Who is My Neighbor?: Communicating and Organizing to End Homelessness - Hardcover

Tompkins, Phillip K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594516472 ISBN 13: 9781594516474

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

Who Is My Neighbor? is a compelling account of the author's ten-year journey as a volunteer at the St. Francis Center, a homeless shelter in Denver, Colorado. A retired Professor of Communication, Phil Tompkins marshals his considerable experience as a participant observer in recording the voices of the guests of the shelter as they teach us about their situation. We learn about their hopes for regaining a home and their fears as they are victimized-in some cases even murdered. Tompkins shows how effective communication and organization can contribute to finding an end to homelessness and establishing a movement toward protective action, especially when a proactive local government gets involved. In addition to giving voice to homeless people, Who Is My Neighbor? explores Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's ambitious Commission to End Homelessness. This remarkable social experiment, now called Denver's Road Home, is two years into implementing an innovative plan for ending homelessness. It provides a model for other cities nationwide where persistent homelessness has defied resolution.

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PhillipK. Tompkins

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594516472
• ISBN 13: 9781594516474
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224