America’s Next Top Model – Homeless?

Liz – eliminated this week from ANTM- was a pregnant teen in a homeless shelter. Read her interview with “Entertainment Tonight” here: http://www.etonline.com/tv/102550_America_s_Next_Top_Model_s_Liz_I_Was_Inaccurately_Portrayed/

Bill 18-1059 DC Homeless Bill sucks

It is snowing and cold and you have nowhere to go. You have lost your I.D. and all you want is a warm place to sleep. Well, don’t try this in Washington DC if 18-1059 passes. Only those who can prove they were residents before becoming homeless will be allowed into shelters. (so, run back […]

A Cry for Help in Florida #fb

Okay, This child is on the verge of homelessness and needs you. I have found the most depressing web site in the world – but it exemplifies all that I know about the people who are trying to avoid and survive homelessness. The literacy Skills, Relationship Issues, and overall need are very indicative of what I […]

Living at a Shelter is Driving me crazy

An account by a client: “We are in shelter that moves us to a new church each week. Right now there are four families and we have to be up and showered and out the door by 7 o’clock every morning. I am so tired because I have been up since 4 this morning. The […]

Homeless as Portrayed in the movies

I can’t find any movie character that resembles the homeless I see every day. I need help with this list because I usually avoid movies where anyone is homeless – I am missing the , The Fisher King, and what else….? Title: City Lights (1931, Playhouse). * Character: Little Tramp Charlie Chaplin sacrifices life and limb to help […]

Why reading to homeless kids is a Must Do

Only 1/3rd of Homeless Children read at their grade level. – I meet with their parents every day – Reading is a skill easily lost in the family and needed for financial success “Who is homeless: The National Center on Family Homelessness released a report that estimates one in every 50 American children was homeless between […]

What Color is a Homeless Person. Reality vs Perception

We were crowded around a computer in the corner of a transitional housing apartment building on Wednesday Night searching for pictures of homeless people. Everyone with me had been homeless in the past 10 years. 2 of them were African American, one Hispanic and two were Caucasian. I was making my point that the typical […]

Bradley Bell “His Mama Raised Him Right”

That is the best thing someone can say about a person. It is especially telling when someone who sees you on a regular basis shares this opinion with strangers. Last week I heard this about Bradley Bell. To be honest, this one character reference was the reason I gave a second thought to CBS showing […]

Should Kids Know About Skid Row?

#fb when should I tell this new baby about the living conditions of some of Mommy’s friends

As seen on TV: CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful

Look for Linda Harris as story goes to The Union Rescue Mission Oct 28 + 29 @BandB_CBS #fb @urm,