I couldn't be happier to help create Second Grace LA, the online community committed to ending homelessness in Los Angeles County. You know, and I know, the only real solution is a massive community response - thousands of Angelenos rising together to help the people living outside at the end of their streets—our unhoused neighbors.
Read MoreI spend several hours a day steeped in this world and consume everything I can about the issues that create and sustain homelessness. I’m looking for hopeful, fair, and solution-oriented articles, essays, and interviews. It’s fascinating and a lot of work, so I thought it would be good to share some of the best articles I’ve found (and not behind paywalls when I can find them).
Read MoreWhen I first sat down to create this space, I didn’t think things would move this fast or go this well. I have no complaints, but it derailed my best-made plan for writing regularly, so apologies. It’s been a minute.
Read More“One Saturday morning, he didn’t get in contact with me. And I didn’t hear from him on Sunday. And Monday afternoon, I got a text from one of his friends...”
Read MoreAs there are many paths to homelessness—job loss, health crisis, divorce, and domestic abuse, to name the four most significant—there are also many paths to reclaiming the dignity and agency required to move forward—maybe as many paths as there are people. These are four of the steps on that path that I think made the difference for me.
Read MoreFor the next few months, I’m going to share what I’ve learned working with thousands of people on the streets. I’m going to highlight the work of the most innovative and successful programs serving the unhoused residents of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Read More‘Wardo’: As we got to know each other, sharing the stories that brought us both to MacArthur Park, doing laundry and providing showers for our guests, we found out we had a lot in common. Enough that we quickly became friends.
Read MoreThis is what I know: working together, we can end homelessness, now and for good. We are the only ones who can bring dignity and hope back into the lives of our unhoused neighbors. The love that passes through us to them is the only thing powerful enough to truly change their lives (and our lives, too).
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