Bank Robber: a 20 for 20 story
Bank Robber: a 20 for 20 story
[In celebration of 20 years of service we are collecting 20 stories of people and events that helped to shape REMERGE. #20for20. This story is told by our executive director […]
Jerry’s Surgery
[Posted by Sylvia Broome, member of the Church on the Street community and director of women’s and human trafficking ministries] My daughter had surgery in May. I was impressed by […]
Atlanta the Epicenter of Sex Trafficking
In Atlanta there is an estimated annual revenue of $290 million made from the sex trade, surpassing Miami as the #1 illegal sex trafficking market in the U.S. In fact, […]
The Rational Choices of Crack Addicts
The New York Times has an article about the research and new book from Dr. Carl Hart from Columbia University that makes for a potentially paradigm shifting encounter. What is most […]
No air conditioning for me
I work along side people that are homeless on a regular basis and still I tend to forget sometimes the challenges that a person without a home deals […]
A View from London on the Occupy Movement
Here are two responses given by Rev. Dr. Chris Brittain of the University of Aberdeen in relation to the Occupy London movement and recent events regarding the actions of St. […]
Occupy Atlanta, the Mayor, and the Clergy
Last Friday I was speaking at an event on hunger in Atlanta. Also at that event was the Director of Human Resources for the city of Atlanta. Her name is […]
Craig’s Poetry for Sale
Many of you may have met Craig or at least viewed his spoken word poetry on one of our sites. Click here for a video of Craig performing his poetry […]
Fighting the old me
For the next few days I have to drive to downtown Atlanta each morning for a conference. It’s not a horribly long drive by any means, maybe 30 minutes. But […]
It’s all about being, not doing
I talk to as many people as I can about the mission of Church on the Street. This question almost always comes up: “what do you do?” It’s a valid […]
