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GENESIS INFUSED- THE FUTURE OF HAPPY HOUR!
By: Country Clubs
Tags: Cbd, Genesis, Cannabis, Happy Hour, Atlanta

GENESIS INFUSED- THE FUTURE OF HAPPY HOUR!

In an age where the benefits of CBD are becoming more and more accepted, there are many companies that are trying their hand at incorporating CBD into their products. Pure Genesis LLC, however, has taken things a step further and is revolutionizing the industry completely with something that has never been seen before-a CBD wine cooler! This New Jersey based company is led by Faye Coleman.

Faye is a strategic leader who thrives in challenging situations, including complex negotiations, international business and acquisitions, new business process implementation, and workforce sustainability. Before launching Pure Genesis, LLC, Faye began her agile career successfully serving in diverse leadership capacities with Kraft General Foods, Campbell Soup, and Vlasic Foods International. As a creative business partner and respected team builder, Faye successfully transitioned into retail leadership with the Home Depot, Target, and CVS Pharmacy where she led significant market teams to drive business excellence through global go-to-market strategies, supply chain optimization and customer engagement. Today Faye serves as a multi-state cannabis operator, educator and consultant offering safe, quality-driven, and efficacious products and services, with community first and business-centric engagement.

PG Fire (a subsidiary of Pure Genesis LLC) teamed up with Nicole Hardy and the 1925 Consulting team to bring this vision to life and create “GENESIS INFUSED”- the Future of Happy Hour!

Genesis Infused is the perfect blend of a crisp traditional wine cooler with the added benefits of CBD. These beverages are 100% THC free and contain no psychoactive ingredients; just pure relaxation! These lightly carbonated beverages come in 3 flavors:

Genesis Signature (50mg of CBD), Genesis Euphoria (30mg of CBD) and Genesis Elite (100mg of CBD). The flavor spectrum features something for everyone from the sweetest…Genesis Euphoria…to the boldest…Genesis Elite…to a unique “middle of the road” with Genesis Signature.

In case you’re wondering where and how you might be able to get your hands on a bottle of Genesis, here’s the plug…1925 Consulting has organized exclusive tasting events at the following locations:

12/11/20- Ft. Lauderdale, FL

12/18/20- Richmond, VA

Long Beach, CA- Miss New Booty LA (tasting available to clients only) @MissNewBootyLA

12/19/20- Dallas, TX- Celebrity Toy Drive hosted by Influencer/Actor- Antonio Diego (Invite Only Event) @antoniodiego_live

12/19/20- Atlanta, GA

There will be one thousand bottles available for tasting during this period. Should you be one of the persons to have the opportunity to experience Genesis during this pre-launch, consider yourself lucky! Everyone else will have to wait for the Genesis Infused Official Launch in February/March 2021. For more information on tasting events, pre-orders or how your restaurant/lounge can carry Genesis Infused, please visit www.GenesisInfused.com.
Let’s br Blunt with Montel
By: Montel Williams
Tags: USA, Cbd, Thc, Cannabis, Montel Williams

A cannabis lifestyle and interview show, “Let’s Be Blunt” explores the intersection of cannabis, activism, health, and wellness. Hosted by Montel Williams, the podcast works to bridge the gap between common cannabis knowledge and in-depth research, while also giving high-profile guests a chance to “be blunt” about their lives, what they’re passionate about, and what they believe in.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGyFAMo_k-0Q7Ui9DXCCmQ?view_as=subscriber
Cannabis Career Watch | New Hires and Promotions December 4, 2020
By: Mg Magazine
Tags: Promotion, Cannabis, Hiring, Careers, Cannabis Medical

Directorial and advisory board changes and additions:

Renee Merrifield stepped down from the board of directors at The Valens Company following her election as member of the Legislative Assembly of the Kelowna-Mission district of British Columbia. The vacant seat has yet to be filled.

Director Con Steers resigned from the board of directors at Canadian cannabis company Flora Growth Corp. Dr. Beverley Richardson and Luis Merchan, Flora’s president of consumer goods, replaced Steers on the board.

The shareholders of Canadian pharmaceutical company InMed Pharmaceuticals approved the election of all directorial nominees to hold office until the company’s next annual meeting in 2021.

Former Colombian Minister of Finance Juan Carlos Echeverry joined the board of directors at Khiron Life Sciences. Echeverry is a Colombian economist and a recognized advocate for medical cannabis as an economic catalyst for the region.

Artelo Biosciences, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of therapeutics targeting the endocannabinoid system, appointed drug discovery and development veteran Gregory R. Reyes, M.D., Ph.D. to its board of directors. Reyes brings to the company more than thirty-five years of experience in biotech and large pharma.
SEX AND CANNABIS
By: Canna Mates
Tags: Dating, Marijuana, Cannabis, Sex, Date

After 30 some years of using cannabis I can’t really say it’s been an aphrodisiac for me. I think depending on the high, sex can be more intense and role play may heighten those feelings. For others, it may simply depend on the amount of THC in the system. A small amount may calm and relax someone enough to open up and loosen their inhibitions, while the altered state of mind after more may also discourage focus.

