Art4TheHomeless WebzineOctober 1, 2012

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sThe Art4TheHomeless Publishing Team apologizes forthe lateness of the October 1st Edition and the absenceof the September 15th Edition of the Art4TH Zine.

Art4TH Founder Johnna Crider became homeless onSeptember 5th, 2012 and is currently in transition. Shewill be relocating to Texarkana, TX where she can staywith a friend, get a better paying job and save up mon-ey and also focus on Art4TheHomeless.

Also, in the coming months, Art4TheHomeless will beundergoing a restructuring plan and there will be a newExecutive Director, CEO, Vice President and Chairmanof the Board of Directors.

Also, Art4TheHomeless and Eternal Impact are teamingup with Camden Midtown Atlanta to focus on WorldHomeless Action Day Atlanta on October 10, 2012!

World Homeless Action Day is aworldwide collaborative effortthat is held on the 10th day ofOctober every year…….Whatshould or could be done on thisday? The day is there for youand your community to use, asyou see fit, to create change andmake a difference in the lives ofpeople who are experiencinghomelessness in your local area.

There seems to be an internation-al day for this or that all the time.Sometimes even an entire weekor month is devoted to focusingour attention on an issue orgroup of people in need. Thesecan be very powerful opportuni-ties in terms of fundraising,awareness-raising, and garner-ing significant political power.

There are two hashtags we areusing for the Atlanta Event.#MoreThanWords is the officialhashtah for the World HomelessAction Day Movement and#WorldHomelessActionDayATLis the hashtag for the AtlantaWHAD.

If you are not in the Atlanta areabut want to participate, you canclick on the above image thathas the guy sitting down with thesign saying “I Want Change” andeither host your own event orhelp promote the event in yourcommunities

This year, Atlanta, GA will be join-ing the cities all over the worldtaking part in World Homeless Ac-tion Movement.

The Atlanta Event

Admission is Free!

Art4TheHomeless has teamed upwith Camden Midtown Atlanta andEternal Impact Homeless Minis-tries to raise homeless awarenessin a fun and innovative way. Wewill be collecting items to pass outto the homeless of Metro Atlantaafter the event: toiletries, coats,clothes and blankets. There willbe two live bands and a raffledrawing for fundraising for bothArt4TheHomeless and Eternal Im-pact. Camden will provide freefood and drinks (soda, water,) foreveryone who comes!

Schedule of Events

6-7:30 The Shadow Lords openthe event7:30-7:50 Raffle Drawing7:50-9 Vintage Nation headlinesthe eventWhen: October 10, 2012 at 6 PMto 9 PM

Where: Courtyard at Camden Mid-town Atlanta 265 Ponce de LeonAve NE Atlanta, GA 30308w

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In only 3 days I’ll be able to say I’ve been sleeping inmy car for 2 years straight here in warm and sunnysouthern California. It has it’s ups and downs, but sodoes every other circumstance, right? Luckily, I don’thave to pay rent, although I do like to joke that myrent is only about $70/mo aka car insurance. LOLTo keep up with the Free Mindset I wanted to listsome ways you (and myself) can sleep for free. Thisis another subject that no one really talks about. Youdon’t hear news stories on places you can sleep forfree – or do anything for free to be honest. So I did alittle research and added my 1 cent (can’t afford 2cents) to the list below to help you find locations tosleep for free whether you’re homeless or traveling orsimply want a mini-adventure. List below is in noparticular order.

1. Wal-Mart / Retail / Gym Parking LotsThis is my choice. Not all retail parking lots are equal.Some have security or foot traffic or employees goingin and out etc. Mylocation is at a Wal-Mart that is not24/7 but does have a night crewthat frequents the parking lot and front of buildingthroughout the night. So I feel somewhat safe.

2. Shelters / Tent CitiesIndoors is always the way to go if given the option,whether it’s in a tent or a shelter building. But beaware of your surroundings as the more people nextto you, the more stressful it can become for you.

3. CraigsList.org / CouchSurfing.orgWe all know about CraigsList.org, but did you knowabout CouchSurfing.org? I just learned about it today,and supposedly it’s the same functionality asCraigsList, but more community based andsafe. But‘safe’ is a relative term.

4. Highway Rest Stops / Truck StopsYou’ve seen these on the side of freeways labeledRest Areas where truck drivers or any other vehiclescan take a rest from their longdrive. There’s usuallyno security here but often there’s showers;though notalways free. Of course there’s restrooms and vendingmachines and sometimes more amenities.

