January 10, 2025

Civics

Unhoused people want to be housed. They want to be seen. They want to be heard. This choir gives them the mic.

Since 2017, Voices of Our City has impacted the lives of over 275 unsheltered people, connected 30 adults to employment, facilitated more than 90 moves into safe shelter, and reached millions more in over 100 public performances.

Since 2017, Voices of Our City has impacted the lives of over 275 unsheltered people, connected 30 adults to employment, facilitated more than 90 moves into safe shelter, and reached millions more in over 100 public performances.

"Voices of Our City amplifies the voices of people impacted by homelessness through music and the arts. Our choir members develop renewed hope, personal empowerment, and the life skills to achieve their goals.

"We envision a city where every person living on the streets has the opportunity to find joy, heal, and freely express themselves." - Voices of Our City

WEBSITE: VoicesofOurCity.org

ARTICLE: The Case for Support: Voices of Our City Choir Uses Art to Succeed Where Other Arts Organizations Fear to Tread

Civics

The news feels hopeless; my neighborhood doesn't.

ARTICLE: The Antidote to Despair Is Finding our Role in Community Building

Civics

How shared hardship reveals our innate capacity for belonging, agency, and interdependence

Book: Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

Civics

"Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war. Too many people still expect it to look like war."

INTERVIEW: Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

Civics

What does it take for a society to grow?

BOOK: A Way of Being