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Memorial service for homeless held at Pinellas Hope listen

12/22/08 Concetta DeLuco
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Tags: Homelessness, Pinellas Hope, Pinellas Park, Tent City

In observance of National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day, over the weekend, several interfaith services were held throughout Pinellas County to honor and remember the homeless who have died throughout the year. In the Pinellas Park area, a ceremony was held on Sunday at Pinellas Hope, a temporary shelter.

Recognizing the growing number of homeless in Pinellas County and the increase in deaths among them, the Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless coordinated the 30-minute memorial serv...

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Homeless Coalition honors heroes listen

11/19/08 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Homelessness

Tampa and the Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners have proclaimed this National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.

Today at its annual meeting, the Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County presented its Homeless Hero Awards.

Homeless Coalition Chief Executive Officer Rayme Nuckles pointed out the Coalition’s accomplishments during the past fiscal year, including its high profile public awareness campaign, [Unexpected Faces, Unexpected Places]...

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Athena housing for homeless female veterans listen

10/06/08 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Women military personnel, Athena Program, homelessness, housing

With women playing a greater role in active-duty military operations, comes an increasing problem of homelessness among women veterans. This morning in Ybor City, a ribbon-cutting ceremony spotlighted a transitional housing program for homeless female veterans.

The Athena program, located in a historic brick building on Columbus Drive, will provide transitional housing to 16 homeless female veterans.

Sara Romeo is CEO of Tampa Crossroads, which organized the Athena program.

Sgt. Ma...

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Carolyn Wonderland, her life and music

09/13/08 Mary Glenney
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Tags: Community activism, homelessness

Carolyn Wonderland came into the studio and we talked about her music but also her many activities, especially her community involvement and her time of homelessness.

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Crossroad to be shelter for homeless women veterans

08/02/08 Mary Glenney and Arlene Engelhardt
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Tags: Iraq, homelessness, women's issues

Sarah Romeo, executive director of Crossroads, discussed the problem of homeless female veterans from the Iraqi War, and plans to build a shelter for them.

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Interview with Venezuelan Ambassador to U.S., Bernardo Álvarez Herrera

04/23/08 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Venezuela, 2008 election, Latin America, Homelessness

Bernardo Álvarez Herrera is the Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United States. He will speak tonight at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg. The talk will begin at 7:30 pm in Fox Hall. For more information, call 727-864-7979. Ambassador Álvarez was in South St. Petersburg this morning to speak with homeless advocates at a new transitional house for homeless adults hosted by Living Water Community Ministries. WMNF’s Seán Kinane was there and began his interview with Amba...

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Ambassador meets with homeless advocates listen

04/23/08 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Venezuela, 2008 election, Latin America, Homelessness

Bernardo Álvarez Herrera, the ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United States, will speak tonight at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg. This morning Ambassador Álvarez met with homeless advocates in South St. Petersburg.

This week, the so-called “Bishop of the Poor,” Fernando Lugo, was elected President of Paraguay. Ambassador Álvarez said Lugo’s victory proves there is an “irreversible trend” in Latin America toward “much more responsible, socially oriented” governm...

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Homeless court discussed at Stetson Law listen

04/15/08 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Stetson, Homelessness

This afternoon at the Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, the co-founder of the country’s first Homeless Court addressed students about how they can help their communities after graduation.

Steve Binder is a deputy public defender in San Diego. He said Homeless Court is a special session of the superior court in San Diego that is held at local homeless shelters. Local advocates are considering instituting a Homeless Court in Pinellas County.

George Bolden is the grants and ac...

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Survey counts homeless in Hillsborough listen

03/27/08 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Homelessness

Today the Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County conducted a "street survey" of homeless people in the county. Teams of volunteers and government workers fanned out across the county to give a 19-page questionnaire to as many people without permanent housing as they could.

Lesa Weikel, community relations manager for the Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County, said the purpose of the survey is to determine what types of services are needed.

“The survey that we’re conducting out on...

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Criminalization of the mentally ill

01/15/09 Robert Lorei

Tags: mental illness, substance abuse, homelessness, incarceration, budget cuts

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Welcome to WMNF’s Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Thanks to Mitch Perry for filling in for me while I was away. Our guest today is Florida Southern College Professor Risdon Slate who has co-written a new book with Wesley Johnson called Criminalization of Mentally Ill.

According to our guest: "In 1955, there were over 559,000 residents in state (mental) hospitals in the United States. Today there are less than 60,000 residents…… Where has some of this shift been going? Th...

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