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I’ve been so focused on the problems and negative aspects of homelessness these past weeks due to my own personal experiences. That’s the hard part about advocacy while navigating housing instability: sometimes you forget that to do this work successfully, you have to maintain an objective outlook and put your personal feelings aside. When you start making decisions based purely on emotion, we know how well that usually works out. It is easy to let personal experiences make y

"The thing about homelessness is that it makes people uncomfortable, no matter the angle from which you’re viewing it. Homelessness is so complex that we just deem it a bad omen or a disease you can catch if you look at it too long. Because of that, we forget that real human beings are experiencing it."

"Why are spaces for unhoused advocacy so rare? It’s time to shift from survival mode to thriving. Discover how lived experience is key to housing justice."

You do not need a college degree, political connections, or years of advocacy experience to make a difference. If you've experienced homelessness, housing insecurity, poverty, foster care, addiction, incarceration, or another systemic challenge, your lived experience is valuable. In fact, many organizations are actively working to include people with lived experience because they understand that better policies begin with listening to the people most affected. For too long, d

If you've ever heard someone say, "Everyone should be treated the same," you've heard an argument for equality. At first, it sounds fair. If everyone receives the same opportunities, resources, or treatment, then everyone has an equal chance to succeed, right? Not necessarily. One of the biggest misconceptions in public policy is that equality and equity mean the same thing. They don't. Understanding the difference is essential because it shapes everything from education and

Breaking the stigmas on homelessness in America.