Author: Sage

This is my friend Dustin standing next to what remained of his tent that burned to the ground 2 nights ago. Dustin is a young man who has been homeless for years. He has very significant mental health issues compounded by drug addiction. I one time found Dustin in the middle of Dave’s Supermarket parking…

MANY people ask me “why do you do it, Sage? Why do you shelter these people and give so much to them?”   THIS IS WHY!!   The 2 people in the front are Alicia and Jozef. They are taking the 2 people in the back, Aubrey and Cole nearly 800 miles to Aubrey’s family…

I’m going to be talking about my run for mayor of Akron more consistently soon. There is going to be one theme: TOGETHER WE CAN DO ANYTHING.   Take Aubrey, pictured here.   She is seen here going through a room full of clothes and supplies that YOU brought to her. She is pregnant and…

I sometimes get accused of being a country-wide magnet for homeless people. That the tents and acceptance we offer at the Houseless Movement is SO good, that people will come from all over the country to live with us. (It has happened once or twice, but it’s EXTREMELY rare.)   I’m going on a birth…

I was just asked this question on Nextdoor. And so I thought I would paste my answer here. I rail hard against pretty much every form of authority. That’s simply because with great power comes great responsibility. Everyone in power needs to do better. The Haven of Rest is no exception. That said, I am…

Stealing in the homeless community is so annoying, so frustrating, so ever-present… that it becomes fascinating. How is it that people who absolutely HATE getting stolen from are the very people doing the stealing? A friend of mine had her wallet stolen yesterday. She’s not a homeless person, but a person who has dedicated her…

I wanted to seek a little clarity in this idea that I have. I find that writing sometimes helps with that process. While we were at Sunday Morning in the Garden yesterday 3 people living in the Garden asked me to take them to Florida… this week. 2 women and 1 man. When I said…

Todd Tober is a Facebook friend of mine. He is the president of Tober Building Company. His company built Stoney Pointe Commons, a 68-unit development for homeless people and people with disabilities. There is now a second article in the Beacon Journal talking about the rodents at Stoney Pointe Commons. Teneeka Hamilton had to move…

The city of Akron has a form where you can submit ideas to them for The American Rescue Plan Act money here: City of Akron Public Input Form The form states this: The American Rescue Plan Act provides State and Local Fiscal Recovery funding to directly address the negative impacts of the COVID-19 public health…

It’s humbling and a little shocking for me to have people ask me how to help their homeless family members. I often think to myself, “isn’t there someone more qualified to answer these requests other than me?” But what I’ve learned in life is that leaders are always unprepared and unqualified for the job set…