10 posts from 2007

for shelter coordinators:

1. How do you get funding for this shelter?

2. Do you get enough money to run this shelter effectively?

3. Is violence a problem in your shelters and others across the country?

4. How do you feel about the mayors approach on homelessness?

5. What do you think the ideal process the city should take is?

for homeless people:

1. Do you feel like there is a prejudice against you, especially in san francisco?

2. How are the living conditions in shelters

3. Do you think the mayor is doing a good job caring for the homeless

4. Is there a lot of help available for you in san francisco

5. Is violence a problem on the streets

For city workers:

1. What are you doing to help the homeless in San Francisco?

2. In your opinion what is the most effective approach to  the homelessness issue in San Francisco

3. How do you think homelessness is progressing in San Francisco, for better or worse.

4. Are you confident that homelessness is an issue that can be solved

5. When Do you think this can be accomplished in san francisco,  if  it can

http://www.lahsc.org/dev/countbycity.html

http://www.homeless.org.uk/policyandinfo/facts/statistics

http://www.endhomelessness.org/section/data

http://salt.claretianpubs.org/stats/homeless/home.html

http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2003/Homeless-San-Francisco7sep03.htm

http://www.sfgov.org/site/mayor_page.asp?id=29925

My name is Benjamin which is a name that originated from Old English and means "Son of My right hand". My Family has been in america for two generations and before that they were from Ireland, and I am extremely proud of my Irish heritage. My native language is English and i speak a tiny bit of Spanish but i pretty much speak one language.

Chuck Palahniuk is one of my favorite authors my favorite book of his is fight club.

I like this book because it really analyzes the human mind and brings up a lot of interesting points that i agree with.

Another Favorite book of mine is Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

I like this book because it is really funny and it expresses what the author is saying very clearly.

One of the most original books i have ever read is battle royale

It's a really interesting book about the lengths people will go to to survive.

I like many different musicians and bands and here are a few of my favorites

Bob Dylan

I like Bob Dylan because i think he is a great poet and creates some of the best music i have ever heard.

Jedi Mind Tricks

I Got into Jedi mind tricks because when i first heard them they had an energy that few artists posses.

David Bowie

Mac Dre I like Mac Dre because his music is really original and he was a pioneer of bay area music.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart is just plain good music and it shows origins of a lot of todays music.

Ol Dirty Bastard

I have always been a fan of ol dirty bastard because he developed his own rhyme style and had the courage to do his own thing no matter what the trend in hip hop or music in general was.

Parliament Funkadelic

Funk is one of the  greatest genres around and parliament is one of the best bands in that genre. They are one of the most fun to listen to bands around and they influenced many other genres of music like Hip Hop.

Brand Nubian

Brand Nubian is really good old school hip hop and they express their message very clearly.

Jefferson Airplane

this is the link to a map with points i am planning on shooting

From seeing all these videos on youtube during our meeting I learned that san francisco has many different cultures and every person views san francisco a different way. I think its important to show the many sides of san francisco to the kids in south africa because it is a place so full of culture and life and i think learning about that culture would be a fascinating experience for someone not from here.