EUGENE OREGAN HOMELESS LINKS

Eugene Oregon is the home of a university, and we hear there are many students who become homeless when their intention was to go to college.

This is not just EUGENE but because many students cannot afford the cost of housing around universities WHERE LANDLORDS (often home owners) ARE NOTORIOUS FOR STICKING IT TO STUDENTS!

Above is a list of shelters in EUGENE.

NEW HOMELESS BLOG - NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS

Link to this new blog for us!

PAPILIONDAE

THE CLASSES OF HOMELESSNESS! HOW HOMELESS ARE YOU?

THESE ARE THE CLASSES/ CASTES OF HOMELESSNESS! UNTOUCHABILITY !

WHERE ARE YOU ON THIS CHECKLIST?

YOU ARE LIVING WITH FRIENDS TEMPORARILY.

MAYBE ON THE FLOOR OR SOFA.

(YOU ARE NOT WITH YOUR FAMILY and YOUR NAME DOES NOT APPEAR ON ANY LEASE, RENTAL AGREEMENT, or MORTGAGE!)

YOU HAVE A MAILING ADDRESS !

YOU HAVE RESOURCES FOR PERSONAL CARE (showers) and OWN and CAN HANG UP SOME CLOTHING FOR INTERVIEWS.

or

YOU ARE LIVING IN A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE THAT HAS RUNNING WATER AND TOILET IN A CAMPGROUND or LEGAL PARKING AREA WITH HOOK UPS but

YOU HAVE NO OTHER DWELLING THAT IS HOME.

YOU HAVE A MAILING ADDRESS at a POSTAL BOX

opened BEFORE YOU BECAME HOMELESS!

or

YOU ARE LIVING IN A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE THAT DOES NOT HAVE RUNNING WATER or TOILET ON A STREET or OTHER AREA THAT does NOT have HOOK UPS and YOU HAVE NO OTHER DWELLING THAT IS HOME.

YOU PROBABLY ARE ABLE TO URINATE IN A CONTAINER INSIDE. YOU USE STORES or LIBRARY TOILETS TO MOVE YOUR BOWELS!

YOU MAY HAVE A GYM MEMBERSHIP IN ORDER TO SHOWER.

or

YOU LIVE IN A VEHICLE SUCH AS A CAR OR SUV.

IF YOU ARE MALE YOU MAY BE ABLE TO URINATE IN A BOTTLE. IF YOU ARE FEMALE YOU ARE IN MORE TROUBLE WHEN IT COMES TO USING THE TOILET, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET YOUR PERIOD. YOU SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE INDOORS in COFFEE SHOPS, LIBRARIES, GYMS, MALLS.

or

YOU ARE IN A SLEEPING BAG IN AN ENCAMPMENT OF HOMELESS.

YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PICK UP SOME MAIL AT GENERAL RELIEF. YOU MAY HAVE EBT or DISABILITY PAYMENTS and A BANK ACCOUNT. YOU MAY CAN (RECYCLE) for SPARE MONEY. YOUR SLEEP IS DISTURBED. YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF CRIME. YOU MAY or MAY NOT HAVE A DRUG OR ALCOHOL PROBLEM. YOU MAY COMMIT CRIME. IF YOU ARE A WOMAN YOU MAY HAVE A MAN WHO PROTECTS YOU or USES YOU TO PROSTITUTE.

or

YOU ARE STREET HOMELESS.

THIS MEANS THAT YOU ARE PROBABLY WALKING ALL NIGHT or SLEEPING BEHIND A DUMPSTER or OTHER AREA YOU THINK IS SAFE FOR THE NIGHT.

YOUR PERSONAL POSSESSIONS ARE WHAT YOU CAN CARRY, or PUSH IN A SHOPPING CART. YOU MAY FIND YOUR POSSESSIONS ARE STOLEN.

YOU MAY BE HARASSED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

YOU LIKELY DO HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS (DEPRESSION, PSYCHOTIC BREAKS, etc.) WHICH IS OR ISN'T TREATED. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE YOU HAVE LOST TEETH.

or

YOU ONCE LIVED ON A SOFA, ON A BEACH, IN A PARKING GARAGE, IN A CAR, IN AN RV, IN THE PARK, or IN THE STREET but NOW

YOU HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN BY a CHARITY, a SHELTER.

