Desperately Seeking a Daughter

It is almost Thanksgiving, a holiday built around family togetherness. but there are many families who will be in complete this year. One in particular, is on my heart. I have spent the last week and a half on the phone with a mom and dad whose adult daughter is homeless in Tarzana and currently […]

It’s raining, and the old man is asleep on the sidewalk getting soaked

open winter shelter and prevent the cost of sick and wet neighbors

New Eyes, Welcome to Hell

Today I had a new staff member join my team. It will be their job to work inside of a hospital emergency room and talk to clients who come in who are homeless, specifically those who are homeless with mental health or substance use issues. While the same person has worked gently with Medical systems […]

Homeless Rubbish Fire in Pacoima

https://www.foxla.com/video/624206 I walk through the Hansen Dam area last Monday and noticed that there was a lot of trash in the area. I’m not surprised and it caught fire given how dry it has been.it is also getting very cold evenings so I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody started a fire to heat themselves up […]

Spread kindness like a plague

I read this today, in A Crown of Wishes. It caught my heart.

unMASKing the Cure for Cancer Gala

Dinner with Jamie Foxx and supporting a great cause? Why yes, yes I will take that opportunity. Cancers of the chest and throat are painful, deadly and the focus of exciting research. This gala explores all of that in addition to hand painted masks by celebrities. Join me. https://www.auctria.com/Az/8028ea4a-6924-45a0-a9c2-b91c07973236/Event/Index?page=37d126c8-e74f-498d-9ac9-c64a62d95a8f&initial_state=~()

1 bed, 1 person at a time

I am tired. For the past year I have been on call 24 hours a day and officially at work for at least 40 hours a week. It’s good work. The work is rewarding. But it’s also really hard. Housing people is a complex process. That requires finding housing, connecting people to shelters, placing staff […]

Challenging Discussions : USC Center for Excellence in Teaching

http://cet.usc.edu/challenging-discussions/#module6 These do sound like dorky steps. But I’ve been doing them for a while with patients and was very interested to see the my approach was an actual thing that somebody else had named. And that this is an acceptable formal approach to calming a wave of emotions so that you can get to […]

Vigilance even in sleep

Could you imagine having to sleep sitting up in order to feel safe? There is a reason that we don’t see a lot of elderly homeless people, the stress takes wear and tear on their bodies

Measure of Your Greatness

I am not interested in knowing if you have stood or marched with the great. I want to know if you have ever s at with the broken.