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NewsBy Nkongho Beteck December 4, 2013
Street Sense Players Take to the Stage
Street Sense vendors shared songs and monologues expressing the challenges of trusting others and facing homelessness at a November 13…
NewsBy Henrieese Roberts December 4, 2013
Dexter Manley Aims To Make His Ancestors Proud
“Mr. Secretary of Defense” Dexter Manley Aims To Make His Ancestors Proud By Henrieese Roberts September was National…
NewsBy Claire Sloan December 4, 2013
Transgender Day of Remembrance
The African drumbeat reverberated through the place of worship as selected audience members stood one by one to speak for…
NewsBy Ashley Trick December 4, 2013
Hawaii Senator Uses Sledgehammer to Fight Homelessness by Ashley Trick
Tom Brower, a five-term Democratic representative in the Aloha state, took on a new method in dealing with homelessness that…
NewsBy Brett Mohar December 4, 2013
Mugged in Chester, P.A.
As a former reporter and photojournalist covering the three poorest and most ethnically diverse counties in Colorado, I have done…
A New Model For Food Deserts
The nation’s first non-profit grocery store recently opened its doors in the struggling community of Chester, Pennsylvania. Fare & Square…
Spirit of Giving Shattered by Theft
On the very first night of December, someone broke into the Salvation Army offices in the 2300 block of Martin…
Central Union Mission Reopens Near Union Station
Clean. Safe. Polite. These are the three words that come to mind for Bonnie Pritchard. She is assistant director of education…
Hawaii Senator Uses Sledgehammer to Fight Homelessness
Homeless Man Saves a Woman’s Wallet
Joel Hartman, 36, brought the holiday spirit to Atlanta’s Omni Hotel in full swing last week when he found a…
NewsBy Reginald Black December 3, 2013
Marchers Remembers the Dead and Fight for the Living
Every year around Christmas we start to think of those who are living homeless. And every year since 1990, National…
NewsBy Mike Rhodes November 20, 2013
City of Fresno Destroys Downtown Homeless Encampments
The City of Fresno followed through on their threats to destroy homeless encampments in the downtown area last month by…
NewsBy Ramanda Lazaris November 20, 2013
Film Captures Fleeting Moments at Hospice
Three short films exploring some of life’s most heartbreaking and revealing moments were the focus of a recent evening of…
VA Dedicates Millions More Toward Homeless-Veteran Programs
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced a nearly 14 million dollar surge in funding for programs to assist homeless veterans,…
NewsBy Gwynette Smith November 20, 2013
National Homelessness Awareness Week
The National Homelessness Awareness Week is from November 16 to 24. It is sponsored by the National Coalition for the…
Efforts Aim at Helping Philippine Storm Victims
Typhoon Haiyan barreled through the Philippines earlier this month, causing nearly 4,000 deaths, the Guardian reports. In response to the…
NewsBy Carol Cummings November 20, 2013
Female Vet Rescuing Others from Homelessness
About 3,328 female veterans are homeless in the United States, according to data collected by the U.S. Department of Veterans…
NewsBy Claire Sloan November 20, 2013
Advocates Ask: Does Winter Plan do Enough to Protect Homeless Youth?
Rikea Richardson knew she was truly on her own when she had stayed the maximum allowed time at a shelter…
News November 6, 2013
Street Sense Vendor for a Day
When I woke up and saw the clear blue sky, I said to myself, Oh, goody. It would be a…
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