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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
Posted in 0homeless, Action, Addictions, Advocvacy, Awareness, Causes of Homelessness, Challenge, Chamber of Commerce, Common good, compassionate response, Costs of homelessness, Criminalization of Homelessness, debate, End Chronic Homelessness, End Homelessness, Faith-based response, Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness, health care, homeless, Homelessness Revealed, Hope, Housing, Housing First, Housing Fund, HUGS, human rights, inter-faith, Jobs, Legislation, Ministry, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Panhandling, Position Statements, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, safety net, shelters, socent, social entreprener, social good, social justice, Taxpayers, Ten Year Plan, Tourism Leadership Council, United Way, USICH, valueof0, Visit Savannah, Volunteer, Vox Patria, Ways to Help
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
Posted in 0homeless, Addictions, Advocvacy, Alcoholism, Causes of Homelessness, Challenge, Chamber of Commerce, Christian Responses, Common good, compassionate response, Costs of homelessness, Criminalization of Homelessness, Drugs, Economy, End Chronic Homelessness, End Homelessness, Faith-based response, Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness, health care, homeless, Homelessness Revealed, Hope, Housing, Housing First, Housing Fund, HUGS, human rights, inter-faith, Legislation, Lord Save Us, Mental Health, Ministry, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Panhandling, photos, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, safety net, shelters, socent, social entreprener, social good, social justice, Street Medicine, Street Ministries, Street Outreach, Taxpayers, Ten Year Plan, Tourism Leadership Council, United Way, USICH, valueof0, Video, Visit Savannah, Volunteer, Vox Patria, Ways to Help
Tagged Easter, God, homeless, homelessness, human rights, Jesus, Lord, Religion
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Have you wondered how to get our homeless working again? | Jobs can come with (or after) Housing First!
Our friends at Jesus Was Homeless have partnered with Jobs for Life! View the video below & feel free to comment here about how we should implement this or a similar program for our homeless & all unemployed or under-employed … Continue reading
Posted in 0homeless, Action, Advocvacy, Chamber of Commerce, Costs of homelessness, End Chronic Homelessness, End Homelessness, Family Homelessness, Free enterprise, Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness, Gifts, homeless, Homelessness Revealed, Hope, Housing, Housing First, HUGS, Jobs, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Newsletter, Panhandling, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, safety net, socent, social entreprener, social good, social justice, Taxpayers, Tourism Leadership Council, United Way, USICH, valueof0, Video, Visit Savannah, Volunteer, Ways to Help, Youth homelessness
Tagged homelessness, Housing First, Savannah Georgia
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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
Posted in 0homeless, About, Action, Advocvacy, Awareness, Causes of Homelessness, Challenge, Chamber of Commerce, Children Homelessness, Christian Responses, Common good, compassionate response, Costs of homelessness, Criminalization of Homelessness, debate, End Chronic Homelessness, End Homelessness, Faith-based response, Family Homelessness, Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness, homeless, Homeless Memorial Day, Homelessness Revealed, Hope, Housing, Housing First, Housing Fund, Housing Trust, HUGS, inter-faith, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Panhandling, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, safety net, shelters, socent, social entreprener, social good, Street Ministries, Street Outreach, Taxpayers, Tourism Leadership Council, United Way, USICH, valueof0, Visit Savannah, Volunteer, Ways to Help, Women+Children Homelessness, Youth homelessness
Tagged Groves High School, homeless, Homeless Authority, homelessness, Housing First, Savannah Morning News
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What Our Community Should Demand to Know about the Homeless Authority (CSAH) [being in disarray] & Homelessness in Savannah
Our Community Should Demand to Know: What we’re doing to house our chronic homeless Why Housing First isn’t a model any of our existing CoC (CSAH) members are supporting What type of Housing First project we would support as a … Continue reading
