The following piece is a speech that was presented by a participant of the Faces of Homelessness Speakers’ Bureau after her trip to Washington, DC: Someone once said, “Nothing in […]...
As of April 1, 2011 two homeless residents, George Grayson and Kyle Shaw of St. Petersburg, Florida are suing J.P Florida Productions, its owner Jeffery Williams as well as six […]...
Though every year communities understand that cold weather brings increased risk of illness and even death among those who do not have safe and permanent warm residence, it seems there […]...
by Neil Donovan, Executive Director 200 families in New York City are part of a new draconian experiment cooked up under the supervision of the new and troubling commissioner of […]...
by Neil Donovan, NCH Executive Director The people of Memphis want to know if they should put up “parking meter – contribution stations” to replace the method of directly donating […]...
By Michael Stoops, Director of Community Organizing Twenty years ago, the movement to end homelessness lost its most charismatic leader, Mitch Snyder. Snyder and Robert Hayes, NCH’s founder, are con...
By Michael Stoops, Director of Community Organizing The McKinney Act was the first major federal program to provide funds for people experiencing homeless and inspired bipartisan support from both the...
by Michael Stoops, Director of Community Organizing Each summer I notice how tourism and homelessness do not get along very well. Rather than providing day and night shelter services during […]...
I, President (_________–fill in the blank) of the U.S. and How I Ended Poverty. A True Story of the Future. (Part II)* On Inauguration Day, I, President ___________ (fill in […]...
By Michael Stoops Over forty years ago, in 1968 this country lost a great American, Upton Sinclair, who had a profound impact forwarding social justice in the United States. […]...