It’s well known that many artists, musicians and video game players use cannabis to heighten their experience and creativity, so this could also add to creativity in your lovemaking.

So perhaps it’s by using with intention, and finding a good way to set the mood. Good music is a sure way, perhaps along with some food-play; strawberries and whip cream for example. It’s the best way to enjoy fruit and cream while totally satisfying your munchies!

Join us at Cannamates.com
Shelter for the homeless around me (Amal Mega Project)
By: Yahya Ahmed Saghar
Tags: Shelter, Humanity, Homeless, Pakistan, Amal

Pakistan is a third-world developing country that is going through so many problems. Some of the main problems are water scarcity; the lack of sustainable development projects; an increasingly unemployed youth population; the lack of focus on human development projects; a continuous reduction in the foreign exchange reserves; the increase in non-developmental expenditures and much more. It is so sad to say that we all just come up with problems, not solutions. As Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei says, “Identifying problems can be a solo sport, but finding solutions rarely is.”

Homeless people of Karachi

Children sleeping on the road

The problem that I came across is to help these people to at least have some space to rest at least. I have seen that they don’t have enough money to buy food for themselves but sometimes people provide the food when they pass by them. So what I observed is that the main problem is to provide them shelter.

Pakistan has 20 million homeless people. It is a really huge and difficult problem to solve but we can just try to help as many as we can. It is better to do something than nothing. Our honorable PM has already initiated a program for them named as Panah-Gah which they have launched in several parts of Pakistan. In this social cause, I think we can add value by helping people around us. You read right. The people around you, in this way we can help more and more people.

I really hope that I will be able to help them In Sha Allah. Even if I can provide it to even one person, I’ll be happy but I just need to start working for it. It was a good learning experience to know and understand what my community is going through. Due to the COVID situation, I was just able to look for people around my town. Doing something that will help them and at the same time will make them happy is what I want to have as an end product.
Thanks, Cocoa.
By: Bassey Elimian
Tags: Personal Growth, Life Lessons, Homeless, Life, Self

Thanks, Cocoa.

For sure, this is a hopeful story in the morning for me.

We all can do something to help one another. No condition is permanent — anyone can be without home at any time.

I enjoyed reading this as it reminds me of many faces in my local library. We live in the richest country in the planet.

I appreciate you and your work. Thanks again!
No fixed abode.
By: Joe Hanafin
Tags: Homelessness, Covid 19, Homeless, Life, London

In London there is a pandemic. No not COVID-19 but one that is to quote Jeff Beck’s Hi ho sliver lining “You’re everywhere and nowhere, baby”.

I am talking about homelessness. We see them 365 days 24/7. The person who has everything walks pass the person that has nothing. The people who live in: Doorways, alleyways and carboard boxes. Not for a laugh or a bet because that is all they have, that is there life.

In London we have had charities that help the homeless since the 1960s such as:

Shelter.

The Big Issue Foundation .

. Centrepoint .

. Depaul UK .

. St Mungo’s .

. The Salvation Army.

These are the biggest charities that opperate in the London area. All of them ask for donations in form of money. This is a great thing as that money should go towards helping the homeless or the less off. Or does it?

When you walk around London you will see all the “down and outs” sitting on the streets asking for money. The charities are there to help them get back on their two feet. However the more money the charities ask the more homeless people you see.

The shelters in london are few and far between. There is only room for about ten people and most of them are alcoholics or drug addicts, there is no free rooms for the homeless who have no money.

Last week I saw two homeless people outside Tesco I started talking to them about what their plans are for Christmas. Tony said him and friend has nowhere to go, there is a shelter that they can stay in but it cost £12.00 a week. So I gave Tony £20.00 so they can have a Merry Christmas together.

This is something the big charities that have been around since the 1960s should be doing not members of the public, they are the ones with the money, they are the ones with the shelters for the homeless yet they are still on the streets.

I hope one day you walk around London and there is no one on the streets.

Please give this story a “clap”.
New long-read story on Narratively tells the tale of “King Chaos, Queen Cricket and One Long, Strange Year in a Roadside Homeless Camp.”
By: Poor For A Minute
Tags: Politics, Life Lessons, Homeless, Life, Mental Health

Cricket and Chaos and their Allegro Bay R.V. Photo by Katherine Kimball.

Out today: A new long-form story about a group of people living in vehicles on the edge of the Portland airport. Here’s how Narratively summarizes it:

“At this lawless encampment of rickety RVs, residents face eviction, addiction and machete battles, but their self-made community is the only thing they have.”

The moment Cricket’s life flips upside down begins with a spark, and a gasoline generator. She is lying on her bed, playing with her cell phone in the 1991 Allegro Bay mobile home she shares with her boyfriend, Chaos. The lights go on. Then she hears him scream, “No! No! No!” She jumps up, looks outside and sees fire.

It’s 10:30 p.m. on October 18, 2020. The mercury has fallen, bringing new hardships for everybody living in Cricket’s community — three dozen rickety mobile homes perched along a busy arterial bordering the airport in Portland, Oregon.

