Homeless Youth: We Can Do Better Than This
This video needs no introduction. It was created by Jill Hardman and Chloe Noble. In May 2009, they began walking across America to raise awareness of the LGBTQ homeless youth epidemic in the United States. Their walk is called Homeless Youth Pride Walk 2009 and Operation Shine. This video depicts some of the youth they met along the way in San Francisco. You should know that this video, while extremely important, may be difficult to watch.

Give Jeans a Chance
Everybody's talkin' bout denim. Donating denim, that is. The Volcom Give Back Series is collecting used-but-wearable jeans to donate to the National Coalition for the Homeless... and they need your help. Last months it was coats, now we're looking at you, denim. The rules are simple. Bring your gently worn (or heavily worn,  but in good condition) jeans to a

Homeless in Portland
While walking this morning in Portland, Oregon I met Nathan. Too me the weather In Pacific Northwest is nasty and I don't know how people survive on the streets. Nathan told me he has a sleeping back, a few jackets and uses storefront awnings when he can to stay dry. Nathan has been homeless off and on since we was 10 years old. Many street people do not want to use shelters. Lines to eat or use showers are long. Often they are not safe. Nathan survives by b

Silent Homeless Display Speaks Volumes
113 painted cardboard silhouettes might not seem like much. That is, until you learn that each silhouette represents a person in your community who sleeps on the streets or in shelter. Since the problem of homelessness is almost entirely invisible, public installations that expose the reality of the issue are more important than ever. Even if homeless people line the streets of your hometown, it's unlikely that the full extent of the problem will ever be visible. Many of

Arrested for Housing the Homeless
For eight years, Dan de Vaul has operated a residential sobriety program on his sprawling 72-acre ranch in San Luis Obispo. While many formerly homeless addicts credit de Vaul with their sobriety, he was arrested today for building code violations that violated the terms of his probation. Should de Vaul be praised for his efforts to house the homeless or punished for doing so illegally? Pictured after the jump, the residential facilities on de Vaul's ranch were a mix of trailers,