NewsRegister - Relevant Homelessness/Community Need Article

Hello Community!

Here is an article that was in Saturday's NewsRegister. It is very relevant to our class and basically goes along the lines of Rob's editorial...it is a good article to read as we begin to approach our needs assessment!

http://www.newsregister.com/article/43387-school+report+sends+homeless+count+soaring


Cheers,
Lacey

Seattle Freeze

This is a great article I found about the Seattle Freeze Phenomenon. It's basically what we talked about in class, but put in a Seattle context. the idea is that people are generally nice but make no effort to get to know you. I was researching it and didn't realize they had an actual term for the interactions I always seem to get while in the PNW, although I think it's more common in Portland/Seattle.

Anyway,

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/pacificnw/2005/0213/cover.html

Another Face of Homelessness (Oregonian op-ed with Lacey Dean)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/02/another_face_of_homelessness.html

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