Hello all, It's been a while, but i'm back, and i hope i find everyone well. As most of you Know, me and my wife have been going through our own homeless situation. We have our "housing Choice", voucher, and i think we may even be close to finding a place, but things are still hard, and we are not out of the dark yet. You know there are alot of organizations out here who profess to have the needs of the poor and homeless at the forefront, but when you deal with them you get not respect. They either want to label you an Addict or a Convict, and if you fit neither, they call you a liar to your face. I have NEVER done any drugs, i'm not a gang member, nor have i ever sold any drugs, my wife is the same. WE ARE A NORMAL FAMILY, AND THAT SHOULD SHOW PEOPLE, THAT THE HOMELESS HAVE MANY FACES BUT ALOT OF PEOPLE DON'T SEE THAT. Being poor or homeless is being invisible, and even those who claim to be helping you don't want to actually hear you. Your supposed to shut up accept their aid, and be grateful. They claim to know what we need, when they don't know SHIT. The Gentrification of this city grows by the day, that means homelessness grows by the day. For every 3,000 dollar a month loft you see popping up in your neighborhood, that's about a hundred more poor made instantly homeless. The forcing them into high risk areas lowers the quality of life, where you have to worry about your own survival, as well as that of your family. All the perks of living in good areas are lost in the high risk zones, and the education levels in these area's suffer as a result. Money rules the day, and if you live in a community that has noe what do you think your gonna get? There are some who would disagree with me on this, but i ask them everytime, Where did you grow Up?, and the answer usually is far from those type of areas. I was born in Chicago, Illinois, ant Cook County Medical Center(a County Hospital) With Heroine in my veins from my Junky birth mother, and promptly put up for adoption. I was raised i illinos in a good family, but i still spent a great deal of time in the inner city, So i know al about the ghetto, and the strain it puts on your spirit and your emotions. I have a friend still in the killing fields up there and he is so focused on keeping hmself and his brother alive, that the thoguht of leaving is impossible to him. The live with different peoiple every month, and you know how many folks nation wide are living like that? In New Orleans, where i helped with the resuce effort, pulling people and bodies out of submerged homes, i saw the the devestaion that that did to the poor communties of New Orleans. The developers moved in quickly, and turned it in to disneyland for the rich, and now i know alot of families personally, who cannot return, because it is now too expensive. My point in saying all this, is that we have people who know nothing about suffering attempting to help those who's lives are ALL ABOUT SUFFEREING!!!! If you have no respect for the poor or the homeless find a new line of work! I see the people who represent these organizations disrespecting people on a daily basis, not giving a fuck what you think, assuming that because you are poor or homeless, that you are stupid, and you deserve your fate. There are a few who's hearts are in the job, but not enough to make a difference. Remeber the primary organizing purpose of any business Profit of Not Profit is PROFIT!, once you understand that, then you know where you stand, and what you have to do to not only surve, but to get over. These organizatios would not exist if there was no money in Suffering, putting a bandaid on the bullet wound so to speak. I can take you to the parking garage of(insert an organizatio), and you'll see mercades, bmw's, acura, etc. The DIrector of a Certain oranization my family deals with Drives an Astin Martin, and owns 2 bentleys, so believe me i know what time it is. I am grateful that me and my family are not sleeping on the streets, but i will not turn into a house nigga for these people either, i'm not your poster child. Me and my family with a little help, we'll be fine, i'm certain of that, but as far as the poor and the homeless. my eyes are wide open, and have been for quite some time, and i'll stand up and speak for theose who think they cannot. My situation may be solved soon, but i'll always from this point on point out those who exploit, disrespect or lie on my peers, i owe them that much if not more. My peers have a friend for life, and if you are not a friend to the poor and the homeless, you have an Enemy in Me. You get what you Give in life, remeber that everytime you think about doing somebody wrong