~ By Josie Gulliksen ~ 11 years ago, Destiny, then a 20 year old and a Rhode Island native, moved to Miami with her mother and stepfather. Now 31 and thriving thanks to Project Phoenix, her life took a series…
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February 17, 2021 MIAMI, FL -- Camillus House was awarded an $85,000 grant from the Simply Healthcare Foundation to support Project Phoenix, the only residential housing and treatment program in Miami-Dade County for women survivors of human trafficking. As…
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Authors like Andrew Solomon and R.O. Kwon tell us in this week’s columns that sharing our grief is a must. And maybe that’s why Veronica, a Camillus House resident-in-healing, is the kind of modern-day messenger we need just past…
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Playwright Eve Ensler, who worked in a homeless shelter for eight years, writes last year in The Apology—excerpted throughout this article— that “there is no pain we can ever truly bury or avoid within ourselves.” After years of avoiding the…
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Gary Allen is seen softly smiling, holding a cage with a single egg within. The egg is facing a door-less entry-way. The egg, once hatched, has every opportunity to leave, yet remains hesitant within the copper bounds of the…
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Upon meeting Samson Howard, one quickly sees his warm smile and an indelible sense of gratitude in his eyes. Samson, who has been working for Camillus House for more than ten years, was recently promoted to Emergency Housing Manager.…
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“Terrible.” Rita, a mother of three, whispers the word to describe her five months living homeless in Miami last year. She closes her eyes and shutters visibly at the memory. “I got so tired of being hungry or thirsty,”…
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It’s often said that God does not give us anything we can’t handle. And that is how Keith Castrillo dealt with the life changing experience that almost left him, and his family, on the street. In January of 2016, Keith…
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“When I was a baby, my mother sold me for $500.” Velicia Bryant’s words are so unsettling as to seem unreal. But that’s the vile reality of human trafficking. Velicia’s story is one of the many variations of this horrific…
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