Member News
Everyday, MHSA member agencies administer over 250 programs that serve 98% of all unaccompanied homeless adults in the state. We are proud to share their news and successes with you.
ON-GOING EVENTS
A Summer with Socrates by Parker Lloyd
Some people have no place to call home; others discover home is not a safe place. Christine Covington and the old man she meets in Reno - who calls himself Socrates - have both learned these lessons the hard way. A Summer with Socrates will delight readers with its twists, turns and surprises from the opening pages to its eloquent ending.
About the Author
Parker Lloyd lives in Cambridge. In writing A Summer with Socrates, the author traveled to Reno to research homelessness and the history of gold mining. There, Lloyd met a homeless person of great wisdom, who inspired the character of Socrates. For the novel, Parker Lloyd draws upon the years of growing up on a farm in Alabama and attending the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
A Summer with Socrates can be purchased on Amazon.com.
A Welcome Respite: Resident Runs Medical Facility for Homeless
The Brookline Tab featured a story on Dr. Monica Bharel, medical director at the Barbara McInnis House, an inpatient, respite care health clinic for the homeless run by MHSA member agency Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. The article, and especially the accompanying slideshow, portray the negative impact that homelessness has on health outcomes.
Click here for the article by Jessica Scarpati.
Click here for the slideshow.
Give US Your Poor Inititative
The Give US Your Poor initiative and Appleseed Recordings have released an awareness-raising music CD: Give US Your Poor: 17 New Recordings to Help End Homelessness. There are a number of New England artists who have experienced homelessness who contributed recordings. More details at: http://www.appleseedrec.com/giveusyourpoor/
The CD is available at cost to your homeless organization to use as a fundraising tool for you: holiday gifts to donors, board members, volunteers, or to sell and keep the money it raises. It features terrific homeless and formerly homeless musicians along with Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Natalie Merchant, Bonnie Raitt, Keb' Mo', Jewel, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Pete Seeger, Michelle Shocked, Madeleine Peyroux, Dan Zanes, John Sebastian, Buffalo Tom, tenor Mario Frangoulis, Sonya Kitchell, spoken word pieces by actors Tim Robbins and Danny Glover, and Mark Erelli, the winner of an international songwriting contest on homelessness. See a video link of recording session with Natalie Merchant: http://nataliemerchant.com/BuriedTreasure/guyp/
Download the order form for homeless organizations here.
