Can’t see the video? Click here. This is a video clip of one of my homeless friends, who was attacked by teenagers on the street in Greensboro last summer. In the clip above, he talks about the attack. Please watch the clip to find out what happened to him just … > read more
Attacking and killing homeless people has become a sport in America, and apparently, it’s on the rise. This is an extremely disturbing trend. “They hurled anything they could find — rocks, bricks, even Baum’s barbecue grill — and pounded the 49-year-old with a pipe and with the baseball bat he … > read more
HOMELESS SHELTERS IN GREENSBORO Please contact individual shelter for eligibility requirements and rules, which vary by shelter. Shelters have waiting lists. CHILDREN, AGE 10-17 Youth Focus: Act Together Crisis Care 1601 Huffine Mill Rd. [map] 336-375-1332 Serves: children 11-18; alone, in crisis, runaway, neglect, and abused YOUNG MEN, AGE 18-21 … > read more
Weary of warring opinions, frowning and frustrated over the diametric conclusions reached by the audience of experts I’d consulted in the day’s study of homelessness and poverty, I dropped the offending texts on the cold metal cart and escaped to the sanctuary of the library coffee shop with a bookish … > read more
On April 9th, I was appointed to represent HPCGC as a member of our local Task Force to End Homelessness, which is charged with developing the Greensboro/High Point/Guilford County Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. Below is a summary from my notes of the presentation given to the Task Force … > read more
I’m reading a book about the history of the Salvation Army in the United States, but it’s turned out to be a history of urban ministry in general in America, as it talks about how many different groups, religious and secular, have assisted the poor and the homeless. What really … > read more
From “Cyberdancer,” a homeless husband and father from this post in his blog at View From The Sidewalk: “See, in Greensboro, NC, the homeless shelters are putting people on waiting lists instead of trying to find them someplace decent to stay the night or the week. There are at least … > read more
So tonight at NightWatch I met a guy who’s been in the U.S. for about a dozen years, and he told me how he traveled through six countries and swam through rivers and risked his life to get to America. Why? “Everybody knows that America is free.” He’s from a … > read more