Check out Jordan Green’s story in the current YES! Weekly about homeless camps being cleared to make way for development at MLK and Lee Sts. in Greensboro. I started writing about it after the City contacted me and asked if I’d help alert the homeless folks that the land was … > read more
Serious mental illness is much more prevalent among the homeless, particularly among the chronically homeless. An article and a column in Sunday’s News & Record just adds more bells to the droning throng already tolling the future in our community and our nation post-mental health “reform.” What a misnomer. What … > read more
Click for update, 07/11/2006. This afternoon I went to visit two of my homeless friends who are in the hospital. Elijah* is in ICU. The fiery animation is gone from his face, his hands, his frame. He is fragile. Defenseless. Ethereal. He didn’t respond when I spoke to him and … > read more
On Friday night, the Night Watch team visited the MLK/Lee property (more here, here.) We were early and no one had come back to sleep yet, but there were signs that someone was still staying there. This afternoon, less than 48 hours later, I drove back by to check on … > read more
When I went out on Night Watch last night, I planned to look for two of my homeless friends that I hadn’t seen in a couple of weeks. Both were dealing with some serious issues, and I’d been trying to find them and follow up. One of the guys was … > read more