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Homelessness
What Must Be Done to Confront Global Homelessness? (Video presented at DePaul University)
What concrete steps can we take today as we seek a world where everyone has a stake in their community and a place to call home? In this video, Mark McGreevy (Depaul International) uses the analogy of an overflowing bathtub to help us think about the problem of homelessness. This is followed by presentations by Lydia Stazen (Institute of Global Homelessness) and Yasmine Cajuste (FamVin Homeless Alliance).
When Reality Hits “home”!
Mark Horvath has been trying to bring home the reality of homelessness for real people who are homeless.
Arts Highlight “Year for the Homeless”
Arts help calling people to prayer, commissioning a special requiem Mass and holding a series of fundraisers via Zoom to help the homeless.
Digital Technology at the Service of Ending Homelessness
The SSVP’s President General is taking part in a UN panel to discuss the benefits of digital technology at the service of the homeless.
Not Seeing Homeless Students
For too long and for too many students, the issue of homelessness has not received the attention it deserves.
Two Cardinals Celebrate Funeral of a Homeless Person
“May we be reminded of the words of St. Gregory the Great, who, when faced with the death of a mendicant from cold, said that Masses would not be celebrated that day because it was like Good Friday.”
Eviction Aid – Walking the Talk
Catholic Charities USA and the Felician Sisters of North America have jointly created the CCUSA Francis Fund for Eviction Prevention.
How Much Will Upcoming Evictions Cost You?
According to the NLIHC and the Innovation for Justice Program, an incident of mass eviction would incur astronomical costs for the general population. In total, they estimate those costs to total somewhere between $62 billion and $129 billion
Real Experience with Homelessness 2020
Real Experience with Homelessness: – Top 10 Posts of 2020 – Invisible People
Lessons Learned From Homeless People
“Any public health response that does not center the voices of people who have lived the experience of homelessness is going to come up with the wrong solution.”
Christmas – Testing Positive In a Homeless Shelter
I never cease to be amazed at how many times Invisible People stops me as they give voice to situations I had not thought of.
