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    Change.org: End Homelessness

  • The Audacity of Home

    Shannon Moriarty
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:12 am
    If there were ever a time for the Obama Administration to fulfill its promise of restoring Hope for America, re-prioritizing the promise of "a Home for all" is the ideal start. The sum of our devastating housing and economic crisis, combined with the recent findings from the international human rights community, prove that there is no better time to move housing to the top of the federal policy agenda. Today, I'm taking a step back. Away from the details in the news, away from the constant flow of comments, the banter. Today I want to talk about something so simple, so basic that most of us…

  • Act Now: Stop Hate Crimes Against the Homeless

    Shannon Moriarty
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:52 pm
    It's a cruel fact: when you live without a home, you are more vulnerable to violence on the streets. Next week, the Senate Judiciary is scheduled to vote on legislation that would add homeless people to the federal hate crimes statistics statue. Take action today to tell your elected lawmakers to support this important bill. The legislation - called the Hate Crimes Against the Homeless Statistics Act (S. 1765) - was introduced by Senator Cardin of Maryland and Senator Collins of Maine. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, the legislation has been placed on the Senate…

  • Giving Homeowners a Fighting Chance

    Noah Jennings
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:14 pm
    Every once in a while, you come across some good news. It's bleak as hell for the homeless and soon-to-be, but some hope remains in Philadelphia. On the heels of news that the foreclosure rate hit 19% last month, the New York Times covered the story of an innovative program in Philadelphia that requires banks to meet with homeowners before eviction. Though there's some doubt about the program's effectiveness, many believe it to be an improvement over President Obama's efforts to stymie the catastrophic scale of the housing crisis. Philadelphia's approach makes equitable outcomes more likely,…

  • Should Shelters Ban Sex Offenders?

    Shannon Moriarty
    18 Nov 2009 | 6:03 pm
    Everybody, including sex offenders, needs a place to live. If proposed legislation in Massachusetts passes, registered sex offenders would be barred from staying in homeless shelters, begging the question: where are they supposed to go? There are few questions that get people as riled up as those regarding registered sex offenders, particularly homeless sex offenders. Serving this population can be difficult, costly work for homeless service providers. Residential restrictions make housing almost impossible to find. Stepping up security in homeless shelters can be expensive, and other shelter…

  • The Plight of Homeless Sex Offenders

    Mark Horvath
    18 Nov 2009 | 1:35 pm
    Last winter shelter season, my eyes were opened to the horrible plight of sex offenders living on the streets. Our street outreach team was called to find shelter for a man. He was a registered sex offender, so he wasn't allowed to stay at the winter shelter. He had done everything right, reported to the police and the shelter workers. But there was no shelter that would allow him to stay. No matter what you think of the crimes this man committed, he had served his debt to society and was adhering to the terms of his punishment. Still, finding housing - even emergency shelter - proved nearly…
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  • Butch

    invisiblepeople
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:45 pm
    40 years. That’s how long Butch has been homeless. It began in 1969. Butch was just a teenager living in Cleveland, Ohio. His family fell apart, and he became homeless. Today, he is confined to a wheelchair. He begs for money to eat everyday. He says he’s doing the best he can, given the circumstances. Still – I can’t get this number out of my head. 40 years homeless. Shame on us. We can do better.

  • Tim

    invisiblepeople
    18 Nov 2009 | 8:06 am
    Last winter shelter season my eyes and heart opened up to the horrible plight of sex offenders living on the streets. Our street outreach team was called to find shelter for a man. He was a registered sex offender, so he wasn’t allowed to stay at the winter shelter. He had done everything right, reported to the police and the shelter workers. But there was no shelter that would allow him to stay. No matter what you think of the crimes this man committed, he had served his debt to society and was adhering to the terms of his punishment. Still, finding housing – even emergency…

  • Jay

    invisiblepeople
    15 Nov 2009 | 8:06 pm
    Jay’s story might sound familiar to you. His unfortunate situation is not uncommon these days. He lost his job, then his home to foreclosure, and ended up homeless on the streets of Cleveland, Ohio. Jay talks about his frustration trying to get help from homeless service providers. Since services have become specialized, he must travel to multiple agencies to get all of the help he needs. But without reliable transportation, he has trouble getting around. Although there are many good things to be said about the Continuum of Care model, it is not perfect. It does not, for example, fill in…

  • Dale

    invisiblepeople
    11 Nov 2009 | 7:38 am
    The day I met Dale, he was in the middle of a crowded San Francisco sidewalk. But he was very much alone. He was in his wheelchair, trying to position his body upright so he could pick through the contents of a garbage can. Swarms of people, tourists and businesspeople, hurried past. They all seemed too busy to stop and notice one man’s struggle, one man’s devastating plight. If these people knew Dale’s story, maybe they would not have hurried past so quickly. Dale spent 14 years serving our country, including two tours of Vietnam. As a result, he has serious health issues…

  • Pam

    invisiblepeople
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:51 pm
    I met Pam while passing through Cleveland, Ohio. She is mother and a grandmother who never thought she would become homeless. Many people think that if a person has close family members, they can just go live with family when all else fails. But for Pam and many others, it’s just not that simple. Pam wished for a home; I hope she finds it.
 
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    Homelessness on The Huffington Post

  • Judy Montero: The "Home" in Home for the Holidays

    Judy Montero
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:20 am
    In all the talk about budgets and dollars and cents and how much to spend on homelessness, it's important to remember the human beings we are making decisions about. During this holiday season when we celebrate our blessings with our families, I find it is important to remember those who are less fortunate. There are a great many people who are homeless today that just a year ago had homes. They had jobs. They paid their taxes. And, they never thought they would find themselves on the streets and needing help. We're talking about people like Amber Batson-Vasquez. Amber was trapped in an…

  • 'Project Healthy Neighbors' Fair Helps Santa Barbara Homeless

    The Huffington Post News Team
    18 Nov 2009 | 6:22 am
    Did you know that the largest mobile medical clinic in Southern California serves the homeless community? The fifth annual "Project Healthy Neighbors" fair, held at Casa Esperanza Homeless Center, provides a wide range of health and counseling services for Santa Barbara's homeless population. According to Imelda Loza, associate executive director of Casa Esperanza, the goal of "Project Healthy Neighbors" is to prevent disease, illness and death within the homeless population. Loza said this objective is especially important considering that 26 homeless people have died in Santa Barbara within…

  • Karen Olson: Because Every Child Deserves A Home

    Karen Olson
    18 Nov 2009 | 6:22 am
    America's promise is that each generation's prospects shall be brighter than their parents'. How often, as children, were we assured that our futures were limited only by our imagination? Now, however, that promise is under siege and those assurances ring hollow to children across the country lacking basic necessities like a place to call home, nutritious meals and access to schools. 3.5 million people were homeless in America within the past year, including almost 1.5 million children. Families now comprise 40% of the homeless population and are its fastest growing segment. On a typical day…

  • Homeless Job Seeker Gets Helping Hand From CNN Viewer

    The Huffington Post News Team
    17 Nov 2009 | 6:14 am
    Two weeks ago, CNN profiled Tony Briones, a recently homeless Los Angeles man who had exhausted all his resources while looking for work. Now, the network reports, Briones is receiving surprise help in his job search from a CNN viewer who volunteers at Chrysalis, a non-profit organization helping the homeless and people recently released from prison find jobs. WATCH THE VIDEO: Get HuffPost Impact On Facebook and Twitter! Read more: Homeless, Jobs, Chrysalis, Cnn, Impact News

