Chicago Homeless Blog

It benefits everyone to house the homeless

Andre Francisco — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:07:47 +0000

Though many people are against providing free services to the homeless because they see them as an undeserved and unearned handout, the problems of the homeless don’t only effect the homeless. When a homeless person has to use the emergency room for medical care the cost of their visit is passed on to tax payers. [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

More on Invisible People in Chicago

Andre Francisco — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:10:51 +0000

I wrote about the history of Mark Horvath’s Invisible People.tv project and his visit to Chicago in my last post. ChicagoNow blogger Megan Cottrell followed Horvath around while he was in Chicago and wrote a great account of what it was like to talk to people who are normally invisible. I didn’t even see her, [...] Related posts:

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New Movie Trailer – The End to Poverty?

Andre Francisco — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:51:13 +0000

Though this blog focuses on the effects of poverty in Chicago and the hardships of people who have been forced into homelessness because of poverty, in truth the problem of poverty and homelessness is far greater in other parts of the world. The poor in the poorest parts of the world have far fewer opportunities [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Chicago’s invisible people with Mark Horvath

Andre Francisco — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:32:49 +0000

The name came from the story of a homeless man living on Hollywood Blvd. One day, the man was shocked as as another man handed him a Christian pamphlet. He was shocked because so many thousands of people has passed him down the busy sidewalk without even a sideways glance that he was sure that [...] Related posts:

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It’s all about jobs

Andre Francisco — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:52:17 +0000

It was announced Friday that the economy lost 345,000 jobs in May. That is roughly equivalent to the entire population of Minneapolis, Minn. becoming unemployed in a single month. In these times, that is a is a good sign. In the first three months of 2009, the economy lost an average of 700,000 jobs each month, [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Northwestern’s Dance Marathon selects homeless organization as 2010 beneficiary

Andre Francisco — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:02:25 +0000

Northwestern University’s Dance Marathon has selected a national homeless organization serving youth as their beneficiary for DM 2010. The organization, StandUp For Kids, has various programs aimed at preventing child homelessness and helping children who are already homeless. Their Don’t Run Away program puts high school and college students in elementary and middle school classrooms to [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Homeless hip hop from Brooklyn

Andre Francisco — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:07:56 +0000

In the style of Mark Horvath’s Invisible People.tv is D-Nice’s True Hip Hop video series on Vimeo. D-Nice has about a dozen ten-minute interviews with people he feels represent true hip hop, as opposed to some more famous and mainstream artists. Among these interviews is a homeless emcee in Brooklyn who goes by Sawed Off. [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Homeless news weekly roundup – 5.26.09

Andre Francisco — Mon, 25 May 2009 05:22:16 +0000

Gov. Quinn commits to affordable housing – Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Gov. Quinn gave a speech last Wednesday about the importance of affordable housing, an issue he supported before becoming governor. He asked citizens to contact their representatives to voice their support for affordable housing in both Chicago and Illinois. Plan to Charge Working Homeless Draws [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

The added costs of being poor

Andre Francisco — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:28:31 +0000

DeNeen L. Brown of The Washington Post had a long article entitled “Poor? Pay Up.” in Monday’s edition explaining the huge costs that the poor have to pay just because they are poor. Poverty 101: We’ll start with the basics. Like food: You don’t have a car to get to a supermarket, much less to Costco or [...] Related posts:

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New movies of interest

Andre Francisco — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:39:04 +0000

The economic downturn has spawned a number of films examining poverty in America. This week the trailers for two upcoming films on the same subject were released. Life is Hot in Cracktown is a film about the many ways that crack-cocaine has harmed whole neighborhoods. The movie tells the story of a prostitute, a rookie cop [...] Related posts:

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