“I’m coming, I’m getting water, I’m getting water!” Cricket yells as flames engulf the machine’s lidless gas tank, in an exterior compartment of the R.V. The couple has several vehicles that they park there, including another R.V., a GMC Yukon, a Ford F-150, a Toyota Camry and a Corolla, and a boat. “Let’s pull the generator out so we can save our home!”

She tries but can’t budge it. Chaos grabs the generator, and Cricket hurries to get out of the way. But, she recalls later, “I wasn’t fast enough and it splashed the burning gas all up on me.”

Things blur. After running for a moment, she stops, drops and rolls, then rips her pants off. Chaos pats out the flames. Someone pours water on her. In an effort to save the R.V. and their Chihuahua, Buddy, Chaos gets back in and drives away from the flaming pavement. The blazing generator, still attached, bounces alongside.

Again and again, Cricket screams, “I need to go to the hospital!” The pain is excruciating. “I was told I looked evil, like the devil,” she says.

Cricket and Chaos roar off in their Camry toward a hospital, but they miss a turn and skid up an embankment. “He backed it up off the hill, and then we realized the car was going donk-donk-donk,” Cricket recalls. They call 911. Finally — mercifully — an ambulance finds them. But the paramedics won’t let Chaos ride along.

Just like that, the pair are separated. Because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, he can’t visit her in the hospital. Except for a stint when Chaos was in jail, Cricket says, it’s the longest the two have been apart in their five years together.

It will trigger what she now calls the biggest change of her life. She never would have seen it coming six months earlier, when the pair arrived at the place residents simply call “33rd.”

Please head on over to Narratively.com to read the story and see Katherine Kimball’s amazing photographs.
Don’t Make Yourself at Home in Night City
By: B. M. Gonzalez
Tags: Features, Society, Videogames, Architecture, Homeless

Don’t Make Yourself at Home in Night City

Night City burns with brightly colored ads, blaring music, chrome finishes, and a constant buzzing of notifications. Check your map, every inch is lit up with icons that demand your attention. Check your phone, there is always an unread message and an offer on a vehicle. It’s easy to lose yourself in the stimulus surge, Night City proving there never is a dull moment.

Richard Night originally envisioned this city to be one “free from poverty, crime, and stifling regulations imposed by centralized governments,” but that city never came to be (CD Project Red, 2020). Despite the flashy neon lights, it’s a city in the deep stages of decay.

It’s common to return to your complex and find a live crime scene. Or to find a good portion of Night City’s population curled up in corners or sleeping on cardboard boxes. Trash is everywhere.Yet turn the corner and there is a posh bar glittering with well-dressed patrons, purposefully ignoring Night City’s wails with a glass of champagne.

As I crane my head, taking in the psychedelic display playing across Night City’s skyline, I turn the camera down and I notice the benches. They’re easy to miss, yet in plain sight. Benches covered with metal spikes or nubs.
Thank you Cocoa for feeling and doing something about the problem with homelessness.
By: William J Spirdione
Tags: Homeless, Poetry

Thank you Cocoa for feeling and doing something about the problem with homelessness. Great writing as always.
Introducing Gift Cards
Tags: Nonprofit Technology, Giving, Social Entrepreneurship, Homeless, Holidays

Introducing Gift Cards

Season’s greetings,

As we enter the holiday season, “we’re in for a hard winter” has stuck with me.

It’s always been a hard winter for unsheltered individuals.

Following the impact COVID-19 has had on homelessness this year, several more Samaritan Members in Seattle, OKC, and Orange County will sleep tonight without a home.

Now more than ever we feel a responsibility to make sure everyone has the means to get warm food, protection from the cold, safe places to sleep, and hope.

If hope is something you have this season, will you share it through a Samaritan gift card so that your friends and family can join you in investing in a Samaritan Member’s journey off the streets?

To Give a Gift Card

1. On the Samaritan website, select an amount and enter “GIFT CARD” in the Special Instructions textbox. 👇

2. Enter payment method and click Donate.

3. Your digital gift card (like the one below 👇) and instructions will be emailed to you so your loved ones can invest in a Samaritan Member’s journey off the streets!
Genius,
By: Bassey Elimian
Tags: Personal Growth, Self Improvement, Society, Homeless, Self

Genius,

Be kind — teachable moment indeed. No condition is permanent. Anyone can be homeless in NY.

Be a giver or mixer or taker. People assume homeless people use their money for drugs. And many of us waste our money on useless things we don’t need or care about.

Please share with homeless people if you can or leave them alone!

Thanks.
Credit Repair with Lanx Credit Solution
By: Todd Knight
Tags: Covid 19, Covid 19 Update, Money, Homeless

Ellie Jones told me about Lanx Credit Solution and how they helped her increase her Fico and improve her credit, at first it was difficult to believe but I had pressing credit concerns that I needed to clear up I had foreclosure, evictions, late payments and some debts. It was like my life was over because I could not do anything about it, she persuaded me and I had to let them handle it. This review is as a proof that they are really good at what they do. My credit score sits at 760, and the evictions, late payments, and foreclosure on my credit reports are gone, my debts were also cleared. I appreciate their job and I would like you to contact them on LANXCREDITSOLUTION@GMAIL.COM or (214) 888 9709. It really was worth it.
Homelessness in PA -
By: Pastor Matthew Best
Tags: Eviction, Homelessness, Christianity, Homeless, NPR

Laura Benshoff of Keystone Crossroads wrote a great article covering the challenge of homelessness, the coming tsunami of evictions, and more.

