by Cecilia Blanford | Nov 19, 2013 | Memorial, Mission
by Cecilia Blanford | Nov 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Few people are aware that millions of people in this country are facing hard economic times that rival the Great Depression. We see a few people on our street corners with hand written signs like: “Will work for food” or “Anything helps…God Bless”. We quickly write...
by Cecilia Blanford | Aug 1, 2013 | Advocacy, Livable Incomes
By Richard R. Troxell Read below or download your copy here (right click and save!) Sue Watlov-Phillips and Professor Edgar Chan have made invaluable contributions to this effort call for the Prevention of Homelessness. This whitepaper examines homelessness in...
by Cecilia Blanford | Jul 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
If there is one best way to solve the social crisis of homelessness it is this: Our society must pay people a living wage. Some people balk at this assertion. They try to maintain that paying a living wage is “baloney,” and falsely claim that increasing wages...
by Cecilia Blanford | Mar 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
On March 3, 2013, the Austin American-Statesman banner masthead read, “’Living Wage’ Proviso Targeted.” (See the article, “Dallas legislator aims to stop wage requirements in incentive deals.”) Apparently, the Dallas legislature does not want Texas...
