Many of the difficulties of this work just roll off my back. They don’t make me angry. I don’t think I even had a minute where I was angry towards the woman who burned down our porta potty and caused $5000 worth of damage. A tenant called the cops on me yesterday for going into […]
A person would think that if they spent a few years working with the homeless that they’d be fairly well versed in the level of poverty in their town. But I’m here to tell you: every day I uncover a new layer of extreme, severe poverty that continues to shock me. Yesterday a woman told […]
Opiates kill people in many different ways. From not knowing what kind of drug you are taking, to using dirty methods of delivery. Kids are dying because marijuana and party drugs are being secretly laced with carfentanil… a tranquilizer used on elephants. We live in an insane world. But fortunately there are groups like the […]
Click here to learn more and register for the event. The Homeless Charity community is coming together June 13th to collectively create an outdoor space just to serve the homeless. We always talk about where the homeless will safely sleep. But have you ever wondered… what do the homeless do all day? Shelters close, churches […]
Yesterday at an unstructured homeless camp this was the scene: The city brought approximately 8 people to clean up a homeless camp. These were not paid city workers. These were people required to do community service work. They used free labor to do this work. I watched as the 2 or 3 paid city workers […]
Martin Luther King Jr,’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.] starts this way: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise and untimely.” Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms […]
I came to work yesterday to find our porta potty completely burned to the ground. Fire is a powerful force. If you had not known there was a porta potty sitting there the day before you would have just thought that you were looking at a small fire. Except the windows around the porta potty […]
One of the issues I struggle with when talking about homelessness is the blanket thinking about the homeless. “The homeless.” That’s like saying “What are we going to do about “the people”. There are so many different kinds of people in the homeless community. Some have mental health issues Some have drug issues (which really […]
I’ve made a pact with myself early on to never bullshit you. You get so much disinformation and lies from every angle. Everyone has an agenda. Money and power are the gods of our time. The truth plays second fiddle to personal gain. So I’m calling it for what it is. You, the homeless, are […]
The City of Akron is orchestrating a systematic attack on all major homeless camps May 6, 2o19. (the day before election day, no less) They have placed their ominous yellow camp closure signs at 4 major homeless camps that I have personally witnessed. There could be more that I’m not aware of. This is a […]