MARCH 29, 2022 | BY MIQUÉLA THORNTON “We’re really making sure that the folks experiencing homelessness are being represented in those conversations, because typically when you think of those in a natural disaster, you think of homes being destroyed. And not people who didn’t already have a home,” said Meredith Jaulin, who represents the nonprofit… Continue reading Meredith Jaulin: Between Homeless Advocacy And Natural Disaster
Have you ever had one of those days where the universe wants you to fail? For example, you wake up and start to get ready for work but your hair is sticking straight up so you shower to start over. Your hair then betrays you yet again by falling in an even more atrocious way… Continue reading Bad Day Blues
As a woman, if I had to count each time a man grabbed something out of my hands, or wouldn’t let me pick something up because it is “too heavy” for me, I would need more than twenty hands to tally it up on my fingers. It happens so fast that I end up feeling… Continue reading The Mutual Concession of Generosity
Welcome to the first Shower the People blog post! A little bit about the author: my name is Kate, I’m currently acting as Shower the People’s AmeriCorps Volunteer Outreach and Engagement Coordinator. I go where the shower bus goes and interact with probably one hundred unhoused individuals per week and I’m currently in my 22nd… Continue reading Welcome to Shower the People’s Blog!
