Obstacles Contributing To A Community

My passion of helping community is within reach through challenging work and dedication Always, I was told from parents and elders that anyone can achieve their dreams through arduous work and dedication. Surprisingly, I hadn’t pondered this until I observed a shivering homeless person standing at the corner asking for help on one snowy, frosty winter day. This affected my life greatly. On the way, I just started thinking about the life of homeless people and how they are not fortunate enough to get their own place to live, their choice of delicious food to eat and several other amenities that we all enjoy in our everyday lives. An incident, like this, sparked an enthusiastic sense of compassion and empathy in me. Along with my family, I started thinking deeply and my thoughts to help the homeless expanded to other areas and I wanted to start helping the community around me as much as possible.

One might ask themselves, “How does this affect me?” Currently, it might not, however if you look at the statistics, homelessness was not a regular occurrence for almost half of those found homeless. The reason for homelessness varies greatly. Culturally, many people consider those who

Informative Speech Issa Ghandour Informative Outline Topic: Homelessness General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the causes and effects of homelessness. Thesis: Homelessness is a huge problem in the United States but the bias view of the public regarding the causes and effects has led to unfortunately dehumanization and an overlooked need. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: There everywhere. On the streets, bus stops and even around your nearest gas station. Being 3.5 million of them that's no surprise. thats right you guessed it, i’m talking about our homeless. B. Reason to Listen: To have you understand the causes and effects of homelessness. C. Thesis Statement: Homelessness Transition: Now that i've discussed how poverty is constructed, I will share with you how personal problems play a role in homeless.

The article I chose for this week’s discussion is Homeless in College: Important Discussions about Overlooked Issues. Homeless students are present on college campus across the country and can have difficulties connecting to college life. Situational roadblocks can interfere with the student’s college preparation, academics, and inclusion on campus. This underserved group can sometimes be overlooked by advisors if their situational concerns are not recognized and addressed accordingly. This article outlines information about what a homeless student is, and how to connect to this group of students with understanding and mutual respect. The word “homelessness” can be misconstrued and thought of as the stereotypical meaning of a person living on the streets. Homelessness is defined as a fluctuating home life situation that could consider a person as “precariously housed” or a “couch surfer” (Reed, 2016). This means that they are living with a friend temporarily, displaced from their home for various reasons, or living on the streets for an extended period of time. The rigors of being a college student, along with having minimal social support can cause a tremendous amount of stress on a student. Homelessness is not something to be overlooked, and advisors should be able to work with these students to ensure their success and livelihood.

Going on the end of the year service trip to Denver really opened my eyes to how many people are affected by homelessness. Homelessness can have many causes and can happen to anyone. In our societal system today once someone has reached poverty and become homeless it is very hard to recover from this cycle of poverty.

According to the state of New York, approximately thirty thousand families were living at shelters in 2012. I am not ashamed to say that my family and I were included in those statistics. For the past three years, the percentage of families in shelters around New York City have increased. Growing up in The Bronx was extremely challenging for adolescents due to the amount of drugs and crime. Many families are receiving help from the city and still can not afford housing or food. Homelessness has also increased, creating every corner a new home. Although I have faced countless issues growing up, I have been taught an infinite amount of lessons. I have learned that failure is not always a bad thing in life, achievements include hard work and

Homelessness in America Social Program: Public Housing Introduction The issue of homelessness is one that I can relate to all too well. About twenty five years ago I found myself among the homeless. My story is simple, I had no formal education and was working a job making minimum wage. I couldn’t keep up with my rent and other living expenses and was finally evicted from my overpriced apartment. At the time I was on a waiting list for public housing for which there was at least a two year waiting period. The fact that I was single, with no children did not help me either. For a while I lived on the streets and in shelters, too ashamed to approach what family members I had with my problems knowing that they were

Dabbs.Lession1.Journal. An experience in my life that influenced my academic goals was being homeless at the age of 15 to 17. i was living on the streets stealing from stores to eat and other people too who i saw to weak to fight back. My child hood wasn't the greatest but i had the support

