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Community
Music of Friends French Embassy Concert – Video & Photos
On Wednesday, June 3, 2018, the French Embassy held its annual Music of Friends chamber music concert benefiting Friendship Place. Check out video and photos from the event here. Our special gratitude…
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President's Blog
Race and Homelessness – Deconstructing Systemic Racism
Fifty years after his death, Dr. King’s legacy lives on but the road ahead is still long. To examine systemic racism in America we must take a historical perspective. This…
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Community
Annual Friends & Neighbors Breakfast – Photos & Student Poems
Click here to see more photos from the Breakfast Student Poems Students from Horace Mann Elementary School wrote poems about the topic of homelessness and recited them at this year’s…
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Community
Spring Symposium: Race & Homelessness – Videos, Photos & Podcast
On Wednesday, April 04, 2018, Friendship Place held its annual Education & Advocacy Symposium on the topic of Race & Homelessness. If you were unable to join us, you can…
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President's Blog
The Way to the Future Opens for DC’s Homeless Families, Children
Blog Post by Jean-Michel Giraud, Friendship Place President & CEO Last week, Mayor Bowser announced that the DC General Family Shelter will close in 2018. Anybody following news on homelessness…
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Stories
MEET: Mr. Crawford
The VA told me about Friendship Place. We were sleeping in my truck at the time. I called and they were able to squeeze me in that day. The case…
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Your support for Friendship Place has a lasting impact. In 2017, Friendship Place’s programs collectively ended or prevented homelessness for 3,600 people through creative, customized housing solutions, and empowered 290 people experiencing or at risk of homelessness to get jobs through innovative, state-of-the-art job placement services. Make a donation today in support of our work to end homelessness.