Eleanor Rigby Project

During an online search pertaining to blogs and homelessness yesterday evening (Monday, November 17, 2003), I came across the Eleanor Rigby Project.

This is "an online collaborative project for middle school students from around the globe. The focus of our project is learning about those who find themselves living on the street. The Eleanor Rigby Project will help students examine not only the people behind the name 'homeless', they will examine their own attitudes and biases towards these people."

The Eleanor Rigby Project coordinator is Brenda Dyck, currently teaching at the Master's Academy located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Those inclined in keeping up with the activities of this particular collaborative middle school project, can do so by visiting the Eleanor Rigby Project Blog. The blog is blogged by Brenda Dyck.

Among the Forgotten Faces

Most people seem to think homelessness mainly exists in the bigger cities with its large urban centers, as if it is chiefly a problem with the higher populated regions and states within the US.

There are those whom say that people who live the homeless are vastly different than one may commonly choose to think or believe, including where they may live: i.e., anyone living anywhere can become homeless at any time for any number of reasons.

Examples of this are illustrated in the following recently published articles and opinion columns:

Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa
People & Places section
Affordable housing needed, groups say
About 19,000 Iowans are homeless
annually, according to the state.


Thursday, November 13, 2003
Washington Post
Metro News section: Maryland
Page B01
Hidden Face of Homelessness
In Outer Suburbs, Growing Population
Eludes Public Awareness


Tuesday, November 18, 2003
The Diamondback:
University of Maryland's
Independent Student Newspaper
Opinion section
Commentary
by Kristen Thompson
Helping the homeless

Fighting City Hall in Kalamazoo

Monday (November 17, 2003) found over a hundred people, including many who are living homeless, over at the City Hall in Kalamazoo, Michigan demanding that the city government do something to meet the growing need for affordable housing that exists there, especially among those most in need: Homeless press City Hall for housing funds.

Newspaper Gives Homeless a Voice, Income

Yet another article, this one featured in the Monday, November 17, 2003 edition of the Washington Times, concerning the newly established street newspaper, Street Sense, published in Washington, D.C.: Newspaper gives homeless a voice, income.