I’m pleased that someone complained (to anyone who would listen) that I pushed too hard for him to work and go to school. If he would just get one of those sky-writing planes to etch that into the clouds I would lay out in the parking lot and stare until the wind swept the message away. My jobContinue reading “Thanks for complaining”
Monthly Archives: January 2010
How to fight Urban Blight?
What is Urban Blight? The word blight typically refers to plants that are withered or rotting due to disease. Urban relates to or refers to a city or characteristic of city life. When the two terms are put together, urban blight refers to the deterioration and decay of buildings and older areas of large cities,Continue reading “How to fight Urban Blight?”
Social Networking in your Job Search
find a job opening and see if you knwo anyone who works there – Simply Hired has Linked in with Linkedin!
Is it a CRIME or are you just MEAN?
Attitudes that the homeless citizens are stray animals who breed and come back to places that feed them are becoming more prevalent in society. “They are homeless because they are lazy” “god has turne dhis back on them because they are bad”, “The sins of the father are being visited on the son”, “If he hadContinue reading “Is it a CRIME or are you just MEAN?”
Let’s play a game
Try this short/work friendly game on education to incarceration
The most entertaining homeless blog
is also informative. Maintain health club membersips for personal hygene – $40 bucks a month at 24 Hour Fittness or Bally’s will get you regular showers and is much cheaper than $800 in rent. Also, they have bathrooms. Speaking of bathrooms, in an emergency: wrap it in tin foil and not a plastic bag becauseContinue reading “The most entertaining homeless blog”
Living in Storage Space
It has four walls. a roof and a door that locks. The LA TIMES carried this story about a family sleeping in their storage space.
Tips on Leaving Voicemail for a “worker”
Five simple tips to leaving a message to your worker.
Upward Bound house opening
Upcoming Event Grand Opening of Family Shelter January 29, 2010 1:00 pm Please RSVP to Ali Prakin aprakin@upwardboundhouse.org http://upwardboundhouse.org/index.php
Feds’ Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program – TIME
Interesting article in TIME which makes the point that without a stable place to stay, how can anything become stable in your life? Feds’ Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program – TIME If you are homeless in LA: This is the address to the FAQ http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewFaqs Points of Contact for Homeless Persons: Los Angeles Jeanette RoweContinue reading “Feds’ Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program – TIME”