I’ve been busy doing instead of writing lately, so here’s a little update on local homeless news. Last night, I attended the third of four planned registration dinner meetings at HealthServe for homeless people without income or health benefits. These have been going really well and a number of those … > read more
The “Bum Bot” chases away homeless people and drug dealers from a downtown Atlanta neighborhood. [video link] Some neighbors appreciate Rufus Terrill’s robotic security guard. The bar owner and day care center board member built the robot to help him safely patrol the neighborhood. But homeless advocates are not amused. … > read more
MobLogic.tv interviews homeless people at The Bowery Mission in New York to get their thoughts on Google’s plan to give phone numbers and voicemail to the homeless:
$53.11 will buy one pair of pants, two dresses, eight tops and a rockin’ pair of boots at Goodwill. And that’s more than enough to make me smile. Wear clothes with history. Pay less. Do more. » Goodwill » Salvation Army
Some folks in Winston have come up with an innovative way to keep people from lying down on their park benches. I don’t know what to say, so I won’t. HT: Em
UPDATE, 10/14/2008: THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN CANCELED. MORE INFO HERE. I don’t have details yet, but the date for North Carolina’s 2008 conference on homelessness in Raleigh is November 17-18. Mark your calendars! Update: “Success in a Time of Change” The North Carolina Interagency Council for Coordinating Homeless Programs presents … > read more
Jordan Green writes about yesterday’s homeless day center meeting, led by City Council member Dianne Bellamy-Small, with homeless service providers, pastors, advocates and others. Here’s a quote from Bellamy-Small City Council member Goldie Wells: “To say that we have no place that people can go to, and be safe, is … > read more
Fox8 reports that a homeless man was attacked and robbed early this morning while looking for a place to sleep in the Glenwood neighborhood in Greensboro. The man told police that two men approached him, attacked him with a chain and stole his backpack. I checked the incident report and … > read more
from a friend: somewhere to be something to do somebody who cares to find or replace what was lost