Positive Future #829 (Feature photo – Tent City for Homeless – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Brightvibes journalist Fino Menezes brings us tips about our role with the homeless that can help – even as winter approaches. You can see all the ideas here: https://brightvibes.com/2015/en/top-10-ways-to-help-the-homeless-as-winter-approaches
Category: Homelessness
Rising to the Challenge of Homelessness
Positive Future #656 (Feature photo – Homeless – courtesy of Beddown ) BrightVibes brings us the story of how an individual who inspires and people who want to help can make a difference in the daunting landscape of homelessness. Beddown is an non-profit that seeks to provide overnight shelter and basic services for homeless people…
Will Homelessness Change Economic Models?
Positive Future #485 (Feature photo – Homelessness in Oakland, California – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license – Grendelkhan) (This is a short editorial by Benjamin Gisin) Recently in a trip to the Bay Area, we passed numerous tent cities of homeless people huddled in between the vegetation along freeways. A friend who just…
First Court Victory for the Homeless
Positive Future #431 (Feature photo – Downtown Boise – CCA SA 4.0 International) Curbed journalist Patrick Sisson brings insights to an unprecedented court decision relating to homeless people. The court decisions says if a homeless person is turned away from a shelter, the city cannot arrest or punish people for sleeping on public property. Homelessness…