"The word is their bond" is a great story in today's Boston Globe about a successful lawyer in Boston who befriends a homeless man on the Boston Common. When they realize, over time, that they have a common interest in literature, they start a book club which meets weekly in a local church.
The church deacon has started the Oasis Coalition, a non profit to replicate this model and establish dozens of small social groups citywide, as a way of offering a discussion forum with more personal connection for the homeless community.
Read the July 5, 209 Boston Globe article by Jenna Russell: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/05/the_word_is_their_bond/
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