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WHO WE ARE: STEWARDS FOR CHANGE
SOS Richmond is housed, unhoused, and formerly unhoused staff and allies working together to improve our neighborhoods. We are in encampments, problematic hotspots, neighborhood events, neighborhood councils, community-organizing initiatives, and neighborhood improvement projects advocating for safety, stability, and security. These urgent opportunities for neighborhood action are also doors to personal transformation. We cannot change our community without addressing attitudes and behaviors in our own lives. The lived experiences of our unhoused neighbors shapes our collective agency. Empowerment is the key to our shared success. Learn who we are as individuals. WHAT WE DO: PEERS HELPING PEERS Eighty-five percent of our staff are unhoused and formerly unhoused individuals. While we strongly support the government’s Housing First approach and strive for immediate housing, we also work to fill the gaps - such as the need for connection and community - that make housing sustainable. By partnering with local agencies and community members, we are able to serve isolated encampment residents and provide jobs and resources to help people sustain themselves. Staff work in the field to provide clean-up, mobile showers, laundry, food, clothing, drinking water, transportation, moving services, health care, and more. Through our earned connection with the unhoused communities, we aid public agencies and improve safety and stability for all. MEASURES OF SUCCESS Our primary focus is creating and maintaining community relationships. It is in nurturing this network of trust-based connections that measurable community-wide goals are reached. In the past year, there have been an average of 25.3 tons of trash removed, 236.5 showers provided, and 8.3 tent-to-home moves each month. In addition to treating those who have been dispossessed with compassion, our presence in the unhoused community helps reduce fire danger and improve watershed health. More in-depth information about both our qualitative and quantitative measures of success is coming soon. |
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