Club Speakeasy Brings Its Unique Presence to the Blogosphere

Hi Loyal Readers:

Three women are starting a hope-building blog at The Bridge, the largest homeless shelter in Dallas (downtown, at 1818 Corsicana). I've blogged about The Bridge before but this is a brand new story.

Club Speakeasy, www.clubspeakeasy.blogspot.com, (sorry, every time I try to insert a link it does not work) will be up and running soon. Club Speakeasy is a place for homeless people to voice opinions and talk about their lives.

Beth Freed, 27, one of the Creative Writing instructors at The Bridge for a class that meets Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m., said of the blog's name, "Staci (Pettus) and I did a little brainstorming and we kind of came up with a bunch of different things. We wanted it to be a space where people felt free to voice their experience."

The other women spearheading the blog's inception are: Pettus, 40, and Lisa Brooks, 22.

On a recent very hot afternoon many people living at The Bridge were filling out forms so that they could become bloggers. The blog is a first for the homeless shelter.

On the same hot afternoon, while still setting up the blog, Freed, standing in the library, said she wanted to take the blogging adventure "one step at a time."

alice

Will do a post.

I will do a post soon.

Alice
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will do a post.

Will do a post soon. Probably in a few minutes.
alice