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Understanding A Complexity That Affects Us At Every Turn
Long but worth the watch.....Collected in StoneSoupVideos May 2, 2012 -
Nashville & Homeless Encampments: Here We Go Again
Most folks around these parts will probably remember the protracted battle to first save the largest homeless encampment in Nashville, then to extend the closing deadline to try and provide services and resources to the 100+ residents living there, some for a decade or more. Mother Nature did what police, city officials and the business community could not; the historic flood that occurred in May, 2010 put that camp some 20 feet under water, pushing out residents, who entered Red Cross emergency shelters asCollected in StoneSoupVideos Feb 16, 2012 -
PBS NewsHour: Wealth, Poverty and Politics Today
On the basis that a well-informed citizenry is critical to choosing the right leader, I submit the following material addressing "safety nets" for the poor to you for your analysis. Unfortunately, I long ago recognized that whatever your analysis might determine, it will most likely make absolutely no difference.Collected in StoneSoupVideos Feb 8, 2012 -
Reminding Myself Of My "Consumer" Status
Those of you who know me know it's no secret that I'm in a methadone maintenance program.Currently at a 30mg daily dose I started "Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for substance use conditions" in 2000 and have been a fierce advocate for the use of MAT for those of us who suffer from opiate addiction ever since. In talks and presentations around the country, I have been sharing the fact that Methadone maintenance not only saved my life, it allowed me to take my recovery to a point that I could establishCollected in StoneSoupVideos Jan 27, 2012 -
"I mean, it's only life. You do what you have to do, right?"
In a country filled with riches that boggle the mind, that children must live in a work-truck while their father struggles to find steady employment devastates the notion of the U.S. being "morally and ethically superior" to anyone, anywhere, at any time.Collected in StoneSoupVideos Nov 29, 2011 -
"What created mess was your government, which has demanded for years that everybody be in a home. And we’ve made it easy as possible for people to be in homes"
Okay, so let me get this straight, Joe; somehow "Government" is wrong for promoting the need for people to be "in homes?" Am I hearing you right, Joe?Collected in StoneSoupVideos Nov 8, 2011 -
Standing Side by SIDE
The power of peer recovery programs....Collected in StoneSoupVideos Oct 17, 2011 -
Mark Horvath Bringing Another Megaphone To Those Experiencing Homelessness
Last Friday, I think we made internet/Facebook history over at WeAreVisible.com. A little background before I explain. We Are Visible was/is the brainchild of Mark Horvath, whose name has become synonymous with the voices of those experiencing homelessness. Mark has been bringing video interviews with people from the street into mainstream discussions for a number of years now, and recently completed a cross country Canadian journey that brought the voices of our homeless friends in the Great Cold NorthCollected in StoneSoupVideos Sep 26, 2011 -
"Anycity" USA:"A whole lot of the shootings are from people selling drugs, which leads to confrontations and disputes, which leads to someone pulling out a gun."
Having spent considerable time in the bowels of Detroit as a young man, I know firsthand about the violence that can jump off there in a moment's notice, especially when one is engaged in activities prone to attracting violent types. I recall one particularly nasty incident where my friend and I had just finished work on an early Friday afternoon and, flush with a paycheck, headed over to some dope houses just off some gnarly drug-infested neighborhood about a block in from a particularly mean area of MichiCollected in StoneSoupVideos Sep 3, 2011 -
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Racism is alive and thriving, and it is not confined to the states in our "deep South" region, even though we see these kinds of crimes often publicized heavily when they occur here. I think these boys are going to be very surprised to find that, as Wikipedia points out, " "African-Americans are about 7 times more likely to have a prison record than whites." At the moment, these boys are probably safely out on bond.Collected in StoneSoupVideos Aug 11, 2011 -
"I know that when John (Puderbaugh) died, he died in his own home. He was warm, he was safe, he died with dignity."
