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No One Should Have to Choose Between Their Home or Their Health

February 23, 2021

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

No thinker, philosopher or theologian can tell you whether sickness or homelessness is more frightening. With the onset of the pandemic, millions of Americans have now experienced the fear of…

Lean in to solve the housing crisis

October 7, 2020

By Sharisse Tracey

As a kid growing up in Southern California in the 70’s and 80’s I was aware that there were homeless people. At that time, it seemed like a small group…

Americans Are Ready to Make Housing for All a Reality

August 5, 2020

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

Ever since the COVID-19 crisis, this country has been debating its many dysfunctions, like a family trying to face its deeply unresolved core problems. The temporary solutions that have been…

Convening of the Housing Narrative Project: Re-centering the Conversation About Housing Around Love, Belonging, and Human Dignity

March 4, 2020

By Michael Jackson

The year-long Housing Narrative Project is rooted in a bottom-up approach that listens to the voices of the most impacted and those working on the front lines of the housing…

Welcome Home: Navigating the holidays without a home

December 19, 2019

By Michael Jackson

“What are you and your son doing for the holidays?” This question, innocently asked, is an emotional minefield for me and families like mine across the country coping with homelessness….

Welcome Home: A Narrative Journey for Safe and Fair Housing for All

December 6, 2019

By Michael Jackson

Today we introduce a new column on Change Wire: The Welcome Home series. As Community Change, its partners Race Forward and Policy Link and other front line housing and racial…

Kindness can be America’s New Year’s Resolution

January 10, 2019

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

I look forward to every New Year because the annual trek symbolizes renewed hopes and dreams. But I have conflicted feelings over the winter months. I appreciate white Christmases, seeing…

Justice for marginalized communities not a factor in filling SCOTUS seat; it’s up to us to vote, voice our concerns now

July 10, 2018

By Alaina Beverly

Whether you care about voting rights, affirmative action, LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights and especially a woman’s right to control her own body, filling retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s…

Reno: Do we want to be the new Silicon Valley?

April 25, 2018

By Cassandra Little

Last month, I went to San Francisco with a group of friends to see a musical. While the play was fantastic, and we had a great time, I left feeling…

For The Homeless, Getting Through The Holidays Is The Toughest Season

December 21, 2017

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

You can’t enter the Interfaith Community Shelter of Santa Fe, New Mexico with plans to spend the night unless you undergo a pat down. Empty your pockets. Stretch your arms…

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