5. Public Parks / Open LandThese places are preferred for those who wish to bealone, away from the city and other people. There’splenty of open land across theUnited States, but becareful and watch for signage dictating when andwhere you’re allowed to go. Or if you’re in a secludedplace, be wary of wildlife.

6. Residential Neighborhood / ApartmentComplexes

If you wish to stay within the city, parking on the streetof a residential neighborhood is a great place to sleep,however, if you’re there more than one night,someone may take notice and contact authorities. Butapartment complexes are even better, especiallythose without security patrol. More traffic goesw

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sthrough apartment complexes, so you can get awaywith parking in the same complex (but not the samespot) for days or weeks at a time.

7. Church or Other Community Parking LotIf you’re a religious person, you may think to park inyour church’s parking lot, and they may allow it. Butif it’s not your church, some may ask you toparticipate in attending the church or working offyour time allotted on their property. Other placessuch as YMCA or Rec Centers may also work, butthey usually have some type of security patrol andmay ask you to leave.

8. Beach / LakeA great place to ‘camp out’ is at the waterfront. Notall beaches or lakes are patrolled, and some haveshower stalls you can use for free. Drive up anddown the coast and try out different locations andsee what works best for your situation. The coolbreeze and fresh atmosphere is a great place tobrainstorm.

9. Vacant Homes / Barns / CabinsThis can be a bit tricky, and is not recommended formore than a night or two. If you’re traveling andstumble upon a vacant building, you may want tostake it out the first night (if you’re able) beforesleeping inside. The building could be vacant for anumber of reasons, or it could already be taken upby a group of squatters who will return late in thenight.

10. Bus / Train StationJust like the truck stop or rest areas, these parkinglots have frequent traffic and many parked vehicles.So parking for a couple days may work out withoutany issue at all. With restrooms and other amenities,it could be a hassle free location to sleep during yourtravels.

11. Park & Ride / Parking Structure or LotsPark & Ride are small parking lots usually within acity where people park their cars for most of the daywhile joining a carpool in the morning on their way towork. These also rarely have security patrolling, butcops may check them out on occasion. Parkingstructures may work in your favor, but they may alsohave security or cops patrolling as it’s a frequentplace for illegal activities.

The above is opinions based on my personalexperiences as well as others found throughout theinternet. But what I want to know is, What’s yourexperience with the above locations?

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nLanda Lynae Ruen is an artist with a Bachelor of Special Stud-ies, winner of The Kimmel Award and Lambda Alpha at theNational Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology. Landahas attended the Art Institute of Chicago, and studied abroadin Mexico City, Michoacán, Mexico for Advanced Drawing andCeramics.

Landa has exhibited in Decorah, IA; Corning, IA; Minneapolis,MN; Mount Vernon, IA; Shanghai, China; Alexandria, VA; andhas apprenticed and completed residencies with ShigarakiCeramic Cultural Park (Koka City, Japan), Palazzo Rinaldi(Noepoli, Italiy) Pantocrator Gallery Shanghai (Shanghai, Chi-na) SCIS Upper and Lower School (Shanghai, China), andBlack Bear Pottery (Brainerd, MN)

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I like to think of Ferris WheelsLike a wagon wheel for a giantAn enormous pie chart in the skyMeasuring all that is good in usIt circles and spins in the lightGlows in the night with electric bulbsEnacts great meetings on the airWhere sweethearts ride into romanceOnce I saw a huge bicycleAnd it was propelled by twoFerris Wheels rolling, stranger stillA rider atop the loco-motorPedaling madly to keep upWith this giant bicycle spinningTwin water wheels spinning outI know the sensation of spillingOut over the edge, as if oneMight fall from the skyAround the unseen bendAnd then the swing aroundBack up the other sideAnd around and around and aroundThe lives that intercede and collideThe meeting place of the fair parkWhere lives interact and circumstanceCelebrates. Where children comeTo ride for the first time, how afraidThey might be to climb on, thenLaugh jubilantly with delightFor the treat of a Ferris Wheel RideWhen I was a kid I got stuckOn the top of one, it almost tippedWe almost fell to the groundMy parents looked onAt me and my brother at the topTerrified that they would loseTheir only children. We livedTo get off. But for years we weren’tAllowed to ride, kept on the groundI still have trouble getting on oneI usually stay on the groundBut worship them and lend encourage-mentFor others to take a whirl, takeThe ride on a wagon wheel for giantsIt is truly quite a thrillTo broach the expanse of the sky

