Tag Archive for: homelessness

Visual Q&A: Collective Action conversation
Talking with three Collective Action storytellers

Ashli Henderson: After the Unrest
How three women are collecting support around community-based support, the growing homelessness issue, and criminal justice reform

Sheila Delaney: Serving the Unsheltered
“When there are no options for someone to stay in a hotel or shelter,” Delaney says, “they are given a tent and driven to an encampment because there is nowhere else to go.”

A Conversation With Caroline Hood about Homelessness
To create effective solutions, Hood says, “community-based organizations have to be part of the conversation, research, government, and client voices. If all members are not at the table then it won’t work."

New Action Around Homelessness
In the recent past our society has allocated the problem of homelessness to the government. But just like any other institution, there are limits to what they can provide.

Make Housing a Priority When You Vote
Nelima Sitati Munene (photo by Sarah Whiting)
Fond memories…

Act Now: Homelessness
"Most of us think of the guy on the corner [when we think of…

State Rep. Rena Moran: From a homeless shelter to the State Capitol
Rena Moran. Courtesy photo.
The more I heard about laws…

Dignity Center
An oasis of belonging for homeless people built by relationships

2011 Changemaker: Monica Nilsson
"Most people think they have nothing in common with a homeless person, ... Any way that we can build a bridge, to see that we have more in common than we have difference."

Homeless is my address, not my name
A photo and oral history of homelessness in Minnesota
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