Mizzou Meets NCCF: A Blog

During the last week of March, 2016, NCCF hosted a group of college students from University of Missouri for their spring break. Participants spent time at NCCF’s Freedom School, DC General Emergency Family Shelter. Student leader, Matt Bauer blogged throughout the week with NCCF. Freedom School: Day 1 On Monday 3/28, our Mizzou Alternative […]
Silent No More

I have not written in many months, having retreated into silence. This is where I go when I am absolutely intrigued, or stunned, even baffled, by the complexity of human conditions. Bombarded by recent media flashes of social devastation, silence is comforting when my own perspective is confused, unclear. Uncertain about the state of the world. Silence is self-soothing when I am distressed […]
A hook, yarn, and something unexpected.

How an NCCF social worker turned a hobby into a life lesson