Take command of angular momentumPropelled through space and timeSuch passion in passive motionTo rise and spin and round againAnd create pie charts dividedBy the spinning motion illustratedIn an art piece in the skyMounted on the ground in safetyFraught with fear and guilt I rideThough I never actually get on againIn spirit I spin with the best of themAnd manufacture them for the childrenWho ride and shout with delightAnd create such wonderful thingsMy life long pure delightOh the wagon wheel of a giantSpinning in enormityThe wonder of what is amazingDespite my jealousy, as oneWho is eternally on the groundStable as I am underfootThough the shadow of it looms above meI rest in my quiet contentmentFor such dreams I imagine in a rideI live out while I sleepWhere I ride Ferris Wheels into the nightAnd spill out over the treesAnd fly in the sky like all the restI am my own worst enemyFor what I may well doI fear and never end up playingTo spin in the sky in the giant expanseOf this wish fulfillment, that somedayI may ride again, fearless as I am willingAnd get on the wagon wheel for a giantAnd spin into the universeAnd circle the sun as a Ferris Wheel cometIt would be named after meAnd every time one got onto ridePerhaps they might think of meStanding in the ground looking upPraying for a day of victoryTo glide in the night skyLit up with all the crowdAnd spin and intermingleAs a pie chart set in the ground.As a wagon wheel for a giant.

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Au Contraire’s Savory Bread PuddingIngrédients6 cups French bread, cut up1 pkg breakfast sausage (I like Jimmy Dean’s Hot Sausage with this)1/2 cup onions, chopped well2 cloves garlic, minced1 tsp butter4 oz (1/2 block) cream cheese2 cups fresh spinach8 eggs2 cups milk1 tsp salt1 tsp black pepper2 cups mild cheddar cheese, shredded

Instructions de cuissonMelt the butter and sauté the onions and garlic until soft. Add the cream cheese andblend well. Brown the sausage until it is well-cooked and broken up into small pieces.Beat the eggs, milk, salt, and black pepper.

Grease a large baking dish. Layer the bread, sausage, spinach, and cream cheese &onions/garlic mixture. Pour the egg mixture evenly over the contents and top with theshredded cheddar. Cover with foil and let marry for about an hour to overnight.

When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Baked covered for about 30 min-utes. Uncover dish and bake another 20-30 minutes until golden brown. Removefrom oven and let rest about 10 minutes. Serve warm with fresh fruit.

The Homeless Pages is a section in theArt4TH Zine that is dedicated to not onlyhelping homeless relief organizationsgain exposure but also helping anyonewho is homeless get to the right resourc-es they need. This section will be growingissue by issue. International Homelesslinks will be at the end of this section

The HomelessPages

Covenant House is an international home-less relief organization dedicated to rescu-ing children off the streets. They haveseveral shelters in the US, Canada, Mexi-co and Guatamela. If you are in dire needof assistant, you can call the Nine Line1(800) 999-9999www.covenanthouse.org

United Way is a national homelessrelief organization that has manychapters in almost all the cities of theUS. In fact, many have a 211 home-less hotline. Atlanta is one of the cit-ies that has it and you can find outabout the rest through their website:www.unitedway.org

The National Coali-tion for the Home-less is a nationalnetwork of peoplewho are currentlyexperiencing orwho have experi-enced homeless-ness, activists andadvocates, commu-nity-based andfaith-based service

providers, and others committed to a sin-gle mission: To prevent and end homeless-ness while ensuring the immediate needsof those experiencing homelessness aremet and their civil rights protected

http://www.nationalhomeless.org

The Substance Abuse and Mental HealthServices Administration's (SAMHSA)Homelessness Resource Center (HRC) isan interactive learning community dedicat-ed to disseminating knowledge and bestpractices to prevent and end homeless-ness. It includes providers, consumers,policymakers, researchers, and publicagencies at Federal, State, and local lev-els.

http://homeless.samhsa.gov

The International Homeless Forum is justthat: a forum for anyone homeless, any-where in the world. It’s based out of Aus-tralia and had detailed forum groups bycountry, aid for each country and a gener-al welcome group.

http://www.homelessforums.org

The Homeless Network is a Face-book page open to anyone who ishomeless, anyone working in home-less relief to come and connect.

