Word: homelessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There is obviously that danger. I hope that the political organizations that have been legalized now will be able to make people more sober in their expectations. I mean, even when apartheid is done away with, people must not expect that suddenly when they were homeless, tomorrow because we were free...tomorrow they will have a house. It is important that our people recognize that we are still going to have to struggle to translate that freedom into tangible results...
Members said that serving meals was not their primary purpose, but George E. Despotes, a Harvard Square homeless person who has been involved with the group, said that meal service was the most critical need...
Before closing in August, 1989, the former drop-in, located at St. Paul's parish, operated three days a week to provide a place for interaction between students, parish members, and homeless, said Father John P. Boles, pastor chaplain at the church...
...group trying to reestablish a cooperative is not affiliated with St. Paul's parish. The volunteers have been actively involved in other local programs to help the homeless...
...group is composed of Harvard undergraduates, homeless people, lower income Cambridge residents and community activists...