Welcome to the Oasis Coalition!
We are a new coalition that seeks to support, empower, and give voice to the homeless and poor of Boston. Although our organization is new, many of us have significant experience working with those on the margins in the Boston area. Check out our About Us page to learn more.
VISION AND MISSION
The key lies in the word, ‘community.’ Most of us take it for granted that we belong to a wider community - the employed, the educated, the relatively prosperous. The men and women whom Oasis Coalition serve do not belong to that wider community, though some once did. Instead, they are separated from it for a variety of reasons - addiction, mental trauma, medical problems and, sometimes, great and inescapable misfortune. Many are military veterans while others are drawn from a broad spectrum - social, geographical and educational. They share a common need - radically underserved at present - to be treated, first and foremost, as people. Not patronized, not treated as patients or even as victims.
Hence our VISION:
‘To encourage the marginalized to overcome adversity through community’
And our MISSION:
‘To foster collaboration between service oriented communities in the creation of programs that inspire and nurture dignity and respect’
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