Tag: homeless
Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.: What America Can Learn from NY’s Homelessness...
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.
I congratulate New York City Democratic mayoral nominee, Eric Adams. He will be a strong new mayor of our nation’s...
Homeless men get free haircuts as part of BABJ outreach in...
(Story and Photo By Barnett Wright/The Birmingham Times)
Quincy Moore, above, of Concierge Mobile Barbershop provided free haircuts on Saturday as the Birmingham Association of...
COVID-19 Vaccines: What about Birmingham’s Homeless Population?
By Sydney Melson and Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
COVID-19 vaccination sites are opening around Jefferson County, and growing numbers of citizens are receiving shots—but some...
How Three Birmingham Shelters Adjusted to the Pandemic
By Sydney Melson
The Birmingham Times
A number of Birmingham organizations are fighting to prevent and end homelessness in the metro area and provide services for...
Birmingham Gets First Mobile Shower Unit for the Homeless
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
After a fundraising campaign that lasted 15 months including a stretch when support lagged, a Birmingham nonprofit on Friday unveiled...
Family pictures for homeless, low-income at YWCA worth 1,000 words
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Tylanna Lane was at the YWCA of Central Alabama in downtown Birmingham for her first family photo when she got...
UAB nursing students learn about homelessness firsthand
Jimmy Creed
UAB News
For University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing students in the Concepts of Community and Public Health Nursing class, the reality...
Hospital visits for homeless man cost several hundred thousand dollars; UAB...
By Adam Pope
UAB News
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine led by UAB physician Stefan Kertesz, M.D., addresses the idea of...
[Woman Who Lifted Baton During Police Shooting Faces Charges]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An officer dropped a nightstick during a struggle with a homeless man who was shot to death by police on...