http://speakunited.org/blog/Elizabeth+Curtis/2008/07 en http://speakunited.org/blog/elizabeth+curtis/2008/07/we-must-open-everyones-eyes-homelessness <p>I don't understand. Has our community really gone so far to avoid looking at hard problems to let a vulnerable man be murdered? On the Fourth of July when most of us were visting parades and eating hot dogs a homeless man was beaten to death. It was in broad daylight. It was in one of the most heavily traveled areas of Boston. But, no one seemed to notice. Did people choose not to notice? <span class='read-more'><a href="http://speakunited.org/blog/elizabeth+curtis/2008/07/we-must-open-everyones-eyes-homelessness">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p> http://speakunited.org/blog/elizabeth+curtis/2008/07/we-must-open-everyones-eyes-homelessness#comments Affordable Housing homelessness Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:23:45 -0500 Elizabeth Curtis 1308 at http://speakunited.org http://speakunited.org/blog/elizabeth+curtis/2008/07/the-latino-community-being-hit-very-hard-foreclosures <p>On June 20, 2008 <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91748712&amp;ft=1&amp;f=2"">National Public Radio</a> ran a story on the impact of the foreclosure crisis on the Latino community. We've written about foreclosures several times over the last few months, but this story taught me more about how the situation effects both individual homeowners as well as the community (and the economy) as a whole. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://speakunited.org/blog/elizabeth+curtis/2008/07/the-latino-community-being-hit-very-hard-foreclosures">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p> http://speakunited.org/blog/elizabeth+curtis/2008/07/the-latino-community-being-hit-very-hard-foreclosures#comments Affordable Housing foreclosures Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:44:43 -0500 Elizabeth Curtis 1296 at http://speakunited.org