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About | FIRSTHAND: Homeless – The Migrant Experience

About

As asylum-seekers arrived in Chicago from Latin America over the past year, a public conversation about the mobilization of city services and marshaling of private sector resources began. In Firsthand: Homeless – The Migrant Experience, WTTW explores the complicated migrant experience through the eyes of five individuals who reveal why they left their home countries, their perilous journeys across continents, and the political forces that have shaped their new lives in Chicago as they search for housing, jobs, and education. 


Support for Firsthand: Homeless is provided by:

Ann and Rich Carr 
The Knight Family Foundation
Edwardson Family Foundation
Joel M. Friedman, President, Alvin H. Baum Family Fund Denny and Sandy Cummings
Marc and Jeanne Malnati Family Foundation
Alexandra C. Nichols
Peter and Alicia Pond


Expanded coverage for Firsthand: Homeless – The Migrant Experience is provided by:

Walder Foundation
Crown Family Philanthropies
The Field Foundation of Illinois
Denny and Sandy Cummings


Project Credits

Digital and Marketing

Website Design 
Justin Henderson

Website Development & Production 
Glenn Blicharz 
Justin Henderson 

Still Photography 
Abel Arciniega

Social Media & Promotion 
Meredith Francis 
Daniel Hautzinger 
Megan Lemersal
Julia Maish

SVP, Marketing & Digital 
Anne Gleason

Community Engagement

Vice President of Community Engagement 
Tim Russell

Senior Manager, Community Engagement 
Emily Dehm

Community Engagement Specialist 
Maya Horton


Documentaries

Producer 
Edgar Vargas

Directors 
Edgar Vargas
Eddie Arruza

Directors of Photography 
Margaret Byrne
Joshua Jackson
Cai Thomas

Field Audio
Tyler Felson

Online Editor
Wayne Kumingo

Editors 
Sandra Guardado
Sara Cabrera-Aragon

Translators
Linda Aurora Keller
Maricela Ponce de León

Original Score 
Allie n Steve Mullen

Postproduction Supervisor 
Wayne Kumingo

Art Director 
Linda Fox

Executive Producers
Dan Protess
Anne Gleason

Talks

Producer
Edgar Vargas

Producer
Marc Shaykin

Discussion Guide

Fran Sterling