EXPOSE HOMELESSNESS BLOGSPOT - OUR GOALS - SIX YEARS AFTER OUR FIRST POST

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE HOMELESS TO SURVIVE WITH DIGNITY INTACT.

WE WANT THE HOMELESS TO KNOW THEY ARE NOT TOTALLY ALONE.

WE WANT THE HOMELESS TO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE MANY PROVIDERS OF SERVICES OUT THERE.  (It's difficult to navigate but not impossible.)

WE WANT THE HOMELESS TO KNOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTIES OF POVERTY AND ISOLATION.

WE WANT THE "OTHERING" OF HOMELESS by SOCIETY TO END.

WE WANT TO GIVE READERS A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMS OF HOMELESSNESS FROM THE HOMELESS PROSPECTIVE.

STREET QUESTION - WHAT IS YOUR GOAL FOR 2015?

Jennifer - "I want a new boyfriend.  A good man."

Amanda - "I want to visit my mother back east.  She's been ill."

Bennie - "I want to upgrade to a better van."

Penny - "To get my kids back."

Rose - "I'd like to find a decent job.  It's been a long time."

Phil -  "I'm waiting on a shelter.  If I get in, I'm going to go from there.  Get a job.  A place."

Henry - "Soon as I get the gas money, I'm heading north."