My Essay in WHYY’s Online Newsworks.org
On Monday WHYY’s Newsworks.org posted an essay I wrote about my experience with homelessness and hunger right here in Philadelphia. Here is the link:
Below are the first few lines and photo from the essay:
About a year ago I interviewed a woman who volunteers at a church-sponsored soup kitchen in Center City. The essay, “Women Who Serve,” was posted on Women’s Voices for Change, and gave me a more hopeful perspective on ending hunger. But seeing the homeless men stream through the dining area, eating with their coats on, was a reminder of one night in Chinatown, several years ago that left me feeling helpless.…..Click on link above to read my entire essay and leave a comment if you wish at the end of the essay.
Chinatown Photo on WHYY’s Newsworks website accompanying my essay.
December 20th, 2016 at 10:25 pm
It is very sad that people are “on the street”. Society needs to address the problem. Have food available in more places. Unfortunatelly, some people refuse to go to a shelter. More people
are being counted in the NYC homelesss census.
December 20th, 2016 at 11:19 pm
Wow, Ellensue, that was a very moving essay. It brought tears to my eyes.
December 23rd, 2016 at 6:49 am
Ellen Sue,
As always, your writing reaches one’s heart and soul.
This essay is a raw reminder that hunger and homelessness is
A problem that we have yet to solve.
December 23rd, 2016 at 8:24 pm
I answered from my email, but I guess it dod not showup here. Many thanx for your good words about my writing. It means a lot. Love, ellensue
December 23rd, 2016 at 8:25 pm
THanx for reading and commenting on my essay. I answered in my email from you (same message) but it does not showup here. Notsure why. Will ask my web guru. es