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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>January 2000<o:p></o:p></span></b><=
/p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>The
news exploded over the Tenleytown/Friendship Heights community in Upper <st=
1:place
w:st=3D"on">Northwest Washington</st1:place> like the city�s famous Fourth =
of
July fireworks.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>The
<st1:State w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">District of Columbia</st1:pla=
ce></st1:State>
government was going to open a 50-bed shelter for homeless men in an abando=
ned
police station, on a corner shared with a church, a nursery school, an
elementary school and the edge of a quiet, affluent, white-collar, neighbor=
hood
of single-family homes.<span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>� </span><o:p></o:p>=
</span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Because
there weren�t 50 homeless men hanging out in the vicinity of the site, they
would be bused in from other parts of the city each night and shooed out the
door each morning.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Neighborhood
response was frenzied.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Nearly
1,000 jammed a hastily called community meeting at <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><=
st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Janney</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Elementary S=
chool</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
overflowing the gymnasium into the halls and onto the lawn and sidewalk
outside.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Lawyers
were mobilized. Legal actions were filed. City officials were besieged. <o:=
p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>And
the government retreated -- about 20 blocks south along <st1:Street w:st=3D=
"on"><st1:address
w:st=3D"on">Wisconsin Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street>, to <st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Guy</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Mason</st1:Place=
Name> <st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Recreation</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</s=
t1:PlaceType>,
at the edge of another upscale residential neighborhood known as <st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Massachusetts</st1:PlaceName> <st1:P=
laceName
w:st=3D"on">Avenue</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Heights</st1=
:PlaceType></st1:place>.<span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>��� </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>The
neighborhood response was identical, but this time Mayor Sharon Pratt <st1:=
City
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Dixon</st1:place></st1:City> would not r=
etreat.
The battle was joined -- in court, before the zoning board and even in the
National Park Service which had participated in the recreation center�s
development.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>The
mayor was demonized as an amoral politician who was out to boost her standi=
ng
among poor and minority voters by forcing an unneeded shelter into the city=
�s
whitest and most-affluent ward. The white and affluent residents of Ward 3 =
were
demonized as racists and elitists who might talk the liberal talk but would=
n�t
tolerate social services for the needy near their backyards. The shelter�s
intended residents were alternately depicted as the innocent victims of a c=
ruel
economic system and heartless rich folk -- or as drug- and alcohol-crazed
predators who would molest the neighborhood�s children, rape the women and =
mug
the men.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>A
few neighborhood residents spoke out in favor of the shelter proposal, but =
most
expressed a mixture of outrage and fear.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�Crime
will come with this,� one resident warned<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>�
</span>during the mass meeting at Janney, which lasted three hours and feat=
ured
more than 125 speakers, almost all of whom condemned the city plan. �I
personally have been assaulted by a homeless person, and we will all have t=
hat
story to tell soon.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>A
neighbor of the Guy Mason center wrote to <i style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style:n=
ormal'>The
Washington Post</i> that he opposed the shelter proposal because �I do not =
want
the quiet streets of my neighborhood to become infested with the lazy, the
addled and the drug-addicted beggars who already litter too much of this ci=
ty.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�They
went ballistic,� is how J.E. McNeil remembers the reaction of so many of her
neighbors and fellow <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Jann=
ey</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> parents. �Th=
ey
were totally hysterical.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>They
also, in the end, were totally successful.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Some
two years after the mayor first revealed her early-1991 plan for the shelter
near <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Janney</st1:PlaceNam=
e> <st1:PlaceType
w:st=3D"on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, the city government let the
concept of the Guy Mason shelter fade away.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>--------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b>=
</p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>At
first glance, this appears to be a classic case of the arousal -- and event=
ual
triumph -- of what has become known throughout the <st1:country-region w:st=
=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> as NIMBYism:<o:=
p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Affluent
individuals, feeling assaulted by big government, fortify the walls that th=
ey
have erected to isolate themselves from the troubles of the less fortunate.
