Writing and Sharing by Anita Gail Jones
Honored to be a part of this project as a Homeward Bound of Marin board member.
Five years in the making, our first formerly homeless family has moved into Oma Village ~ a brand new affordable housing community in Novato, CA built by Homeward Bound. See photo gallery and watch news footage of Rev. Betty “Oma” Pagett speaking about the project. (“Oma” means grandmother in German)
Photos from the Ribbon Cutting ceremony, October 19, 2016:
Anita Gail is a writer, visual artist and oral tradition storyteller born and raised in Albany, Georgia, living in the Bay Area since 1985. Her debut novel, Peach Seed Monkey is in revisions. The story was a Novella semi-finalist in the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition.
13-year-old Camron McDonald shows great talent & passion for poetry.
Donate to Camron's Poetry Education Fund help support summer workshops and other opportunities.
2017 Documentary now available on: iTunes US/iTunes Canada (francais aussi) amazon.com/amozon.ca, DVD purchase, Google Play
January 27, 2017
Anita Gail Jones
5 responses to “From Homeless to Home”
Sharon Eide
January 30th, 2017 at 14:12
congratulations to all involved
juditheloisehooper
January 30th, 2017 at 17:59
beautiful and thoughtfully done.
Darien
January 30th, 2017 at 19:13
Fabulous!
Rebecca Sylla
February 1st, 2017 at 08:49
So happy that all hurdles were overcome to make this wonderful Village a reality. Betty is a true and loving force of nature. Thank you for all that you did to help bring Oma Village to life! (BTW, Betty is our friend and also performed our ceremony when Tom and I got married.) ❤
Anita Gail Jones
February 6th, 2017 at 17:32
OH how lovely! Thanks for sharing, Rebecca!