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Much peace and love <3, because there's not enough humanity between people these days it seems. How a society treats its most vulnerable, "undesirable" and pow

Much peace and love <3, because there's not enough humanity between people these days it seems. How a society treats its most vulnerable, "undesirable" and powerless individuals (prisoners, homeless and other minority groups) reflects the true nature of its constituents. It's truly a shame most modern people have no idea what it's like to be homeless and/or didn't learn the golden rule or empathy in their upbringing.

DoreenMichele 7y ago
I run several websites either aimed at helping homeless individuals generally or that can be useful to people who are homeless. In addition to the above website (the San Diego Homeless Survival Guide), I also run: Street Life Solutions https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com/ https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com/ Pocket Puter https://www.pocketputer.com/ https://www.pocketputer.com/ The Genevieve Files https://genevievefiles.blogspot.com/ https://genevievefiles.blogspot.com/ Write Pay http://writepay.blogspot.com/ http://writepay.blogspot.com/ They make me very little money, but some local homeless services and the local police department give out fliers of mine that list some of my sites. At least one local individual got back into housing, probably in part because of the information on my sites. I was acquainted with him and gave him a flier personally. The police department seems to be my best ally in that regard. Unlike most homeless services,* they don't need the homeless problem to continue to exist to give their lives meaning or justify their paychecks. They would be thrilled to see the local homeless problem resolved so they could dedicate their limited resources to dealing with crime. * (The Shirky Principle and Homelessness: https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-shirky-principle-and-homelessness.html https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-shirky-...) I'm still struggling to make ends meet and I seem to be making a dent in the homeless problem. It makes me really unsympathetic to arguments from more well-heeled people about how hard it is to solve or similar excuses for continuing to do nothing.
- JudgeWapner 7y ago
  Running a website is paying lip service to the problem. It's virtual help. You can't feed someone bytes. But go on thinking you're a superhero. While salvation army feeds tens of thousands per day.

DoreenMichele 7y ago

I run several websites either aimed at helping homeless individuals generally or that can be useful to people who are homeless. In addition to the above website (the San Diego Homeless Survival Guide), I also run: Street Life Solutions https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com/ https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com/ Pocket Puter https://www.pocketputer.com/ https://www.pocketputer.com/ The Genevieve Files https://genevievefiles.blogspot.com/ https://genevievefiles.blogspot.com/ Write Pay http://writepay.blogspot.com/ http://writepay.blogspot.com/ They make me very little money, but some local homeless services and the local police department give out fliers of mine that list some of my sites. At least one local individual got back into housing, probably in part because of the information on my sites. I was acquainted with him and gave him a flier personally. The police department seems to be my best ally in that regard. Unlike most homeless services,* they don't need the homeless problem to continue to exist to give their lives meaning or justify their paychecks. They would be thrilled to see the local homeless problem resolved so they could dedicate their limited resources to dealing with crime. * (The Shirky Principle and Homelessness: https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-shirky-principle-and-homelessness.html https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-shirky-...) I'm still struggling to make ends meet and I seem to be making a dent in the homeless problem. It makes me really unsympathetic to arguments from more well-heeled people about how hard it is to solve or similar excuses for continuing to do nothing.

JudgeWapner 7y ago
Running a website is paying lip service to the problem. It's virtual help. You can't feed someone bytes. But go on thinking you're a superhero. While salvation army feeds tens of thousands per day.