"The former CEO of the Coalition for the Homeless breaks through the highly destructive misinformation surrounding our homeless neighbors"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Mary Brosnahan led the Coalition for the Homeless from 1989 to 2018, first as director, then executive director, then president and CEO. Her op-eds have appeared in The New York Times, the New York Daily News, Huffington Post and been featured on 60 Minutes, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, and CNBC. She has contributed to dozens of news reports on both WNYC and NPR. Ms. Brosnahan has been awarded several honorary doctorate degrees and her alma mater, the University of Notre Dame, presented her with the Thomas A. Dooley Award for outstanding work on behalf of humanity.
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Preface: The Function of Myth Introduction: Anita CHAPTER 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOMELESSNESS MYTH 1: “Homelessness Is Inevitable and Intrinsically Unsolvable” CHAPTER 2: THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN HOMELESSNESS MYTH 2: “Homelessness in America Is a Relatively New Phenomenon” MYTH 3: “Helping the ‘Worthy’ Poor Is the Best Way to End Poverty and Homelessness” CHAPTER 3: HOMELESSNESS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY MYTH 4: “Ronald Reagan Created Modern Homelessness” MYTH 5: “Most Homeless People Are Mentally Ill and Dangerous” CHAPTER 4: OFFERING AID CREATES MORE NEED MYTH 6: “If You Build It, They Will Come” MYTH 7: “There Is No Shortage of Help Available for the Homeless—They Just Need to Access It” MYTH 8: “Handouts Create Homelessness” MYTH 9: “Homeless People Just Need to ‘Get a Job’ to Lift Themselves Out of Homelessness” MYTH 10: “Homeless People Just Need to Learn to Save” CHAPTER 5: WHO WE THINK OF WHEN WE THINK OF THE HOMELESS MYTH 11: “Runaways Really Aren’t Homeless” MYTH 12: “Homeless People Are Single Adults Living on City Streets” CHAPTER 6: BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS MYTH 13: “People Need to Prove That They’re Worthy of and Ready for Assistance” MYTH 14: “Investments in Social Housing Have Proven to Be Failures” CHAPTER 7: RESISTANCE VS. REVOLUTION MYTH 15: “There’s Really Nothing I Can Do to Make a Meaningful Difference” Acknowledgments Notes
Preface: The Function of Myth Introduction: Anita CHAPTER 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOMELESSNESS MYTH 1: “Homelessness Is Inevitable and Intrinsically Unsolvable” CHAPTER 2: THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN HOMELESSNESS MYTH 2: “Homelessness in America Is a Relatively New Phenomenon” MYTH 3: “Helping the ‘Worthy’ Poor Is the Best Way to End Poverty and Homelessness” CHAPTER 3: HOMELESSNESS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY MYTH 4: “Ronald Reagan Created Modern Homelessness” MYTH 5: “Most Homeless People Are Mentally Ill and Dangerous” CHAPTER 4: OFFERING AID CREATES MORE NEED MYTH 6: “If You Build It, They Will Come” MYTH 7: “There Is No Shortage of Help Available for the Homeless—They Just Need to Access It” MYTH 8: “Handouts Create Homelessness” MYTH 9: “Homeless People Just Need to ‘Get a Job’ to Lift Themselves Out of Homelessness” MYTH 10: “Homeless People Just Need to Learn to Save” CHAPTER 5: WHO WE THINK OF WHEN WE THINK OF THE HOMELESS MYTH 11: “Runaways Really Aren’t Homeless” MYTH 12: “Homeless People Are Single Adults Living on City Streets” CHAPTER 6: BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS MYTH 13: “People Need to Prove That They’re Worthy of and Ready for Assistance” MYTH 14: “Investments in Social Housing Have Proven to Be Failures” CHAPTER 7: RESISTANCE VS. REVOLUTION MYTH 15: “There’s Really Nothing I Can Do to Make a Meaningful Difference” Acknowledgments Notes
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