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September 2nd, 2020 || Homeless, News and Public Affairs.

Gulfcoast Legal Services makes it easier for Manatee County residents to get birth certificates

Here is a link to many coronavirus resources It’s nearly impossible to get some types of government assistance without proper identification. But it’s difficult for many people to get an identification card because they don’t have access to their birth certificate. So Gulfcoast Legal Services is making it easier for people in Manatee County to… Read more »

Tampa groups feed hungry people while practicing social distancing in coronavirus era

March 18th, 2020 || Homeless

Legal Advice for Veterans on Appeals, Spousal Benefits, Burn Pits, Blue Water, Upgrading "Bad Papers", Veterans Courts and th...

November 12th, 2019 || Homeless

People affected by homelessness still face troubles in Tampa

March 20th, 2019 || Homeless

Appeals court: St. Pete violated Florida's Sunshine Law

February 27th, 2018 || Homeless

Disney workers living near poverty fighting for a pay raise

November 2nd, 2017 || Homeless

Will Marco Rubio show for Tampa town hall meeting?

February 20th, 2017 || Homeless

State Senator Darryl Rouson joins Thursday's Midpoint

February 2nd, 2017 || Criminal Justice

Feeding Tampa Bay draws attention to hunger problem

February 1st, 2017 || Homeless

Trump's Inauguration and Upcoming Veterans for Common Sense Award Dinner

January 23rd, 2017 || American History

No arrests in latest food share by Tampa Food Not Bombs

January 10th, 2017 || Civil Rights

Tampa Police arrest 7 for sharing food without permit

January 8th, 2017 || Criminal Justice

Mark Beloch and Dezeray Lyn homeless FNB

January 3rd, 2017

Police disrupt food sharing by Tampa Food Not Bombs

A couple times a week, the Tampa chapter of Food Not Bombs shares food with people in a park downtown; but Tuesday they were told to stop. WMNF News spoke with Mark Beloch, who is homeless in Tampa. In the interview he mentions the name of a Food Not Bombs organizer, Dezeray Lyn. “This morning I… Read more »

December 7th, 2016

Homeless residents now don’t have to wear wristbands to get services

Advocates for homeless people are celebrating what they see as a victory this week; people seeking services at St. Vincent de Paul near downtown St. Petersburg will no longer need to wear concert-style plastic wristbands. The executive director of the local St. Vincent de Paul, Michael Raposa, told WMNF the program was prescribed by the… Read more »

November 23rd, 2016

Update on homelessness in Sarasota & Hillsborough

As the weather cools down there’s more of an urgency to reduce homelessness by providing shelter for people who don’t have permanent homes; the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says that while there are more than half a million people homeless on any given night, that’s a decline of “14 percent since 2010.”… Read more »

October 17th, 2016

Will Florida Legislature consider a Homeless Bill of Rights?

A new bill is being proposed by Florida homeless advocates; it’s called the Homeless Bill of Rights. Our guest on MidPoint is Rev. Bruce Wright, with The Refuge and the Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign. Listen to this segment of MidPoint:

June 13th, 2016

Food Not Bombs calls for pretrial support of homeless man

A young homeless man faces a pretrial hearing tomorrow in a Tampa courtroom. Members of a local peace group are calling on people to pack the room to show support for Ashton Stotter. Jimmy Dunson is a volunteer with Tampa Food Not Bombs. “Stotter, he goes by “Compass,” he was a friend who we at… Read more »

May 11th, 2016

An Angry Woman’s Heart – on From a Woman’s POV

I am getting steamed – really, really steamed. If I hear one more comment on “the women’s card…..” Read Rebecca Solnit’s column, “If Donald Trump Were a Woman and Hillary Clinton Were a Man: Here’s what the election would look like” (posted on our Facebook page ). This election campaign is turning the spotlight on… Read more »

November 11th, 2015

Operation: Reveille gives veterans homes in Tampa

About fifty veterans who were homeless Wednesday morning now have a place to live, thanks to a program called Operation: Reveille. Inside a giant cruise terminal at Port Tampa Bay dozens of social service organizations set up tables to help connect those veterans and others with things like legal, medical and career services. Joseph Dorman was… Read more »

October 6th, 2015

Grassroots organization harassed by cops in Saint Pete for feeding the hungry

Grassroots organization faces challenges in getting undernurished fed. Last evening as the sun set on Mirror Lake in downtown Saint Petersburg Food not Bombs catered a vegan and vegetarian homemade buffet. A small group of supporters with big ideals brush off law enforcement hassles to feed the hungry. Food Not Bombs is a worldwide… Read more »

September 30th, 2015

Peace in the Park will call attention to homelessness in St. Pete

This Saturday in downtown St. Petersburg’s Williams Park there will be music, poetry, art and local justice groups calling attention to peace, homelessness and social justice. Peace in the Park is being organized in part by Rev. Bruce Wright, director of Refuge Ministries. He is also on the national board of the Poor People’s Economic Human… Read more »

September 8th, 2015

Homeless Helping Homeless to reduce services after raid

A grassroots homeless charity group in Tampa is in danger of reducing services because of a police raid and code citations last week. Homeless Helping Homeless provides several services including emergency shelter. But the group is being forced out of its primary headquarters. Adolphus Parker is president and founder and says he thinks Homeless Helping… Read more »

June 18th, 2015

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