YOU MAY BE IN A NIGHT SHELTER. These are usually seasonal, also called "cold weather," where YOU SLEEP ON A COT YOU SET UP AND TAKE DOWN EVERY DAY and YOU GET ONE MEAL A DAY, a meal that MAYBE A CHURCH DONATES and SERVES.

YOU MAY BE IN A YEAR ROUND PROGRAM and ACTUALLY SLEEP ON A BED, THOUGH YOU HAVE A LOT OF ROOMMATES.

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ARE ANY OF THESE HOMELESS YOU?

STATISTICS - 1 MILLION AMERICANS ARE HOMELESS 30% are FAMILIES

Christine Cadena is reporting... click on the title and link to this EYE OPENING article about who is homeless..... 17 percent are SINGLE WOMEN.

"To be homeless in the United States, you may hold a job as nearly 20 percent of the homeless do. However, due to the costs and financial requirements for renting apartments and housing, as a homeless individual, you simply can not afford to live elsewhere."

ALCOHOLICS ANNONYMOUS - NATIONAL DIRECTORY LINK

Are you one of those many people WHO CANNOT HAVE EVEN ONE DRINK... because you are Alcoholic? If Alcohol is what took you down, it's time to self assess and present yourself to the closest AA meeting... Above is the information link for WORLD WIDE AA.

and here is the LINK to FIND an AA MEETING !
FIND A MEETING


P.S. DID YOU KNOW THAT AA is the BIGGEST BUSINESS NETWORKING group ever! That's what we are told so... i.e. clean up and GET A JOB!

HAVE YOU LOST YOUR BANK ACCOUNT BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO REAL ADDRESS?

HAVE YOU LOST YOUR BANK ACCOUNT BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO REAL ADDRESS?

SLO HOMELESS BLOG LINK HERE!

Another great blog by a homeless man.... We're so encouraged to see more homeless blogging! Great links on this one too!

AMPLE HARVEST FOOD BANK LISTS

Backyard gardeners who have MORE are sharing with the poor.

YOU CAN DONATE PRODUCE. HELP END HUNGER. OR HELP PEOPLE EAT BETTER!


YOU CAN ALSO LIST YOUR FOOD PANTRY HERE! OVER 1500 are listed! NEW LINK INSTALLED JANUARY 2011

"An estimated 100 billion pounds of food, enough to totally eliminate hunger, is thrown away annually in the United States."

STEREOTYPES OF THE HOMELESS (e-mailed to us and reprinted here!)

"The stereotype that holds the most about homeless people is that there is a lot of mental illness, physical illness, and/or drug use among us. I have to agree.

When I lost my job and my apartment and had to go to a cold weather shelter, I was in a state of shock. Eventually I got into a Transitional living place but the conditions are terrible. I can't get used to the other people living there, many who are mentally ill. My health continues to get worse because of stress. If I had a car, I think I would do better living in it."

"Randy Andy" - Orange County, California

ALANIS MORISSETTE PERFECT

WERE YOU USING FOOD BANKS BEFORE YOU BECAME HOMELESS

Were you using Foodbanks to suppliment your Foodstamps or other funds for food before you became homeless?

A Beautiful Blog By and For Homeless People !

Are you surprised to get to a blog by and for homeless people and see that it's PRETTY? When we planned this blog (actually we were thinking more in terms of a good old fashioned Underground Newspaper) we knew we wanted to portray the the transient but ever changing life of a homeless individual. Yes we do believe many of us will make it out of homelessness!

LA HUNGER SEDER 2010 at VALLEY BETH SHALOM

This is a benefit at $18 a plate for those of you who have it... so that those of us who don't can be fed. The event is announced in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, and there will be a live webcast at www.JEWISHJOURNAL.com.

EVENT DATE is MARCH 24th, 2010 at 7 PM. Benefits SOVA Food program.

"LA IS THE HUNGER CAPITAL OF THE US, what would it take to feed everyone?

e-mail lahungerseder@gmail.com

VALLEY BETH SHALOM is at
15730 Ventura Blvd. Encino, California 91436

"Arny" reported that though he has gotten housing through the Section 8 housing program while a resident at Los Angeles Family Housing, he has long used SOVA as a food resource when he cannot afford to buy enough of his own.

EAGLES HEART OF THE MATTER

DO YOU USE E-MAIL TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HOMELESS

WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HOMELESS?

DO YOU LIE ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE TO THEM ?