  • Arianna Huffington: Memo to Warren Buffett: Put Down the Pom-Poms and Tell Us the Truth About the Economy

    Arianna Huffington
    16 Nov 2009 | 10:43 am
    Difficult times need wise men to tell difficult truths. And, for many years, Warren Buffett, the "Sage of Omaha," has done just that. For example, he was one of the first to sound the alarm about the danger of derivatives, warning in 2003 that they were "financial weapons of mass destruction" that could lead to a "corporate meltdown." So it was deeply distressing to watch his recent CNBC town hall meeting with a group of Columbia business students, followed the next night by an hour spent talking about the economy with Charlie Rose, and see Buffett joining in the economic victory lap the…
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  • Belly Dancing into my Heart

    padschicago
    9 Nov 2009 | 4:25 pm
    The From the Heart to the Hip fundraiser for PADS of Elgin last night was a success! Over $1,400 was raised! Woohoo!! There were a lot of raffles with happy winners! I was there and spoke on helping the homeless. I met several current followers and future ones–pleased to meet you!!! As always, I welcome comments in person and any other contact method–email, leave a message on my phone, send a fax, tweet me on Twitter, reply to my blog… I had a great time last night! The dancers shimmied their way to my heart with their obvious happiness and beautiful dances, and all for a…

  • Life is good

    padschicago
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:58 pm
    I’ve been having some great tweeting and text messages today and its hard to break away! I thank you all for the entertainment! LMAO! Gosh, what a great time I’ve had in the recent weeks! Thanks to all my Twitter and RL friends, so much  more has been happening in my life and I really feel that I and my site am more worthwhile! I met @geogeller and @sioksiok who are filming the Twitter documentary in Chicago, and ended up leaving with them that night for the #140conf in LA! What an awesome time that was!!! I connected with so many new people face-to-face–it was like a live…

  • What am I doing?

    padschicago
    22 Oct 2009 | 4:20 pm
    I have just been so busy to trying to get too much done (and no way to finish all I want to do)! It would help if I didn’t live like this–going to homeless shelters, a new one every night of the week, in different towns, needing my feet or other transportation to get there. Some are several miles out! I am lucky and managed to get a ride to tonight’s shelter or else I would be walking 8 miles or so in the rain. I’ve done it plenty of times before, rain or snow, doesn’t matter the weather–its a safe, warm, shelter at the end when I get there. It’s…

  • Long day

    padschicago
    21 Oct 2009 | 4:19 pm
    I admit, I am becoming a Twitter addict. Should I search for an online tweet therapy? I just started using @HootSuite today and I am loving it! So far, I have to definitely recommend it to all Twitter users as a must-have–especially if you are the type of person like me who tends to try and do too much at once! I have been bad about posting in the blog lately and I apologize for that. Yesterday I promised a blog post about why I am homeless and writing it is in progress! Keep watching for it with excited anticipation! Sorry to cut this short today but I have walk to the shelter site…

  • Vote for Me for Open Web Awards!

    padschicago
    21 Oct 2009 | 3:34 pm
    Posted in Awards, links, News, Personal, Website Tagged: homeless, homelessness, Mashable, Open Web Awards, poverty, shelter, shelters, vote, Web
 
 
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  • Does Solving Homelessness Really Save Money?, Does 1 + 1 = 4?

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:25 pm
    I’ve been working the front lines and in executive suites of homelessness for more than 13 years now. We sometimes joke in the office that working in the world of homelessness is like taking a “Jaded 101” course. We’ve gone through numerous government programs to address homelessness, heard promise after promise that homelessness will be solved, encountered neighborhood groups who think we are out to get them, and seen private and public funding come and go. Can’t blame us for being jaded once in a while. But if you think we have suspicious perspectives, just talk to a reporter. My…

  • Pink Taco to Host Thanksgiving Dinner for 250 Homeless Guests

    19 Nov 2009 | 2:25 pm
    Los Angeles – To celebrate Thanksgiving, 250 people residing at PATH’s Regional Homeless Center will be special guests for a holiday meal at the Pink Taco Restaurant in Century City. More than 50 members of the restaurant’s staff will volunteer their time and positive energy to prepare and serve Thanksgiving dinner to homeless and low-income individuals and families. Pink Taco will also provide complimentary transportation to and from the event. “We are proud and humbled to host the residents from PATH on Thanksgiving Day,” said Harry Morton, CEO of Pink Taco. “Sharing our success…

  • Future Homeless Shelters? Walmart, McDonalds, and Target

    19 Nov 2009 | 1:22 pm
    I’m not an avid fan of those big-box stores, also known as Walmart and Target. I don’t remember the last time I sat down in a fast-food joint for a quick, calorie-packed meal. But I’m not surprised that these American institutions are so popular. It’s all about convenience. Walk into the local Walmart superstore, and you can buy everything. Shampoo, a box of cereal, and diapers. A can of paint, car wax, and the latest Nintendo video game. A pair of socks, camping gear, and a book. All in one place. You can even buy a McDonalds Big Mac in my local Walmart. So the managers of these…

  • Word Of The Year: "Unfriend"

    18 Nov 2009 | 1:17 pm
    Most media outlets carried the news of the New Oxford American Dictionary word of the year: "unfriend." An article from CNN Tech news put it this way: Oxford defines "unfriend," a verb, thusly: "To remove someone as a 'friend' on a social networking site such as Facebook." There are probably numerous reasons which would motivate a person to "unfriend" someone else. But it still comes down to this: they ultimately want to severe contact with the other person. Oddly enough, even though "unfriend" has just recently become a part of the English…

  • Poverty is a Serious Threat to the Well-Being of Older Persons

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:51 pm
    Historically, there is considerable evidence that, in many societies around the world, older persons have had a special role and were accorded prestige for their wisdom and experience, both within the family and the community. In more recent times the position of older persons in society has been undermined by factors such as smaller family size, the movement of younger family members away from their homes of origin – often to distant locations – and the increasing participation of women in the labor force, all of which have had the effect of devaluing the knowledge and experience of…
 
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    Chicago Coaliation for the Homeless

  • 'Homeless' becomes personal

    admin
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:25 pm
    This is the last in a series by many of our young interns and volunteers. We asked them to write about how "National Hunger and Homelessness Week"  (Nov. 15-21, 2009) spurs them to view the work they do with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. Homelessness became personal to me a little over a year ago: I began to volunteer with a homeless day shelter in my community, and actually took the time to get to know the people that previously might have just slowed me down on my walk to work, or annoyed me with solicitations on the train.  I was forced to take a step back and slow…

  • Talking with college students about homelessness

    admin
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:09 pm
    We asked interns and volunteers to write about how "National Hunger and Homelessness Week"  (Nov. 15-21, 2009) makes them think about the work they are doing with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. I have been an intern with the Speakers Bureau at the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless since August 2009. Before beginning my internship, I was spent more than15 years working with homeless families – I volunteered at two South Side shelters, Sousa House and Fresh Start. I knew that homelessness was a big issue in Chicago, but I never knew how big the numbers were for youth.

