Nashville Sounding Board

This episode features Lindsey Krinks, the Education and Street Chaplaincy Coordinator and co-founder of Open Table Nashville (http://opentablenashville.org/). See timeline of topics below. Interview minute markers: 1:30 - Book recommendation: "Evicted" 2:15 - How did you start doing this work? 3:20 - The work of Open Table Nashville 6:05 - What have you seen change over the past decade? 8:25 - Causes of homelessness 11:34 - "Radical culture of care"...where are we as a city from 1-10? 13:21 - Church Street Park land swap 19:24 - Merits of the Housing First model 22:50 - Reaction to Amazon deal 24:55 - Tent cities 29:00 - What is the best way for people to help? 31:15 - Waiting list for affordable housing 34:00 - Microhome village 35:00 - Number of homeless people in Nashville 36:30 - "Ending homelessness" as the goal? 39:30 - Peer cities to emulate 40:48 - Balancing policy advocacy and direct outreach 43:07 - Cold night walkalongs (email winter@opentablenashville.org) 43:50 - Dangerous effects of cold wea