�Not in my back yard!� they declare. And their yards remain unsullied.<o:p>=
</o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>In
fact, this really is a story about the triumph of community:<o:p></o:p></sp=
an></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Neighbors
seized the initiative from government institutions to help the homeless in
their own -- arguably more effective -- way. At the same time, they preserv=
ed
the neighborhood character that they felt was threatened by the government�s
shelter plans.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Today,
nine years after the controversy erupted, a half dozen shelters are scatter=
ed
around the ward, including near both Janney and Guy Mason. Several formerly
homeless men live in apartments along <st1:State w:st=3D"on">Wisconsin</st1=
:State>
and <st1:State w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Connecticut</st1:place></=
st1:State>
avenues. A house in a single-family neighborhood has become a group home for
five formerly homeless women and a caretaker. A staff of nine -- backed by
scores of volunteers -- provides a variety of services to the homeless from=
a
refurbished <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">Wisconsin Aven=
ue</st1:address></st1:Street>
house that has been named <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">=
Friendship
Place</st1:address></st1:Street>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>All
operate with widespread support and nearly universal acceptance because:<o:=
p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span><span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>�</span>-- They were created and nurtured by
neighborhood residents who paid serious attention to their neighbors� conce=
rns.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span><span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>�</span>-- They are operated by a community
organization that embraced neighbors with varied points of view and tapped =
the
resources and good will of religious congregations, business councils, citi=
zens
associations and other neighborhood groups.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span><span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>�</span>-- The issue confronting the community w=
as
redefined. At first, most residents saw the question as: How do we protect =
our
neighborhoods from the big, impersonal, incompetent government�s plan to du=
mp
50 bums on our doorsteps? Over time, it became: How do we help our homeless=
neighbors?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>It�s
a model that could be used across the country by communities facing any num=
ber
of social challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>The
initial shelter plan touched off a loud, dramatic, bitter battle of angry
residents against government officials who were egged on by groups of polit=
ical
activists -- some determined to promote the rights of the homeless, others
wanting to force Ward 3 to bear more of the unpleasant burdens of urban lif=
e.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>As
reported by <i style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The Washington Post</i>=
, shelter
opponents had faces that were �mottled red with rage.� At public meetings, =
they
scoffed, jeered, shouted -- even howled. They were fearful, outraged and
furious. The dispute was filled with �seemingly inexhaustible venom.�<o:p><=
/o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span><span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>�</span>�There's no compromising,� one shelter
opponent declared. �They�ll meet massive resistance if they put it here.�<o=
:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�We�re
going to fight this tooth and nail,� another warned.<o:p></o:p></span></b><=
/p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Led
by parents of Janney Elementary School students, opponents of the first she=
lter
proposal organized a committee of lawyers, contributed to a legal fund and
retained McNeil and Rick Ricks, her husband and law partner, to attack the =
plan
in court. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>The
city government caved almost immediately, discovering that the old police
station, which had been vacant for several years, would require at least
$75,000 in renovations and an unspecified amount of time to be brought into
compliance with codes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>So
the battle shifted south to <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"o=
n">Guy</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Mason</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on=
">Recreation</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, with a new =
cast
of opponents, a new team of lawyers and new legal challenges to the city�s
plans.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Over
the next two years, shelter opponents would pay some $100,000 in legal fees.
Advocates for the homeless would stage a takeover of the recreation center =
and
would disrupt Easter services at a neighboring church whose congregation
opposed the shelter.<span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>� </span><o:p></o:p></s=
pan></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�It's
not even a debate,� one neighbor lamented. �It�s a series of theatrical
positions that have been staked out.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>-----------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>While
nearly all residents of the neighborhoods opposed placing a 50-bed shelter =
near
a school or in a recreation center, some were unsettled by the fury they
witnessed among their neighbors. They did have, they believed, some obligat=
ion
to help the homeless. As early as the immediate aftermath of the raucous
meeting at <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Janney</st1:Pl=
aceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Elementary School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
friends began discussing their concerns. Soon -- in living rooms, coffee sh=
ops
and church basements -- small clusters of neighbors were independently crea=
ting
a new movement.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Among
those who attended the Janney meeting was Kathleen Partridge, an octogenari=
an
who had reared four children in the house where she still lived about 10 bl=
ocks
away. She found her neighbors� conduct �shameful.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>The
crowd hissed the few speakers who supported the shelter proposal, she said.
