The holiday season is upon us, and this year, I want to throw some consideration at our homeless neighbors. What do Halloween and Thanksgiving, Christmas and News Years Day mean to those living in the Tunnel? I asked. The general consensus is: they’re a reminder of the absence of family. A lot of tunnel dwellers […]
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Let’s get right into it! These solutions will take time to end the homelessness phenomenon, but we have to start making the right moves as soon as possible. Continuing on the current path to enabling addicts to continue in their self-destructive behavior will only continue with its current success rate. The homeless population in America
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Alright, we looked at 10 causes of homelessness. Now, let’s look at what it’s going to take to address them. That’s no easy task since the causes tend to compound, one on top of another, on top of another. It’s estimated that between 500,000 and 600,000 Americans live in what we call “the tunnel.” I
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1. ADDICTION 2. MENTAL ILLNESS 3. VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC ABUSE 4. LACK OF INCOME 5. DISABILITY 6. VETS RETURNING 7. RUNAWAYS AND FOSTER KIDS 8. EMOTIONAL STRAIN 9. PRISON RELEASE 10. IMMIGRATION I hate those “list of 10” posts—they seem contrived, like, it has to be ten, not nine, not eleven—ten. Here I am, thinking
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For protection, I’ll change some of the names. Jose and Miranda are from Venezuela. That should suffice for now. Miranda holds a business degree from the university in her hometown, and Jose is a hard-working man for whom God threw a 20 when He cast the die for charisma. They have two lovely children, Miguel
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The Rillito—a dry riverbed in Tucson. Civilization forced itself upon the desert and sucked the water table so low the rivers ran dry. There’s water underground, sure, but unless there’s enough rainfall to saturate the desert floor, Tucson’s rivers are just strips of sand and whatever has roots deep enough to sustain life. Lots of
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I know! It’s so exciting! “What’s changed?” you ask. It’s the possibility of adding other initiatives to the End of the Tunnel project. If this was shared by a friend and you have no idea what I’m talking about, you might want to spend a minute checking out EndoftheTunnel.org first. Now, let me open a
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Politicians have a nasty habit of trying to solve complex problems with one-size-fits-all solutions. If you only look at the title: homelessness, you only see one issue, but these are real people and no two are alike. The individuals are as complex and unique as in any other demographic. That said, sweeps like this aren’t
“Have you ever made a mistake that’s going to haunt you for the rest of your life?” That’s what Marcus asked me, sitting in a dugout and staring out across the empty diamond into the darkness. He looked about mid-forties. I’d seen him sitting alone, away from the others–the hopefuls are often the ones sitting
There are some harsh realities that people need to understand. One of these is that our decisions have consequences. In the tunnel, just like everywhere else, not everybody seems to understand that. A lot of people do, though, and most people have a story to tell. I meet new people everyday in this effort, and
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