  • An education -- no luxury for the homeless child

    admin
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:15 pm
    This week is National Homelessness Week.  Before I started interning at CCH, I doubt I would have known this.  It doesn't receive the same kind of attention as Black History Month, or even Arbor Day. Homelessness is a difficult thing to think about. It is an issue that for most people is easy to comprehend in the abstract, but more challenging to confront head-on.The idea of not having a home, not having anything constant, is one that is nearly impossible for most of us to grasp. As someone who has never had to worry about where I would sleep at night, I will probably never fully…

  • Why one high school student volunteers

    admin
    18 Nov 2009 | 1:18 pm
    We asked interns and volunteers to write about how "National Hunger and Homelessness Week"  (Nov. 15-21) makes them think about the work they are doing with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. I am a senior at Oak Park River Forest High School. When I started at OPRF, I set a goal of volunteering at least 100 hours each summer. Most of my work was with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. For three summers, I worked with formerly homeless men who ran a Fair Trade coffee booth at farmers markets. I learned a lot from working with Smokey, Keith, and Jose. I also helped at golf…

  • Mayor Daley attends homeless youth art show

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    17 Nov 2009 | 3:47 pm
      Paul W. Hamann, president of The Night Ministry, Mayor Richard M.Daley, and Ed Shurna, executive director of the Chicago Coalition for theHomeless, enjoy poetry by members of the H.E.L.L.O. group. (Photo by Jasmine Heiss) On Nov. 16, the H.E.L.L.O. homeless youth activism group held its 5th Annual "Art Show and Speak Out" in the city's Lakeview neighborhood. Co-founded by the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and The Night Ministry, the youth group organizes and empowers homeless youth to become active and involved in the issues that affect their lives. Homeless and recently…
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    Cleveland Homeless

  • Ohio Serial Killer

    4 Nov 2009 | 1:04 pm
    Photo by Cheryl Harris of the NEOCH Photo ProjectAre We Casting Aside Some Women in Our Cities?As you most likely have read, Cleveland had a serial killer living in the Mt Pleasant neighborhood. I know the victims, and I see them almost everyday. At this point, only one woman has in fact been identified, but we know that they were all African American women. But I can close my eyes and see these women in our shelters in Cleveland. They sometimes have an addiction or a mental health problem or chronic health condition and they always have unstable housing. They "hook up" for short periods of…

  • Homeless Denied Identification

    4 Nov 2009 | 9:02 am
    The Identification Crisis Collaborative*West Side Catholic Center * St. Colman’s Outreach Ministry * Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries- 2100 Lakeside Shelter for Men * NEOCH * Community Women’s Shelter – Mental Health Services * Care Alliance * St. Malachi Center * Project SAVE * The Church* Catholic Charities – Bishop Cosgrove Center and Emergency Services at St. AugustineFiscal Agent: West Side Catholic Center, 3135 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113, www.helpcleveland.orgNovember 3, 2009PRESS RELEASEHOMELESS DENIED STATE PHOTO ID’S:With No Proof of Residency Homeless Are Not…

  • Good Will Gone Wild

    28 Oct 2009 | 7:36 am
    Local University Students Sleeps OutsideI have never been a big fan of these fund raisers, but apparently Habitat for Humanity supports the concept locally. CWRU students slept outside earlier this month, and had a great night. One of our old interns wrote a letter to the editor complaining about the mixed up message and inappropriate stereotypes. Mike is correct that it is difficult to match the goals of raising dollars with awareness campaigns. There is some debate at the national level about these pizza and box nights. It is not fun to be homeless and it is nearly impossible to realize the…

  • We Need Blankets!!!

    22 Oct 2009 | 10:14 am
    The Shelters Are In Need of Your Help!!The Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry Men's Homeless Shelter at 2100 Lakeside is in need of blankets for their residents. The economic downturn has caused them to lose a few of the sources they had supplying their blankets so they have asked for our help. They will take any new or good used blankets in any size. Please consider doing a blanket drive where you work or at your faith congregation for 2100 Lakeside Shelter. Blankets can be dropped off at the shelter on your way to work, at lunch, or on the way home. If you do a blanket drive and can collect…

  • Reply to Shelter Standards Request

    8 Oct 2009 | 11:50 am
    Guidelines vs. RegulationsThe Homeless Congress has secured the endorsement of 20 City Council candidates to pass some kind of regulations of the shelters. The list of council members is regularly updated on the NEOCH website with a link to the proposed legislation as written by the Congress.One interesting note came by fax on October 5, 2009 from current City Councilman Anthony Brancatelli and candidate for Ward 2. While he checked the box in support of the proposal to regulate the shelters, he altered the the form to say that he would work to pass "or support" the regulations. Then at the…
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    Coalition for the Homeless

  • NYC Homeless Shelter Population Reaches All-Time High

    26 Oct 2009 | 8:21 am
    New York City reached a truly sad milestone recently.As the Coalition revealed in an October 13th report based on newly-released City data, the number of homeless children and adults residing each night in municipal shelters exceeded 39,000 people for the first time since modern homelessness began more than 25 years ago. At the same time, more than 10,000 homeless families, with more than 16,500 children, reside in homeless shelters each night -- the first time the number of homeless families bedding down in municipal shelter has ever exceeded 10,000 families.The most alarming data revealed…

  • The Bloomberg Administration’s Misguided New Rules Demanding Shelter Payments from Working-Poor Homeless Families

    14 May 2009 | 10:38 am
    As the New York Times reported this past weekend, the Bloomberg administration has implemented a new policy requiring homeless families with employment income to pay for some of the cost of shelter. If they do not comply with the misguided new rules, the policy states, the City will eject homeless children and families from emergency shelter.Today New York State Assemblymember Keith Wright led a press conference denouncing Mayor Bloomberg’s policy and announcing new legislation that will put a halt to what the Assemblymember described as the “punitive” new rules. Wright, who chairs the…

  • State of the Homeless 2009: How to Reduce Family Homelessness

    27 Apr 2009 | 10:31 am
    Last week Coalition for the Homeless released the tenth annual "State of the Homeless" report, which documented how the economic recession, coupled with the worsening housing affordability crunch, has driven family homelessness in New York City to record levels. An overview of the report can be found here, and the full 41-page report can be downloaded here.This year's report focused on one way the City of New York can actually reduce family homelessness even in the midst of the economic downturn: By reversing a failed, four-year-old Bloomberg administration policy that effectively cuts off…

  • A Rare Glimpse Inside

    12 Mar 2009 | 2:07 pm
    The New York Times has offered New Yorkers a rare look inside one of the dozens of illegal boarding houses increasingly used by the City of New York to shelter homeless adults.This week's "Rooms" photo-essay spotlights an illegally-converted boarding house on Seymour Avenue in the Bronx. This is one of the growing number of illegal boarding houses where the NYC Department of Homeless Services (as well as an addiction treatment program) has placed homeless men, including individuals living with mental illness and other disabilities – even when the City was aware of hazardous and illegal…

  • Bloomberg Administration's Far-Fetched Claims About Street Homelessness

    5 Mar 2009 | 12:10 pm
    Yesterday the New York City Department of Homeless Service released the results of its annual – and annually disputed – HOPE survey of street homelessness, and this year the City's claims were met by extraordinary skepticism. City officials claimed that, despite the worsening economic recession, the number of homeless New Yorkers sleeping on streets or in the subway system had fallen 30 percent from last year. They also claimed that the street homeless population was 47 percent lower than that in 2005.Mary Brosnahan, the Coalition's executive director, responded to the City's claims this…
 
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    Picture the Homeless

  • Tuesday, November 17: PTH 10th Anniversary Gala... celebrate with us!

