Friday, March 25, 2016. In 2016, I'll be choosing a random homeless person to take to lunch each week. In today's 'Homeless in the City,' I was led to a couple and their friend named Vivian, Joanne and Gary. The couple, Joanne and Gary, are originally from Atlantic City, New Jersey. They moved from New Jersey to Morrow, Georgia in search of better opportunities with Joanne's aunt. Things didn't work out with the family situation and they found themselves homeless for the

Friday, March 18, 2016. In 2016, I'll be randomly choosing a homeless person each week to take to lunch. I have titled this movement 'Homeless in the City,' and this week, it led me to a man named Kevin. Kevin is 68 years old and has been homeless for more than a decade. He is originally from New Orleans and lived there faithfully until Hurricane Katrina forced him and so many others to move. He found himself in Atlanta but has not found adequate housing. He was in

Friday, March 4, 2016. In 2016, I'll be randomly choosing a homeless person each week to take to lunch. I have titled this movement, 'Homeless in the City,' and this week, it led me to a man named Marcus. Marcus has been homeless for ten years. He encountered homelessness after being laid off from his job as a chef. He was once married but says his wife divorced him after he had an affair. He has no children. Marcus was once a cook at Waffle House so he was very enth

Friday, February 26, 2016. In 2016, I'll be taking a random homeless person to lunch each week. I have titled this movement, "Homeless in the City," and this week, it led me to a man named John. John has been homeless for less than a year. He was formerly incarcerated for the past ten years for robbery. He does have family here that he can live with but is afraid to face his family since his release. He plays the keyboard and guitar and hopes to play with a band soon.