tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51257152593443904222009-12-07T15:32:32.046-06:00There is more to homeless people<br>than being homeless.Kevin Barbieuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121446900326481noreply@blogger.comBlogger565125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125715259344390422.post-8036195461728557462009-12-06T11:49:00.005-06:002009-12-06T13:36:27.964-06:00

Sure, I did write about this recently, but the subject is important, and more needs to be said about it, and often. Homeless people have many needs, but most importantly, they need a true friend. By true friend I mean someone who will stick by them no matter what. The stress of becoming homeless, and the stress of being homeless can cause a person to do some odd or extreme things, which will

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It has been an activity of homeless advocates for years, especially of the political activist type, to cajole people into listening to the homeless and their stories of life on the streets. They do so with the belief that in giving homeless people the opportunity to voice their experiences, that the public will become better educated about street life, and that policy makers will make better

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To End Homelessness, first we have to stop thinking of "homeless" as a category of people, or category of an ailment that afflicts people. Homelessness is only a symptom of several different ailments, many of which have nothing in common, except for the state of homelessness of the one inflicted.

Kevin Barbieuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121446900326481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125715259344390422.post-39180100850738894882009-12-02T07:43:00.003-06:002009-12-06T13:34:55.212-06:00

This is a list of material possessions homeless people need to survive. Sure, there are many things that homeless people need that have nothing to do with material possessions, but I'll write about that another time.I will mention this, though. Sure, giving away your hand-me-downs is easy. These things you were not using or were going to throw away anyways can be used by homeless people. But

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Ending homelessness is easier than you might think. And it is a simple thing to do. So, you may ask, why don't we do it, why don't we end homelessness? Well, the answer is just as simple. The reason we don't end homelessness in the U.S.A. is due to a lack of political will.People judge the homeless as not being worthy of help, plain and simple.In Nashville Tennessee, they have a program where

Kevin Barbieuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121446900326481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125715259344390422.post-59888331990364681462009-12-02T01:50:00.006-06:002009-12-02T06:35:41.866-06:00

(Sure, many of my posts are really exercises in fleshing out ideas I've been kicking around for some time. And so they may seem a bit unfocused, or rambling. Please remember that I am mostly self taught. I imagine that if I were to receive a real education that my work here would seem more coherent.)When dealing with a subject like homelessness, people attempt to make their observations about

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I guess that depends on what you consider to be "a lot." According to most estimates Nashville's homeless population size is average for the country.I determined this on very circumstantial information considering that it is very difficult to count the homeless population, and all counting of homeless people has been inaccurate to a degree.There are many homeless people who do not want to be

Kevin Barbieuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05864121446900326481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125715259344390422.post-73725890314125149262009-11-30T14:53:00.003-06:002009-12-02T14:56:53.525-06:00

Homelessness is only a symptom of other problems. So it doesn't do any good to attack homelessness without attacking the problems that lead to homelessness. But for the most part, that's all society does. Every homeless person, regardless of why they are homeless, are corralled into the same overcrowded place.Imagine if we did that with another common symptom. What if we put everyone together

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The Contributor, Nashville's homeless newspaper.The contributor is Nashville's one and only newspaper concerning homelessness in Nashville Tn. The Contributor is not some left wing propaganda rag, bent on manipulating your emotions towards sympathy for the plight of the homeless. Within the paper you will find a wide range of articles from many different perspectives, including some you might

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The beginning of video blogging.

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Room In The Inn is a winter shelter program for the homeless in Nashville, created by Father Charlie Strobel.Each evening between November 1st and March 31st area churches collect about a dozen homeless people each, from the Room In The Inn campus, and take them to their places of worship. There, volunteers from the churches provide the homeless with a meal, a place to sleep, and transportation

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I first became homeless in February 1982.I have been in and out of homelessness ever since.I have had several separate episodes of homelessness, ranging in length of just a few months, to several years.In the past 27 years since first becoming homeless I have spent about half of that time, some 13 years, literally homeless.I have mental health issues of depression and social anxiety, with a

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Crime ReportsThe Key Alliance is the website for the Nashville Metro Homelessness Commission. This commission, created by the Mayor of Nashville, is charged with ending chronic homelessness in Nashville Tennessee. They are working towards that goal by creating alternatives to homeless care that are not currently being implemented, but have been proven effective in other cities. The best

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Finding permanent housing for Los Angeles County's homeless population rather than allowing them to continue living on the streets could save taxpayer money, according to a study released today by the United Way of Greater Los Angeles.The four-year study followed four homeless people while they lived on the streets and later as they found stable housing. Researchers concluded that taxpayers could

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NOTE: There has been a correction to the time and date of this event.The Metropolitan Homelessness Commission in Nashville will once again host Project Homeless Connect. This event will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. December 9, at The Municipal Auditorium.Project Homeless Connect brings together a comprehensive array of services for the homeless at one convenient location. Homeless people

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He is dirty, smelly, and intoxicated. And though no one openly acknowledges his presence, he makes it known with his incessant requests for money. It is a scenario that plays out on an endless loop in cities all across America. Yet most people have no idea how to respond.As a self-proclaimed advocate, I field a lot of questions about homelessness. More than any other subject, people want to

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The autumnal equinox has passed. Days are now shorter, nights are colder, and fall leaves are turning their wonderful seasonal colors. Soon the holidays will be upon us. With our heads full of plans for these coming celebrations, it would be easy for us to forget the more mundane tasks of preparing for winter. Though we would like to put them off, now really is the best time to winterize our

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The Contributor is Nashville homeless/street newspaper. It has the duel purpose of apprising its readers about homelessness, and it provides self improvement opportunities, financially and otherwise, for the homeless. Homeless and formerly homeless people work as vendors making 75 cents per copy they sell. Not only do homeless people sell the paper, they also help to write the paper. you can

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"This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels to see what the national weather service of the national oceanographic and atmospheric administration

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No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick.

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I just finished the training seminar, and will now be selling the homeless newspaper, The Contributor, in Nashville. Whenever you see me ask for a copy. They are only 1 dollar per issue. Thanks.

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She blew into my life like a hurricane. She shook me up like an earthquake. My life as I knew it was destroyed, and I loved her for it. But for all their magnitude, earthquakes and hurricanes don't last very long. The land becomes still again. The wind subsides. And I find myself alone. I try to convince myself that it was for the best. As much good as she did for me, we had vastly

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Mark Horvath, author of hardlynormal.com and the creator of invisiblepeople.tv, a website documenting his tour of homelessness across the country, was in town today. And after a lunch meet up with Nathan Baker of clickhomeless.com, and Tasha French of the homeless newspaper The Contributor, I took Mark on a tour of tent city in Nashville, where he interviewed a couple homeless folks.

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