JUST LIFE - Fr Dominic Robinson & David Russell (& Snoop Dogg!) - Hard Times
Radio Maria UK
London based rough-sleeper and film-maker David Fussell, with London band Ooberfuse, have joined forces with rap royalty’s Snoop Dogg to challenge hidden prejudices around homelessness. These prejudices recently erupted in UK when former Home Secretary, Suella Braverman promised to crackdown on tents and said that rough sleeping in a tent is a ‘life-style choice’. Listen to this fascinating story told by David himself along with Fr Dominic Robinson of The Church of the Immaculate Conception Farmstreet in conversation with Fr Toby, priest director of Radio Maria. In David's own words: ‘I lived in a tent for 4 out of the 10 years that I lived on the streets. I started using a tent after someone threw a glass bottle that smashed in my face and I was lucky only to have a small cut on my forehead. A tent will keep you out of the wind and rain/snow and greatly increases your chances of survival on winter nights.’