By Foot And Bus, Haitians Return To Native Towns
CABARET, Haiti (AP) — Barefoot and limping from a fall suffered during last week’s earthquake, Marguerite Dorival walked 20 miles (35 kilometers) from the capital to her ancestral home, leaving behind...
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Washington Report: Updates From the Capitol
Jobs Bill Fails in Senate With the failure of the Senate to pass the Democrat-backed jobs bill that would maintain extended benefits for the unemployed beyond the standard 26 weeks, unemployed workers...
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In the News: Child Homelessness Up 38% Since 2007; ‘BET Honors’ Award...
(Image: Thinkstock) Child Homelessness Up More than 1.6 million children were homeless at some point in 2010, the nonprofit National Center of Family Homelessness reported today. That’s nearly a 38%...
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DNC Displaces North Carolina’s Homeless From Motels
From the NY Daily News The Democratic National Convention hosted in Charlotte, N.C. means an increase in revenue for a lot of businesses. But for the families living there it means an increase in...
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Internet Raises $150K for Homeless Man Who Returned Woman’s Engagement Ring
The husband of a Kansas City woman who had her diamond engagement ring returned to her by a homeless man, started a “reward” fund for the man that’s amassed $150K, Gawker reports. Sarah Darling’s ring...
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Homeless Man Pretended to be Doctor, Lived in Hospital
Police in Louisville, Kentucky say they discovered a homeless man living in an area hospital who avoided detection by pretending to be a doctor, the Huffington Post reports. Patrick Campbell was...
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Indiana Sorority Girls Throw Homeless-Themed Party
Sorority girls from Indiana University’s Kappa Delta chapter sponsored a homeless-themed party this week, Jezebel reports. Photos of the sorority girls have surfaced on the web. The sorority members...
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Homeless Teen Earns Full Scholarship to College
Drew Gooch slept in his car with nowhere to go. He couldn’t live with his mother because her boyfriend was a registered sex offender, WMC-TV5 reports. But he didn’t let that get him down. He got a job...
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Homeless Teen Graduates as Valedictorian, Will Attend Spelman
Chelesa Fearce, a senior at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Georgia, is graduating as her school’s valedictorian, despite being homeless and living out of her mother’s car for most of her...
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How Crowdfunding Is Saving This Homeless Mother
When you say crowdfunding, you usually think of something like Kickstarter or Indiegogo, where creators from around the world come to get projects funded by the community. But sometimes the community...
View Article[WATCH] St. Louis Rams Defensive Ends Tackle Homelessness
Earlier this year, a couple of defensive ends from the St. Louis Rams, William Hayes and Chris Long, set out to educate themselves and others about some of the realities of homelessness in America....
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Veteran Receives White House Champion of Change Award
It takes vision and courage to look at a worldwide problem and decide that you, and only you, have the power to fix it. For Ginger Miller, a formerly homeless veteran and founder of Women’s Veterans...
View Article5 Ways to Get Involved in National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week
Each year the National Coalition for the Homeless designates the week prior to Thanksgiving as National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness week. This holiday season, are you prepared to make a...
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Start Doing This When You See Homeless People
(Image: iStock.com/beichh4046) Growing up in a town of 3,000 people, homelessness was not something we confronted on a regular basis. In fact, my memories are limited to just two encounters. The first...
View ArticleChance the Rapper Hosts Holiday Party to Help the Homeless
‘Tis the season for giving, and Chance the Rapper is no Scrooge. The 24-year-old hip hop star hosted a holiday party at The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago last week to raise money for...
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Twitter Sounds Off On High-Fashion Homeless-Looking Sneakers
New sneakers are a luxury not frequently afforded to many people living below the poverty line. As a result, taping, stitching, and wearing old, holey shoes is an unfortunate norm, not a fashion...
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Dignity Health CEO: How Homelessness and Race Affect Healthcare
Lloyd Dean is at the helm of Dignity Health, the largest hospital provider in California, and the fifth largest health system in the nation. As one of the few CEOs of color in the U.S., Dean’s...
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Will Smith to Help Raise $50 Million to Fight Homelessness
When does reading help raise money? When an artist like Will Smith is involved! As reported in The Washington Post, Will Smith and Dame Helen Mirren will each read a bedtime story during a one-night...
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Investors Convert Former Denver Hotel Into 139 Mini-Apartments for the Homeless
The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH), a non-profit organization in Denver, Colorado, has purchased a former Quality Inn and Suites and will convert it into affordable housing for homeless...
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Black Developer Terrica Smith Went from Homeless to Building Affordable Housing
As a black woman in her mid-30s, Terrica Smith has cleared many hurdles to accomplish a number of major feats. She is the owner of Cachet Real Estate and a managing partner for Salt Capital Equity...
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