, Zaneta Reid talks about experiencing domestic violence and homelessness with her four sons. Image credit: StoryCorps.
In a new StoryCorps "Finding Our Way" story that airs on KUOW today, Zaneta Reid talks about experiencing domestic violence and homelessness with her four sons. Image credit: StoryCorps.
In the newest StoryCorps "Finding Our Way" story to hit the KUOW airwaves, a Seattle mom talks about her experiences with domestic violence and homelessness. Our advocacy coordinator invited YWCA advocates who help survivors of domestic violence to listen to the story and share their reflections. Their insights -- like the fact that there are more shelters for dogs than for women in Washington -- may surprise you.

New StoryCorps Interview on KUOW: “No One Really Chooses to Be Homeless”

"Up until I was about like 7 I thought that everyone basically had a home and was pretty much safe all the time," Thandi tells her grandfather, Desmond, in a StoryCorps interview. "But then I learned that some people don’t really have a home, and it made me want to do something." Image credit: StoryCorps
"Up until I was about like 7 I thought that everyone basically had a home and was pretty much safe all the time," Thandi tells her grandfather, Desmond, in a StoryCorps interview. "But then I learned that some people don’t really have a home, and it made me want to do something." Image credit: StoryCorps
"It’s one thing to empathize with people and it’s another thing to do something about it," Desmond Pullen says to his granddaughter in the newest StoryCorps "Finding Our Way" interview, which airs on KUOW today. The pair talk about their efforts to help families at a shelter in Everett.

“Giving People My Story Makes Them Stronger”: The Power of StoryCorps

In a StoryCorps interview that you can hear on KUOW today, the Gilliards talked about falling into homelessness with their three children. Photo by StoryCorps, graphic by Lindsey Habenicht.
In a StoryCorps interview that you can hear on KUOW today, the Gilliards talked about falling into homelessness with their three children. Photo by StoryCorps, graphic by Lindsey Habenicht.
Fearing judgment from a society that stigmatizes poverty, the Gilliards kept their experience with homelessness secret -- until the day their story aired on NPR. Read about the consequences of that broadcast, and listen to their StoryCorps interview, which airs today locally on KUOW.
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