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Brainwaves Video Anthology
Julie Batten - Homelessness and Writing: Glass House Shelter Project
Julie Batten is the founder of the Glass House Shelter Project, a grassroots organization that brings college reading & writing courses into homeless shelters. She teaches writing courses at Brandeis University, Salem State University...
Healthcare Triage
Condoms Prevent STD, Too Many Kids are Homeless, and Environmental Factors and Homicide
Three quick hits today. All from JAMA Pediatrics. This is Healthcare Triage News.
The Guardian
Our House
Brian was down on his luck and sleeping rough in Liverpool. Lawrence was a successful hotelier and property developer. David was a self-proclaimed hippy in a dead-end job. Together they formed an unlikely alliance and created a homeless...
The Guardian
My life in a hotel room: Ireland’s hidden homeless crisis
Nuala and her teenage daughter, Laura, were suddenly evicted from their Dublin home when their landlord of 10 years was forced to sell by his creditors. They haven’t been able to find a new place to rent. Despite having been on the...
The Guardian
Crisanto Street documentary
In the shadow of Silicon Valley, a hidden community thrives despite difficult circumstances. For one resident, eight-year-old Geovany Cesario, impending change is bittersweet. When the time comes to leave Crisanto Avenue, which Geovany...
KERA
Counting Homeless Youth
Every year, volunteers from Youth Count comb the streets of Dallas looking for homeless youth. The group’s goal is to accurately count the number of young people living on the streets and collect data to help the city better meet their...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Trash by Andy Mulligan
This video includes an animated video of Andy Mulligan's novel Trash. In an unnamed Third World country, in the not-so-distant future, three "dumpsite boys" make a living picking through the mountains of garbage on the outskirts of a...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Poverty, Welfare and Power: Lesson 2
This lesson will define and explore poverty and explore the impact of poverty as well as welfare and power. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Poverty, Welfare and Power."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Above the Noise: How Widespread Is Student Homelessness?
Student homelessness in the US is a tricky thing to quantify. HUD -- the federal government's Department of Housing and Urban Development -- controls most of the money used to help the homeless. But, that agency misses about 4 in 5...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Poverty, Welfare and Power: Lesson 3
This lesson will define and explore poverty and explore the impact of poverty as well as welfare and power. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Poverty, Welfare and Power."