Posted on May 14th, 2009 in homelessness
On Friday night, May 15th, hundreds of area youth are expected to sleep outside at Grace Community Church on Lee Street to raise awareness of homelessness, in an event sponsored by New Jerusalem Cathedral (see video). They will sleep in safety, protected by Greensboro police officers, on the same grounds that church leaders voted to post with “no trespassing” signs last year, in response to large numbers of homeless people sleeping on the property. Irony. (Grace also housed dozens of women inside this year, in a winter emergency shelter.)
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There is wisdom in the saying, “Peace is not the absence of conflict, it’s the presence of justice.” But a lot of days, I’d be satisfied just to go from sunup to sundown with no drama. Rarely happens, though.
