Cathy Crowe, DYING FOR A HOME "Heart wrenching & inspiring" - Sarah Polley
www.BookShorts.com - Cathy Crowe always wanted to be a nurse, but she never planned to be a Street Nursea title she uses to evoke the horror of homelessness in a rich country like Canada. This first-hand experience with the disgrace of homelessness turned her into a housing advocate and introduced her to the ten contributors to her new book Dying For A Home.
The contents of Crowe's nursing bag reveal the hard truth of her specialty - her vitamins will not prevent the white plague of tuberculosis from taking another life; the duct tape to fix a cardboard shelter or the bus ticket to get an elderly man to a hot air grate will not ensure a peaceful night of safety and sleep. Crowe's experience has taught her that the only thing homeless people have in common is being de-housed and forced to live in conditions of poverty.
At the Toronto launch event attended by more than 80 people and press, Cathy graciously shared the stage with many of the book's contributors, including Kerre Briggs, who captured in just a few minutes the reality, wry humour, and determined hope of those who like him, Cathy, and their supporters -- The Atkinson Foundation, Sherbourne Health Centre, and publisher Between the Lines - ensure that the issue of homelessness remains front and centre on the countrys political agenda.
Dying for a Home: Homeless Activists Speak Out, is now available in bookstores; more about Cathy and her work is available at Toronto Disaster Relief Committee website.
Authored by Cathy Crowe with contributors Nancy Baker, Brian Boyd, Bonnie and Kerre Briggs, Kevin Clarke, The Colonel, Dri, James Kagoshima, Marty Lang, and Melvin Tipping.
Additional Video for this report was provided by David Rubinoff.
The contents of Crowe's nursing bag reveal the hard truth of her specialty - her vitamins will not prevent the white plague of tuberculosis from taking another life; the duct tape to fix a cardboard shelter or the bus ticket to get an elderly man to a hot air grate will not ensure a peaceful night of safety and sleep. Crowe's experience has taught her that the only thing homeless people have in common is being de-housed and forced to live in conditions of poverty.
At the Toronto launch event attended by more than 80 people and press, Cathy graciously shared the stage with many of the book's contributors, including Kerre Briggs, who captured in just a few minutes the reality, wry humour, and determined hope of those who like him, Cathy, and their supporters -- The Atkinson Foundation, Sherbourne Health Centre, and publisher Between the Lines - ensure that the issue of homelessness remains front and centre on the countrys political agenda.
Dying for a Home: Homeless Activists Speak Out, is now available in bookstores; more about Cathy and her work is available at Toronto Disaster Relief Committee website.
Authored by Cathy Crowe with contributors Nancy Baker, Brian Boyd, Bonnie and Kerre Briggs, Kevin Clarke, The Colonel, Dri, James Kagoshima, Marty Lang, and Melvin Tipping.
Additional Video for this report was provided by David Rubinoff.
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posted by BookShorts @ Sunday, April 29, 2007
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