The Homeless Activist
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The Homeless Activist
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Author : Sage Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Houseless Movement
Release Date : 2021-09-28
The Homeless Activist written by Sage Lewis and has been published by Houseless Movement this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-28 with Social Science categories.
American homelessness is a humanitarian disaster. And we just let it happen. This book is a how-to guide for the people of America to end homelessness TODAY. Bureaucrats, homeless service providers, churches, and politicians are incapable and unwilling to do the work they should be doing. WE THE PEOPLE MUST DO THE WORK. This is the manual on becoming a homeless activist and ending homelessness in the richest, most Christian country in the world. All proceeds of this book go to the Houseless Movement, an organization dedicated to sheltering homeless people in whatever way our homeless brothers and sisters need or want to be sheltered immediately.
Inequality Poverty And Neoliberal Governance
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Author : Vincent Lyon-Callo
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2008-07-01
Inequality Poverty And Neoliberal Governance written by Vincent Lyon-Callo and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-01 with Social Science categories.
"This is a terrific book. Lyon-Callo's descriptions shatter stereotypes about homeless people and focus instead on the dysfunction of the system that allegedly serves them." - Susan Greenbaum, University of South Florida
Dying For A Home
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Author : Cathy Crowe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Dying For A Home written by Cathy Crowe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Cathy Crowe always wanted to be a nurse but she never planned to be a Street Nurse, a title she continues to use to evoke the horror of homelessness. Here she brings readers the voices of ten homeless activists advocating for change. These are brave, charismatic, intelligent and determined individuals, many of whom have lived on the street for over a decade. Crowe's experience has taught her that the only thing homeless people have in common is being forced to live in conditions of poverty. It is her first-hand experience with the disgrace of homelessness that turned her into a housing advocate. * With an expansive section on practical solutions for homelessness.
Inequality Poverty And Neoliberal Governance
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Author : Vincent Lyon-Callo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Inequality Poverty And Neoliberal Governance written by Vincent Lyon-Callo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Equality categories.
""This is a terrific book. Lyon-Callo's descriptions shatter stereotypes about homeless people and focus instead on the dysfunction of the system that allegedly serves them.""--Susan Greenbaum, University of South Florida.
On Becoming And Being A Homeless Youth Activist
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Author : Edward Ameen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
On Becoming And Being A Homeless Youth Activist written by Edward Ameen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
Despite decades of interventions to address the immediate needs of homeless youth, America still suffers with youth homelessness. This study suggests that real solutions have come, and will continue to come, from individuals using collective action to redistribute sociopolitical power and resources. The study aimed to understand (1) why people become activists on behalf of this population, and (2) what qualities and characteristics allow them to remain in this work despite its challenges. A review of the literature uncovered more than twenty situational and developmental factors for activists of numerous causes but none examined homeless youth activists and very few integrated factors from multiple disciplines. Some factors spoke to the essence of 'being' an activist whereas others spoke to developmental processes of 'becoming' one. I used a critical qualitative orientation (Carspecken, 1996) blending phenomenology and grounded theory to explore the development and prolonged engagement of collective action in 13 adult participants (six males, seven females, with a combined experience of over 175 years of collective action). Six participants held advocacy or policy positions and seven held administrative roles in organizations that served youth. Participants were recruited by snowball sampling methods and completed surveys of activism identity, commitment and behavior, as well as semi-structured individual interviews touching on themes identified in the literature. The data revealed that homeless youth activists tend to identify themselves more as advocates and describe their work as advocacy instead of activism. Moreover, participants described five developmental categories containing 20 factors and two situational categories containing ten factors which supported and expanded the extant literature. On "becoming" advocates, participants (1) received foundations of community involvement, (2) experienced privilege or marginalization, (3) started careers foreshadowing homeless youth advocacy, (4) chose to advocate for homeless youth in their careers, and (5) possessed self and world-view promoting advocacy. On "being" advocates, participants (6) felt validated and supported in their roles, and (7) possessed or articulated necessary qualities of being an enduring advocate. This study provides an illustrated application of various factors at work on individuals sharing similar passion and commitment for homeless youth. It demonstrates a bidirectional relationship between individual actors and the micro, meso, and macro sites they inhabit. It is one of the first syntheses of a set of broad and diverse factors and one of only a few critical examinations of privilege and marginalization in participants who address privilege and marginalization in others. Implications for theory, research, training, and the researcher-participant are discussed.
Each One Teach One
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Author : Ronald Casanova
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Each One Teach One written by Ronald Casanova and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Casanova, vice president of the National Union of the Homeless, editor of the Union of the Homeless National News, and former director of the Kansas City Union for the Homeless, tells the story of his struggle out of poverty and drug addiction to find purpose in his life. He paints a portrait of the characters found at the fringes of society, and chronicles pivotal events in the homeless movement. No index. For general readers. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Book Of The Homeless
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Author : Tammy Nguyen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
The Book Of The Homeless written by Tammy Nguyen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Artists' books categories.
