I AM HUMAN. Ursula Meegan Lim Acrylic on Canvas Board I Am Human focuses on the theme of homelessness and the sad reality of what a homeless person goes through every day. No one knows their story and truthfully‚ not many care enough to ask them for it. Besides the fact that many homeless people lose their ID card‚ their identity is inevitably taken away from them once they are homeless. They become invisible to the public‚ and they are ignored just as much as the garbage on the side of the streets
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Homelessness in America He walks in the door‚ tired and weak. He has no car‚ or home‚ and he’s walked from the complete other side of town just to get food. Starving‚ he orders his sandwich with the utmost politeness. His name is Frank‚ a homeless man that we--at Jimmy John’s--give free food to. Frank comes in very often to get food‚ because there’s not many other ways for him to get food because he can’t afford it himself. Frank also suffers from mental disabilities‚ and it is incredibly sad to
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Dorothy Day once said‚ “What we would like to do is change the world-make it a little simpler for people to feed‚ clothe‚ and shelter themselves as God intended for them to do”; as people living in the United States where homeless can be seen on nearly every street corner‚ we should take a stand against this issue and do something. Just think if‚ in 100 years‚ all American citizens have a desire to help aid in some way the issue of homelessness in America. A man tells his family-compiled of a wife
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Should Veterans ever end up Homeless? Veterans are men and women who have fought to protect our right to be free. These people put their lives on the line; risking the loss of bones‚ organs or even memory. These are extraordinary human beings if I say so myself. They deserve to be treated like royalty‚ yet more than 67% of the homeless population have served for our country for at least than 3 years. 47% of them served in the Vietnam War. This goes to show how “united” the United States really is
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Right now in America there are approximately 643‚067 people experiencing homelessness. 238‚110 of those people are in families‚ 25% suffer from mental illnesses‚ 17% are considered chronically homeless‚ 13% are fleeing domestic violence‚ and 12% are veterans. To have that many individuals suffer everyday is just heartbreaking. To me that’s a problem‚ and the "solutions" we have now aren’t doing anything to help‚ for example the homeless shelters we see today. We have an abundant amount of shelters
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The Sterotype What image do you see when you hear the word homeless? I use to think of words like dirty‚ lonely‚ and also needy. The true definition of homeless is without a home‚ and therefore typically living on the streets. Stereotyping is a common thought through our human minds‚ which means oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. I learned this summer on my mission trip to Madison‚ Wisconsin‚ that homeless people are not what we think they are. I woke up feeling
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COMMUNITY OBSERVATION HOSEA FEED THE HUNGRY Sociology 200: Introduction to Sociology December 5‚ 2013 We are a society who seemingly emphasizes our commitment to the equality of all. We like to think that all people are equal and are afforded the same opportunities. We like to think that outside of our own bubble everyone lives just like us. We know inherently that it is not so. There is rampant inequality throughout society. According
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America’s Duty “People continue to ignore real poverty and homelessness‚ it’s almost maddening.”-Daphne Zuniga. Lately there has been controversy and arguing regarding what to do with homelessness. This issue has been magnified lately with the idea of building a permanent homeless shelter in San Diego. The construction of the shelter has been delayed by petty political squabbles and funding issues. However it should be the American people’s obligation to provide assistance to the unfortunate people
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Homelessness Melissa St George SOC 203: Social Problems Instructor: Risa Garelick August 28‚ 2011 I intend to show the meaning of homelessness and the different ways that people become homeless. I will also show how we can go about preventing homelessness. Homelessness means that one has no place to live. “The most prominent sociodemographic characteristics identified with high risk of homelessness have been male gender‚ Black race‚ being unmarried‚ and being middle
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Finally it’s December 5th my anniversary with my wife‚ Maddie. Where should I take her. Do I take her to a romantic restaurant‚ take her to a flashback of our first date‚ take her to where we first met. Ah! I don’t know! I finally made a choice to take her to the 5 star restaurant with glass windows everywhere and a view of the Brooklyn Bridge. We drove a black Honda to a parking lot. A man with the suit stood with the valet sign on the beautiful wooden brown podium. “Hey!” he said. “ Hey! I replied
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