Harvard Street Kicks Off Re-Entry Plan

Date Posted: May 05, 2008

Gentrification of the Columbia Heights area in the District has propelled the need for a dialogue about how to welcome recovering addicts into a changing neighborhood. Neighbors, like the Easter Seals, have warmly encouraged clients and graduates to speak openly, with fear, about their process of healing.

Harvard Street Program Director, Will Bonnette, kicked off a meeting of nonprofit and corporate leaders. On February 25th, representatives from Drug Policy Alliance, College Bound, Giant Food, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and Alliance of Concerned Men gathered with Second Genesis employees to outline a plan of action. The result is an agenda committed to increasing resources and improving community perception of Second Geneis’s vision of promoting wellness.

Soon we will be starting this dialogue with neighbors in Crownsville, Upper Marlboro, and Silver Spring.

Second Genesis builds a sense of community not only inside its facilities but also around them. If you are a neighbor of one of our facilities and would like to get involved, please contact us at