When a minister stood up to<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>� </span>endors=
e the
shelter, she recalled, �they made vomiting noises at him.�<o:p></o:p></span=
></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�It
wasn�t a good location� for a shelter, she agreed, �but people overreacted.
They were so angry. It was like paranoia. It was discouraging.<o:p></o:p></=
span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�When
we came out of the meeting, we were so shocked, a few of us. We talked on t=
he
phone. We said we ought to do something. I guess we were just expressing our
unhappiness.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�We
had one small meeting at someone�s house. We had another and another and
another, and the ranks sort of swelled. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�I
think it was just people calling their friends.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:2'>���=
������ </span>-------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Shortly
after the Janney meeting, Jean Duff, who was rearing 3- and 5-year-old chil=
dren
about two blocks from the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on"=
>Guy</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Mason</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on=
">Center</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
had a similar reaction to the activities of her neighbors.<o:p></o:p></span=
></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Duff
led a neighborhood organization -- Friends of Guy Mason -- that was renovat=
ing
the recreation center�s playground and that met regularly in her living roo=
m.
Talk at those meetings turned naturally to the city�s plan to move 50 homel=
ess
men in next to the swings and slides.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>� </s=
pan><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�I
don�t hold that spending money on emergency shelter is the best investment,�
Duff said. �Most people are homeless because of addictions, mental illness =
and
poor health -- things that are very, very serious problems that are not fix=
ed
by a shelter bed, which I would regard as a Band-Aid. The city was investin=
g a
very large amount of money for a very poor return.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�But
my attitude was mild compared to the concerns of my neighbors, who were just
very scared, very misinformed and absolutely adamant that this thing would =
not
take place. I found myself very troubled by this. There was absolutely no d=
oubt
that we had homeless neighbors, and there were absolutely no services in th=
e ward
for homeless men and women.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Because
the Guy Mason battle continued for nearly two years, Duff found herself
attending a large number of community meetings that grew �more and more int=
ense
and more and more vitriolic.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�Many
of these meetings were bitter, personally contentious,� she recalled. �The
thing was incredibly polarized. People were bringing video cameras to record
the meetings. Clergy were coming and denouncing neighbors as evil people.�<=
o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>As
she became acquainted with a growing number of neighbors who felt strongly =
on
both sides of the dispute (including Partridge and her friends), Duff searc=
hed
for a common ground that didn�t involve the Guy Mason shelter. She circulat=
ed a
proposal that �we organize as neighbors to help our homeless neighbors.� To=
try
to bridge the neighborhood fissures, she asked Lois Williams to join in
convening a community meeting about the proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>--------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Williams
was an unlikely ally. A lawyer who lived near Janney, she had represented t=
he homeless
in class-action lawsuits that resulted in court orders for shelters to be
opened throughout the city. She was active in a Ward 3 committee that advoc=
ated
creation of shelter and services for the homeless in the ward. She was keep=
ing
in touch with a group of clergy who were meeting because they believed their
congregations were obliged to clothe, feed and shelter the naked, hungry and
homeless. Rather than viewing a 50-bed shelter as too big, she thought it w=
as
�a paltry sum.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�I
did not regard it as unmanageable or as a difficult number for the neighbor=
hood
to serve,� Williams said. �I didn�t believe it was best to put it in the
recreation center. But, if the choice was between that and nothing, there w=
as
no choice. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�I
came away hardened by some of these angry community meetings. If</span></b>=
<span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:n=
ormal'>it
was a choice between people�s selfish interests in the affluent neighborhoo=
ds
and whether folks would live or die or have to sleep outside, to me it was =
just
a clear imperative.�<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Williams
first encountered Duff at a community meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�She
was speaking for neighbors of Guy Mason,� Williams recalled, �and I thought:
�Here we go again!� But it was quite different.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>�She said: �We�ve got to do something. We don�t think the
recreation center is the place to do that.� But there was willingness to lo=
ok
at other options. They sort of challenged the church people to step up, and=
the
church people sort of challenged them to step up. It became clear we had so=
me
common goals.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></spa=
n></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>-----------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Together,
Duff and Williams called a meeting at <st1:place w:st=3D"on">St.</st1:place>
Alban�s Episcopal Church, about four blocks from Guy Mason, in October 1991.
