Profiles in Pride: The activist, Pam Gerber

Pam Gerber keeps it real for all dem suckas.

Thanks to Dallas Voice for their recent Profile in Pride: The activist on one of my personal heroes, Pam Gerber.

I recently blogged about Pam's work here:
Entrepreneurs Foundation of North Texas makes it easy to be good

She was also recently profiled by another one of my heroes, Catherine Cuellar, at Pegasus News:
People you s“hood" know: Oak Lawn's Pam Gerber | Dallas | pegasusnews.com

People like Pam make Dallas a great place to call home.

Worlds Collide

Two of my favorite people in the world -- Catherine Cuellar and Pam Gerber -- apparently know each other. See Catherine's profile of the incredibly awesome Pam here:

People you s"hood" know: Oak Lawn's Pam Gerber | Dallas | pegasusnews.com

And yes, this is the ONLY picture I can find online of Pam. Amazingly elusive, that one! More about her here:

http://www.efnt.org/content-about-staff.asp?type=1&id=90

And more on Catherine here:
http://www.catherinecuellar.com/

And here:
http://www.pegasusnews.com/contributor/catherine-cuellar/

And here:
http://www.peoplenewspapers.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=&AudID=3E017068694948C3BE75FD51480D8A7D&tier=4&id=FC93B1255CF74A44AE4138E7B3A8315D

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More on the new HAC

Thanks to PegasusNews.com's Catherine Cuellar and Scott Guthrie for posting the first story from the actual event cited below: Dallas celebrates opening of long-awaited homeless assistance center


I had the fortunate opportunity to stand next to Scott during the event and speak to him briefly about my perspective on the affair. I am grateful for his honest approach to the event -- pointing out both its highs and its lows. Kudos for his bravery.

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The Opening of "the Bridge"

Congratulations to the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance for today's wonderful announcement: the grand opening of The Bridge, Dallas' homeless assistance center. The event drew hundreds of neighbors together to celebrate this wonderful step forward.

But let us remember: this is a mighty step forward, but we have not reached the end of our journey to end chronic homelessness. The road ahead is long, and we must walk it hand-in-hand with our neighbors... those who are homeless and otherwise.

I was greatly encouraged by the editors of The Dallas Morning News, who made a similar statement in their editorial this morning: Editorial: A step toward ending homelessness.

Ending homelessness in Dallas is a marathon event, not a 100-yard dash. Today's opening of The Bridge homeless center in downtown marks an innovative change in the way this city confronts the homeless problem. But it's important to remember that this is still just an initial step in a long and arduous slog.

Thanks also to one of The Dallas Morning News' finest reporters, Kim Horner, for prefacing the event with this piece: $21 million downtown Dallas facility will focus on chronically homeless

The Associated Press also covered it here: New homeless center opens in Dallas

It was also good to see Our Girl Friday, Catherine Cuellar, at the event for Pegasus News, which covered the event here: The Bridge, Dallas' new homeless assistance shelter, opens Tuesday. PegNews is a gracious host of Larry James' Urban Daily. In fact, one of his recent blogs that they cross-posted was "The Business Case for Ending Homelessness".

Again, congratulations to the MDHA for this momentous event.

And congratulations to Judy Noble, wife of my dear friend and college mentor Peter Noble, for launching the MDHA's new Web site:

http://www.MDHADallas.org/

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