Associated Press
Sacramento Kings forward Harrison Barnes plays during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Detroit.
NBA player Harrison Barnes is giving Dallas $30,000 to help house people experiencing homelessness. The gift will be used by the the City of Dallas Office of Homeless Solutions (OHS) Fund at the Communities Foundation of Texas to help about two dozen people gain permanent housing.
Barnes is a forward for the Sacramento Kings, but he played for the Dallas Mavericks from 2016 until he was traded to the Kings in 2019. He said in a statement that he and his wife were moved to make their donation after watching last month s winter storm ravage Dallas.
Thanks to COVID-19, Dallas nonprofits knew how to collaborate to save lives during the freeze
A group of nonprofits helped the city turn the convention center into a temporary shelter.
By Blake Fetterman
We had to succeed, or people would perish.
While many entities may have been unprepared for statewide power outages, seven organizations weren’t. Planning for serving our most vulnerable neighbors during inclement weather didn’t start on Feb. 14; it started a year ago. And if we hadn’t done it together, all of us would likely have failed.
An unexpected gift from the heartaches of 2020 is a network of nonprofits and houses of faith that organized shelter for nearly 1,000 homeless people at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. The pandemic not only forced our organizations to think differently about how to meet the needs of an already-growing homeless population amid shrinking physical resources, but it also fueled a level of partnership that can serve as a model for
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The city of Dallas threatened a local unhoused encampment with displacement and destruction of personal property on Wednesday, January 27th. This encampment, near the Austin Street Shelter, is named Camp Rhonda after a beloved community member who tragically passed.
The camp has grown because of the involvement and leadership of several houseless individuals, including Rhonda, in coordination with groups like Diaspora United, Dallas Stops Evictions and several other organizations. This development began during the summer of 2020 uprisings against racism, when participants in the struggle recognized the necessity of sustained organizing.
Over the last few months, Camp Rhonda has become a vital distribution point for resources and donations to dozens of people in desperate need of support. The destruction of the camp would mean the loss of a critically needed central location where food, clothing, laundry and health screenings are all available. As is the c