Post about the DNC and Denver’s homeless gets a response
posted: July 22, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: homeless news, politics
A couple of days ago, I wrote a post about the reaction to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless’ plans to give free movie tickets and bus passes to homeless people during the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Denver. The next day, I received an email through my web site’s contact form, which begins:
“We would like to clarify some information related to your recent post about Denver’s homeless and the Democratic National Convention. A statement from the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless that clarifies the situation here in Denver is available at http://www.coloradocoalition.org/Road_Home_Q_and_A…”
The email continues on with more information about Denver’s Road Home and emphasizes the organization’s concern for and commitment to the homeless in Denver. I looked up both the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and Denver’s Road Home. The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is a non-profit, as is our county’s homeless coalition (of which I’m a member.) Denver’s Road Home is the organization responsible for implementing Denver’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness, similar to our local Partnering to End Homelessness task force (of which I’m also a member.)
I was a little surprised that somebody in Denver read and responded to my post. And I’m a little puzzled, too. Although the contact email address and url on the contact form are from Denver’s Road Home (whose web site is registered to the United Way), the IP address of the responder resolves to the City and County of Denver. So I don’t know who actually contacted me. But I posted the Q&A link above so that my blog readers can check out that info. And if anyone from Food Not Bombs or any other advocacy group in Denver contacts me with info, I’ll post that, too.
I still wish I could go to Denver and hang out with homeless people during the convention. I wonder if any of them blog?
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