by Pat Hartman | Nov 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Actually, the proper name is “Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week” but that makes a very long title. If we observed truth in labeling rules and went all the way, it would be “Hunger and Homelessness, and Untreated Mental Illness, and People Freezing, and...
by Pat Hartman | Nov 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
Coming up next week, November 14-21, is National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, observed throughout the country. In Austin, Texas, the week starts off with the Homeless Memorial Sunrise Service, an opportunity for friends and anyone who cares to pay their...
by Pat Hartman | Nov 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
This is the official publication day for Looking Up at the Bottom Line: The Struggle for the Living Wage! by Richard R. Troxell, from Plain View Press. Troxell is in Philadelphia, visiting at the University of Pennsylvania, where the School of Social...
by Pat Hartman | Nov 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today’s interesting person is Maria Foscarinis, Founder and Executive Director of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, who says, […] I’ve spent the past 20 plus years working for policies to prevent and end homelessness in America. In my...
by Pat Hartman | Nov 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
When dog bites man, it isn’t news. But when man bites dog, that’s news. Fresh examples of this old saying appear every day. For instance, if you saw a headline that seemed to mean a sheriff was halting evictions, you would think it was a misprint, right?...
