JOIN THE DISCUSSION NOW ?
THE BLOGGERS POSTED THUS FAR, on their site as linked to above, ARE ALL "EXPERTS" but we want to know if any of them have ever experienced homelessness themselves?
Or are they all educated suited up types who look at us a statistics, "Professi0nally Concerned" for the poor?
BOMBARD THEIR SITE NOW AND SPEAK YOUR PIECE!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
HOMELESS NOT TOOTHLESS ORG
Dr. Jay Grossman addresses the needs for dental care in Los Angeles area, with A SMILE FOR EVERY CHILD campaign.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
DO YOU FAKE BUS PASSES SO YOU CAN AFFORD TO TRAVEL ?
Using a fake bus pass is stealing but many homeless find no other way to afford traveling on buses in their communities.
Some homeless fake mental illness to qualify for the lowest discount "Disabled" bus pass.
Some homeless fake mental illness to qualify for the lowest discount "Disabled" bus pass.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
SOVA COMMUNITY FOOD AND RESOURCE PROGRAM
818-988-7682 is the number to call if you are a HAVE instead of a HAVE NOT.
One in 8 people in LA worry about having enough to eat. One dollar donated buys $5 worth of food. This is a Jewish Organization.
Call also to find out how to get the food you need.
One in 8 people in LA worry about having enough to eat. One dollar donated buys $5 worth of food. This is a Jewish Organization.
Call also to find out how to get the food you need.
HOMELESS ACTION NETWORK OF DETROIT
Detroit is added to our list of cold American cities with some sort of plan for the homeless. Don't let us freeze to death while you're all planning!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
DENVERS ROAD HOME - 10 YEAR HOMELESS PLAN
As the weather turns to rain and cold in Southern California, we hear the weather forcasts for colder - much colder - parts of the country. Here's a link to Denver's 10 year homeless plan. 60 percent of the homeless in Denver are FAMILIES!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
LEFT TO THEMSELVES
In the September 11-17, 2009 edition of the LA Weekly, the still free newspaper, author Daniel Heimpel writes LEFT TO THEMSELVES (Nobody can undo the damage to kids like John, raised from infancy by foster-care profiteers) a story about what happens to kids in the foster care system who are freed from it at 18, and become homeless.
LINK TO THE STORY ABOVE...
Contact the writer at s@dheimpel.com
LINK TO THE STORY ABOVE...
Contact the writer at s@dheimpel.com
ELTON JOHN SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT
The meaning of these lyrics have been debated, but let them lay on you they will.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
ACLU OPEN FORUM Vol. 85 No.3 REPORTS VICTORY AGAINST CITY OF SANTA MONICA
"This summer the ACLU of Southern California continued its effort to end the criminalization of chronically homeless people with a lawsuit in July against the city of Santa Monica. The lawsuit came on the heels of a similar lawsuit against Santa Barbara and a victory in a third lawsuit against Laguna Beach. All three suits target city policies of harassing, citing, and arresting chronically homeless people with mental and physical disabilities, while failing to provide any reasonable alternative to sleeping on the streets....
"It's not only illegal but callous and inhumane for any city to have its police officers cite, arrest and harass mentally ill or physically disabled homeless persons,.... said ACLU/SC Legal Director Mark Rosenbaum...
LINK ABOVE TO ACLU of Southern California
"It's not only illegal but callous and inhumane for any city to have its police officers cite, arrest and harass mentally ill or physically disabled homeless persons,.... said ACLU/SC Legal Director Mark Rosenbaum...
LINK ABOVE TO ACLU of Southern California
Monday, October 5, 2009
2.5 MILLION HOMELESS IN INDIA TODAY AFTER FLOODING
2.5 million newly homeless in India due to another natural disaster. 5 million in government shelters.
And in America, a lot of people - Christian people - think a natural disaster is God ridding the earth of the unwanted - a punishment for evil doing or being a member of a wrong relition.
So many of American homeless can only say a prayer to our Indian brothers and sisters.
And in America, a lot of people - Christian people - think a natural disaster is God ridding the earth of the unwanted - a punishment for evil doing or being a member of a wrong relition.
So many of American homeless can only say a prayer to our Indian brothers and sisters.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Rumors of General Relief Increases For Nothing
Rumors fly around the homeless community and most of them seem to come to nothing.
Recently a rumor that a well known homeless man in the park had died while waiting in the emergency room at a local hospital made the rounds. Most of us believed it, especially when someone surfaced who said the police had called her and she had gone to the morgue to identify the body. Still there is one special friend to this man who outright refuses to believe he is dead, even though the weeks pass and he has not shown up at their usual meeting spot.
The LOYALTY!
However, there seems to be no merit in the wild rumors going around that the amount of General Relief will rise to $300 or $500 next month. No one has received an announcement that this is true from General Relief itself and that is what they do, send you a letter, telling you your benefits are over, starting, cut, increased, or decreased.
We think the confusion may be with a grant that started a couple years ago for people in the GROW program who are presently housed. The amount was enough to help someone pay a friend for the privilege of staying a a small room or on the sofa, using the shower and so on.
Recently a rumor that a well known homeless man in the park had died while waiting in the emergency room at a local hospital made the rounds. Most of us believed it, especially when someone surfaced who said the police had called her and she had gone to the morgue to identify the body. Still there is one special friend to this man who outright refuses to believe he is dead, even though the weeks pass and he has not shown up at their usual meeting spot.
The LOYALTY!
However, there seems to be no merit in the wild rumors going around that the amount of General Relief will rise to $300 or $500 next month. No one has received an announcement that this is true from General Relief itself and that is what they do, send you a letter, telling you your benefits are over, starting, cut, increased, or decreased.
We think the confusion may be with a grant that started a couple years ago for people in the GROW program who are presently housed. The amount was enough to help someone pay a friend for the privilege of staying a a small room or on the sofa, using the shower and so on.
Friday, October 2, 2009
LEO BUSCAGLIA QUOTE
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
Leo Buscaglia
Leo Buscaglia
Thursday, October 1, 2009
NATIONAL COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS VOTING RIGHTS HERE
Click on the title above to get to a site that is all about preserving your right to vote, though you have no permanent address.
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