Homeless news weekly roundup – 4.17.09
Sorry it has been awhile since I posted these updates, but I’m back on schedule now and you can expect some good stories coming up.
Homeless magazine Streetwise in financial trouble but receiving donations
The big news in the Chicago homeless community this week was that 16-year-old magazine Streetwise, which is sold by the homeless and covers homelessness, was going to have to close in 45 days because of a drop in circulation and funding from foundations. The new info is that the magazine has received a flood of online donations from individuals and some large foundation pledges. The Chicago Tribune reports that they are half way to their goal for funding this week. And 1st Ward Ald. Manny Flores introduced a resolution to City Council saying that funds to end homelessness could be used to support the paper, according to CBS2 Chicago. Check out my previous post on the reaction to the Streetwise news.
Community addresses barriers surrounding Latino homelessness – Chi-Town Daily News
Megan Cottrell attended Tuesday’s community forum on Latino homelessness in Chicago. An interesting idea the came out of the forum, called Todos Contamos, or Everyone Counts, was that Latinos are underrepresented in homelessness surverys because they are much more likely to double-up with family members than turn to social service agencies for help. Check out the article for an interesting read.
New videos from Invisible People – Invisiblepeople.tv
Mark Horvath over at Invisible People took a trip to New York City recently and filmed a couple of new homeless people for his ongoing series of uncut on-the-street interviews with the homeless. His most recent interview was with Willy, who said he drinks because of the depression of being homeless and that if he had a room of his own he probably wouldn’t drink any more. Mark and other bloggers have pointed this out as an example of the benefits of the Housing First school of thought in social services. For more info about Housing First and some evidence to whether it works, check out my post from earlier this week.
Willy from invisible people on Vimeo.
For more stories check out Tony, a vet who panhandles on the highway, and Jennifer, who is six months pregnant and just getting off the streets and into housing.
Related posts:
- More on Invisible People in Chicago I wrote about the history of Mark Horvath’s Invisible People.tv...
- Chicago’s invisible people with Mark Horvath The name came from the story of a homeless man...
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