by Pat Hartman | Aug 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Consensus holds that between 5% and 10% of people experiencing homelessness have pets, most often dogs. The notable exception, Ace Backwords, lives in the Berkeley hills with a herd of cats that he feeds, photographs, and writes numerous blog entries about. Most...
by Pat Hartman | Dec 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last month, at Austin’s 25th Homeless Memorial, participants read the names of 187 poverty-stricken people who died in Austin this year. Earlier this month, the Austin American-Statesman published a commentary by House the Homeless president Richard R. Troxell. He...
by Pat Hartman | Nov 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Sunday, November 19, is the day of this year’s Homeless Memorial Service. If you are in or near Austin, Texas, please go to Auditorium Shores, at South First and Riverside Drive (on the south side of Lady Bird Lake). There is a story behind the annual event. In 1992,...
by Pat Hartman | Sep 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
Late in May 2015, frequent Huffington Post contributor Arlene Nisson Lassin wrote about the Memorial Day flood in her area of Houston that affected about 4,000 houses, one of which belonged to her family. A series of posts described 99 varieties of pain — from the...
by Pat Hartman | May 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
This month of May 2017 began with a much-grieved death on its very first day. Michael Stoops was a legendary figure in the world of anti-homelessness activism and a person of extraordinary commitment. Megan Hustings, Director of the National Coalition for the Homeless...
