I’m an Advocate: Willie Jones

Willie accepts his Real Change Vendor of the Year award in 2013. Photo credit: Real Change.

The state legislative session is just around the corner, and this year we're all going to need to step up and advocate tenaciously for policies that will help end homelessness. To inspire you, we're continuing to share interviews with amazing, passionate advocates. Today we're delighted to feature Willie Jones.

Firesteel Makes It on Cable News!

Erin Murphy (second from right), Director of Community Engagement for YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish, talks about family homelessness with hosts of the TakePart Live news program.

Firesteel is invited to talk about homelessness on cable news show TakePart Live. Erin emphasizes that families and children are greatly impacted by homelessness.

I’m an Advocate: August Mallory

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This Veterans Day, we thank members of the armed forces for their service. We also recognize that too many of these brave men and women experience homelessness when they leave the service. Today we hear from August Mallory, who served in the US Navy for 10 years, and later slept on the streets after the warehouse where he worked closed.

“Stepping Into Homelessness”: Domestic Violence and the Power of Empathy

Vince Matulionis and Catherine Hinrichsen talked about ending homelessness in their StoryCorps recording. Photo courtesy of StoryCorps.

Many families in our community face “an untenable choice”: Staying in a domestic violence situation, or leaving and stepping into homelessness. In a new three-minute audio story, edited from a StoryCorps recording, Vince Matulionis of United Way of King County tells colleague Catherine Hinrichsen of Seattle University about how empathy for that experience drives his work.

Culture Watch: Jewel Challenges Listeners to Re-think Public Housing

Jewel sings "Home to Me," a song she wrote to raise awareness about the need for public housing. Image from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ReThinkHousing?fref=photo" target="_blank">ReThink's Facebook page</a>. — Jewel sings "Home to Me," a song she wrote to raise awareness about the need for public housing. Image from ReThink's Facebook page.

Jewel, the singer/songwriter who first entered the spotlight in 1995 with her hit single "Who Will Save Your Soul," recently released a song to support the ReThink public housing initiative. Give it a listen.

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