Tapestry

What's the connection between knowing where you are and knowing who you are?

Deirdre Mask is the author of The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power. She says an address tells the world where to find you. But its meaning doesn’t stop there. Henry Lee Heinonen and his father Eric Lee are landscapers living in Toronto. As they went to work this past year, they saw more and more encampments springing up around the city and wanted to do something to help. They volunteered with the Encampment Support Network to build shelters for people without housing

Originally aired January 24, 2021

Deirdre Mask is the author of The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power. She says an address tells the world where to find you. But its meaning doesn't stop there.

Henry Lee Heinonen and his father Eric Lee are landscapers living in Toronto. As they went to work this past year, they saw more and more encampments springing up around the city and wanted to do something to help. They volunteered with the Encampment Support Network to build shelters for people without housing