I never understood the mentality of those who argue against collaborating w cops to help identify and target those experiencing chronic homelessness in our towns and cities. Sure, I get that it can be construed as "cooperating" with the cops, but there's a big difference between collaboration and cooperation, kids, and it doesn't take long for folks on the streets to sort out what the outreach worker or case manager is really doing as they meet w police.A quick example: several years ago, immediately afterCollected in StoneSoupVideos Jul 25, 2011 -
Working Should Be Encouraged, Not Denied
Having arrived early in the afternoon for the National Alliance to End Homelessness conference, I checked into my hotel, caught up on the never-ending barrage of emails that infiltrate my inbox on a second by second basis, and decided to grab some early dinner. I bopped out onto Connecticut Ave and hoofed it down towards Dupont Circle.Collected in StoneSoupVideos Jul 13, 2011 -
"Jail workers in Portland, Ore., discharged a one-legged homeless man without his wheelchair Monday morning after a citation for consuming alcohol in public. "
As soon as I saw this, I thought about some of the jail staff at one of our facilities in the Nashville area who delighted in releasing people shortly after midnight far from downtown, running buses and accessible phones. On more than several occasions, I have gone down to a liquor store that sits near that jail to pick up people who have called me at the nearest phone they could access after they were released in the clothing they had on when they were originally arrested. On more than several occasions,Collected in StoneSoupVideos May 26, 2011 -
Taxicab Confession Hits Home
I don't often go in for "reality" TV, since my own experiences in life are more than adequate in providing entertainment, drama, humor, suspense and escape for me. Added to this is the vicarious trauma I suffer on just about a daily basis as I work with folks still on the street, or as I create new training methods based on the shared stories I have from people I'm working with or hearing about from other outreach workers, case managers and program directors.Collected in StoneSoupVideos Apr 17, 2011 -
Rampant Hypocrisy Rules The Airwaves When the Fox is in the Henhouse
The Daily Show Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on FacebookCollected in StoneSoupVideos Mar 8, 2011 -
Blair Griffith - Miss Colorado - Injecting Hope Into Homelessness
Blair Griffith's story is absolutely typical of how people spiral down into homelessness. Bread-winning family member gets ill or dies from illness and plunges family into economic disarray, menial jobs that barely keep surviving family members on their feet end for some reason, the family runs out of any meager savings they might have, and one morning they're waking up on the curb or under the viaduct wondering how the hell this happened to them. That scenario not only should scare the shit out of everyCollected in StoneSoupVideos Feb 25, 2011 -
Lt. Gen. David Fridovich: "I was amazed at how easy it was for me or almost anybody to have access and to get medication, without really an owner's manual,"
As most of you who read this blog with any regularity know, I've been a long-term methadone maintenance client who got my start on the road to opiate addiction by abusing prescription opiates during the early 70s. It started with innocently enough with a Uno card game and a bottle of Tussionex cough syrup, which I was to learn later contained the ever-popular pea-shooter narcotic, hydrocodone (Vicodin, Lortab, etc). It didn't take me long to move into the bigger guns, and Percodan - not Percocet - (PercoCollected in StoneSoupVideos Jan 28, 2011 -
JFK's Memorial Heartfelt and Joyous
Many thanks to Ben Griffith for getting this together and making it as fun as possible under the circumstances. I've posted all the videos of the music folks played here.Collected in StoneSoupVideos Jan 23, 2011 -
JFK Killed In Fight Yesterday?
This is uncomfirmed by official sources yet, but I just got off the phone w one of my long-time friends on the street who was at Room In The Inn last night when police arrived looking for an individual they suspect was involved somehow in the death of JFK. Folks may recall JFK from an old video on Stone Soup Videos: According to my source, JFK was hanging out with a couple of guys who will remain nameless at this point until I know for certain they're involved, when an argument erupted. JFK supposedly pullCollected in StoneSoupVideos Jan 14, 2011 -
Watching The Time Pass on 'My Generation'
Was watching a show last night that had Elton John and one of my old-school faves, Leon Russell, playing and singing together, These two gentleman had recently cut an album together and the special aired last evening to highlight the collaboration.I have always enjoyed Leon Russell's music, and I was an Elton John fan back when guys who liked Elton John had to keep that kind of info to themselves lest they find themselves on the butt end (no pun intended, and those who understood this joke are exactly theCollected in StoneSoupVideos Oct 20, 2010
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