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Bruce Spangler
Aug 17, 20171 min read
A Public Health Announcement
Bruce discusses how homelessness is a public health concern that impacts the community due to the negative affect on physical and mental...
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Bruce Spangler
Aug 3, 20171 min read
We are all Wes Moores….
Ever wonder what little difference separates each of us from a different life altogether? Bruce explores how unsettling it can be to...
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Bruce Spangler
Jul 20, 20171 min read
What is the City of Knoxville Doing to Address Homelessness?
Michael Dunthorn with the Office On Homelessness with the City of Knoxville joins Bruce and shares about the city’s focus on ending...
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Bruce Spangler
Jul 6, 20171 min read
The VMC Resource Center: A Meaningful Place To Make A Difference
Bruce talks with VMC staff Stacy Newton about what motivates her as a case manager in the VMC’s Resource Center. Learn how individuals...
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Bruce Spangler
Jun 21, 20171 min read
Healthy Teeth Equals Healthy Lives
Join Bruce as he talks with Dr. Carter Davis, a volunteer dentist for the VMC Dental Clinic. A almost ten year volunteer veteran of the...
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Bruce Spangler
Jun 8, 20171 min read
The Fruits of the Spirit
Learn What it takes To Be A Bush Family Refuge Volunteer! Join Bruce and the Bush Family Refuge Coordinator Christy Howard discuss who...
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Bruce Spangler
May 25, 20171 min read
A Point In Time: Homeless Youth Experiencing Homelessness In Knoxville
Bruce and VMC’s Chief Clinical Services Officer Gabe Cline discus s youth in Knoxville experiencing homelessness and a recent survey...
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Bruce Spangler
May 11, 20171 min read
An Interview With Erin Gruwell: Author of the Freedom Writers Diary
Join Bruce as he talks with this year's Carry the Torch guest presenter Erin Gruwell. Learn how Erin’s message of ‘effecting change’...
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Bruce Spangler
May 11, 20171 min read
CIT, KPD, and VMC: Acronyms at the Intersection of Home and Homelessness
Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch joins Bruce to discuss how his roles as a long-time supporter of VMC and Chief of Police have...
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Bruce Spangler
Apr 13, 20171 min read
The leading cause of homelessness? The answer is not what you think....
For most of us, when we think of the leading cause of homelessness, we think of factors such as mental illness and addiction. Bruce...
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Bruce Spangler
Mar 30, 20171 min read
Why Is Case Management Important?
Bruce and VMC’s Resource Center Director, Vanessa Hensley, discuss why it can be difficult for individuals experiencing homelessness to...
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Bruce Spangler
Mar 16, 20171 min read
A Sit Down with Charlie Daniel: Does A Dollar Help Much?
Charlie answers this question as he sits down with Bruce and discusses what led him to join VMC’s mission in ending and preventing...
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Bruce Spangler
Mar 3, 20171 min read
Housing Is The Best Medicine
Bruce explores the power of housing and how it is the best medicine for those experiencing homelessness. Until individuals experiencing...
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Bruce Spangler
Feb 16, 20171 min read
Minvilla Manor: Permanent Supportive Housing In Action
Join Bruce as he introduces Dustin Heffner, one of the two case managers working with residents at Minvilla Manor. Dustin talks about the...
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Bruce Spangler
Feb 8, 20171 min read
A Hedgehog Covered In Raspberry Jam
Bruce explains how VMC's programs work with individuals experiencing homelessness in order to understand them as a real human being who...
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Bruce Spangler
Jan 19, 20171 min read
I Will No Longer Advocate For The Homeless
Bruce explores the images that come to our minds when we think of homelessness and what homelessness actually looks like. Just as there...
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Bruce Spangler
Jan 18, 20171 min read
Is Knoxville a Mecca for Homelessness?
Welcome to the debut episode of the video blog The Corner Perspective. This episode separates myth from fact as Bruce explores the state...
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Bruce Spangler
Jan 18, 20171 min read
Is Ending Homelessness A Crazy Idea?
Bruce explores the concept of Housing First and placing housing and supportive services at the beginning of the process for individuals...
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Bruce Spangler
Jan 18, 20171 min read
Can Giving Hurt Those We Are Trying To Help?
Bruce explores the relationship between homelessness and panhandling and how we can give in a way that helps those individuals engaged in...
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