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One Church, One Family seeks to bring Athens’ faithful into fight against homelessness

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Faith groups are often part of efforts to help unsheltered people meet their basic needs. In Athens, an initiative is in the beginning stages of giving churches an even bigger role in keeping families and individuals housed.

Paul Lazzari is a volunteer with this new organization, called One Church, One Family. He sat down with WUGA’s Emma Auer to explain how he hopes the project will work. The organization is young, but Lazzari is passionate that a community-based efforts are needed to solve the challenge of homelessness. Here’s their conversation.

More information can be found by emailing onechurchonefamily.athens@gmail.com.

Emma Auer is an award-winning reporter who joined WUGA as a full-time producer in 2024. She is also a graduate student in UGA's Romance Languages Department, studying French and Spanish. She covers the breadth of Northeast Georgia stories, from Athens City Hall to Winterville farmers' markets. Emma's work has also been heard on Georgia Public Broadcasting.