Day Center, Day Center, Day Center
posted on January 16th, 2008 in homelessness by Cara Michele
MY friend Jordan Green writes about “Why Greensboro Needs A Homeless Day Center,” at the YES! Weekly blog. I talked about it briefly at Council last night. It came up in a discussion with a homeless friend who’s been “moved along” by UNCG PD and GPD more than a few times lately. It comes up a whole lot in discussions with folks on the street. I’m starting to sound like a broken record: “Day center, day center, day center.” And I’m not the only one talking about it. Maybe if enough of us say it… (You, too.)
tags: day center, homeless news
January 17th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Yes!! Yes!! and Yes!!
And you looked cute Tuesday night—-great smile. BB
January 17th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Thanks, Brenda.
January 18th, 2008 at 7:36 am
Sadly Greensboro is quickly moving towards the Los Angeles model… tragic.
January 24th, 2008 at 10:30 am
[…] One thing a person needs is time to themselves—that’s a fact. It’s almost chemical. I believe a person needs some place to be, something to do, and–Michele says–somebody who cares. This is just a natural thing, but you can’t do it on a mass scale all at one time. You’ve got to just keep digging at it, keep watching people and going “they’re ready.” I don’t mean a place like Urban Ministry; I mean a place where they can have time to catch up with their thoughts. They went for day after day without their thoughts. They got confused, and then they got more confused. To be able to survive this long you’ve got to…you’ve got to go through it all. You’ve got to figure it out and be happy with it, and once you are you can tell a difference in the folks. I can tell just by looking which ones are comfortable within their own skin. […]