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An Ode To Beverly

March 6, 2023

By Eileen Sepulveda

Our constitution talks a lot about freedom, but there’s a long way to go to achieve that American Dream. Eileen’s poem demands a democracy without homelessness, mass incarceration, and hopelessness.

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…

Out of Homelessness, A Mom Turns Advocate

April 27, 2016

By Fred McKissack Jr.

Originally published on Rooflines, a Shelterforce blog. Jenean F. and her husband worked hard to achieve the increasingly elusive American Dream. She was a stay at home mom and he…

I Lived On $6 A Day With A 6-year-old And A Baby On The Way. It Was Extreme Poverty.

October 1, 2015

By Stephanie Land

Originally published on The Guardian.  It didn’t take me long to go from financial stability to fearing homelessness. In January 2014 I was 35-years-old, raising a six-year-old nearly full-time and…

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