News about poverty and homelessness
KANN Partners and Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) CFO Mary Jean Herron will discuss the recently-completed HCH clinic as part of the KANN Partners’ session of the Downtown Partnership workshop on building “green” in Baltimore City. The HCH building project received the USGBC Maryland 2009 Award of Excellence for New Construction Project of the Year and has applied for LEED Gold Certification.
The session takes place September 17, 2010. Click here for more information.
Join us as we honor 25 years of Health Care for the Homeless on Saturday, October 2, 2010, from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm at our new clinic and headquarters at 421 Fallsway. Click here for more information.
The evening will include artwork by HCH clients and professional artists, live music by The Swingin’ Swamis, and catering by Linwoods Restaurant and Catering.
Tickets are $100 each. Click here to buy your ticket now!
The new HCH mural at 421 Fallsway declares that "everyone deserves to go home."
New Mural Delivers Message that Homelessness is Not Permanent
BALTIMORE: A large and vibrant new mural is visible in downtown Baltimore following installation of 135 painted panels on the south-facing wall of the Health Care for the Homeless building at 421 Fallsway. The year-long mural creation process – guided by local artist Jay Wolf Schlossberg-Cohen – involved hundreds of community volunteers, including persons experiencing homelessness. The public is invited to a “Mural Unveiling Party” on Sunday, September 12, at 11:00 a.m.
Planning for the largest “parachute cloth” mural in Baltimore began during a series of community workshops last summer. Used more commonly in Philadelphia, the “parachute cloth” technique – involving panels of primed and painted cotton fabric – maximizes opportunities for participation. More than 350 volunteers helped to conceptualize, design, and paint a series of images reflecting the work and mission of Health Care for the Homeless. Volunteers included HCH staff, clients, Board members, and supporters; students from the Roland Park Country School; members of the Lauraville Community, and employees of Bank of America and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. Students from Morgan State and the Maryland Institute College of Art helped Mr. Schlossberg-Cohen install each 4’ x 5’ panel during a one-week period.
“Art is a language capable of facilitating dialogue across boundaries of race, class, and housing status,” said Jeff Singer, President & CEO of Health Care for the Homeless. “We know our engaging new mural will facilitate the community conversations necessary to make homelessness increasingly rare and brief.”
The September 12 event (directly across Fallsway from the Baltimore Farmer’s Market) features free ice cream, balloons and face painting for children, tours of the HCH clinic, and the opportunity to speak with the artists. For more information or to RSVP, visit mural.hchmd.org.
Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) provides health-related services, education, and advocacy to reduce the incidence and burdens of homelessness. The 25-year-old not-for-profit organization delivers a comprehensive array of services at clinic sites in Baltimore City, Frederick, and in Montgomery, Harford, and Baltimore Counties. HCH moved into its Baltimore-based clinic and headquarters early this year. For more information, contact Kevin Lindamood at 410-916-6364 or klindamood@hchmd.org.
Join us as we honor 25 years of Health Care for the Homeless on Saturday, October 2, 2010, from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm at our new clinic and headquarters at 421 Fallsway. Click here for more information.
The evening will include artwork by HCH clients and professional artists, live music by The Swingin’ Swamis, and catering by Linwoods Restaurant and Catering.
Tickets are $100 each. Click here to buy your ticket now!
HCH Board, staff, and clients have worked for the past several months with local artist and community muralist Jay Wolf Schlossberg-Cohen to design a mural for the South-facing wall at 421 Fallsway. The images produced from this process have been arranged in black & white outlines and traced onto more than 135 panels of “parachute cloth” – each to be painted during mural workshops before being assembled and affixed to the building’s South wall.
Many supporters, including CareFirst Blue Cross BlueShield, Bank of America, and the Roland Park Country School have signed on to help paint our mural.
Join us for a workshop open to the public on Sunday, May 16 from 1:00 – 3:00pm in the Lauraville neighborhood at 4500 Harford Road. NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED (the panels are essentially in a “paint-by-number” format).
To participate, please email hchmural@hchmd.org.
Civic Frame and Bethal A.M.E. Church are screening the awarding-winning documentary “Critical Condition” and hosting a discussion of the recent health care reform bill. The discussion panel includes HCH Vice President, Kevin Lindamood. The event is from 1-4pm on Saturday, April 17, 2010. For more information visit http://www.civicframe.org/whatwedo-upcoming.html.
With every home touchdown scored by the Baltimore Ravens, CareFirst Blue Cross BlueShield contributes $1,000 to support the work of Health Care for the Homeless. Watch ABC2′s coverage of the check presentation and the inspiring story of two of HCH’s clients at http://www.abc2news.com/mediacenter/local.aspx.
If you attended the recent HCH Housewarming on March 25th, you can post post-event comments and photos to our Socializr page. Visit http://www.socializr.com/event/hch/housewarming to learn more.
