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This issue was one that I was very surprised with when I first came here myself... I lived all my life pretty much in NYC (Bronx and Manhattan) and at one point
by delmarc 14y ago
This issue was one that I was very surprised with when I first came here myself... I lived all my life pretty much in NYC (Bronx and Manhattan) and at one point it was bad as well but around the time of Giuliani terms', the total visibility of the problem had dropped... but like said from SJ to SF, it is something to get used to...
- danboarder 14y agoI hear you but I would suggest that we should not "get used to" homelessness around us. It should bother us enough to prompt us as individuals and a community to come up with solutions that address the problem. For area companies, the problem can also be seen as an opportunity: CSR (corporate social responsibility) programs can be leveraged to make an difference by supporting the best organizations (shelters, recovery programs, and worker training programs) which I believe will more than pay for itself by gained goodwill through social innovation and impact. A good starting point for thinking about approaches to social innovation programs on a higher level can be found in this Stanford Social Innovation Review article: Rediscovering Social Innovation http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/rediscovering_social_innovation http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/rediscovering_social...