You can read the article at the link below or listen to the report that was on NPR last week.

I was fortunate enough to contribute some material for the article along with some other great folks who are trying to help people out of homelessness and raise awareness of the challenges people face right now.

https://whyy.org/articles/with-tsunami-of-evictions-looming-and-shelter-space-scarce-this-could-be-a-brutal-winter-for-people-without-homes/
Helping The Homeless
By: Floyd Mori
Tags: Winter, Gratitude, Family, Homeless, Helping Others

Helping The Homeless

Photo by Chris Murray on Unsplash

There are so many people who are homeless

It is sad to see the homeless living on the streets. There are some who have little colonies where they have set up small tents with groups of them living in the same area. There are some who sleep on cardboard on city sidewalks. Homeless people are regularly sitting or standing by streets and begging for a little money. It is a sad plight to be homeless. Winter is hard for them. Life is difficult.

As the winter weather is coming in full force during the month of December, it presents more problems for the homeless. Staying safe and warm is difficult unless they are able to find temporary relief in a homeless shelter.

A neighborhood message came on social media from the city council in my area the other day. It read: Hello neighbors — Today we approved a temporary land use declaration for a temporary winter shelter at xxxxxxxxx. If opened, the property will provide 100–120 beds to the state’s homeless resource system through April 15, 2021.

There are government agencies, civic groups, and individuals who are trying to help the homeless. They do need more help and resources as the snow, rain, and cold become more prevalent.

One wonders where the families of these homeless people are. Maybe they have lost contact and are looking for them. Families are normally there to help each other when needed. It is sad that so many people are homeless and on their own without the support of a family.

We can help by providing some food and money for them when we see the homeless. We can donate to causes which help them.

Anyone reading this surely has a home and the basic necessities of life. We should be grateful for we are blessed.
You Are A Selfish Breed
By: Nicholas Hawkins
Tags: Help, Understanding, Homeless, Uncategorized, Hope

Keep Walking

When approached by the homeless, do you feel as if you have been attacked or “bombarded”? I want money, I need money. They may have been approaching you after a night on the town, drinking your fears, sadness or problems away. You then say “ Oh, sorry I don’t have the money.”, like you are sorry that you couldn’t afford to help them. Yes, I know that most of the homeless population consume alcohol and drugs daily because I have seen it.

It’s quite funny actually, you can’t afford it yet you have spent the night blowing your money like a fucking king, as they live like dogs on the street. Why don’t you help them? Aren’t their problems similar to yours?

Here we are, facing the dilemma that most face and choose not to follow through. Do you think a dollar is going to break you? Oh sure, after indulging in fast food and getting the makeup you had seen advertised on the television. But, of course you can’t spare a dollar.

We (as humans) appear to be very selfish. Hell, with the population we have now, we should have cured homelessness. Instead, invest into your 401k, stocks and bonds. The homeless want to stay that way and they don’t want to overcome their life as it exists now. You can make all the assumptions that your little heart desires but have you stopped to talk to them? That’s a very funny thought. Those of you who drive by fast, roll your windows up and say “no”. Yeah, you can say that you care. If an organization says “ save the kittens” you do it.

See, it is absolutely wrong that you care more of a kitten than a human life. Perhaps the media pushes that but I would rather not jump into conspiracies on this article.

God is here, he see’s your “selfless acts” and knows that they are not selfless. You cannot buy yourself into the land of heaven. You cannot convince me that you are truly selfless when contributing to corporations in which you never see where your dollar goes. Just pluck your eyes from your head. You are not using them anyways.

Truth is, I am scared of what is to come.

You are glued to your devices, forgetting people actually exist. That people actually need you. You are set to fail. Buy your useless fucking gadgets, buy the mass amount of comfort food that you will receive instant gratification from. Throw away the food and clothes that you find no use for. I mean, they put themselves in that position, it’s not your problem.

Be Safe, Be Kind. Maybe You Are HUMAN.
They say it will never happen to me!
By: Selina Hanley
Tags: Kindness, Homelessness, Homeless Shelter, Homeless, Mental Health

I had a business and I thought it would never happen to me…. and then it did!

This is my journey, my story of how I started at a place that I thought was the worst place to be, and then I found the place I was meant to be…. its a series say tuned.

BE KIND people you never know who needs your kindness.

