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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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January 05, 2005

Week 7

Hope, Freedom and Peace

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Rosa painted another bird to guide the homeless woman on her path.  This time Rosa has adjusted the shape of the bird.  We've all learned that each time we approach the wall we bring a new understanding of our skills and talents.  She painted the bird white to symbolize hope, freedom and peace.

Making the Miriam A Home

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Paula's attention to detail has brought personal touches to the building.  She paints a lamp on a table in the window of the building.  Everyone commented that the lamp made the building look like HOME, not just an all women's building.

Our Symbol; Our Mural

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As the end of the mural draws near, we paint the first scene.  The individual symbols begin to mesh together into group projects as each woman painted a piece of the "start here" wall. Rosa and Geraldine work at the same time in the same space negotiating with each other and blending their work together.  On the other side of the wall Paula is painting the "story" of the mural.

A Community Grows

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Excitement is growing as the mural gets closer to completion and the party to celebrate draws nearer.  The community room bustled with activity this week as new members of the Miriam Community picked up the paintbrushes.  The mood in the room had the comfortable ease of women who understood and supported each other. Women were able to paint for a while, take a break, ask others' opinions, then paint a new part.  This is what the project is all about. 

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