I am a person without a home

After Bell Let’s Talk Day #bellletstalk, I want to continue the conversation. PLEASE WATCH, LIKE and SHARE my VIDEO. Let’s ERADICATE the word HOMELESSNESS from all current discourse, literature, and titling. We all know the stigma and labels behind this socially...

IT doesn’t get better, but YOU do

I was 16 years old when I first felt the cool midnight breeze blow across my skin as I gazed up at the stars hoping they could answer all of my questions, most importantly the question of how I got to be here: homeless. I remember my first night on the streets; it was...

Visions of Homeless Streets

They’ve abandoned Their comfy-boxes, with the triangles on the tops — Now, they only sit down here, to feed the pigeons: New friends. But still They question… wanting to ask, if this is a fool’s paradise, to the nobodies. Why does it seem so…...

Civil Beat Podcast: Homeless Kids

What’s it like to be a child living in a homeless shelter? We have several perspectives, from the kids themselves. Children in a Honolulu shelter talk about their daily life while two 12-year-olds from a private school down nearby explain what they learned about their...

In the Public Eye: Hamish

HAMISH* HAS BEEN HOMELESS SINCE HIS MID-TEENS. HE GOT ABOUT $13,000 IN FINES ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT. HE HASN’T HAD ANY FINES IN TWO YEARS.. I’ve been homeless since my mid-teens, living mainly in the inner city. I’ve been squatting for ages so I kind of...