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No One Should Have to Choose Between Safety and the Ones They Love
No One Should Have to Choose Between Safety and the Ones They Love By Nathaniel Fields This National Pet Month, I keep coming back to a simple...
We Cannot Keep Calling This Tragedy. We Must Call It What It Is.
We Cannot Keep Calling This Tragedy. We Must Call It What It Is. by Nathaniel M. Fields, CEO, Urban Resource Institute In a matter of days, two...
What Shelter Should Feel Like
In The New Yorker's The Right to a Bed in Zohran Mamdani’s New York, the question lingers beneath every paragraph: not whether New Yorkers have a...
Big Game. High Stakes.
This Sunday, millions of Americans will gather for the Super Bowl. The rituals are familiar: wings on the table, friends on the couch, and...
Why Prevention Must Start Earlier
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month is an opportunity to move beyond awareness and focus on what truly reduces harm: prevention. Dating...
Black History Is American History
As we welcome Black History Month, we do so not just with respect but also with a rededication to the truth that Black History is American History....
Dr. King Did Not Die for Symbolism. He Died for Systems to Change.
Dr. King did not set out to become a martyr. He set out to dismantle systems that made his fate inevitable. We often celebrate Martin Luther King...
Beyond Campaigns: Why Ending Gender-Based Violence Demands Daily Commitment
Today marks the close of this year’s 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence, a global campaign that calls attention to a crisis we...
What We Carry: A Daughter’s Reflection on Homelessness, Love, and Legacy
When Tara Lockhart passes the corner of 12th Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, she doesn’t see just another busy intersection. She sees the...











