The 13th Annual Homelessness Marathon begins 7 p.m., EST, Tues. Feb 23rd and runs for 14 hours until 9 a.m., EST, Wed. Feb. 24th.
“We have a mindset in this country that homelessness is a problem that can wait,” comments Jeremy Weir Alderson, founder of the Homelessness Marathon, “but it’s a dire emergency for the people who are homeless, a drain on our economy, and a stain on our national honor. We ought to solve this problem, and we could if we would only turn our attention to it.”
The Homelessness Marathon will address the problem of homelessness by speaking directly with homeless people, who will give their first-hand testimony on how they became homeless and the obstacles they face before they can be housed again. (more…)
Hobos to Street People: Artists’ Responses to Homelessness From the New Deal to the Present exhibition had a fantastic run at the California Historical Society.
Terry “Tresa” Chandler stood in the vaulted art gallery. Her tiny 4 foot, 11 inch figure was dwarfed by the colorful painting of a Hispanic boy walking to school past a rotten tomato splashed against graffiti on a wall, ordering ‘Homeless Go Home.”
SAN FRANCISCO – Homelessness is one of the issues that Americans often prefer to ignore. Yet a new exhibition at the California Historical Society brings it into focus with striking clarity.