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small town, BIG PROBLEM: Solutions for Homelessness
Too often, the Unhoused are treated as if they were criminals, as if they’ve done something wrong, as if they’re unworthy of compassionate assistance—or of even being noticed. People walk right past them, eyes averted, hearts closed, pace slightly quickened, hoping to slip by without having to make any kind of eye-to-eye connection.
I’m not making this up. I’ve experienced it. Firsthand. I was homeless for a year, and without getting into the details of my personal story, I can tell you that there wasn’t much assistance to be found. That was 25 years ago in Ashland, Oregon, where it was a major luxury to have the ability to take a shower or launder clothes—to say nothing of actually spending a night in a warm bed.
So much of that can change now, thanks to what is a virtual blueprint offered to us by Phil Johncock, who reports here on the many things that have been done in Ashland—solutions that are transferable to any town, large or small.
I am encouraged, uplifted, and inspired by what I have found on these pages: a treasure chest of tools, approaches, ideas, and practical, workable solutions surrounding the challenge of providing a compassionate response to the homeless in our communities.
Thank you, Phil, for this valuable contribution.
From Foreword by Neale Donald Walsch, Best-Selling Author of “Conversations with God”
I’m not making this up. I’ve experienced it. Firsthand. I was homeless for a year, and without getting into the details of my personal story, I can tell you that there wasn’t much assistance to be found. That was 25 years ago in Ashland, Oregon, where it was a major luxury to have the ability to take a shower or launder clothes—to say nothing of actually spending a night in a warm bed.
So much of that can change now, thanks to what is a virtual blueprint offered to us by Phil Johncock, who reports here on the many things that have been done in Ashland—solutions that are transferable to any town, large or small.
I am encouraged, uplifted, and inspired by what I have found on these pages: a treasure chest of tools, approaches, ideas, and practical, workable solutions surrounding the challenge of providing a compassionate response to the homeless in our communities.
Thank you, Phil, for this valuable contribution.
From Foreword by Neale Donald Walsch, Best-Selling Author of “Conversations with God”
148 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 9, 2019
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August 28, 2021
My unhoused neighbors
This is a book of optimistic stories of real life in Ashland, Oregon, a town I have visited often. I did not know anything about its problem with homelessness or the amazing efforts of volunteers and organizations to find solutions. This book reveals ‘the essential six needs’ of people just to stabilize on their way to self-sufficiency. So many tools and resources have been created around the country waiting to be accessed by small towns and we see how Ashland has done that. I’m excited about sharing the book here in my small town.
This is a book of optimistic stories of real life in Ashland, Oregon, a town I have visited often. I did not know anything about its problem with homelessness or the amazing efforts of volunteers and organizations to find solutions. This book reveals ‘the essential six needs’ of people just to stabilize on their way to self-sufficiency. So many tools and resources have been created around the country waiting to be accessed by small towns and we see how Ashland has done that. I’m excited about sharing the book here in my small town.
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