by admin1judy | Jan 4, 2023 | Articles |
Like many cities across the country Keene is challenged by an increasing homeless population. Housing instability and..more
by admin3chris | Dec 14, 2022 | Articles |
Join us to honor and remember our neighbors who died in the last year after experiencing homelessness. Held on the winter solstice, the longest night of the year! Dec 21, 2022 5:30pm St. James Episcopal Church, 44 West Street, Keene Download...
by admin1judy | Nov 23, 2022 | Articles |
As clergy and faith leaders – and participants in the Monadnock Interfaith Project – we have been heartbroken and angered by a wave of recent racist and antisemitic acts of vandalism in our community. This past week multiple acts of vandalism struck a...
by admin1judy | Nov 18, 2022 | Articles |
Homelessness, like high blood pressure or family wealth, is often inherited by the next generation. That’s the sad reality Stacie Pickford Baez of Jaffrey found herself in as soon as she reached adulthood. To Baez, it seemed like everything in her youth made her...
by admin1judy | Nov 16, 2022 | Articles |
The same week our community came together for a Kristallnacht-Holocaust remembrance, a Westmoreland church was defaced with white supremacist, homophobic graffiti, and we had reports of vandalism and racist, anti-semitic graffiti in several Keene High School...
by admin1judy | Nov 7, 2022 | Articles |
Project Home is an all-volunteer organization bringing asylum seekers into host homes in the Monadnock region and supporting them fully as they navigate the asylum process. Hosts provide food and shelter for up to a year, supported by a coordinated team of Project...
by admin1judy | Nov 5, 2022 | Articles |
In our community we have many people experiencing homelessness sleeping in the woods. They are people with inherent worth and dignity, yet sometimes living in squalid conditions. Expanded housing options and services are needed to keep them safer and embraced as...
by admin3chris | Oct 22, 2022 | Articles |
Trust funds are often associated with the wealthy, but these legal entities designed to hold assets for the benefit of people and organizations aren’t just for the rich. For example, they can provide means for a community to acquire affordable housing. A group of...
by admin3chris | Oct 22, 2022 | Articles |
Congratulations to Sandra Whippie who was instrumental in the founding of MIP, a Guiding Council chair, co-leader of the MIP Make a Difference training, and is now a part of the Clergy Team. Sandra’s leadership has helped MIP become the vital community resource it is...
by admin3chris | Oct 19, 2022 | Articles |
Sandra Whippie is an educator. Always has been, always — even at 86 years old — will be. Her range is all-encompassing, scholastically to ministerial, the arts to physical fitness. And she loves to dance. Read more…