LOCAL Closer Look: Open Door Mission - Rochester NY

Posted on Sunday, June 4, 2023 by Peter Kaye

Peter Kaye speaks with Anna Valeria-Iseman from the Open Door Mission about the faces of homelessness in the Rochester area. Valeria-Iseman reflects on the challenges COVID brought and how the Mission pivoted to address them as well as a few positive aspects from the pandemic. She lays out plans for their future program aimed at assisting women trying to reunite with the children after release from various institutional facilities. Valeria-Iseman stresses, “People don’t become homeless because they run out of money but because they run out of relationships”. She shares two of the many stories of impact the Mission has had a hand in.

Original airdate: 6/4/2023 

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Peter joined EMF in 2008 and he covers most of Northeastern U.S. (CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI & VT) including major markets New York City and Boston.

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