They invited leaders of community organizations and individuals who had
attended meetings about the controversy, regardless of their opinions about=
the
city�s plan. Some 40 neighbors attended and began to create what became the
Community Council for the Homeless.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>As
proposed by Duff, the fledgling organization�s first rule was: �We would not
talk about Guy Mason.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�We
recognized that people disagreed about this,� she said, �and it was not ger=
mane
to this discussion. The idea was that we would try to serve homeless neighb=
ors
and that our stance toward them would be as neighbors.� <o:p></o:p></span><=
/b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>The
organization�s name was chosen carefully to reflect its goals.<o:p></o:p></=
span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�It
was a movement of the community,� Duff explained. ��Council� suggested it w=
as a
horizontal, rather than a vertical, organization. The homeless were the foc=
us
of concern. The name suggested it represented a<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
yes'>�
</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>variety of interests in the communi=
ty.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:2'>���=
������ </span>--------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>The
group that felt the most troubling challenge in the shelters controversy was
the clergy. All of the faiths with congregations in the area taught an
obligation to help the poor. Yet most of those congregations� members were
opposed to placing a large shelter near Janney or at Guy Mason. Shelter
opponents held meetings at St. Columba�s Episcopal Church, across the corner
from Janney, and at St. Luke�s <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=
=3D"on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, across the =
street
from Guy Mason. And clergy who commuted from the suburbs were subject to at=
tack
as outsiders who had no personal stake in the battle. �Where do you live,
anyway?� was a question routinely directed to shelter supporters at communi=
ty
meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>Especially concerned about the issue because of his church�s
location, St. Luke�s pastor Andrew Gunn invited his fellow Ward 3 clergy to=
a
meeting to discuss the matter. About two dozen attended. A few started thin=
king
about offering shelter in their churches. And that thought meshed with the
first plan of the newly formed Community Council, which had decided to ask
local congregations to consider hosting small shelters.<o:p></o:p></span></=
b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span><st1:place w:st=3D"on">St.</st1:place> Luke�s opened the fir=
st
shelter, with six beds year round, in December of 1991. St. Columba�s, St.
Alban�s, Metropolitan United Methodist and <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">St. Paul</st1:place></st1:City>�s Lutheran followed with shelt=
ers
that would be open only during the winter months. The Roman Catholic Church=
of
the Annunciation decided to maintain two transitional apartments for the
homeless.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>The churches supplied the facilities, some financial support=
and
a base of volunteers. But the shelters really were broad community projects,
with the Community Council raising additional funds and helping to organize=
a
larger volunteer corps to support the congregations� activities.<o:p></o:p>=
</span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>Providing more than a bed and a roof, the church-based shelt=
ers
try to help their residents toward self-sufficiency. They offer access to
counseling and training. The volunteers help to reconnect the homeless with=
the
broader community by sharing meals at the shelters and developing friendshi=
ps
with the residents.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>The St. Luke�s shelter has housed about 250 men since it ope=
ned,
the majority of whom �have been able to put their lives back together,�
according to Gunn. �When they left us, they had jobs and money in the bank,
were self-sufficient and were able to move back out into the community and
become productive citizens.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>Thomas Omholt, the pastor at St. Paul�s, tells of a shelter
resident who became a Sunday school teacher at the church after getting con=
trol
of the alcoholism and depression that drove him into homelessness in the fi=
rst
place. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>�He�s a bright guy who�s now gainfully employed� in the <st1=
:State
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State> area�s
booming high-tech industry, Omholt said.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>The clergy encountered some opposition to the shelters, both
within their congregations and among their neighbors. But most members and
neighbors supported, or at least accepted, the church shelters -- primarily
because they were home-grown and carefully explained.<o:p></o:p></span></b>=
</p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>�Unlike the mayor,� Omholt said, �we did our homework.�<o:p>=
</o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>Both Gunn and Omholt planted the idea first with church memb=
ers
who were likely to react positively. Then, in concert with those members, t=
hey
moved on to educating their full congregations and the surrounding
neighborhoods.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>Omholt asked his church�s social ministry group to consider =
the
needs of the homeless in the church�s neighborhood and what if anything the
congregation ought to do about it. �They came up with: �Why don�t we do a
shelter?� Omholt said. </span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�That
was a small group focused on meeting the needs of people -- they were easy.