EUGENE OREGON has HOMELESS NEWS PAPER

Link now to the news article about this new Homeless Owned and Operated Newspaper!

"Now, Eugene has its very own 'street paper' called the Oregon Vagabond. Financed by volunteers, the first issue came out just this week (January 4, 2010) The writers, photographers and the vendors of the Vagabond are from the homeless community."

Great Going EUGENE OREGON!

SANTA MONICA COUNT SHOWS DROP IN HOMELESS

"The 2010 homeless count, conducted Jan. 27, indicated that 742 people were homeless: 264 living on the streets, 423 in shelters or institutions and 55 in cars or encampments."


Martha Groves in Santa Monica for the LA Times LINK TO FULL ARTICLE HERE

CADILLAC MAN'S BOOK : LAND OF THER LOST SOULS

Mark Jacobson writes about CADILLAC MAN, who has his book LAND OF THE LOST SOULS, out, and we read it! He is now living half in and half out with his girlfriend Carol.

"The journey takes about 25 minutes, from the apartment Cadillac now shares with his girlfriend, Carol, to the last stop on the N in Astoria, where he lived under the 33rd Street viaduct of the Hell Gate Bridge until recently. It was under the viaduct that the Cadillac Man, who got his unbeatable street name after being hit by three different Cadillacs in the mid-nineties, wrote his book, Land of the Lost Souls, which will be published this month by Bloomsbury."

OUR OPINION is that the scenes that Cadillac Man chooses to write about are probably some of the more important and telling events of his homelessness, and they are familiar to us!

WE WISH CADILLAC MAN and CAROL the best... and it goes to show... you can find love on the streets!

SO! ELLE ACTUALLY HIRED A "HOMELESS" WOMAN!

Link to this August article about ELLE fashion magazine and the fuss that they hired a homeloess woman writer....

"My name is Bri and I’m 24 years old. I learned on August 24 that I had been offered an internship with E. Jean Carroll, advice columnist at ELLE magazine and all-around kick-ass woman. This was simultaneously surprising, exhilarating, and terrifying, as I have been homeless and living in a beat-up old trailer for the past six months. My screaming, bouncing, and erratic flailing awoke my sleeping boyfriend in a panic. He was sure that something terrible had happened. In the previous two weeks, I had lost my employment, again, (I was laid off from my full-time job in July 2008 and have vacillated between temporary assignments and unemployment since then), my trailer had been towed with all my belongings inside of it (I’m currently living in a beat-up, non-running RV on a dusty back lot in Riverside, and my trailer is still in the impound yard where the storage fee is increasing $80 per day), and soon after my car had broken down. I poured the small cushion of accrued savings that was meant to help me re-stabilize into fixing the car. We were in dire straits and had drained our last financial resources. What else could possibly go wrong?" Brianna Karp

OK HERE IS OUR RESPONSE TO ALL THE Fuss !

A. PLENTY MORE CAN GO WRONG. Many of us went from car to street.
We are happy that Brianna got a job.
Brianna is young and hopefully homelessness was just a glitch and she will not spend the rest of her life being labled "homeless."
She was of the UPPER CLASS OF HOMELESSNESS living in a trailer or RV.

VALENTINES DAY can be LONELY for HOMELESS SINGLES

We want to wish all you homeless readers a decent Valentine's Day... We know... at some cold weather shelters you may be given a little heart shaped chocolate... something...

Homelessness is tough and it's especially tough when you're new at it and haven't made any street friends, or shelter friends, and you've been abandoned by family, old friends, your ex-husband or wife. 

What comes first? Abandonment or being on the street?

This winter has been really hard on people. Blizzards covering Washington and snow heading further South than it has in years. Keep warm. Stay indoors when you can peaceably.

FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT on POVERTY HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS 1937

FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT on POVERTY Inaugural Address

I see one third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, and ill nourished." Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Inaugural Address, 20 January 1937

JOHNNY RIVERS - POSITIVELY 4th STREET

It's Valentine's Day and for many homeless a day of mourning. This song, written by Bob Dylan, and also recorded here by Johnny Rivers, has lyrics that a lot of us have felt like saying to people who have abandoned us when we lost everything.

BOMBYCES

LOS ANGELES FAMILY HOUSING

WHY NOT ASK HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED AT LAFH if your donations will really be well spent? This is an advertisement. It is meant to solicit funds from you? We are currently based in Southern California and we hear complaints about LAFH's shelter on the streets.