Fhttp://www.facebook.com/thehomelessnetwork

The Na-tionalCenter

on Family Homelessness (The National Center)was started through an unusual partnership. In1987, David Jordan, then editor-in-chief of BetterHomes and Gardens magazine, met in Bostonwith Ellen L. Bassuk, M.D., Associate Professorof Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Bothwere concerned about the growing number ofhomeless families in America, and wanted to dosomething. Dr. Bassuk had conducted ground-breaking research in the mid-1980s documentingthe devastating effect of homelessness on moth-ers and children. Mr. Jordan believed that BetterHomes and Gardens, which reaches 36 millionAmerican adults each month, had the power toeducate the public about this emerging tragedy.In 1988, Dr. Bassuk and Mr. Jordan joined forcesto start "The Better Homes Fund," what wouldeventually be called The National Center on Fami-ly Homelessness, which was established as a501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization and non-en-dowed public charity.

http://www.familyhomelessness.org

The National Alliance to End Homelessness is aleading voice on the issue of homelessness. TheAlliance analyzes policy and develops pragmatic,cost-effective policy solutions. The Alliance workscollaboratively with the public, private, and non-profit sectors to build state and local capacity,leading to stronger programs and policies thathelp communities achieve their goal of endinghomelessness. We provide data and research topolicymakers and elected officials in order to in-form policy debates and educate the public andopinion leader nationwide.

http://www.endhomelessness.org

The National HealthCare for the Home-less (HCH) Councilis a home for thosewho work to improvethe health of home-less people and whoseek housing, health

care, and adequate incomes for everyone.In the National HCH Council, agenciesand individuals, clinicians and advocates,homeless people and housed peoplecome together for mutual support andlearning opportunities, and to advance thecause of human rights.

http://www.nhchc.org

The National Policy and Advocacy Council onHomelessness (NPACH) is a national grassrootsorganization whose primary concern is to ensurethat national homelessness policy accurately re-flects the needs of local communities. They dothis in many ways and you can learn more aboutit at www.npach.orgThe mission of the Law Cen-ter is to prevent and end homelessness by serv-ing as the legal arm of the nationwide movementto end homelessness. T The Law Center address-es the causes of homelessness, not just its symp-toms.http://www.nlchp.org

The mission of the United States Inter-agency Council on Homelessness(USICH) is to coordinate the federal re-sponse to homelessness and to create anational partnership at every level of gov-ernment and with the private sector to re-duce and end homelessness in the nationwhile maximizing the effectiveness of theFederal Government in contributing to theend of homelessness.

http://www.usich.gov

The National Coalition for Homeless Veter-ans (NCHV) — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit orga-nization governed by a 17-member boardof directors — is the resource and techni-cal assistance center for a national net-work of community-based serviceproviders and local, state and federalagencies that provide emergency and sup-portive housing, food, health services, jobtraining and placement assistance, legalaid and case management support for hun-dreds of thousands of homeless veteranseach year.

http://nchv.org

The National Center for Homeless Edu-cation (NCHE) provides research, re-sources, and information enablingcommunities to address the education-

al needs of children experiencing homelessness.

Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, theCenter serves as a clearinghouse of informationfor people seeking to remove or overcome educa-tional barriers and to improve educational oppor-tunities and outcomes for children and youthexperiencing homelessness. The Center also sup-ports educators and service providers throughproducing training and awareness materials andproviding training at regional and national confer-ences and events.

http://center.serve.org/nche/index.php

The National Association for the Educationof Homeless Children and Youth (NAEH-CY) is a national grassroots membershipassociation, connects educators, parents,advocates, researchers, and service pro-viders to ensure school enrollment andattendance and overall success for chil-dren and youth whose lives have beendisrupted by the lack of safe, permanent,and adequate housing. NAEHCY achievesthese goals through advocacy, partner-ships, and education

http://www.naehcy.org/

Travelers Aid Internationalmembers serve communi-ties in the United States,Puerto Rico, Canada andAustralia. Each member

organization is adapted to serve needs specific tothat community. Travelers Aid’s network of pro-grams extends "A Helping Hand Along the Way"to travelers in need of assistance. Our volunteersand staff are there to help travelers in distress orjust provide friendly customer service amid thehustle of airports and train stations.