Leaving The Bridge Passing The Shelters
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Author : Karim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Leaving The Bridge Passing The Shelters written by Karim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Homeless persons categories.
By definition, homelessness refers to general understanding of people without a home or a roof over their heads. As consequences of a number of factors, homelessness has become a serious problem especially in cities throughout the United States. Homeless people are usually most visible on the streets and in settings like shelters due to the fact that their presences and activities in public spaces are considered illegal or at least "unwanted" by city officials and by members of the public. In response to this issue, activists throughout the country have worked tiresly on behalf of homeless people to demand policy changes, an effort that resulted in the passage of the homeless bill of rights in three states, namely Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Illinois. As I discovered through my fieldwork, in Indiana, the homeless, themselves, are currently lobbying for passage of a similar measure. Locating my fieldwork on homelessness in Indianapolis in two sites, the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library (the Central Library) and the IUPUI Library, I examine the use of library buildings as alternative temporary shelters and spaces where the homeless can organize for political change. As an Indonesian ethnographer, I utilized an ethnographic approach, which helped me to reveal "Western values" and "American culture" as they play out in the context of homelessness. In this thesis, I show that there is a multi-sited configuration made up of issues, agents, institutions, and policy processes that converge in the context of the use of library buildings by the homeless. Finally, I conclude that public libraries and university libraries as well can play a more important role beyond their original functions by undertaking tangible actions, efforts, engagements, and interventions to act as allies to the homeless, who are among their most steadfast constituencies. By utilizing public university library facilities, the homeless are also finding their voices to call for justice, for better treatment, and for policies that can help ameliorate the hardship and disadvantages of homelessness.
A Knapsack Full Of Dreams
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Author : Cathy Crowe
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2019-06-26
A Knapsack Full Of Dreams written by Cathy Crowe and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"My nurse hands once did more useful things. They immunized the fat, healthy thighs of infants, they carefully measured cardiac drugs to administer to young heart patients, they bathed both the elderly lady after her surgery and the 24-year-old Italian-Canadian woman after her death. My hands once mixed linseed poultices, rubbed twenty backs a night before darkness fell and, by flashlight, checked intravenous drips, catheters, and other tubing. They made hot milk in the middle of the night and then, later at home, soothed a child with too-frequent earaches. These are good uses for hands. Now they carry a black bag into streets, alleyways, and ravines. The bandages I carry no longer cover the wounds of my patients. My vitamins will not prevent the white plague of tuberculosis from taking another victim. The granola bars I carry cannot begin to feed the hunger I meet. I cannot even help someone achieve one peaceful night of safety and sleep. Only roofs will do that. And I am not a carpenter." There is no right to shelter or housing in Canada. Over the past three decades, a series of federal governments cut funding for social programs and eliminated our national housing program, leaving hundreds of thousands of people victim to the tsunami of homelessness that was declared a national disaster twenty years ago. No one knows this reality better than Cathy Crowe, who witnessed the explosion of homelessness across Canada while working as a Street Nurse. This fallout was accompanied by great suffering, inhumane shelter conditions, new disease outbreaks, and clusters of homeless deaths. It is a reality that spans across the entire country. In A Knapsack Full of Dreams, Cathy Crowe details her lifelong commitment as a nurse and social justice activist—particularly her thirty years as a Street Nurse—with passion, grace, and fortitude. Presented through the lens of someone dedicated to the power and beauty of film, A Knapsack Full of Dreams will move you, then inspire you to act.
House Keys Not Handcuffs
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Author : Paul Boden
language : en
Publisher: Freedom Voices Publications
Release Date : 2015
House Keys Not Handcuffs written by Paul Boden and has been published by Freedom Voices Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Community development categories.
House Keys Not Handcuffs is a reflection on over 30 years of homeless organizing in San Francisco. It is an attempt to sort out what went well and what did not as a community begins to organize in order to hold public and private institutions accountable. Its purpose is not only to distill the lessons we have learned, but to encourage others to document and reflect on their own experiences in the hope that we can collectively contribute to a stronger, more broadly-based movement. The book draws from the insights of Paul Boden, whose own experiences on the street as an activist, and as a co-founder of the Coalition on Homelessness and later, the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP), give him a unique and wide perspective. It is a voice for people who have no power or privilege except for their capacity to organize and demand social justice. Additional essays by friends and longtime allies, Art Hazelwood and Bob Prentice, round out the book. It also includes 67 images created by printmakers, painters, muralists, cartoonists and photographers giving a history of the art made in the struggle. Homelessness is a visible manifestation of a society that is lacking in justice. We offer House Keys Not Handcuffs in the hope that it will help re-invigorate a social justice movement in this country that respects all of us as human beings and ensures that all people have a right to exist and a place to live as basic human rights.