Joe Finn, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance, and Tom Washington, Director of Community Relations of Father Bills & MainSpring will describe the work of their agencies to insure that homelessness does not become a permanent part of the social landscape even as they struggle to address the burgeoning numbers of newly homeless individuals. Learn about the scope of homelessness in our area, and how you can help them address this crisis. All Souls Church, Unitarian Universalist, 196 Elm Street, Braintree. www.allsoulsbraintree.org. Read the press release on PRWeb at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1687034.htm .

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