"Core Principles for Engaging Young People in Community Change" was co-written with Oasis staff member Anderson Williams in partnership with the Forum for Youth Investment, a Washington, D.C. based think tank on youth and youth issues. The collaboration sought to deepen the understanding of the work, strategies and organizational structures that helped Oasis Community IMPACT become a national model for youth organizing. Read more...
Jenny Gray, Street Outreach Case Manager, and Ben Griffith, Street Outreach Coordinator, were recently published in the new Nashville homeless newspaper, The Contributor. In addition to their pieces, also included is a memorial which Jenny and Ben wrote to honor one of the youth who was tragically killed in January, 2008. Read more...
WHAT: 11th Annual Homelessness Marathon broadcast
WHERE: Originating from the Campus for Human Development in Nashville and broadcast on over 100 radio stations and Free Speech TV on the Dish Network.
WHEN: 7 p.m., EST, Wed., Feb. 20th to 9 a.m., EST, Thurs., Feb. 21st. Read more...
Oasis Center is delighted to announce that it is the recipient of a $309,000 grant from MDHA/HUD and an additional $300,000 from the Tennessee Housing Trust, to pay for construction of Transitional Living quarters at the Nashville Youth Opportunity Center, to open later this year. Read more...
In 2005, Oasis Center introduced a new event to this city that was so uniquely Nashville and so wonderfully over-the-top that it could only be called one thing – Divas ... Read more...
