On September 13th the Los Angeles Unified School District will start the 2010 – 2011 School Year. At least one student in every school will be homeless. In some schools, it is more like 2 or more homeless students per grade. How can these kids – living in shelters, shuffling between family and friends – keep up with […]
Read More School on WheelsGregory Taylor was released from jail after he had been convicted on the Three Strikes law upon stealing food from a church that often sheltered him. He was hungry and homeless, not acting as a hard-core criminal. Read more about him and the Stanford Law students who worked his case ♥♥ http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20013856-504083.html
Read More Third strike for stealing food?A man in a brown van has kidnaped and raped two homeless women in Los Angeles. He threw one in a trash bin when he was done with her. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/12/rapist-kidnapping-homeless-women-las-skid-row/
Read More Crime against Homeless Women@hardlynormal Don’t be surprised if you start to see little bits of yourself in their lives. That’s the point.
Read More On the road HOME, meet the Homeless in AmericaHave you heard about Rap therapy? This is the advert from Craigslist.com Rap Therapy has created massive buzz. In the past year, it has been shown in reports on Fox, UPN, led to meetings with Sony, MTV, CBS, ABC, BET, and several others. Both DMX and Chuck D were in talks to be a part […]
Read More Hip Hop Rap Therapy for the Homeless in LAWere you ready to pay for housing and pay your bills? Did you have a job? Did you know how to apply for a job? The day you graduated from highschool, where did you sleep that night? If you needed a family member to talk to – did you have one? Hundreds of California’s emancipated […]
Read More The day you turned 18, were you ready?I know some really fantastic parents who are homeless. I meet their children, get graduation announcements and copies of report cards and have the chance to see Mom or Dad in action in my office. these children are happy, healthy, and well-adjusted and aware so varying degrees that they are homeless. And, I see awful, […]
Read More Homeless or Bad ParentingAHF just scheaduled a walk three weeks before the longstanding AIDs Project LA walk. This is the second time that AHF, a multi-million dollar charity has ursurped the social calendar of charity walks. They recently pulled this in Florida. Pollitically, it is likely that charitable donations will get a smaller tax break in the future […]
Read More AIDs walks collide?for their “Sox for Socks” drive. The socks will be distributed to the homeless in the area. Why is this a good thing? When a person becomes homeless they often have lost their health insurance as well, and shoes wear out without being replaced with quality foot wear. 20% of all physical illness treatments in […]
Read More The Red Sox Want White Sockstreatment for substance abuse and mental health issues. Previously the Veterans could be referred to a hospital for 10 days or subsidized housing – however the core issues of their homelessness were not being addressed. Read more ♥♥http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2010/7/13/va-to-open-treatment-facility-for-homeless-veterans-in-san-diego.aspx
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