Stories from the Homeless and other Participants

Articles, stories, poems, statements, and such sharing first-person accounts and opinions do not necessarily reflect BOSS's organizational views. We offer this site as a forum to share all views, particularly those not generally heard in mainstream outlets.

Hopeful - I hope that you r busy and that u have good life friends, because I was 4 along time not serious about my own life and drank and partied to much.

Diamond in the Rough, a Story of Mother Who is Homeless but Hopeful - In early 2000 I was living in a three bedroom subsidized house in Antioch. I was deep in my addiction then, cooking and selling crank.

A Year Has Passed - A story of a struggle of family to regain independence.

From the Streets to Home - One woman's struggle from homeless to success.

Anonymous - A mother's struggle with disability and homelessness.

Rosella - I slept in the park even though it was raining....

Frederick - A working man's experience with homelessness and more.

In hard circumstances, Berkeley man holds onto hope - A homeless man's story from the Contra Costa Times. Ken Moeshe won an Honorable Mention in the arts category at the Berkeley Video Film Festival. To see his film called "Poetic Injustice" please visit the Berkeley Video Film Festival website at www.berkeleyvideofilmfest.org.

Amanda - When most people think of the homeless, they're thinking of "them".

Service, Compassion, Respect, Justice, and Unity: Developing a Good Heart - From the beginning of our existence as humanity, we have been both blessed and cursed with the need to know the answer to some key questions — “why are we here?” and “what’s it all about?”.

Make the Local/Global Connection - A piece by a homeless scholar discussing the root causes of homelessness.

To read stories from the Street Spirit Publication, please click here.

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