A Call for Advocates: Changing the Public Discourse about Homelessness

In our May 16 blog post “Love in the Long-Term: Community Service and Systemic Change,” we reflected on a challenge that communities of faith and ethical commitment face when engaging in social action efforts—the challenge of approaching these efforts both with love and a critical eye toward what steps we must take to implement long-term solutions.

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A Call to Action: Interfaith Support for Housing First for Families

On Wednesday, March 2, faith community representatives, service providers and advocates gathered at University Lutheran Church in Cambridge for A Call to Action: Interfaith Support for Housing First for Families.

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Support the Housing First Movement for Families

In past blog posts, we have examined the importance of housing as a solution to homelessness for unaccompanied adults. In this week's guest post, Emily Cohen of One Family, Inc. calls for support for the Patrick-Murray Administration's proposal to address family homelessness in Massachusetts through a greater emphasis on housing solutions.

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Looking Back on 2010

Last week, faith community leaders, advocates, service providers and public officials gathered in Boston for the 21st Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Homeless People, hosted by Church on the Hill. During the interfaith service, which included prayers, reflection and music, the names of people who have died homeless in Massachusetts during the last year were read.

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Celebrating the Holidays with a Year-Round Commitment to Action

As Hanukkah came to an end this week and Christian congregations are in the midst of Advent, people from a variety of faiths are reflecting on the role of giving in their lives.

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Ballot Questions: No, No, No

This morning, Ending Homelessness in Massachusetts, a blog by the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance, published a guest post from Aimee Coolidge, MHSA Member Agency Pine Street Inn’s Director of Community and Government Relations. In this excerpt below, Aimee Coolidge encourages Massachusetts voters to vote No, No, No on the three ballot questions this November.

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Boston Faith Communities, Service Providers, Advocates and City Officials Gather for Leading the Way: Ending Homelessness in Boston

This week, people of faith from across Boston gathered with service providers, advocates and City of Boston officials for Leading the Way: Ending Homelessness in Boston, held at Temple Israel.

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Only One Week Away: RSVP Now for Leading the Way!

Will you join us as part of a growing interfaith movement in Massachusetts committed to creating a society in which no one is without a home?

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October 5th: Save the Date! Leading the Way: Ending Homelessness in Boston

Leading the Way: Ending Homelessness in Boston

Social Action Ministries and the Boston Regional Network to End Homelessness invite you to join religious and lay leaders from across Boston and across faiths for a free half-day retreat as we commit to work together to end homelessness.

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Why Housing?

Nancy Banks is the Executive Director of the UU Mass Action Network, a network of Unitarian Universalist (UU) churches and fellowships. The mission of the UU Mass Action Network is “to mobilize Unitarian Universalists individually and congregationally to take action in support of Unitarian Universalist principles for a more just, equitable and compassionate Commonwealth.” This week, Nancy Banks shares with us the background behind her organization’s commitment to ending homelessness.

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Call to Action: Help Prevent Devastating Cuts to the Massachusetts Budget!

Social Action Ministries is dedicated to engaging faith communities across Massachusetts in efforts to end homelessness, including legislative advocacy. Today we'd like to share an advocacy alert with you and ask you to take action now to prevent significant cuts to the Massachusetts State Budget.

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