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sports, opportunity, and the South
Some of my fondest memories as a high school teacher and basketball coach are of when I worked with remarkable students, teachers, leaders, and families in Montgomery, AL in the 1990s. These students were bright, gifted, warm, enthusiastic, hard-working, and endearing. But beyond the state titles that the basketball team won,
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Only 2.5% of high school football players receive D1 college scholarships to play football. So, while we do indeed need to spend time and attention to the rights and opportunities of these elite student-athletes (see attention given to O’Bannon case and other NCAA reforms), the bigger social justice issue at play is
Read moreleading embedded work
Embeddedness — closeness to the action — is so critical when it comes to addressing poverty. Here in Madison, Joining Forces for Families is an exemplar. This is complex work that needs to be carried out by professionals who are smart, compassionate, resilient, and
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In North Dakota, the homelessness crisis is different from many other states. it’s thriving economy (in many places) has drawn workers from around the US. They come to ND for jobs but can’t always
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In the county with one of the highest rates of homelessness (and highest costs of living), how can homelessness be engaged? creativity, collaboration, hard work, good will…
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San Diego now has the fourth largest homeless population in the US. Like Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle, high costs of living (especially housing) join a range of other individual and environmental factors to make residential stability a daunting challenge in this urban context.
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Housing is critical and necessary, but most homeless individuals and families are facing a range of challenges that require more… The common sense approach in Albuquerque is making inroads there — what would work for the homeless in your setting?
Read moreleveraging the spaces between
Many efforts to address family homelessness occur at macro-policy levels (housing, jobs, community infrastructure) and immediate-needs levels (realtime shelter, food, and safety). But there’s much to be discussed
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