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Will Schick

Washington, D.C.
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This Mailbox Pantry In Hill East Is Trying To Make A Dent In Neighborhood Food Insecurity | DCist

This Mailbox Pantry In Hill East Is Trying To Make A Dent In Neighborhood Food Insecurity | DCist

DCist — It's also how one resident hopes to preserve a family legacy.
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Day centers put vital services for people experiencing homelessness in one place

Day centers put vital services for people experiencing homelessness in one place

Greater Greater Washington — People experiencing homelessness often have no place to go during the day, and figuring out where to find a meal, get an ID card, do laundry, and get started on the journey to finding a home takes a lot of effort and coordination. Day centers can help.
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Ward 8 residents fight invasive species, litter, and discrimination to keep their woods alive

Ward 8 residents fight invasive species, litter, and discrimination to keep their woods alive

Greater Greater Washington — It's 10:29 am on a Friday in October. Nathan Harrington, founder of Ward 8 Woods, a local DC nonprofit that aims to clean up the forests in Anacostia, has just finished staking a sign onto the side of the road that says, "Your Litter Hits Close To Home."
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'거지'란 말 이제 그만 쓰세요 - 미주 한국일보

'거지'란 말 이제 그만 쓰세요 - 미주 한국일보

koreatimes.com — 한국말로 홈리스(Homeless)란 말을 어떻게 표현하는지 궁금해서 오랜만에 만난 사촌동생에게 질문을 던졌다. 캐나다에서 유학중이던 사촌동생은 "한국말로는...음...그냥 거지"라고 간단하게 말했다.몇달 전 '미리엄스 키친'(Miriam's Kitchen)이란 단체에서 집 없는 사람을 돕기 위한 문학 동아리가 있다는 인터넷에 광고를 보고 궁금해서 찾아가 참가했다. 상상했던 장면과 매우 달랐다. 동아리에서 만났던 친구들은 평소에 보는 사람들과 같았다.
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This environmental group from Ward 8 has found a new way to serve their community

This environmental group from Ward 8 has found a new way to serve their community

Greater Greater Washington — When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Ward 8 Woods, a local DC non-profit charged with cleaning the forests in Ward 8, had to find a new way to do their work.
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A group of farmers, restaurants, and businesses team up to provide food to those in need

A group of farmers, restaurants, and businesses team up to provide food to those in need

Greater Greater Washington — In response to a food chain left broken by the coronavirus pandemic, a group of 25 organizations including restaurants, food pantries, and farms are working to keep restaurant workers employed, food pantries stocked, and people fed.
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Recovering from trauma of an encampment clean-up | Street Sense Media

Recovering from trauma of an encampment clean-up | Street Sense Media

Street Sense Media — This article was featured in the April 29 digital-only edition of Street Sense. Until it is safe to resume person-to-person sales, you'll always be able to find the current digital-only edition at streetsensemedia.org/Digital Thank you for reading! Please continue to support our vendors through our mobile app (streetsensemedia.org/App).
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What is so complicated about homeless encampments in DC? | Street Sense Media

What is so complicated about homeless encampments in DC? | Street Sense Media

Street Sense Media — This article is part of our 2019 contribution to the DC Homeless Crisis Reporting Project in collaboration with other local newsrooms. You can see all of our collective work published throughout the day at DCHomelessCrisis.press and join the public Facebook group to discuss how to act on this information and add context to areas we may have overlooked.
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Why some homeowners oppose the city's plan for a new shelter | Street Sense Media

Why some homeowners oppose the city's plan for a new shelter | Street Sense Media

Street Sense Media — This article is part of our 2019 contribution to the DC Homeless Crisis Reporting Project in collaboration with other local newsrooms. You can see all of our collective work published throughout the day at DCHomelessCrisis.press and join the public Facebook group to discuss how to act on this information and add context to areas we may have overlooked.
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How cool indifference magnifies the summer heat | Street Sense Media

How cool indifference magnifies the summer heat | Street Sense Media

Street Sense Media — Washington D.C. is one of the most intense summer "heat islands" of any U.S. city. Temperatures during the summer can soar 21 degrees higher than surrounding rural areas, according to a report by Climate Central. And the population at greatest risk of suffering from heat-related illnesses in the summer is people experiencing homelessness.
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When an encampment is a single person and their stuff | Street Sense Media

When an encampment is a single person and their stuff | Street Sense Media

Street Sense Media — On a recent morning, a man pushed a metal cart northward along the intersection of 16 th and K streets NW. Pedestrians shuffled past him talking on their phones. Red city taxis idled near The Capital Hilton waiting to ferry guests.
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Life on Catpitol Hill

Life on Catpitol Hill

Medium — Late one evening just before Easter in the spring of 2017, in a block of townhomes somewhere along Massachusetts Avenue Southeast near Lincoln Park, something horrible happened. The following morning when Cricket Fuller and her husband awoke, they sensed it: Lorna was missing.
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Marines Need 360-Degree Evals

Marines Need 360-Degree Evals

Proceedings — The Corps should implement a 360-degree evaluation system to ensure Marines are evaluated not just by their superiors, but also by their peers and subordinates.In the meantime, all Marine leaders can ask their subordinates what they think about each other and the leaders in their unit.
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