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Sparrow Etter Carlson

Sparrow Etter Carlson is a co-founder of Aurora Commons and its Safe, Healthy, Empowered (SHE) Clinic and most recently of Sacred Streets. Sparrow has been living with intention toward her unhoused neighbors since 2002. You can find Sacred Streets online at https://oursacredstreets.com and Aurora Commons at https://www.auroracommons.org.

Threshold

Sparrow Etter Carlson
July 13, 2023
General, Interfaith, Peace & Nonviolence
Day in and day out-for years-he came into our kitchen holding a can of soup, slowly opening it and then eating it directly out of the container, cold.   At first we would lovingly say, “Richard, why don’t yo...

Dazzling and Cruel Transitions Out of Homelessness

Sparrow Etter Carlson
October 5, 2021
General, Practical Justice
There is an aspect of health and wholeness that cannot be defined by Maslow or medicine or psychology during transitions like this.

How Should the Church Respond to the Tents That Line Our Urban Streets?

Sparrow Etter Carlson
August 19, 2021
Church Life, General, Practical Justice
Until we begin to ascribe to the people we’re attempting to “serve" the same kinds of complexities, nuances, kindnesses, and curiosity that we ascribe and acknowledge in ourselves, we will continue to create models of care that simply do not work.

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