FAIR HOUSING CHANGE ALLIANCE
Justice Through Testimony, Shelter Through Advocacy
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By Br. Richard Mills Fair Housing Change Alliance recognizes the serious public concern raised by recent reports of youth disturbances, arrests, and safety issues at Union Station in Springfield. Riders, workers, families, seniors, people with disabilities, youth, transit workers, and the general public all have a right to feel safe when using public transportation and…
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The Season of Rest: Why Recovery Is Not Laziness Part III of the “When the Light Flickers” series — reflections on epilepsy, invisible illness, and sacred rest. By Rev. Richard Mills · May 2026 Excerpt: Autumn doesn’t apologize for slowing down. Trees don’t ask permission before releasing what they can no longer hold. The same…
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The Body as Battlefield Part II of the “When the Light Flickers” series — exploring recovery, trauma, and the sacred intelligence of the nervous system. By Rev. Richard Mills · May 2026 “After every seizure, a war is fought inside the body — not for control, but for restoration. This is what recovery teaches about…
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Artwork: Dancer with an Invisible Burden by Brian Kershisnik “We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.”— Dietrich Bonhoeffer “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation.”— Audre Lorde There is a category of disabled people…
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The Gate and the Spark Spring Series: When the Light Flickers — Epilepsy, Death, and the Threshold of Return By Rev. Richard Mills · October 2026 Excerpt: There’s a silence that lives right before the fall. It isn’t peace. It’s pressure—something about to split open. Those of us who live with epilepsy know that silence.…
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I didn’t build this website because someone gave me permission.I built it because no one was listening, and the silence was breaking me. Fair Housing Change Alliance was created out of pain, but more than that, it came from a deep responsibility to speak. While I was suffering from chronic illness. While I was ignored.…