Archive for June, 2008
Police response times: Is it really a failure if success isn’t an option?
posted: June 28, 2008 | category: community
tags: crime, news, police
Today’s News & Record above-the-fold headline reads: “Greensboro police fail to meet response goals.” But can you really “fail” to do something if success isn’t an option? GPD is being asked to serve an ever-growing population and an ever-expanding land area without a proportionate increase in officers.
There seems to be a general consensus […]
Best birthday gift
posted: June 27, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: homeless needs, video, you can help
This is what I’m doing for my birthday:
[video link
I just have to decide which of the many homeless helping organizations to choose as the receiver. Maybe I’ll just make a list. That whole “it’s better to give than receive” thing? I’ve definitely discovered that it’s so, so true. I never want […]
Greensboro Urban Ministry to begin housing program for homeless families thanks to $1 million bequest
posted: June 25, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: housing, housing first, news, poverty, Ten Year Plan
From Mike Aiken, executive director, Greensboro Urban Ministry:
The Greensboro Urban Ministry Board of Directors approved the start-up of a new program, Beyond Pathways, and the establishment of a new fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, thanks to the receipt of a nearly $1 million bequest from the estate of Nancy Richmond Hudson.
“Nancy Hudson […]
GHC dinner & discussion: “Your voice counts about homelessness”
posted: June 24, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: events, housing, news
Greensboro Housing Coalition will host “Your voice counts about homelessness,” Wednesday, June 25th at 6:00 p.m. in the 8th floor conference room of the Self-Help Center at 122 North Elm Street in downtown Greensboro. The evening will include discussion and a light dinner. Learn about GHC’s programs on homelessness. Bring your comments, […]
Read More..>>Food Not Bombs: Modeling community, a meal at a time
posted: June 22, 2008 | category: community
tags: Food Not Bombs, free meals, Glenwood
Tina Firesheets’ excellent article about Greensboro’s Food Not Bombs is called “Community Cuisine,” and I love the title! My church has a weekly “community dinner” for the homeless (because it’s for the “community”), but Food Not Bombs really models what it means to build community with their three times weekly dinners and free-food distribution […]
Read More..>>Hot Dish and Hope on Greene Street
posted: June 17, 2008 | category: community, faith
tags: downtown, hunger, you can help
Downtown churches are launching a new dinner ministry for those in need on Tuesday evenings, beginning in July:
Prayer and worship | Free hot dinner | Unlimited hope
HOT DISH AND HOPE ON GREENE STREET
A family-friendly ministry for people in need, where all who participate will give and receive.
Come if you need dinner and a full measure […]
Bold attack on homeless man on Florida Street
posted: June 17, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: crime, policy
“A homeless man was assaulted and robbed in broad daylight Monday afternoon along West Florida Street, police said. At 5:22 p.m., Greensboro police responded to the intersection of West Florida and Luray Drive. Lt. Brian James said a man walking down the street was robbed and struck in the head with ’some type of […]
Read More..>>Council to consider setting aside $200K for homeless day center
posted: June 17, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: day center, homeless news
Amanda Lehmert at the News & Record writes about the efforts of homeless residents, advocates, politicians and providers to create a homeless day center in Greensboro. City Council member Dianne Bellamy-Small, Liz Seymour and Tim Hutchinson from Food Not Bombs, Jehan Benton from Partnering to End Homelessness, and I discussed with Amanda our convergent […]
Read More..>>Panhandling: Where the money goes
posted: June 16, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: panhandling
I had lunch today with one of the friends who helped with the homeless camp cleanup this weekend. She told me that as we bagged up hundreds of empty 40 ounce beer bottles, she was hit by the reality of “where the money goes.” Most of the guys who stay in that […]
Read More..>>The “signs” of homelessness
posted: June 16, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: panhandling
In this article about a local homeless man who left town, a homeless service provider said:
“Most true homeless are disabled — especially mentally. They don’t hold up a sign.”
I think she was saying that the majority of unsheltered homeless people are not standing on street corners holding “homeless — please help” signs. And that’s […]