Then it was a matter of selling it to my (church governing) council. And th=
en I
wanted to take it to the full church, because I felt it was important enoug=
h to
need congregational approval.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�We
had a series of workshops on what is homelessness, who are the homeless, wh=
at
are homeless folk dealing with. One workshop was theological: As a church, =
why
should we be entertaining the possibility of doing this. We asked some St.
Luke�s volunteers to come over and tell us about their experience.�<o:p></o=
:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>They
also sponsored neighborhood meetings and made presentations to community
organizations, such as the PTA for the school across the street from the ch=
urch
and the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission, an elected body that was
created by city law to provide neighborhood input to the city government and
that often serves as a forum for a broad range of neighborhood concerns.<o:=
p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></spa=
n></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></=
p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></spa=
n></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>Community Council members soon concluded that the church-bas=
ed
shelters weren�t enough. In the spring of 1992, they hired a young woman to=
be
what they called a �street worker� -- to research the extent of homelessnes=
s in
Ward 3, listen to what the homeless said they needed and attempt to link th=
em
with help. By the end of the year, they decided they needed a facility from
which they could coordinate their volunteers and offer such daytime service=
s as
counseling and medical care. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>As was typical throughout the council�s creation and growth,
someone called a meeting. This time it was Nathan Baxter, who invited clergy
and members of congregations throughout the ward to the <st1:State w:st=3D"=
on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State> National (Episcopal) Cathed=
ral
where he was dean. At the meeting, Sister Mary Griffin and Donald Boardman
agreed to lead the effort to open a facility.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>Sister Mary, who lives in a Tenleytown convent near where she
grew up, had been working with the homeless and hungry for years. Boardman,=
a
semi-retired real estate development executive and member of St. Columba�s
Episcopal Church, had become an advocate for the mentally ill because of his
son�s difficult struggle with schizophrenia.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>For months, they searched unsuccessfully for a location.<o:p=
></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>�Everywhere we went, it was clear the landlord wouldn�t take=
the
risk on an organization like ours,� Boardman said, �because the images were
really of all these unwashed people lounging around. Then, out of the blue,=
a
real estate colleague of mine mentioned that this house on <st1:Street w:st=
=3D"on"><st1:address
w:st=3D"on">Wisconsin Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street> would become avail=
able.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>The owner was moving out of town and wanted to sell. Boardman
and Sister Mary already had raised between $25,000 and $30,000, mostly by
soliciting congregations. Now they accelerated their efforts, seeking
foundation grants and recruiting �angels� -- individuals willing to make lo=
ans
of between $1,000 and $5,000 with the thought that the debts might eventual=
ly
be forgiven. At the same time, a homeless woman died on a bench in front of=
the
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">U.S.</st1:place></st=
1:country-region>
Department of Housing and Urban Development, and in an effort to make a pub=
lic
response HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros contributed $60,000 toward the purcha=
se
from his discretionary fund. Also at the time, another friend of Boardman�s
offered to rehabilitate the exterior of the house for free.<o:p></o:p></spa=
n></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>Every year, the building trades magazine <i style=3D'mso-bid=
i-font-style:
normal'>Roofing Siding Insulation </i>coordinates a charitable rehabilitati=
on
project. Randy Denchfield, who grew up in the neighborhood and now owns
Denchfield Roofing in nearby Silver Spring, Maryland, brought Boardman�s ne=
ed
to the magazine�s attention and the house became the publication�s 1994
undertaking.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>A local architect did the design for free. About 20
manufacturers donated the supplies. About a dozen Washington-area contracto=
rs
volunteered to perform the work. As a result, the house became the best-loo=
king
property along that commercial strip of <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address
w:st=3D"on">Wisconsin Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street>. <o:p></o:p></span=
></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>The founders christened the facility <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"=
><st1:address
w:st=3D"on">Friendship Place</st1:address></st1:Street> -- to honor the na=
me of
the neighborhood, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Friends=
hip</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Heights</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, and to imp=
art an
amiable message to affluent and homeless neighbors alike. <o:p></o:p></span=
