Aurora Commons

Aurora Commons
Named after	Aurora Avenue
Formation	2011
Location	8914 Aurora Avenue North, Seattle;
Coordinates	47.6939°N 122.3442°W
Region	Licton Springs, North Seattle
Services	Homeless drop-in center
Affiliations	Christian Reformed Church in North America
Website	auroracommons.org

Aurora Commons is a drop-in center for homeless people in Seattle. It was co-founded in 2011 by Lisa Etter Carlson.[1][2] It has been described as "a small oasis in the heart of Seattle's forgotten desert", Aurora Avenue North – an area of the city where sex workers and homeless frequently find patrons, heroin and cheap motels; and which had no supermarket, bank, community center, nor bookstore, and no Seattle City Council representation until 2015.[3][4] The space is affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church across the street.[5] Local businesses have protested the center's needle exchange program.[6] Aurora Commons also provides condoms and other services for sex workers.[7]

References

Vianna Davila; Vernal Coleman (February 5, 2019). "Homeless shelter expands in Seattle as freeze settles in". The Seattle Times.
Kate Walters (November 8, 2018). "'It really feels like a tipping point.' North Seattle on edge after shooting of homeless man". Seattle: KUOW.
Tess Riski (March 23, 2017). "On Aurora Avenue: 'Radical hospitality'". Crosscut.com.
"Seattle's Aurora stretch is frozen in time, but voters are turning up the heat on change". The Seattle Times. January 8, 2018.
Chris Meehan (December 13, 2017). "Awakening to the Needs in Seattle". official website. Christian Reformed Church in North America.
Steve Kiggins (July 23, 2013). "Needle exchange gets prickly in Greenwood". Tacoma: KCPQ.
Sophia Stephens (June 12, 2018). "In the Wake of FOSTA and SESTA, Local Organization SNAPS Is Ramping Up Its Efforts to Help Seattle Sex Workers". The Stranger. Seattle.

External links

Official website

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[1] Vianna Davila; Vernal Coleman (February 5, 2019). "Homeless shelter expands in Seattle as freeze settles in". The Seattle Times.

[2] Kate Walters (November 8, 2018). "'It really feels like a tipping point.' North Seattle on edge after shooting of homeless man". Seattle: KUOW.

[3] Tess Riski (March 23, 2017). "On Aurora Avenue: 'Radical hospitality'". Crosscut.com.

[4] "Seattle's Aurora stretch is frozen in time, but voters are turning up the heat on change". The Seattle Times. January 8, 2018.

[5] Chris Meehan (December 13, 2017). "Awakening to the Needs in Seattle". official website. Christian Reformed Church in North America.

[6] Steve Kiggins (July 23, 2013). "Needle exchange gets prickly in Greenwood". Tacoma: KCPQ.

[7] Sophia Stephens (June 12, 2018). "In the Wake of FOSTA and SESTA, Local Organization SNAPS Is Ramping Up Its Efforts to Help Seattle Sex Workers". The Stranger. Seattle.