Donate that £1 or £10.00 whatever you can afford makes that difference.

https://www.justgiving.com/mayorofgreatermanchesterscharity
Haiku – The Beauty of Snow
Tags: Haiku, Haiku Hub, Homeless, Snow, Poetry On Medium

Local poet/writer. ‘There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.’ E. Hemingway. All ©️DMM
2020: What We Accomplished, Together
By: Schoolhouse In Session
Tags: Year In Review, Homelessness, Family Homelessness, Education, Homeless

Recently, SchoolHouse Connection published our 2020 Year-in-Review — a collection of the year’s highlights and top resources — accomplished in collaboration with our many incredible partners and youth scholars, who have helped shape our advocacy and support of children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness during an unprecedented year of challenges. The Year in Review spans federal and state policy accomplishments, notable media moments, youth leadership and voices, and more — as well as the most popular webinars, resources, guest blog posts, newsletters, and research.

Read a message from the SchoolHouse Connection team below, and check out the full Year-in-Review.

As 2020 comes to a close, we pause, and take a breath.

We recognize that the year’s traumas — COVID-19, the economic crisis, systemic racism, and the deep political divisions that tear at the fabric of our nation — are ongoing, and won’t end with the calendar year. But we also believe it is important to take strength and build resolve from what we have been able to accomplish, collectively, in this most difficult of years.

In this spirit, we offer our annual Year in Review/Accomplishments. We hope you’ll be reminded of what can be done — together — even in the face of overwhelming challenges; discover useful resources you may have missed; and find hope in our common cause of overcoming homelessness through education.

With gratitude to our funders, our SHC family, and you: your support means the world to us, and we thank you for your partnership. Together with you, we will continue to support children, youth, and families through this crisis and work to break generational cycles of homelessness through the power of education.

Sincerely,

Your SchoolHouse Connection Team
What the homeless have to say
By: Birinder Singh
Tags: Humanity, Homelessness, Homeless, Quotes

When asked what they wish for:

(I wish I could) escape reality (and feelings) of pain and of worthlessness

I just want to smile AND be real. Not just smile because I’m strong.

I wish my family didn’t look down on me

I wish we stopped fighting wars and spending mindless money (on wars). There is enough (wealth) in America so that no one has to live like this.
KING OF THE PAUPERS
Tags: Horror, Homeless

Recently I have become more attuned to my surroundings walking around the city. I think I mostly like to look at people’s masks. I see a lot of Marvel superhero masks, mostly Spider-Man. Last week I got quite the chuckle though, a man and a woman wearing Trump and Biden masks respectively, groping each other against the bank.

In the past few weeks though, I have noticed something far more interesting on my walks, the local homeless population seems to have taken a keen interest in me. I don’t know if there is a sizable homosexual population WITHIN the homeless population, but every time I pass one, they seem to salivate at me. Last Thursday I noticed one reaching for the front of his trousers as I strolled on by.

Don’t get me wrong, I am no homosexual, but I have started to enjoy the attention. So much so that I have taken to walking around with skinny jeans on, and no boxers underneath. Inching ever closer to the rotten smelling miscreants that pepper the streets. I’m glad I embraced it too, because it has been a net positive for me. Not only do I get dopamine dumps every time one of those greasy bastards eyes me, but I have received more than a few gifts! It started two weeks ago when I received a pair of brand new Versace boots wrapped in damp newspaper. I proudly showed them off on my daily walk later on. A few days later I received a bloody wad of 20’s in my mailbox. I giggled in delight imagining a group of downtrodden creatures descending upon a trust fund hussy, raining fists and elbows upon her, then ripping away her purse from her broken body, all for me. Yesterday I found the head of my cunt boss placed on my doorstep.

So yeah, I have a newfound respect for the homeless. I can only wish the absolute best for them.
The U.S. Homeless Population Mapped
By: Vivid Maps
Tags: USA, Homelessness, Homeless

In the U.S., there are above half a million people enduring homelessness.

Overall, 66.7% of the Americans’ whole homeless population is single people, with the leftover 33.3% being families. In current years, homelessness grew nationwide by almost 1%.

About 35% (just under 200 thousand) are found sleeping unsheltered on streets in places not meant for human habitation (abandoned houses, cars, sidewalks, parks). At the same time, above 350 thousand sheltered homeless people are found in emergency shelters and transitional housing programs.

Homeless Population by State 2020

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Less Homelessness
By: Birinder Singh
Tags: Less Homelessness, Homelessness, Society, Humanity, Homeless

Organizations that I’m inspired / intrigued by (and why)

Invisible People

WHY: I love their mission — “to change the story of homelessness”. Before I saw their videos, I did not know of any specific homeless person. Even though witnessing homelessness bothered me, I still thought of the affected people as a blur and in 3rd person. Watching and listening to some of the stories has put a face to the phenomenon. Seeing the homeless occupy space (even virtually in videos) is stimulating. The format is simple, engaging and effective and does not take away from the conversational and human nature of the interaction.

Here’s one of my favorite stories so far — of Arien. Trigger Warning: Rape

Arien’s 3rd video on Invisible People

You can find all of her previous interviews here and her final update on getting housed and no more being homeless here (Yay!!)

Good sense suggests that, when trying to solve a problem, seek solutions from or at least work with the people closest to the situation. In that spirit, listening to those that live through homelessness should be paramount to understanding (and then solving the problem).