    admin
    10 Nov 2009 | 1:17 pm
     *  Picture the Homeless 10th Anniversary Gala  *read more

  • November 17 -- PTH anniversary gala -- get your tickets now!

    admin
    30 Oct 2009 | 11:03 am
     Picture the Homeless' tenth anniversary gala is November 17 -- just three weeks away!, at Judson Church in Manhattan.  It's going to be a can't-miss community-building and *FUN* night -- celebrating the history and vitality of a decade of homeless activism, honoring the inspirational Jean Rice and Brenda Stokely, and eating and drinking and partying to the sounds of the Welfare Poets and a hot DJ set!* all the details are here, on our blog *  read more

  • Indypendent on NYC homeless today

    admin
    29 Oct 2009 | 2:32 pm
     [An article in the Indypendent by Alex Kane, profiling the situation homeless people face in NYC today, including interviews with PTH members]:http://www.indypendent.org/2009/10/29/homeless-shelters-at-capacityread more

  • Three years after our co-founder's re-burial, a PTH member reflects on our Potter's Field Campaign

    admin
    29 Oct 2009 | 2:08 pm
     As we approach our 10th Anniversary, we recall that Picture the Homeless was co-founded by the inspirational Lewis Haggins Jr., born in 1955. Lewis, who passed away in December 2003, was buried as a John Doe in Potter's Field, Hart Island in February 2004.  In 2005, Picture the Homeless and our faith allies held the first memorial service at Potter's Field.read more

  • Right to the City NYC rally, GRITtv, and other multi-media...

    admin
    29 Oct 2009 | 9:54 am
     PTH's Housing campaign leader Rob Robinson -- a leader in NYC and nationally in the Right to the City alliance we're a part of -- was part of a roundtable on the current economic crisis on Laura Flanders' GRITtv [video here], along with Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone magazine, and leaders of National People's Action and United Food and Commercial Workers union.read more
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  • Feast of Caring: Sights & sounds, soup & supplication

    Cara Michele
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:18 pm
    Sights and sounds from the 2009 Feast of Caring, including a prayer from the rabbi of Temple Emanuel. “Let us realize that as long as there are poor in our community, as long as there are poor, then there truly is a lack of justice.” – Rabbi Fred Guttman [link] The Feast of Caring, a dinner of soups and [...]

  • Feast of Caring TONIGHT! Fresh…

    Cara Michele
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:54 am
    Feast of Caring TONIGHT! Freshly prepared soup & homemade bread. Money raised helps hungry & homeless. http://bit.ly/TtLm5 More, from Mike Aiken, director of Greensboro Urban Ministry: Urban Ministry has a special challenge to raise an additional $100,000 for its WE (Winter Emergency) Shelters to be located at First Baptist Church and six other churches. The Feast of Caring [...]

  • 100% Cotton

    admin-flickr
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:13 pm
    100% Cotton Originally uploaded by caramichele The new sign outside Cotton’s tent. StreetWatch, 13 Nov 2009

  • I never knew that Roscoe had a purple heart

    Cara Michele
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:00 pm
    Jeri Rowe writes about Roscoe, a homeless man I first met at a Wednesday night dinner at Grace Community Church, years ago. He was 17 when he was drafted into the Army and given a parachute and a gun to fight the enemy in Southeast Asia. He earned a Purple Heart for the two bullets lodged just [...]

  • Homeless resource wikis in San…

    Cara Michele
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:41 pm
    Homeless resource wikis in San Fran (http://bit.ly/MCDRy) and Tampa (http://bit.ly/2Pi9WZ). We need this in Greensboro. Anyone? Help?
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    The Homeless Guy

  • Room In The Inn; Shelter For Homeless People

    17 Nov 2009 | 3:33 pm
    Room In The Inn is a winter shelter program for the homeless in Nashville, created by Father Charlie Strobel.Each evening between November 1st and March 31st area churches collect about a dozen homeless people each, from the Room In The Inn campus, and take them to their places of worship. There, volunteers from the churches provide the homeless with a meal, a place to sleep, and transportation

  • Some Facts About My Homelessness

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:31 pm
    I first became homeless in February 1982.I have been in and out of homelessness ever since.I have had several separate episodes of homelessness, ranging in length of just a few months, to several years.In the past 27 years since first becoming homeless I have spent about half of that time, some 13 years, literally homeless.I have mental health issues of depression and social anxiety, with a

  • The Key Alliance Nashville

    8 Nov 2009 | 8:41 am

  • Crime Reports From The Key Alliance

    13 Oct 2009 | 12:47 pm
    Crime ReportsThe Key Alliance is the website for the Nashville Metro Homelessness Commission. This commission, created by the Mayor of Nashville, is charged with ending chronic homelessness in Nashville Tennessee. They are working towards that goal by creating alternatives to homeless care that are not currently being implemented, but have been proven effective in other cities. The best

  • Sheltering L.A. County's homeless could save taxpayer money, study finds | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times

    13 Oct 2009 | 12:33 pm
    Finding permanent housing for Los Angeles County's homeless population rather than allowing them to continue living on the streets could save taxpayer money, according to a study released today by the United Way of Greater Los Angeles.The four-year study followed four homeless people while they lived on the streets and later as they found stable housing. Researchers concluded that taxpayers could
 
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    Homeless Family's Blog

  • Rumor Control Issue Vol:1 Iss:1

    24 Oct 2009 | 7:03 pm
    Rumor #1: Homeless In Jax is gone: Yes, it's 'gone'. Totally. Daggers thrust at certain service providers, others held aloft. Truth be told, the site was the victim of a vicious Denial of Service attack (DoS) two months ago. Persons of interest include global Russian and Indian cottage industry comment link mafia, Jacksonville's "Downtown Vigilante", and unidentified orange shirt wearing homelessophobic minimum wage earners spending too much time babbling with Mr. Butler near his cruiser.Rumor #2: "Jacksonville just doesn't 'Get It'": Yes, at a recent meeting held behind closed doors a person…

  • Florida Times Union Story: ...(efforts) not much help

    7 Oct 2009 | 1:46 pm
    Some say clearing lot used by homeless not much helpBy Drew Dixon. Story updated at 3:42 PM on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009

  • Preparing for a long cold winter

    5 Oct 2009 | 7:18 pm
    The earlier the better in most cases. A warm fuzzy gift of an electric blanket...just isnt all that fuzzy when you don't have a place to plug it up!Over the course of the last six months, I had different conversations with confidential sources...trying to make sense of what was said as opposed to what the real deal was. Who could a consumer trust to represent their needs as well as desires for systems to improve...for them to improve and move out of homelessness into self sufficiency.To live and lead productive lives, whether in private or putting back into Jacksonville.What's sad is what's…

  • Gertrude was a table tennis star

    7 Sep 2009 | 9:03 am
    The other day I spotted Gertrude on Facebook. Gertrude isn't her real name, and for all readers know she's fictitious. Take the measurement of a ping pong table in three dimensions and you'd have Gertrude.She was one of those sanctimonious two faced BS artists who never got pegged since she usually produced reports claiming rules were broken. When the $1 million cocaine bust went down, she never got caught, nor during the incident of a man's brains bleeding onto a card table as he died looking at a still full plate of food.Left, back, left, back, for whatever reasons. With Gertrude there's…

