PhD Candidate. I write things - sometimes they are good. The people behind research is what matters. Photo credit: unknown, but thank you.
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So grateful to @TheContributor for featuring the library exhibit in their current issue! Be sure to grab one ASAP - you can pay vendors by Venmo now too!
If you missed the exhibit before it closed last week, you can always check out the digital version: womenofnashville.digitalproj…
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"Folks experiencing homelessness are the last to be thought of [in disasters]. So how do we make sure folks experiencing homelessness become central to disaster planning & a key component of disaster planning?"
Hear more from the Alliance's @alexvisotzky:
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Today (12/16/23) has officially been named Homeless Persons Memorial Day in Nashville.
As we honor those we lost consider making a donation to one of our many local homeless advocacy organizations. @OpenTableNash spearheaded today's memorial: opentablenashville.org/donat…
“There’s many ways someone might end up homeless, but there’s only one reason someone stays homeless - a society that doesn’t care.” fb.watch/oZu_Gro4Y9/?mibexti…
“Often we ask ‘what’s wrong with them?’ When seeing a person experiencing homelessness… from a public health lens we ask “]
What is wrong with our system that allows this to happen?’”
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Today we released the largest representative study on #homelessness in CA.
This groundbreaking independent research sheds light on causes, consequences & solutions to the crisis.
Here's what we found:🧵
🔗Homelessness.ucsf.edu/CASPEH #CAHomelessnessStudy #CASPEH @UCSF
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Here’s what people said would have prevented their homelessness:
• 70%: Additional $300-$500/mo.
• 82%: One-time $5000-$10,000
• 90%: Housing Choice Voucher
🔗 Homelessness.ucsf.edu/CASPEH #CAHomelessnessStudy #CASPEH
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While the last enslaved people were technically set free in 1865, the legacy of slavery persists: it continues to affect the Black community in insidious ways, including the overrepresentation of Black people among those experiencing homelessness.
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Take notes from Houston:
"The average person...assumes that an individual [experiencing homelessness/mental illness] is dangerous/needs hospitalization. Our experience is that most of these folks stabilize in housing w/ the appropriate level of services."
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Rachel Underwood retweeted
Contrary to popular belief, many homeless people are well-educated and had successful careers prior to their life on the streets or in shelters. It's important to remember: #Homelessness can happen to anyone.
invisiblepeople.tv/how-highl…
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Alliance CEO @annymoliva: "At a time when communities across the nation are crushed with rising rents, stagnant wages, & increases in homelessness, it makes absolutely no sense for our leaders to reduce their commitment to Americans w/ the greatest needs.” buff.ly/3oIhgiz
Rachel Underwood retweeted
Everyone needs a safe place to call home. That starts with ensuring renters don't have to worry that their landlords will increase their rent so much they can't stay in their home. We’re supporting @communitychange on their #housingjustice tour to ensure every person can thrive.
Hearing from those on the ground, @Action_NC leaders share the dire need for our communities in Lafayette to have affordable, quality homes, rent control and more. #housingjustice #PutTenantsFirst
Rachel Underwood retweeted
I strongly dislike the idea of "the intergenerational transmission of poverty" as if poverty is a disease. Instead, it's the "consistent passing of laws/policies reducing poverty to an individual's moral/character flaw." Poverty is a policy decision!
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UPDATED: our massive database of PhD fellowships is available for download.
We list 195 different fellowships with description of the award, eligibility criteria, deadline and amount.
Download for free here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding…
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but ending homelessness in our community &/or American isn’t about setting a target number of people we house. It’s about changing systems, holding corporate actors responsible & building the necessary housing for our most vulnerable citizens.
Rachel Underwood retweeted
As you commemorate #MLKDay, please remember my mother, as well. She was the architect of the King Legacy and founder of @TheKingCenter, which she founded less than three months after Daddy was assassinated. Without #CorettaScottKing, there would be no MLK Day.
#MLKDay2023
Time to move on deniers.
Election deniers in a Pennsylvania county convinced officials to conduct a recount of the 2020 election.
A three-day undertaking showed almost no change, with Donald Trump gaining one one-hundredth of a point. Did that quell denier doubts?
It did not. nyti.ms/3GLVek2
ALT Quote from Forrest Lehman, director of elections in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, reads: "You close one election-denying door, they’ll open a window."
Rachel Underwood retweeted
Election deniers in a Pennsylvania county convinced officials to conduct a recount of the 2020 election.
A three-day undertaking showed almost no change, with Donald Trump gaining one one-hundredth of a point. Did that quell denier doubts?
It did not. nyti.ms/3GLVek2
ALT Quote from Forrest Lehman, director of elections in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, reads: "You close one election-denying door, they’ll open a window."
