Susan had been homeless for over 10 years. Susan's progress from homelessness was the combined result of her great personal determination and the compassionate efforts of many people and agencies.
Would you appreciate the opportunity to be inspired? Do yourself a favor and watch this video, "Dream What Could Be Done," sung by children of Lanai ...
Violence. We all know that some housed people fight with each other in physical, hand-to-hand combat. But why do some homeless people, living bereft...
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet visited San Diego this week. A calm mind, he said, is the remedy for the loss of hope and a destroyer of fear, distrust and hate.
I believe that we are all, with the possible exception of a very few, born with compassion. Thus, for most of us, the quality of compassion is already within ourselves from birth -- we need only to find and awaken our compassion.
Last Friday morning, hundreds of volunteers left deployment centers throughout San Diego County to count homeless people, an annual enumeration of homeless people run by the San Diego Regional Task Force on the Homeless.
Some housed people believe that homeless people don't have a care in the world. They think that because many homeless people don't appear to work, th...
The myth that homeless people make millions or thousands of dollars is a myth of gigantic proportions.
Fear of economic loss by having homeless people on the premises is a concern for any business. But, until everyone has a home, we will have homeless people among us. What is a business to do?
Homeless people need identification documentation for the same reasons that housed people need ID: to prove who they are, to become eligible for services and for their own self-esteem.
Having possession of three forms of ID is often the threshold issue for a homeless person's to access many services.
At 5 a.m. on Friday morning, January 11, flames rising from Bianca Koch's red 1991 BMW convertible lit up the alley between Narragansett Avenue and Ni...
It's time to review our language concerning homeless people, our cultural influences on the topic of homelessness and our treatment of homeless people so that we can recognize our biases.
Homeless is first and foremost a social service issue. Nevertheless, the myth exists that homelessness is primarily a police issue.
In my opinion, the popular myth that homeless people "flock" to any particular city to take advantage of its services is cruel.
The concepts that are being confused in this myth are the concepts of "helping" another person versus "rescuing" another person. It is important to understand the practical implications of these concepts.
I interviewed housed and unhoused members of the OB Community to get their reaction to the "Please Don't Feed Our Bums!" sticker. Representative samplings of their comments follow.
On June 23, Frank Gromlie sought signatures on his petition requesting that a head shop in CA cease selling a sticker that Frank said was very close "to hate speech which is illegal."
Do you ever wonder who could possibly help a homeless person? The answer is each of us can help. It's called direct service - helping someone in nee...
We can help a homeless person by serving him/her food, a blanket and/or necessary items. It's a pretty simple and wonderful thing to do.
The charitable giving of food is giving food to a person without charging that person any money for the food. It is true compassion and can be life s...
Raise your hand if you've ever seen a person who you thought was homeless. I can see that all hands are up! I'll be 61 years old this week ...
Experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault often forces women and children into homelessness.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) estimates that 154,000 veterans are homeless each night, while over 300,000 veterans are homeless at some time during the course of a year.
Recognizing the common bonds among all people, Mama Lee said that the worst treatment a homeless person could receive is to be ignored by people walking by.
