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Category Archives: Challenge
How can an art campaign cover up the design of a flawed & inhumane approach to dealing with homelessness? | Tampa art students to design Safe Harbor fundraising campaign | Tampa Bay Times
They’ve been given a HUGE challenge: A class of undergraduates at the Art Institute of Tampa has been handed challenge: Make Pinellas residents care about the homeless. They have showed so far how they (the government & community leaders, including … Continue reading
Posted in Advocvacy, homeless, Ministry, Challenge, Hope, Poverty, Taxpayers, Costs of homelessness, Video, Faith-based response, Youth homelessness, Action, Open Letter, Chamber of Commerce, Legislation, Street Paper, Housing, End Homelessness, Addictions, Causes of Homelessness, Vox Patria, Awareness, Women+Children Homelessness, 0homeless, valueof0, socent, social entreprener, Street Medicine, Street Ministries, End Chronic Homelessness, Position Statements, Ways to Help, Economy, Family Homelessness, Volunteer, Children Homelessness, Housing First, Panhandling, United Way, Housing Fund, Poverty Reduction, Criminalization of Homelessness, social good, compassionate response, Common good, debate, Visit Savannah, Tourism Leadership Council, HUGS, SSI, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness, shelters, safety net, vouchers, Homelessness Revealed, Street Outreach, USICH, Ten Year Plan, social justice, human rights, health care, Donations, chronic homelessness, Women's homelessness, mentoring
Tagged art institute of tampa, community engagement programs, high school projects, homeless situation, homelessness, Housing First, Pinellas County Florida
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An Open Letter to Savannah’s Faith, Business, City & Neighborhood Communities: Are we ready to frame chronic homelessness as a public health issue?
You see, from Nashville’s recent Registry Week (see more at their How’s Nashville campaign website) we have seen how being real about the vulnerability to life surveys can show & help make us focus on the actual public health aspects … Continue reading
Posted in Advocvacy, homeless, Ministry, Challenge, Hope, Poverty, Homelessness Action Week, Taxpayers, Costs of homelessness, Youth homelessness, Action, Open Letter, Jobs, Street Paper, Housing, Homeless Memorial Day, End Homelessness, Addictions, Causes of Homelessness, Vox Patria, Awareness, Women+Children Homelessness, 0homeless, valueof0, socent, social entreprener, Street Medicine, Street Ministries, End Chronic Homelessness, Ways to Help, Family Homelessness, Volunteer, Children Homelessness, Housing First, Panhandling, United Way, Housing Fund, Poverty Reduction, Criminalization of Homelessness, social good, compassionate response, Common good, Visit Savannah, Tourism Leadership Council, HUGS, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness, safety net, vouchers, Homelessness Revealed, Street Outreach, USICH, Ten Year Plan, social justice, human rights, health care, Donations, chronic homelessness, Women's homelessness, mentoring
Tagged homeless, advocacy, homelessness, poverty, Tent city, Savannah Georgia, Affordable housing, Mental health, end homelessness, Housing First, ending chronic homelessness, United Way, Mayor, City Council, Social justice
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Some more on Social Justice | We need this dialog | It’s NOT Socialism | Is Social Justice a Codeword?