After being homeless for two and a half years with a single father and two little brothers, I learned that all things are not given to you and have to work hard for what you want. I have seen my father work very hard to raise three kids who were surrounded by this vicious cycle of crime and poverty in San Francisco Public housing before passing away due to kidney failure. Watching my father pass away before my eye may have been the hardest thing ever to face as 16 year old. The experience of losing my father as well as many of my friends to prison, drug trafficking, gangs, and neighborhood violence motivated me to aim for a better future. College, I realized (and still do), became my outlet for achieving my dreams. I believe that, if peers in the urban areas of San Francisco been given the right guidance, support, and resources they would have graduated and moved on to excel in higher education. It is this belief that has led me to dedicate much of my time to providing support and resources for underprivileged youths during my undergraduate career through a camp program called Camp Towd. My long term goal is to open a non-profit organization as I want to be apart of a team that serves at-risk youth that encourage them to take the right path in life. Instead of allowing youth to repeat the cycle of crime and dropping out of school, I want to be an example to them that you can grow-up in poverty,nonetheless still manage to beat the odds and go to college to obtain a stable job in the future. I feel that people should have a second chance at life where they go to rehab programs and have a mentor to help them achieve their goals in life, as I want to be that mentor one

My life has been a struggle at times, but my thrive to succeed, determination, and enthusiasm for my education and my community has brought me to pursue my dreams.

Homelessness in America SOC331: Social Justice and Ethics Professor Ashraf Esmail Rebecca McRunnel March 8, 2015 Homelessness is an arising problem within the United States. Poverty and homelessness are inheritably linked. As children we were raised to believe that through hard work and determination that we could accomplish anything. We all had dreams of having nice cars, a nice home and lots of money, however this is impossible when a person is living pay check to pay check and close to being homeless. Knowing that we live in the “land of opportunity” brings many dreams to anyone’s mind, however, many families are experiencing financial issues that are causing them to become homeless because they cannot afford to live and pay their bills, food, child care, health care and education (National Coalition of the homeless, 2007). Homelessness in America is persistent, complex and widely-occurring problem that incorporates many economic, social and psychological dimensions (National Coalition of the homeless, 2007). With the shortage of affordable rental property is causing the increasing number of poverty families. Homelessness doesn’t only affect an adult but it does affect many children. In America, 3.5 million Americans are homeless each year. However, of these Americans that are homeless children make up more than 1 million people who are homeless (Home Aid America , n.d.). With children and many families that are homeless, veterans, and domestic

My first field placement was at a homeless sheltering program for families with children, not a crisis center. All of the families that were involved in the program were experiencing financial hardships and needed the necessary resources to bring them back to self-sufficiency. Reading the article, Understanding the Psychodynamics of Chronic Homelessness from a Self-Psychological Perspective, provided a deeper understanding of the many different aspects which could cause an individual to become chronically homeless. It is quite disheartening to see homeless people sleeping on the sidewalks in the city, and I never gave it much thought as to why they are out there alone on the streets, especially when there are homeless shelters available to

Having to wake up everyday feeling that I would stay in the shelter forever; killed me sprit. When I would be in school and people would ask me if I was OK because they would see me googling depression and how to cure it. Being unable to talk to anyone about it because being “homeless” was the joke that was flowed through school. Funny how joking about not being homeless with your friends ; when it is your reality. I refused to claim the word to my living situations. After being homeless for three months was when I was unable to say the word; getting angry at the sound of the word. Knowing that the only thing that I could do was excel at me school work,ignoring my emotions. There would be some nights I would cry myself to sleep; being in a room that is approximately the size of a dorm, my dad would not say anything. He knew that where we are hurting consequently he was unable to do anything about our pain. Living and witnessing a struggle and recalling it is a reflection how resilient I am.After five years I am able to say out loud and share my story with my friends. Being able to keep my head up during a struggle like that reminds me how strong I am. I will keep pushing and grinding even when I am hurting; being knowledgeable that pain is only

The homeless stand down was an eye-opener experience for me. I had the opportunity to interact with several individuals, and one family. Initially I conducted some interviews with them to help complete the questionnaire; and the remainder of the time, I escorted the individuals and helped them choose items that were necessary for them. As I talked to each of them, I realized that the present state of these individuals were a product of the current economic situations. According to the National Homeless Coalition (2009), work factors are one of the many reasons why individuals are homeless. One of the individuals that I spoke to informed me that he was working a regular nine to five job at a construction site, but now due to the

Homeless People have an image of what homeless people should be, I didn't fit these descriptions! I didn't have the messy hair, or the torn clothes, but that all changed! I had only been homeless a long time now, and I had tried my hardest