A few weeks ago, I went to a community conversation on homelessness facilitated by a panel of people working very hard on the issue. Witnessing their passion, knowledge of systems, services and shortcomings, and their insistence on a better world, I got impatient.
It’s not that I don’t deeply respect the organizations and people working on the front lines of homelessness.
It’s not that I don’t want to get involved and support the work of people who want to see a permanent end to it. ...