homelessness – Confluence Daily

Reading Time: 8 minutes If people want to do something more immediate and closer to home, call your local homeless shelter and ask them what they need and then do your best to give it to them. Some might need cash. Some might need food. Some may say it again to call your member of Congress but they’ll know best what the local need is, and they could certainly use help right now.

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May 17, 2018 Confluence

Homelessness Facts: Helping Houseless People Starts By Humanizing Them

Reading Time: 3 minutes Have conversations with the people in your life about this who may think visible drug use and mental health crises are because people are refusing help. The leading causes of homelessness aren’t drug addiction or mental illness. They are lack of affordable housing, unemployment, and poverty. Many houseless individuals are employed.

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April 3, 2018 Confluence

A Woman You Should Know: The Wisdom of Service – An Interview with Selena Kilmoyer

Reading Time: 7 minutes WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY AS A COMMUNITY TO READILY UNCOVER THE APPROPRIATE COCOONING NEEDS FOR ALL OF THESE TOO-MANY INDIVIDUALS (AND THOSE WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN FAMILIES AS WELL);