Word: homelessness
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Daugherty, who lives in a homeless shelter in Quincy, Mass., attributes his marketing skills to his father and friends, but adds that his own outgoing nature comes in handy as a salesman...
Daughtery is one of about 120 vendors who sell Spare Change newspapers produced by the Homeless Empowerment Project (HEP), a Cambridge-based organization that aims to provide opportunities for homeless people to earn their own income and enhance their business skills...
...newspaper, begun by a group of homeless people in 1992, covers a wide range of material, from homeless-related news to movie reviews, poetry, and editorials. Writers come from all walks of life. Some, who are not homeless, volunteer their efforts, while homeless writers receive a stipend of about $50 per article, according to Samuel Weems, one of two overseers of Spare Change distribution...
Weems also explains that not all of the vendors are homeless. Some used to be homeless, and some are simply low-income and looking for a way to pay their rent...
...Spare Change] is a good thing for the homeless who don’t have a job,” he says. “It gives them motivation, a chance to see life in a different way—that’s what it was like...