homelessness — David Jackson Ambrose

"Couch Surfing" = HOMELESS...call a thing a thing

Couch Surfing is homelessness - call a thing a thing

A Blind Eye, homelessness, racial disparities, gender disparitiesDavid JacksonMarch 2, 2022homelessness, sheltered homeless, A Blind Eye, couch surfingh, couch surfing

Press Release for new novel: A Blind Eye

Press release gives preliminary information for the April 2021 book release of my new novel: A BLIND EYE (NineStar Press)

domestic violenceDavid JacksonMarch 23, 2021lgbtq, ableism, domestic abuse, same sex domestic abuse, homelessness, welfare queen, cutting, urban legend, aesops fables, urban renewal, gentrification, individual educational planning, ieps, police violence, capitalism, african american studies, africana studies, cultural appropriation, information age, sexual non-conformity, leviticus, food deprivation, objectification, magical realism, purging, binging, overeating, the down low, the dl, post industrialism, protection from abuse order, pfa, matthew shephard, nizah morris, redlining, racial tropes, wigger, structural racism, institutional racism, black males, intellectual disorders, prader willi syndrome, racial erasure, gay bashing, hate crimes, coming of age, non traditional families, prejudice, pets, dogs, pit bulls, cats, eldercare, elder abuse, salt, obesity, voodoo/voodun, featurism, colorism, aids, stalking, hiv, aave, child restraint, restrictive procedures, special education, reagonomics, food stampsComment

Homelessness May Not Look The Way You Think It Does

When we think of homelessness, many of us think of a male figure, but the number of women and children experiencing homelessness outnumbers that of men.

racial disparities, domestic violenceDavid JacksonFebruary 24, 2021homelessness, women and children, family homelessness, racial disparities, gender disparitiesComment

Racial & Gender Disparities in Homeless Population

Although male percentages of homelessness are far higher than that of women/families, the availability of social supports for women and families is far greater.

David JacksonFebruary 20, 2021homelessness, racial disparities, gender disparities, HUD annual homeless assessment, ahar