></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>�It was a name that conveyed what we hoped it would be,� Sis=
ter
Mary said.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>The attempt at friendship wasn�t universally reciprocated at
first, however. When plans for the facility became known in the fall of 199=
3,
about 85 nearby merchants signed a petition of protest. <i style=3D'mso-bid=
i-font-style:
normal'>The Washington Post </i>described them as �furious,� fearful that
vagrants would congregate in the area, bringing drugs and crime with them,
frightening away customers and eroding property values.<o:p></o:p></span></=
b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>�We don�t think they have the right to deprive us of our
livelihood,� one angry property-owner complained.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>�If they are going to =
be in
front of my restaurant,� a prominent restaurateur declared, �I am out of he=
re.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>Because the property was zoned for commercial development, <=
st1:Street
w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">Friendship Place</st1:address></st1:St=
reet>
had the right to operate the kind of program that was planned. But, just as
they had when developing the shelters, the Community Council members worked=
to
win neighborhood acceptance of <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D=
"on">Friendship
Place</st1:address></st1:Street>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>�There is a real community here,� Boardman said of the
Friendship Heights/Tenleytown area. �And the community has a history of doi=
ng
things responsibly.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>�I think the neighborhood wants to protect its character and
scale and safety, and that�s not unreasonable. What people seemed to fear w=
as
that a concentration of drug addicts, mentally ill and dirty people would h=
ang
around in large clusters in our neighborhood. I think I�d oppose that mysel=
f.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style=3D'mso-tab=
-count:
1'>���� </span>To address the fear, <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:=
st=3D"on">Friendship
Place</st1:address></st1:Street> supporters met with business owners and
residents and attended numerous community meetings, putting out the message
that they would be helping homeless people get off of the neighborhood�s
streets rather than bringing more in.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>�� </=
span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>��������������� </span=
><b
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-b=
idi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>�We
had hundreds of people who would come out to these meetings and say I live
right here and I volunteer,� Duff said. �I think it was absolutely key that
this organization could call on neighbors to come out and testify to the me=
rits
of the work and say they themselves were involved.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font=
-family:
"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>����� </span></span><b
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-b=
idi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>�We
had a spirit of compromise. We were not rabid. We were not dismissive. We
listened. We talked. We educated.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>They
also signed a formal agreement with the area�s Advisory Neighborhood
Commission, in which the <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">F=
riendship
Place</st1:address></st1:Street> Board of Directors pledged to �take
seriously the concerns of our neighbors about loitering, increasing numbers=
of
homeless in our area and disruptive behavior in general.� They promised tha=
t <st1:Street
w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">Friendship Place</st1:address></st1:St=
reet>
would:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span><span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>�</span>-- Not operate as an overnight shelter, =
soup
kitchen or shower facility.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span><span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>�</span>-- Not distribute cash handouts.<o:p></o=
:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span><span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>�</span>-- Schedule client appointments only bet=
ween
8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span><span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>�</span>-- Restrict staff and volunteers from pa=
rking
on nearby residential streets.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span><span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>�</span>-- Urge clients to leave the area if they
caused problems and to withhold services if they refused.<o:p></o:p></span>=
</b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span><span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>�</span>-- Meet monthly with a community advisory
committee that included both residents and business owners.<o:p></o:p></spa=
n></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�<st1:Street
w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">Friendship Place</st1:address></st1:St=
reet><span
style=3D'color:black'> made certain representations to us, and sometimes th=
ey
were reluctant to put it on paper,� said Marian Fox, the neighborhood
commission member who negotiated the agreement. �That made me very uneasy.
