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  • Angela Lobo (Tenant Leadership) Lakefront Supportive Housing

ABOUT

  • MIRIAM WOMEN IN ACTION
    Miriam Women in Action is the Leadership Guild of the Miriam Apartments. In pursuit of buiding internal community, Miriam leaders designed a project which would tell the story of the journey from homelessness to home, provide a meeting place where women could find common ground, and begin to build the relationships necessary to move forward together on common issues.
  • THE TENANT LEADERSHIP PROJECT
    The Tenant Leadership Project, using community organizing principles, brings Lakefront tenants together to create a strong, unified voice to represent issues of formerly homeless people. The Tenant Leadership Project works to reintegrate tenants of Lakefront’s supportive housing back into civic and community life by teaching leadership skills and focusing directly on issues that affect their lives. In learning leadership skills, tenants make important steps in developing the confidence to re-enter community life and achieve other life goals.

Acknowledgements

  • TENANT LEADERS
    Anita Alexander, Rosa Barton, Patricia Blackwood, Rosalind Collins, Sharon Davis, Josey Dorsey, Corinne Eiswert, Deborah Gaddo, Vera Johnson, Debra Little, Sherrie Rice, Geraldine Watson
  • STAFF LEADERS
    Christine Makarewicz, Angie Lobo, Ruth Groff, Anna Gonzalez Jenny Koll, Mary Harth
  • BLOG CONTRIBUTORS
    Maria Onesto, Celeste Wroblewski, Liz Cox, Marty Fitzgerald, Lisa Kuklinski, Angie Lobo

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October 13, 2004

Week 3

Painting as an Outlet
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Deborah came to the community room an hour early this week. She had had a tough day and told Christine that she just needed to do some painting. By the time she was tired, Deborah had painted all of the grass and quite a few of the stepping stones. She was also in better spirits.

  Patty_buildings_wk_3Characters Come to Life

The building looked like it was crying. As Patty was painting the black building the paint began to run in the windows.  Just as she was getting ready to wipe the paint off, she stopped and stepped back.  This was just the touch she was looking for. As she painted the other buildings, she let the paint run.  These buildings were beginning to look cold, mean, and sad all at the same time.  Patty said this is also how they felt.

The Journey Continues

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The path away from homelessness is growing stronger.  This week the stepping stones lead the woman with the world on her shoulders with words of inspiration and encouragement.  The key to home is in sight.  Personal touches have added to the symbolism and meaning of the mural.

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