Another Homeless Song: Chapman’s “Revolution”

It’s Friday again – our song this week is Tracy Chapman’s “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution,” again from LaDonna.  Millie, our nurse manager, wanted to share “Trying to Find My Place in the World,” but we couldn’t track it down on YouTube.  If anyone knows the artist for that piece, leave us a comment and I’ll [...]

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A Place of My Own: Mike’s Story

As promised, here is another story of one of our clients.  With the help of Center for Respite Care staff, Mike healed, was able to confront the issues keeping him homeless, and found housing through our program, Respite Permanent Housing.  This is his story, in his own words.  If you’d like more stories about people [...]

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Songs that Remind Us of Homelessness: “Harry Hippy”

This is week two of my latest installment, songs that remind us of homelessness.  ”Harry Hippy” is an old Bobby Womack song and is recommended by Kathy, our Housing Coordinator. 
This is a totally different style than “Mr. Wendal” and has a different message as well.  In our interpretation, Harry is a chronically homeless individual, one of the [...]

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Cincinnati Newspaper Focuses on Homelessness

Wake up, Cincinnati – are you reading Streetvibes yet?  I’ve commented about Streetvibes frequently, but haven’t yet written about this great local newspaper in depth.  The Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless publishes this paper that is part info and part advocacy and “provides relevant discussions of homelessness, poverty, and other related social justice issues.”  [...]

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Songs that Remind Us of Homelessness: “Mr. Wendal”

Don’t miss this song – it’s a blast from the past and a peek into the head of a great lady who works incredibly hard to get the homeless off the streets every day.

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