Today is the day for me to recognize people on television shows. This afternoon it is Taja on the “The Seventh Dwarf” episode of Pit boss. Taja and her friend were caring for a Pit Bull and Dalmatian which were kept tied to a parking meter on skid row. Are pets a good idea on […]
Read More Pit Boss on Skid RowSinger, resident of Skid Row, and I saw her on The Bold and the Beautiful on CBS. I was writing about the show on my Facebook when Darlene Altemeier Dobbs (my friend, a painter, and also resident of skid Row) mentioned to look for Linda.) This is Jackie and Linda from after The United Way […]
Read More Meet Linda HarrisYou may have heard that it costs more to have a person live on the streets than it does to house them. It’s a weird concept and for a moment you feel like someone is pulling your leg or doing Reaganomics. I mean, you know how much it costs to be housed. Rent+utilities+gardener+repairmen = a whole […]
Read More $ Being homeless is expensive. Really.One day a year all the people and agencies that provide housing, food, clothing, shelter, flu shots, basic health care information and referrals to these services are all in one building and you are invited to meet and greet the people who work for every type of service available to you- in your area. That […]
Read More What is Project Homeless Connect ?Anacapa: The @PATHAchieve outreach and intake team at Pasadena Homeless Connect Day! http://plixi.com/p/51636159
Read More Advocacy in Actionspend my free time reading articles on Homelessness, Poverty, Urban Blight and Client Advocacy. It is my hobby – and I am not ashamed. I did feel a little bad whan Jackie was 11 years old and told me she had seen more crack pipes than anyone else she knew, and asked why I worked with […]
Read More Yes, I really do #fb@hardlynormal @wearevisible @urm @epath Is it really possible for advocates to have the best interest of the poor in mind when we go home to beds and they go to shelters and boxes?
Read More Are Advocates for the Poor Really Poverty Pimps?I found this article about the Federal recognition of Homeless Memorial Day and it annoyed me. As an Angry Republican, I see what he means on the service – but even a basic understanding of how a person can become and stay homeless without outside intervention would clue you in that the author is the […]
Read More Really? Can you HATE Homeless Memorial Day?@giveyoursole, @hardlynormal, @hanes Basic Wound care is simple. Keep it clean and dry and don’t touch it until it heals. Great. But what if you don’t have access to showers and toilets or bandages, or someone to help you clean and bandage the wound? What if you are homeless and forced to spend all day […]
Read More Wound Care for Homeless PatientsWhen I come to the office . As soon as I let her play with my phone: she calmed down.
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