BY MARELY BUENROSTRO, CRISTOFER CIFUENTES, GISSELLE GARCIA, and RICHARD RIVERA “Homeless people need homes, not shelters,” said Michael Wisniewski. Our social justice topic is Homelessness. We learned how we can help homeless people. We interviewed Michael Wisniewski. One quote he said was “I have a wide-range of feelings when I see a homeless person,” said Michael Wisniewski. This quote connects to our main idea because there is different stories for the homeless so when you hear them there is different feelings, so you try to help and sometimes you do not know how. We learned in our group that homelessness doesn’t just affect a life it can also affect a community.
We Need to Help End Homelessness
BY JORGE GUERRA, ALYSSA MENDEZ, and ANGIE RODRIGUEZ “Homelessness has been an issue for many years, perhaps thousands of years within world history,” said Mike Wisniewski. Homeless people need help around the world. We can stop homelessness by helping them get money so they can get a place to stay like an apartment, a house, etc. For them to get a house we can help them get a job and they can also get food. We can help them get food by making a website for people to donate money and we can use that money to buy them food. We will make a list in the community for people that want to also help homeless people. “I have a wide range of feelings when I see a homeless person,” said Mike Wisniewski. This quote connects to the main idea because it talks about homelessness and ways to stop homelessness. We learned that homelessness is getting worse each year. We found our information in www.latimes.com, www.washingtonpost.com, and www.laweekly.com. According to these articles, Los Angeles’s homelessness surged 75%.
Living Poor
BY ANAHI CARDONA, CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZ, MADELYN OCHOA, and DARRIS THOMAS A lot of homeless people move from one place to another. Homelessness is a major problem all over the world. We interviewed David Blumenkrantz who had lived in Africa for 8 years. One thing that David Blumenkrantz had mentioned was that homelessness put strains on neighbourhoods. Since it is a major problem it will make it worse for every neighbor in the streets. What we have learned is that homelessness could be really bad around the world.
Facing Our People
BY VICTORIA AGUILAR, DANIELLA HAYMAN, BRIAN MENDOZA, and DAVID MORALES There is over 50,000 homeless people in L.A., and many ways to feel when you see a homeless person. We interviewed Michael Wisniewski. He doesn’t stop homelessness, he helps them by giving them clothes, food, and shelter. Dentists come in 2 days a week. Mr. Wisniewski serves about 1,000 plates of food 3 days a week to 800 people. He said there is about 6,000 people plus 4,000 - 5,000 more when he includes all the people living in the shelters. He works with the Los Angeles Catholic Worker. “When I see a homeless person, I can be sad, compassionate, helpful, sorrowful,” said Michael Wisniewski in an email. This quote connected to our main idea because there are many types of emotions you feel when you see a homeless person, and most people feel the same way. What we learned as a group was that homelessness is a big problem in L.A., and many people ignore it.
The Power of Helping
BY ANGEL BOUDREAULT, NATALIE GARCIA, LENNY HERNANDEZ, and SHERLYN WONG We can give homeless people food, clothes, shelters, and jobs if we actually wanted to help. Our topic is helping the homeless. Many homeless people are left in the street with no resources or food. How can we help stop people from being homeless and to have a better life? Well, we can help the homeless people with some things we can do. Something we can do is give them shelter. We have shelters for the homeless so they don't have to sleep in the streets. Some other ways are giving them food and clothes. A person who helps homeless people is Mike Wisniewski. He works for the Catholic Worker. “There is so much that we can do if we really cared, said Wisniewski. This quote is connected to the main idea because it resembles how much we say instead of doing. If people really cared then why has homelessness not minimized yet? We had different ideas and strategies to help and stop homelessness. Some ideas were that we can have shelters that can be built in every part of the world . Also some other ideas can be that we can have these trucks that have showers inside and have clothes that people don’t use or wear. People can also help by donating canned foods for the homeless. There are so many ways to help homeless people, including we can help find them a job so they can advance in life.