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Stories
Meet Stewart
Tweet This year Stewart and Linda Dowell are celebrating their 36th wedding anniversary, another stop on a long and memorable journey together. Stewart came from a family of ten in…
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Stories
Meet Nikiah
Nikiah describes her boys as “loving and gentle,” while admitting they’ve taught her the meaning of patience. Both boys face challenges—Ricardo, 13, with autism and Rico, 12, with ADHD and…
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Community
Some Impressions of the 2019 Point-in-Time Count
By Charles N Herrick, Friendship Place’s AimHire program volunteer and former board member. It’s a little after 11:00 PM on a chilly, drizzly January night. Monica and I are walking…
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President's Blog
2019 Friends & Neighbors Breakfast Speech
Good Morning, I’m Jean-Michel Giraud, President & CEO of Friendship Place. Welcome to our Friends & Neighbors Breakfast. We are so honored that Council Member Mary Cheh has not only…
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Stories
Meet Jasmine
A car accident in 2018 left Jasmine with serious injuries. “With a broken leg, I couldn’t be homeless anymore,” she says. Her only option was a shelter. “That’s where I…
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Stories
AimHire & Get Hired
Can you graduate at Friendship Place? You bet you can! In March, at a ceremony complete with blue and white balloons and cupcakes, 28 participants in Friendship Place’s AimHire program…
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President's Blog
Testimony: Job Placement & More
On March 01, 2019, Friendship Place President & CEO Jean Michel Giraud gave the following testimony the before the District of Columbia Committee on Human Services and Committee on Housing…
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Community
Ending homelessness by 2020
Have you heard about the plan to end homelessness in DC? There’s a plan to end homelessness in the District of Columbia. Mayor Bowser announced the kickoff of the Homeward…
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Stories
Meet Curtis Robinson
Curtis Robinson found his life’s work in his mother’s kitchen. “I used to watch my mom cook,” he says. “There were six of us kids, but I was the only…
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Stories
Meet Kevin
With wide-ranging talents and interests, Kevin followed an adventurous career path. A native of Sarasota, Florida, he joined the Army after college. While stationed in Europe, he got a master’s…
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Author: Yimka Odebode
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