Making MeadowviewEpisode 6
Mai Vang has always been a trailblazer. She is a first generation Hmong-American and the eldest of 16 children. As a young adult she started a non-profit to give political voice to her South Asian community. Now, she’s a school board member.
Making MeadowviewEpisode 5
Margarita Chavez has the best house on the block. At least, that’s how she describes it to all who come to visit her in Detroit Park. She wants all of her neighbors to feel that same pride in their home.
Making MeadowviewEpisode 4
Rolanda Wilkins grew up in Meadowview and lived through its crack epidemic in the 1980s. Now, she dedicates her life to empowering neighborhood girls, some of whom may be working through residual effects of the crack epidemic’s “lost generation.”
Making MeadowviewBonus
We’re excited to share the next episode with you — which we’re still producing. In the meantime, we’re going to share a few snippets of other stories we’ve gathered during the past year CapRadio has been in Meadowview.
Making MeadowviewEpisode 3
Teenager Lamajhe Miles wants to be a professional football player one day. And he has the talent. But without a bed to sleep on, poor grades and bad influences all around him, all he has is his will.
Making MeadowviewEpisode 2
Meadowview residents still talk about their love for Officer Dan Ware, one of Sacramento’s first black policemen. He often patrolled by foot. As a coach, he was a role model for young boys. But he also had personal battles with the department.
Making MeadowviewEpisode 1
A large community of Pacific Islanders lives in Meadowview, attending Christian churches and public schools. When members of the Tongan community were becoming active in gangs, elders brought them back to their roots, teaching them Polynesian dance.
For the next The View From Here podcast, Capital Public Radio is spending a year looking at the complex history that led up to the Meadowview neighborhood's modern day image, and talking to leaders who are remaking it for the next generation.
In this bonus episode of the Place and Privilege podcast hear a collection of first-person stories of young people affected by Sacramento’s housing crisis, produced by student journalists.
Sacramento's housing shortage affects everyone, from middle-class renters to homeless residents. We explore the history, politics and economics of housing in California's capital through personal stories of neighbors hit the hardest.
