Word: homelessness
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...Ensler developed the piece in order to celebrate the vagina and to help stop violence against women. The proceeds from this year’s performance benefit groups dedicated to preventing sexual assault, including the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center and Rosie’s Place, a shelter for homeless women and those fleeing abusive relationships. In addition, Ensler’s V-Day movement, which aims to end violence against women and girls, has chosen the rape and abuse of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo as its 2009 spotlight campaign. During the current conflict...
...revenue,” said Joseph Power, the business representative for the Carpenters Local Union. Other residents were skeptical that the measure would bring an employment uptick. “If you’re looking at this to pay your mortgage, you’re going to be homeless and hungry,” said resident Heather M. Hoffman, addressing the union representatives present at the meeting. According to ARE Regional Vice President Tom Andrews, building labspace in East Cambridge will bring the city between $9 million and $12 million in property taxes annually. Nearly a dozen residents...
...Hillary Clinton's former research director Judd Legum released a bulletin about Steele's controversial record shortly after his election as RNC chair; reports alleged that Steele hired homeless people to pass out campaign flyers that portrayed him as a Democrat, and that he once compared stem cell research to Nazi Holocaust experiments...
...fate, has died and been buried on his master's land, his tiny cabin picked clean of his possessions. But to Mueenuddin, who imbues this character with a strong sense of resignation and acceptance, it's not an unhappy ending. He sees it as somewhat hopeful. "This is a homeless, landless man who's been thrown out by his family and is bitter and hardened," he says of his creation. "And in the end, he got a place to lay his head...
...Jillson said that O’Brien serves the homeless of Harvard Square “in a very unique and powerful way,” often providing them with advice and referrals. O’Brien, who is known to buy coffee for acquaintances when business is good, even ordained himself as a minister online so that he could feed runaway teenagers without legal repercussions...