Backgrounder from Oct. 2019. Colorado City Used $7.3 Million From Marijuana Tax Revenue to Provide for the Homeless The Hearty Soul, Oct. 3, 2019 https://tinyurl.com/v7wxqex Not everyone is open to the legalization of marijuana use, recreational or otherwise. While US states have varying degrees of legality (from complete bans to legal medical use to all […]
Australia is Bracing for a Tsunami of Homeless Women. . .
The post (below) on homeless women in Australia was written on October 10th, 2019, World Homeless Day. With the bushfires, what might the situation be like now? I was walking down the street where I live yesterday and an older woman was begging for money. Usually I see men, occasionally a woman with a man. […]
Oakland Residents Transform Abandoned Lot Into Sanctuary For Camping Homeless Women
Oakland Residents Transform Abandoned Lot Into Sanctuary For Camping Homeless Women https://tinyurl.com/rljbpep California’s housing crisis is hitting especially lower-income communities harder than ever, as rent prices continue to rise stemming from the endless injections of big-tech money into areas like San Francisco and Oakland. According to The Guardian, the number of homeless encampments within the city […]
Virgin Trains Helps People Out of Homelessness with Coffee Partnership
By Natalie Clarkson, November 27th, 2019 https://www.virgin.com/news/virgin-trains-helps-people-out-homelessness-coffee-partnership Virgin Trains has helped 30 people out of homelessness thanks to its partnership with Change Please. The train operator joined forces with Change Please in October 2018 to offer a premium coffee range onboard its services. Change Please’s profits from the partnership have gone towards reducing homelessness and […]
Sobering and Inspiring Moments
I’ve watched so many “golden-buzzer” moments on America’s Got Talent, cried so much, and laughed so much that I feel totally uplifted and upbeat on … well, first of all on the new folks who are emerging all over the planet – US, Britain, Spain, Ireland, etc. I’ve already mentioned how impressed and inspired I […]
A Flood of Generosity and Singing Offers Flow in for Homeless Opera Sensation from Subway
Good News Network, Oct 6, 2019 httpss://tinyurl.com/y4ncvhug The City of Angels opened their hearts for a woman with an angelic voice, and it’s lifting her up to new heights. A homeless Russian-American woman was singing opera in the subway when an admiring police officer asked if he could tweet a video of her voice—and, now […]
Singing for Nova Earth
www.voiceoffreedom.ca Recently, a post has gone viral of a lady, Emily Zamourka, singing in the LA metro. As soon as I read it I thought of C.A. Jordan whom I met at the 2016 Council of Love conference in Sedona. C.A. is a classically trained opera singer and lightworker extraordinaire. Did C.A.’s consistent amazing beautiful […]
A Global UBI for a Global Redistribution of Wealth
I’ve been following the discussion of the concept of a universal basic income on other blogs and the basic objection seems to be that we don’t have enough to afford it. We’d bleed other equally-good projects dry. Etc. Of course the Reval will change those circumstances. Nevertheless, I used the occasion to go deeper into […]
Canada Now Has the Fastest Growing Homeless Rate Worldwide: 1 Million+
From last summer…. Thanks to Suzi. CANADA NOW HAS THE FASTEST GROWING HOMELESS RATE WORLDWIDE 1 MILLION+ Shawna Johnsten, Canund.com, Aug. 20, 2018 httpss://tinyurl.com/y6a4xvmx Canada Now Has The Fastest Growing Homeless Rate Worldwide. with Canada now having over 1 million homeless across Canada. … This is one of the biggest epidemics ever. With 1/3 children […]
‘It’s a Miracle’: Helsinki’s Radical Solution to Homelessness
‘It’s a miracle’: Helsinki’s radical solution to homelessness Jon Henley in Helsinki, The Guardian, June 3, 2019 httpss://tinyurl.com/y2zbwt3a Finland is the only EU country where homelessness is falling. Its secret? Giving people homes as soon as they need them – unconditionally. Tatu Ainesmaa turns 32 this summer, and for the first time in more than […]
The Benefits I Get from Service
Karma yoga or the path of service is a path to God. One might think that a person in service has to forgo, say, devotion, the object of bhakti yoga, the yoga of devotion. But that’s not at all the case. I’m a worshipper of the Divine Mother and a servant of Archangel Michael. I’m […]
This is the Largest Village Built Exclusively to House the Homeless in US – and It’s About to Get Even Bigger
This is the Largest Village Built Exclusively to House the Homeless in US – and It’s About to Get Even Bigger McKinley Corbley Good News Network, March 29, 2019 https://tinyurl.com/y6s54myf Over 200 men and women who used to sleep on the streets now have homes to call their own – and they will soon be […]
Three Cities in the U.S. have Ended Chronic Homelessness: Here’s how They did It
3 cities in the U.S. have ended chronic homelessness: Here’s how they did it Nine more have ended veteran homelessness. It’s part of a national program called Built for Zero that uses a data-based approach to help officials figure out exactly who needs what services. Now it’s launching in 50 more cities. Adele Peters, Fast […]
Preliminary Results of the Finnish Basic Income Experiment and a Guardian Article about Them
Preliminary results of the Finland experiment were announced on the 8th February 2019. By Citizens Basic Income Trust, February 12, 2019 httpss://citizensincome.org/news/preliminary-results-of-the-finnish-basic-income-experiment/ Citizens Basic Income Trust’s comment on the results of a Citizen’s Basic Income in Finland: The theory tells us that a Citizen’s Basic Income could have two opposite effects. Because it would not […]
This 4-Year-Old Superhero Feeds the Homeless in a Cape
By Chris Gelardi, Global Citizen, May 22, 2018 httpss://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/4-year-old-feed-homeless-alabama/ It all started with pandas on TV. It wasn’t a spider bite or a genetic mutation, but rather an overwhelming sense of compassion that turned Austin Perine into a superhero. About once a week, the mild-mannered 4-year-old transforms into his alter ego: “President Austin.” Clad in […]