  • The invisible’s they still don’t want to talk about

    6 Sep 2009 | 11:01 pm
    Over the last week I've continued to speak to different people after the last few months' tirade of 'Give us money or we will put them out' propaganda. More and more people came forward admitting the lack of respect some service providers have been showing.It's gotten to the point that RUMOR CONTROL is admitting legal investigation by some over the matters of individuals having experienced homelessness having their full identity being made public on the internet by employees of certain services in numerous online social communities.Putting the word out there about homelessness is one thing.
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    Jaime's Big Voice

  • Me and my little voice

    13 Nov 2009 | 4:05 am
    My voice has been quiet of late because there has been nothing to say except the same old boring thing called homelessness. I sometimes think whats the use, the government seem to convince people that its a thing of the past and the people in the street are so used to seeing people sleeping on the streets its become part of everyday life. Are we becoming immune to the fact that there is still a big problem? I've had my ups and downs over the last few years but I am still here living and breathing but a few of the people I knew on the streets are not. So when I hear some MP saying we are…

  • Chances

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:21 pm
    How many chances does one need was the question ? that was the question asked, my automatic reply was as many as it takes but now I'm at home and I'm thinking about the people that will not take the chances given because they figure they are on their way out anyway or to put it another way they have given up and just want to be left alone. If we are truthful we have slightly given up on them too because its too hard and too tiring to do the same thing day after day although we keep on trying. The repeated failure gets to us too and we just go through the motions What can we do to change this?

  • Once again thinking clear

    20 Oct 2009 | 12:56 am
    I'm not the kind of man to give up on things that easy after all the things I've been through in my life I know it makes me who I am. I have not been myself for quite a few months ( I wondered sometimes who I was) It's taken me longer than I thought it would to be just me again but as the saying goes you can't keep a good man down for long and I am back in reasonable health so for the first clear thought of the day. After listening to the party conferences it seems to me that none have said what they are going to do for those that are living in poverty or for that matter the homeless which is…

  • just thinking

    1 Oct 2009 | 5:03 pm
    Thinking of things to say isn’t that hard for me as I have been used to talking my way through things for years especially hiding the fact that I couldn’t read or write but now I can. The thing is none of this would have been possible if people didn’t care. Over the last few months I haven’t been myself but I am now back to my old self but the problem is even though I am back the homeless problem is still here. Poverty is on the increase and the most venerable in our society are still slowly suffering. I was listening to the party conference for labour and liberals. To tell the truth…

  • Revenge of a doughnut

    5 Sep 2009 | 4:33 pm
    It's Monday and I am a fresh baked doughnut. I used to have five friends in a bag. We were the doughnut gang but they have now all been eaten by this monster of a man and it looks as if I am going the same way but I wasn't expecting it to be so quick. Now between you and me. My friends and I will have the last laugh because we have made him slightly obese already and we have become a daily habit because we add jam, sugar, apple, custard, raisins we also come in rings and are sometimes big and fat. we also come nice and crispy plus the fact that if we cooked really good one is not enough.As…
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    Homeless Man Speaks

  • Unsafe at any speed

    Philip Stern
    12 Nov 2009 | 10:21 am
    TONY “Check these out. I had to go across the bridge five times for my friend, you know, and I’ve been banging myself up. I’m getting too old for this bike.” Tagged: age, bicycle, Chevrolet, Corvair, old, Ralph Nader, safety, speed

  • Beautiful day

    Philip Stern
    7 Nov 2009 | 2:06 pm
    TONY “It’s a nice day today, I gotta say. Now I gotta get some money together for lunch.” Tagged: beautiful day, beauty, lunch, money, U2

  • News from home

    Philip Stern
    5 Nov 2009 | 10:01 am
    PHILIP “Sharon [Tony's sister] put a comment on the blog that she wanted to know what was happening since we hadn’t updated it in a while, which is true. I guess you could call it a slow news day, sort of.” TONY “Well, you can tell her that my ticker’s fine and my lungs are OK but my kidneys are putting up a good  fuss today. And you can tell her I miss her too.” PHILIP “I’ll post it as soon as I get home.” Tagged: absence, heart, kidney, lungs, news, sister, ticker

  • It’s OK

    Philip Stern
    29 Oct 2009 | 7:30 am
    TONY “You’re looking something happy. Did you get lucky or something?” PHILIP “Very funny. Wait until my wife reads this.” TONY “OK. So now I get to ask you for once: ‘What’s up with you with that big smile?’” PHILIP “Ignatieff made a big decision. He’s doing what he’s gotta do.” TONY “You mean the Prime Minister?” PHILIP “Well, he’s not the Prime Minister, not yet,  anyways. But he’s got Peter Donolo on his team now. You know what’s cool? Peter’s a Montrealer, just…

  • Just doing their job

    Philip Stern
    28 Oct 2009 | 12:06 pm
    TONY “You hear about the old guy who got jumped down Ronces earlier?” PHILIP “What happened?” TONY “I don’t know but next thing you know, there’s six cop cars right there. You can say what you want about our cops but they sure can do their job when they need to.” Tagged: cops, home, job, mugging, police, Toronto Police Department
 
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    Union Rescue Mission

  • The Mission: November 2009

    ehennings
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:59 pm
    Available for viewing or download is the November edition of The Mission. To sign-up to receive The Mission, Click Here. Click below for fullscreen view Download it here

  • The Many Benefits of Volunteerism

    Rev. Andy
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:35 pm
    Union Rescue Mission in LA is the oldest Rescue Mission in Los Angeles and the largest Mission of its kind in the United States.  One of our best kept secrets to success is the impact volunteers have on our organization.  We have nearly 14,000 volunteers that come to give of their time throughout the year.  This allows us to house over 1,000 people a night at Union Rescue Mission downtown and our Hope Gardens Family Center in Sylmar and feed more than 3,000 meals each day at a greatly reduced cost, as volunteers join our staff to prepare and serve the meals, teach in our learning centers,…

  • This Year’s Box Outreach – A Great Success!

    dan
    18 Nov 2009 | 12:53 pm
    Volunteers from all over joined forces on Saturday, November 14th for our annual Box Outreach Event. Groups of about twenty volunteers split into groups to canvas the Skid Row area and deliver hygiene boxes to residents of the SRO (Single Resident Occupancy) Hotels. Thank you to all the volunteers who came out to help; we are already looking forward to our next Box Outreach Event!

  • Veterans Honored with Daily Grill Lunch (Updated)

    ehennings
    12 Nov 2009 | 2:39 pm
    The Daily Grill came down to URM on Wednesday to serve up lunch for many homeless Veterans.  The Veterans sat at a special table, and were served a delicious meal of meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, mixed green salad, penne pasta with rock shrimp, and cobbler, which was topped off with ice cream by children at URM! The Daily Grill also announced that they will be donating a portion of all proceeds from cobbler sales throughout the rest of 2009 to the Union Rescue Mission!  Thank you so much to the Daily Grill for your generosity, and for all the veterans who so selflessly served our…

  • Thanksgiving Celebration at Union Rescue Mission

    ehennings
    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    We are getting very excited for our annual Thanksgiving Celebration, which will be held on November 21st.  The event begins at 11am, and will include a Thanksgiving Dinner, with fried turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, salad, rolls, and pie; we will even be serving Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider!  In addition to the meal, there will be many fun events going on.  This year we are honored to have Orelia Reed as an entertainer, as well as a rock climbing area, jousting, bungie run, photo booth, and more! Currently, we are at capacity for volunteers.  For more information on getting…
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    Homeless Tales

  • Becoming Someone New…..

