Thursday, November 18, 2021
With sad and heavy hearts, we share the news that our friend and colleague Senior Community Organizer Keith Freeman passed away on November 10 after a long illness. By Grassroots Leaders at the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless What words would we use to describe Keith? He was hard-working. He…
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Reflections from CCH Staff “Keith met no strangers along his way! He saw his fellows as part of his world, community, and I believe, even himself. He had a warm greeting, generous and easy smile, and gave encouragement to most everyone he met. Keith treated each day as a gift, and…
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This year Giving Tuesday is on November 30th. Your passion for ending homelessness is needed. If you are active on Facebook, your voice is critical to help end homelessness. Please consider hosting a Facebook fundraiser for Strategies to End Homelessness Funding enables us to prevent and end homelessness for more…
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In recognition of National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, CCH is sharing reflections from people who work with us – interns, board, and associate board members – writing about what inspires their work. Today’s essay is written by Associate Board President Sara Szwankowski. Sara (right) with Holly O’Hern, former AB President Hi!…
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By Kelvin Lassister, Income Policy Analyst With 4.3 million workers electing to leave the workforce in August 2021, employees have taken advantage of the shortage of workers to leverage better pay and benefits. Others have taken advantage of unsafe work conditions to go on strike. The bottom line: the need…
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Strategies to End Homelessness serves as the lead agency for the Cincinnati-Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless and oversees funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. A role we have held since 2007. Now we’re taking a regional response to ending homelessness. We oversee and coordinate…
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By Monica Diaz, Executive Director, Homeless Programs Office Veterans Health Administration | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) November 11 has been marked by hope and promise since 1918. That was the year the Allied nations and Germany agreed to an armistice that ended World War I, regarded at the…
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Daihana Estrada, a recent graduate from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, is no stranger to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. In fact, she has been involved with CCH for more than a decade, as a scholarship winner, an intern, an advocate, and a member of the scholarship selection…
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This year’s Funders Institute, held virtually on September 28-30, was an exchange of ideas and knowledge, weaving a web of knowledge centered on housing justice through every plenary and breakout session. Across three days, the theme of narrative connected conversations about slavery, critical race theory, grassroots advocacy, and whose stories get told.
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By Richard Cho, Senior Advisor for Housing and Services, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Earlier this year, I returned to federal service, serving now at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Among my roles at HUD is to advise Secretary Marcia…
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