Our members are a diverse group of human ser-vice nonprofit organizations and a network of keytransportation centers. While each member agen-cy shares the core service of helping strandedtravelers, many Travelers Aid agencies provideshelter for the homeless, transitional housing, jobtraining, counseling, local transportation assis-tance and other programs to help people whoencounter crises as they journey through life.

http://www.travelersaid.org

A nonprofit corporationheadquartered in Washing-ton, D.C., the Housing As-sistance Council (HAC) hasbeen helping local organiza-tions build affordable homesin rural America since 1971.HAC emphasizes local solu-tions, empowerment of the

poor, reduced dependence, and self-help strate-gies. HAC assists in the development of both sin-gle- and multi-family homes and promoteshomeownership for working low-income rural fam-ilies through a self-help, "sweat equity" construc-tion method. The Housing Assistance Counciloffers services to public, nonprofit, and privateorganizations throughout the rural United States.HAC also maintains a special focus on high-needgroups and regions: Indian country, the Mississip-pi Delta, farmworkers, the Southwest border colo-nias, and Appalachia.

http://www.ruralhome.org

We are a supportcommunity helpingus all learn aboutthe issues of home-lessness and pover-ty in a safe, friendlyenvironment, provid-

ing encouragement and resources to each othervia social media. Open and honest communica-tion is at the core value of what we stand for soplease feel free to be yourself at times. Pleaseremember social media is a conversation, sojump right in and introduce yourself on the wall sowe can get to know you. We only ask that al-though homelessness and poverty can be a chal-lenging conversation that everyone do their bestto stay positive and respect everyone. Andplease, go on and have some fun.

https://www.facebook.com/wearevisible

The concept that grewinto Habitat for Human-ity International wasborn at Koinonia Farm,a small, interracial,

Christian community outside of Americus, Geor-gia. Koinonia Farm was founded in 1942 by farm-er and biblical scholar Clarence Jordan.

The Fullers first visited Koinonia in 1965. Theyhad recently left a successful business and anaffluent lifestyle in Montgomery, Alabama to be-gin a new life of Christian service.

At Koinonia, Jordan and Fuller developed theconcept of "partnership housing." The conceptcentered on those in need of adequate shelterworking side by side with volunteers to build sim-ple, decent houses.

Invisible People TV is a vlog thatintroduces the homeless as peo-ple and not a stereotype. Accord-ing the the founder : “I once hearda story about a homeless man onHollywood Blvd who really thoughthe was invisible. But one day akid handed the man a Christianpamphlet. The homeless guy was

shocked and amazed, “what! You can see me? Howcan you see me? I’m invisible!”For years I’ve used the lens of a television camera totell the stories of homelessness and the organizationstrying to help. That was part of my job. The reportswere produced well and told a story, but the storiesyou see on this site are much different. These are thereal people, telling their own, very real stories…unedited, uncensored and raw.

The purpose of this vlog is to make the invisible visible.I hope these people and their stories connect with youand don’t let go. I hope their conversations with mewill start a conversation in your circle of friends.”

http://invisiblepeople.tv

The Do Foundationholds the essential beliefthat ALL PEOPLE, nomatter their walk in life,are entitled to dignity,respect and the opportu-nity to realize or regain alife of self-sufficiencythrough community in-

volvement and assistance as opposed to living in anunsheltered state of homelessness.

The Mission of the DO Foundation is to connect di-rectly with the homeless for a personal account oftheir immediate needs and to generate communitysupport in conjunction with implementing cost-effec-tive programs to aid and assist them with meetingthese needs. Homelessness is indiscriminate. Andlikewise, the DO Foundation will remain open to theneeds of those who are homeless whether their stateof homelessness is to due to financial hardship, men-tal health related issues, addiction, flight from abusivecircumstances, or lack of support as is often the casewith Veterans and former inmates transitioning backinto the community.

http://www.dofoundation.net/

Joy Junction is a place of refuge to those whohave been forced into the streets of New Mexico.We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organiza-tion dedicated to helping homeless men, women,children, and families in Albuquerque by provid-ing food, clothing, shelter, and safety. Our faith-based church ministry that serves as many as200,000 individuals including as many as 60 to80 children, every day. Each year we are able toserve over 100,000 meals thanks to the generouscontributions of citizens and businesses through-out the city—we could not have such a positiveimpact on our community without you!

http://www.joyjunction.org/

Corporate Code is a non-profitorganization designed to ex-pand participation and leader-ship among disenfranchised

and disengaged men in order to build self-sufficiency and economic independenceby providing interview-appropriate clothingand career counseling.

