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... and administrator for nearly two decades. Described as fun-loving, Sister Christine would drop anything to comfort the sick and support her neighbors struggling with homelessness or addiction, friends said. She also loved to sing, particularly folk songs about her beloved West Virginia. Sister Christine Riley was 84 years old ...
... mutual aid networks can also offer political critiques, highlighting inequalities that community members -- particularly people of color and those who are undocumented, incarcerated or experiencing homelessness -- have faced for decades and over the last year, exacerbated by the pandemic. Last spring, hundreds of local mutual aid groups sprung up across ...
... became a plaintiff in the California case. Hall, who is in her mid-40s, was living in transitional housing in late 2019 and dealing with homelessness as the pandemic began. She has health conditions, including Type 2 diabetes, that dictated her nutrition needs, and she would turn to food banks ...
Mississippi allocated $18 million for rental relief but committed less than $3 million by December. The state said the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development determined the grant program it relied on could not help tenants behind on rent, only those at risk of homelessness. A HUD spokesman ...
... Lack of a political will has obstructed greater progress on child poverty are cold and straightforward, said Cara Baldari, vice president, family economics, housing and homelessness at First Focus on Children, a child advocacy organization. "Kids can't vote," she said. That has helped perpetuate a trend in the U ...
... in the United States. According to a 2015 survey from the National Center for Transgender Equality, an estimated 30 percent of transgender people have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives. Between 2016 and 2019, the number of homeless transgender people in the U.S. increased 88 percent, according ...
Utah state Rep. Sandra Hollins, first Black woman to serve in the Utah state legislature (2015): “My occupation is social work. I've worked as a social worker in treatment centers with my primary focus being on those who are in poverty and those who are experiencing homelessness. ... I have ...
... cut profits by building resilient equipment. Those most vulnerable to COVID-19 are similarly vulnerable to succumbing to the freeze, including the elderly, people experiencing homelessness, people with lower incomes and people of color. Colonias, Latino communities near the southern border, are especially vulnerable as many households already did not ...
... something that it definitely affected us on Tuesday with rolling blackouts across the city. We're also dealing with people sleeping outside and those experiencing homelessness. And, as a community, we spent days, if not weeks, preparing for that. And so I'm pleased that there's enough capacity, and ...
... devastated Lebanon’s capital of Beirut after a fire detonated a stockpile of almost 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrates. More than 200 people died and thousands were injured -- and the devastation from the blast only worsened already existing homelessness and healthcare crises in the country. https://youtu.be/-9K5sAVCKPM
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