day7after i left the motel the hospital paid for, i scored 2 nights at motel 6. my arm was way too sore and swollen to deal with climbing from the front seat to the back to go to sleep, plus vicodin wipes me out...
created by master_jim2008 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 426 views | 44 recommendations | 13 comments
i went to several friends who didn.t know i was now homeless and told them what is going on and what forms of "passive" help i could use, mainly a place i can park my car for a few hrs sleep and then move on. no...
created by master_jim2008 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 561 views | 22 recommendations | 4 comments
There is little doubt that the Isle of Man on 'accepted tests' ofeconomic performance has performed commendably in the past two decades.Government frequently points to the achievement of new standards...
created by CelticNews | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 192 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
sent to me by a dear friendCornwall – ‘cool’ or just cold?I first met Julie* at a little coffee group in our nearby Cornish seaside village. The group had been set up by local volunteers to help...
created by ThomasGraham | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 260 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
""I started shooting heroin at age 15." Heather says, describing her 25 year junkie career as a vicious cycle of getting high, homelessness, methadone programs, and prison. "I've gone to prison three times... I had three different CDC numbers... all...
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Just two years before the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Poverty Olympics were held on Sunday. Participants marched up Hastings St. to Carnegie Center on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside carrying...
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The 2010 Winter Games has received much backlash from Vancouver's homeless advocates, and the first annual Poverty Olympics is the latest display of dissent. Think stuffed cockroaches and rats will outsell...
created by Rob Peters | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 792 views | 10 recommendations | 7 comments
On Thursday, the Vancouver Sun ran an article about Governor General Michaelle Jean's meeting with Bernie Williams and other women at the Downtown Eastside Women's Center to discuss homelessness. The lead in the...
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Opinion
Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
Yesterday, Mayor Sam Sullivan "Singing that Same Old Tired Tune" on Aid for Homelessness, joins other Municipalities in placing blame squarely on Federal Government...
created by Barry ORegan | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 663 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
We could only hope that we had a congress full of Julia Carsons. She was a true fighter for the people."Indiana Rep. Carson Dies of Lung Cancer
Associated Press
December 15, 2007 8:23 p.m.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Rep. Julia Carson, who become the first black and first woman to...
October 16, 2007 Miloon Kothari, Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing for the United Nations Human Rights Council, met with people in Vancouver, British Columbia. People spoke who have been homeless and people...
created by Bharbara | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1010 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
On October 16, 2007 a group of people gathered at the Simon Fraser University Downtown Campus to meet with the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing for the United Nations Human Rights Council.
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The longest Imprisoned Journalist in United States history is running for Mayor of San Francisco.Follow Josh Wolf on the campaign trail.8 minute video ~ Download Now ~ Full Screen ~ Bandwidth Challenged ~ ~...
created by FluxRostrum | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 589 views | 24 recommendations | 5 comments
"Vancouver's new Civil City commissioner supports the idea of importing to the chaotic downtown a style of aggressive policing similar to New York's, but stressed that housing the city's fast-growing homeless population is his top priority.................."Mayor Sullivan's...
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