By Gail Jonas, Homeless Action Healdsburg A brief word about why I describe our homeless residents as “shelterless.” They prefer it. When I first started paying attention to and talking with them, one of them said to me, “The earth is my home.” Sonoma County should be able to learn from success stories […]
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The Continuum of Care Do-Over
By Adrienne Lauby, October 29, 2020 Sonoma County is remaking its structure for spending Federal and local dollars to help homeless people and there’s a scramble among people who want to sit on this powerful board. Why the Do-Over? And, why is it worth paying attention to? The short answer is that […]
The Cooks in our Cooking Adventures
By Kathryn Jurik [Continued from previous blog by Kathryn Jurik – Cooking for the Homeless] We have approximately 10 people on our cooking team, the number shifts as people come and go. Most of us come either Tuesday or Friday and some of us come both days. There isn’t a set schedule […]
Cooking for the Homeless
By Kathryn Jurik When the Joe Rodota Trail homeless camp was across the street from the Center for Spiritual Living, our membership was affected in many ways. Cars were broken into in our parking lot, members were overwhelmed emotionally and spiritually observing the growing mass of people with no resources, and the basic […]
Know Your City Candidates
On November 3rd, cities in Sonoma County will elect their city councilors. Homeless Action! believes that our elected leaders should know about the lives and difficulties of our unhoused friends, be willing to work on reducing those difficulties, and help us implement solutions which we demonstrate will work. We also believe that we have the […]
Offering a Hand Up
By Kelly Keagy, Communications Manager, The Living Room, July 28, 2020. Who could ever have predicted that we would all be living through times like these? I know I am not alone in having to give myself a pep talk (on a regular basis) so that the daily news cycle does not overwhelm me. […]
