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When Life in Prison is Better Than Your Childhood
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The Kindness of Strangers
 • Vince Shumate
Things that make it harder
 • Renee Rop
I was homeless and a business owner
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The Life Cycle of a Homeless Person
Everyone must know in order to understand.
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Carlos Jeronimo
Alfonso the STS Bus Driver
Listen now (4 mins) | Alfonso is a good friend of mine. He's a special transportation bus driver. His job is picking up and dropping off the mentally…
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My Journey
Life got really hard, and now I'm facing challenges I never expected. I never thought I'd end up homeless, but here I am, trying to survive on the…
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My Homelessness
It happened suddenly. And one day it ended.
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Lynn Mendes
The Exquisite Beauty of Addiction, A True Story
It’s Friday and happy hour hot yoga has just ended. I am taking my sweaty body to pick up Bouquet #8 from The Wine Merchant. You see, a few months ago…
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Terra Brooke
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Reflecting on The Crash
Lessons from the streets
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Elijah Kelly
Lost and Seen
My encounter with Ronald
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Jen Kouba
Preventing Homelessness
It starts at home
 • 
Bill Mcilmail
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The Gift
My father suffered from schizophrenia. When I was an impressionable thirteen-year-old he had a nervous breakdown and heard a calling from God to take…
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Douglas Blom
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