Because, if that is what you�re willing to do, why won�t you agree on paper=
to
do it?�<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>With
the signing of the agreement, the neighborhood commission voted, 4-1, to
support the project. Most of the opponents adopted a cautious, wait-and-see
attitude. Over time, most of them became supporters.<o:p></o:p></span></b><=
/p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�I
was one of the activists who was against it at the beginning, because I was
three doors away from them,� said Jack Bubis, who owns a neighborhood beauty
shop. �After many meetings of outrage, our group (of business owners) was g=
oing
sue them. We were all willing to pay to fight this.�<o:p></o:p></span></b><=
/p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>When
the business owners became convinced that <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:addr=
ess
w:st=3D"on">Friendship Place</st1:address></st1:Street> was not going to b=
ring
more homeless into the area with a shelter and feeding program, �it was acc=
epted,�
Bubis said. The facility�s track record over the years has won it solid
support, he added.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>The
computer store next door maintains the Community Council�s computers for fr=
ee.
The frame shop next to the computer store frames the organization�s artwork=
and
certificates. The nearby Amoco station maintains the <st1:Street w:st=3D"on=
"><st1:address
w:st=3D"on">Friendship Place</st1:address></st1:Street> van. A new
multimillion-dollar condominium complex is providing some parking for staff=
and
volunteers.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Marian
Fox has joined the Community Council for the Homeless board.<o:p></o:p></sp=
an></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Bubis
now regularly cuts the hair of one of the neighborhood�s long-time homeless
men.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�It
makes him feel good,� Bubis said. �It makes me feel good.�<o:p></o:p></span=
></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>-------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Despite
-- or perhaps because of -- the volunteers� successes, the Community Counci=
l�s
board eventually concluded that the organization needed to become more
professional. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>In
1996, the council hired its first full-time, professional executive directo=
r --
Lynn Shea, a former deputy general manager of the <st1:City w:st=3D"on">New=
York
City</st1:City> Housing Authority, who had most recently been working in a
private social services agency in <st1:State w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D=
"on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>The
organization now has a paid staff of nine and provides facilities for a
physician and a psychiatrist to see homeless patients on a part-time basis.=
It
plans to continue to expand the number of housing units that it manages and
expects it will have to continue to add staff.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>-----------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Community
Council members believe the last decade has taught them important lessons a=
bout
themselves, about their community and about how any community can stand up =
to
social challenges such as homelessness.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>The
most important lesson, perhaps, is that the community itself is best equipp=
ed
to take on the challenge. Neighbors who were terrified of the city governme=
nt�s
shelter plan eventually accepted the Community Council�s activities because=
the
council is of the neighborhood. <span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>� </span>Be=
cause
it was designed by neighbors who listened to neighbors, the Community Counc=
il�s
plan took on a different scale and quality than the city government�s. Jean
Duff and her colleagues constantly searched for common ground and were will=
ing
to compromise to secure it. And they discovered that their neighborhoods we=
re
full of resources -- from the religious congregations� physical facilities =
and
moral suasion, to the skills and time contributed by architects, real estate
developers, tradesmen and general-purpose volunteers.<o:p></o:p></span></b>=
</p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>By
befriending the homeless and treating them as neighbors, the volunteers
cultivated relationships that may have helped some of the homeless more than
social workers could have. They saved lives by getting men and women off the
streets, connecting them to drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs, helpi=
ng
them get job training. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>But,
in the end, they realized they need the professionals, too. By providing fo=
od,
clothing and good will, volunteers were enabling some homeless to stay on t=
he
street rather than helping them get off. And a kind of creaming was going o=
n:
They could not help the many homeless who suffered serious addiction and me=
ntal
and physical health problems.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>The
challenge for the organization now is to <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>assure that professionalism and gro=
wth
don�t erode the essential character that has made the Community Council for=
the
Homeless a neighborhood success.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>�Our
organization, because it�s grounded in relationships, because it�s driven by
continuity in relationships, is very, very effective with people whose lives
are characterized by broken relationships,� Duff said. �Because so many
different people are involved -- professional and lay -- it�s a very creati=
ve
process.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier Ne=
w";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>���=
� </span>Together,
the volunteer board members and professional managers must �balance the need
for very professional, high-level, skilled care with continuing the strong
citizen base and strong volunteer base,� she said. <o:p></o:p></span></b></=
p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
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� </span>�We
don�t want to end up as a government agency.�<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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