Yes, we need this dialog, even if it’s brought to our attention by an advocate for the progressive church! Can we afford as Christians to ignore this call (another one) for “The Just Church”? A quote from the article to … Continue reading
Posted in 0homeless, Action, Advocvacy, Awareness, Challenge, Common good, compassionate response, Costs of homelessness, Criminalization of Homelessness, End Chronic Homelessness, End Homelessness, Faith-based response, Free enterprise, Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness, homeless, Homelessness Revealed, Hope, Housing, Housing First, HUGS, human rights, inter-faith, Islam, Jewish, Lord Save Us, Ministry, Muslim, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Poverty Reduction, safety net, socent, social entreprener, social good, social justice, Taxpayers, Ten Year Plan, USICH, valueof0, Volunteer, Vox Patria, Ways to Help
Tagged Beatitudes, Christian, Gospel, homelessness, Housing First, human rights, Jesus, Religion, sermon on the mount, Social justice
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Developing a sense of Urgency: Viable next steps | We need both compassion & social justice to end homelessness: Justice is a step beyond compassion | Housing First is the ultimate social justice at this time for Savannah – Food for the Hungry Blog
We need both compassion & social justice to end homelessness: Justice is a step beyond compassion | Housing First is the ultimate social justice at this time for Savannah – Food for the Hungry Blog or What is it going … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, Affordable housing, Chamber of commerce, City Council, Community, Compassion, end homelessness, ending chronic homelessness, homeless, Homeless Bill of Rights, Homeless shelter, homelessness, Housing First, poverty, Rhode Island, Savannah Georgia, Social justice, Tent city
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When we reject giving housing first to our homeless are we rejecting Jesus? | Is there a call for social justice to the churches & God’s people here? | Sculpture of Jesus the Homeless rejected by two prominent churches | Toronto Star
“Homeless Jesus had no home,” says the artist, Timothy Schmalz, who specializes in religious sculpture. “How ironic.” Watch the sculptor share his reaction to finding it so hard to find a home for his Jesus the Homeless piece! You see … Continue reading
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Tagged Easter, God, homeless, homelessness, human rights, Jesus, Lord, Religion
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Are you ready to: Restart your Compassion And Justice? | compliments of: YouVersion, the Bible App – Featured Reading Plans
As a part of our “Choose Compassion, See What Happens” Campaign (materials & focus courtesy of Savannah Christian Church) we offer an opportunity, through Bible Study Plans (from YouVersion), to get in touch with your commitment for giving compassion a … Continue reading
Why Did the Evolution of Social Justice Leave the Homeless Behind?
Why Did the Evolution of Social Justice Leave the Homeless Behind? by Glen Eich This being the first article I have submitted to Homeless in Savannah, I decided to forgo any of the gritty details of that faction of society we … Continue reading
Posted in Advocvacy, Causes of Homelessness, Challenge, Contributed writing, End Chronic Homelessness, End Homelessness, General article, homeless, human rights, Poverty, Protests, social justice
Tagged Abbie Hoffman, article, contributed writing, Gloria Steinem, homeless, homelessness, human rights, Martin Luther King, poverty, Social justice, story, United States
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A new day for the homeless authority, maybe, but much more to address before they’re on track again! | Savannah’s homeless authority balances budget, cites new day | Savannahnow.com Mobile
Today’s article in the Savannah Morning News comes after the Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless (known as the CSAH & Homeless Authority) Board Meeting held yesterday, Tuesday, 2/19/2013. We were in attendance & are pleased to see this meeting reported … Continue reading
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Tagged Groves High School, homeless, Homeless Authority, homelessness, Housing First, Savannah Morning News
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We support getting to know our homeless by name! | National Alliance to End Homelessness: Making Your PIT Count More Useful to Local Providers
We can’t end homelessness without knowing every person on our streets by name and learning what services, subsidies and supports will help them access and maintain permanent housing. Federal aggregate data is important to help us accurately identify the national … Continue reading
Posted in About, Action, Addictions, Awareness, Causes of Homelessness, Challenge, Chamber of Commerce, Common good, compassionate response, Costs of homelessness, Criminalization of Homelessness, Economy, End Chronic Homelessness, End Homelessness, Family Homelessness, Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness, homeless, Hope, Housing, Housing First, HUGS, Jobs, Mental Health, Ministry, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Poverty, safety net, shelters, socent, social entreprener, social good, Street Medicine, Street Ministries, Street Outreach, Tourism Leadership Council, Uncategorized, United Way, valueof0, Visit Savannah, Volunteer, Ways to Help, Women+Children Homelessness, Youth homelessness
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Savannah Needs a Homelessness Action Week too!
Why is there a mystery surrounding the CSAH Charter & CoC membership guidelines? | CSAH About Us
The following is taken from the Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless (CSAH) websites About Us page! We are sharing this now in order to solicit & engage in a discussion about the “Charter” for the CSAH & where the limitations … Continue reading →