How should we address the issues that led to the tragic Ghost Ship fire, which took the lives of at least 36 people?
There have been rising concerns about how the fire will affect the limited amount of spaces for artists to live, work, and gather. The devastating loss of life has many talking about how the lack of affordable housing forces people to live in unsafe spaces like Ghost Ship. How are Bay Area communities responding?
Guests:
Nihar Bhatt, DJ/producer with the San Francisco based Surface Tension collective who was at the Ghost Ship fire, and co-owner of the record label Left Hand Pathpresent
Hiroko Kurihara, textile artist, founder of 25th St. Collective, co-founder of Oakland Makers, and leader in the Uptown Arts District Group
Web Resources:
Master List of Ghost Ship Support
KQED: Oakland Fire: Benefits, Vigils and Other Ways to Honor the Victims
SF Gate: Profiles of those who died in huge warehouse fire in Oakland
Omni Commons: DIY Safety Working Group
NBC Bay Area: Two Survivors of Deadly Oakland Warehouse Fire Describe the Scene Inside
Pitchfork: After Ghost Ship Fire, Oakland DIY Grapples With a Broken System
KQED: It Could Have Been Any One of Us
48 Hills: In the Ghost Ship aftermath
East Bay Times: Evictions in Ghost Ship’s wake: Artists’ worst fears coming true