Homelessness In The Homeless People

One person can spark a change. Just one person can change someone’s life who in return changes another person’s life and so on and so forth. It takes one activist to change the world around them. I am not that person, but I would eventually like to be. It takes on person to speak on an issue to bring awareness that someone else needs. One act of kindness is enough to make a person’s life. I want to be that person. A group who needs just one act of kindness the most is the homeless population. They live in a world of people walking past. They need a job, but can’t get one without a computer to print out their resume or a phone for the company to call them back. People constantly push the homeless away inured to not have to see them. They just

When giving presentations I break that with a film I have made. The documentary is called “Less than Human”. In the video, three homeless men and two activists are interviewed. IT is in the presentations to let individuals personally see the effects and break the stereotypes. One John “Tony” Brookes and Keith Stevenson, homeless men interviewed, enlightening viewers. Tony became homeless when his wife took the house away. As a response to “what was one of the biggest problems that people see about you before getting to know you”, Keith fights back tears when he responds to this question. He talks about all the stereotypes he has faced and been told, “the usual we are either bums, crackheads, hood rats, or trailer trash”. You can tell these comments personally affect him. It is a great example of the dangers of stereotypes. Tony is a great example of how homelessness can happen to anyone. They are still humans ad deserve to be treated as such. “Less than Human” also point out the absurdity within Florida law. It is illegal in Florida to feed the homeless unless they are an organization that also provides housing. One of the activist talks about going to jail because he was feeding hungry people. When finishing showing the documentary, people always seemed baffled. Most did not know of the laws. After seeing the film, many shared how they did not realize they believed the stereotype. By personally seeing the effects it causes

Both the black lives matter and the feminist movement are about the equality for everyone. Both movements want to enlighten people of the inequality among our society. There occupied movement focus on the inequality of wealth. When this movement is mentioned, rarely are the homeless included. In “Less than Human”, Tony shares what society thinks of him based on the actions he has received, ”they think we don’t have any rights and everybody’s got rights”. People treat him as if he has no rights, yet there is no movement towards reform. Another group that has no rights are prisoners. Although there is little done, most politicians speak of prison reform. A politician wants reelection. It does this by at least pretending to listen to their voters. Every movement needs to be seen by the public. Through hearing about the issue, is how there will be reform. Without knowing the issue how can anyone help? Without knowing the law the preventing homeless feeds, how can people know to change it? With any movement the first part is knowledge on the issue. One cannot stand for reform without knowing what to reform. There is no twitter hashtag for the rights of the homeless. There cannot be change without awareness. That is how activism comes into play. I am helping bring awareness of the issue. By me sharing the problem with the 28 service oriented students, they can share the