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President's Blog
Race and Homelessness – Deconstructing Systemic Racism
Fifty years after his death on April 4, 1968, Dr. King’s legacy lives on but the road ahead is still long. To examine systemic racism in America we must take…
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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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Community
HYPOTHERMIA ALERT
DC SHELTER HOTLINE: 202-399-7093 Our homeless neighbors are in danger this week, and throughout the cold winter months—at risk of hypothermia-related illness, injury or death. Here’s how YOU…
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Your Donation Helps End Homelessness!
Your support for Friendship Place has a lasting impact. In 2023, our programs ended or prevented homelessness for 4,993 people, including 1,507 children in families and 670 veterans. We empowered 167 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. Questions? Please feel free to call our fundraising office, 202.957.7834.