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2 weeks ago
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The Most Expensive Mistake We’re Making: Why LA Doesn’t Prevent Youth Homelessness Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA

This week's letter breaks down what Manchester built, what LA has (and doesn't), and what a real prevention system here could look like.
The solutions exist when we work together.
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7 months ago
Blue poster with message: "What world are you speaking into being?" —Ocean Vuong. by Second Grace LA

Blue poster with message: "What world are you speaking into being?" —Ocean Vuong. by Second Grace LA

"What world are you speaking into being?" —Ocean Vuong. This weekend, notice your words. Are you creating the reality you want to inhabit? The future is in your mouth. Small language shifts = massive possibility shifts. #LettersToTheHoused #WeekendWisdom

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@SecondGrace.LA
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@secondgracela.bsky.social
7 months ago
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secondgracela | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree We’re an online community committed to ending homelessness.

Hope practitioners: If you could teach one thing about hope to someone feeling hopeless, what would it be? Building our wisdom library one insight at a time. buff.ly/DyQgITs #LettersToTheHoused #CommunityWisdom #SecondGraceLA

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@secondgracela.bsky.social
7 months ago

"Every time I refuse to accept that things have to be this way... hope wins." Hope as action, not feeling. When we speak unlimited potential into being, we're practicing the world we want. Read more: buff.ly/IzrDM7h #LettersToTheHoused #HopeWins

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@SecondGrace.LA
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@secondgracela.bsky.social
8 months ago
A blue background with message: "Our pain for the world reveals our love for it" —Joanna Macy from Second Grace LA

A blue background with message: "Our pain for the world reveals our love for it" —Joanna Macy from Second Grace LA

"Our pain for the world reveals our love for it" —Joanna Macy
This insight broke me open. All the tears I cried for suffering around me finally made sense.
My new article explores how grief became fuel for hope: The Grammar of Hope
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@SecondGrace.LA
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8 months ago

Hope isn't something you have—it's something you do. Tomorrow's wisdom from 7 teachers who changed my perspective.

What sustains you when the world feels broken?

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8 months ago

Community response to Housing First article shows why neighborhood solutions work: real stories, local action, neighbors caring for neighbors. What's happening in your area?

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8 months ago
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"We just need to stop waiting for permission from Washington." How your community can respond to Housing First crisis: buff.ly/WFcN5q8 | Video: buff.ly/UAzC1Xl #LettersToTheHoused

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8 months ago
Second Grace LA: Real solutions to homelessness don't come from Washington—they come from neighbors.
Second Grace LA: Real solutions to homelessness don't come from Washington—they come from neighbors. "Real solutions to homelessness don't come from Washington—they come from neighborhoods. Ending homelessness is about rebuilding human connection, not managing caseloads." Tomorrow's article reveals…

"Ending homelessness is about rebuilding human connection, not managing caseloads." Tomorrow's article: how LA fights back.

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@secondgracela.bsky.social
8 months ago
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Paul Asplund - Join us! SecondGrace.LA is actively growing our online community, empowered to end homelessness. At Second Grace LA, we believe ending homelessness requires all of us working together. We're not just another organization – we're a community movement powered by neighbors helping neighbors.

"Real solutions don't come from Washington—they come from neighborhoods." One relationship at a time. One act of radical hospitality at a time. What's your neighborhood doing? Join us: buff.ly/BbAlPfe #LettersToTheHoused

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8 months ago
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When Someone Lobs a Grenade At You... You Throw It Back by Paul Asplund of Second Grace LA Paul Asplund breaks down Trump's July 24th Executive Order attacking Housing First policies, threatening thousands of housed LA residents. From a decade of frontline work and personal recovery, learn…

Recovery stories aren't just personal—they're evidence for community-driven solutions. What's your housing story? Your recovery story? Your neighbor story? Share below. Full podcast: buff.ly/aOKj87l #LettersToTheHoused #CommunityResponse

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8 months ago
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When Someone Lobs a Grenade At You… You Throw It Back Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of Second Grace LA

