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Link
of
the
Week:
Housing
Works
7/10/97
This week we feature a link to the site of an organization that is doing
groundbreaking work in the areas of AIDS, housing, harm reduction and human
dignity. Housing Works Inc., based in New York City, is the largest minority-run
AIDS agency in the country.
Born of the vision of its Co-Executive Directors, Charles King and Keith
Cylar, and board members Jenny Schubert and Eric Sawyer, Housing Works
was recently featured in the New York Times upon the completion of a 36-unit
living facility for formerly homeless people with AIDS. The facility, which
also houses a walk-in clinic, provides a more-than-liveable atmosphere,
ample space, and furnishings from some of the best-known shops and designers
in The City (all donated). Personal dignity and respect for the client
are the hallmarks of this innovative project, making it truly a place to
live, not a place to die. A similar Housing Works project is also underway
in Brooklyn.
Housing Works also runs a full-service harm reduction center in lower
Manhattan. This too presents a model for the idea that humanity and respect
are not extraneous to the process of saving those whom our leaders would
demonize and discard.
Check out the Housing Works site at http://www.housingworks.org
and tell them DRCNet sent you.
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Issue #2, 7/10/97
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