First Crush
Friday August 28th, 2020 with Zoë Argiropulos-Hunter
613 Sounds with Kingsley Swim of Hit The Streets

Hey First Crush listeners! Welcome to the second instalment of 613 Sounds, an hour of locally-focused music and event programming to celebrate and elevate the rich atmosphere of our city. On today’s program, I have an interview with local activist Kingsley Swim, the co-founder Hit The Streets. Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Kingsley and her team have utilized their boots-on-the-ground approach to serve over 1000 hot meals and other life necessity to those in need in person throughout the Ottawa area. I had the chance to chat with her earlier this week about the origin of the grassroots collective, and how her and her team plan to mobilize their efforts further in the coming months. As always, I am constantly looking for more local music to feature on my show. Got anything that should be on my radar? Send me an email at firstcrushpromotion@gmail.com! Mentioned on today's show (thank you Kingsley for compiling this list!): Hit The Streets Instagram - @hitthestreets.ca GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hit-the-streets-neighbourhood-initiative?utm_source=fb_copy_link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet Black Th0ts Instagram - @BlackTh0ts GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-blackthots-blackbookclub?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1 Little Free Diverse Libraries Ottawa Instagram - @LittleFreeDiverseLibrariesOtt GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/little-free-diverse-libraries-ottawa?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet International Overdose Awareness Day Action organized by Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy - Ottawa Chapter: https://www.instagram.com/cssdpottawa/ Providing drug education materials and policy alternatives | 11:30am - 12:30pm | Aug 31 (this coming Monday!) | Human Rights Monument on Elgin St, Ottawa #FreeFest613 Partners City of Ottawa at McNabb Arena (180 Percy St) | open 9:30am-4:00pm | Monday-Saturday | free showers, showers, clothing and food (11am-1pm) ACB HIV Prevention team from Somerset West Community Health Centre Centertown Community Health Centre https://www.instagram.com/somersetwest_acb/ Again, thank you so, SO much to Kingsley, Luxe, Ginko, Liv, Mara, Laurie, Nicole and Amy for all that you do for the communities across our city!