Our mission is to help build self-sufficiencyand economic independence by providing,the look, the self-esteem and the confi-dence needed for our clients to becomepositive members of our society.

http://www.corporatecodeatl.org

Springwire connects peo-ple in crisis with the so-cial services and support

networks that surround them – expanding a com-munity’s capacity to care. By providing free ac-cess to tailored communication tools, Springwirerestores a sense of hope and dignity, enablingpeople in transition to stabilize their lives and getaccess to the help they need to move out of crisis.

Springwire began as Community Voice Mail inSeattle in 1991. Driven by the challenge of con-necting homeless, phoneless workers with jobopportunities, the organization’s founders cameup with a simple idea: Give people a phone num-ber that stays constant, even if they can’t. Thesuccess of the program spread, along with theidea of using technology to alleviate poverty. To-day Springwire serves more than 50,000 peoplein 400 cities nationwide.

http://www.cvm.org

The Homeless Resource Network, formerlyknown as Metropolitan Columbus Task Force forthe Homeless, Inc. has, since 1987, served theMetropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) of Columbus,Georgia and Russell County, Alabama, in the co-ordination of services and information for thehomeless population. The Network began as acoalition of interested individuals who chargedthemselves with the task of addressing homeless-ness on a community level. In 1995, with assis-tance from the City of Columbus and the GeorgiaCoalition to End Homelessness, the Network forthe first time established an office and hired staff.The Network continues to address homelessnessas a non profit 501(c)(3) organization in partner-ship with service providers, concerned citizensand people experiencing homelessness.

http://homelessresourcenetwork.org

The HUV Project is aneffort to provide tempo-rary housing to homelessindividuals for crisis disas-ter relief. The HUV Proj-ect will produce anddistribute shelter units tohomeless individuals withthe cooperation and sup-

port of other non-profit organizations whose aimis to provide housing, safety, and support servic-es.

The HUV is a temporary personal shelter con-structed as a mobile vehicle to be used by thehomeless. The vehicle is intended for individualswho have been victimized by both natural disas-ter and political conflict, resulting in insufficienthousing. The HUV is not a cure for homelessnessbut rather a transitional means of housing.

http://www.thehuvproject.org/

Home Free is a non-profit initiative to eradi-cate homelessness inurban environmentsthrough the provisionof free wireless internet,social networking andresource allotment. Wetake donated bread

trucks which have come off route and add donat-ed computers and hardware to create mobile wire-less access hubs for homeless individuals toutilize for finding family, jobs, resources and waysoff the street. The goal is simple: Provide a re-source for the homeless which will allow them tofind ways off the street. Of course there are manywho prefer the streets to a 9-5 and home life, butfor those who are stuck and cannot find thereway, Home Free will provide the tools to try.

http://homefree.ning.com/

The mission of StandUp ForKids is ending the cycle ofyouth homelessness.

We do this, every day, in citiesacross America. We carry outour mission through our volun-teers who go to the streets in

order to find, stabilize and otherwise help home-less and street kids improve their lives.

StandUp For Kids is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit or-ganization founded in 1990 to help rescue home-less and at-risk youth. With national headquartersin Atlanta, Georgia StandUp For Kids is run al-most entirely by volunteers, and has programs ina number of states.

http://standupforkids.org

The purpose of World Homeless Day is to drawattention to homeless people’s needs locally andprovide opportunities for the community to getinvolved in responding to homelessness, whiletaking advantage of the stage an ‘internationalday’ provides.

