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Feb 17, 2011

OIM Relocates Drop In

Some time ago, we learned that our weekly drop in program would be interrupted for a period of three to six months while a construction...

Oct 21, 2010

Moved with Compassion

Returning to the office in the early evening to gather some materials I had forgotten, I discovered the first of the evening outreach...

Oct 15, 2010

Thanksgiving Drop In Style

Just after the Thanksgiving holiday. Wednesday drop in. Friend after friend came up to me and spoke with me very candidly about how...

May 27, 2010

Hanging by a Thread

Working with people who are poor or homeless can be a challenge: there is great satisfaction and fulfillment, but it can be hard when we...

May 20, 2010

Downtown Ottawa

“Urban Intervention Training” is the name of our volunteer training program which we host three times a year. It’s a full Saturday,...

Apr 29, 2010

Tom Called

Tom Called (see previous blogs re. Injustice) While I was away in Vancouver I received the following email from our front line...

Apr 15, 2010

Injustice IV – Stonewalled

A heavy heart is mine as I write what will probably be the last blog about Tom until he is released. There are several reasons for this,...

Apr 9, 2010

Injustice upon injustice III

I am sorry to report that Tom is still in detention – the ‘proper’ name for jail, although there is nothing ‘proper’ about it at all. ...

Mar 25, 2010

Injustice upon injustice – it’s called Life on the Streets

Some things set me right over the edge, mostly it’s a different story with a similar theme: injustice (see Justice III, Feb 26/10). Here...

Mar 18, 2010

Violation of Sacred Trust

“Of all people, you should know better.” His words pierced my soul. These words and this day will be burned in my mind forever. Seven...