Word: homelessness
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...tacked to trees, titled "SDF Manifesto." But most of all, they're inked on the sides of some 250 lightweight tents planted along the canal's frigid banks, alerting passersby, "An SDF Lives Here." SDF stands for sans domicile fixe and refers to the nation's estimated 86,000 homeless people. Though usually scattered around the city and hidden from view under bridges, in Metro stations or in parks, nearly 300 Parisian SDF's have grabbed the nation's attention since mid-December by camping out around the Saint-Martin canal...
...epiphany scribbled out on a cocktail napkin on a plane ride gave birth to SAME caf? (www.soallmayeat.org). Both Brad and Libby had been searching for a meaningful way to give back while making a living. Admitted volunteer junkies, they had been serving and eating with homeless shelter residents for the past eight years. "We loved the service aspect of giving to the community and attacking the issue of hunger," says Brad. "Plus we both love to cook." When they found out about One World, they flew to Salt Lake City to learn how it was run. Cerreta, in turn, spent...
...Last week, a gentleman left a $50 bill next to an empty bowl of soup at SAME. Since opening, one man has regularly come in and left money on the counter without eating, stating "I was blessed today so I though I'd pass it on." He's homeless...
...next weekend, let alone next year. And your thesis? It will get done. For all of our sakes, let’s declare a moratorium on freakouts for the next few months; they’re unpleasant, and they’re contagious. No one is going to be homeless on June 8th, 2007 (hint: the job is called summer school proctor). Everyone else, I don’t know what you’re so relaxed about. You’ve only got a couple more years! Don’t waste another minute! Get up off the couch...
...heads of Dean Witter, Gardner solves the biggest puzzle of the 80s—the Rubik’s cube—and scores the internship. But with no steady income, he and his son go from a shabby apartment to a shabbier hotel to an all-out homeless shelter, and times become really, well, unhappy. Not to worry, though. There’s no question as to how this one ends...