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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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November 10, 2004

Week 6

Ruby Red Slippers

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Ruby Red slippers sing out "There's No Place like Home!" As Angie was painting the woman's shoes, Deborah suggested that she make them red.  Christine remembered that she had some glitter to really make them shine.  Everyone agreed that Ruby Red slippers were appropriate and fun!

Personalized Touches

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When Deborah first began she swore she wasn't even going to paint.  This week, Deborah came down early  and painted for 2 hours.  She personalized the other tree in the mural.  She figured out how to mix the paints with different colors to give the leaves depth and shape.

Finishing Touches

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Deborah said that she was inspired to make adjustments to the rocks she painted. She had walked past them time and again over the past few weeks, and she noticed that the words of inspiration were not as clear as she had hoped.  This week she repainted them so that they were easier to read.  

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