    DebG
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:20 am
    I’m becoming someone new due to a medication change. It hits me between the eyes now and then that I am changing…and thankfully changing for the better. I suffer from a very serious case of Bipolar Disorder. I think there is a sprinkle of Schizophrenia in there but my former doctor did not feel that my [...]

  • From Good Agency to Poverty Pimp

    MetisRebel
    18 Nov 2009 | 4:08 pm
    Just to let you all know–if this blows up into a dogfight [in other words, if you are seeing this blog] I could get very busy, very quickly. And I’d really appreciate my buddies here at HT spreading the word and doing a bit of snarling and snapping. This came in my email today [actually by [...]

  • The Politics of H1N1 - I Has It.

    MetisRebel
    16 Nov 2009 | 5:46 pm
    There have been a number of articles in North America about who “gets the shot” and who doesn’t. I found it ludicrous that the perfectly healthy police were guaranteed their shots before vulnerable, asthmatic ghetto children or people that are sleeping rough. Really, it comes down to what society sees as value. Good thing I’m not in [...]

  • New Chapters

    B
    14 Nov 2009 | 10:59 am
    Hello, fellow HT-ers! Matt asked me to whip up a post filling in everybody on all the latest juicy gossip on our end, so here goes! I will start out with Matt’s joyous news – Wednesday, October 28th, at 9:25 AM Scotland time (2:25 AM PST), Matt’s daughter was born via Cesarean section. Her [...]

  • Coming In From The Cold

    Dan M
    12 Nov 2009 | 9:07 am
    I came to the realization that, for all of my experience as a nomad, I have no idea how long it really takes to recover from a bad stint outside. Physical recovery is fairly easy...a few good meals, a hot shower, some rest...but what of the mental recovery? Homelessness is stress, period. More so if you're like me and can't help but try to be six moves ahead of the game, and can see the pitfalls and slippery slopes that, while you may not fall down them, are still there and need to be considered. Even worse if you've come in from the cold X times before only to get the boot again.
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  • Witch Hunts

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:59 am
    Psychotherapist Jayme Peta posted a thought-provoking piece on her blog recently that compares the marginalization of the LGBTQ community to witch hunts. One technique of this marginalization are the so-called "Hell Houses." She quotes Irene Monroe, who writes, "Hell houses are today’s contemporary form of witch-hunting. Created in the late 1970’s by fundamentalist pastor Rev. Jerry Falwell, hell houses are religious alternatives to traditional haunted houses. They are tours given by evangelical churches across the country design to scare people away from sin. And one of those sins is…

  • Sex, Queer Theology and the Homeless (or how I get off about getting off)

    18 Nov 2009 | 6:34 pm
    When I talk about love and street communities, the response is often to question whether it’s “responsible” for the homeless to engage in such relationships, as if needing to give and receive affection were a bizarre luxury. Admittedly, my friends, in other respects warm allies with the homeless, will sometimes snicker darkly when they learn that two residents are engaged in a sexual relationship, or were, will talk reproachfully and patronizingly about the risks involved, the instability. This is rationalized through the deployment of compassion for the person's situation, but I…

  • Why disPlacement?

    14 Nov 2009 | 3:57 pm
    Because the post-modern American experience of homelessness reflects a unique history of cultural rootlessness in this country. Identity and privilege are now determined by one's placement, the depth of one's roots in the dominant community. Within this context, homelessness has become a potent social violence, a collective punishment that serves both as a method and consequence of marginalization. Who loses? The chronically ill, physically or mentally so, the poor, people of color, the queer community, veterans- all are to varying degrees outliers severely undercut by greater systemic…

  • More on Why Health Care Reform Could Cut Homelessness

    13 Nov 2009 | 6:23 pm
    Nan Roman, President of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, weighed in on health care reform in the Huffington Post It's not always easy to see, but homelessness and health care have a clear -- and cyclical -- relationship: poor health can lead to homelessness, and homelessness can aggravate poor health. And both can be a burden on our health care system. Many people become homeless due to a lack of health care. Untreated illnesses can lead to disability and job loss -- and unemployment remains one of the leading causes of homelessness. It's worth noting here that the leading cause of…

  • News: UN Rep Schools the US on Homelessness

    12 Nov 2009 | 11:31 pm
    From the London GuardianA United Nations special investigator who was blocked from visiting the US by the Bush administration has accused the American government of pouring billions of dollars into rescuing banks and big business while treating as "invisible" a deepening homeless crisis.Raquel Rolnik, the UN special rapporteur for the right to adequate housing, who has just completed a seven-city tour of America, said it was shameful that a country as wealthy as the US was not spending more money on lifting its citizens out of homelessness and substandard, overcrowded housing."The housing…
 
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    Portland Rescue Mission

  • Listen to KXL and KUPL "GIVE HOPE" Radiothons

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:01 pm
    Help KXL 750 AM and KUPL 98.7 FM feed and care for hurting and homeless men, women and children right here in Portland.Tune in to our GIVE HOPE radiothons! KXL 750 AM - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 205:00 AM - 9:00 AMhttp://www.PortlandRescueMission.org/KXLKUPL 98.7 FM - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 245:00 AM - Midnighthttp://www.PortlandRescueMission.org/KUPLYou'll hear inspiring stories of hope from men and women right here in Portland whose lives have been changed by your compassionate gifts.Tune in and help us make a brighter holiday for hurting people in need.---------- WHAT YOU CAN DO:Share this post! Use the…

  • Watch KOIN Local 6 - and Give Hope!

    4 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    Help KOIN Local 6 and Portland Rescue Mission feed and care for hurting and homeless men, women and children right here in Portland.Tune in to our GIVE HOPE telethon! WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 44:00 PM - 5:00 PM, "Keep It Local" Broadcast7:30 PM - 8:00 PM, "GIVE HOPE" program featuring inspiring stories of courage from homeless men and womenTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 55:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Tune in throughout the day for telethon updates and the latest gifts available for your donationWe'll be "live tweeting" the event! Follow us on Twitter or visit our telethon webpage where you'll be able to:-- chime in with…

  • Christmas Wish List

    2 Nov 2009 | 10:32 am
    For most of the men, women and children in our residential recovery program, the holidays don't hold happy memories. Many do not have the finances to purchase Christmas gifts for the people they love.With your help, this Christmas will be different. They'll know someone remembers them and cares. You can help by providing a gift from our Christmas Wish List.1. To start shopping, log in or register. 2. Search for gift items for a man, woman, boy or girl. 3. Add items to your Shopping List. 4. Purchase items at a store. (New and unused items only, please.) 5. Mark each item with the Gift ID…

  • Do You Know These Three Types of Homeless People?

    16 Oct 2009 | 10:29 am
    Most of us think of homelessness as a man holding a cardboard sign on the street corner. But up to 50% of homeless men, women and children are really never seen.What do you know about these three categories of homeless people?PanhandlersStreet HomelessHidden HomelessLearn more now through this half-hour broadcast that aired October 12, 2009.Get the Google Audio Widget widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Not seeing a widget? (More info)Click here for mp3 audio download (24 MB).

