Updates

My introduction to the world of homeless support services came in early 2010 when I volunteered to help with that year’s Vulnerability Index Survey—a counting…

Syrian refugees, street gangs in Chicago, the ex-Finance Minister of Greece…this issue is a bit different. Speak Up is a member of the International Network…

A second chance came abruptly for Doug and Abby. They came into Charlotte a couple weeks ago, penniless and afraid. “I’ve never been homeless before,”…

As founder of Speak Up, I’ve had hundreds of personal encounters with people who have been on the streets. Nearly every person who approaches us…

Speak Up is an opportunity for people on the streets to transform their lives. It is a chance to work and earn money instead of…

I’ve been re-reading “Toxic Charity” by Bob Lupton. If you are reading Speak Up but haven’t read his book, get it now! He draws on…

There’s a good chance that you bought this magazine from a Speak Up vendor. The vendor who sold it to you is either homeless, vulnerably…

For nearly three months at the weekly vendor meetings in Charlotte we have been reading through Og Mandino’s classic sales book, “The Greatest Salesman in…

This edition of Speak Up Zine is making my hair stand up. When Speak Up began three years ago, it was influenced by dozens of…

Speak Up’s co-founder Lana Shaw spent last week in Glasgow, Scotland, at the 20th Annual Meeting of the International Network of Street Papers (INSP). There…

The publication of this little booklet in your hand is the most significant thing we’ve done since launching the first issue of the magazine over…

I’m immensely impressed with and proud of this magazine you are holding. It represents hundreds of hours of planning, learning, photographing, recalibrating, interviewing, collaborating, editing…

Voices. As I survey the completed draft of this issue you’re about to read, it’s hard to pick a highlight because there are so many…