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Staying CleanIn search of a shower (and dignity).
Matt Hoffman
Nov 15, 2022
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UnmentionablesListen now | Episode 003 of Facing Homelessness. Essay by Renee Rop.
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Story Request: Your Encounter With Someone Facing HomelessnessDear Reader, Over the last couple years since we began publishing Speak Up Mag online, you’ve had the opportunity to read many dozens of stories written by people facing homelessness. Their pieces have been rich, funny, shocking, and surprising. Here are a few highlights:
Matt Shaw
Dec 1, 2022
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Dad's Homelessness“I knew he was in a bad way, but I never had any idea it was this bad,” I thought to myself as I stood in dad’s house looking at the cardboard sign.
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Jan 31
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Harry Griffin on HomelessnessI used to wonder how people became homeless. This probably started because there was a lady in Charlotte who used to wander the streets in a bright…
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NYC will start forcibly removing mentally ill people from the streets. Is this a good idea?Most of the people removed are likely to be homeless or vulnerably housed. “The move will include hospitalizing people from the subways and stre…
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I Am Grateful For LifeI am grateful for the rain as well as the sunshine; the floods as well as the drought; the famine as well as the plentiful; the naked as well as the…
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