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How do you respond when a beggar approaches your vehicle and asks for help? Below are a couple recommendations, based on hundreds of encounters with people facing homelessness.Keep it Simple Show them respect, speak with kindness, and give something useful. This works no matter …
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Beans Issue #2 by DAG. What to wear while homeless.
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From David Alan Goldberg — Part Two of his hand-drawn series on doing life while facing homelessness.
David Alan Goldberg
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Sleeping on the street is lonely. Sleeping on the street is maddening. Sleeping on the street changes one’s perspective about how others are using thei…
Matt Hoffman
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I saw the dog first. Her owner was looping Belle’s leash around the pole in front of the truck. I got out to pet the dog and talk to him. Johnny was a …
Bill Mcilmail
Apr 7Share
If I think about the last twenty-four hours, the best way to describe it is like a roller coaster. It started with trying to get in at the shelter whic…
Tom Carter
Mar 29Share
In 2017 and 2018, artist and writer David Alan Goldberg created a series of illustrated magazines for Speak Up to chronicle aspects of life while homel…
David Alan Goldberg
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I'm on the streets. But everywhere I turn, things are looking up.
Vince Shumate
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