‘Invisible People’ videos have started to be a way for me to listen to the homeless people (almost) firsthand and it has exposed me to some really interesting viewpoints and humbling thoughts.

I’m starting to collate the quotes that have hit me in the gut (and/or the heart) here — What the homeless have to say

(As I’m writing this, it is hitting me that — taking this path of learning of homeless people - by staying behind a screen is still not real enough. It’s letting me avoid the raw discomfort of talking to someone about their pain perhaps not being able to do anything to improve their lives.)

Check them out on YouTube.

Ways to get involved — https://invisiblepeople.tv/get-involved/

Pathways to Housing

… to be researched

National Alliance to end homelessness

… to be researched

Miracle Messages — https://www.miraclemessages.org/

… to be researched

WHY: Interesting approach. Collecting testimonies, stories with the homeless with the intention of finding some human connection — family and friends and reconnecting them.
Homeless Feeling
By: Dave Larocque
Tags: Home, Family, Blue Insights, Love, Homeless

Homeless Feeling

Yes I was born into a family,

People spoke fixed as to what they see,

No home is what’s felt inside of me,

It’s hard to imagine a desired home clearly,

Home is a feeling not a tangible thing,

Physical things won’t bring me the feeling,

It’s been repeated over and over,

Burned into my tissue all for me to render,

The home will appear when the heart is accepted,

Nurtured, loved and without rejection,

For the outer matches the states of the inner,

This insight helps to see things clearer,

For the sake of a balanced mind,

I feel into my heart one day at a time,

Clearing the clutter of the harsh past,

Will be soon embodied; a joy that lasts,

One day a home I feel proud of,

Full of reflections of a beautiful love,

A space I feel safe to fully embrace,

Followed the bread crumbs back to this space,

Where the feeling of safety is many of the beauties,

Possibilities cultivate with much ease,

I wonder if this is a tangible vision,

Or just a projected inner reflection
‘See You Around Sweet Friend’
By: Becky Boughton
Tags: Charity, Homelessness, Love, Homeless, Nonprofit

Photo: A Way Home Kamloops Website

‘See You Around Sweet Friend’

See You Around Sweet Friend’

Katherine

There are few people who make a lifelong impact on every single person they meet.

You know?…

They’re the ones who are on a serious mission to help others, include those who feel left behind and use their experiences to make the world a better place.

That was Katherine.

It seemed that whenever we saw each other or met to chat, the hangout always involved good food. We’d chat about various things, life similarities and bounce ideas off each other. Although I was her senior by almost a decade, she taught me much.

I always looked forward to the comfort she offered any room.

People could ‘just be them’ around her. That shrug of her shoulders and crinkled nose with her huge smile and always welcoming hug was predictable.

You will be greatly missed sweet friend. You are loved.

I’ll let you share your words for the rest of the blog tonight…

xo eating cake for you…

-Becky
Music industry impeachment for Pulse effects
By: Povilas Brilius
Tags: Price Tag, Lindy Hop, Homeless, Hipster, Sustainable Development

English is a long story put short — IDGAF by Dua Lipa on YouTube Music Premium is a proof of concept (BMW Gigi Hadi) — services industry culprit, greatest of all time — GOAT central bank planning economy — economics dis-approval.

Money — data interaction in terms of information transactions isn’t a fault of misery nor of Soviet WW2 tanks. Actually, the German Tiger was overcome only decades later than accounced by running peripheral Soviet States T series tanks.

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The ‘Glee’ Cast Is Honoring Naya Rivera With A Holiday Charity Drive
By: Tony Cowger
Tags: News, Charity, Giving, Homeless, Holidays

“Following their co-star’s tragic July death, the Glee cast is honoring Naya Rivera’s memory this holiday season with a charitable fundraiser. Matthew Morrison, who played Will Schuester in the Fox series, shared in a recent Entertainment Tonight Zoom interview that it was ‘a really challenging year’ with the loss of another cast member but that the group has ‘bonded together so much.’ As part of that, they’ve teamed up to do some good.

Morrison explained that ‘Naya used to do this thing called Snixxmas,’ a Christmas party named using ‘one of her little nicknames, Snixx.’ He told ET that he and his former co-stars were considering reviving the tradition this year, and not long afterward, they officially launched a GoFundMe to collect donations for Rivera’s favorite charity, Alexandria House in Los Angeles. According to the organization’s website, Alexandria House is a ‘transitional residence and house of hospitality’ that provides ‘safe and supportive housing for women and children in the process of moving from emergency shelter to economic stability and permanent housing.’ The Snixxmas Charity Drive, which runs through Dec. 18, has raised more than $68,000 of their updated $100,000 goal, with contributions coming from over 2,700 donors, at the time of publication.

Rivera, the mom to 5-year-old Josey, was vocal about her support of the organization. ‘The connection I feel with [Alexandria House] and the people who reside and work there has been the biggest blessing and made such a huge positive impact on myself and my son,’ she wrote in February, five months before she died in a drowning accident at age 33. ‘We truly have found a home away from home through the time we spend volunteering there.’