  • 100 Coats -- Just In Time

    14 Oct 2009 | 9:32 am
    A generous donation from Alsco, American Industrial last week provides 100 coats and sleeping bags for hurting people in need of warmth. The donation comes just in time as cold, rainy weather begins in Portland."We know there are many hurting people in Portland right now," says, Bill Edwards, Service Manager at Alsco, "We’re donating these sleeping bags and jackets in hopes of keeping our fellow citizens a little warmer this winter.""Life on the streets is difficult already, the near-freezing temperatures each night will take a heavy toll on the health of homeless men and women," says Eric…
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    Stone Soup Station

  • Meet A New Board Member with the Nashville Coalition for the Homeless

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:33 am
    Didn't want to say anything until I knew it was official but I was recently contacted by my dear friend and colleague Janet Rosenberg, a top-notch paralegal over at Legal Aid here in Nashville, and invited to serve as a  board member for the Nashville Coalition for the Homeless. At the Coalition/GAPS meeting yesterday, Scott Orman made the announcements and I was tickled pink, not to mention being both humbled and honored; I am so thrilled to be serving in this capacity and I'll most certainly serve the folks on the street to the best of my ability. I have tremendous respect for the…

  • DONATIONS NEEDED: Help Bury a Nashville Icon

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:59 am
    As many of you now know, Velvet Thunder (Elringo De'Angelino) passed away on November 16th.  I have been trying to get him cremated in order to scatter his ashes along 2nd Avenue and during the Homeless Walk, but legally I may not be able to, since I'm not a direct family member. I still would like to make sure we can get him at the very least a headstone for his grave so I have set up the ELRINGO DE'ANGELINO MEMORIAL FUND at Bank of America Any contribution you can make to this will be greatly appreciated.  He was an amazing man who deserves better than a pauper's burial after…

  • homeless man's death may be connected to another attack eight months ago

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:48 am
    Are we hearing this correctly; do we have a homeless serial killer in the making here?  Just great.  As if folks on the street didn't have enough to worry about.... Police Think Homeless Attacks RelatedEdward Matthews Killed In Same Area Another Man Shot In MarchPOSTED: 4:37 pm CST November 19, 2009UPDATED: 5:17 pm CST November 19, 2009 NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Metro police think a homeless man's death may be connected to another attack eight months ago. Earlier this month, someone shot and killed Edward Matthews, 46, as he slept on a bench at Church Street and 5th Avenue in downtown…

  • "Eventually, officials hope the pilot project can help them do a better job of providing inmates with services like drug treatment, anger management and job placement"

    18 Nov 2009 | 4:44 am
    The impact of incarceration has always been a significant issue for me; I'm pleased to see that Nashville may have some role in changing the way we currently assist those who've done their time and now want a new chance. I'm going to see if I can speak w Jeff Blum on this further; I'll definitely post some of that conversation should I be fortunate enough to spend some time with him.... Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 Nashville selected for jail to community study TRAVIS LOLLER, Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE — For the next two years, national consultants will be looking closely at how Davidson…

  • Huntsville Tent City Doing Something Right

    17 Nov 2009 | 4:30 am
    While down in Huntsville Alabama working on their 3rd annual Operation Stand Down, I did some outreach at a local homeless camp and was really impressed with the way in which the community had set this up.  Simplistic, easily implemented, doable just about anywhere, and controlled very well, Huntsville's approach is one we ought to really consider here in Nashville. In a nutshell, potential residents to the camp must first check in with the agency First Stop.  There they will obtain an ID and can then request a campsite.  The agency provides the new resident with a tent if they…
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  • Do1Thing Young Faces of Homelessness Exhibit Debuts at Photo Expo Plus in New York City

    More than 27,000 people viewed the "Do1Thing Young Faces of Homeless" photographic exhibit this past weekend at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. Curated by Debra Weiss, the show was sponsored by Canon Professional Images and printed by Lieberman Photographic Labs. Our sincere thanks to everyone who everyone ...

  • Debra Weiss Curates Do1Thing Gallery Show at PhotoPlus Expo 2009 in NYC

    Do1Thing is proud to announce that Creative Consultant Debra Weiss is curating the Do1Thing "Young Faces of Homelessness" Gallery Show at PhotoPlus Expo 2009 in NYC October 22-24, 2009. Debra has been an agent for some of the top names in the business, a consultant for Black Book and did a ...

  • ‘Lulu’s Story’ a Powerful Look at Teenage Homelessness – Photography by Alex Daley-Clark

    We've all heard the phrase "putting a face on homelessness" countless times. The idea is simple: provide some flesh and blood to let the rest of us grasp the larger problems of poverty. It would be so easy to dismiss it as another tired cliche if it weren't powerfully truthful. Consider ...

  • Do1Thing Featured in the Portland Press Herald

    We've all heard the phrase "putting a face on homelessness" countless times. The idea is a simple one: show some flesh and blood to allow the rest of us to grasp the larger problems of poverty. It'd be so easy to dismiss as another tired cliche if it weren't powerfully truthful. ...

  • Join Us in MAINE for a Do1Thing Gallery Event

    Do1Thing is proud to announce an evening at The SALT Institute for Documentary Studies showcasing the "Young Faces of Homelessness" photographic exhibit. We'd love for everyone in the are to join us for the event. Meet Founder Najlah Feanny Hicks and Do1Thing Director of Photography Alexandra Daley-Clark along with homeless teen Lulu ...
 
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    Car Camper Homeless Blog

  • Dr. Z

    The Car Camper
    9 Nov 2009 | 5:45 am
    Assuring me that her last name is unpronounceable, Dr. Z is part of the team of Doctors working on my case. She is a podiatry intern and a very lovely person.  

  • Back to the Present

    The Car Camper
    3 Nov 2009 | 7:37 pm
    I’ve been going through the notes I keep - a sort of Journal - to create the next installment of my “History of My Homelessness” series, the next part of which is more complex as it crams a lot os things into a relatively short span of time. However, before I could get it done: BANG! I am now the unhappy patient in the same hospital here in Florida where I was treated for having Necrotizing Fasciitis or The Flesh Eating Bacteria in 2003. Talk about déjà vu. So, this time I have an ulcer on both feet. The one I was treated for the last time I was hospitalize is…

  • The History of My Homelessness, Part 3

    The Car Camper
    14 Oct 2009 | 3:49 pm
    So now begins my true homelessness, prior to this I’d been couch surfing, a term which means just what it sounds like, going from one friend’s home to another, living on their couch or spare bed, etc. To say the least, I was nervous. Scared nearly out of my wits is more like it.   I headed down to St. Vincent De Paul, a shelter I knew about and hoped was still there. I’d learned about it back in the early 90’s, 91, I think when I’d returned to the US from Mexico after having had my pocket picked. Id been in central Mexico for several months visiting friends…

  • The History Of My Homelessness, Part Two

    The Car Camper
    12 Oct 2009 | 9:26 am
    Having Arrived in San Diego and staying with a friend for the first few days, I took advantage of the time to look for places to work and live. By work in this case, aI meant places with tables, chairs, coffee and wifi. The obvious first choice was to find some Starbucks. I found one near where I was staying, and in there, I had some trouble since Starbucks only allows a couple of hours per session. This would not work for me. Directly across from this location though, I saw another coffee shop. Now Starbucks does this, locates across from a successful coffee shop in order to steal their…

  • Downtown Hollywood FL

    The Car Camper
    9 Oct 2009 | 5:54 pm
    Here is a video of a location in Downtown Hollywood, FL. Over the next weeks, I will be shooting a lot of images and videos myself from this location, in the meantime, enjoy this one for a quick look at the area i’m in.  
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  • UN investigator accuses US of shameful neglect of homeless

    Jacqueline Dowd
    13 Nov 2009 | 6:52 am
    A United Nations special investigator has accused the American government of pouring billions of dollars into rescuing banks and big business while treating as "invisible" a deepening homeless crisis.Raquel Rolnik, the UN special rapporteur for the right to adequate housing, who has just completed a seven-city tour of America, said it was shameful that a country as wealthy as the US was not spending more money on lifting its citizens out of homelessness and substandard, overcrowded housing.Read the Guardian report here.

