- Neighbors joined Kearney Center clients for a big community dinner.
- It’s part of the center’s mission to increase connectivity between the homeless and the community.
- Watch the video to learn how a community meal helped boost self-esteem amongst clients and squash stigmas around homelessness.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
Squashing stigmas and bridging the community.
I’m Kenya Cardonne in the Southwest Tallahassee neighborhood where neighbors and clients of the Kearney Center came together for a big community dinner highlighting the importance and progression of resources for the unhoused in our neighborhoods.
10,500— that’s how many people the Kearney Center says it’s served in almost 10 years.
Sonya Wilson, CEO of Kearney Center – “The demographics have really, really changed and the reason people are homeless has changed.”
Partly to blame is the rise of inflation and the cost of housing.
CEO Sonya Wilson says it’s why now more than ever, the center is working to increase resources and partners through direct connectivity with the community.