Archive of Outside Living

Las Vegas Homelessness Discovery Trip

on May 31st, 2011 in Homelessness by | No Comments

Recently, I had the opportunity to travel to Las Vegas, Nevada to begin to learn about homelessness in the city. A good friend is the director of a large industry conference that takes place in Las Vegas each year. As a part of the conference, he wants to offer a…

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Charles and Marcus

on October 28th, 2009 in Homelessness by | No Comments

Yesterday I had some time between meetings downtown. I began driving around trying to visit with some of my homeless friends. I drove to a side of town I had not been to before. It was there that I bumped into two guys I had never met. Charles and Marcus…

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City Walk Photos

on September 22nd, 2009 in Artwork, Homelessness by | No Comments

Last week I had the pleasure of leading a small group of photographers on a short city walk. It was raining that night so we did not get to visit with as many people as we would have liked. However, we did get to visit with some amazing people and…

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Steve

on September 13th, 2009 in Homelessness by | No Comments

This is a video I filmed with my friend Steve some months ago. He was kind enough to show Alicia and I where he used to live. I hope you find it interesting.

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Lessons I Learned

on July 14th, 2009 in Homelessness, Thought Process by | No Comments

As part of the summer experiences that we host here at SHO we include an educational project called “Homeless for a day.” Earlier this month we hosted a team from the suburbs of Atlanta. They brought a different group of about 40 students to SHO each day to do this…

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Moving Out

on May 29th, 2009 in Homelessness, Love In Action by | No Comments

I turned thirty on Tuesday of this week. This year was perhaps the best birthday I have ever had. It was the best for so many reasons. My friends and family threw me an amazing birthday party. I was given some great gifts. I was surrounded by people I love…

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Today, Love Wins!!!

on January 8th, 2009 in Homelessness by | No Comments

I can hardly contain my excitement. This morning was one of the best mornings I have had in a long time. Each day at SHO we fight against the seemingly never-ending curse of homelessness. We do everything we can to help people get out of homelessness and become thriving parts…

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