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Giving Money to Beggars and Homeless People

Sometimes deciding whether or not to give money to a beggar or homeless person shouldn't be a matter of attaching strings with regard to how he should spend it.

18 comments    money homeless begging
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Teen Runaways--A Dangerous and Tragic Problem

A frightening problem in American society today involves runaways. One in seven teenagers between the ages of 10 and 18 will run away from home this year, and it has been estimated that between one and three million teenagers are living on the...

44 comments    teens runaways crisis centers
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Occupy Providence Leads Success In Occupy Wall Street Movement: People Are Not Sleeping Overnight in Rhode Island

This article highlights the agreement between Occupy Providence protesters and the City of Providence, RI to open a Homeless Shelter in exchange for no overnight sleep-ins. The Occupy Wall Street Movement is also discussed.

23 comments    occupy wall street
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FROM HOOVERVILLE TO OBAMAVILLE: A New Breed Of Homeless Emerges From The Embers of The Great Recession

Economic catastophe has hit the United States before. The Great Depression caused devastation and country wide homelessness from 1929 to the early 40's. Colonies of homeless built shanty homes to dwell in, these shanty's were called Hoovervilles for the Herbert Hoover, the president in office. Today, our Great Recession, caused by the housing bubble burst in 2008, has seen thousands homeless turn to living in tent colonies. Those colonies are called "Obamaville."

3 comments    children california unemployment
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Social Work 101--Job Description

Social work is one of the most complex careers that one could get involved in but it is also one of the most rewarding fields. Social Workers deal with a variety of client populations and client issues. One can work with small children finding them...

1 comment    careers social services social work
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Poetry: Pearls of Wisdom, 'Tina'

As an Instructor of nurses, I have met some remarkable women and men over the last several years. I am amazed at what I have learned from these students.

24 comments    poetry students survival
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Ted Homeless DJ Man with Golden Radio Voice

I have been following the Homeless Disc Jockey who took Youtube by storm just a year ago. As with many I have wondered just how he was doing. Thanks to e-online entertainment tonight Ted is doing voice-over work with cable news group NECN and now...

17 comments    nbc universal columbus dispatch
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Two Colleagues

Indifference and Hate were walking down the street one day and passed an old man. He was huddled against the wall trying to shield his body from a cold wind that blew the trash of the street into the air in a mini vortex of dirt, wrappers and...

13 comments    relationship hate homeless
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Being Homeless in America; My story

This article exposes the reality of life as a homeless family in today's America. My family and I became part of those statistics. This is my story

9 comments    parenting inspiration homeless
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A Homeless Man's Journey

A Mom takes a stranger into her house and she has to advocate for him. Find out what she does and ways that you can help the homeless in America.

9 comments    being homeless help the homeless
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