Change Agent: Glide - Q&A Part 4 - AWEARNESS: The Kenneth Cole Blog

You have been recognized as "Change Agents" by Kenneth Cole and AWEARNESS. What advice would you give other community organizers and activists who are trying to bring change to their communities?

Begin with the needs of the people in your communities. Practice diversity by bringing people of all persuasions, beliefs and nationalities together as a community. They will give us the message of what are the critical needs for programs. They are the essential partners in how we build an authentic and mutual community in our non profit organizations and our social, religious and political structures.

What are some of the resources -- either online or offline -- that you can recommend for staying informed about social issues like homelessness?

For San Francisco, the best central access point for up-to-date information about services, events, meetings, and networking possibilities is the San Francisco Homeless Resource

For national information, National Coalition for the Homeless, especially publications and resources sections

For national nonpartisan economic and social policy research, Urban Institute

For solution-oriented readers, National Alliance to End Homelessness

In general, the resources in the resources in the Social Issues and Social Welfare section of The Internet Public Library

For the non-digital or book-loving crowd, this Top Ten Homeless Books list is fantastic:
Encyclopedia of Homelessness, 2 Volume Set by David Levinson
The Homeless by Christopher Jencks
Down and Out in America: The Origins of Homelessness by Peter H. Rossi
Reckoning With Homelessness (The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues) by Kim Hopper
The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K. Shipler
Street Crazy : America's Mental Health Tragedy by Stephen B. Seager
Tell Them Who I Am: The Lives of Homeless Women by Elliot Liebow
Making Room: The Economics of Homelessness by Brendan O'Flaherty
How to Increase Homelessness by Joel John Roberts
Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America by Jonathan Kozol

Change Agent: Glide - Q&A Part 4

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