‘Peace House Community Journal’ Archives

Looking Forward

Peace House Community”“A Place to Belong  By MARTI MALTBY  A recent email from HousingLink, a local nonprofit that works on low income housing issues, contained links to news articles with depressing titles like:  ● “Elderly and homeless: America”™s next housing crisis”  ● “New report shows Minnesota LGBTQ teens and adults overrepresented in homeless population”  ● “Homeless and facing winter in Minneapolis”  ● “Homeless families struggle with impossible choices as school closures continue”  ● “Homeless advocates blame Minneapolis”™ continued lack of affordable housing for ”˜Wall of Forgotten Natives”™ resurgence”  ● “Neighbors object to Ramsey County plan to convert St. Paul hospital into a homeless shelter”  While I try to find positive things to pass on to others, [...]

Coronavirus Update

Keep Calm

Peace House Community ”“ A Place to Belong  BY MARTI MALTBY  American society seems to have become a lot less civil over the years. I know bullies and those who overreact to perceived slights have always existed, but it seems as though people now think it is their patriotic duty to accuse others of committing a moral wrong every time they hear something that offends them. These days conversations and social media aren”™t used to establish mutual understanding as much as to tell other people why they are wrong.  In some ways I can understand why this is happening now. Between the pandemic, economic collapse, social unrest, and the loss of routine and certainty, we should expect that people will be on edge. Emotions are running high, and people will react more strongly than usual to things that upset them. But on the other hand, panic never made anything better. (You can put that on a t-shirt if you think it will help anyone around you.) The [...]