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 […]
When ministry gets messy
posted: May 14, 2008 | category: faith, homelessness, substance abuse
tags: poverty, stories
From my church’s director of outreach:
“How do you make the best decision when the way seems unclear? For example, there has been a group of homeless people sleeping on our church grounds for months and months, and the decision of what to do about this situation has been confusing. On the one hand, it is […]
Tuesday, May 6th: Eat more, feed more
posted: May 5, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: events, hunger, needs, poverty, you can help
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Rats, bedbugs and duct tape: It’s no fun to stay at the YMCA
posted: March 7, 2008 | category: Uncategorized
tags: housing, news, poverty
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From The Boston Globe
There have been rat droppings on the old, musty carpet and frequent mouse sightings near holes in the pocked, plaster walls. For months, exterminators have fought an infestation of bedbugs, which left at least one client with bite marks so bad he was treated at a […]
Sutter on Poverty: Who’s to Blame?
posted: February 3, 2008 | category: faith
tags: poverty
Arloa Sutter on “Who’s to Blame?” for poverty.
“… Conservatives tend to blame the individual and his or her family citing personal failure and the lack of appropriate family values. Liberals blame systemic racism, social inequalities and structural evil.
We might blame the church for being silent on social issues and for not being more compassionate. […]
National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week 2007: Nov. 11-17
posted: November 3, 2007 | category: homelessness
tags: homeless news, hunger, needs, poverty, you can help
National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week is an annual, nationwide effort to bring greater awareness to the problems of hunger and homelessness, co-sponsored by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness. This year, it will be observed November 11-17.
Here are some specific and practical things that […]
A Church For Kids In “Nicer-Looking” Houses
posted: September 27, 2007 | category: community, faith
tags: Glenwood, poverty
From Dayna, at Into The Hood:
“I recently met a new student at UNCG and was excited to hear that she had hooked up with a church in Glenwood that was starting a youth choir that would be open to neighborhood kids. Shortly after our initial discussion, she recruited volunteers to hand out flyers at InterVarsity. […]
Lead, Crime & The Poor
posted: September 20, 2007 | category: Uncategorized
tags: crime, housing, poverty
Yesterday was the annual Healthy Homes Bus Tour. We heard a lot about lead poisoning. And I’ve been reading more on the web this morning. The relationship between lead poisoning and crime is disturbing.
There’s a “highly significant link between lead toxicity and the likelihood of criminal activity.” There’s a link between […]
Donate To Barnabas Furniture Ministry!
posted: July 30, 2007 | category: Uncategorized
tags: poverty, you can help
Barnabas Furniture Ministry
2020 E. Market Street, Atlantis Warehouse Building
Greensboro, NC
336.370.4002
Serves: Families in need of assistance with furniture. Families (with an agency referral) may shop for free furniture on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 9:00 a.m. and noon. Families must arrange their own transportation. In 2006, Barnabas served approximately 500 families between March and […]
“Gallery Row, Skid Row, or Jim Crow?”
posted: July 8, 2007 | category: community
tags: news, police, politics, poverty, video
Does LAPD have different rules for different folks? Watch for yourself and see what you think…