In a Dec. 3 video promoting the charity fundraiser, Glee alums including Darren Criss, Heather Morris, Jane Lynch, Dianna Agron, Harry Shum Jr., Kevin McHale, Chord Overstreet, Jenna Ushkowitz, and Chris Colfer joined Morrison in singing Rivera’s praises. ‘Every holiday season, Naya not only managed to find a way to give something to great back to her friends and family, but something great back to her community,’ Criss said. Ushkowitz added, ‘Now more than ever, it’s important that we keep the Snixxmas spirit alive.’”

View the whole story here: https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/glee-stars-naya-rivera-holiday-charity-fundraiser
Does Marissa’s Story Mean Hope?
By: James Finn
Tags: LGBTQ, Homeless, Transgender, Equality, Youth

Pat steers us into the courtroom by the elbows, past squinty-eyed armed guards and through gaggles of chattering lawyers and dead-eyed reporters in fancy clothes. Her detective partner’s been holding seats for us.

It still feels creepy, even though I was a witness and even though I attended some of the trial after my testimony. I can’t get used to being around cops.

Fucking Tomas! I can’t cope with what that bastard did to her.

I guess Pat sees me clenching my teeth as we sit down. She grabs my hand and squeezes, whispers, “It’s gonna be OK.”

Becky’s out in the corridor. She rode downtown with us, but there’s no room for her. Bobby’s crushed up against me. I like that it’s crowded and he has to be that close to me. I’m gonna miss him. After the trial ends, he probably has to go back to Texas.

He’s a minor, and minors don’t have many rights, not even when they’ve been beat up and raped.

Becky said in the car I should go back to Council Grove at least for a visit. I don’t know. She doesn’t know about my medicine, and I’m not sure how I could get it in Kansas.

I can’t think about that right now.

I’m craning my neck trying to see them up at the defense table. I want them to know I’m here and I matter. That I’m not just some spectator. I was there when Tomas used to beat up Marissa.

Mother fucker raped both of us.

OK, so after that first time when he decked me and threw me to the ground and shoved himself into me, maybe I let him because it was easier. Maybe I said OK because it hurt less than fighting him.

I don’t know what the lawyers call it. I don’t really care. He made me have sex with him when I was cold and hungry. No — because I was cold and hungry. Call it what you want, I know what it was.

Marissa earned all his money, anyway. He peddled her ass like a piece of meat and lived off of her. And he still raped her.

Some of the tabloids, they wrote about me and Marissa like we were scum. Prostitutes, they called us. Streetwalkers. Even though the Times did better and called us “exploited youth,” somehow they still made us sound like dirt you’d wanna scrape off the bottom of your shoe.

I see reporters throwing curious glances at me now, and my face goes hot. I bet I know what they’re thinking.

Finish the story (or find the rest of the chapters) on Prism & Pen
【大學人】露宿者屢遭驅趕 歐米克丁攜手同儕相助
Tags: 國際, 無家者, 驅趕, Homeless, 露宿者

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He Just Needed A Space To Get Some Sleep
By: Pene Hodge
Tags: Self Improvement, Homeless, Hope, Mental Health, Community

A man shuffles up to the triage window and asks to see a doctor. On the complaint form, he has written his chief complaint as “sleep”! We go through the process and get him to a room.

Once in the room, I ask him again what brings him to the Emergency Room and he confesses to his inability to sleep and a few other complaints.

As he reluctantly continues to answer our questions we ask him if he is homeless. He gives a post office box as his address and replied that if we want to classify him as homeless that is okay.

The reason he is asked about his living situation is so that we may be able to offer him resources to assist him and to understand how his living situation will affect his compliance to his course of treatment.

He mentioned that on the eve of Thanksgiving he walked from 03:00 pm until 7:00 am the next morning to get to this destination. He walked for 16 hours! Now he had the added complaint of foot pain along with insomnia.

Being diabetic he confessed to being non-compliant with his diabetic medication, Metformin, as it causes him to have frequent bowel movements and he cannot have that because a bathroom is not always available to him.

That is truly tragic!

As a result of the added walking, his diabetic neuropathy is causing him considerable pain. With compassion in our hearts, we let this gentleman sleep another four hours or so after his treatment concluded but eventually had to discharge him for several reasons.
Asking for Help
By: Jael R. Bakari
Tags: Pay It Forward, Help, Charity, Homeless, Fundraising

Asking for Help

Hey Y'all,

I know it's giving tuesday today and it's hard for me to ask for help but I'm doing it.

In 2019, Solomon Bakari and I chose to accept the creative callings on our lives after the loss of our home and my mother in a house fire put life into perspective for us. For him that meant pursuing music and for me that meant pursuing my writing . We knew were taking a risk, especially with three small children under 10 in tow. But we knew that creating music and writing were the reason we were put on this earth. So we invested every penny we had into delivering the best possible content we could and wish to continue doing so. But being a creative is not cheap and the pay starting out is very low. And this pandemic has thrown a further wrench in our endeavors as we lost our last source of income behind it. We spent our last penny on November 30th of this year and now our family of five is on the verge of homelessness. We've been able to secure housing through an amazing Atlanta-based social-enterprise North America Food & Farm PBC Inc affordable workforce housing program, but we are still in need of additional funds to help us cover the cost of moving as well as to continue funding our creative projects. We recognize your donations are an investment in us and our abilities and we greatly appreciate anything contributed to this campaign. Please visit the services section of this website so we can send you an appropriate thank you for your donation and view the links below to see our respective portfolios.

