Making the invisible visible

Thanks to Mark Horvath and you Megan for putting a face on homelessness. We need to be reminded that we can't simply ignore it.

Homeless people should be encouraged to go down to the Streetwise office on west Lake. Selling Streetwise can generate enough income for housing. They also have training programs and other support services. They have flyers that you can give to the homeless with the necessary info.

Otherwise a great article. There are so many more homeless people around the loop this year.

And to answer your question: I think we have to help one person at a time. So many groups that purport to help are busy doing advocacy and playing politics. Nobody knows how to fix society to make homelessness go away; everyone just has opinions. The real need is one-on-one, in my opinion.

Megan, you did a beautiful job of capturing these stories. Seriously.. it made me want to cry.

It makes me angry and sad at the same time. Shifts perceptions of what most people picture as "homeless."

Appreciate all that you & Mark are doing.

Another great report. Thanks, Megan.

RE: Sandra, if you can panhandle $40 a day for a hotel room, you can stay up all night and save the $40 for a bus ticket and sleep on the way to wherever you're going. Or you go to a temp agency or a hotel and get a job cleaning rooms, and shower and crash in an empty room once you've been working there a few days. Or you get on the metro and cat nap and hustle your butt off making enough for a bus ticket, or you call your family. If you have a "home" somewhere, you have someone. Or you go to the YWCA. There's more to her story....but what? Not being critical, but saying - it sounds like she's given up and I feel sorry for her.

Ann Marie I understand. PTSD is a bitch and a hard thing to deal with. Mark does wonderful things. It's hard to see people sink into depression and give up. I hope each and every one finds their way out.