Michelle Obama recognizes former Beacon resident
Kris Berggren Kris Berggren Michelle Obama announced this week an initiative to end veteran homelessness by 2015. That is a big hairy audacious goal (and we're okay with that!). You can see a clip of...
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7 symbols of home
Kris BerggrenI enjoy the work of Gretchen Rubin– the happiness guru who packages ideas about living well in tidy lists and chapters. Maybe that sounds kind of treacly, but because she is up front about...
View ArticleWho needs public housing? (Warning: May shatter stereotypes)
Kris BerggrenI hope these links get you thinking about the importance of stable housing and other supportive resources in the lives of ordinary Americans. Warning: May Shatter Stereotypes.ReThink...
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Though it feels weak, asking for help is strong
Kris BerggrenThe numbers vary from state to state but the crisis is the same: more children experience homelessness now than in previous years. Minnesota saw a nine percent increase in homeless...
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The little shelter program that could
Kris BerggrenOur shelter program, Families Moving Forward, is kind of like “the little engine that could.”We are small but we persevere. And we are achieving our goal to end homelessness, one family at...
View ArticleWhen best isn't good enough to end child homelessness
Kris BerggrenNearly 1 million more children are homeless in our country than in 2010, according to a new report called "America's Youngest Outcasts," by the American Institutes for Research and The...
View ArticleWe believe #BlackLivesMatter
Kris BerggrenThe conversation about racial injustice is heated these days and it’s tragic that it has taken the deaths of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner, among others, to bring this...
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The best angle on family homelessness
Kris BerggrenI have to face facts: I have a desk job. I love writing and telling people’s stories, but sometimes I wish I were a photographer instead because you tell stories, just with pictures...
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