BUILDING HOPE gives us hope that there is an end to the suffering of homelessness if there is the will to make this happen. The stories are complex and hard to bear: the lack of affordable housing; substance use disorder; anxiety and depression; despair and lack of self esteem; domestic abuse; trauma; poverty; encampments; prison time; lost loved ones; brutal weather. How can this happen in “the richest country in the world?” This long U.S. reputation has brought throngs of asylum seekers escaping the fear of cartels and dictators, yearning to be free, hoping for a better life. This is what BUILDING HOPE is about even though it’s hard to even think that there is hope. But there is. We can all make a difference.

Stay after the film for a panel discussion about homelessness in our community.

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