Wednesday, April 21, 2010

New Crime Reports by Christa Polczynski Olson, PhD.

At the conclusion of the third "Community Discussion" IFC's Executive Director, Chris Moran reported some new findings about crime numbers based on reports prepared by Christa Polczynski Olson, PhD., Assistant Professor of Sociology at Bridgewater College. Dr. Olson voluntarily prepared these reports based on her interest in homeless crime statistics and projects like IFC Community House. She has compiled the two crime reports for the area around Community House's current location and for the proposed location on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The information derived from these findings provides some new data for the community's interest. These reports are available under the Community Discussions section as "Crime Report for Current Location" and "Crime Report for Proposed Location."
Posted by The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service at 1:05 PM

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Welcome to March on Poverty

The Inter-Faith Council (IFC) believes that now is the time to stop poverty in its tracks. Many in our community are struggling to hang on; and many need the inspiration of our community leaders to do something about poverty's influence and prominence. We need everyone who cares about reducing poverty's hold over increasing numbers of Carrboro and Chapel Hill households and unsheltered persons. Our new March On Poverty blog summons you to our call and the original call of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the countless among us who have followed in his footsteps. You ask, "how long will this take?" Dr. King said "Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Poverty is the primary cause of homelessness and hunger, two community challenges IFC volunteers and staff cross swords with daily. A lack of an adequate response by state, federal and local governments enable and procrastinate these conditions. We seek to create a just community, one that is committed to overcoming social problems by a greater commitment to the common good. We hope our blog will bring you more in touch with these issues. We hope you will come to know the facts about IFC future plans, new program models and new facilities commonly called Community House and FoodFirst. We hope you will join us.

Stay tuned! Stay in touch! March On!

Chris Moran, Executive Director

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