The following information was compiled from individual surveys conducted by the Homeless Advisory Committee of the Homeless Prevention Coalition of Guilford County at individual and family shelters for homeless people in Greensboro and High Point in 2004. This information was distributed to all HPCGC members. I suspect that if the … > read more
The Greensboro Minimum Wage Campaign is “working to increase the Greensboro minimum wage to $9.36/hour.” As a self-avowed “poverty warrior,” I agree with the mission of helping the poor. But the critical thinker in me is still a little skeptical that a 35% hike in the minimum wage is the … > read more
In September, I posted about the 10,000+ patients in Western North Carolina who were losing their mental health services as part of our state’s mental health “reform.” This news followed an earlier series of reports in the Winston Salem Journal about that community’s struggles with mental health reform. Today the … > read more
I’m reading “Rude Awakenings,” Richard W. White Jr.’s frank book about homelessness in America. In Chapter 1 he talks about “lying justice:” dramatizing or distorting human pain and suffering to elicit a response, because of a fear that our nation is incapable of acting until we perceive a situation has … > read more