When does a homeless veteran
become a homeless person first and a veteran second?
While researching the issue of
homelessness in North Carolina, I came across this article in the
Fayetteville Observer. In short, plans to open a 24-bed shelter for veterans
were abandoned after homeowners complained that the shelter’s residents would
endanger their neighborhood.
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| Posted by Galo V. Centenera on Wed. August 8, 2012 2:57 PM
Categories: Student Research
Earlier in the summer, a number of
us traveled down to Brunswick County, N.C., in order to interview residents
there who could speak to issues related to poverty and race in the county. I learned that during the housing boom before
the recession, Brunswick was one of the fastest growing counties in the
country. Because of all its beach-front
land and proximity to Wilmington and Myrtle Beach, the county has attracted
families and retirees that desired to live out the American Dream; and gated
communities brought a new influx of upper class, predominantly white
residents.
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| Posted by Justice D. Warren on Thu. August 2, 2012 2:55 PM
Categories: Student Research
Earlier this month, I interviewed
Jeanne Marshall, the Program Coordinator for the Healthcare for
Homeless Veterans (HCHV)
program at the Fayetteville Veterans Administration Medical Center (FVAMC).
Marshall leads a team of eleven
social workers who work to connect homeless veterans with resources provided by
the VA and the local community. In addition to holding walk-in hours at the
medical center, HCHV workers go into community—to shelters, soup kitchens, and local
encampments—looking for veterans.
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| Posted by Galo V. Centenera on Tue. July 31, 2012 4:56 PM
Categories: Student Research
The Albemarle District Jail Facility, located in Elizabeth City, closed two years ago. Dust-covered police cruisers with underinflated tires idle in the parking lot. The doors are locked.
Eugene and Volanda Watts, founders of Amen Ministries, feel that the former jail could be put to better use. They have been petitioning Pasquotank County to let them lease the building in order to set up a shelter for the county’s homeless. So far, however, their efforts have been frustrated by a Board of Commissioners whose initial support has turned into cautious hesitance.
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| Posted by Galo V. Centenera on Thu. July 26, 2012 4:54 PM
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