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Jim Schlosser somehow fashions a heartwarming, aw-shucks tale from the life of Jack Fuquay, a homeless alcoholic who slept on a park bench in downtown  Greensboro in the 70’s, and died alone in a public toilet.  I guess we’re all supposed to feel good about Fuquay’s homelessness, alcoholism, tragic life, and lonely death because he was a “character” who spent his benefactor’s charitable contributions on milk instead of wine. Wow, I feel so… not uplifted.

Read more on Seen through rose-colored glasses: The life of a homeless alcoholic in Greensboro…

Cotton (image credit: YES! Weekly)

Brian Clarey visited the Freeman Mill homeless camps and wrote a powerful story for the 10/07/2009 edition of YES! Weekly. Read “Street Level” online here.

Read more on Downtown campground: Life inside the Freeman Mill homeless camp…

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From Mark Horvath at InvisiblePeople.tv:

“Brutal and senseless.”

This is how Cotton describes homelessness. It might just be the most succinct and heart-breakingly accurate explanation I’ve heard in a long time.

Read more on Video of Cotton: 16 years homeless & disabled, “Brutal and senseless”…

Dominic Mapstone on Change.org:

“Sleep-Outs for the Homeless” are staged around the globe to raise money and awareness for homeless. But don’t let the name fool you – instead of being a gritty, real-life glimpse into the devastation of homelessness, they are simply glorified slumber parties….”

Read more on Sleep Out for the Homeless: Worst Fundraiser Ever?…

The InvisiblePeople.tv Road Trip USA came to the homeless camps in the field off Spring Garden, near downtown Greensboro. See the story on Whrrl.

Mark Horvath met Cliff in Vegas, first stop on the InvisiblePeople.tv Road Trip.

Cliff from InvisiblePeople.tv on Vimeo.

Mark brings the InvisiblePeople.tv Road Trip to Greensboro in August. Stay tuned.

From Jamie’s Big Voice (UK):

“…I think I understand more than most the plight of homeless people after they have a home. getting A flat or some kind of accommodation is only part of the battle. The battle to break the habit of homelessness it’s self is the toughest. It doesn’t matter how good you are at keeping a flat clean and tidy or that you have food. It’s this thing that the streets brings you I suppose you could call it the survival instinct you don’t want to lose it so you keep going back to the streets because that’s what you know so well…”

Read more on Homelessness: A hard habit to break…

Via email, from Action Greensboro:

“… As you may know, Action Greensboro is spearheading a public/private partnership to create a Downtown Greenway…

Construction… will displace those living in this area…”

Yeung

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Via email, from Action Greensboro:

“… As you may know, Action Greensboro is spearheading a public/private partnership to create a Downtown Greenway…

Construction… will displace those living in this area…”

Keith

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Via email, from Action Greensboro:

“… As you may know, Action Greensboro is spearheading a public/private partnership to create a Downtown Greenway…

Construction… will displace those living in this area…”

Mark

Read more on Homeless in the path of the greenway: Mark…

Via email, from Action Greensboro:

“… As you may know, Action Greensboro is spearheading a public/private partnership to create a Downtown Greenway…

Construction… will displace those living in this area…”

Manuel

Read more on Homeless in the path of the greenway: Manuel…