Shooting Angels
“… I took this photo on the Burnside Bridge in Portland. The Burnside Bridge is one of the areas of Portland where homeless people congregate. There are a few homeless shelters there and lots of homeless people hang out just underneath the bridge. I was up shooting the bridge at night and the “Made in Oregon” neon sign that can be seen from the bridge.
While I was shooting I was wearing headphones and listening to music on my iPhone. As I was walking across the bridge this man, this beautiful man, approached me saying something while I had my headphones on.
In a moment that I am very ashamed of I did not remove my headphones. Instead I said back to the man that I didn’t have any money. I said this to the man without having heard what he was asking me. I could tell from his expression that he was annoyed by my response. At this point I took my headphones off to hear what he was saying…”
» Read the story behind “Angels Are Messengers From God,” photographed by Thomas Hawk.
Link via Emily.
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Homeless News Update, 04/25/08
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 who have attended and registered have already seen a doctor and received medications. Because they are homeless and without income, and they attended a registration dinner, they qualified to have their appointment and prescription fees waived. Awesome. A big “thank you!” to the HealthServe staff and to Moses Cone for making this happen.
Various homeless day center meetings and discussions continue. Greensboro City Council member Dianne Bellamy-Small is leading a group of providers, pastors and advocates who’ve been meeting at Shiloh Baptist Church, along with Council member Goldie Wells. Homeless folks have held a series of meetings at the downtown library, the HIVE, and Grace Community Church. Guilford County Commissioner Paul Gibson has attended some of these meetings, as well, and is hoping to bring all interested parties together soon. Stay tuned…
The Task Force to End Chronic Homelessness in Guilford County recently held a press conference in High Point to announce that a leadership committee is moving forward with implementation of the Ten Year Plan to end chronic homelessness. (Finally!) I skipped the pomp and circumstance. Necessary, I’m sure, but I don’t love PR. My friend Audrie went and reported that there were no homeless people, just lots of “fancy people” and back-patting. Figures. 
Bright note: Jehan Benton of the United Way of Greensboro has been hired as the implementation director for the Ten Year Plan.
The housing support team has moved about 50 chronically homeless people off the street and into housing. It’s ironic that you can sum it up in one sentence like that — “The housing support team has moved about 50 chronically homeless people off the street and into housing.” I could write 50 books, 50 films, 50 songs — at least — about those 50 people. Each one has an unbelievable and compelling story. And each move off the street is complicated, messy, hopeful, chaotic, crazy, real. I want Mitch (program director) to write about it all someday. Maybe he will. Maybe the people in the program will write their stories. This housing program is a good thing. It is not so simple as “people are moving into housing.” Oh no, not at all. I never imagined how complicated and messy it would be, for every person. Or how beautiful. Thank you, God, for this program. And for my friend, Mitch McGee.
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Tonight in Greensboro: Urban Sophisticates — The video
From Facebook:
“Friday April 25th a team of directors and camera men will be in Greensboro, NC to shoot a documentary and music video for the band. This is going to be a huge event in Urban history. This team has experience with Nike, MTV, and fuse and we are blessed to have them shoot the show. You will not want to miss this opportunity as the team will be interviewing fans for their take on the Urban saga.”
Be there. Friday, April 25th at 11:00 p.m. at Greene Street Club in downtown Greensboro.
» Urban Sophisticates web site and MySpace.
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Meet us at the Meetup
Triad blogger Meetups are restarting this evening, thanks to Jen Worrells (love her!), so join us tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the coffee shop at the downtown public library.
» Join the Greensboro Weblogger Meetup Group
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‘Bum Bot’ chases away the homeless
The “Bum Bot” chases away homeless people and drug dealers from a downtown Atlanta neighborhood.
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.
» More on Yahoo News: Robotic vigilante: Homemade ‘Bum Bot’ patrols in Atlanta
My opinion? A little creepy. And scary.
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the dotmatrix project: Live music, film, and photography in downtown Greensboro
Some link love for my friend Sean P.
Here’s what you could be doing in downtown Greensboro this Friday night.
I’m scheduled to be watching the night, but I may sneak on by for a bit…
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Homeless people respond to Google’s plan to donate phone numbers and voicemail
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:
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