February 2012
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Oikia Nashville: Project Homeless Connect 2012 →
According to the National Coalition for the Homeless:
20% of homeless youth are LGBT. In comparison, the general youth population is only 10% LGBT.
While homeless youth typically experience severe family conflict as the primary reason for their homelessness, LGBT youth are twice as likely to experience sexual abuse before the age of 12.
LGBT youth, once...
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Something Has to Change. Like, Now. →
Does it get better? Suicide, bullying and anti-LGBT legislation are creating tough times for gay Tennessee teens
January 2012
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Volunteer for Project Homeless Connect, Nashville →
Join me on March 28th in serving our homeless neighbors and friends at Project Homeless Connect. A one-day event designed to remove individuals’ immediate obstacles to housing.
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When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and...
– Daniel Goleman
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Just to be clear, today the internet went black. But contrary to popular cliche, tomorrow it goes back.
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December 2011
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Good morning; you’re beautiful and loved. Remember that today.
Nate News: "After 541 Years in Nashville" (Letter... →
natenews:
Here’s the result of my Nashville Letter Art Project: “After 541 Years in Nashville.”
I asked folks to send me letters and answer the following question. After so many years in Nashville, what did you learn?
I added up the collective experience you mailed in and it came out to 541…
November 2011
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Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us,...
– Theodore Roosevelt
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October 2011
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No [person] who values originality will ever be original. But try to tell the...
– C.S. Lewis
May 2011
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So last week, Metro public works decided to give out my cell phone number as a hotline for homelessness complaints. Apparently they pulled my info from the key alliance’s website thinking that i was an employee. It’s been good for me to realize some of the complaints that people have about homelessness. People would rather not see it.
But shielding our eyes from homelessness helps...
March 2011
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Life is a maze… ing.
that’s all for now.
January 2011
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All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone...
– Ralph Ellison
December 2010
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Beautifully different. Think about what makes you different and what you do that...
– Karen Walrond, The Beauty of Different
March 2010
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Walk a Mile in My Shoes... →
Love is.
Love is all powerful. Love doesn’t care about power. If love had a choice, it’d probably choose to be powerless. But love can’t help it. When love shows up, you just become empowered.
January 2010
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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
– Lily Tomlin