Thank you!

Bakari Family Fundraiser Website (includes service list)

Thebakarisfundraiser.weebly.com

Our Plumfund

Plumfund.com/financial-hardship/the-bakari-family-fundraiser

We also accept direct gifting

Cashtag: $brittanyramsay or $kingsolomonsings

Venmo:@Brittany-Ramsay

Paypal: paypal.me/projectlifeventures

To view our portfolios please check:

Jael R. Bakari Official Website

Jaelrbakari.weebly.com

​Bakari Family Official Website

Solomonbakari.weebly.com
San Antonio Indian nurses to donate over 1,000 blankets to homeless shelters, non-profits
By: Tony Cowger
Tags: Charity, Homeless, Donations, Nursing, Nonprofit

“As COVID-19 continues to threaten the well-being of San Antonio, health officials say they are working to ensure those less fortunate are still taken care of.

Local non-profit, San Antonio Indian Nurses Association (SAINA) in collaboration with South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless (SARAH) announced it will be visiting homeless camps downtown to donate 250 blankets to people without homes.

The event will be held Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 between 1 p.m. — 4 p.m.

According to SAINA officials, several nursing volunteers as well as outreach coordinators from Haven for Hope will be working to deliver these blankets.

During their second annual conference and gala, which will be held on Dec. 5, in the 9900 block of Rambling River Rd. near TX 151 highway. There, SAINA officials will be donating 1000 blankets to Haven for Hope, Child Advocates of San Antonio (CASA), SARAH and Endeavors.”

View the whole story here: https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/san-antonio-indian-nurses-to-donate-over-1000-blankets-to-homeless-shelters-non-profits
Homeless is WHERE You Are, NOT WHO You Are
Tags: Homeless, Homelesstips

My 1976 Chevy Van and me and Koko.

One of the most aggravating and shameful things you’ll experience is people seeing you NOT for who you are, but where you are now in life. If you don’t have a fixed apartment, home, or place to live, somehow you’ve immediately become untrustworthy, unreliable, or suspect. They define you based on WHERE you are, not WHO you are. Example:

I lived in a pretty old, crappy van. In the photo above it’s painted white, but before it was white it was four shades of green. I called it “Booger” because, well, that’s what it looked like. The term “homeless” conjures up images of stereotypes of people who are addicts, pedophiles, the mentally ill, alcoholics, and felons. In reality, only about 10–15% of the homeless, just like about 10–15% of housed people, have those issues. The 80% we don’t see are working full or part-time, couch-surfing with friends and family, living in tents or hotels, or their vehicles. We don’t see them because they don’t want to be seen. They aren’t planning on staying homeless, and they are ashamed of their situation.

If you’re one of those people displaced by COVID, or a job loss, illness, or whatever reason, remind yourself DAILY, hourly even, that you are NOT a homeless PERSON. You are a PERSON who happens to be homeless at this time in your life. It’s part of the path you’re walking, and it does NOT define you, your morals, your character, or your future. The minute you start seeing yourself as “homeless,” you stop respecting yourself. You stop believing in yourself, and you stop working for yourself to find solutions to get off of the street, or out of your van. If you need more convincing, Google the words, “Famous homeless people,” and see how many successful people were once where you are.

You WILL get through this. This blog will show you how.
California News: People Forcefully Removed From Caltrans-Owned Homes
By: Lashaun Turner
Tags: Gavinnewsom, Homeless, Evictions

A group of homeless people who had taken over several empty, state-owned houses in Los Angeles were forcefully removed by California Highway Patrol officers hours later amid protests by dozens of community activists.
So today,
By: Osg Breeze
Tags: Giving Back, Thanksgiving, Homeless

So today,

…today i stood next to people i looked up to for years. We gave to the homeless. The whole moment was super PURE for me. 9:01
Empty Pockets
By: Patsy Starke
Tags: LGBTQ, Poetry, Homeless, Transgender, Chalkboard

Photo by Matt Collamer on Unsplash

Full pockets weighed me down

Unknown to me

Thought all was well.

Sickness arrived

Right through my front door

Thought I was protected.

Everything lost

Hands in empty pockets

Thankful for the warmth.

Patsy Starke, 11/26/2020 Thanksgiving Day
Old Woman Dragging A Cart Up A Hill
By: David Beaty
Tags: Poetry, Age, City Living, Homeless, Life

Old Woman Dragging A Cart Up A Hill

The woman drags the shopping cart up the hill

White helmet hair sticking out from knit cap

The wheels squeak she trudges on

A single resolute figure

In clothes that don’t match

Her face is lined lips thin

Life has not be kind

She reaches the top of the hill

Turns and drags all her worldly possessions to a spot behind a dumpster.