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The article Defining girl homelessness‚ written by Asia Czapska‚ Annabel‚ and Nura Taefi address the issue of ghastly and other difficult situations such as male violence‚ and sexual assault faced by homeless teenage girls in their everyday life. They tried to define the true meaning of homelessness‚ which is more than not having a roof over one’s head. The article bring up serious issue in our societies and writers create it emotionally effective and trustworthy. This article
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Homelessness in America brings images of an alcoholic man passed out in a doorway with a bag of booze in hand or a woman dressed in layers pushing a shopping cart‚ with all her worldly possessions‚ down the street. It is estimated that 41% of homeless people are single men‚ 40% are families‚ 14% are single women and 5% are youth. Homelessness is on the rise. In 1998 an estimate of between 500‚000 and 600‚000 people were homeless. By 1999 over 700‚000 were estimated on a given night and up to
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Mario Villalpando Professor Chastaine English 102: Essay #2 Draft October 15‚ 2012 Give to the Solution‚ Not the Problem Imagine this‚ you’re on your way to work. As you drive down Broadway you see that a local organization has set up a canned food drive to help raise food for those in need. Not thinking too much about it‚ other then you have no canned foods on you‚ you keep driving to school. As you approach the next stop light you see the Boise State cheerleaders are holding signs that read
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When people think of the term homeless they think of a person who lives in the streets who is dirty and wearing worn out cloth. There are many other aspects to the definition of homelessness such as: having a lack of stability‚ not feeling wanted‚ and lack of emotional security. There are many explanations of what the term really means but many people want to see it as someone who lives in the streets. Having the lack of stability is when people do not know where they will be sleeping‚ eating‚ or
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homeless on a given night in the United States.” (National Alliance to End Homelessness) Homelessness is caused by many things such as; poverty‚ unemployment‚ lack of affordable housing‚ poor physical or mental health‚ drug and alcohol abuse‚ gambling‚ and domestic violence. (The Salvation Army) These days‚ the homeless community consists of whole families‚ teens and youth‚ and veterans. There are also many dangers of homelessness such as hunger and nutrition‚ skin and foot problems‚ mental health issues
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Homelessness and its Effects on Children Prepared for: Mr. F Prepared by: Ashley Y Early Childhood Education December 3‚ 2011 Did you know that the average age of a homeless person is a 9 year old boy? There are more homeless children then there are elderly and adults. In fact as of 2009 more than 1.5 million children are living without homes in the United States and 1.16 million children today will not graduate. A part of that makes up nearly 42 percent of children who are under the
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Introduction Youth homelessness has profound consequences reaching well beyond individual youth and their immediate families. Research suggests that as many as 1.6 million young people are living unsupervised on the streets‚ in abandoned buildings‚ with friends or with strangers at some point during the year. When youth leave their homes‚ and enter the homeless population‚ they are in jeopardy of engaging in anti-social and risky behaviors‚ as well as becoming one of the most severely victimized
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Unfortunately‚ for some people they are victims of bad luck that leads to homelessness in America. Although‚ many will argue that being homeless has something to do with a personal choice also‚ but according to thousands of homeless people‚ bad luck was present too. Homeless Americans are those people who do not live in a home at all and is often the cause of being victims of bad luck. There are many reasons why homelessness is related to having bad luck like: the lost of employment‚ having the problem
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throughout life. The poems; “The Black Drunkard” by Kevin Gilbert‚ “African Beggar” by Raymond Tong‚ and the Image “Homeless” by Daniel Heller all reveal how society can manipulate identity to a point where an individual is no longer themselves but the view of society. “The Black Drunkard” By Kevin Gilbert uses the context of Australian Aboriginal History to effectively portray the man’s belief that he no longer feels he is connected to his cultural identity because of societies treatment towards him
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