Melissa Phillips @melissaphillips.bsky.social · 15/08/2025My short film, ‘I am Gustavo’, is publicly available for the first time. Gustavo Otzoy, Guatemalan immigrant and friend, was one of 200 unhoused residents who were forcibly evicted from Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles in 2021. Watch now: vimeo.com/1099912805vimeo.comI am Gustavo (Short Film)Gustavo Otzoy, a Guatemalan immigrant, was one of 200 unhoused residents who were forcibly evicted from Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles in 2021. This short film offers… 093
Melissa Phillips @melissaphillips.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Excellent reporting. Honoured to have played a small part in this. 061
Melissa Phillips @melissaphillips.bsky.social · 26/02/2025All of us Gen X Wisconsin natives are sobbing over this comment, Bray. 😭 020
Melissa Phillips @melissaphillips.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Beautiful and important exhibition opened earlier this month sharing the history and stories from the forced displacement of the Echo Park Lake encampment. (A few of my photos are also featured.) If you’re in LA, consider visiting. Open through the end of March. 051
Melissa Phillips @melissaphillips.bsky.social · 29/01/2025All People’s Health Collective partnered with F4GI and put together this great resource to donate directly to over 900 incarcerated firefighters who’ve been battling the wildfires in California, saving homes and lives, for as little as $10.24 a day. 031
Melissa Phillips @melissaphillips.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Please take a moment to get caught up on some excellent reporting by @globalreportingcentre.org on mass displacement events like the Olympics that exacerbate the houselessness crisis in cities like Paris, Vancouver and LA. 031
Melissa Phillips @melissaphillips.bsky.social · 12/11/2024@lacanetwork.bsky.social is doing the important work. Be sure to follow on Bluesky. ✊🏻 031
Melissa Phillips @melissaphillips.bsky.social · 28/11/2023Just here to remind everyone that housing is a human right. 070
