SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Local business owner Dennis Stein will debut his documentary “Tony – The Movie,” to jumpstart a community discussion on solutions to the region’s homelessness crisis. The free event at the Observatory North Park will also feature Father Joe’s Villages’ animated short film “Shine” and a performance by a choir of people…
https://youtu.be/DZeUG_VLwr4 HICKORY, N.C. – In the lead up to and immediately following Faith in America’s effort to engage the Southern Baptist Convention around the harm LGBT children and youth experience every day from being raised in highly rejecting households and churches, nearly 200,000 people of faith – conservatives and progressives alike – have united in…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Thursday, San Diego Councilmember Chris Ward (District Three), who serves as vice chair of the Regional Task Force on the Homeless, joined Task Force Chair and Supervisor Ron Roberts, and RTHF Executive Director Delores Diaz to announce the results of the 2017 Point-in-Time Count of the region’s homeless population. They were…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Councilmember Chris Ward (District Three) Monday issued a memo outlining a number of approaches and strategies to address San Diego’s ongoing homelessness challenges. The memo, directed to San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and San Diego City Council President Myrtle Cole, comes following a special City Council meeting specifically to receive…
SAN DIEGO ̶ PATH, the lead operator of Connections Housing Downtown, the City-sponsored one-stop housing and services center for homeless individuals, has released a report highlighting its successes over the past two years of operations. This nationally recognized model of comprehensive housing, services and street outreach has assisted in permanently housing 651 individuals experiencing homelessness…
Miley Cyrus officially launched her non-profit organization The Happy Hippie today, with a mission to rally young people to fight injustice facing homeless youth, LGBT youth and other vulnerable populations. Cyrus launched the organization with a video of her and Joan Jett performing “Different.” Posting on Facebook Cyrus wrote, “Officially launching The Happy Hippie Foundation…
The extreme hardship of being young and homeless is something most of us may witness within our community, but will likely never experience first-hand or fully comprehend. Homelessness is constantly referred to as one of our communities’ biggest social issues, but few can actually empathize with the issues of the population or have had the chance to…
