Category: Homelessness

[wufoo username=”sagerock” formhash=”qjg3psz1f9orim” autoresize=”true” height=”618″ header=”show” ssl=”true”] This is the first winter we don’t have our tent village OR our day center. If you aren’t regularly working with homeless people living on the street, let me tell you what is happening. Mayor Horrigan just closed a major camp last week which has made many people…

I have a friend, Holly White, who has a PhD in spiritual matters. (I’m sorry I can’t recall your exact area of study, Holly. I just don’t have the energy right now to ask anybody.) She and my wife, Rocky, were talking about how I seem to be experiencing symptoms of grief. Holly is well…

Let me set the stage: The mayor of Austin Texas Steve Adler and Austin city council voted, fair and square, to allow homeless people to camp on city land in Austin. Homeless people aren’t allowed to camp in parks or in front of city hall. But everywhere else is fair game. Well, the governor of…

There is a very important statement made by a high up leader in homeless services here in Akron Ohio. It’s stated in this article in the Akron Beacon Journal made by Keith Stahl Director of Operations and Residential Services at Community Support Services. He states: There is a philosophical debate at the heart of this,…

It was an opinion piece signed by Mar-Quetta Boddie, Rebecca Callahan, Keith Stahl and Fred Berry AND “the view of 11 other members of the Continuum of Care for the Homeless” It was entitled “Second Chance Village is not a solution to homelessness” and was written on July 11, 2018. I often focus on Mayor…

The extreme suffering the street brings is a constant hum. Hunger, isolation, hatred, beatings, rape, torture. And then death. It’s constant. A constant hum of grinding suffering. It doesn’t have to be this way. But it is because our society has put up invisible walls of classism. Make no mistake, America has untouchables. People like…

In 2014 Arnold Abbot, a 90 year old man, was charged with feeding the homeless in public in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Those “do not feed laws” in Fort Lauderdale still exist. Mayor Jack Seiler told WPLG, “Just because of media attention we don’t stop enforcing the law. We enforce the laws here in Fort Lauderdale.”…

There have been a couple local activists getting some heat recently for being less than ethical in their social giving. This, I think, is shocking to the person in the cross hairs of these accusations. It also throws a wet blanket on the good feelings of supporters. Martin Luther King was often accused of incredible…

There’s a high profile homelessness “expert” who is against these tiny houses that are popping up all over the country for homeless people. Barbara Poppe, who coordinated federal homelessness policy for most of Barack Obamas presidency, said she believes the development of slums is a real risk and that some of the ramshackle camps used…

I can make no promises as to what is about to be vomited on this page or if I’ll have the energy to clean it up afterwards. I guess shock is a good word. I’m still in shock. Last week, I and many incredibly hard working homeless people dismantled everything we created over the last…