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people experiencing homelessness

"It's not just homeless people, drug addicts or alcoholics...These are people out trying to do the best they can, and it's just

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Posted on June 23, 2008 - 8:17am at Stone Soup Station
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More proof that people experiencing homelessness should not be stigmatized, ostracized, marginalized, silenced and forgotten....
Pantries not just for homeless anymore 'Working poor' seek assistance

BY JOHN A. TORRES • FLORIDA TODAY • June 22, 2008

"We were absolutely staggered by the amount of tissue loss in the subjects with schizophrenia compared to controls."

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Posted on June 15, 2008 - 10:58am at Stone Soup Station
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One of mental health's "biggie" for some people experiencing homelessness, Schizophrenia is an illness most folks know little or nothing about and as such, have tremendous difficulty understanding why it is that some homeless do not act in what we may perceive to be their own best interests.

Contributor Art-Luck A Hit At Downtown Pres

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Posted on June 8, 2008 - 10:46am at Stone Soup Station
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I braved the gauntlet of country and western fans to travel downtown last night in order to attend the Contributor's first (and hopefully annual) Art-Luck, held at the historic Downtown Presbyterian Church.

"It's June and that means its time for the second-annual Home Run for the Homeless."

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Posted on June 7, 2008 - 8:48am at Stone Soup Station
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Everywhere I look I see cities doing great things for their own people experiencing homelessness.

"Berggruen began to lose the interest in acquiring material values. Real estate, cars, works of art, jewels.. have become a burd

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Posted on June 5, 2008 - 6:36am at Stone Soup Station
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Every homeless person should be so fortunate. But one thing this article does provide is a glimpse into the thinking of some of the folks I meet on the street who don't much care for the trappings - and related worries - associated with having money.

"Homeless with a laptop gives you tremendous access to the outside world,"

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Posted on May 30, 2008 - 7:16am at Stone Soup Station
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Anyone who would "invest" anything beyond a few keystrokes when dealing online with peeps met in chatrooms or through personal websites is just asking to be ripped off, and it doesn't matter whether the person is "homeless" or not.

"In many ways, Vermont (and every other state in the nation) is already paying to house and care for its homeless."

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Posted on May 29, 2008 - 7:11am at Stone Soup Station
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We're paying now and we're paying through the nose - all of us. There are many far more cost effective ways of paying for homelessness that actually results in reducing the number of people experiencing homelessness, to boot.

"Homelessness is too complex to criminalize. It goes beyond a simple lack of affordable housing and jobs that pay a living wage.

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Posted on May 25, 2008 - 8:19am at Stone Soup Station
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In a nation where approximately three quarters of Americans consider themselves Christians, it is exceptionally difficult for me to reconcile the fact that we have such a huge homeless problem.

"The child reported the attack to an adult female guardian and pointed out his assailant..."

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Posted on May 24, 2008 - 10:33am at Stone Soup Station
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Well isn't this just dandy.

Thanks so much, Mr. Sowell.

"...some cities have reported big reductions in panhandlers and an overall public awareness about the benefits of giving to prov

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Posted on May 14, 2008 - 10:12am at Stone Soup Station
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It's misleading, not to mention somewhat of an insult to the intelligence and effort of those who have worked diligently to increase public awareness about people experiencing homelessness and the issue of panhandling to state, as does Denver's Jamie Van Leeuwen, that "

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