"When someone lobs a grenade at you... you throw it back." Trump's Housing First attack threatens thousands of already-housed LA residents. Here's what we're really facing: buff.ly/WFcN5q8 #LettersToTheHoused #HousingFirst

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@secondgracela.bsky.social
8 months ago

"It took me six years of trying before I got sober, nearly two more years before I could hold a decent job. What we do know is stable housing makes a huge difference." My recovery story shows why Trump's Housing First attack is personal. 🧵 #LettersToTheHoused #Recovery

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@SecondGrace.LA
@SecondGrace.LA
@secondgracela.bsky.social
8 months ago

"Stable housing makes a huge difference."

My 6-year recovery journey shows why Housing First works.

Tuesday's article dives deeper. youtu.be/yS2ZWm0XnaQ?... #LettersToTheHoused #Recovery

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@secondgracela.bsky.social
8 months ago
When Someone Lobs a Grenade At You... You Throw It Back by Paul Asplund of Second Grace LA
When Someone Lobs a Grenade At You... You Throw It Back by Paul Asplund of Second Grace LA Paul Asplund breaks down Trump's July 24th Executive Order attacking Housing First policies, threatening thousands of housed LA residents. From a decade of frontline work and personal recovery, learn…

"Real solutions don't come from Washington—they come from neighborhoods." New video breaks down Trump's Housing First attack. What's your neighborhood doing? youtu.be/yS2ZWm0XnaQ?... #LettersToTheHoused #HousingFirst

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8 months ago
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When Fear Comes Knocking: Immigration Raids Push More LA Families Into Homelessness Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA

"California experienced a 3.1% drop in private-sector jobs within a single week after federal immigration raids"

NEW ARTICLE: When Fear Comes Knocking

Read: open.substack.com/pub/secondgr...
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VukT...

#ImmigrationRaids #HousingCrisis #LettersToTheHoused

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@secondgracela.bsky.social
8 months ago

"This is an emergency for all of us, housed and unhoused. We choose to let this go on. We can choose to end it."

Progress isn't enough when lives are at stake.

Join the solution: SecondGrace.LA/join

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9 months ago
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Compassion fatigue is breaking us. 86% of ER nurses experience it. For those serving unhoused neighbors, the emotional strain can consume everything.

But I've rediscovered something that changes everything about this work. 🧵

#LettersToTheHoused #CompassionFatigue
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9 months ago
Poster with text: Emergency Response Plan. We need sustained, organized, community-based resistance. Every faith community, every block, every workplace needs an emergency response plan.

Poster with text: Emergency Response Plan. We need sustained, organized, community-based resistance. Every faith community, every block, every workplace needs an emergency response plan.

Emergency Response Planning: What Every Neighborhood Needs

When I mention community defense networks, people assume it's complicated.

Wrong. It starts with three simple questions every block should answer.

Find out how:
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9 months ago
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Our immigrant neighbors—documented and undocumented—are in danger every time they leave home. But we're not powerless.

Three ways we can build community defense networks that actually work. 🧵

#LettersToTheHoused #ImmigrantRights
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9 months ago
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Here's How It Can Be Done Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace LA

This week's response to "three things that could end homelessness" has been incredible.

People are tired of being told problems are unsolvable when solutions are right there.

Next week: Three Ways To Help Keep Immigrant Communities Together

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@SecondGrace.LA
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9 months ago
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Here's How It Can Be Done Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace LA

"Behind the Numbers: How Other Countries Actually Solve Housing"

When I mention 60% of Austria lives in social housing, people assume it must be terrible.

Wrong. It's so well-designed that middle-class families compete for it.

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#LettersToTheHoused #HousingPolicy

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@secondgracela.bsky.social
9 months ago
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Here's How It Can Be Done Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace LA

We could end homelessness in our lifetime with 3 things: living wage, affordable housing, universal healthcare.

But here's the uncomfortable truth: we haven't solved it because homelessness serves a function in our economy. 🧵

#LettersToTheHoused #HomelessnessPolicy substack.com/home/post/p-...

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