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On winter nights when the temperature plunges, the Department of Homeless Services declares a “Code Blue” and teams set out to check on the most vulnerable people.

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Jim Greene, director of the Emergency Shelter Commission, Elizabeth Curtis (left), and Beth L’Heureux walked around Government Center in search of homeless people for Boston’s 30th annual census for the homeless. (Yoon S. Byun/ Globe Staff)

Ecclesia Ministries - common cathedral Interfaith Homeless Memorial Dec 21, @ St. Paul's (Boston) 1PM, Longest Night of the year. Sunsets @4:15PM(can your parish toll their bells for 5min (please). Questions, call Michael Bancewicz: 617-866-7220cell 617-523-4575office. Peace.

Michael Bancewicz Interfaith Homeless Memorial Dec 21, @ St. Paul's (Boston) 1PM, Longest Night of the year. Sunsets @4:15PM(can your parish toll their bells for 5min (please). Questions, call me,617-866-7220cell 617-523-4575office. Peace.

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*ADVOCACY ALERT*: Governor Patrick's 9C Cuts Decimate Homeless Programs: Governor balances budget on backs of poorest citizens of Massachusetts by slashing homeless assistance (Boston Globe) BOSTON, October 29, 2009 - Today, the only successful outcome of...

Ecclesia Ministries - common cathedral "“We sleep outside for an entire week to raise awareness about homelessness as an issue that is increasingly affecting the region, the state and the country as a whole,” said league President Brandon Reynolds of Middleboro, a junior at BSC. “It opened my eyes to a lot of things and the fact that a lot of people don’t a...ct toward fixing it.”Reynolds, who also works at MainSpring House, a homeless shelter in Brockton, said that taking part in the project during his first year inspired him to change his major from biology to sociology in order to address the issue of homelessness."
Bridgewater State students kick off Tent City to raise awareness of homelessness - Brockton, MA - Th
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Ecclesia Ministries - common cathedral How many of us are one paycheck away from homelessness?
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Over the last year, an average of 10 percent of homeless people became so through foreclosure, which was rarely a factor even three years ago.

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UN Investigator Accuses US of Shameful Neglect of Homeless
UN special rapporteur says wealthy US ignoring deepening homeless crisis while pumping billions into bank rescues
by Chris McGreal in Los Angeles
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A United Nations special investigator who was blocked from visiting the US by the Bush administration has accused the American government of pouring billions of dollars into rescuing banks and big business while treating as "invisible" a deepening homeless crisis.






