Posted in 0homeless, Action, Addictions, Advocvacy, Awareness, Causes of Homelessness, Challenge, Chamber of Commerce, compassionate response, Costs of homelessness, Criminalization of Homelessness, End Chronic Homelessness, End Homelessness, Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness, Hope, Housing, Housing First, HUGS, Jobs, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Open Letter, Position Statements, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, Request for Comments, safety net, shelters, socent, social entreprener, social good, Street Outreach, Tourism Leadership Council, United Way, USICH, valueof0, Visit Savannah, Vox Patria, Ways to Help
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The battle in Pinnelas, Clearwater & all over the US for what the solution for chronic homelessness should be: it’s Housing First guys not upscale prison units
The question at hand is, which one of the two videos below provides a place you’d like to “Occupy”? I’ll take Pinellas Hope over Safe Harbor any day of the week, BUT the solution is Housing First, as represented in the … Continue reading
Posted in 0homeless, Action, Addictions, Advocvacy, Awareness, Causes of Homelessness, Challenge, Chamber of Commerce, Common good, compassionate response, Costs of homelessness, Criminalization of Homelessness, debate, End Chronic Homelessness, End Homelessness, Faith-based response, Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness, harm reduction model, homeless, Homelessness Action Week, Homelessness Revealed, Hope, Housing, Housing First, Housing Fund, Housing Trust, HUGS, inter-faith, Islam, Jewish, Jobs, Legislation, Lord Save Us, Muslim, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Panhandling, petition, Position Statements, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, Protests, Quaker, Request for Comments, safety net, shelters, socent, social entreprener, social good, Street Medicine, Street Ministries, Street Outreach, Street Paper, Taxpayers, Tourism Leadership Council, United Way, USICH, valueof0, Video, Visit Savannah, Volunteer, Ways to Help, wet shelters
Tagged homelessness, Housing First, Pinellas Hope, Prison, Safe Harbor, United Way
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Will Savannah end up here too or will the faith community step up & be a part of the solution?: Economic Justice Petition: Stop criminalizing our homeless | Change.org
Hopefully we’ll never get to this point! And if we do then yes, petitions on change.org & other remedies must be sought. That should only be a final step after the faith community has a chance to weigh-in though. Don’t … Continue reading
Posted in 0homeless, About, Action, Addictions, Advocvacy, Causes of Homelessness, Challenge, Chamber of Commerce, Children Homelessness, Common good, compassionate response, Costs of homelessness, Criminalization of Homelessness, End Chronic Homelessness, Faith-based response, Family Homelessness, Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness, homeless, Homelessness Revealed, Hope, Housing, HUGS, inter-faith, Jobs, Legislation, Ministry, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Panhandling, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, Protests, safety net, socent, social entreprener, social good, Street Medicine, Street Ministries, Street Outreach, Taxpayers, Tourism Leadership Council, United Way, USICH, valueof0, Visit Savannah, Volunteer, Vox Patria, Ways to Help, wet shelters, Women+Children Homelessness, Youth homelessness
Tagged Activism, change.org, homelessness, interfaith taskforce on homelessness, Internet petition, Petition, Social justice
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Had to share this story from a Vet! WOW- read & support any organization who makes a difference for Vets experiencing homelessness!
Here’s a Facebook post from one of our friends, Holly Minor. It was written by a new Facebook friends, Justa Vet! We feel compelled to add this comment here before you read this expose. We saw it in a newsletter … Continue reading
Posted in 0homeless, About, Action, Addictions, Advocvacy, Alcoholism, Awareness, Bible, Causes of Homelessness, Challenge, Christ-like response, Christian Responses, Christianity, Common good, compassionate response, Contributed writing, Costs of homelessness, Criminalization of Homelessness, Drugs, Economy, End Chronic Homelessness, End Homelessness, General article, Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness, harm reduction model, homeless, Homelessness Revealed, Hope, Housing, Housing First, Housing Fund, HUGS, inter-faith, Mental Health, Ministry, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Open Letter, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, safety net, shelters, socent, social entreprener, social good, Street Medicine, Street Ministries, Street Outreach, Taxpayers, USICH, valueof0, Volunteer, Vox Patria, Ways to Help, wet shelters
Tagged homelessness, Jesus, National Coalition for the Homeless, Tony Campolo
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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 →