This World Homeless Day website exists to re-source local groups to take the concept of WorldHomeless Day and run with it to benefit homelesspeople locally in their area.

http://www.worldhomelessday.org/

International Homeless ResourcesObdachlose Ressourcen (Vienna)

International HomelessResources

Vienna, Austria

Note: these articlesare in German

Der Augustin wurde 1995nach dem Beispiel ameri-kanischer, britischer oderfranzösischer Straßenzei-tungen gegründet. DerVerkauf der Straßenzeitun-gen hilft Menschen, dieaus verschiedenen Grün-den vom Arbeitsmarkt aus-geschlossen sind(Obdachlosen, Langzeitar-beitslosen, Asylbewerber-Innen u.a.), ihre Not zulindern. ProfessionelleSozialarbeiterInnen des

Augustin sind an ihrer Seite. Vorrangiges Ziel der Au-gustin-Sozialarbeit ist aber nicht, die Marginalisierten„jobready“ zu machen, sondern ihren Ausbruch ausder Entmündigung zu fördern.

http://www.augustin.or.at

Seit mehr als 25Jahren ist die

"Gruft" Wiens wohlbekannteste Cari-tas-Einrichtung für

obdachlose Menschen. Sie bietetMenschen, die auf der Straße stehen,einen sicheren Zufluchtsort und vorallem menschliche Wärme - 365Tage im Jahr rund um die Uhr.

http://www.gruft.at/

http://www.vinzi.at/vinzenz/frames.html

Gemeinsamfür WienDer FondsSozialesWien (FSW)sorgt dafür,dass Wiener-innen undWiener die

Unterstützung bekommen, die sie brauchen. Das An-gebot umfasst Leistungen der Pflege und Betreuung,Behindertenhilfe, Wohnungslosenhilfe sowie Grund-versorgung für AsylwerberInnen. Rund 100.000 Wie-nerinnen und Wiener werden pro Jahr vom FSW undseinen über hundert Partnerorganisationen rasch undindividuell unterstützt.

Die Tochtergesellschaften des FSW bieten Schuldner-beratung, Hauskrankenpflege, Betreuung in Tag-eszentren für Seniorinnen und Senioren sowieWohnmöglichkeiten für wohnungslose Menschen an.

http://wohnen.fsw.at/wohnungslos/tages-u-beratungszentren/josi.html

The UnitedKingdom

The Pavement is committed to publishing inde-pendent advice as well as hard-hitting and enter-taining reportage, tailored to a homelessreadership within the UK via our regional maga-zines and UK-wide website. We aim to provideand publicise appropriate information that is ob-jective, timely and relevant on a range of advisoryand practical services available to homeless peo-ple, as well as news on the issues impacting thehomeless and dispossessed from across the UK.Our ultimate goal is to help reduce short-termhardship amongst our readers and longer term toprovide them with information to enable them toguide their own futures.

The Pavement exists because there was nothinglike it, but it fulfils a need.

The Pavement is a small charity, founded in thespring of 2005. We distribute The Pavement inLondon, Scotland and the West Midlands, and weplan to launch in other regions. In London alone,we deliver 4,000+ copies of The Pavement toover 70 hostels, day centres, homeless surgeries,soup-runs and libraries. By using volunteer jour-nalists and homelessness sector professionals,as well as work from the country’s best cartoon-ists (many of them Private Eye contributors),we’ve achieved a balance of news, features, hu-mour and service listings unlike other publications.

Our journalists - trained professionals - cover thenews from the streets or news affecting thestreets, and we often deal with topics ignored bythe mainstream press. Alongside this, other pro-fessionals provide features on health, foot care,legal advice and life in hostels, with the back pag-es given over to The List, a regularly updated di-rectory of homeless services.

http://www.thepavement.org.uk

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The Pilion Trust is a charity inLondon and Wales, UK andtheir goals are many and var-ied:To provide relief of sickness andthe preservation and protectionof health of people irrespectiveof race, culture, gender, sexuali-ty, sexual orientation, religiousbeliefs, spiritual beliefs, age ordisability who are or who have

been affected by drug, alcohol misuse, mental ill health or home-lessness in particular but not exclusively by the provision of com-munity based support and outreach activities within LondonBoroughs to begin with then across England and Wales.

To provide relief of unemployment for the benefit of the public byoffering volunteer, trainee, befriending, coaching and mentoringplacements to enable the beneficiaries to gain an NVQ3, equiva-lent or above qualification and move into permanent employmentand a long term career.To advance the awareness and education of the public about theharm of drug and alcohol misuse, issues around homelessnessand mental ill health through delivering training, research, advoca-cy and seminars.They have many more goals and objects and you can learn moreabout them at the following website:

http://piliontrust.com

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Art4TheHomeless is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organization that unitesartists of all media to promote homeless awareness in the USA. Tolearn more about Art4TheHomeless, get your art, music, or writing inthe Art4TH Zine, to advertise with the Art4TH Zine, please visit ourwebsite at www.art4thehomeless.org