Thursday, December 25, 2008

MERRY CHRISTMAS ! CINDI LAUPER - TRUE COLORS

 
Christmas is a hard time for many Homeless. Although this time of the year many people donate to Homeless Charities so that people can have a meal, there are still many who will go hungry tonight and do not have the basics of food, shelter, and clothing. In many places in the United States it will be cold and the day will be just one more spent looking for somewhere to keep warm. Some of us are also reminded of the rejection we have endured from our family and so called friends.

Whatever your circumstances, remember that YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL !

We HOMELESS ACTIVISTS send our love.


Here's Cyndi Lauper singing TRUE COLORS



UPDATE : CYNDI has the TRUE COLORS FOUNDATION and in speaking to Congress has admitted that she lived in youth hostels and shelters. 

https://truecolorsfund.org/   Link UPDATED APRIL 2016

Friday, December 5, 2008

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW to go to INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS

Lots to read with reports from around the United States....

STATUE OF LIBERTY FOUNDATION and FAMOUS POETRY

Click on the title above to get to the poem and website or read it below!

The New Colossus

By Emma Lazarus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,us
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

By The Way... We would like your OPINION of the SHELTERS WHERE YOU STAY

We'll be posting a lot of links over time. WE DO NOT NECESSARILY RECOMMEND ANY SHELTER OR OTHER CHARITY HERE. We would like your HONEST OPINION!

ARE YOU TREATED AS A HUMAN BEING?
ARE SOCIAL WORKERS TOO BURNED OUT TO SHOW EMPATHY OR CARE?
ARE YOU BEING PREACHED AT?

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

THANKSGIVING LA FAMILY HOUSING - GIVES OUT EVICTION NOTICES !

We've picked up our first ugly rumor! Please verify!

It seems that a caseworker for Los Angeles Family Housing actually drove to the shelter in North Hollywood, California, with a stack of eviction notices ON THANKSGIVING DAY, his day off, letting up to 30 homeless know that they had to be out on December first, the reasoning being that THE COLD WEATHER SHELTER in SYLMAR opens December first!

While some of these people know they have broken Rules, word has it that the new director John Horn and upper management are behind making RULES that are ARBITRARY AND RIDICULOUS in order to clear the house, which has a wait list of over 400 people... Further, we hear that the past director who had more heart, Jerome Nilson, is now at some branch of PATH...

Monday, December 1, 2008

THIS BLOG ACCEPTS COMMENTARY !

You can use Open ID, your Google blogger access, or post annonymously. We do get a copy of your message to approve before it shows on the Internet. While we support free expression we do want to keep the content of this blog free of cussing (OK we know you cuss when you're mad!) Also if we have reason to believe that someone is using the commentary to target an individual for harrassement we're not going to post that. But for now, we just want you to feel free to say Hello or Whatever!

Here's some information on OPEN ID from Yahoo

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/edit/open_id/

Sunday, November 30, 2008

S.I. SHELTER - ATLANTA - SHEARITH ISRAEL

Click on the link above to get to a woman's shelter in Atlanta, Georgia, sponsored by Shearith Israel, and don't forget to give us a full report if they take you in!

Saturday, November 29, 2008

CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT - LA - RUNAWAY TEENS

Click on the title above to get the information you need if you are a teenage runaway. Children of the Night is respected because they help rescue you from prositution! THIS ORGANIZATION HELPS BOTH MALES AND FEMALES! (I know you don't want to be called boys and girls!)

Thursday, November 27, 2008

HAVE THE BEST THANKSGIVING YOU CAN !

Ah Thanksgiving! Maybe you and your family are having a FREE DINNER at a Charity somewhere... Maybe you'll be panhandling in front of the 7/11 for a hotdog... Wherever you are, we hope you have food, that you aren't going hungry today or any day of the year.

LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE FOODBANK OR FEED!

Friday, November 21, 2008

HOMELESS BLOGGERS AT THE LIBRARIES IN THE UNITED STATES

We all know that finding a place to sit, relax, use the bathroom, wash, drink water, and just be is difficult when you are on the street or sleeping at a cold weather shelter.

MANY HOMELESS HAVE COMPUTER SKILLS AND USE PUBLIC COMPUTERS TO ACCESS e-mail AND OTHERWISE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD, blogging and reading the news.

PLEASE CHECK IN WITH US IF YOU ARE HOMELESS AND READING THIS FROM A PUBLIC ACCESS COMPUTER! PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT CITY YOU ARE IN!

THANKYOU

HOMELESS ACTIVISTS

TAKE OUR SURVEY SOON!

Monday, November 17, 2008

JON BON JOVI QUOTE

From November 17, 2008 PEOPLE MAGAZINE...

(Homelessness) isn't a disease. It's something we - the collective we - can really take hold of and make a difference." - Jon Bon Jovi

FOUNDER OF PHILADELPHIA SOUL FOUNDATION

HOMELESS POETS CAFE LINK

HOMELESS and a POET? NEED TO EXPRESS YOURSELF? Here's the Link to HOMELESS POETS CAFE ! Click on the title above!

Friday, November 14, 2008

Founding of this Blog EXPOSE HOMELESSNESS

This is a blog founded in the United States of America on a day when the economic news has been bad. Recently in the press, car sales down 32 %, unemployment at its highest in 14 years, Wall Street and the Banks need trillion dollar bail outs, and homes are being forclosed on by the thousands every month, in just about every city!

No doubt this economic trend has increased the numbers of newly homeless people, people who never thought it could happen to them.

This blog is intended to exercize the FREE SPEECH granted us as Citizens of the United States of America. We are citizens, even if we are often the ones that are least respected - America's Untouchables!

All rights are reserved here, but the opinions belong to you and you only!

Onward and Upward,
Homeless Activists

http://www.exposehomelessness.blogspot.com/

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