Word on the Street
Love Your Neighbor
For 73 days this year, Virginians sheltered in place under the Governor's "stay at home" order. But the reality for 110 neighbors within the Micah community was that they had no shelter in which to place. Through the love of our churches, Micah committed to...
Neighbors in the Shadows of ALICE
There has been much talk in recent years about the ALICE (Asset-limited, income-constrained, employed) population. In a different time, ALICE would be considered the working poor. While we hope you will read the 2020 Virginia ALICE report and consider...
Word on the Street: Persistent Curiosity
In the summer of 2017, a speaker at the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference presented a video on how a systemic response to homelessness should work. The video portrayed a drawing of a waterfall, representing all the people falling into homelessness. As...
Sustaining Hospitality
Covid-19 has changed the way the world looks at hospitality. We protect others by being less inclusive – we don’t gather with our friends and family, we don’t share as freely, we keep a distance and often a barrier between ourselves and those we meet. While Micah is...
