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PERSPECTIVE: Intentional witness, understanding overcomes marginalization

If you rip a sheet of lined paper out of a spiral-bound notebook, you will notice a broad middle section of the paper separated by two vertical red lines from the margins on either side. If you were to take all the people in the world and put them onto this sheet of paper, some would fall into this middle section but many more would be squeezed into the margins, tightly packed and clinging precariously to the jagged edges of the page. […]

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Dream Center provides hope, healing to homeless women

Pamela Allen, once a crack cocaine addict for 25 years, is now a Christian seeking refuge at the Dream Center of Jackson — a place she calls home.

The Dream Center is a faith-based ministry providing hope and healing for women, like Allen, who have experienced life crises that have rendered them homeless. It serves as a 24-hour emergency shelter and transitional housing facility to help women and their children transition back into society. […]