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

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