Collective Weekly
The Triangle edition · Issue of February 13, 2020
What organizations in the Triangle published in the week to Feb 13, and where to turn up in the seven days after. Their words, their pictures, their bylines.
This week
1 story from 1 organization, found on their own sites between Feb 6 and Feb 13. One pick, then every one of them by the day it went up.
Come and Imagine with Us
that you are a 65-year-old Vietnam Veteran. You’ve always lived with your mother and helped her around the house. You learn that your mother has cancer, and she has lived for a while through various treatments. One morning, you wake up and learn she has passed away. Shortly afterward, you discover that the home you’ve always lived in with her was in fact not hers. She never owned that home or any property. She was a long-time renter. Grief and shock lead you back to drinking alcohol after years of sobriety, and you are not able to secure the lease for yourself. The landlord decides to sell the property. In the blink of an eye, you have lost everything. Your mother, your home, and your sobriety. Everything is spiraling out of control. You are homeless and find yourself seeking shelter. You are not the stereotype of a homeless alcoholic.
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