What started as a 7-year-old’s innocent question about why so many people are in need inspired a food drive and two community meal events set for April 11.
Tag: homelessness
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‘Soy una guerrera’: Homeless in Richmond, an immigrant shares her story of resilience
An undocumented woman from Puebla, Mexico, describes the pitfalls of being unhoused in Richmond and how she finds the strength to carry on.
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War veteran lived on streets for a year. Now he helps others who are unhoused
Debilitated by PTSD from the Falklands War, Shaun Carr ended up homeless. Now he’s giving back.
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New Richmond tiny home project doubles number of county beds for unhoused youths to 25
The new downtown community was built with the help of donations and hundreds of volunteers, many of them high schoolers from around the East Bay.
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‘I don’t have anything to eat’: Contra Costa College gives students food, housing help
Compass Center helped nearly 1,000 community college students last spring get help with life’s basic essentials. Nearly 1-in-5 face housing insecurity or homelessness.
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On the ground with Richmond’s new crisis response leader
Four years after Richmond created a task force to reimagine public safety, Michael Romero is bringing the program to life.
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Residents rush to save belongings as city bulldozes longtime homeless camp
Nearly 30 people forced to leave Greenway camp near Target and I-80.
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Richmond wins $14.5M state grant to turn motel into housing for the homelessÂ
But need outweighs funds, especially given that Bay Area affordable housing bond was dropped from ballot.
