Thursday, October 25, 2012

Don Barrett Speaks on Homelessness

Right Here in Abq:  Don Barrett, author of A Day Without a Yesterday, will speak about his personal experiences with homelessness.


Don Barrett
Speaks on Homelessness
Congregation Albert
Sunday October 28
10:00 - 11:30 am

Advance registration not required


After a successful career in Hollywood working on Academy and Emmy Award winning productions and with such greats as Dick Clark, James Earl Jones and Henry Fonda, Barrett found himself homeless on the streets of Albuquerque.

This Sunday, Mr. Barrett will discuss his time on the streets and his eventual rise to author, Board Member of the Metropolitan Homelessness Project and election to the Mayor's Permanent Committee on Albuquerque Heading Home.

For more information, email Megan@CongregationAlbert.org, call (505) 883-0306, or visit www.congregationalbert.org.

In the video below, Mayor Richard Berry joins Nikki Stanzione of KASA's New Mexico Style to talk about the chronically homeless and the community effort to provide shelter with the Albuquerque Heading Home initiative.


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