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Urban Alchemy shares six-month update on how they’re helping the homeless
Homelessness remains a concern in the city of Birmingham, but it’s not going unnoticed.
Urban Alchemy has been operating in the Magic City for a little over six months. HEART responds to calls every day.
‘It brings us all together’ | Homelessness outreach group, businesses collaborate to keep Austin’s unhoused cool this summer
As long as it’s hot, Urban Alchemy will host monthly community events that connect the unhoused to essential resources, as well as weekly barbecues.
Lena Miller: Co-Founder and CEO of Urban Alchemy
Welcome back! Today, I sit down with Lena Miller, the Co-Founder and CEO of Urban Alchemy.
What if You Were at a Carceral Crossroads…as a New Mother?
In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Lucinda Koza is joined by Dr. Lisa De La Rue—licensed psychologist, trauma specialist, and Chief Education and Research Officer at Urban Alchemy—for a candid conversation about parenting through trauma, the stigma surrounding formerly incarcerated mothers, and how healing becomes possible when we give ourselves permission to stumble.
People experiencing homelessness graduate from ACC job certification program
A handful of people graduated from a job training program meant to help people experiencing homelessness gain a certification in a high-demand job field: heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC).
Heroes Of The Homeless Crisis: How Guillermo Magallanes of Urban Alchemy Is Helping To Support Some Of The Most Vulnerable People In Our Communities
People are going through trauma and you need to meet them where they are. If you think they need mental health treatment, but they’re telling you what they really need is help finding a way to call their sister, help them call their sister. Working with them in good faith builds trust and can help get them past what you…
Chuck Colton of Urban Alchemy On Strategies for Rebuilding Life After Trauma
My last choice was to reconnect with my family, which consists of my daughter, father, and sister. This was the most difficult choice. It was not easy. I had a lot to explain, and I had to work hard to rebuild trust. For some of them, learning to trust me again took years.
Two Birmingham organizations helping homeless population find shelter, emergency beds
Just a few weeks ago, about a dozen homeless people were sleeping and eating outside of a closed gas station on Finley Boulevard.
It drew so much attention that Artie Gilbert, executive director of Urban Alchemy, and staff got a phone call about it.
SF Mayor Lurie touts 100 days in office – but warns about uncertainty ahead
The nonprofit Urban Alchemy has been integral to efforts to keep open-air drug scenes from popping back up again. Lurie had told the Bay Area Reporter during a recent visit to the Castro that, “We should do the same thing here we have done on Sixth Street, which is make sure we get people off the street and into mental…
Urban Alchemy’s HEART team changes lives on both sides of Birmingham’s homelessness crisis
Three months into its mission, Urban Alchemy’s Homeless Engagement and Response Team—better known as HEART—is making an impact in Birmingham.
S.F. leaders say they’re ‘crashing the party’ on drug markets. Here’s what the data shows
He also praised Urban Alchemy, whose ambassadors patrol intersections and deescalate chaotic street scenes, and Code Tenderloin, which provides job training for homeless residents and formerly incarcerated people.
1 big thing: Mobile opioid treatment
A mobile medical unit is bringing substance-use treatment directly to some of Portland’s unhoused residents as a way to eliminate barriers to care in a city struggling with an addiction and overdose epidemic — and it has expansion in its sights.