  • Why a church is banned from feeding the needy

    Jacqueline Dowd
    10 Nov 2009 | 12:31 pm
    The kitchen is closed at a Phoenix church that fed the homeless.CrossRoads United Methodist Church lost an appeal over a city ordinance that bans charity dining halls in residential neighborhoods.The hearing officer, retired Arizona Supreme Court Justice Robert Corcoran, ruled that feeding the homeless at a place of worship can be banned by city ordinance. The decision affects all Phoenix churches with underlying residential zoning and is effective immediately.City officials maintained that CrossRoads violated Phoenix zoning code by feeding the poor and homeless on its property, a use that…

  • Vote for the 13th juror!

    Jacqueline Dowd
    10 Nov 2009 | 11:30 am

  • Do laws against camping in public spaces amount to cruel and unusual punishment?

    Jacqueline Dowd
    9 Nov 2009 | 3:42 pm
    Seven homeless Boise residents are suing the city and the police department, saying that rules against camping in public spaces amount to cruel and unusual punishment in a city where shelters are overflowing.The lawsuit, filed in federal court, echoes similar cases popping up around the nation, all targeting rules that advocates say amount to the criminalization of homelessness.On any given night, the suit contends, between 2,000 and 4,500 people are homeless in Idaho's capital city, and only about 700 of them will be able to get a bed or a mat on the floor in one of the area's shelters. The…

  • Court ruling "basically knocks our legal arguments out right underneath us"

    Jacqueline Dowd
    8 Nov 2009 | 6:13 am
    Johnny Lee Smith holds a sign asking for donations as he stands on the side of a road in Medford, Oregon.The city of Medford, Oregon, has backed away from appealing a court decision that found the city's panhandling law unconstitutional. But the city's police chief told council members a new proposal to control begging is in the works."The 9th Circuit Court made a ruling that basically knocks our legal arguments out right underneath us," said City Attorney Lori Cooper.The federal appeals court ruled the city of Seattle violated the free speech rights of a street performer named Michael James…
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  • light and sound.

    frenchpress
    30 Dec 2012 | 11:00 pm
    This blog is in 2 distinct parts:Older Posts:©2007-2008 Tasha FrenchAll of the black & white images are scans of full-frame gelatin darkroom prints and were mostly shot with a 35mm Nikon FE2 SLR*.Square images were shot with a medium-format Hasselblad c/m.At the top of many of these posts, you will see a link to a selected audio clip of the interview with that person. The average recorded interview length is about an hour. The clips on this blog are from about 2.5 to 5.5 minutes. Audio recorded with a Marantz PMD660 Digital Flash Media Recorder using an AKG C-900 Cardioid Condenser Mic.Newer…

  • Keysha & Mary

    frenchpress
    19 Aug 2009 | 10:30 am
    _TAF9939.jpg, originally uploaded by frenchpress.

  • Nathan

    frenchpress
    19 Aug 2009 | 10:11 am
    _TAF9754.jpg, originally uploaded by frenchpress.

  • Carl

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    16 Aug 2009 | 12:28 pm
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  • Johnny

    frenchpress
    16 Aug 2009 | 12:24 pm
    _TAF9577.jpg, originally uploaded by frenchpress.
 
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  • New Chapters

    ~B~
    14 Nov 2009 | 11:31 am
    I posted this update over at Homeless Tales, Matt’s site, and wanted to repost here to fill everybody in on what’s been going on with the two of us (to make up for my somewhat vague update a couple of posts ago). * * * * * I will start out with Matt’s joyous news – Wednesday, [...]

  • In Which Bri Hightails It Butt Nekkid Down the Street

    ~B~
    11 Nov 2009 | 3:01 am
    Ha!  Bet you are just sitting at your computer rubbing your hands in glee, having waited 8 months for THAT headline to one of my blog posts. Natural disasters seem to be something of a recurring theme in my life the past week or so.  There was the flooding in Huntly, Matt’s town (oh, by the [...]

  • Flooding in Huntly, Scotland (Matt’s Town)

    ~B~
    2 Nov 2009 | 5:26 pm
    I’ve been mildly irked because I hadn’t heard from Matt in a couple of days… the rural town in Scotland he lives in (Huntly) has very crappy internet connection (as the internet company told him over the phone, “We don’t put masts up for cows!”) so often his internet will go down for several hours [...]

  • Life-Altering Stuff

    ~B~
    29 Oct 2009 | 7:16 pm
    Hi all!  Quickie update  :) Life-altering things have happened this week.  I need to check and find out what and how much I’m allowed to say, but looks as though I’m on the brink of exiting homelessness for good, so keep your fingers crossed for me! Other than that, keeping on keeping on.  Matt’s still in Scotland, [...]

  • Letters From Readers Looking To Help Homeless People

    ~B~
    12 Oct 2009 | 2:08 pm
    I have escaped work for my lunch hour and have found sanctuary in a local Long Beach Starbucks.  Nestled into a corner with my lunch and some coffee, I wanted to make sure I got a post out there about two fantastic readers who would like to help other homeless individuals in need.  So, if [...]
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  • Sarasota’s Homeless May Soon Enjoy The Opera Season

    michael
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:28 am
    In 1697, Poet/Playwright William Congreve wrote the tragic-drama, The Mourning Bride. That work produced a number of, now well known, quotes. Among them: "Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak." It’s probably not likely that Kelly Kirschner, a city commissioner in Sarasota, Florida, had that quote in mind when [...]

  • Homelessness And The Fury Of Mother Nature

    michael
    16 Nov 2009 | 5:33 am
    The Atlantic seaboard was pummeled by Tropical Storm Ida for three days during the latter part of last week. Ida brought with her heavy rains and highs winds (which at times measured in excess of 70 mph) that left behind a swath of devastation – including 6 deaths across 3 states. In Virginia, several barges, which were [...]

  • The Homeless Are People All Year ‘Round

    michael
    12 Nov 2009 | 5:23 am
    This is an "interesting" time of year for me where this blog is concerned. Halloween is behind us. Thanksgiving is just around the corner. And Christmas is not too far behind. It’s also the time of year when I seem to get quite a bit of "extra" email in my inbox.   Those extra emails I receive come from [...]

  • Sometimes Saying “Sorry” Just Doesn’t Cut It

    michael
    7 Nov 2009 | 5:20 am
    One of the realities that every homeless person faces is a potential encounter with local law enforcement. There are numerous reasons why these types of encounters occur. And, to be sure, there are those homeless who do bring it upon themselves. Then there are those times when these "run-ins" with the law happen because local law enforcement [...]

  • Anyone Can Make A Difference

    michael
    3 Nov 2009 | 4:18 am
    I read quite a number of news articles and blog posts about homelessness from all around the nation each week. Then, whenever a homeless advocacy group releases a report or study, I end up reading those as well. Most of the time, there isn’t a great deal of it which is positive. A local government is passing [...]
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