Homelessness is complex, but here are some immediate ways and best practices that anyone can do to help end homelessness in OKC. BE KIND People who are experiencing homelessness are people. How would you normally treat someone you pass on the street? Instead of avoiding eye contact, acknowledge one another. Smile. Say hello. Wave. Treat […]
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COVER Inequality check
Dominique Gray lost his safety net at 17. He was sleeping outside of the Ralph Ellison Library in Oklahoma City. Beneath the book drop. For a full year, he experienced homelessness until a librarian connected him to a pathway home. How had things gotten so severe? Bouts of depression, constant bullying and fights at school […]
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PRESS RELEASE Nonprofit snow cone stand employs at-risk youth and offers financial literacy training
A business with a sweet purpose is expanding its mission. Sasquatch Shaved Ice, a program of the Homeless Alliance, is expanding from its original location in The Plaza District and launching a second stand located in Bricktown. Thanks to a grant from the Arnall Family Foundation, Sasquatch Shaved Ice is growing its program to provide […]
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‘There just aren’t enough vouchers’: COVID-19 stresses Oklahoma’s already threadbare affordable housing system
Off and on for the last 11 years, Curbside Chronicle vendor Cathy Conner was homeless. Now, she and her family are on the verge of moving into a house — her first home with running water in over a year. To make the move, Conner will receive rental assistance through the U.S. Department of Housing […]
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Warmth needed
On a sunny but chilly afternoon in late November, 49-year-old mother of four Linda Debard said what so many of us say during this time of year. “I’m cold,” she said. But Debard didn’t confess to the sensation with a smile on her face, gloves on her hands or a coat on her back. She […]
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A wrapping paper initiative for The Curbside Chronicle gets a boost from Wayne Coyne
A wrapping paper initiative for The Curbside Chronicle gets a boost from Wayne Coyne.
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Word on the street
Marco Powell is a Curbside Chronicle vendor. Credit: Shannon Cornman It was an idea that Whitley O’Connor, executive director of The Curbside Chronicle and a self-proclaimed “social entrepreneur,” has seen benefit the destitute of many cities throughout the U.S. “It’s not a new idea, but we’ve put a new spin on it,” he said. O’Connor […]