by Cecilia Blanford | Nov 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Over the years, our Thermal Underwear Party has grown from a gift of warm clothes, a cup of coffee, and a dessert donated local bakeries to a three hour party with music from P.J Lyles and the South Austin Rockin’ Gospel Project with a hot lunch of ham or turkey,...
by Pat Hartman | Nov 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last time, we looked at some of the bright spots in the homeless veteran situation. For example, by one count, over 2,400 nonprofit groups in America have programs for homeless veterans. Still, despite those and other good programs, the situation is still...
by Pat Hartman | Nov 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
As we know, it’s National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, and nobody could say that the plight of homeless veterans does not get media attention. Homeless vets are in the news all the time, and we can only hope that awareness is actually being raised. When...
by Pat Hartman | Nov 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
This might be the quotation of the year: The City of New Orleans cleared out the camp to reduce homelessness in the city. Is that what they think they’re doing? Amazing. Reduce homelessness by clearing out camps. Who knew the answer could be so simple?...
by Pat Hartman | Nov 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
The book we see over on the right-hand side of the page here, Looking Up at the Bottom Line, is really several books in one. It’s kind of an activist-how-to manual, as well as a history of the struggle for social justice as carried out (non-violently and always...
by Pat Hartman | Nov 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
There are three kinds of writing about the lives of people experiencing homelessness, and, naturally, the most authentic kind is a story told in the first person. When a street person tells the stories of other street people, that should count too, in the...
