Posts tagged SecondGraceLA
Dear LA Times Editorial Staff re Homelessness: I have some thoughts.
Dear LA Times Editorial Staff re Homelessness: I have some thoughts.

Many years after recovering from homelessness and building a great life, I started working on the streets, first in SF and now in LA, bringing direct services, such as hygiene, laundry, haircuts, clothing, etc., to people who had lost their homes…

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HomelessnessPaul AsplundHomelessOutreach, CommunityResilience, EndHomelessness, DirectServices, SupportingTheUnhoused, BuildingCommunity, HomelessnessAwareness, CommunityUnity, HopeForAll, SecondGraceLAComment
To End Homelessness in LA, We Need to Focus on Our Neighbor's Dignity and Potential
To End Homelessness in LA, We Need to Focus on Our Neighbor's Dignity and Potential

Walk through any neighborhood in LA, and you'll see fellow Angelenos without a place to call home. Mothers caring for children. Veterans who served our country. Hard workers who lost a job and couldn't find a new one. They are our neighbors, with dreams and aspirations, now struggling to survive.

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Informational, Community, InspirationalPaul AsplundSecondGraceLA, EndHomelessnessLA, HomelessnessInLA, LAHomelessCrisis, HouselessNoMoreLA, AffordableHousingLA, RentControlNowLA, MentalHealthMattersLA, JobsForAllLA, SeeTheirHumanity, CompassionNotStigma, UnhousedNeighbors, HousingIsAHumanRight, DignityNotDisdain, ShelterTheVulnerable, PovertyIsNotACrime, UnitedForSolutions, InvestInCommunities, ForwardTogetherLA, BuiltForAllLA, NoUsVsThem, EndHomelessnessWithDignity, DignityOverDespair, HelpThyNeighbor, LoveThyNeighbor, PeopleOverStatistics, PeopleFirstLanguageComment