Vaness

Social Abuse: Community, Care & Contracts

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Social Abuse — Community, Care & Contracts exists to explore the systems, policies, and power structures that shape the lives of unhoused people in America and to bring policymakers, service providers, and the people being served to the same table in pursuit of a shared standard of human dignity. We are a podcast for anyone working in, affected by, or simply paying attention to the systems that shape the lives of unhoused people, the people doing the work, making the decisions, and living with the consequences, and for everyone who believes that dignity should never be optional and that we can...

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Vaness

Episodes

No Real Answers, No Solid Plan — But Still at the Table: Talking with Councilmember Soheila Bana 27.06.2026 51:23

Council Member Soheila Bana sits down with host Vanessa for the long-awaited Episode 6. The conversation Episode 4 set up after Dr. Jamelia Brown named her as one of the two colleagues who showed up with integrity. Soheila shares her journey from Iran to Richmond, how she came into politics. Why she believes the city's real failure isn't a lack of promises — it's a lack of proof. W...

28 Million Dollars & Nobody's Healed: A Solo Conversation on Inner City Housing Crisis & Social Abuse Episode 5 12.06.2026 52:28

Council Member Soheila Bana had an emergency council meeting. She'll be here in Episode 6. But this week, host Vanessa sits alone with the mic and says everything that's been sitting heavy since Dr. Jamelia Brown gave us one of the most honest, most painful episodes this podcast has ever produced. Housing First. The money trail. The hazing inside City Hall. The way social abuse hides b...

Exclusive: Social Abuse - The Cost of Public Service 29.05.2026 1:00:23

In this episode, Council Member Dr. Jamelia Brown gets personal. She shares at this point Richmond isn't a city of pride and purpose we're a city of pain and poverty. She's clear on her thoughts regarding the Housing First method. Dr. Brown, serves on the Richmond City Council representing a city whose history is inseparable from questions of race, industry, labor, and survival....

All Hands on Deck - Episode 3 15.05.2026 57:34

In this episode Host, Vanessa Calloway has open, candid, light hearted conversation with two of Richmond California local candidates. Brandon Evans (Southside Son) running for City Council District 3 and Demnlus Johnson III whose running for Mayor. You'll hear county vs city responsibilities. Their why for staying in Richmond and now hoping to gain constituency by being voted into office. ...

What's Social Abuse 01.05.2026 35:41

In Episode 2 of the Social Abuse Podcast,host Vanessa Calloway gets into the heart of what is show is built on, defining, naming, and exposing social abuse in all places it hides. With over 30 years of front-line experience working with the unhoused community, Vanessa doesn' speak theory. She speaks from what she has lived, witnessed, and refused to stay silent about. This episode is where...

Welcome- It's Time for Real Talk Episode 1 17.04.2026 16:41

"What happens whe the people closest to the problem have the least power in the conversation?" Welcome to the Social Abuse Podcast. A space built for real talk, radical transparency, and long overdue accountability. In this debut episode, host Vanessa A. Calloway introduces herself and lays out the heart behind this podcast. Vanessa has spent over 30 years, working directly with the unh...